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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were very melon-like, and not it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're eating a cowsaba melon.
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And the word of the day is: EXCOGITATE!
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Welcome ten GUESTS!
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Well, dear friends -- Hainsies and Kimlets, all -- I am THUNDERSTRUCK.
Yes, you read it correctly.
THUNDERSTRUCK!
I'm certain a few of you might suspect why, but I'll tell you. I've been "playing", mind you -- playing with a new electronic toy. To wit, I've been experimenting with my new HD DVD PLAYER.
I must tell you.....yes, I must.....that I've truly been enjoying my DVD collection the past three months. Seeing these movies on a plasma 37-inch HD TV has been northing short of amazing and revelatory. I've seen much-loved movies in a new fresh way...catching details never before suspected and enjoying the vibrancy of colors and composition that eluded me on my valiant, steadfast Sony 19-inch.
And I must confess I was "told" that these same DVDs, if played through a high-end high-def DVD player -- be it Blu-Ray or HD DVD -- would be an even more stunning experience. This, of course, would be dependent upon the quality of the standard DVD.
I was hopeful...and I was willing to take a chance.
I wasn't, though, prepared for how thunderstruck -- yes, THUNDERSTRUCK -- I would be at the breathtakingly sharp, nearly three-dimensional effects I would gain.
My first DVD was nothing I'd seen before -- a Miss Marple (Geraldine McEwan) mystery called "The Sittaford Mystery." WOW! These Marples are anamorphic and are crisp, clean and wonderful In my limited experience, only the over-the-air HD broadcasts of "Ugly Betty" and "Lost" ever matched the depth of the image I experienced due to the increased resolution and dynamic sharpness this HD DVD player provided.
I then turned to something I love -- something I've raved about here and other places -- something I'd know was different IF it were different.
I turned to "South Pacific".
Oh.
My.
God.
The visual dynamics are extraordinary. New depth, new detail, new definition....unbelieveable.
I don't care what format any of you may choose. I URGE you, if you can at all upgrade your DVD viewing by acquiring one of the newer, lower-priced high-definition players, to take the plunge and experience a major HIGH in the home cinema experience.
It's half past midnight and I'm all atingle. I could stay up all night and watch a couple of more films, I could.
But I won't. I'm going to have to settle down, sleep a bit and take things at a leisurely pace.
And that ain't easy when you've been THUNDERSTRUCK....again!
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And how sad it is to be all alone on the forum at such a time....when I'm all pumped up and ready to frenzy before falling into bed.
I supposed I could frenzy solo, but if I took the time to do that, I could be watching something else again (for the first time)....like "Hello, Dolly!" Or "Daddy Long Legs"! Or "The King and I" (Oh! MY!) Or "West Side Story"...or on and on and on.
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Well, that's it for now.
I'll simply allow my mind to excogitate over these new thrilling experiences.
I shall probably dream in high def tonight.
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Well, DR Ron Pulliam - that's pretty neat! I know that I shall have to join the 21st century one of these days. I guess I should start with the television. :)
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Well, DR Ron Pulliam - that's pretty neat! I know that I shall have to join the 21st century one of these days. I guess I should start with the television. :)
Good morning, singdaw.
Yes, the TV would be an excellent start.
Be very glad you don't live close enough to visit and be stunned/amazed and envious!!!
Or to check out my TV and HD-DVD player.
;D
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I just watched "The Music Man" last weekend, but I may find myself viewing it again this weekend to experience it anew (yet again).
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So many DVDs, so little time...and so many titles I'll have to re-watch for the new experience.
I cannot afford to grow another day older.
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DR elmore3003 - here's hoping for a miracle...
***continued lease-signing vibes!!!***
DR Danise - nothing wrong with grief counseling! Hope it helps. And LOVED your account of acquiring Bear!!! :) {{{hugs}}}
DR DearReaderLaura - the images from your new digital camera are stunning. Thanks for sharing!
DR Ginny - thanks for the link. Love those sculptures!
DR TCB - I had missed somehow that you were performing.***broken leg vibes***
for the rest of your run!
TOD:
Hearts
"99"
Bridge - NOT!
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Be very glad you don't live close enough to visit
Wish I could!! Shock & Awe, indeed. :)
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My DH and I are going to see Souvenir tonight at the Westport Country Playhouse. DR JoseSPiano, I will be sure to give Paul and Joanne your best regards. And I will try to take a nap this afternoon to ensure that I can stay up so late - WAY past my normal bedtime! :)
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THIS (http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Eggs-Vodka-Grocery-Lists/dp/1581809417/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-6211580-4802859?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181380187&sr=8-1) looks like fun!
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Oh, DR JoseSPiano - If you ever DO get a chance, it would be great if you could ask your roommate about that software add-on that I need for my BlackBerry in order to post here at HHW. Thanks!! :)
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. Today I am going on a butterfly walk with butterfly experts in a place that I hope is cooler than Phoenix!
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Saturday....is a retail work day. :(
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My poor passionvine is looking mighty sad these days. It is being eaten to nothing by the caterpillars. But there are quite a few butterflies flitting around the neighborhood!
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I am still intrigued by a production of PRIVATE LIVES featuring Mr Mark Herron and Ms Bridget Hanley....what was MOST memorable about the evening....BESIDES meeting Mrs. Herron?
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Happy Saturday to you all.
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DR Cillaliz I was very interested in your take on the Paris Hilton affair. I had no idea until yesterday (i think i read it somewhere else in addition to what you wrote) that a regular Jane would not have gotten the same sentence. I'm sure most people are under the assumption that the 20+ days was a light sentence. So your insight was very interesting.
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U 2, DR TOMovOZ!
I am off to work.
Yes interesting to read DR CILLA LIZ's take on the dumb hotel. Although I don't like her at all - she may be in the middle of a power struggle between a judge and a sheriff. It's a gunfight at the OK Corral.
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MY POOR PASSIONVINE - sounds like the name of a book that's a cross between Barbara Cartland and Irwin Shaw
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Cilla - nice to hear your perspective on the Paris Hilton story
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Would AARDVARKS: THE MUSICAL come before or after A CASABA MELON in the NY Times ABC listings?
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How about A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY : THE MUSICAL?
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So your insight was very interesting.
I thought so, too!
But I also was thinking the same thing as DR Elmore; how could she have not known her license was suspended when it was the second time?
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MY POOR PASSIONVINE - sounds like the name of a book that's a cross between Barbara Cartland and Irwin Shaw
And what about "Poor butterfly"?
I'll check and see if my passionflowers every came up...maybe I could ship a few out west. Of course, everthing is so dry here that mostly what's growing is weeds.
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How about A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY : THE MUSICAL?
Have I mentioned, DR FJL, how much I love the way your mind works? :)
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And one for Melon
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And the word of the day is: EXCOGITATE!
Will viewing his lovely assitant in a TOGA EXCITE Albert enough to EXCOGITATE the nuclear bonds of two dissimilar atoms, or will he instead don a toga of his own and explore other kinds of bonding?
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Would AARDVARKS: THE MUSICAL come before or after A CASABA MELON in the NY Times ABC listings?
Before.
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How about A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY : THE MUSICAL?
Aardvarks: The Musical
A Big Hand for the Little Lady: The Musical
A Casaba Melon
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On the other hand, if it was titled The Aardvarks: A Musical, the NYT would list it back in the Ts.
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Der Brucer knows how to play bridge.
I don't.
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I would have posted yesterday, but I checked our phone messages before logging on here and, whaddaya know, I was needed at work.
I guess I need to check yesterday's posts to find out what Cillaliz wrote.
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Good morning, all! Oy! It was another night of lousy sleep: since Wednesday this lease situation has been a damned yoyo, I'm cranky, and I'm tired of the constant it's-on-it's-off-it's-on . . .
Today I should be heading to the 42nd Street Library to use the microfilm for the New York Telegram, January 10, 1904, to read the remainder of the article on backstage work during a performance of BABES IN TOYLAND, since the bottom of the copy in publicist Townsend Walsh's scrapbook has crumbled into dust. It's a fascinating article about the 60+ stagehands, electricians, etc. running the performance, and it has a great drawing of a view from the flies as Mabel Barrison sings "I Can't Do the Sum" near the apron so the reader can see the crew setting up the Spider's Forest behind the Garden Wall set. The 12 Piper Children who perform the number with Miss Barrison each have their own stepladder behind the set to climb onto the garden wall.
The article details every scene change and the amount of time needed to accomplish it; for instance the Master Toymaker's castle(Act Two Scene Four), which is the finale of Act Two, takes 10 minutes to assemble during Act Two Scene Three and collapses and falls apart during a volcanic eruption covering the stage with lava, steam, and smoke in less than three minutes!
That's my exciting life. Instead of heading to 42nd Street today, I think I shall stay here and transcribe all the notes I've been taking.
Tonight, I have a birthday party on the East Side at Roosevelt University. If DR Jose doesn't play A CHORUS LINE tonight, I believe he's my date.
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Saturday morning greetings! After crashing last night before it was completely dark, I "slept in" this morning until after 7am. It's a beautiful day here in SW Ohio - sunny, not humid, not too hot (yet).
TOD - a rummy game called Liverpool; also Canasta, which I used to play for hours on end with my grandmother. My parents and I used to play Spite and Malice. Haven't played any of these games in a very long time.
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And the good news this morning: Amazon.co.uk has shipped my DVDs(2) of HOT FUZZ!
TOD: Hearts and gin
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I should get going. There's too much to do before I go to work, and then there's work.
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For about 3 months in 1982 I lived in a nice but small apartment on E. 65th Street between First and York, just a block from Rockefeller University.
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Uno
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Good morning!
Hot! Hot! Hot! Summer here already, and while the living may be easy, it's also TOO WARM.
I long for fall.
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Ah, DR ELmore, I commiserate with you on a lousy night of sleep; I had one, too. Several things on my mind that just kept forcing me awake at half hour or one hour intervals. At 7 a.m., I finally gave up and got out of bed.
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With all this time on my hands, I've had a very busy morning already. After I read the newspaper, I went out and mowed my front lawn. Even though it was only 7:45, the air was already quite warm. (And for those of you who think it was thoughtless of me to mow the grass at such an early hour, in my defense, I do have an electric lawnmower which is very quiet.)
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Next, I sat down and FORCED myself to watch the remaining special features on the WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM DVD. There was a semi-comic autobiographical film made by the director who, at one point, visited Hollywood for an AFI film festival that was showing his film SWEET MOVIE and in the audience was a pot bellied pig.
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I'm going to have to watch SWEET MOVIE more than likely tonight, and I know it's loaded with disturbing images, but watch it I shall. At least this DVD isn't loaded with special features so I should be able to get through it all tonight.
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DR Ron, I was thrilled to read of your first experiences with an upconversion player. If I could make a suggestion, watch GYPSY as soon as you can. It's one of the sharpest, most colorful standard definition DVDs I have, and it will look really stunning upconverted.
And, of course, once you start watching REAL HD-DVDs, you'll see an even sharper and clearer image (if the film has a dynamite transfer). As usual, poor source material will not do major improvements to the image you see. (I learned this with TERMINATOR 2. The high def disc was barely sharper than the SD-DVD.)
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This afternoon, I'll be watching another episode of THE CLOSER, another ANGEL episode, and I still have STUDIO 60 from Thursday night to watch.
I also would like to revisit ELIZABETH with Cate Blanchette very soon. Reading the book on Henry VIII and his court has made to curious to see that movie again.
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One more word about upconversion, it really only works if your TV has an HDMI or DVI jack. All new TVs being produced now have at least one HDMI input (most have more than one), and new versions of other hardware like DVD players, cable boxes, satellite dish receivers are likewise coming with these connections since they provide a pure digital connection from source to source.
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I'm going to have to watch SWEET MOVIE more than likely tonight, and I know it's loaded with disturbing images, but watch it I shall. At least this DVD isn't loaded with special features so I should be able to get through it all tonight.
The director of SWEET MOVIE directed one of my favorite films, MONTENEGRO, which is equally bizarre and filled with very black humor.
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TOD: Never been much of a card player. I remember as a family we used to play a great deal of casnasta at one time. I now have no memory of how to play the game at all. I used to enjoy a friendly evening of poker until it suddenly became television fare and the only game that seems to be played anymore is Texas Hold'em. What happen to five and seven card draw and stud and Tennessee Walker, and Night Baseball and a whole slew of other variations on the game?
I do play a lot of internet solitaire.
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The director of SWEET MOVIE directed one of my favorite films, MONTENEGRO, which is equally bizarre and filled with very black humor.
He did THE COCA-COLA KID, too, a few years later.
His films of the early 1970s, however, are too avant garde for my taste.
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I've told this story before, but when I was in college, hearts was THE game. We'd spend entire weekends playing, sending out for food, and just playing well into the night and then picking up the game the next day.
My first partner and I had a "hearts club" for several years and every Tuesday night was cards night.
I also enjoy gin.
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Heading downstairs now to do a little reading, and then I'll start fixing lunch.
WBBL.
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I'll be leaving soon for the AAUW garage sale, to work the 12noon-2pm shift.
Bye for now.
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TOD: Old Maid and a card game called "Authors". We played these constantly on camping trips and during our moves. "Authors" was basically the same as "Go Fish". So we learned the titles and authors of a lot of classic books by Tennyson, Alcott, Dickens, Scott, etc. and actually edned up reading quite a few of them, too.
When I got to High School we played "hearts" a lot. And my Gaga and I played "Spite and Malice". Those were my favorite times, sitting down in the evenings at her kitchen table and playing cards with her.
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Today are auditions for Annie, Get Your Gun It will be interesting. It's an odd show in the sense that no one really does it much. A theatre gorup in a 30 mile radius did it last year. While it shouldn't affect us, I can't imagine the "gypsy's" in the area won't want to do this show two years in a row. Last night at Beauty and the Beast rehearsal, I was trying to talk some of our younger cast members into auditioning. Reactions were usually "Yuck, that's an old show" I reminded them that they should be well rounded perfromers and get into some of the classics. In any case it should be an interesting day.
Outa here...
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We're off to see where the day takes us, which obviously involves not doing the things we should be doing. It's been a tough week so we're going to be slackards.
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One for Spite
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And one for Malice
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(the card game, that is)
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Today are auditions for Annie, Get Your Gun It will be interesting. It's an odd show in the sense that no one really does it much. A theatre gorup in a 30 mile radius did it last year. While it shouldn't affect us, I can't imagine the "gypsy's" in the area won't want to do this show two years in a row. Last night at Beauty and the Beast rehearsal, I was trying to talk some of our younger cast members into auditioning. Reactions were usually "Yuck, that's an old show" I reminded them that they should be well rounded perfromers and get into some of the classics. In any case it should be an interesting day.
Outa here...
Remind the "younger cast members" that it ran on Broadway for two years with an inept Bernadette Peters, Susan Lucci whom I did not see, and the incomparable Reba McEntire!
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Today are auditions for Annie, Get Your Gun It will be interesting. It's an odd show in the sense that no one really does it much. A theatre gorup in a 30 mile radius did it last year. While it shouldn't affect us, I can't imagine the "gypsy's" in the area won't want to do this show two years in a row. Last night at Beauty and the Beast rehearsal, I was trying to talk some of our younger cast members into auditioning. Reactions were usually "Yuck, that's an old show" I reminded them that they should be well rounded perfromers and get into some of the classics. In any case it should be an interesting day.
Outa here...
DR Matthew, when I worked on the shw earlier in the year, I found some wrong notes in the piano score created from my full scores. remind me to look for them and tell you what they are!
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Lovely photos Laura and I look forward to seeing what you see for butterflies today..
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MY POOR PASSIONVINE - sounds like the name of a book that's a cross between Barbara Cartland and Irwin Shaw
Or a tell-all by an extremely popular gigolo!
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Good day one and all!!
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TOD:
Hand and Foot
Old Maid
Memory
Whist
Rummy
Peanuts
I did play Pinochle once.
However I have not played cards in years and I am quite rusty in that arena
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Elmore, did you meet or work with Reba McIntire when she did ANNIE GOT YOUR GUN?
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I think I slept well... Well, I at least feel rested, but the last few hours of my sleep were spent looking at the clock every five to ten minutes wondering if I should not be sleeping in today. ???
I had seriously considered heading out for a run, but since I could already feel the heat coming in through the windows.... However, if I had gotten out of bed at 6:30 when I first woke up (again?!?!?), I would have ran then. But since I didn't really fall asleep until around 3:00... I didn't think going for a run after just three or so hours of sleep would have been a good thing. -And since I'm "feeling" the efforts of the past two days, I believe a day of rest would also be a good thing, especially since I just got "motivated" again. ;)
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Rambling, Rambling, Rambling....
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Hmm...
I would think that "A Casaba Melon" would be listed before "Aardvarks: The Musical". Hmm... Where's my MLA Stylebook? -Would that even be covered in there?
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Going to head out shortly and get some errands done. This evening, I am going to a new Mira Nair film, THE NAMESAKE.
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TOD:
Hearts
Uno
21
Although I always forget the rules for the various card games, and have to be re-educated each time.
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Hmm...
I would think that "A Casaba Melon" would be listed before "Aardvarks: The Musical". Hmm... Where's my MLA Stylebook? -Would that even be covered in there?
Not in the Chicago Stylebook...
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TOD:
Hearts
Uno
21
Although I always forget the rules for the various card games, and have to be re-educated each time.
I remember UNO and have only played Hearts a few times.
There was another card game at one time called PIT. It was a commodities trading game.
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...Or maybe not.
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I'll chime in here on the Cillaliz discourse on the Paris ("I'm not even PRETTY and I get all this attention") Hilton debacle: I thought I was just missing details as to her "crime"...but I'm now appalled at the lack of rational behavior playing out over this issue.
Somebody needs a bitchslapping...and it now looks like it's the judge.
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THE NAMESAKE looks like a good movie, DR Dakotacelt.
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Elmore, did you meet or work with Reba McIntire when she did ANNIE GOT YOUR GUN?
No.
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I'll chime in here on the Cillaliz discourse on the Paris ("I'm not even PRETTY and I get all this attention") Hilton: I thought I was just missing details as to her "crime"...but I'm now appalled at the lack of rational behavior playing out over this issue.
Somebody needs a bitchslapping...and it now looks like it's the judge.
Paris is a spoiled little brat that needs a swift kick in the pants!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
War
Go Fish
Old Maid
Crazy 8's
Spit
Rummy
And if we can include "non-traditional" decks:
Uno
Skip-Bo
Killer Bunnies
I've never mastered Poker in any of it's forms, but I have developed a somewhat successful system for Blackjack whenever I'm at a casino. ;)
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...Or maybe not.
DR Jose, what's your schedule this evening?
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THE NAMESAKE looks like a good movie, DR Dakotacelt.
It is about two generations of the Ganguli family. I found the trailer on line and it does look good. I have seen on of her other films also that the did with REese Witherspoon called VANITY FAIR.
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Before.
Only becasue articles are generally ignored; however, should we have a play "A Is For Alibi" it would list before "Aardvarks" following the "nothing comes before something" rule.
der Brucer
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DR elmore - The East Side?!?!?!?!? I thought you said the West Side? I usually don't head East of Fifth Avenue after 8:00pm. ;D
In any case... What time? And where?
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Only becasue articles are generally ignored; however, should we have a play "A Is For Alibi" it would list before "Aardvarks" following the "nothing comes before something" rule.
der Brucer
Well, I thought we were asking about the listing in the NY Times ABC's - which does not ignore the articles, so.. Thus, "A CASABA MELON" would come before "AARDVARKS".
Right?
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TOD
High School - Canasta
College - Pinochle
Then the ultimate card game - BRIDGE
der Brucer
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And I quote:
Would AARDVARKS: THE MUSICAL come before or after A CASABA MELON in the NY Times ABC listings?
Right?
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TOD: Hearts and gin
Too much of the later has broken many of the former.
der Brucer
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Paris is a spoiled little brat that needs a swift kick in the pants!
Perhaps, but a "mob" mentality isn't justice. Pray you get proper justice should someone take you to court.
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Too much of the later has broken many of the former.
der Brucer
Or "inspired" it.
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TOD:
I cannot recall, for the life of me, whether I enjoyd "Old Maid" or not, but I certainly played it.
Later on, Spades and Rummy were games I liked.
In college, I fell in love with Canasta.
During my Navy years, I was introduced to Bridge...and continue to love the game.
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Perhaps, but a "mob" mentality isn't justice. Pray you get proper justice should someone take you to court.
I've been wondering about the whole "mob mentality" aspect of this case - especially in regards to how the media has been covering this whole, stupid situation. Suppose Ms. Hilton's case had been covered quietly, even ignored by the mainstream media, would a "mob mentality" come into the picture?
I do have to say the pics of her crying in the car did induce some schadenfreude in me yesterday, but I also had to wonder just how much of those tears were caused by all the photographers and news people hounding her during that very private moment. Alas, she's chosen to live her life very much in the public eye, and, sadly(?), I guess she couldn't even have a non-public moment when she wanted one.
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DR elmore - The East Side?!?!?!?!? I thought you said the West Side? I usually don't head East of Fifth Avenue after 8:00pm. ;D
In any case... What time? And where?
Why don't you meet me here at 7:00 and we'll head over. I'm sure there will be a fantastic spread of food and lots of neat people. It's a 66th and York.
What happened to ACL tonight?
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Perhaps, but a "mob" mentality isn't justice. Pray you get proper justice should someone take you to court.
I don't think she got "proper justice" the first time around. The judge may have over-reacted yesterday, but both both her camps and the seriff's office undermined him so he's paying her back. Looks to me like Ms Hilton's reps cut off her nose to spite her face.
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Why don't you meet me here at 7:00 and we'll head over. I'm sure there will be a fantastic spread of food and lots of neat people. It's a 66th and York.
What happened to ACL tonight?
OK, that should work out - I may be there a little after 7:00.
As for ACL tonight, well, Patrick had just asked me if I was available "just in case". He's been doing double duty this week with all the Tony Awards prep, so he was thinking he might take tonight off in order to rest up for tomorrow. However, I'm pretty sure I would have heard something by now, so.... I'll see you a little after 7:00.
-Were you thinking of just cabbing it over? And casual and cool attire for tonight?
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TOD: Old Maid and a card game called "Authors".
It's still around:
(http://www.unclesgames.com/images/products/9781572814455.jpg)
(http://www.unclesgames.com/images/products/thumbs/9781572814455_1.jpg)
der Brucer
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...I have to be re-educated each time.
Ooh. such a fun date!
der Brucer
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It's still around:
(http://www.unclesgames.com/images/products/9781572814455.jpg)
(http://www.unclesgames.com/images/products/thumbs/9781572814455_1.jpg)
This looks like the very deck we used!
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I always thought Stevenson was the best looking author. And we always said their full name: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott...
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Acutally, now that I look at it, our deck didn't have the illustrations from the books over the authors' heards.
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Somebody needs a bitchslapping...and it now looks like it's the judge.
Behind all of this is an on-going battle between City/County/State law enforcement on jurisdictioal issues, plus Federal Court Decrees on Prison conditons.
der Brucer
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Paris is a spoiled little brat that needs a swift kick in the pants!
Hey, it's not all her fault - she was raised his way! She's just the little bitch princess Mommy wanted!
der Brucer
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Well, I thought we were asking about the listing in the NY Times ABC's - which does not ignore the articles, so.. Thus, "A CASABA MELON" would come before "AARDVARKS".
Right?
If they don't ignore articles, then YES!
der Brucer
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Note to Randy Newman fans: DR Cillaliz, Der B, Tomovoz, bk...and the rest...
Randy will be the special guest on "A Prairie Home Companion" tonight!
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/stations/list.php
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... how could she have not known her license was suspended when it was the second time?
Because she is merely a player in a grand drama orchestrated by Momma! She certainly never opens, or reads, her mail - as she said "I have people who take care of these things". (The suspension notice was in her glove compartment - the court did not suspend her license - the DMV did.)
der Brucer
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OK, that should work out - I may be there a little after 7:00.
As for ACL tonight, well, Patrick had just asked me if I was available "just in case". He's been doing double duty this week with all the Tony Awards prep, so he was thinking he might take tonight off in order to rest up for tomorrow. However, I'm pretty sure I would have heard something by now, so.... I'll see you a little after 7:00.
-Were you thinking of just cabbing it over? And casual and cool attire for tonight?
Yes to both.
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my parents and grandparents used to play Hearts at our Monday night dinners. And Grandpa Gross used to play pinochle at the pinochle parlour across from the Hotel St. Regis (those who've read Benjamin Kritzer know all this). Now, let's have some instructional postings on HOW to play Hearts and Canasta and Pinochle.
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DEER GIRL (http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/05/13/paris-hilton-is-just-following-in-her-moms-attention-seeking-footsteps/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcelebgossips.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fparis-hilton-is-just-following-in-her.html&frame=true)
While her media coverage doesn't match up to her well-known daughter, Kathy Hilton is not alien to the limelight. She was a guest star on "Happy Days" in 1977 and appeared on "The Rockford Files" in '78.
It is Kathy who has made Paris what she is today, pushing her daughter into the spotlight from the start, firm that her eldest child would attain the megastar standing she had never managed.
Kathy carefully trained Paris and her younger sister Nicky for a life of reputation and fame.
"Kathy was absolutely pushy, arrogant, condescending and presumptuous and Paris picked that up from her. The spotlight always had to be on Kathy. It was always, 'Do you know who I am?'" said Peggy Cusack Yakovlev, a former personal assistant to Kathy's husband Rick's uncle, Eric Hilton.
Kathy initiated her daughters into the gracious society of celebrities, guiding Paris through her first appearance as a child model at charity events before making her sign Donald Trump's modelling agency at 19.
"Kathy wanted to expose her girls to the social and nightlife world in Manhattan. She wanted her girls to be in the limelight - and she certainly accomplished that," Gini Tangalakis, the mother of an old schoolfriend of Paris's sister Nicky, said.
Kathy supported Paris even during her most infamous and disreputable controversies, claiming that her daughter could do nothing wrong.
When a homemade sex tape called "One Night in Paris" surfaced on the Internet, Hilton characterized her daughter as a victim.
Now, as Paris is set for the prison term, Kathy is fiercely defending her first-born.
"She's eccentric, she's herself and she never hurts anybody. It upsets me that she gets taken advantage of, but I think we've all learned to deal with it. You know what she is really like. She is like Bambi. She is like a little deer," Kathy said.
der Brucer
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If they don't ignore articles, then YES!
der Brucer
But remember that "Wicked" needs to be listed well after "The Wiz".
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Now, let's have some instructional postings on HOW to play Hearts and Canasta and Pinochle.
Hearts - a racist game - beware the Black Bitch!
Canasta - Step One - Buy a tray!
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby4Sm4mpGQY0ABwCjzbkF/SIG=12mq8limm/EXP=1181496358/**http%3A//www.gamblersupply.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/mc508.jpg)
If it's double-deck, do daily exercises to increase palm strength.
Canvas the neighborhood for widows who do not play Bingo - they are candidates for your Canasta Party; Canasta must always be accompanied by various and sundried foodstuffs.
Pinochle - Never ask "What Would Jesus Do ?"
Bridge - Frequent incantations to Satan help; cannibalism is common.
der Brucer
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How spoiled we are all getting (or perhaps I should say that I am getting). After reading the notes, I saw that there was already 111 posts for today. I was like, "Wow...awesome... incredible."
Then I clicked on Daily Discussions, and it was like, "WHAT? Four pages? That's all?"
Spoiled I tell you, I have become spoiled. Not so long ago we would have been on a record setting pace.
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Canasta playing requires proper footwear:
(http://women.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00163/Sat_mag_163439a.jpg)
Unless you also do kitchen duty, then:
(http://i.shoebuy.com/pi/crocs/crocs160861_95117_lg.jpg)
der Brucer
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Remind the "younger cast members" that it ran on Broadway for two years with an inept Bernadette Peters, Susan Lucci whom I did not see, and the incomparable Reba McEntire!
........with the WSMA opposite Reba.
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Elmore's bosses look for bargain office space:
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/060907_Iraq.jpg)
der Brucer
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Food scare moves east:
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279872,00.html)
Tyson Recalls 40,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Amid E. Coli Scare
Saturday , June 09, 2007
SPRINGDALE, Ark. —
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. on Friday recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to Wal-Mart stores in 12 states after samples tested at a Sherman, Texas, plant showed signs of E. coli contamination.
No illnesses had been reported. Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. said the recall is not related to contaminated ground beef distributed by California-based United Food Group LLC.
The recalled products were sent to Wal-Mart stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, Tyson said.
Wal-Mart has removed the products from its meat cases and is destroying the recalled ground beef still in its possession, officials said.
Tyson recalled 40,440 pounds of ground beef, all of which had sell-by dates of June 13. The ground beef was sold in prepackaged trays that were placed directly into the meat case.
der Brucer
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I used to love GIN
Now, as for the TOD:
AUTHORS - my favorite game
FREE CELL
POKER
SPITE AND MALICE
GIN RUMMY
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Looks like many of Edisaurus's friends in one place:
Rock Hall's Biggest Snub, Awarded (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279415,00.html#2)
Don Kirshner is back.
The man who invented the Brill Building and published all the hits written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, helped invent Phil Spector and the Monkees and even created music television before MTV is not in Jann Wenner’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
But last night, Kirshner, 73, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for giving birth to a substantial part of what we now know as contemporary pop, rock and soul music.
...
der Brucer
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Sorry, but someone had to do it!
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No one here, but Fred and me, but he is apparently working on his next musical.
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Sorry, but someone had to do it!
And so big and red too! Ooohh!
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Good Afternoon!
Well, the kitchen is clean, the bathroom, I'm clean, the laundry is folded, and I found out my old cell phone charger is compatible with my new cell phone... Whew! I thought my phone was dying, but I guess it was just a short in the new charger cord. -I really was all set to get another cell phone over the next couple of days. I guess it does pay sometimes to be a pack-rat. ;)
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And, now, I must venture out for a while, before meeting up with DR elmore.
Laters...
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OH!
DUH! It just hit me why they wanted me to play tomorrow afternoon's matinee... I guess since they'll be dealing with the Tony's a few hours after the matinee, a little wiggle-room would be nice.
I think.
Right?
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Of course, right!
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DRLaura, what is your new camera & do you have a link for it? We have been thinking about getting a new one.
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For Elmore,
The Paris Follies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2kITi-bFo)
Love,
der Brucer
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Good Afternoon. I slept until 11:00 AM Now that's a record in years and years. It did feel good. For lunch I made a burger (not from Walmart) with fresh mozzarella, a slice of tomato and fresh sweet basil from my plant on top. it was wonderful.
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Then it was off to the Greek Festival. I love that festival. Since I had already eaten (I forgot it was today) I had a baklava sundae for dessert. It was heavenly. Then I bought a few things and passed the word among the Greek community about my new venture. They were very happy and asked me to bring some of my cards by. A large percentage of their congregation are immigrants and they were so happy I acknowledged that not all immigrants are hispanic.
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TOD -
I've played all sorts of games. Kings on the Corner, Go Fish, Old Maid, Gin, Cribbage, Pitch, Hearts, Spades, Poker (a number of varieties) Uno, I Doubt It, Oh Hell, 500, I'm sure there are more
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I'm now feeling sleepy, but how is that possible?
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I'm at work right now and will be for a couple more hours. After that, I'm going to see the Seattle Storm women's basketball game...in Seattle. :)
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Back to setting up the QuickBooks....
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Oh, tonight I think I'll go back to the Greek Fest. I don't do well in the hot mid day sun. After 6:00PM they will have an authentic Greek band and dancing. As well as lots of Ouzo (usually some that was ....brought here from Greece...well if you know the right people to talk to) It's really a blast.
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OPA!
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Yesterday was a long day. After I left work, I went to my parents' house for dinner (meatloaf...quite good :)), but I couldn't stay for long. We were supposed to have the load-in for "Shrew" and I got there after everything was moved to the theater. I did help with the assembling of the set (that took a good couple of hours, then we went to the home of a couple who are in the cast and are part of the theater group. We had a party for those who helped (their parties always include a lot of alcohol, which I don't drink...but I like to watch ;)) and I lasted until about 1:00 a.m. I came home and went right to sleep.
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And now, I must actually do some work. ::)
Until later...much later...probably not until I get back from the game.
Have a good day, all! ;D
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Hmm...
I would think that "A Casaba Melon" would be listed before "Aardvarks: The Musical". Hmm... Where's my MLA Stylebook? -Would that even be covered in there?
When I went to library science graduate school, back in the pre-computer age, we had to learn card filing rules. Accordingly, the articles (a, an, the) should be dropped, but since the NYTimes chooses not to drop them, the rule "Nothing before something" would apply. So, Jose is correct here.
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But before I go...Topic of the Day:
Phase 10
Rummy
Gin Rummy
Solitaire
Free Cell (computer)
And I received "Return To OZ" yesterday! I'm listening to it right now...and am thoroughly enjoying it! Thanks, BK!
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DR Cillaliz - Mmmm, a baklava sundae! My theory about those is that they were invented by someone whose batch of baklava didn't turn out, so she/he chopped it up and poured it over ice cream. A happy accident, indeed.
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LA TIMES GETS VENGEFUL (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-paris-punishments-pg,1,2925486.photogallery?coll=la-headlines-entnews&index=1)
In the spirit of appropriate retribution, here are 10 punishments more fitting to her multi-year crime spree against entertainment consumers:
1. Hilton will be forced to spend 45 days with her new court appointed BFF with whom she'll be wearing matching outfits and friendship bracelets: Melinda Doolittle.
2. Hilton will be banned from shopping at Whole Foods and Bristol Farms for 45 days. Instead, all food will be bought at Jon's and Food 4 Less where only generic brands may be purchased. No cupcakes!
3. For the next 45 days Hilton must wear a sack over her head when leaving the house. No photos ever. Period.
4. Instead of being locked away where the public can’t taunt her, Hilton will instead be forced to pick up trash on the side of the road, scrub toilets (a la Naomi Campbell) and/or perform doggie duty for all attendees at the Mulholland pooch park.
5. Hilton will no longer be allowed to use the first name Paris. The public will address her as Sarah, Anne or Mildred Hilton.
6. Hilton will be banished to her room where she must listen to her own self-titled album “Paris” on repeat and watch “House of Wax” on loop.
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-06/30388723.jpg)
7. The only clubs Hilton will be authorized to attend are book clubs. And not Lady O's or Adrian Grenier’s. Perhaps a book club at a community rec center in, say, Tarzana?
8. For 45 days all of Hilton’s wardrobe will be furnished by Wal-Mart.
9. Hilton must undergo a victim reconciliation program where she is forced to listen to Shana Moakler describe how she’s been affected by the heiress’s crimes.
10. Judge Michael T. Sauer zaps the world with one of those forget-o-rays and nobody remembers that a Paris Hilton ever existed. The worst punishment of all.
der Brucer
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Mario Batali's top 5 cities (http://vegasblog.latimes.com/)
Here is his list of top 5 cities for foodies.
1. New York
2. Portland and Seattle
3. New Orleans
4. Las Vegas
5. Philadelphia
der Brucer
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DR Cillaliz - Mmmm, a baklava sundae! My theory about those is that they were invented by someone whose batch of baklava didn't turn out, so she/he chopped it up and poured it over ice cream. A happy accident, indeed.
If that's the case I hope there are a lot of baklava batches that don't turn out! I actually like it better than just baklava
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The food at the festival includes:
Athenian Chicken breast,
Dolmathes - grape vine leaves stuffed with a ground beef and rice mixture
Greek Salad
Gyros
Pastitsio - the greek lasagna
Souvlaki with Pita bread - a tender shish kabob of marinated beef grilled
Spanakopita (one of my favorites) - Spinach and feta cheese pie baked in a buttery pyyllo dough
Baklava - ground nuts and spices, layered with buttered phyllo and drenched in honey syrup
Baklava Sundae - Large scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with crumbled baklava and honey glazing
Kataifi - shredded phyllo with nuts soaked in honey syrup
Koulouria - a rich butter cookie
Kourabiethes - rich almond butter cookie sprinkled with powdered sugar
Loukoumades - the Greek "honey puff" served warm and drizzled with honey and cinnamon
Melomakarona - spiced nut cookie dipped in honey
Thiples - light fried dough that's sweetened with honey
Greek Wines - including a dry white retsina, a mild rose Roditis, red and white Demestica and Mavrodaphne and more
Ouzo, Greek beer, Greek coffee and of course soft drinks
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Since I still have 4 dollars worth of tickets, I will be going back. I also need to see how I'm doing on the silent auctions and buy some raffle tickets. This is one of the major fund raisers for Holy Trinity and they are a great bunch, so I don't mind leaving some money there every year.
I bought some homemade soap that says "Holy Trinity Soap, it won't wash away your sins, but your skin will feel Heavenly"
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Back from some leisurely driving about in my motor car. I shall now sit on my couch like so much fish and watch a few DVDs.
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I also got a t-shirt (for a whopping $5) that says "Life is full of Important Choices" on the front and on the back it says "Life is Full of Important Choices - Gyro - Souvlaki -Moussaka -Spinach Pie -Baklava
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Hope it was a nice drive, BK
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And one for Melomakarona
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(spoo, too late :) )
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Think I'll go...I have some Spanakopita in my refrigerator and I"m thinking it should be eaten
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We always go to the Greek festival at Sts. Constantine & Helen Orthodox Church here in Middletown - wonder when it is this summer?
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Of course, year-round we're lucky enough to have Grecian Delight (http://www.middletownjournal.com/features/content/shared/oh/go/reviews/go0609GrecianDelight.html) here in town. It's a place we should go to more often.
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It's the height of summertime outside, and it isn't even summer yet. When I went to get the mail, the still, hot air was stifling. On June 9th? Incredible!
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I began my afternoon with another episode of THE CLOSER, (the penultimate episode). This is one of the few in this series in which I guessed the murderer's identity correctly. The episode concerned the hit on a mobster's wife and an FBI agent.
And poor Kitty ran out the front door much to Brenda's distress. After two years, she's still calling Kitty "he" even after he/she gave birth! I LOVE THIS SHOW!
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For Elmore,
The Paris Follies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2kITi-bFo)
Love,
der Brucer
:) ;) :D ;D :) ;) :D ;D
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Then, I put back MY LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND and picked up where I left off yesterday with it. (One of the fabulous things about my upconversion player is that it automatically remembers the stopping points on discs after you've taken them out of the player and put something else in and gone back to the original disc a day or two later. It always starts right where you left off no matter how many other discs have been played in between.)
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We always go to the Greek festival at Sts. Constantine & Helen Orthodox Church here in Middletown - wonder when it is this summer?
Why is it my memory that it's always in August?
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And so big and red too! Ooohh!
Ooohh, the post?
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Why is it my memory that it's always in August?
They've been moving it around recently - last year it was in the middle of July. I'll get back to you...
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Last night's viewing here was "The Night Listener" - The tone of the book was still there (unsettling and slightly creepy) but why that ending? Does Hollywood still require a resolution for the audience?
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I'm heading down now to watch SWEET MOVIE and be done with it. Then, I think I can find something a little more down my alley (but I'm trying to keep an open mind. I'm just not encouraged after watching WR.)
WBBL.
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Has any one seen The Waitress? The movie that is..
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Has any one seen Waitress? The movie that is..
No! It'll be released on September 5, 2007 here.
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It's "funny" how some people don't know what to do with their life and try to create new members for HHW.....
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Are we having fun yet?!
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Last night I watched a show called The Hotel du Danube on Parade and I was even part of the cast and crew!
I know you'll be THRILLED to pieces to read that!
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Has any one seen The Waitress? The movie that is..
I want to see it. I liked the director, Adrienne Shelly, when she appeared in Hal Hartley's films. It's tragic what happened to her.
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This might be of some interest to some Kimlets and Hainsies and BK too!
I think BK will remember the place!
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/06/08/why-for-did-walt-disney-actually-have-disneyland-s-submarine-voyage-built.aspx
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Stargate SG-1 had one of the funniest throw-away lines in a long time:
A character has been given tickets to a show:
"It's 'The Virginia Dialogues' - I don't know anything about it."
Needless to say, the closing scene with the hulking character Teal'c hunkering down during the opening scene clarified the issue.
der Brucer
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Did you forget to type spoiler? I didn't read the details since we haven't watched the episode.
Do you watch Atlantis? I'm about to search for info about the actor who plays Carson, our favorite character on the show.
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No! It'll be released on September 5, 2007 here.
It's playing here now, I'm thinking about going this week
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Well Ta Zorbas are about to begin playing so I'm off to the Greek Fest.
Yia Sou!
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Does one need to book a table to see WAITRESS?
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Did you forget to type spoiler? I didn't read the details since we haven't watched the episode.
Do you watch Atlantis? I'm about to search for info about the actor who plays Carson, our favorite character on the show.
I didn't consider a one-liner a spoiler.
I assume you were unhappy with last week's Atlantis episode.
der Brucer
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Well Ta Zorbas are about to begin playing so I'm off to the Greek Fest.
Yia Sou!
Ours used to happen a few blocks from my house and was advertised on a blinking marquee. Now it has moved, and without the sign, I completely forgot about it. It happened 3 weeks ago. Dang!
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My! Kerri Russell is just a gorgeous lady. She introduces the Adrienne Shelly Foundation on this page:
http://www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org/
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...a blinking marquee...
A French nobleman with a vision problem?
der Brucer
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Would Madame like to cut the cake?
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/290801/0_61_napoleon.jpg)
der Brucer
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I didn't consider a one-liner a spoiler.
I assume you were unhappy with last week's Atlantis episode.
der Brucer
EXTREMELY UNHAPPY!
I skipped the one-liner until I can experience it first hand. I was just curious if it needed a spoiler.
SPOILER:
I said to Keith, you would have preferred if it was Weiler, he laughed & said yes. The only other character we would not want to loose is McKay. And Beckett and McKay were good together.
All I can find is that it wasn't Paul McGillion's idea to leave. I wonder if he will ascend & return, he is such a good soul, why not.
:)
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Many butterflies were seen and many photos taken. I may have to wait until I get my own computer back -- this one of my son's doesn't have paint, and I don't know how to smallerize the photos to fit.
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I have a Canon SD750, which fits handily into my pocket.
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I also have a couple of mature nature photos.
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All I can find is that it wasn't Paul McGillion's idea to leave. I wonder if he will ascend & return, he is such a good soul, why not.
:)
He is scheduled for two episodes next season!
WIKIPEDIA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Atlantis)
Season 3 changed the cast lineup again. Paul McGillion's Dr. Carson Beckett was killed in episode 17, "Sunday", (though only temporarily, it appears, as Joe Mallozzi stated on April 9, 2007 that he will be bringing Beckett back, alive and well, in a 2-part episode in season 4).
der Brucer
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-- this one of my son's doesn't have paint, and I don't know how to smallerize the photos to fit.
I presume it is a Mac?
(All Windows machines have Paint)
der Brucer
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I also have a couple of mature nature photos.
Mature nature (septuagenarian nudists?)
der Brucer
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NOT FOR CILLA! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ8kraRzE7A)
der Brucer
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Thanks Laura. A small camera that great photos, I'm going to check it out.
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I presume it is a Mac?
(All Windows machines have Paint)
der Brucer
This one has Linux (?) and not Windows.
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DerBrucer, first Mallozzi said he wasn't killing Beckett off & still did so in spite of an influx of protests from fans. From what I have read Paul McGillion has moved to L.A. & doesn't know he will be returning to the show.
Reading the interviews with McGillion, he seems to be as caring and generous a person as Beckett.
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Something for DR SWoodyWhite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0&feature=dir
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With all this time on my hands, I've had a very busy morning already. After I read the newspaper, I went out and mowed my front lawn. Even though it was only 7:45, the air was already quite warm. (And for those of you who think it was thoughtless of me to mow the grass at such an early hour, in my defense, I do have an electric lawnmower which is very quiet.)
You could, of course, get a sheep or two. Aside from the occasional bleating, they are very quiet, trim the yard nicely, and also provide cheap fertilizer.
And they could provide you with the raw material for a new hobby - knitting. (Something you could do while watching television, btw - my mother was an expert at it.)
:D
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Something for DR SWoodyWhite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0&feature=dir
May the Store be with you! ;)
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DEER GIRL (http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/05/13/paris-hilton-is-just-following-in-her-moms-attention-seeking-footsteps/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcelebgossips.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fparis-hilton-is-just-following-in-her.html&frame=true)Now, as Paris is set for the prison term, Kathy is fiercely defending her first-born.
"She's eccentric, she's herself and she never hurts anybody. It upsets me that she gets taken advantage of, but I think we've all learned to deal with it. You know what she is really like. She is like Bambi. She is like a little deer," Kathy said.
der Brucer
Shows how much Kathy Hilton understood the film. Bambi is a stag. Faline is the doe.
Unless, of course, Paris has a more complicated past life (and a nip and tuck) that we've not heard of yet.
:o
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Canasta playing requires proper footwear:
(http://women.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00163/Sat_mag_163439a.jpg)
Unless you also do kitchen duty, then:
(http://i.shoebuy.com/pi/crocs/crocs160861_95117_lg.jpg)
der Brucer
You would not look good in the former.
And orange is so not my color.
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Something for DR SWoodyWhite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0&feature=dir
Strange - I always imagined Lord Vader Chad as a bit... taller, maybe?
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Mario Batali's top 5 cities (http://vegasblog.latimes.com/)
Quote:
Here is his list of top 5 cities for foodies.
1. New York
2. Portland and Seattle
3. New Orleans
4. Las Vegas
5. Philadelphia
der Brucer
Gee, I wonder...
He lives and works in NYC. He was born in the Pacific Northwest (thus Seattle/Portland). He's got two new shops running in Las Vegas. And everyone loves New Orleans, particularly after Katrina.
That leaves Philly. Weird, man, just weird.
::)
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Past time I should be getting dinner on the table. Nothing special. Hamburgers. Fries. Onion rings.
And gazpacho. With crab for a garnish.
;D
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DH Richard and I stepped out a while ago for Penn Station sandwiches and I forgot to log out from here. We ended up also going to Target, Staples, and Kroger - do we know how to partay on a Saturday night or what?
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I have returned from George DeMarco's 50th birthday partay, and a swell time it was! I enjoyed our DR Jose's company as always, and I hope he had a good time. I saw several folks from the Singing Nun show, all of whom I've missed a lot, met some new friends of George and his partner andy Monroe, and had a lto of fn sampling the wonderful assortment of food. I'm going to watch the last episode on disc 5 of POPULAR and pass out.
Speaking of POPULAR, how did a show this demented, surreal, and brilliant last two seasons? I can't believe the dimwits who schedule most viewing didn't freak out out after two episodes and shut it down. I mean, BEVERLY HILLS 90210 it ain't, and that nonsense ran forever.
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NOT FOR CILLA! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ8kraRzE7A)
der Brucer
;D
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The food at the festival includes:
Athenian Chicken breast,
Dolmathes - grape vine leaves stuffed with a ground beef and rice mixture
Greek Salad
Gyros
Pastitsio - the greek lasagna
Souvlaki with Pita bread - a tender shish kabob of marinated beef grilled
Spanakopita (one of my favorites) - Spinach and feta cheese pie baked in a buttery pyyllo dough
Baklava - ground nuts and spices, layered with buttered phyllo and drenched in honey syrup
Baklava Sundae - Large scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with crumbled baklava and honey glazing
Kataifi - shredded phyllo with nuts soaked in honey syrup
Koulouria - a rich butter cookie
Kourabiethes - rich almond butter cookie sprinkled with powdered sugar
Loukoumades - the Greek "honey puff" served warm and drizzled with honey and cinnamon
Melomakarona - spiced nut cookie dipped in honey
Thiples - light fried dough that's sweetened with honey
Greek Wines - including a dry white retsina, a mild rose Roditis, red and white Demestica and Mavrodaphne and more
Ouzo, Greek beer, Greek coffee and of course soft drinks
The food there sound delicious!
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I am home from the Fest OPA!!! This year I didn't drink Ouzo, but did have Vergina http://www.verginabeer.com/english/index2_en.html (http://www.verginabeer.com/english/index2_en.html) Mighty tasty beer, actually. This year I got in line and learned the Greek line dance.. whew! Those songs must be about 10 minutes long, but it was fun. I also won a silent auction (is it still winning when you pay) anyway it was a great bath set of dead sea salts, soap, body butter an incredible pewter tray that's big enough to use as a serving tray (It's sort of shaped like the triangle thingies on the Star Trek uniforms) and a huge bath towel. After all that dancing, I'm ready for a bath with the dead sea salts...
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Well, I watched (or rather suffered and endured) SWEET MOVIE. I never saw THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, OR HER LOVER, but I can't imagine it contained any more repugnant imagery than this movie contained. I'm no prude, but I was grossed out, turned off, and appalled.
This movie was not made for the likes of me.
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I did watch an interview with the director (conducted by critic Peter Cowie), and I also watched an appreciation of the film by film scholar Dina Iordanova. Neither made it any more palatable to me.
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To get the SOUR taste of SWEET MOVIE out of my head, I put in the Martin and Lewis movie bk talked about the other day - ARTISTS AND MODELS. Boy, does this have lush Technicolor! Fox should take a look at these Paramount Technicolor movies before they master any more of their Technicolor confections for DVD.
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I concluded my evening with more of LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND. I only got about 20 more minutes watched - from Carnegie Hall to her first encounter with Mark Herron. (The actor who played Mark was certainly gorgeous.)
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I got my first big order from Deep Discount today, so I should have no trouble finding DVDs to watch over the next couple of weeks. (The Martin & Lewis set was one of those in the order.)
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Page Eight Harry Potter Dance!!!
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Good Evening!
I indeed have a good time at the party with DR elmore, and it turned out I knew a couple of the people there too. And I also met a kindred spirit: She was a friend of the birthday boy and his partner, and she was in charge of the desserts. It turns out, she has a knack for finding new bakeries and other places to get treats and sweets. We traded notes. :)
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And the song that the partner wrote for his boyfriend's 50th birthday was truly beautiful and touching. And he gave out CDs of the song too as party favors!
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And the food was very good too, and there was lots of it. Alas, I believe I had one cookie too many after the cupcakes, candy and carrot cake I had consumed. But those were some good cookies, cupcakes (from Tribeca Treats), candy and carrot cake. :)
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DR Cillaliz - That Greek Festival sounds great! I used to love going to the one in Richmond - which always seemed to fall on the hottest and most humid weekend of the summer. But the food! And they always had some sort of deal on bottles of Greek wine if you bought them with your meal. *And I know what you mean about that ouzo too. ;)
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Heading down to bed in a bit after I do some writing.
Good night!
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Ahhh, out of the Dead Sea Salt bath. It was wonderful. Feeling much better now
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Nothing special.
And gazpacho. With crab for a garnish.
;D
Which was very special, thank you.
der Brucer
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Well, I watched (or rather suffered and endured) SWEET MOVIE. I never saw THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, OR HER LOVER, but I can't imagine it contained any more repugnant imagery than this movie contained. I'm no prude, but I was grossed out, turned off, and appalled.
This movie was not made for the likes of me.
The IMBD reference to "Drinking Urine" didn't give you a clue?
der Brucer
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I am home from the Fest OPA!!! This year I didn't drink Ouzo, but did have Vergina
After that, one does a lot of Vergina Monologues! ;)
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Ahhh, out of the Dead Sea Salt bath. It was wonderful. Feeling much better now
Time for the body butter?
(Will we now have a Last Tango posting frenzy?)
der Brucer
"Body Butter" - just kidding?
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I never saw THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, OR HER LOVER,
Well, ask DR Ben; he "loves" that movie!! :P ;)
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Last Tango: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?!
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Think I'll go...I have some Spanakopita in my refrigerator and I"m thinking it should be eaten
Oh Cilla....
I am nice and tasty come and taste me!
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we have a wondeful Greek restaurant in FArgo called Santa Lucia.
They make a wonderful Tiramisu and the Greek Coffee is excellent
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Paris Hilton 'Teetering on the Brink' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279853,00.html)
A French hotel about to fall into the Seine?
der Brucer
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Oh Cilla....
I am nice and tasty come and taste me!
Am I really reading what I'm reading?? ??? :D
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Paris Hilton 'Teetering on the Brink' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279853,00.html)
A French hotel about to fall into the Seine?
der Brucer
Could be a Texas hotel!
Paris Hilton Teetering on the Brink's would get all my money! ;)
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Am I really reading what I'm reading?? ??? :D
just the tasty treat in her fridge
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Oh Cilla....
I am nice and tasty come and taste me!
I assume that's an immitation of the Spanikopita talking to me...no offense, but I hope it's an immitation of the Spanikopita talking to me
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I assume that's an immitation of the Spanikopita talking to me...no offense, but I hope it's an immitation of the Spanikopita talking to me
yes, it is your tasty treat speaking to you...
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we have a wondeful Greek restaurant in FArgo called Santa Lucia.
They make a wonderful Tiramisu and the Greek Coffee is excellent
I guess one Italian restaurant might be named SIRTAKI, for fair measure! ;)
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yes, it is your tasty treat speaking to you...
Oh! You mean Cill has to KILL it before eating it?! 8)
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Well, I have to be at the theatre in 12 hours, and there are a few things I need to take care of before I head in for the matinee, so...
Goodnight.
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Well, I have to be at the theatre in 12 hours, and there are a few things I need to take care of before I head in for the matinee, so...
Goodnight.
You mean good day! It's 7:21 am here!
Nevermind! :)
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Allons-nous jamais arriver à la page 9?
Restez avec nous et vous le saurez bientôt!
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Might I just ask where in tarnation everyone has been on this fine Saturday? So many errant and truant people who will, as always, say something like, "Oh, so sorry, I was busy doing this or that or that or this or whatnot" and let me tell you I'M sorry but that will not WASH.
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Eight pages my ASS.
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I will single-handedly take us to page nine and I shall not post the notes until that happens.
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Happy!
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Very!