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Well, you've read the notes, the notes went on (and on, and on), and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently going on, too.
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And the word of the day is: TRANSLUCENT!
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Tran S Lucent is a very successful female impersonater in Vietnam. His paternal grandfather was a French diplomat and his family run a thriving restaurant/nightclub ON the Mekong. Tran is known affectionately as the Delta Queen.
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A diet filled with lots of trans-lucent acids clearly isn't as smart as some people think.
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Good morning all!
DR S. Woody White, I can imagine that you and DerB are in quite a lot of pain this morning.
I can't help but feel somewhat sorry for the dog as well. Maybe he just didn't know how to greet someone the right way.
My thoughts and prayers are with our Dear TCB today. I wasn't going to take the laptop with me today but then thought I couldn't wait to get home to find out if there is any news about how he is doing.
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I'm so glad that the Vixter did so well last night, DR Vixmom. It sounds like she had a blast and was the star of the show!
I'm also glad that things didn't go quite so badly for our Dear BK.
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I parked at the church so phase one is complete. Now I just have to remember to get off the bus there tonight. That would be a real kicker if I happen to forget.
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DR Jennifer, I hope that your neck is much better and that your headaches go away. With all of the assorted problems that I've had, migranes aren't one of them for which I shall be forever grateful.
I know so people who get them at work and I feel so sorry for them when they get them. A sinus headache is bad enough when it hits behind your eyes and cracks in your nose.
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Vibes to feel much better!
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Cheesy sci fi and horror films. Well, I know it wasn't a film (well I guess it was) but Dark Shadows (much as I love it) has to top the list.
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I can't believe I didn't say that I hope you and DR DerB get better soon, DR S. Woody White!
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Good morning DR Elmore! I hope you had a good nights sleep and that your Father is doing much better today!
Well, we're almost to my stop. Catching the bus at the church cut down on my ride time sooo
Have a wonderful day everyone and I will check back on my lunch!
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Good morning all!
Good morning, Danise!
DR S. Woody White, I can imagine that you and DerB are in quite a lot of pain this morning.
I can't help but feel somewhat sorry for the dog as well. Maybe he just didn't know how to greet someone the right way.
The only part, for me, that is physically painfull is the tetanus shot, right in the upper arm, which will probably be hurting for a couple more days. There's a bit of emotional pain, but I have to put that aside. And der B says he's feeling fine.
We're both feeling sad for Blackie, too. The dog has been abused and ignored, and now he'll be all but unplaceable. That's not good.
While at the hospital, the clerk who came in to quiz me on information told us that, by law, we had to report the incident to the SPCA. Well, the Delaware SPCA is the enemy, loves to put down dogs and any other animals at the drop of a cyanide pill. Der Brucer, who was with me in the room at the time, realized what was going on, and began to protest. The clerk, taking offense, told der B "I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to him," nodding in my direction. Then der B realized the second half of the situation, and said that any information the clerk needed, I could answer as truthfully as I could.
The joke on the system was, I didn't have the information the SPCA needed. I didn't know where the kennel where I was hit is located, just that it was somewhere in Pennsylvania. I didn't know the full names of the people caring for Blackie, or the name of their organization. And I didn't know how to contact them. So I had little, if any, information to give the SPCA. As they say, ignorance is bliss.
My thoughts and prayers are with our Dear TCB today. I wasn't going to take the laptop with me today but then thought I couldn't wait to get home to find out if there is any news about how he is doing.
Ditto.
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I can't believe I didn't say that I hope you and DR DerB get better soon, DR S. Woody White!
I took that as implied. And thank-you.
As for Dark Shadows, a couple of films were made during the run of the series. And they were appropriately cheesy, of course. (They wrote around the actors who were in the films by featuring the actors that weren't filming the movies in the series. Quentin wasn't in the first film, so he was a daily featured character during that filming period. "Quentin's Theme" was played a lot, and became a hit single, because of this, I recall.)
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Good morning, DR Danise and all of you lovely folk! Did our DR TCB mention how long he will be in hospital? I have my fingers crossed today for a sppedy recovery.
Yesterday, my former intern Dylan moved in for the summer, and he's already gainfully employed by my former employer Barnes & Noble. We watched the painful-to-endure I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE last night, and I suspect - since Dylan is studying filmmaking - the DVD player will be quite busy all summer.
DR Ben, I will not be going to Toyland today. I need to refill a perscription this morning, run a couple of errands, and finish this last Mario chart.
TOD:
THE QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE
THE UNDEAD (with Miss Allison Hayes)
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN (again!)
THE MAGIC SWORD
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Good morning, Danise!The only part, for me, that is physically painfull is the tetanus shot, right in the upper arm, which will probably be hurting for a couple more days. There's a bit of emotional pain, but I have to put that aside. And der B says he's feeling fine.
DR SWW, I sympathize totally with your situation, and I hope ther pain is less than you anticipate. It sounds as though you and der B handled "the system" very well. Congrats.
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Any mention of cheesy sci-fi television has to include Doctor Who. Yes, it's again a television series, particularly in it's early years, but a couple of films were made based on the show. I've seen a bit of one, and it was quite cheesy. Mostly Cheddar, if I'm not mistaken, and a bit of Stilton as well.
The current series is not cheesy, of course. Television makers have learned too much about production values, dang them all to heck.
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Sadly, not all dogs are adoptable. You have to do your best to save the ones you can. I hope your arm feels better soon.
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And you do a remarkable job rescuing dogs, I must say.
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Dear BK,
DR Sandra wants to know if this show is scary.
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Thus, my frenzy comes to a close.
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Glad to hear that the musical got such a fine reaction...with so little preparation and SOME lackadaisical performances!!
Just imagine!
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Monday VIBES for all......
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TOD:
well which one ISN'T my favorite.
DR ELMORE has chosen a couple of mine.
If I must chose ONE ABOVE ALL....THIS ABOVE ALL OTHERS...THE PIECE OF RESISTANCE...THE MOST SUBLIME OF ALL BERSERK CINEMA.....
See next post!
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ATTACK
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Starring Miss Allison Hayes as the TITular character. With William Hudson and Yvette Vickers.
Written by Mark Hanna, photographed by Jack Marquette, directed by Nathan (Juran) Hertz. With a rousing score by Ronald Stein (released on CD by MR BK).
Surreal more than anything....with a poignant stinger ending:
"She finally got Harry, all to herself!"
The poster by Reynold Brown is a classic and probably as much as anything responsible for the film making $400,000 on its initial release May-September, 1958.
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BBL
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TOD:
well which one ISN'T my favorite.
DR ELMORE has chosen a couple of mine.
DR JRand55, great minds! I also forgot the late great Joan Crawford at her alltime cheesiest in BERSERK, STRAIGHT JACKET and TROG!
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TCB, you will be in our thoughts and prayers today!
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TOD...
Has anyone here ever heard of a rarely discussed, obscure film by
the name of "Attack of the Puppet People"?
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Glad to hear that things went better than expected BK!!
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Good morning!
It was bright and sunshiny when I went out to get the newspaper this morning, but three hours later, it's clouding up and we may have rain. Otherwise, a typical spring morning.
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I'm not a big fan of cheesy sci-fi and horror, and I haven't seen many of the films already mentioned. But I would have to add my vote to the Joan Crawford epics like BERSERK which are so horribly bad, and she's trying so hard in them as if they were Academy-Award calibre stuff. Makes them even more hilariously awful.
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Oh, headaches tonight with watching and scheduling TV finales: two hour '24' finale starting at 8. Two hour ALIAS finale starting at 9. One hour finales of MEDIUM and CSI: MIAMI, and two episodes of OLD CHRISTINE all squeezed into three prime time hours. Argh!
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And this afternoon I have last night's THE SOPRANOS to watch as well as the conclusion of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
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Cheesey you say? How about EARTH GIRLS ARE CHEESY...... oh, EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY.....not one of my favorites, but topical
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Well, I'm up. My first official work day off. Think I'll go for a walk. I need the plumbers to fix the faucet that sends the water into the washer or I can't do laundry and they can't come until Wednesday....oh that's just too bad isn't it?
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Congrats on having things go ok, BK
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I'm up, I'm up.
The show is only scary when the actors don't open their scripts and then forget the lines.
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I recorded "10.5 Apocalypse" last night while I watched "Desperate Housewives". Very interesting developments on "DH"....as MattH indicated, it was a bit brutal...but I kinda liked it.
Cillaliz, if your watching the NBC disaster was for same reason I recorded it, then you wanted some escapist fare that offered some CGI effects to show what would happen to our continent if a major earthquake struck.
I changed channels during commercial breaks and saw lots of the same old tired cliches of "disaster epic filler" of stalled cars and folks trudging through rubble...and far more footage on that than on the actual disaster footage itself. Still....so long as I have fast forward, I should be relatively entertained when I watch.
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Hiya, gang!
I loved the show!!! The whole audience seemed to feel the same as i did - and I don't think there was an empty seat in the gallery. Packed! I love that part!!!
So many wonderful things about the show and the performances. yes, the kid playing Zubrick is a real Star! Charismatic, totally-committed, has wonderful instincts and great timing, a very maleable face, wonderful physicality, he can even fa' chrissakes SING! My companion for the evening said over and over how much he admired that performance, and thought the kid can Be Somebody. i agree.
The girl playing the Mother has a really terrific voice, sings so well, it's one of those lovely limpid Broadway soprano type voices. her diction is flawless, so every lyric can be understood. She's so appealing onstage, and made all her transitions with skill. The Narrator has a lot of pizzazz and skill - perhaps is still coasting on his looks and talent, of which he has plenty.
The songs are so good, and for the most part were sung well - big torch number was delivered with real commitment and flair and pizzazz - by an actress whose limited voice and untrained singing didn't stop her from showing off some brilliant lyrics and a terrific tune.
So many wonderful laughs - some laughs went on and on. A few of the songs literally stopped the show.
AND - folks, I've done "staged" readings. With good directors and limited time and professional actors -- I never participated in a "reading" where virtually the entire show was staged, and choreographed, and even costumed better than most community theater mainstage offerings. I was led by this past week's post to expect the worst. Except for a couple of beginning actors just learning their craft, and one or two kids with reading deficiencies - who nevertheless did quite well - this reading represented the show and the songs well. I would produce it if I had a theater at my disposal.
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About DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
spoiler--------------------
I enjoyed the flashbacks even though Jesse Metcalfe has definitely muscled up since his stint last season. It was great seeing him again and also Steven Culp as Rex. And the producers found a GREAT match to play Andrew as a young boy. Looked very much like Shawn Pryform as a younger boy.
But the thoughts of having to endure a season or more with that bitchy single mother gives me hives. I loathed her on sight and continued despising her throughout the show even though I applauded Lynette standing her ground.
Setting up Bree with another psycho: not my idea of entertainment.
I never liked the Applewhites, but I have to admit the backstory on the crime and the resolution of it last night were very satisfying. Nice way to get them off the show.
I had read that creator/writer/producer Marc Cherry admitted that the show was top heavy this season with talented actors and there just wasn't enough time to give them all their due, so they're cutting back on regular cast next season. I hope that doesn't mean Richard Burgi (Karl) gets written off the show (seemed that way last night). He's one of the reasons I continue to tune in.
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Now, I must clean up in order to jooin best friend John for lunch today.
WBBL.
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I forgot to say that Bruce did have some ringers in the cast - Tammy, for one... her performance - of course - was totally professional, and I think it helped the rest of the cast to have her energy in there. This is a swell part for her, and she's natural and adorable in it.
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My best thoughts, good wishes and hopes for complete quick recovery go out to TCB today!
Hang in there, Tom!
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Ring them bells!
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Now this is my kind of TOD:
WILD WOMEN OF WONGO (1958)
VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT (1957; starring Ms. June Kenney)
EARTH VS THE SPIDER (1958; starring Ms. June Kenney)
BLOODLUST! (1961; starring Ms. June Kenney
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957)
BLOOD OF DRACULA (1958)
THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960; starring Ms. Allison Hayes)
12 TO THE MOON (1960; starring Mr. Ken Clark and Ms. Michi Kobi)
Any number of Italian and Japanese horror/sci fi films from the 60s.
Any number of Hindu fantasy films from the 50s and 60s.
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Nice to hear PennyO's comments. I said to some people last night (jokingly) that most "staged" readings consist of actors standing up and going to microphones and then sitting down. I, of course, don't understand that concept and just staged the show. I am proud of all my students - my frustration with a couple of them stems from their inability to listen and take direction in even the most perfunctory way. That's what irks me, not their talents. I have no problem if someone is less than brilliant as long as they listen and do what's asked to the best of their ability. But, when they don't, when they just go their own way and it hurts the show and their fellow performers, then I get annoyed with them - again, not because of talent, but because if you're in a theater academy you must learn to listen and have discipline - and it's not as if I haven't given the exact same notes over and over again.
Still, it's fun to hear and see the show on its feet, and I think the one thing that was clear is that it works in the way we intended.
Tammy and Lauren are both "ringers" in the sense that they've both done professional shows, but they also both attended the class and get full credit for it.
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Oh! And Mr. Kimmel does INDEED look very svelte and youthful, having restored his boyish figure. I just saw him a couple of weeks ago... amazing transformation!
Bruce, I'm sorry you were so irked and angry all week. Even though they are students - which means they are still learning ALL aspects of the work - and NOT "university" students, either, bucko! - these are community college students - they did well last night. They wanted it to be good, you could tell they liked the material, and for the most part, they did the best they could. Which was pretty damn good, Bruce.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't teach them theater craft essentials - like punctuality and discipline and speak up and enunciate and show up, and learn your music and and and... but "talent" is subjective and some people DO read slowly and with difficulty - and most of these kids have no expectation that they will earn a living at this. I was charmed by them, and entertained by them, and won over by their efforts last night. All of them.
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I love your beautifully descriptive posts PennyO. I feel like I'm there!
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TOD: Wild Women of Wongo
Mars Needs Women
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Loved hearing DR PENNYO's cogent comments!
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Adding to my list:
THE UNDEAD, of course, another DRELMORE choice.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END - giant grasshoppers attack pictures of Chicago.
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE - Poor guy just wanted to be loved.
And as for the aforementioned TROG - not only did it star Ms Joan Crawford, but also featured Mr John Hammill - physique model and actor extraordinaire!
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Betsy and I enjoyed the "free trial" weekend of all the premium movie channels on DirectTV, so we got to watch The Sopranos (in HiDef, no less) and caught up on a bunch of movies we had missed, which brings me to:
The Pitfalls of Paying Attention to the Closing Credits Department:
The "Transportation Captain" of the Julianne Moore film The Forgotten was none other than Eugene O'Neill, evidently back from the dead and shlepping stars. I kid you not.
Vibes to TCB~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Thinking of DR TCB today...
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The "Transportation Captain" of the Julianne Moore film The Forgotten was none other than Eugene O'Neill, evidently back from the dead and shlepping stars. I kid you not.
Vibes to TCB~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Glad to hear Gene is getting some work since that play writing thing didn't work out. ;D
And even though it's not SCI FI - I will add Frances' THE PARTY CRASHERS to the my TOD list. 8)
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~~~Vibes to Dear Reader TCB!!~~~
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About DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
spoiler--------------------
I enjoyed the flashbacks even though Jesse Metcalfe has definitely muscled up since his stint last season. It was great seeing him again and also Steven Culp as Rex. And the producers found a GREAT match to play Andrew as a young boy. Looked very much like Shawn Pryform as a younger boy.
But the thoughts of having to endure a season or more with that bitchy single mother gives me hives. I loathed her on sight and continued despising her throughout the show even though I applauded Lynette standing her ground.
Setting up Bree with another psycho: not my idea of entertainment.
I never liked the Applewhites, but I have to admit the backstory on the crime and the resolution of it last night were very satisfying. Nice way to get them off the show.
I had read that creator/writer/producer Marc Cherry admitted that the show was top heavy this season with talented actors and there just wasn't enough time to give them all their due, so they're cutting back on regular cast next season. I hope that doesn't mean Richard Burgi (Karl) gets written off the show (seemed that way last night). He's one of the reasons I continue to tune in.
And did you notice that Edie was nowhere to be seen??
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Now, off to work. :)
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I hope DR TCB's loving neighbors will pop by to give us a progress report when either of them is able. We're all hoping it's good news.
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Hi Gang!
Back around and catching up. TPunk's mom and sis are in town. I "babysat" sis yesterday. Which means I sat around while she talked on the phone to her friends back in California. Virtually non-stop. Can you imagine going on vacation across the country and spending the whole time talking to people back home who you are going to see in a mere few days anyway?
Then I attended the cast party for my little show that closed last weekend. Good times were had. Skee-ball was played.
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Vibes for TCB. Hope it all goes well.
Also for DerB and SWoody and all others enduring health issues and traumas. Hope my vibes can do some good.
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I feel your pain, DR RODZINSKI!
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DR MATTH - I really like THE BEST OF EVERYTHING! So many good things in it. And the book is even better!
Gregg's playwright boyfriend is having an affair with the leading actor in the book - which is what sends her off the deep end....and even though Suzy Parker isn't MUCH of an actress, she is stunning to look at. And Hope Lange is great....Diane Baker is okay. And her good working relationship with Crawford on TBOE, got Baker the co-starring role in STRAIT-JACKET when first-cast Anne Helm and Crawford clashed on the first day of shooting.
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Then I attended the cast party for my little show that closed last weekend. Good times were had. Skee-ball was played.
When skee-ball is played, good times can't help but be had.
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I hope DR TCB's loving neighbors will pop by to give us a progress report when either of them is able. We're all hoping it's good news.
We will, of course, keep all y'all posted on DR TCB. Still a couple hours until he heads for the hospital at the moment.
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May not get to jog today as it's gone from being very hot to rainy and gray.
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Lost two great musicians recently. I just read about Freddie Garrity from Freddie and the Dreamers. 'I'm Telling You Now" was a swell hit.
And just found out Grant McLennan, the lead singer of one of my favorite bands, the Go-Betweens, died in his sleep a couple weeks ago. They were a marvelous, literate, and melodic band from Tomovoz's land, and they never made it big here, or anywhere really, but one of their albums called "Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express" got me through college. The band had broken up and just re-formed in recent years to much critical acclaim.
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Bruce - I think the rain will clear, and you will get to go out for exercise later this afternoon. Fingers crossed.
Still early - anyone expect to get the earliest reports on TCB today? Oy. Best Jewish Mother vibes here...
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Off to the showers... more later, perhaps. Have a good one, kidz.
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When skee-ball is played, good times can't help but be had.
You got that right, brother. This bar we favor recently added a skee-ball machine, and I thought, this cannot be a good thing. Boy was I wrong.
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We will, of course, keep all y'all posted on DR TCB. Still a couple hours until he heads for the hospital at the moment.
Will you be going with him? Do you knolw how long he is expected to stay in hospital?
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You got that right, brother. This bar we favor recently added a skee-ball machine, and I thought, this cannot be a good thing. Boy was I wrong.
skee-ball tournaments were an after rehearsal tradition in my college days
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PSYCHOMANIA
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And the word of the day is: TRANSLUCENT!
I flew that airline one time.........Huge windows!
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Hey TCB!! How are you feeling this morning? Did all the weekend illness go away?
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Hey! Don't blame me. I haven't had any coffee, any breakfast, any water, any............................
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It is really pouring right now. I could go jog in the rain, I suppose.
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You are all such a wonderful group of people!
I had to check in this morning so I could postpone my inevitable HHW withdrawl. Your good thoughts and vibes have also gone a long way in reducing my high anxiety. I should be in the hospital about four or five days. My sister will call Jed and Ann after surgery so that they can let you know how it went.
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I'm very tired today. Went out for a LATE Mexican meal last night. Came home and watched a few things I'd TiVO'd. Was surprised when I finally set off for bed that it was 2:30 in the morning! And I got up at 5:30. Which doesn't make for a rested moi.
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Skee-Ball?
Sounds like a painful winter sports injury.
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Good vibes for DR TCB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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ADELANTO, Calif. - It was a sod story for a Mojave Desert homeowner whose entire front yard — grass, bushes and sprinklers — was hauled away by a thief.
The homeowner telephoned law officials to report the yard in front of his under-construction home was gone, sheriff's spokeswoman Staci Johnson said Tuesday.
Witnesses told the homeowner they saw the thief taking the sod, plants and irrigation system to a nearby residence, Johnson said.
David Roger Bowers, 34, was arrested at the home and booked for investigation of grand theft and possession of stolen property, the sheriff's spokeswoman said.
The landscaping materials were returned to the victim.
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Grass should be free, man.
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TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE - Poor guy just wanted to be loved.
That one is on my list, too. Mostly because it featured the coolest killer ray gun ever!
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Hi everyone!
I take it that there hasn't been any news about TCB. I've been thinking and sending good thought about him all morning.
Work has been a real bear today so far. Ugh. 3 more hours and I'm free!
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Hi everyone!
I take it that there hasn't been any news about TCB. I've been thinking and sending good thought about him all morning.
Work has been a real bear today so far. Ugh. 3 more hours and I'm free!
Danise, it will be your evening before there is any word on my surgery. My surgery isn't scehduled to start until 1:30 p.m. my time.
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Yikes I have to go back to work. ALREADY!
Catch you all on the bus ride home!
Have a GREAT afternoon!
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Dear BK, is tonight the last night of the reading? We are under a weather alert that makes us wary of driving.
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There is blowing dust, and that is dangerous and scary to drive in.
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Dust in the Wind.
That is the title of my new book.
YES DR DtM - that ray that burnt the flesh off the skeleton was SUPER COOL.
And I loved the reaction of the secretary who came back and found the skeleton of her boss at his desk...."I'm not going to work at a place where this kind of thing goes on!!"
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Oh, drive in. Tonight's the final performance.
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Before I could post we are having computer woes I was kicked off the site & couldn’t reconnect for awhile. I was kicked off again when I tried to post-sure hope this works.
I was very sorry I couldn’t post my good wishes & vibes to TCB yesterday.
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We're back. Of course, when I called our webhost, it magically was up and had no problem. He said there might have been some sort of maintenence going on.
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Today is Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle birthday. He was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was on Google today
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I was wondering about that myself, DR Vixmom. Maybe it's International Sherlock Holmes Day.
7 1/2 % for everyone!
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Seven and a half percent
Won't get you high a hellava lot!
Seven and a half percent
Doesn't do a thing!
But give it to me
Every hour,
Forty hours every week...
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Vixmom thanks for the vibes and the laugh. Your dream was funny.
My second big laugh for the day-SWW & DerBrucer- “ignorance is bliss”. I loved the story. I hope they haven’t given up on Blackie & find the right foster home for him. With work he should learn not to jump like that.
I still remember training our Siberian Husky who was stubborn even by husky standards. One day after he listened to me I leaned down with an excited “good boy” at which point he jumped up and banged his head into my nose. I swear he broke it & it hurt for months. I realize now I’m lucky he only got me with his head and not his teeth.
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Ginny I think you will enjoy Snow Flower-let me know what you think.
As for the “Chinese Theme” I will add WOMEN OF THE SILK by Gail Tsukiyama (I just saw it is on the AAUW list-great choice). Another wonderful book of hers is THE SAMURAI’S GARDEN. As you might guess, this is in Japan, not China. I agree with Vixmom regarding SPRING MOON.
DakotaCelt, my book group read THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE, interesting.
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Before I could post we are having computer woes I was kicked off the site & couldn’t reconnect for awhile. I was kicked off again when I tried to post-sure hope this works.
This just happened to me! It said that www.haineshisway.com didn't exist! But now it does. Weird!! :o
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Wow! I just posted on the first try, without loosing my connection. :)
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And now that the site is working I need must go & I don’t know if I will be able to return today. Jed, Ann, or anyone please email me news of TCB.
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I recorded "10.5 Apocalypse" last night while I watched "Desperate Housewives". Very interesting developments on "DH"....as MattH indicated, it was a bit brutal...but I kinda liked it.
Cillaliz, if your watching the NBC disaster was for same reason I recorded it, then you wanted some escapist fare that offered some CGI effects to show what would happen to our continent if a major earthquake struck.
I changed channels during commercial breaks and saw lots of the same old tired cliches of "disaster epic filler" of stalled cars and folks trudging through rubble...and far more footage on that than on the actual disaster footage itself. Still....so long as I have fast forward, I should be relatively entertained when I watch.
Actually, Ron, I think I was just too lazy to change the channel. ;)
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Yup it kept talking to me about my sqlk socks.
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I wrote a post, and it didn't get posted and I couldn't get back on for a long time.
I had written that we have decided we need to stay home today. The weather bug has been blinking a warning, and there have been warnings on the news about the dust storm danger that is expected to go on all day. I am usually pretty fearless about driving, but dust storms really frighten me. The segment of I-10 across Arizona is dangerous during a dust storm. I'm sorry I can't make it tonight -- I was really looking forward to it. :-(
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I got kicked off and a "too many conenctions" after my last post. I'm back, but only for a minute. There is a park on a hill near here and you can't see much of it from the road. I have been meaning to walk up there and now I'm going to do it. I'll take my camera in case it's a cool view
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Yes DR CILLA LIZ we must have pictures.
DRLAURA maybe we can see pictures of the dust storm? I have learned, particularly from Nov-Feb: Never ignore the blinking WEATHERBUG!
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I need some coffee.
That is all.
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Coffee is not good for you.
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And did you notice that Edie was nowhere to be seen??
I think Edie is still in the hospital with massive wasp stings. If not, she was probably taken into custody for arson.
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Coffee is not good for you.
Sez who?
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Actually, Ron, I think I was just too lazy to change the channel. ;)
That's perfectly fine, too.
But you never need to make excuses for anything you watch, listen to or read.
Most of us won't judge you one way or the other for it.
;)
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DR MATTH - I really like THE BEST OF EVERYTHING! So many good things in it. And the book is even better!
Gregg's playwright boyfriend is having an affair with the leading actor in the book - which is what sends her off the deep end....and even though Suzy Parker isn't MUCH of an actress, she is stunning to look at. And Hope Lange is great....Diane Baker is okay. And her good working relationship with Crawford on TBOE, got Baker the co-starring role in STRAIT-JACKET when first-cast Anne Helm and Crawford clashed on the first day of shooting.
Thanks for this information. I finished the film this afternoon and then flipped back to early in the movie (Crawford's introduction) and put on the commentary and started listening. The author is one of the people who is commenting on the film, but a film scholar is also on the track and their comments have been edited together. I didn't get very far in listening, but with this new ionformation from you, I may go back and listen to some more. I suspect the author will mention these changes as we get deeper into the film.
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We're not saying the site had further problems, are we?
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Danise, it will be your evening before there is any word on my surgery. My surgery isn't scehduled to start until 1:30 p.m. my time.
I wonder if the hospital has a URL that would let us watch the surgery while it is being performed???!!!
:D :D :D
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It's also Victoria Day in Canada whatever that celebrates. Surely that's not Queen Victoria? Maybe one of our Canadian DRs can illuminate us?
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Surgery vibes to TCB!!!
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I also recorded the awful (according to a 30 year old memory) THE BALLAD OF JOSIE off one of the cable movie channels. I'm curious to watch this again to see if I can find anything entertaining about it now. The first time I saw it years ago, I thought it was one of the worst movies I ever sat through and was so disapppointed for Doris Day that it was such a clunker.
Maybe time has been kind to it.
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TOD: If suspense films counts, I'd say MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH, which I didn't appreciate when I first saw it, but I learned to love it during subsequent viewings.
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Sez who?
The Tea Council
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I can still hum THE BALLAD OF JOSIE's title song after seeing the movie just once over thirty years ago. Very catchy tune.
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I've been so busy today I haven't been able to fully follow what's going on here today.
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That's perfectly fine, too.
But you never need to make excuses for anything you watch, listen to or read.
Most of us won't judge you one way or the other for it.
;)
We wouldn't DARE....living in glass houses and all....
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Dan - There actually was a bank which did an ad campaign around "7-1/2 Cents." It went something like:
Five percent on checking
Doesn't mean a heck of a lot
Five percent on checking
Doesn't mean a thing.
But give it to me every day
Seven days of every week
And that's enough for me to be
etc, etc
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Well... D. Day, hotelier, mentioned in her auto-bio that she met someone on JOSIE who played a supporting role...who got his own series that ran when her show was on, and that they had a fine satisfying affair even though he was married.
Never been able to figure out who it was....Goerge Kennedy? David Hartman? Enquiring minds want to know.
DR MATTH I didn't know Rona Jaffe was part of the commentary....though I hate how FOX edits them....grrrrrrrrrrr I may have to buy that one though.
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There's a good topic--favorite show tunes used in commercial ads.
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The Tea Council
Right-O! ;D
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Flowers for TCB....from my walk today
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For MattH
Victoria Day
Sovereign's birthday
The Sovereign's birthday has been celebrated in Canada since the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).
May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday, was declared a holiday by the Legislature of the Province of Canada in 1845.
After Confederation, the Queen's birthday was celebrated every year on May 24 unless that date was a Sunday, in which case a proclamation was issued providing for the celebration on May 25.
After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, an Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada establishing a legal holiday on May 24 in each year (or May 25 if May 24 fell on a Sunday) under the name Victoria Day.
The birthday of King Edward VII, who was born on November 9, was by yearly proclamation during his reign (1901-1910) celebrated on Victoria Day.
It was not an innovation to celebrate the birthday of the reigning sovereign on the anniversary of the birth of a predecessor. In Great Britain, the birthdays of George IV (1820-1830) and William IV (1830-1837) were celebrated on June 4, birthday of George III (1760-1820).
The birthday of King George V, who reigned from 1910 to 1935, was celebrated on the actual date, June 3 or, when that was a Sunday, by proclamation on June 4.
The one birthday of King Edward VIII, who reigned in 1936, was also celebrated on the actual date, June 23.
King George VI's birthday, which fell on December 14, was officially celebrated in the United Kingdom on a Thursday early in June. Up to 1947 Canada proclaimed the same day but in 1948 and further years settled on the Monday of the week in which the United Kingdom celebration took place. George VI reigned from 1936 to 1952.
The first birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1952, was also celebrated in June.
Meanwhile, Canada continued to observe Victoria Day. An amendment to the Statutes of Canada in 1952 established the celebration of Victoria Day on the Monday preceding May 25.
From 1953 to 1956, the Queen's birthday was celebrated in Canada on Victoria Day, by proclamation of the Governor General, with Her Majesty's approval. In 1957, Victoria Day was permanently appointed as the Queen's birthday in Canada. In the United Kingdom, the Queen's birthday is celebrated in June.
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I'll Give You a Daisy a Day!
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I have some others, but I didn't shrink them enough. I'll post them later
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It's also Victoria Day in Canada whatever that celebrates. Surely that's not Queen Victoria? Maybe one of our Canadian DRs can illuminate us?
I dunno.....
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Ford used to make a Crown Victoria.
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Beautiful big daisies Cillaliz!!
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Beautiful big daisies Cillaliz!!
Thanks, but please don't eat them!
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Top of the evening folks!
I keep forgetting about that pesky time difference thing. It's hard to remember since I'm "talking" to you all at the same time that your not in the same time zone.
I still want to send vibes to DR TCB--I hope everything is goind well.
Coffee isn't good for you. It makes you nervous. I know I can't drink it. I get this tingle going up and down my arms everytime I try a cup. But I LOVE the smell of coffee--well most of the time.
The other day someone brewed a pot (and yes, I happen to sit where the break/coffee area is with no door) and I swear it was strong enough to get up and walk down the hall! :D
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I went on a walk today and saw this:
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The distance in the shot gets fuzzy when I shrink it enough to post it, but it's a pretty view with the steeple of one of the Catholic Churches in the background
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Wow--that is a NICE view!
DR Vixmom--the pkg is in the mail!
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Danise, don't forget to get off the bus at Church Street to get your car
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We've got overcast skies here today. Makes you feel all the more blah.
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Danise, don't forget to get off the bus at Church Street to get your car
LOL! I think about ten people have reminded me but thanks! It is a church not a street. They were nice enough to donate some of their land to make a bus station for the local people.
I'll have to take a picture and post it when I get off the bus. At the church! ;)
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Back from a jog - yes, it was pouring rain just two hours ago, and now the sun is out and it's like summer. Ladies and germs: LA!!
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LOL! I think about ten people have reminded me but thanks! It is a church not a street. They were nice enough to donate some of their land to make a bus station for the local people.
I'll have to take a picture and post it when I get off the bus. At the church! ;)
Ok, well I knew there was a church involved somehow. Glad no one is letting you forget!
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I have a ton of pictures I would like to share. Since I have the new camera, I've been taking pictures of anything and everything. It's not uncommon for me to snap at least a hundred of them at time.
Lord, I love digital photography!
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Try this one
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The church is coming up. Gotta run.
Laters all--Have a wonderful evening!
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And this one
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I'd like to get a new SLR digital. Mine is ok, but I'd like a better one. Would you recommend your new camera....sorry forgot what it is
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Thanks, DR Vixmom, for the info on Victoria Day.
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Off to take care of some household chores, and then to an overcrowded night of prime time TV.
WBBL.
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Victoria Day.
May 24 was Empire Day in Australia and is now Comonwealth Day. When I was child the day was a half day holiday and a bonfire day.
It is also DP Colin's birthday - He assumed everyone was lighting fires to celebrate in honour of himself.
As with the UK, Queens Birthday is celebrated here with a holiday in June.
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By my calculations DR TCB should be flat out with the benefit of excellent theatre lighting for the performance at this moment.
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By my calculations DR TCB should be flat out with the benefit of excellent theatre lighting for the performance at this moment.
Yes....and somewhat exposed, I would reckon....and totally dependent upon the kindness of strangers....
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I don't remember if schools close but government offices, banks, post offices do. I never did anything special. I'm too young to remember her reign.
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I don't remember if schools close but government offices, banks, post offices do. I never did anything special. I'm too young to remember her reign.
Did you ever hear anyone mention Commonwealth Day, Michael?
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Yes today is Victoria Day (for Queen Victoria).
3 day weekend. No mail. Although I think the stores were open. Although I did not leave my bed. I can't imagine that there would have been school, and I think most people had the day off.
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Sounds like perfect weather for a read thru.
I couldn't resist, I got out my VHS copy of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING and am enjoying every moment. Checked for some trivia on IMDB and indeed April and Caroline traipse right in front of The Stonewall on Christopher street....
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Well MR BK I thought you might hear from Mr Long today....perhaps he is recovering from his OWN Sunday night gig.
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I think I will watch some more episodes of POLICEWOMAN tonight.
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Oh............Hope Lange is wearing a beautiful black dress with a shadow bodice....never noticed it before. Wow!
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I know this has been asked, but a search has turned up nothing in the way of an answer so far as I've been able to discover:
What's going on at Broadway.com with "The Insider" by Ken Mandelbaum" ?
There hasn't been anything new in weeks and weeks...and I've seen no word on what has happened.
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I did hear from Mr. Long - I don't have time to have a meal, but he's coming to the staged reading this evening.
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I did hear from Mr. Long - I don't have time to have a meal, but he's coming to the staged reading this evening.
Marvelous! 8)
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Uh oh.....Suzy Parker is wearing a trench coat and pawing through Louis Jourdan's trash can.
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Whoops! Backwards over the railing....don't wear your spike heels on the fire escape, gang!
Where is DR TPUNK and the Aids Walk Report?
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DRLAURA maybe we can see pictures of the dust storm? I have learned, particularly from Nov-Feb: Never ignore the blinking WEATHERBUG!
Today -- from the local newspaper website:
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Thanks DRLAURA.....frightening!
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr....somebody is shooting off firecrackers and scaring my doggie!
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GRRRRRRRRRRRR my nephew left the gate unlocked when he used the weed eater and Blue got out....grrrrrrrrrrrr
Just took a nice tour of the neighborhood with the leash and found her.
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Great pictures, Cillaliz!! I've made the daisy picture into a desktop wallpaper. It's very nice! :)
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Thanks DRLAURA.....frightening!
Another photo, from the newspaper website:
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DRLAURA - if a lady flies by on a broom, grab your doggie.
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I bought THE BEST OF EVERYTHING dvd, but haven't watched it yet. I have never seen the entire film but I certainly have memories of Stephen Boyd being in it!
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Whoops! Backwards over the railing....don't wear your spike heels on the fire escape, gang!
I think that goes without saying.
Ditto when doing pull-ups!
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I think that goes without saying.
Ditto when doing pull-ups!
Oh indeed!
DRMBARNUM - Stephen Boyd is one of the few NON-cads in the cast. 8)
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OMG - Robert Osborne just said BULLSH!T on TCM when introducing Penn & Teller!
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Update from Tacoma General...
DR TCB's operation apparently finished up about 45 minutes ago, and he'll be "in recovery" for another 1-1/2 hours or so. That's all the more info his sister had at the time she called me. She'll talk to him later tonight (if he's up for it) and give me a further update tomorrow. Basically sounds like so far, so good.
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Great pictures, Cillaliz!! I've made the daisy picture into a desktop wallpaper. It's very nice! :)
Glad you like it, I thought it was cheery
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Great to hear so far so good news about TCB
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Monday greetings! I had a delightful, but away-from-my-desk, workday today. This morning I made an invited site visit to a nonprofit development office from which several staff members have attended my workshops in the past. The gave me a tour of their facility (a retirement community), we had a consulting conference, and concluded with lunch in the dining room. Got back to the library just in time for a 3-hour readers' advisory workshop in which I learned about many book suggestion websites. Then I answered some emails and phone calls and came home to a family dinner.
Glad to get a good report regarding DR TCB's surgery. Thanks, DR Jed!
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Beautiful pictures, Cillaliz. I am glad to see I started a trend. :-)
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Yea about TCB!! ;D
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Yes DR Laura, I was thinking of you when I said "I went for a walk today...." Scary photos of Phx. I don't remember any real dust storms when I lived there, just the brief dust before and during a monsoon, but nothing like the photos. I think you're right to stay put. There are a lot of multi-car pile ups when people can't see due to dust, or snow fro that matter. Be safe
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Dan - One use of show music that bothers me a little is the "All I want is a room somewhere" ad campaign for the Hampton motel chain. I can't imagine Lerner would have been pleased with the lyric adaptation, and the "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" line just seems weird in that context.
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I just hate to go see MY FAIR LADY when Eliza and her boys sing:
Wooden tit be loverly?
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Tonight I heard from a friend that the Naked Guy of Berkley has died. I looked up the story of his death (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/21/NAKEDGUY.TMP)--a suicide--on Google. Apparently, he's had mental health issues for several years and had gone untreated. It's very sad.
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Although that isn't as bad as Buuu-DEEEEEEEE and the Beast or The Lonely Go-Turd.
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Tonight I heard from a friend that the Naked Guy of Berkley has died. I looked up the story of his death (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/21/NAKEDGUY.TMP)--a suicide--on Google. Apparently, he's had mental health issues for several years and had gone untreated. It's very sad.
Read that earlier today as well DRDtM.... :-\
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Nearly time for MR BK's show to begin....with my friend Adam in attendance! I wish I could be there as well....it sounds like just my kind of SHOW!!!
"I hate dat qveen!" Zsa Zsa Gabor as Venusian scientist in QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE speaking of actress (and friend of DR MBARNUM) Laurie Mitchell.
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Tonight I heard from a friend that the Naked Guy of Berkley has died. I looked up the story of his death (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/21/NAKEDGUY.TMP)--a suicide--on Google. Apparently, he's had mental health issues for several years and had gone untreated. It's very sad.
It's very sad he had untreated mental issues and committed suicide, but no one thought to have the naked guy evaluated for mental problems?????Puh-leeze
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Dance Pioneer Katherine Dunham has passed away.
(http://imagesource2.art.com/images/-/Great-Black-Innovators---Katherine-Dunham-Poster-C10085319.jpeg)
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Time for to go to bed.
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TOTD:
Dr Who: Daleks Invasion EArth 2150 AD [movie is bad but the original episodic broadcast was half way decent. Peter Cushing was the Doctor]
The Blob
Dark Shadows
Night of the Living Dead
Red Dwarf - it definitely has its cheesy moments of Smeggian quoutient!!
Lost in Space
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DR JRand, I'm assuming your VHS of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING is pan and scan. You MUST get the DVD for the widescreen version, unelss you taped it off a channel that was showing it widescreen.
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Thanks for the update on DR TCB, DR Jed. We appreciate any information you can relate to us, and I hope you'll pass along to his sister all our good wishes for him.
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Back to THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. Isn't Robert Evans just the lousiest actor? No wonder he went into producing/studio head. He was just awful.
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To bring me up to showtime tonight on prime time TV, I put in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE again. Such an enjoyable, involving movie.
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'24' concluded its best-ever season with a two hour nail biter, and just when things seemed to be AOK with the world, there's payback, and payback that sets up next season superlatively.
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MEDIUM was certainly a "whoa!" episode tonight.
David James Elliott is a very pretty man in and out of clothes.
I truly had no idea where the episode was going for most of its running time though the answer to the mystery was pretty easy to spot. However, this time, the murder investigation took a back seat to the investigation into Allison's "what-if" life. Fascinating.
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Vibes to TCB!!
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Off to bed now. I have a long day tomorrow with houseguests and semiannual dental check-up.
GOod night.
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BEautiful daisies, Cilla!
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Yikes, DR Laura...
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From tonight's news: Nine-car pileup on the freeway, due to the dust storm.
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Yikes.... I just heard on the news here that you were having some nasty winds. Take care!
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From tonight's news: Nine-car pileup on the freeway, due to the dust storm.
Yup. Happens almost every time...
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page 8 Dust dance
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Night all
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Back from our second and last staged reading. Act one didn't go quite as well as last night because the audience was a bit less vocal and it affected the energy. But act two scored big with some really huge laughs, and once again, All About Men stopped the show cold. I have to stop my craziness and understand that the majority of the folks in the cast are students, and not only that, students who had never done a musical before. So, considering that, I was very proud of everyone.
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Glad to hear ti went decently well bk!