Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 22 => Topic started by: bk on December 23, 2011, 12:21:25 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes explained all about my true love showing up empty-handed repeatedly, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're true loves are bringing all sorts of interesting things.
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And the word of the day is: PERQUISITE!
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD player: my own compilation of Liz Callaway singing the songs of Stephen Sondheim. I'm actually going to make a copy for my sister's boyfriend. Earlier this year, we went to a Seattle Storm basketball game and I brought it along to listen to in the car (he drove and has a CD player in his car...I don't). He liked it a lot and wanted a copy, but I never got around to it, but now I have. I actually will add a couple of songs from Liz's latest solo CD, so it'll be more complete and up to date. :D
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Morning all.
That is all.
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We will head out to Long Island in a while.
We have a tiny bit of shopping to do and then we will have lunch with our dear friend, Alfred.
We will then have dinner with Anthony's parent's. Too much food already!!!
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I have begun riding the stationary bike again (for the past week) and I plan on using the treadmill while on Long Island.
We wanted to see The Artist (I may have mentioned this already) but it's not playing anywhere on Long Island so we will see it in the city.
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And that, my friends, is that. For now.
I'll pop in and out over the next few days.
Happy Christmas to all and to all a good morning!
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There were 22 guests when I got here....and now there are NONE. Again.
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And the word of the day is: PERQUISITE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
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Today is Friday....it is a work day. I get to work with my two sisters. My brother in law is doing something else.....he may be too busy to come into the store at all.....which I would understand completely.
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TOD:
DVD - The Deal A movie about the political careers of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. I guess I have less of an interest in British politics than I thought I did, although it is entertaining.
CD - 100 Hits of the 1950's, some of which I have never heard.
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The neighbor with no muffler just left.....she will be back soon, I am sure. Although since the kids are not in school today, I don't know where she could be going this early in the day.
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DR JOSE - Associates rarely know how to run the sound and/or light board.
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Good morning, all.
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There were 22 guests when I got here....and now there are NONE. Again.
That's OK. fewer people to cook for, then.
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TOD:
MP3: A Broadway Christmas, Carols for a Cure, Brian Setzer's Christmas album.
DVD: A Merry Gentleman, Meet Me in St. Louis
CD: Maureen McGovern, Mel Torme Christmas albums
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And the word of the day is: PERQUISITE!
I always confused "perquisite" with "prerequisite" in the old days - but I think I'm clear on the difference these days
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Perquisite is the painkiller, right? ;)
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Great Filichia on Friday. Again, I'm always please there's at least one person out there who analyzes instead of merely reviewing or theorizing.
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And the word of the day is: PERQUISITE!
I always confused "perquisite" with "prerequisite" in the old days - but I think I'm clear on the difference these days
Not me.
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But I don't think I have ever used either of them in speaking or writing.
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Robert Easton has passed away. You will probably recognize his picture, if not his name.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-robert-easton-20111222,0,893492.story
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Good morning, all! I am sick of this damned warm weather. At 12:45am, it was so warm and uncomfortable that I got out of bed to open a window. I then had strange dreams: researching Jerome Kern music with Rob Berman, looking at contracts for Mary Roberts Rinehart and Jerome Moross. I slept very well, I think, but the the dreams were peculiar.
I still have a couple of gifts to ponder today. Perhaps the Juilliard Book Store will provide an idea. Today, I've got a trip to the NYPL at Lincoln Center, with a stop at West 70th Street to drop off a package. Then it's back to the endless ROBERTA Fashion Show score. I'll never finish it!
A thought from 1728 on today's word:
If you at an Office solicit your Due,
And would not have Matters neglected;
You must quicken the Clerk with the Perquisite too,
To do what his Duty directed.
TOD:
DVD: Several Christmas Carols and Nutcrackers
CD: Lots ofChristmas music, soundtrack for ONCE, Guy Haines, Liz Callaway, Offenbach
VCR: cheep cheep cheep
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That is quite a saying DR ELMORE.
I shall ponder it at work today.
I am off. Oh well.
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Good Morning. It is Friday at last.
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By the way, Happy Noche de los Rabanos (aka Night of the Radishes).
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Friday morning greetings! Gingerbread dough is chilling to be made into cookies this afternoon and pecans are toasting for use in coffee cakes this evening. Soon I'll do my basement walk, get cleaned up, and go out to do a couple of errands.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
Been way too busy this week but the effort is paying off in that I'm a little ahead of the game. Only two big chores on the plate, cleaning the kitchen and food shopping and I plan on getting them out of the way today.
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Surprisingly busy day at work. I guess because I'm almost the only one here.
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One more.
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Page Two!
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MEdia Check:
DVD: I've already watched all the must-see seasonal dvds in my collection. Tonight, I might go for the Bell Telephone Hour Old Fashioned Christmas that I couldn't sit though last year (a major serving of Florence Henderson goes a long way...)
CD: Christmas music (which include a nice gifty from a DR)
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I'm busy packing presents today.
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TOD:
MARGIN CALL
BLACKTHORN
SINNERS AND SAINTS
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The one thing I'll miss about not being in Los Angeles this weekend is not being able to attend BK's "do".
:'(
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For the first time ever, I received a shipment from Amazon with no packing slip. And this was a rather large order with a few potential returns.
Grrrrrr...
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Okay, starting in in this here kitchen. Where's my Mop'N'Glo?
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Hammer director Don Sharp dies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/movies/don-sharp-director-dies-at-89-revived-hammer-horror-films.html?_r=1&hpw
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It is snowing!
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My 2 year old niece is over. I have to pick up my other niece from school at 1pm. And we are going to bake holiday cookies!
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It is snowing!
I hope you enjoy it and keep it far from me. It got up to 72 here yesterday. The sun was shining, the grass was green. I saw neither an orange nor a palm tree sway ...
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For the first time ever, I received a shipment from Amazon with no packing slip. And this was a rather large order with a few potential returns.
Grrrrrr...
You can always go to your Amazon account and print an invoice.
And I am off to Lincoln Center.
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Oh, JR:
All those years of waiting have finally paid off!!!! (http://www.examiner.com/marriage-in-austin/debra-messing-and-daniel-zelman-are-calling-it-quits)
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BK, re: your notes today. Are you saying the Goldsmith score for the original POTA is "tuneful"? ;) ;D
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I had that Original Soundtrack LP and my mother forbade me to play it when she was in the house. :)
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On Enoch Light's label, no less, IIRC.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And it really has been nice being able to get eight+ hours of sleep for a couple of nights in a row. The biggest benefactor of all of that proper rest: my lower back. :)
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A friend of mine was supposed to call me around 11:00am (EST) to coordinate going Christmas shopping with him, but he never called. And since I was still in bed at that time, well... I'll check in with him in a few. He might have slept in too. Or decided to spare me the Terror of the Malls. ;)
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I finished my Christmas shopping yesterday afternoon. At least all the "necessary" stuff - a.k.a. for the nieces and nephews. I may go ahead and head out later and due my usual wandering of the aisles to see what catches my eye. Or not.
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As for the Friday Media Check...
Well...
I haven't even loaded up my Christmas Playlist in iTunes yet this season. However, as of earlier this week, I do have a new disc to add to that collection. :)
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For the first time ever, I received a shipment from Amazon with no packing slip. And this was a rather large order with a few potential returns.
Grrrrrr...
DR Dan (the Man) - Have you checked the outside of the box. I know sometimes when I've received a large order, it gets placed in one of those plastic "windows" glued to the carton. -Otherwise, as DR elmore mentioned, you can always access your account on Amazon.com and print out an invoice and any necessary return labels.
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Robert Easton has passed away. You will probably recognize his picture, if not his name.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-robert-easton-20111222,0,893492.story
Oh, I remember his appearances on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". It was wonderful listening to him change accents on a dime.
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Question for you Apple/Mac types: Freddy's (the local Kroger chain) is having an iPad sale, with everything off $50, plus tomorrow they have an additional $30 off. Should I stimulate the economy? :) And if so, what version of the iPad do any/all of you recommend?
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Question for you Apple/Mac types: Freddy's (the local Kroger chain) is having an iPad sale, with everything off $50, plus tomorrow they have an additional $30 off. Should I stimulate the economy? :) And if so, what version of the iPad do any/all of you recommend?
There's basically only one version of the iPad out right now: the iPad 2.
However, it's a matter of options:
-Black or White
-WiFi only
-WiFi and 3G -Then you have to decide if you want AT&T or Verizon - At least with the iPad, you can sign up for a month-to-month 3G plan with no yearly obligation.
-Then it's just a matter of how much on-board storage you want: 16GB, 32GB or 64GB - And, yes, the more GBs, the higher the price.
So...
If you want to splurge for a Wifi and 3G enabled one, that may be the way to go. That's what I have. I don't have the 3G enabled, but it's nice to know that it's there should I ever have the real need to activate it. -There are enough WiFi hotspots in NYC and DC and even here in Richmond, that I don't have a need for the 3G. And if I do need a 3G connection, well, then I use my iPhone. ;)
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Thanks, Jose.
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I gave Betsy and the kids the newish BD of GALAXY QUEST for Chanukah. It's one of Betsy's favorite movies and she's been watching it nonstop now for two days. I got a big kick out of an interview segment with Alan Rickman on the supplements where he says the allure of the film is, "Well, you know, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, together at last!" :)
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You're welcome, Jeffrey.
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And...
I think it's time for me to leave the house for a bit. Or at least stand up. ;)
Laters...
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Loving Brian Setzer's Christmas album, which I just discovered, with a version of "Angels We Have Heard on High" that is a cross between mariachi band and "Wipe Out."
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One more.
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Page three!
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I'm up - the telephonic device rang at eight - some 800 number. I fell back asleep until ten.
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Off to do a couple of errands before coming back to bake some more - bye for now!
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Just before I went to bed last night I realized that despite going over what I needed again and again before I went to Gelson's and after, I forgot, oh, a minor ingredient for the tuna pasta salad - namely the tuna. Unbelievable. So, as soon as I got up I went back and got the tuna - the cars were already starting to pour in there like lemmings, but I was in and out in four minutes.
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JMK - of course Goldsmith's score was very atonal - but that was that film. For Rise, rather than all that relentless thumping that has been the flavor of the month for almost two decades now, a tune would have really helped for the more emotional stuff, rather than the rising and falling slow pads of music we got. Mr. Doyle, if given his druthers, I'm sure would have come up with it because he sure has in the past.
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BK, I also have plans to make spaghetti and tuna pasta salad for tomorrow night. We'll have that for an early dinner before we go to church.
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Not good! Stuck on Page Three
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Must............post............. more........................junk!
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I wonder if other people are having trouble signing in to HHW and then getting kicked out.
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One more hour at work. I get to write holly jolly divorce copy today.
She got the house, the car and the kids.
But you get to keep your insurance.
He's got a new trophy wife, but you've still got us.
You got rid of the excess baggage, but don't get rid of us.
Divorce the louse, not us.
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I wonder if other people are having trouble signing in to HHW and then getting kicked out.
Nope.
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I wonder if other people are having trouble signing in to HHW and then getting kicked out.
Some people just can't take a hint. ;D
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BK, as mentioned the other day: Phone. Ringer off switch. ;)
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Fox is in overtime spinning the House GOP's cave as an Obama "debacle."
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I find their desperate attempts most amusing.
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TOD:
DVD: Stolen Face (1952). Intriguing early Hammer film with Lizabeth Scott and Paul Heinreid. Good Malcolm Arnold score.
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TOD:
DVD: Stolen Face (1952). Intriguing early Hammer film with Lizabeth Scott and Paul Heinreid. Good Malcolm Arnold score.
I love Lizbeth Scott.
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How is it that a holiday that began at the end of October can suddenly creep up now?
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I wonder if other people are having trouble signing in to HHW and then getting kicked out.
Not I. I just gave my very first (solo) evaluation! Now...to write the other four. :-\
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TOD:
DVD: Stolen Face (1952). Intriguing early Hammer film with Lizabeth Scott and Paul Heinreid. Good Malcolm Arnold score.
I love Lizbeth Scott.
Me too. She was great in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. She's 90 next year!
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Cinnamon pecan coffee cakes just went into the oven. The house is going to smell wonderful when Richard returns from his errands!
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Cinnamon pecan coffee cakes just went into the oven. The house is going to smell wonderful when Richard returns from his errands!
Recipe?
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Cinnamon pecan coffee cakes just went into the oven. The house is going to smell wonderful when Richard returns from his errands!
Recipe?
Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake
Batter:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream (I substitute plain - not nonfat - yogurt)
1 tsp. vanilla
Topping:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp. flour
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda and set aside. Cream butter, sugar, and eggs. Add sour cream and vanilla, then dry ingredients to form a smooth batter.
In a greased & floured 9x13 pan alternate batter, topping, batter, topping and bake at 350o for 45-60 minutes, until a toothpick in center comes out clean.
A double recipe makes 3 nice 8-inch square cakes, which are great for gifts. This freezes well.
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That sounds really good, Ginny! :D
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Family favorite, DR George! My mom started making this recipe in the 1950s and now my sister, niece, and I all make our own versions of it. When I started substituting yogurt for the sour cream, I didn't tell my sister. She was passing through here on her way to Florida one Christmas and I just gave her a coffee cake to take with her. When I saw her next and she told me how much they'd enjoyed the cake, then I told her. She hadn't suspected!
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This morning, I sent an email about the four investors wanted for "Christmas Up the Holler," and I've got two responses so far: a no thank you and my college friend Dr Shoemaker, pediatrician, just invested. I hope I get more positive results.
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Cinnamon pecan coffee cakes just went into the oven. The house is going to smell wonderful when Richard returns from his errands!
Recipe?
Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake
Batter:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream (I substitute plain - not nonfat - yogurt)
1 tsp. vanilla
Topping:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp. flour
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda and set aside. Cream butter, sugar, and eggs. Add sour cream and vanilla, then dry ingredients to form a smooth batter.
In a greased & floured 9x13 pan alternate batter, topping, batter, topping and bake at 350o for 45-60 minutes, until a toothpick in center comes out clean.
A double recipe makes 3 nice 8-inch square cakes, which are great for gifts. This freezes well.
I'll be over shortly.
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Did the four-mile jog, helper picked up the last invoices we're shipping until after the New Year, I had some bacon and eggs and am back home awaiting the arrival of singers - three coming today. Hopefully that will all be done by three and then I'll mosey on over to the mail place, and then try to buy the two presents I need to buy.
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When was the last time that either Dokota Celt or Danise visited BK's living room? Has anyone heard from either of them?
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One more.
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Page four
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When was the last time that either Dokota Celt or Danise visited BK's living room? Has anyone heard from either of them?
I don't know about Danise, but I'm recording a couple of soap operas for DakotaCelt so we keep in contact every once in a while. Not here, though.
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I have been listening to non-stop Christmas music this week in hopes that some holiday cheer would rub off on me. I am mostly listening to AOL Radio's Holday Music. Last night, they played a version of the CHRISTMAS WALTZ by Rosemary Clooney. This must have been the last thing she ever recorded, it was horrible. Kind of like listening to one of Liza's recent recordings.
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Oh, JR:
All those years of waiting have finally paid off!!!! (http://www.examiner.com/marriage-in-austin/debra-messing-and-daniel-zelman-are-calling-it-quits)
I know he will be thrilled.
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Has anyone yet mentioned that Japanese Director Yoshimitsu Morita has died?
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I wonder if other people are having trouble signing in to HHW and then getting kicked out.
Some people just can't take a hint. ;D
Lucky I don't read JMK's posts.
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I wonder if other people are having trouble signing in to HHW and then getting kicked out.
Not I. I just gave my very first (solo) evaluation! Now...to write the other four. :-\
Well, I didn't know that I had to write an evaluation in order to stay connected.
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One more singer and then I'm off to the mail place and to buy a couple of presents.
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Has Facebook now removed the birthday reminder list that used to be on the right side of the home page forEVER??? Is that yet another improvement?
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Meanwhile, a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to Mr. Craig Brockman and my very own brother.
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Has Facebook now removed the birthday reminder list that used to be on the right side of the home page forEVER??? Is that yet another improvement?
It's still on the right side, right above "sponsored." The icon is a gift wrapped box and mine says "Craig Brockman and 4 others."
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This morning, I sent an email about the four investors wanted for "Christmas Up the Holler," and I've got two responses so far: a no thank you and my college friend Dr Shoemaker, pediatrician, just invested. I hope I get more positive results.
Fantastic!
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I'll be over shortly.
I wish...
We're about to order pizza.
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For the first time ever, I received a shipment from Amazon with no packing slip. And this was a rather large order with a few potential returns.
Grrrrrr...
DR Dan (the Man) - Have you checked the outside of the box. I know sometimes when I've received a large order, it gets placed in one of those plastic "windows" glued to the carton. -Otherwise, as DR elmore mentioned, you can always access your account on Amazon.com and print out an invoice and any necessary return labels.
Checked outside the box, too, and nada. But if there is a need, I'll just do what you and DR Elmore suggested and print out an invoice on-line. Thanks, guys.
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Meanwhile, a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to Mr. Craig Brockman and my very own brother.
Ditto and Ditto!! ;D
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The newscasters are shocked that violence is breaking out in stores over the sale of some kind of new Nike sneaker. Don't they remember what happened on Black Friday over $8 waffle irons?
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The newscasters are shocked that violence is breaking out in stores over the sale of some kind of new Nike sneaker. Don't they remember what happened on Black Friday over $8 waffle irons?
;D
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3:00 singer still isn't here so I need to leave and buy two gifts. I'll leave her package outside, I guess.
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Got almost all packages due today but no important envelope. Bah, humbug. And one package didn't arrive even though it was sent the day before another package that did arrive - and by the same person from the same place. The first package shows as being sorted in Bell Gardens this morning, so maybe tomorrow.
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Happy Birthday to Mr. Craig Brockman and to BK's ever loving brother.
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Happy Birthday to Mr. Craig Brockman and to BK's ever loving brother.
Ditto!
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Got almost all packages due today but no important envelope. Bah, humbug. And one package didn't arrive even though it was sent the day before another package that did arrive - and by the same person from the same place. The first package shows as being sorted in Bell Gardens this morning, so maybe tomorrow.
Where the heck is Bell Gardens?
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Kitchen is sparkling clean and the food shopping done. Only a few more things to wrap tonight. I'll take another stab at viewing The Bell Telephone Hour's An Old Fashioned Christmas (with copious amounts of Florence Henderson.)
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Got almost all packages due today but no important envelope. Bah, humbug. And one package didn't arrive even though it was sent the day before another package that did arrive - and by the same person from the same place. The first package shows as being sorted in Bell Gardens this morning, so maybe tomorrow.
Where the heck is Bell Gardens?
Belle Gardens--I caught her act at the Trocadero once.
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Got almost all packages due today but no important envelope. Bah, humbug. And one package didn't arrive even though it was sent the day before another package that did arrive - and by the same person from the same place. The first package shows as being sorted in Bell Gardens this morning, so maybe tomorrow.
Where the heck is Bell Gardens?
Belle Gardens--I caught her act at the Trocadero once.
I believe Belle was a female impersonator.
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For some reason, today feels like Christmas Eve, and that tomorrow should be Christmas Day. I am going to be very confused tomorrow.
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For some reason, today feels like Christmas Eve, and that tomorrow should be Christmas Day. I am going to be very confused tomorrow.
Actually, I kind of feel that way, too. Weird, huh?
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Oldies.com is having a sale on 500 titles, some as low as $1.99 (FUNNY GIRL). I didn't find anything that I can't live without.
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Let's get busy posting!
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One more
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Page Five!
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Well, I'm leaving work. There are only two other people in the building, besides me, and I'm bailing. I'm off to help my sister get ready for Sunday. Tomorrow, we're all going to our parents' house for the main gift-giving event, then just getting together on Sunday for family/game/movie time.
Have a good rest of the evening, all!
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Well, I'm leaving work. There are only two other people in the building, besides me, and I'm bailing. I'm off to help my sister get ready for Sunday. Tomorrow, we're all going to our parents' house for the main gift-giving event, then just getting together on Sunday for family/game/movie time.
Have a good rest of the evening, all!
Have a great evening, George. And, in case you don't check in before - Merry Christmas
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I think it would be great if some year, all of us snuck into town and showed up on BK's door.
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I think it would be great if some year, all of us snuck into town and showed up on BK's door.
(On Christmas Eve, I mean)
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Oldies.com is having a sale
Mike went there thinking it was a dating site. ;)
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Back from shopping - the Sherman Oaks mall is a madhouse, just crazy. But I found one of the two things I needed, and spent some time in the Apple Store discussing things with a nice salesperson.
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I've baked gingerbread boys and reindeer and let them cool while I ate pizza. Now I have to go put faces on the boys. Tomorrow all I have to do is make jello salad and cheesy potatoes and make the dining room table presentable for Sunday. For that I'll be using the new runner that I bought in Germany.
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I've baked gingerbread boye and reindeer and let them cool while I ate pizza. Now I have to go put faces on the boys. Tomorrow all I have to do is make jello salad and cheesy potatoes and make the dining room table presentable for Sunday. For that I'll be using the new runner that I bought in Germany.
We want to see pictures of the new runner.
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Ginny, Betsy wants you to know in the spirit of ecumenicalism that your recipe is almost identical to her recipe for "Jewish Coffee Cake." ;)
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There was some snow here today. But luckily the driving was not bad at all. Even though it was quite thick there was no snow on the main roads!
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Has Facebook now removed the birthday reminder list that used to be on the right side of the home page forEVER??? Is that yet another improvement?
I still see it (my cousin's birthday was a few days ago and it appeared).
But I see there are more changes. Everyone's pages are having these weird timelines. Hasn't happened to me yet. I don't get why they keep changing it so often!
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Got almost all packages due today but no important envelope. Bah, humbug. And one package didn't arrive even though it was sent the day before another package that did arrive - and by the same person from the same place. The first package shows as being sorted in Bell Gardens this morning, so maybe tomorrow.
Do you guys have mail service on Xmas eve?
We never have mail on Saturdays. But i'm sure there will be no mail on Boxing Day either (just my guess). Can't wait for that day. My favorite shopping day of the year!
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Ginny, Betsy wants you to know in the spirit of ecumenicalism that your recipe is almost identical to her recipe for "Jewish Coffee Cake." ;)
LOL, DR JMK, it was given to me as "Italian Coffee Cake," but I started calling it Cinnamon Pecan when contributing it to bake sales and talent auctions!
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And these guys just showed up in our kitchen:
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I think my gingerbread boys scared everybody away!
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'night!
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Your house must smell very festive, Ginny!
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And these guys just showed up in our kitchen:
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Mmmmmm...Row three, number two is mine!
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Festive Christmas Eve eve here, wrapping gifts, munching pop corn, slurping wine. Managed to get through Florence Henderson through the ages without falling asleep. After which, I put on John Denver & The Muppets (too much Denver, not enough Muppets) and then A Muppet Family Christmas (which I very much enjoyed!)
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Aw! Good news about that girl who left her $170,000 violin on a Megabus--a janitor found it and got it back to her!
My faith in human decency is restored!
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Night, all.
Sleep tight. Don't let the radishes bite. (Hope your Noche de los Rabanos was wonderful.)
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Happy Birthday to Mr. Craig Brockman and to BK's ever loving brother.
Ditto. Happy, happy.
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Good Evening!
We had a good show tonight. I had a good show tonight. Hopefully, most of it will stay in my head and fingers after having the next three days off.
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DR Ginny - Nice Cookies!
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Oh...
Apparently, an audience member asked one of the ushers last night if the piano music was recorded. She thought that the two pianists were "actors".
Hmmm...
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I have sliced, diced, chopped, and now all ingredients are ready for the spaghetti sauce - so I'm way ahead of the game for tomorrow. I also made the tuna pasta salad so tomorrow I can sleep in, do the four-mile jog, go buy the one final present I need to, and then cook.
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I stink of garlic, through and through, but the best thing I did was buy this huge three-pound bag of peeled garlic cloves - it's fresh garlic, just peeled and brother do I hate the peeling part. So, this year the garlic mincing was easy/breezy for the first time, but boy do I stink of garlic.
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Got almost all packages due today but no important envelope. Bah, humbug. And one package didn't arrive even though it was sent the day before another package that did arrive - and by the same person from the same place. The first package shows as being sorted in Bell Gardens this morning, so maybe tomorrow.
Do you guys have mail service on Xmas eve?
We never have mail on Saturdays. But i'm sure there will be no mail on Boxing Day either (just my guess). Can't wait for that day. My favorite shopping day of the year!
DR Jennifer - I do believe that the USPS is open and delivering tomorrow. However, I know that because of the holiday rush, any Express (overnight) mail needed to be sent by yesterday, December 22, in order to be guaranteed for delivery by the 24th. The USPS "extended" the guarantee deadline to two days for Overnight. Or something like that. ::)
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Has Facebook now removed the birthday reminder list that used to be on the right side of the home page forEVER??? Is that yet another improvement?
It's still there. I always have to do a double-take when I have one of those rare days when none of my Facebook friends has a birthday.
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And...
Since I'm actually hoping to get out of the house before 10:00am tomorrow/later today...
Goodnight.
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Well, I'm leaving work. There are only two other people in the building, besides me, and I'm bailing. I'm off to help my sister get ready for Sunday. Tomorrow, we're all going to our parents' house for the main gift-giving event, then just getting together on Sunday for family/game/movie time.
Have a good rest of the evening, all!
Have a great evening, George. And, in case you don't check in before - Merry Christmas
Thanks Tom! And Merry Christmas to you, too! :D
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Hey, BTW, have you sent the music book back yet?
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Hey, BTW, have you sent the music book back yet?
??? Are you asking me or Jose?