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Title: ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 01:30:41 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were dry and then wet, and now it is time for you to post until the dry and wet cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 01:31:57 AM
And the word of the day is: SOBRIQUET!
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 01:34:12 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.

Don't forget, still time to buy CDs - if you missed the list, it's on page one of yeseterday's posts.  Several titles are close to being sold out.
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 01:37:46 AM
In addition to Ann, a very happy haineshisway.com birthday wish to SteveO.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:39:25 AM
Bk, I hope the fires do not affect you.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:42:13 AM
Happy Birthday SteveO!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:42:36 AM
I'm awake, but in a stupor...what's the latest on those fires?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:43:32 AM
Happy Birthday Ann and I hope you have a wonderful day with friends and families full of fun and surprises!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:45:10 AM
I want to be errant and truant, too!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:45:29 AM
have not heard


note Naomi, I have changed my avatar...
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:46:55 AM
Yes, DR DakotaCelt, and a beauteous thing it is, too...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:47:05 AM
I can send a kitty to keep you from being errant and truant!  THey will want to play with the fishies
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:47:32 AM
I have not had a chance to read the last 7 pages from yesterday...

Did we get any reports on the S&V premiere?
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:48:13 AM
Please do, DR DakotaCelt!  I have a dog currently, but I also LOVE kitties!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:49:40 AM
Something about that avatar makes me think of The Wizard of Oz...

Poppies....Poppies will make her sleep!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:51:33 AM
what kind of dog do you have?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:53:29 AM
bwahahahahahah
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:53:53 AM
note Naomi

Ah, how clever of you...

Putting today's WOD [sobriquet] into action!   :)
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:55:31 AM
Zach is a mutt from the shelter...from what I can tell, part lab, part Newfoundland.  He came completely trained, with hand signals, no less!?  Can't understand why anyone would have invested in that training and then left him in a shelter...but I lucked out!  He's a very good boy.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:57:13 AM
Well, I have achieved a longtime goal of being the last poster - yesterday.  It will probably never happen again, as I am rarely up at this unseemly hour.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:58:14 AM
I'm a wussburger of the highest order.  I think once we take it to page 2, I'm gonna have to conk out.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:58:40 AM
Glad he has a very good home then... It is sad to see a very well trained dog abandoned. ..My landlord does nto permit dogs but I do miss them. Love animals
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 01:58:46 AM
Is is March or April that comes "in like a lion, out like a lamb"?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:59:59 AM
Me also... pen and Paper are calling... however i have to elaborate on my favorite Shakespearean perfromances...

Love the bard!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:00:05 AM
Yes, the place I am currently renting advertised as "NO PETS," but I charmed the landlord into accepting me with my dog.  I think a lot of landlords are flexible that way, but I understand why they can be wary.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:00:45 AM
Long live the Bard, indeed!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:01:23 AM
yes, it does...
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:03:50 AM
I saw a very interesting production of the Scottish play where the set consisted of a huge sheet.  That's it.  They used stage magic to configure the sheet into all of the required settings, creating shapes and whole environments with, I guess, wires and various mechanisms.  It was very interesting!  But I remember nothing about the acting.  Oops!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:04:53 AM
TOD reminds me that I need to view Shakespeare in Love again...haven't seen it for years.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:05:23 AM
OK. Let's take this baby to page 2...
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:05:35 AM
Almost there...
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:05:51 AM
And....scene!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:06:51 AM
DR DakotaCelt, you are a dear, but I am drooping like a Gazelle in a sauna.

Must.  Sleep.

I hope you won't feel abandoned...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:07:25 AM
I loved it when the Guthrie threater in St. Paul did a touring company of A Midsummers Night's Dream. They mixed regional flavour with a touch of modern and classic interpretation. It was excellent

I have seen Romeo and Juliet done regionally with less than stellar performance..
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:08:25 AM
nn singdaw!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 02:09:00 AM
Sweet dreams!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:32:36 AM
FAvorite Shakespearean movies....

My all-time favorite is Ziffereli's Romeo and Juliet.. Beautiful film, beautiful acting and great directing.

I have seen renditions of Hamlet, Henry V and the Scottish Play on the silver screen and on Masterpiece theatre. I woudl have to say Henry V is the better of the lot.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 05:26:55 AM
My all-time favorite is Ziffereli's Romeo and Juliet.. Beautiful film, beautiful acting and great directing.

And Leonard Whiting's backside ain't bad, neither!    ;)
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 05:27:43 AM
DR JoseSPiano: really, really like the "new" old avatar.  :)
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 05:28:17 AM
DR elmore3003, we shall now add US Air to DR Dan (the Man)'s official sh*t list.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 05:55:36 AM
Happy Birthday to DR ANN in her new abode w/DR JED!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 05:57:03 AM
Lovely new avatar for DR DAKOTACELT.

AND a return of a favorite from DR JOSE!!  Direct from the pit!!!  It always makes me laugh in 42ND STREET when Maggie says:  "Stay away from the musicians.  There's a reason why they keep 'em in a pit!"
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 05:59:42 AM
So says Robert's Rules of Order - I didn't know such a thing was possible - and depending upon the charter/by-laws/constitution of the organization, it might not be:

By-laws should include all the rules that are of such importance that they cannot be changed in any way without previous notice, except those placed in the constitution and the rules of order. Few societies adopt any special rules of order of their own under that name, contenting themselves with putting a few such rules in their by-laws and then adopting some standard work on parliamentary law as their authority. When a society is incorporated the charter may take the place of the constitution, and in such a case the by-laws would contain all the rules of the society, except those in the charter that cannot be changed without previous notice. The by-laws should always provide for their amendment as shown in 68, and also for a quorum,64. If it is desired to permit the suspension of any by-law it should be specifically provided for. By-laws, except those relating to business procedure, cannot be suspended, unless they expressly provide for their suspension. By-laws in the nature of rules of order may be suspended by a two-thirds vote, as stated in 22.

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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:02:33 AM
Marie Osmond divorcing.....that is all.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:04:14 AM
Question....now that I have a W I D E S C R E E N television, should I watch my DVD movies in letterbox or should I use an aspect that fills the screen?
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:07:33 AM
TOD:

Favorite Shakespeare movies:

HENRY V - with Mr Kenneth Branagh and a wonderful Patrick Doyle score

ROMEO & JULIET - beautiful costumes, music, and performers!

FORBIDDEN PLANET

I don't think I have seen a live performance of a Shakespeare play that I really enjoyed.  Most of them have been "improved" with directors' interpretations or inspirations (I hate Libby Appel).

Of course we are doing A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in July - and it doesn't seem to be exactly what I thought it would be....but maybe the director can pull off what she is planning.  I am not confident that this show can be cast from our talent pool.

BUT - we shall see and time will tell.
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 31, 2007, 06:12:09 AM
Richard III (Sir Ian McKellen).

West Side Story.
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 31, 2007, 06:13:24 AM
Good morning DR's Cillializ and JRand.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:18:35 AM
Good morning DR TOMovOZ!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:18:38 AM
Good morning DRs Tomovoz, JRand and Elmore
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:20:29 AM
I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got to go to breakfast and get ready to head to the airport.  Have a good one eveyone
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:23:16 AM
Thunder and rain this morning....and it's a work day.  :(
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:23:38 AM
Have a good trip home, DR CILLA LIZ....wave as you fly over Indiana!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:24:33 AM
Yes it has been almost two years since the Indianapolis/HHW/Mamma Mia gathering, DR GINNY.  And I think I lost all my photos when my computer crashed.

We also had a couple of mini gatherings at WOW!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:38:17 AM
Good morning, all!  Air ticket purchased, so that piece of hell over for the day.  I shall shortly hie meself to Toyland for the remainder of the day.

TOD:  
   Play production:  
     MERCHANT OF VENICE: An excellent off-off-Broadway production in the late 1980s which cast my wonderful friend Annette Helde as Portia and Stanley Tucci as Bassanio's friend who elopes with Shylock's daughter.
     KING LEAR: Peter Hall's company in London at the Old Vic.

  Film:
    TWELFTH NIGHT: Trevor Nunn's film with Ben Kingsley
    KING LEAR: PBS/BBC priduction with Ian Holm and my friend Finbar Lynch
    HENRY V: both Branagh and Olivier
    ROMEO & JULIET: Zeffirelli. great Nino Rota score
    THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: Zeffirelli, Taylor, Burton, and a greater Nino Rota score
    TITUS: Julie Taymor's sick film of a really sick play
   
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 07:00:41 AM
Forgot about TITUS.....

Thanks again for THE FANTASTICKS, DR ELMORE!

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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 07:00:58 AM
Off to work....in the rain....with Trish.
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Post by: Michael on March 31, 2007, 07:02:25 AM
Well it hasn't been the best week for me. But I am here in Montreal visiting family.

I eventually bought a new cell phone, but a day later I found the old one. It was in my refridgerator!

Elmoore have you looked in the refrisgerator for the missing remote control if you haven't found it yet?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 07:03:20 AM
Forgot about TITUS.....

Thanks again for THE FANTASTICKS, DR ELMORE!



DR JRand56, you're quite welcome. I'm sorry that it took me so long to get it to you!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 07:03:52 AM
Well it hasn't been the best week for me. But I am here in Montreal visiting family.

I eventually bought a new cell phone, but a day later I found the old one. It was in my refridgerator!

Elmoore have you looked in the refrisgerator for the missing remote control if you haven't found it yet?

It's been found.  In the trash.  Spoo!
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Post by: Michael on March 31, 2007, 07:07:36 AM
Question....now that I have a W I D E S C R E E N television, should I watch my DVD movies in letterbox or should I use an aspect that fills the screen?

Most DVDs that are widescreen will fit up the screen (some films will still have a small amount of black bars at the top.

As for anything that his full screen ratio it is a matter of taste. If you don't mind the bars on either side of the frame (left/right) or you can it widscreen where the image is slightly stretch. I opt for the latter.
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Post by: Michael on March 31, 2007, 07:11:16 AM
Medical update:

I have a pinched nerve and I am in constant pain. It has been very difficult to walk and when I do I limp/hbobble along. They are going to set up an MRI for me and I hope there is something they can do for me other than surgery.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 07:15:17 AM
Good Morning!

Good Day!

And Good Riddance!

-Well, not really, "Good Riddance"... I was just going for the alliteration.  In any case...

Once I'm back down at the rehearsal studios and on a break, I shall continue posting.  Or something like that.

-Why do I suspect that a cup of coffee is in my near future.

So...

Laters...
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 07:18:48 AM
DR Jose, I've always liked that avatar. It's good to see it back.  We need to plan a music order.

DR Michael Shayne, I'm so sorry about your health problem.  I too hope there are other alternatives to surgery.  when is the MRI?
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 08:00:17 AM
Health vibes to Michael S
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:15:53 AM
Question....now that I have a W I D E S C R E E N television, should I watch my DVD movies in letterbox or should I use an aspect that fills the screen?

If the widescreen movies have anamorphic enhancement, NO! Using those stretch modes creates video artifacts that can ruin the picture quality. They also can lop off parts of the picture (either sides or top and bottom depending on which stretch or zoom modes you use.) The anamorphic enhancement eliminates as much of the letterboxing as you need to eliminate to get the most out of the enhanced DVD.

Now, if the movie is non-anamorphic letterbox (like a lot of MGM's 1.66:1 movies such as THE MIRACLE WORKER or HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES are), then I generally will stretch the picture using the least objectionable mode.

If a film is on DVD in full frame but there's obviously a lot of top and bottom information that would (or should) have been matted off (like TARANTULA or DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE), I'll use a slight zoom for that, too to better mirror the way the movie would have looked in a theater.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:18:10 AM
Good morning!

It's a beautiful day out and promises to be a bit warmer with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Depending on how my day goes today, I may go out later and clean the gutter on the front of the house. They really need cleaning again.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:18:59 AM
So sorry to read about the pinched nerve, DR Michael Shayne. Hope the doctors can set things right soon. I can't imagine what pain like that would be.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:19:38 AM
Am enjoying the new avatars of DRs. DR DakotaCelt has joined the club. Congratulations!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:20:06 AM
I did get that awful kitchen floor mopped this morning before logging on the internet. At least THAT chore is behind me for another week.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:22:19 AM
I don't have any TV shows on the DVR to watch, but I noticed that HBO is showing RUMOR HAS IT tonight with Jennifer Aniston, Shirley MacLaine, and Kevin Costner. I will more than likely watch that on HBO-HD.

I have that GREY'S ANATOMY episode from the 2nd season set cued up ready to go, and I'll watch that while cooking and eating lunch. I have the rest of 16 BLOCKS to rewatch this afternoon, too, before finding something else to watch, probably LAYER CAKE.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 08:22:58 AM
Of course, I don't know what the mail might bring. I'm expecting HAPPY FEET on Blu-ray to come in the mail either today or Monday. Looking forward to that.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:28:36 AM
I'm also enjoying the avatar changes. Perhaps we should make it a quarterly thing...we could put that in the by-laws ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:30:12 AM
I'm at the airport in Atlanta. I'm REALLY glad I left early. It took me an hour from the time I arrived at the airport to get through security!  I thought everyone would be coming to Atlanta, not fleeing the city. You'd think Sherman was marching into town...
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:31:24 AM
I had a very nice walk from the main terminal to terminal D. It's 5000 feet, so I figure I've walked a mile today.  There was a really nice African Sculpture exhibit between the main terminal and terminal T
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:32:52 AM
I was actually hoping to get on an earlier flight to Milwaukee, but there is no earlier flight to Milwaukee on Midwest. Oh well, there willbe hot chocolate chip cookies to reward me for my walk.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:34:08 AM
DR Elmore, I made the mistake of putting the garbage can right next to the counter in my kitchen. One day I walked in the kitchen and there was Boo, knocking things off the counter and into the garbage! I have no idea what, if anything, I've lost, but it was pretty funny.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:34:58 AM
If anyone is feeding their cats dry Science Diet Presciption m/d - it's been recalled because the wheat gluten in it came from the same company as the tainted food
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:36:24 AM
Good Morning FJL,  wish I could joing you all for brunch tomorrow.  
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:36:54 AM
FJL, I thought of you yesterday as we discussed filing tax returns for aliens
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:37:18 AM
It's an airport frenzy!!!!!
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 08:42:16 AM
Cilla - Tax returns and aliens - my two favorite subjects - business-wise at any rate!  :)

Safe travel vibes, Cilla.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:43:48 AM
Thanks!
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 08:45:03 AM
When we were doing Last Starfighter, I think it was the assistant director who pointed out (humorously) that we have to be careful to follow the Actors equity special proviisons in the section of the code called "aliens" since several of the actors were doubling as aliens.  
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 09:00:17 AM
Hi, Cillaliz!

It's funny thinking of you being in Atlanta while i'm in NY. We need to correct that soon and be in the same place at the same time!
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 09:01:22 AM
Good morning, FJL! I hope you weren't having nightmares about the Invasion of the Hainsies/Kimlets!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 09:07:39 AM
Hi, Cillaliz!

It's funny thinking of you being in Atlanta while i'm in NY. We need to correct that soon and be in the same place at the same time!

Yes, we will have to remedy that! I've enjoyed it here, I didn't have time to do much but study.  I did make it to Olympic Centennial Park, but that was about it.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 09:09:23 AM
Just talked to my mom. She doesn't sound too good, but she could still be hoarse and tired from being sick the other night. She said they are on the road and she was able to eat a little last night and a little this morning.  
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 09:10:10 AM
Whereas bk has shown the "in progress" edited Brain in LA

and Whereas he gave me permission to show some of it to Jose when he was in Atlanta but we never had the time

I thereby propose to bring a copy of said theatrical production with me for the entertainment and enlightenment of the brunch attendees, who all followed the production saga and wanted to be there.

(If that's OK with bk...)
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 09:11:02 AM
OHHHH I wish I could see it...
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 09:12:33 AM
We were up until 3AM visiting former Atlanta filmmaking friends. I woke up at 8:30 and couldn't get back to sleep again.

We're meeting up with members of the Randy Newman list for the 3PM matinee today. (My former list mates.) I think I will be sleeping through our film. Looking forward to it!
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 09:13:34 AM
Ooohhh...Peter's up and wants to use the computer.

I do have to thank Jose again for those amazing cookies. The 3 of us shared one cookie and were in NIRVANA!
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 09:13:57 AM
Edi - No invasion nightmares at all, really looking forward to it.  


Re playing some entertainment - If it's on DVD, it should work fine.  Our VCR has been acting up terribly.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 09:16:44 AM
After a hellish series of running around in circles between 84th Street and Lincoln Center, where I learned the Broadway local was not running, I figured the hell with it and returned home.  Luckily I have things to work on here.  
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 09:18:06 AM
Happy Birthday to DR Ann!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 09:22:56 AM
Happiest of Birthdays to E & T DR ANN .  Have you caught up yet?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 09:26:30 AM
Happy Birthday, Ann!!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 09:31:49 AM
DR elmore - Well, the A Train is running local today.  ;)

*And when the train pulled into both Columbus Circle and Times Square, the men and women in the burgundy jackets were out in force helping out all the confused tourists - and locals too!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 09:32:29 AM
DR Cillaliz - Enjoy those cookies!
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 09:39:44 AM
SINGDAW -  The delivery came!  Thanks so much.  

So at least you'll be here at the party in spirit!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 09:44:17 AM
DR elmore - Well, the A Train is running local today.  ;)

*And when the train pulled into both Columbus Circle and Times Square, the men and women in the burgundy jackets were out in force helping out all the confused tourists - and locals too!

After all the madness just getting to Lincoln Center, I headed back uptown!  Can we see DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS the week I get back?
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to DR Ann!  Come back, all is forgiven!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 09:45:55 AM
A local community theater production of THE SCOTTISH PLAY was amazing to me! Except for a weak Lady MacDuff (who isn't in the play much anyway), I just loved the production done on a unit set that resembled Stonehenge.

As for filmed versions of the plays, my favorite is and continues to be Branagh's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. I also think his HAMLET is unmatched and have great admiration for his HENRY V.

I think the MGM 1953 JULIUS CAESAR is brilliant, a film I always enjoy revisiting.

The 1968 ROMEO & JULIET is lovely and the 1967 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is lively and fun.

And, of course, OLIVIER's Shakespeare productions are stupendous, my favorite being RICHARD III.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 09:48:15 AM
After all the madness just getting to Lincoln Center, I headed back uptown!  Can we see DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS the week I get back?


Mais, bien sûr!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 09:48:20 AM
Heading down now  to get lunch started and make a start to my viewing today.

WBBL.
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 09:54:56 AM
Saturday morning greetings!  My 3-day weekend had a lovely start last night at Books & Co, which was packed to hear Jeannette Walls talk about her book The Glass Castle.  Only one of my girlfriends was able to join me and we had to stand throughout.  We had a bite to eat at Panera afterwards and a nice visit.

When I got home our DS Rob was here - he'd come in after work to pick up some mail and sign some tax papers.  I bribed him to stay overnight by promising pecan waffles for breakfast, which we've all just enjoyed.  He'll head back to Cincinnati soon.
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 09:58:20 AM
Hi, Cillaliz!

It's funny thinking of you being in Atlanta while i'm in NY. We need to correct that soon and be in the same place at the same time!

Maybe the two of you could meet here in Cincinnati and we could all go to Graeter's (http://www.graeters.com/about.cfm) for turtle sundaes!
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Post by: Jennifer on March 31, 2007, 10:00:16 AM
Happy Birthday Ann!
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 10:01:59 AM
Happiest of birthdays to DR Ann!  We miss you.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:03:16 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

I remember a great "condensed" version of Twelfth Night that I saw on a high school field trip to Baltimore.

I also liked the Twelfth Night that was presented by the Shakespeare Theatre in DC a couple of seasons back.  Karen Ziemba was Viola.
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 10:05:59 AM
I'm up, I'm up.  Looks like a pretty day out.  
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:06:28 AM
On the flip side...

I remember seeing a rather extravagantly produced community theatre production of The Scottish Play many years ago.  It actually was a pretty good production, however...  The title character was played by a woman, and I could never really tell if the director chose to hide or not hide that fact.
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 10:06:42 AM
I don't know if I got totally accurate information, but I'm told that the fire was started by two teen boys and that they were caught.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:11:24 AM
Oh...  And then there was a production of King Lear that my college's theatre department presented.  It was retitled just Lear since Lear was being played by a woman.  Eh... Although, I have heard of some major productions using the same "device".  Eh...
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 10:18:56 AM
TOD - Shakespeare has been on my mind a lot this week, because last Sunday we met our DS Rob's new girlfriend.  She's a ballet major at CCM and one of the classes she's taking this quarter is Shakespeare's plays.

When I was in junior high and high school in Detroit, I attended many performances at Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre (http://www.hilberry.com/building.html).  Fitting today's topic, I remember The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, which were all wonderful.

When I took an acting class in college, the instructor said at the beginning of the semester that if felt he could cast us in Shakespeare for our final scenes, we'd have done well in the class.  For my final scene, I was cast as Viola in Twelfth Night, which remains one of my favorite Shakespeare plays.

And Shakespeare in Love is one of my all-time favorite movies.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:37:03 AM
Although, I did love Pat Carroll's turn as Falstaff at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC.

*And Pat Carroll is also one of the friendliest people I've ever met.  She used to work in Richmond semi-regularly doing Nunsense a couple of times.  And I was always amazed at how sprightly and mobile she was on stage considering she used a cane offstage.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:38:11 AM
Safe travel vibes Cilla...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:41:59 AM
...And there was a beautiful and magical of A Midsummer Night's Dream presented by The National Players on the lawn of the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland.
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 10:44:03 AM
And Leonard Whiting's backside ain't bad, neither!    ;)

Here, here.!

Romeo and Juliet is not only my favorite Shakespeare play on film, but is among my top 10 favorite movies.  The score, the costumes, the set design, the acting, the song "What is A Youth" etc. etc., -- ahhhh, so romantic ....and so tragic...it really impressed me as a young junior high school student way back then and has held up well cause I still love it...

Shakespeare in Love, while not by him, is a clever take on him and his writing and life so should count... so I really enjoyed that one and put it on the list...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:45:25 AM
Oh...  And there was that thoroughly delightful production of the musical Two Gentlemen of Verona in Central Park two summers ago.  :)
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 10:49:04 AM
Cool avatar, DR Jose -- very artistic with the colors, pose and lighting .. and representative of you and your art...so it is very nice....but where are your hands (?!..hmmmm?) shouldn't they be up on the keyboard? ... but then maybe not, your house, your rules....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:50:50 AM
I would like to see more theatrical productions of Shakespeare someday. My goal is to eventually go to the Shakespearean festival they have in lower Ontario in the summer.  I would love to see the following:

The Tempest
Othello
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Hamlet
Scottish Play
Julius Ceasar
Taming of the Shrew


I do recall seeing a television broadcast of Julius Ceasar many years ago in high school and I wonder if it was not the version that DR Elmore mentioned. I am intrigued by the comments about Laurence Olivier's Shakespearean films will search to see if they are available anywhere. I do vaguely remember seeing Richard III but not enough to comment.

I have seen West Side Story and I forgot it had elements of Shakespeare in it. It reminded me of Romeo and Juliet. I greatly enjoyed it. Another older film that I liked was Lion in Winter
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 10:54:28 AM
And, look, DCelt has joined the new avatar par-tay!  It's cool looking, too! Looks like an album cover from the 1960s..
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 10:58:19 AM
Cool avatar, DR Jose -- very artistic with the colors, pose and lighting .. and representative of you and your art...so it is very nice....but where are your hands (?!..hmmmm?) shouldn't they be up on the keyboard? ... but then maybe not, your house, your rules....

Thanks, DR Miss Karen et other DRs.  Fun with the self-timer.

As for where my hands were/are... Read the caption.  ;)  -It was Camelot, so there were plenty of long "breaks".
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Post by: MBarnum on March 31, 2007, 10:58:47 AM
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but I have never seen a Shakespearean play.

And the only movie base on one of his plays that I have seen is the 1948 Macbeth...and I skipped through most of it as I just wanted to see the scenes that Peggy Webber was in. She later went on to make some wonderful films like THE SPACE CHILDREN and THE SCREAMING SKULL.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:59:48 AM
I did see a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Michelle Phillips in and it was okay but not great. It was lacking the magic of a shakespearean drama. At times I felt they were just reciting the lines and not injecting "acting" into the roles. The interpretation was at times. It was entertaining but it is not what I call a classic. I found the modern interpretation to be rather interesting at times.

EVen though the story of Tristan and Isolde is not Shakespearean drama I still find elements of Shakespeare in the telling of the legend.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 11:00:40 AM
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but I have never seen a Shakespearean play.

Well...   ::)
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Post by: MBarnum on March 31, 2007, 11:03:02 AM
Happy Birthday DR Ann! Hope life is treating you well!!!

(http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/95/07/1bd2_1.JPG)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 11:04:45 AM
Thanks, DR Miss Karen et other DRs.  Fun with the self-timer.

As for where my hands were/are... Read the caption.  ;)  -It was Camelot, so there were plenty of long "breaks".

Besides, all I really do is turn the keyboard on, push "Start".  It's all programmed now anyway.  ;)
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Post by: MBarnum on March 31, 2007, 11:04:49 AM
Well, must finish my cup of java and eat some breakfast as today Dog Bosco gets to go for his yearly check-up...which means that I have now had him for a year!!! And a wonderful year it has been  ;D
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Post by: MBarnum on March 31, 2007, 11:07:40 AM
Dog Bosco and Freddy page 5 dance!


(http://shutter04.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/07/002/5F/EF/BC/23/MgaatTfCAUxKBfAtQnF5SRA-6ku0EVwR01E7.jpg)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 11:11:08 AM
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but I have never seen a Shakespearean play.

Although, I'm pretty sure that there are some Bollywood films out there with Shakespearean roots.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 11:16:42 AM
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but I have never seen a Shakespearean play.

And the only movie base on one of his plays that I have seen is the 1948 Macbeth...and I skipped through most of it as I just wanted to see the scenes that Peggy Webber was in. She later went on to make some wonderful films like THE SPACE CHILDREN and THE SCREAMING SKULL.

Mikey, I'd bet the farm that no one at all is surprised by your confession.  However, if you've seen FORBIDDEN PLANET, you've seen a wonderful adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.  Was the suicide rate among the faculties of your schools more than unusually high?

It's hard to call it a film but the wonderful AJ Antoon production of Much Ado About Nothing with Sam Waterston, Barney Hughes, and Kathleen Widdoes for the Public Theatre may be my absolute favorite Shakespeare performance.

I do not recall mentioning Julius Caesar; I think it's the dullest tragedy the man wrote.
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Post by: Ben on March 31, 2007, 11:18:05 AM
Happy Birthday Ann!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 11:19:14 AM
Change is good.




-That is all.
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:26:30 AM
HHW Headquarters
Gratuitous Posting Department
Awards Division

DR Francois ~

Congratulations!  You are the winner of the Gratuitous Poster of the Day Award for the Month of March.  It was very close, and was a tough decision -- coming down between you and DR Naomi, with that valiant effort of his/her's this early AM.  But after careful review, you are the photo-finish winner ahead of DRs Naomi, Mr P (past winner), DCelt and MzKaren.  Your effort yesterday is the clear winner.

Your posting frenzy of yesterday contained all of the classic elements of the classic Gratuitous Poster:  multiple postings in a row, trivial postings to yourself and yourself alone, postings that at times are entertaining but nonetheless are still pointless postings, postings divided up and spread out word by word to create multiple postings, posting for your own personal posting amusement, postings posted for posting's sake, and postings posted only to pad the posting tally to please the Grand-Pooh-Pah Poster with no regard for irritating fellow posters (actually taking great pleasure in irritating said fellow posters) who have to then spend hours trying to get caught up reading all the mulitple postings.

Again, congratulations!  What is your sparkling prize?  This letter!  That's right, this letter is for you and can be cut, pasted, reduced to wallet size, copied, and laminated.  That way you can carry it with you always (unless some smuck lifts your wallet) and have proof for family, friends and passer-bys that you were the HHW Gratuitous Poster of the Day in March of 2007.

Well done, Gratuitous Poster of the Day!  Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

The HHW Gratuitous Poster Award Division
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:28:55 AM
Although, I'm pretty sure that there are some Bollywood films out there with Shakespearean roots.

I would not be surprised either.
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:31:28 AM
Dog Bosco and Freddy page 5 dance!


(http://shutter04.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/07/002/5F/EF/BC/23/MgaatTfCAUxKBfAtQnF5SRA-6ku0EVwR01E7.jpg)

aaaaawwwwww, how cuuuute!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:31:38 AM
Cute MzKaren!!  He did work so hard for that award yesterday...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:32:41 AM
sorry elmore, I may have misread someone else's post and mistaken it for yours.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:33:34 AM
That is an adorable picture MK of Mbarnum's Dog Bosco and Freddy.
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:51:31 AM
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:52:28 AM
Gratuitous Gotta Scram Post....
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 12:02:46 PM
Lovely photos of Mssrs. Besco & Freddy.

DR MBARNUM....I am sure that you were able to abscond with the table of Ms Ann Robinson because she had to come all the way from Ophicious and Ms Laurie Mitchell only had to come from Venus.

However I must say that Ms Robinson never had a weapon of such power as the Beta Disentegrator owned by Ms Mitchell....even though I always wondered what happened to the Alpha Disentegrator and why the Beta made a sound like the starter on a Studebaker when she pressed the RED button.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 12:03:08 PM
No problem, DR ELMORE....I don't need it until September.....try to remember....
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 12:04:56 PM
I move we suspend all by-laws.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 12:05:13 PM
Saturday is a good day for a coup.
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 12:06:37 PM
DR JRand - would you like replacement copies of the photos from our Mamma Mia and WoW gatherings?  They're still on my computer.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 12:12:45 PM
Welll, almost time for lunch... So...

Laters...

*Although, I will be working through part of the break - I need to assemble the latest version of the score and script before this afternoon's run-thru.
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 12:15:26 PM
Back from shipping all packages.
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 12:20:11 PM
Advice needed:

Last night, an e-mail was sent to all board members of the alum association stating that the votes were in and the overwhelming majority had voted yes to me and my plans.  My suspicion is that the troublemaker gal is furiously at home trying to find the bylaws so she can attempt to nullify the vote.  Since I've been told the bylaws were suspended years ago and since for the last five years I as a board member have never been asked to vote on anything (if there are bylaws then there are bylaws and they can't be used when everyone feels like it and not used when they don't), I'd assume she either won't find them or that it won't matter.

The question is should I write a brief note to everyone thanking them and saying positive things about what we hope to achieve?  Basically saying that I'm acknowledging the vote and that we'll now begin our restructuring.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:28:03 PM
Enjoy those cookies!

Are they Levain's?  Or something DR JoseSPiano whipped up special in his own kitchen?

DR Cillaliz is getting a cookie bonus day today.

**TRAVEL VIBES** for DR Cillaliz!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:29:18 PM
The delivery came!  Thanks so much.  
So at least you'll be here at the party in spirit!

DR FJL - You are quite welcome.  Enjoy!  I will miss meeting you all, and seeing the special entertainment.   :(
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:30:48 PM
pecan waffles for breakfast

YUM!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:33:29 PM
turtle sundaes

DR Ginny, you are TORTURING me!!!   ;)
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:36:10 PM
It was retitled just Lear since Lear was being played by a woman.

Now, if that production were playing on Long Island, they could've gotten Carrie Fischer to play the title role in her honey-bun hairdoo and turned it into a Star Wars convention.
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 12:37:36 PM
DR Ginny, you are TORTURING me!!!   ;)

Sorry, DR singdaw - no harm intended!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 12:38:01 PM
Advice needed:


The question is should I write a brief note to everyone thanking them and saying positive things about what we hope to achieve?  Basically saying that I'm acknowledging the vote and that we'll now begin our restructuring.

I sent you a pm
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:50:00 PM
The question is should I write a brief note to everyone thanking them and saying positive things about what we hope to achieve?  Basically saying that I'm acknowledging the vote and that we'll now begin our restructuring.

Well, since you're asking, bk-

I vote with JRand56: much cleaner to start your own org.  Take those you want from the old group who are willing to join you.  Let the old die from attrition.  No mess.  The only downside would be that those rebel few might be re-energized to fight back, but they might do that anyway.  imho.
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:50:39 PM
DR Miss Karen:  MOST amusing.

Love ya!  :):)
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:51:03 PM
DR MBarnum:  LOVE the pic.  Your furry family is in fine fettle!
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:52:03 PM
***HEALTH VIBES***
to DR Michael S
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 12:52:39 PM
ps:  DR Michael S -

It's OK.  I often take my cell calls in my frige. :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 12:55:51 PM
Well, since you're asking, bk-

I vote with JRand56: much cleaner to start your own org.  Take those you want from the old group who are willing to join you.  Let the old die from attrition.  No mess.  The only downside would be that those rebel few might be re-energized to fight back, but they might do that anyway.  imho.

I am not familiar with CA open meeting laws but the troublemaker does not have a leg to stand on. With the bylaws null and void he could create a new group from the old one and choose his people.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 12:57:03 PM
Health vibes to Michael S
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 01:09:15 PM
DR singdaw - The cookies in question were from Levain (http://www.levainbakery.com).
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 01:10:30 PM
Well, time for me to get ready for the run-thru... I sense I'll be  taking a lot of notes.  Which is not a surprise.  Just something that must be done.

Laters...
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 01:21:50 PM
Well, since you're asking, bk-

I vote with JRand56: much cleaner to start your own org.  Take those you want from the old group who are willing to join you.  Let the old die from attrition.  No mess.  The only downside would be that those rebel few might be re-energized to fight back, but they might do that anyway.  imho.

It was discussed with the head of the theatre department, who felt having two organizations would be too confusing for the LACC foundation, of which the alum association is an adjunct (and therefore get to use their non-profit status, which is very important for fund raising).  Had the vote gone differently, I might have.

But, they can't have it both ways - there are bylaws or there aren't and it can't be at their whim - and since they've simply been operating without them for so long (at some point years ago there was a vote to "suspend" the bylaws), the vote was not only for me to take over, but for me to be able to completely restructure the organization the way I want.  Hence, I think when that is all figured out, there will be a new set of bylaws.  But, for now (and all voters knew this going in), I am the president, and I am about to choose a governing board - the current board members are no longer part of it, but if they want to stay and help they can be part of what we'll call our advisory committee.

I did write the note acknowledging the vote, stated my aims simply, said that I was not an autocrat, and that everyone's input would be welcome, but that in me they've got a leader who's going to make things happen.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 31, 2007, 01:23:07 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! !  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR ANN OF THE BEGUILING EYES  ! ! ! ! ![/move]
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 31, 2007, 01:26:55 PM
BK--I say if you're going to assume power, assume it fast and with an iron lock grip.  Put some actions into play asap and set your plans into motion fast enough to set the troublemaker's head spinning.  By the time she digs up the defunct by-laws, you'll be three moves ahead of her.

That's what I say,
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 31, 2007, 01:27:52 PM
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 31, 2007, 01:29:33 PM
I move we suspend all by-laws.

I second you motion and further propose we also suspend the in-laws--by their toes!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 01:34:30 PM
And the word of the day is: SOBRIQUET!

Sot BK? Humm....
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 01:36:19 PM
And Leonard Whiting's backside ain't bad, neither!    ;)

Well, his face was even better, imho!!

Let's Face The Facts My Dear!!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 01:37:32 PM
Marie Osmond divorcing.....that is all.

Will she get custody of ALL her dolls?!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:38:29 PM
bk, if they are a nonprofit, they have to have bylaws filed somewhere. If they don't, their goose is cooked.

I will admit I am not familiar with CA law,  but from my experiences in working with a non-profit in ND we had to have bylaws and a letter of certification filed with the state of ND to certify we were non-profit. That was a challenge to get those ducks in a row.

THus, you have carte blanche to form a new organization or reform it and institute a new set of bylaws. If LACC cannot prove that they have bylaws filed with them or the state, the Alumni group is technically null and void and is not operating within the law.  Perhaps Cilla could provide more insight but I am not sure what her specialization in law is.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 01:45:39 PM

Happy birthday, Ann!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 01:46:44 PM
Going to check on some laws... I am curoius now about bk's situation.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 02:02:02 PM
HHW Headquarters
Gratuitous Posting Department
Awards Division

DR Francois ~

Congratulations!  You are the winner of the Gratuitous Poster of the Day Award for the Month of March.  It was very close, and was a tough decision -- coming down between you and DR Naomi, with that valiant effort of his/her's this early AM.  But after careful review, you are the photo-finish winner ahead of DRs Naomi, Mr P (past winner), DCelt and MzKaren.  Your effort yesterday is the clear winner.

Your posting frenzy of yesterday contained all of the classic elements of the classic Gratuitous Poster:  multiple postings in a row, trivial postings to yourself and yourself alone, postings that at times are entertaining but nonetheless are still pointless postings, postings divided up and spread out word by word to create multiple postings, posting for your own personal posting amusement, postings posted for posting's sake, and postings posted only to pad the posting tally to please the Grand-Pooh-Pah Poster with no regard for irritating fellow posters (actually taking great pleasure in irritating said fellow posters) who have to then spend hours trying to get caught up reading all the mulitple postings.

Again, congratulations!  What is your sparkling prize?  This letter!  That's right, this letter is for you and can be cut, pasted, reduced to wallet size, copied, and laminated.  That way you can carry it with you always (unless some smuck lifts your wallet) and have proof for family, friends and passer-bys that you were the HHW Gratuitous Poster of the Day in March of 2007.

Well done, Gratuitous Poster of the Day!  Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

The HHW Gratuitous Poster Award Division

OMG! OMG! OMG!

GRATUITOUS!!!! If you knew how much THEY pay me here while I post on HHW during work... all night long!....

You do like me! You do! Thank you très very beaucoup!
I'm blushing! DR MBarnum showed me how and that's the only very moment when I SLIGHTLY do look like him! A stud of a moment for me!

March went out like a lion!
My head is schpining! Thanks for the "ananas"!
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 02:19:57 PM
I'm up, I'm up...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 02:22:53 PM
I'm up, I'm up...

I'll leave that for TCB!! :o ;D
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 02:23:29 PM


Everybody's doing the Riviera!.... even Cason!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:27:11 PM
Slept in a little Cason? :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:28:21 PM
Hello Heather, George!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 02:31:24 PM

Heather is not here!

She's on the hill with Gene!
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 02:47:42 PM
Yeah, definitely slept in a little -- though seeing as how I got off work this morning at around 7, I'm not doing too bad...
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 02:48:06 PM

Heather is not here!

She's on the hill with Gene!

And just what is she doing up there with him, I'd like to know?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 02:54:16 PM
Good question Cason....

btw, I like your quote in your siggie... No truer words spoken. Art does touch people in ways that words can't.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 02:54:49 PM
I just watched SHE'S THE MAN, the highschool adaptation of Twelfth Night, by the writers of 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, the highschool adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew.  I think they, and CLUELESS, are wonderful revisions of the original works they're based on and it was a nice way to while away the afternoon.
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:06:06 PM
Medical update:

I have a pinched nerve and I am in constant pain. It has been very difficult to walk and when I do I limp/hbobble along. They are going to set up an MRI for me and I hope there is something they can do for me other than surgery.

~~~Vibes for Michael Shayne!!~~~
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 03:06:17 PM
And just what is she doing up there with him, I'd like to know?

Dancing!... in the breeze!

What else?! ;)
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 03:09:17 PM
Congratulations, DR François, on your great honor!

Assorted sobriquets to you!!
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 03:19:02 PM
The alumni association is an adjunct to the LACC foundation, which is a non-profit organization.  I'm not sure how this was all set up but I know that the alumni group receives it's non-profitness from having checks written to the foundation and hence the foundation disburses the money where the alumni group tells them to.   In all my years of sitting on the board (I've only attended three meetings, because they were so ill run), I have never seen a report of any kind.  Long ago, we used to get minutes of the meetings via mail, but not for ages.  I don't even think they come via e-mail anymore.   I am certain that whatever bylaws there are/were they haven't been adhered to since the beginning.  To invoke them now is a joke.
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:23:25 PM
Hello Heather, George!

Good mor afternoon! ;)
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:26:07 PM
And a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR ANN!! ;D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 03:31:42 PM
that is a pity both for the group and for the members who want change.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 03:32:06 PM
Good afternoon George!
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:39:48 PM
I like your new avatar, Dakota!
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Post by: Ginny on March 31, 2007, 03:42:33 PM
DS Rob helped me this afternoon to rearrange my study/computer area into a more ergonomic set-up.  He also installed my "new" printer, which is actually the one that came with the MacBook that DH Richard and I bought last summer.  It's pretty nifty - a printer/copier/scanner all in one.
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:46:41 PM
Gratuitous Post # 199...
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:46:58 PM
Post # 200!

;)
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:48:30 PM
Topic of the Day:

Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew (I also really liked the "Shrew" episode from Moonlighting)

I was most fortunate to see Kiss Me, Kate in London with the World's Sexiest Man Alive (WSMA in HHW lingo), Brent Barrett!

When I was going to Western Washington University, they did a production of The Scottish Play that was incredible...except the guy playing Macduff.  I don't know if he was directed like this or if he was like this in real life, but he walked and sounded EXACTLY like John Wayne!  Everything else was wonderful except this guy...it was really weird.

West Side Story, the movie.  I've only seen one live (pretty good) high school production.
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 03:49:12 PM
Harlequin Productions (http://www.harlequinproductions.org/), a local semi-professional theater group, here in Olympia, wrote their own musical version of A Rock 'N Roll Twelfth Night[/u] (http://rr12n.org/home.html).  They've even made two different cast recordings and it's really good...in my humble opinion.

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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 03:54:12 PM
George, I recall that episode also of Moonlighting. That was fun show.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 03:54:30 PM
Thanks George!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 04:10:56 PM
Is is March or April that comes "in like a lion, out like a lamb"?

It's confusing!

Is it a ménagerie or a ménage à Troye?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 04:11:57 PM
Gratuitous Post # 199...

THAT might get you the prize!

Oh, wait! We're still in March!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 04:14:18 PM
Medical update:

I have a pinched nerve and I am in constant pain. It has been very difficult to walk and when I do I limp/hbobble along. They are going to set up an MRI for me and I hope there is something they can do for me other than surgery.

Hope they can get you pain free and FAST!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 04:17:41 PM
Well...I must be off.  My sister and my niece are back from Vegas and I told them to get me some keychains!   I also need to stop off at work because I've copied some CDs and made some booklets for them.  I want to cut the booklets on the paper cutter so that they have very straight edges.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 04:19:25 PM


Good morning, Mr Tomovoz!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 04:20:09 PM
Well...I must be off.

I don't know: YOU tell me! ;)
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Post by: George on March 31, 2007, 04:22:05 PM
:o


;D
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 04:23:30 PM

Dance; The Picolino! (Ah, flute alors!)
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Post by: Jennifer on March 31, 2007, 04:34:26 PM
Health vibes for DR Michael S and for DR Cillaliz's mom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 04:44:54 PM
HHW Headquarters
Department of Avatars
Enforcement Division

DR François ~

Congratulations on your recent award and honor from the Gratuitous Posting Department!  

In reviewing our records, however, we find that your avatar is not up to the usual HHW standards.

Please take corrective action immediately!

Sincerely,

The HHW Department of Avatars Enforcement Division
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 04:47:30 PM
[with gratitude to DR Miss Karen, whose brilliant concept I ripped off most shamelessly!]  :)
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 31, 2007, 04:49:12 PM
Congratulations on your pineapple award François. I wonder if there is a pineapple poll tax. (An obscure Ballet reference).
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 04:49:41 PM
I have company coming for dinner tonight, so I will not be able to assist in racking up posts, but I hope we don't let bk down by missing a minimum of 400 posts on this, the last day of the month...   :(
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Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 04:50:53 PM
Congratulations on your pineapple award François. I wonder if there is a pineapple poll tax. (An obscure Ballet reference).

I don't know about pineapples, but I'll bet François would look stunning in a pair of coconut shells!
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 31, 2007, 04:57:33 PM
DR François is tall enough to be a coconut palm.
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 05:04:04 PM
Just got back from a little jaunt to Bruce's house -- always nice to sit and chat with him.  

Now I just need to figure out what to do with the rest of my day, before work that is (going in tonight at 12:30 AM...or well, I guess that is technically tomorrow morning)...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:11:05 PM
HHW Headquarters
Department of Avatars
Enforcement Division

DR François ~

Congratulations on your recent award and honor from the Gratuitous Posting Department!  

In reviewing our records, however, we find that your avatar is not up to the

Please take corrective action immediately!

Sincerely,

The HHW Department of Avatars Enforcement Division

For a moment, I thought you were Der Brucer!! :o ??? :o ??? ;)

I don't know how to post a picture with the computer I use at work! Besides, a picture of MOI would put you all to shame! Yes, even the ladies!
(Tomovoz! I hear you coughing!!) :D

"usual HHW standards."!!! Let me laugh! With so many pictures of people when they were hardly nubile!
Hey! I think there's even something fishy about yours! ;)
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:11:59 PM
Hmm..maybe I have a twisted mind but I took Cason's saying to have a double non-so-pure meaning.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:12:05 PM
DR François is tall enough to be a coconut palm.

Please, don't talk about my coconuts!

(Sounds like a line from a naughty song, doesn't it?!)
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:12:44 PM
The french are known for their nubile cuisine, aren't they?
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:13:15 PM
I'm also enjoying the avatar changes. Perhaps we should make it a quarterly thing...we could put that in the by-laws ;)

NAY!!


I am still reasonably young and slim in that avatar a new one would scare away the masses

Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:14:01 PM

 I wonder if there is a pineapple poll tax.

 FJL might know about it! ;)
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:15:44 PM
Whereas bk has shown the "in progress" edited Brain in LA

and Whereas he gave me permission to show some of it to Jose when he was in Atlanta but we never had the time

I thereby propose to bring a copy of said theatrical production with me for the entertainment and enlightenment of the brunch attendees, who all followed the production saga and wanted to be there.

(If that's OK with bk...)


AYE!!!!!!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:15:46 PM


RISQUE HUMOR AHEAD



A pole tax?  That's form 6969, right?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:18:15 PM
The french are known for their nubile cuisine, aren't they?

The French do not deserve a capital F anymore?? :(

"Nubilum in Nubile!"

Nothing nu! ;)
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 05:18:26 PM
Hmm..maybe I have a twisted mind but I took Cason's saying to have a double non-so-pure meaning.

I wish I was being that clever.  :)
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:18:29 PM
Had a lovely afternoon with some good viewing and also on the phone with some lively conversations.
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:20:03 PM
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but I have never seen a Shakespearean play.

And the only movie base on one of his plays that I have seen is the 1948 Macbeth...and I skipped through most of it as I just wanted to see the scenes that Peggy Webber was in. She later went on to make some wonderful films like THE SPACE CHILDREN and THE SCREAMING SKULL.

 I love you Michael Barnum!  You make me laugh!!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:20:04 PM
NAY!!


I am still reasonably young and slim in that avatar a new one would scare away the masses



Only the ELITE peruses this site, NOT the molasses! Err... the masses!

(Which church for the masses?) ;)
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:20:04 PM
Off to meet my brother and sister-in-law.

I'll be back soon.  (an Oliver! reference)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:20:38 PM


RISQUE HUMOR AHEAD



A pole tax?  That's form 6969, right?

Wooooooooooooowwwwwwww! ;D ;D
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:21:17 PM
Off to meet my brother and sister-in-law.

I'll be back soon.  (an Oliver! reference)

Ooooh! F is for Fagin!!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:22:26 PM
I began my afternoon viewing with the episode of GREY'S ANATOMY shown last night on ABC. Only, I watched it from the second season DVD set. This was the episode with Natalie Cole playing the patient with a fork in her neck, Derek and Meredith deciding to be friends, and George not speaking to Meredith. It also reintroduced Denny to the show and Izzy's growing attachment to him.

It's an episode that never ceases to make me cry, several times in fact. Just part of GREY'S ANATOMY's stunning second season.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:22:55 PM
I wish I was being that clever.  :)


Stop hurting yourself! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:23:57 PM

Oh! I "see" Ann!!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:24:26 PM
In the mood for another episode, I went back a few episodes to the one which introduced Dr. McSteamy, Mark Sloan, to the series as he arrives to take Addison back to NYC with him. Eric Dane made such an impression as Sloan that he was quickly added to the group of regulars in Season 3. Wise move.

This was the episode that ended in Meredith and George having their one night together, a disastrous encounter that led to an estrangement for a time.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:26:44 PM
Page Nine dance from HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE!!!


Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:28:07 PM


RISQUE HUMOR AHEAD



A pole tax?  That's form 6969, right?

 I love you too FJL!!  You also make me laugh!!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:28:54 PM
I finished my afternoon completing 16 BLOCKS which I had begun rewatching yesterday. The plot has lots of holes, but it's still compelling viewing and I did enjoy it as much the second time through even knowing how it ended.

Always enjoy David Morse in bad guy roles. He does very well with them. David Zayas has a nice part in this, too.
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Post by: Ann on March 31, 2007, 05:30:14 PM
Greetings to all the wonderful HHW folk!  Thanks for everyone who has sent me birthday wishes, this really is the most friendly place on the all the internet.

Life has become incredibly busy around here!  We're all happily moved into the house, and loving it more than we thought possible.  The wedding is exactly six weeks from today!  I can hardly believe that it's coming up so quickly.  I've been busier than busy with plans and decorations and decisions and all such things.  As much as I'm looking forward to it, I think I will be happy when it is over and we can simply live our lives.  

On top of the wedding and moving activities, I am also very (I hope) close to a new job I have been wanting for a long time.  I applied for it back in late November, and had all but given hope of hearing from them.  Two weeks ago, out of the blue, they called me in for an interview.  The interview went very very well, and last I heard from them on Wednesday, they were calling references.  I should hear something in the next week.  What a wonderful birthday/wedding gift that would be.


Tonight Jed is taking me to a fondue restaurant called The Melting Pot for my birthday.  A cheese fondue course, salad, meat variety fondue in broth for the main course, and a chocolate fondue course for dessert.  It all sounds too too delicious, and I can't wait!  Nothing like celebrating a birthday with food.  

I see some new names around here.  So, I will say my own personal welcome to DRs Cason, Singdew, and Miss Karen...at least, those are the newbies I've seen in today's posts.  For those of you I know, I LOVE the new avitar pics I've seen.  

I hope everything is well for all of you.  I promise I will try to get back here when things settle down again.  In the meantime-

Health vibes to Michael and everyone else who needs them
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Travel vibes to Cillaliz and everyone else who needs them
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And general good thoughts and positive vibes to one and all and also all and one.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:31:41 PM
I wish I was being that clever.  :)


Wait a minute...you came home from that awards ceremony laughing, like this  :D  :D :D, about what that kid had written in his bio. Then you told me the line and I did a look, like this  :o, then we both laughed, like this  ;D ;D ;D, and then you said you would just have to use it on your myspace, and we both laughed again, like this  ;D ;D ;D.  I looked like this  :o and laughed like this  ;D ;D ;D because my mind was in the gutter like Francois's -- I thought your's was too.  But I guess you mean it literally then like that kid?  If so, I take back my look like this  :o and my laugh like this  ;D ;D ;D.... and say, "My, isn't that a nice quote about the power of the arts"... ::)
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 05:33:09 PM
Wait a minute...you came home from that awards ceremony laughing, like this  :D  :D :D, about what that kid had written in his bio. Then you told me the line and I did a look, like this  :o, then we both laughed, like this  ;D ;D ;D, and then you said you would just have to use it on your myspace, and we both laughed again, like this  ;D ;D ;D.  I looked like this  :o and laughed like this  ;D ;D ;D because my mind was in the gutter like Francois's -- I thought your's was too.  But I guess you mean it literally then like that kid?  If so, I take back my look like this  :o and my laugh like this  ;D ;D ;D.... and say, "My, isn't that a nice quote about the power of the arts"... ::)

I owe it all to that kid -- it wasn't any of my doing...
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 05:34:30 PM
And if you think my mind wasn't in the gutter reading/repeating it, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I think you might be interested in... ::)
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:37:55 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANN!!![/move][/font][/color]

[move=down,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANN!!![/move][/font][/color]


[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANN!!![/move][/font][/color]


[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANN!!![/move][/font][/color]
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 05:38:24 PM
Alrighty...time for a nap, I think...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:38:59 PM
You guys are crazy... ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:39:36 PM
Oh, so touching - a mother preferring her son to have a dirty mind than a sincere soul.  :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:40:28 PM
[with gratitude to DR Miss Karen, whose brilliant concept I ripped off most shamelessly!]  :)

That wasn't my idea, that letter was official -- so you'd better watch out about clowning around with the official letterhead -- the powers that be might be watching (especially the folks in the Avatar Dept. -- rumor has it that your name and your avatar of that mutant yellow fish are on their list, so you may be walking on very thin ice as it is...just a word to the wise from someone who cares  :-*)...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:40:38 PM
Oops, I think I just got on Karen's sh*t list  :) :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:40:49 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Pain Free VIBES TO Michael Shayne!!![/move][/font][/color]

[move=down,scroll,6,transparent,100%]PAIN FREE VIBES TO MICHAEL SHAYNE!!![/move][/font][/color]


[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]pain free vibes to michael shayne!!![/move][/font][/color]


[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Feel Better Vibes to Michael Shayne![/move][/font][/color]
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:41:11 PM
What is it, official?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:41:33 PM
btw, I mean it affectionately....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:42:14 PM
I owe it all to that kid -- it wasn't any of my doing...

...and isn't that kid DR Jose's nephew?....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:42:33 PM
Ann, it is nice to see you again. I hope everything pans out with the job possibility and I send positive thoughts. Good luck on getting things set for your wedding. I send good thoughts!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:42:35 PM
"My infection for you grows daily" - again, what play is that from?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:43:07 PM
Karen, vixmom is also very creative!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:43:16 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Travel Vibes to Cillaliz[/move][/font][/color]

[move=down,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Feel better Vibes to Cillaliz's Mom [/move][/font][/color]


[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Travel Vibes to Cillaliz[/move][/font][/color]


[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Feel Better Vibes to Cillaliz's Mom[/move][/font][/color]
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:44:12 PM
"My infection for you grows daily" - again, what play is that from?

I thought it was my infection from  you.....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:45:39 PM
Oh, so touching - a mother preferring her son to have a dirty mind than a sincere soul.  :)

Only on HHW, hey?! :D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Michael on March 31, 2007, 05:45:59 PM
DR Jose, I've always liked that avatar. It's good to see it back.  We need to plan a music order.

DR Michael Shayne, I'm so sorry about your health problem.  I too hope there are other alternatives to surgery.  when is the MRI?
Hopefully as soon as I get back from Montreal
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:46:15 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Travel Vibes to Cillaliz[/move][/size][/font][/color]

[move=down,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Feel better Vibes to Cillaliz's Mom [/move]


[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Travel Vibes to Cillaliz[/move]


[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Feel Better Vibes to Cillaliz's Mom[/move]

Those vibes are making me dizzy Gillespie!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:47:09 PM
I thought it was my infection from  you.....

I thought it was my inflection to you... ;)
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:47:51 PM
Oops, I think I just got on Karen's sh*t list  :) :)

Didn't you mean spoo?  That's okay, DR FJL, I'm cool with it, and still adore you  -- BUT there is a Department of Libelous Postings here at HHW, and if they are watching today's postings, you might be getting a letter -- if you do, let me know cause I'll tell them I won't be pressing charges....this time... ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:48:06 PM
Karen, vixmom is also very creative!

Yeah! She has a daughter! ???
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:48:38 PM
Thanks for the newsy post, DR Ann. Nice to read about so many positive things in your life. COntinued good wishes and good luck in the home stretch for the wedding!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:49:18 PM
Was looking for my mind and, according to this site, it was in the gutter!
Which one ? I need my mind back!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:50:00 PM


Gutter dance! Gutter dance!

Broadway Rhythm....
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 05:50:24 PM
Off to get ready for tonight's HBO presentation of RUMOR HAS IT! It got scathing reviews and didn't go great business when it came out a year or more ago, but I like Shirley MacLaine, and the film should be fun for her alone. We'll see. . . .
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:50:36 PM
A dance is not enough.

Let's have the First Annual Gutter Ball.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:50:55 PM
I think vixmom did it!! Both vixmom and the vixter are very talented...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:51:35 PM
A dance is not enough.

Let's have the First Annual Gutter Ball.

hmmm, I never thought....
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:52:03 PM
A dance is not enough.

Let's have the First Annual Gutter Ball.

It usually is enough for a new page!

Cats hate gutter balls, I hear! ;)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:52:26 PM
BTW, I noted the name of the new memeber

Please welcome onlydrugs, our newest member.

wonder if it is a harbinger of something..
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:52:29 PM
hmmm, I never thought....

We know.... ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:53:12 PM
BTW, I noted the name of the new memeber

Please welcome onlydrugs, our newest member.

wonder if it is a harbinger of something..

You do it!

I don't want any trouble! ;)
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:54:02 PM
I'd like a harbinger with swiss cheese, hold the onions
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:54:21 PM
Or a gutterball turkey
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:54:26 PM
I am not that kind of lady...
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:54:53 PM
Was looking for my mind and, according to this site, it was in the gutter!

And I meant that in the nicest possible way -- a compliment not a libelous statement (in case the HHW Libelous Postings Dept. folks are working on a Saturday afternoon)...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:54:58 PM
well onions and garlic will keep the vampires away
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:55:05 PM

 of the new memeber


.

Is that the name of a bird?!
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:55:39 PM

I don't want any trouble! ;)

Pa-shaw!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:55:52 PM
Or a gutterball turkey

The turkey had a rough life in order to end up in the gutter!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:56:06 PM
And I meant that in the nicest possible way -- a compliment not a libelous statement (in case the HHW Libelous Postings Dept. folks are working on a Saturday afternoon)...

I took it as such, of (cheval de) course! ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 05:56:12 PM
Congratulations on your pineapple award François. I wonder if there is a pineapple poll tax. (An obscure Ballet reference).

Choreography by John Cranko, I believe, and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, arranged by Charles Mackerras, based on the Bab Ballads of WS Gilbert.  I love this ballet!!!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 05:56:33 PM
Darn, I really need to remember to check the spelling before i post....
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 05:56:48 PM
...thought "Trouble" was your middle name, DR Francois... (I mean that in the nicest way...)..
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:57:04 PM
Cheval! Yay!

(a Gigi reference)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:57:32 PM
well onions and garlic will keep the vampires away

Onions and garlic... these are a few of my flavoring things! ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:58:19 PM
...thought "Trouble" was your middle name, DR Francois... (I mean that in the nicest way...)..

Only in River City!
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 05:58:21 PM
Remember the great Garlic number from Dance of the Vampires?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:59:03 PM
Cheval! Yay!

(a Gigi reference)

Straight from the horse's mouth! Vooouuuiii! ;)
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Post by: Michael on March 31, 2007, 05:59:25 PM
Belated Birthday Wishes to DR Ann
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 05:59:29 PM
TOD


I have the same Favorite Shakespeare movie as Matt H..
Branagh's version of Much Ado About Nothing  I think it is just a fabulous production,  and the final shot is wonderful


Close seconds would be the before mentioned Romeo & Juliet, and it's musical cousin West Side Story



I also very much enjoyed Othello in which Branagh played Iago (did I spell that right?  probably not, knowing me) I don't think he directed that one though

His Hamlet  and Henry V also excellent

I loved Burton's & Taylor's Taming of the Shrew and there was  movie version of Twelvth Nihgt about 5 or six years ago I quite enjoyed although I cannot remember who was in it at the moment


I also liked the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet...not so much for Gibson as for  the actress who played Gertrude...oh lordy I cn see her face and cannot remember her name,...she layed Robin Williams mother in Garp...


to quite our former VP Dan Quayle (when HE was trying to recite "A mind is a terrible thing to waste")

It's a terrible thing to lose one's mind....




Oh but I disgree  .. (how unlike me!)





Ther used to be Shahkespeare festival in Stratfor CT, a n easy drive from my abopde and in high school I was drived there several times and saw exellent productions of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and  Midsummer's Night Dream





OH!  I liked  Kevin Kline in the movie version of A Midsummer;s Night Dream  but wasn't crazy about the overall movie


.    
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 05:59:43 PM
Oh, so touching - a mother preferring her son to have a dirty mind than a sincere soul.  :)

I wish all parents were so considerate.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 05:59:46 PM
NAY!!


I am still reasonably young and slim in that avatar a new one would scare away the masses



I didn't mean current, just different.. ;D
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 05:59:49 PM
Remember the great Garlic number from Dance of the Vampires?

Who are you kiltting??! ;)
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 06:00:34 PM
Darn, I really need to remember to check the spelling before i post....

I hear ya (me, too), so I move that HHW install an automatic spell check feature...but then DR der Brucer would be out of a job...and we do keep the man busy ...
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:00:37 PM
...and isn't that kid DR Jose's nephew?....

Is that what they're calling them this year?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:00:46 PM
Remember the great Garlic number from Dance of the Vampires?

Oh, yes! I remember it Welsh!
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Post by: Michael on March 31, 2007, 06:02:29 PM
TOD Part 2

Kiss Me Kate
The Boys From Syracuse
On A Summer's Night
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:03:01 PM
Choreography by John Cranko, I believe, and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, arranged by Charles Mackerras, based on the Bab Ballads of WS Gilbert.  I love this ballet!!!!

Charles Maracas?! Olé!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:03:24 PM
Job vibes and wedding bells for DR ANN (and DR JED)!!!
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 06:04:22 PM
Is that what they're calling them this year?


 ;D
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:04:27 PM
Job vibes and wedding bells for DR ANN (and DR JED)!!!

It's A Musical World! ;)
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:04:47 PM
MR BK - I think swift action is a good idea.  It is done....so move ahead.

I am with DR DAKOTACELT....by-laws can be suspended for a specified length of time, but cannot be suspended indefinitely.  I would think that a suspension of the by-laws for years really nullifies the constitution/charter of the organization.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:04:55 PM
;D

Please! You're spoiling him! ;)
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:05:17 PM
After reading my last post I suspect there are many who want me to go back on E & T status
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:05:26 PM
It's A Musical World! ;)

Ain't it the truth, How Will I Know My Love?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:05:45 PM
MR BK - I think swift action is a good idea.  It is done....so move ahead.

I am with DR DAKOTACELT...

When's the wedding?! ;)
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:05:50 PM
DR GINNY I would adore to have copies of the INDY HHW photos.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:06:28 PM
Ain't it the truth, How Will I Know My Love?

How Will I Know My Darling?

Hey, Mister Moon Up Above?
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 06:07:03 PM
DR Francois is on a roll -- wish I could stay and see how far he makes it, but alas things to do, places to go..Keep those postings rollin', rollin', rollin (TV show theme song reference)...
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:07:27 PM
Yeah! She has a daughter! ???

She's the beautiful reflection of my love's affection.....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:07:35 PM
I hear ya (me, too), so I move that HHW install an automatic spell check feature...but then DR der Brucer would be out of a job...and we do keep the man busy ...

I cringe at the thought of a bored derBrucer... I can only imagine what sort of mischief he would wrought upon us all.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:08:00 PM
After reading my last post I suspect there are many who want me to go back on E & T status

You're kidding, right?

Nah! Stay with us "fools"! :D
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:08:18 PM
Ain't it the truth, How Will I Know My Love?

 Your Love will be wearing a red carnation
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:08:49 PM
She's the beautiful reflection of my love's affection.....

Oh... I thought it was a cushion! Sorry!! :o :o ;D
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:09:20 PM
I'm back from dinner with my dear friend Bruce Pomach of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.  We dished, we laughed, all during a lovely meal at 63rd & Ninth Avenue, across from Lincoln Center.  The food was god, the portions generous.  

BK, they have macaroni and cheese on the menu.  Also Bruce loved The Brain and praised your writing. He likes your way with the ins and outs of a tune.

I think I may watch the first two episodes of THE TUDORS on Showtime On Demand now.  It's either that or a new DVD of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro.  Decisions, decisions . . .
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:09:36 PM
Your Darling however will be wearing a black Fedora
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:09:49 PM
After reading my last post I suspect there are many who want me to go back on E & T status

Please don't disappear, you have been missed.
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:09:52 PM
DR Francois is on a roll -- wish I could stay and see how far he makes it, but alas things to do, places to go..Keep those postings rollin', rollin', rollin (TV show theme song reference)...

No! I'm on a bagel! ;)

And that's chessy!
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 31, 2007, 06:09:53 PM
Choreography by John Cranko, I believe, and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, arranged by Charles Mackerras, based on the Bab Ballads of WS Gilbert.  I love this ballet!!!!
I'm pleased that the reference was not lost DR Elmore.  I saw the ballet when I was about 10.   It's a favourite of mine too.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:10:30 PM
Ain't it the truth, How Will I Know My Love?

From the light reflecting off her glass eye?
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:11:16 PM
I'm back from dinner with my dear friend Bruce Pomach of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.  We dished, we laughed, all during a lovely meal at 63rd & Ninth Avenue, across from Lincoln Center.  The food was god,

Bread and wine then?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:12:32 PM
After reading my last post I suspect there are many who want me to go back on E & T status

If it's the badly spelled Shakespeare one, bingo! :-*

Ask DR vixmom to tell you all about how she's prompting her daughter to make crank calls on poor unsuspecting folk.
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:12:54 PM
Lar.... :-*
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:13:45 PM


Ask DR vixmom to tell you all about how she's prompting her daughter to make crank calls on poor unsuspecting folk.

MOI?!!!!
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:14:02 PM
 :o
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:14:23 PM
I'm back from dinner with my dear friend Bruce Pomach of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.  We dished, we laughed, all during a lovely meal at 63rd & Ninth Avenue, across from Lincoln Center.  The food was god, the portions generous.  

BK, they have macaroni and cheese on the menu.  Also Bruce loved The Brain and praised your writing. He likes your way with the ins and outs of a tune.

I think I may watch the first two episodes of THE TUDORS on Showtime On Demand now.  It's either that or a new DVD of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro.  Decisions, decisions . . .

I think you mean Bruce Pomahac!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Bread and wine then?

Did I really type god for good?  I need a new keyboard.  I think the food between the keys is making my life a mess.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:15:20 PM
I think you mean Bruce Pomahac!

I think I need more drugs!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 06:16:14 PM
:o
:o back atcha, baby!
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:16:27 PM
I think I need more drugs!

 hmmm did you just rejoin as a new member?
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 31, 2007, 06:17:07 PM
Crumbs those qwerty things eat a lot.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:17:14 PM
EVen if they are a subsidiary to the Alumni Association, they still have to adhere to the rules that govern non-profits.
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Post by: vixmom on March 31, 2007, 06:18:21 PM
ACK!! It's after 8 and I haven;t fed my family!! Gotta go~~!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 06:19:47 PM
EVen if they are a subsidiary to the Alumni Association, they still have to adhere to the rules that govern non-profits.

Only Droms adhere! That's how things are in Camelot! ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:20:49 PM
I am home!   The flight from Atlanta to Milwaukee was fine. The flight from Milwaukee was a rollercoaster!  We went over and then sort of through what was a pretty bad storm on the ground.  We landed just after it had passed. I didn't hit a storm again until I was almost in Sioux City.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:21:40 PM
GO OHIO STATE!!!! They just made it to the finals!!!  That's my team.  
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:22:20 PM
Well, I don't know that they are my team, but they are the team I'm cheering for.  
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 06:25:00 PM
Has vixmom seen the CD sale list?
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:25:30 PM
How Will I Know My Darling?

Hey, Mister Moon Up Above?

hehehehehe.    ;D
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 06:25:32 PM
If not, maybe someone can cut and paste it or send it to her via PM, since she may not be looking at the past pages.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:25:44 PM
THe frozen final four is next week... Go Sioux!!!
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Post by: bk on March 31, 2007, 06:25:55 PM
I shall now be on my way to see Mr. Kevin Spirtas, after which, I shall sup and then return.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 06:27:29 PM
A black fedora, a red rose, and a glass eye.

What's NOT to love?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 06:31:14 PM
Good Evening!

Well, the run-thru went very well.  So well, in fact, that we're having a shorter day of rehearsal tomorrow.  We'll be doing a "straight six" - 10:00am-4:00pm - with a 20 minute break in the middle.  Alas, this means my chances of making it brunch at Chez FJL have been slimmed to almost none.

I just got the rehearsal schedule for tomorrow, and all it says is "10:00am - Full Company", and that's it.  So, I'm guessing we'll be working spots throughout the show, and just kind of free-forming for the day.

*However, since all the music staff will be in attendance tomorrow, there is a small chance I may be able to get away.  But, I really won't know until I'm in rehearsal tomorrow morning whether or not I can get away for an hour or so.  Stay tuned.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:36:46 PM
Talked to my mom tonight. She's feeling a bit better, but still not 100%.  They did drive most of the day, however and were on their way to dinner when I called so that's a good sign. They were going to stop here tomorrow, but I don't think they will be that far by then, so I may print off my tickets and go see Obama
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:37:33 PM
Thanks for all the travel vibes, I think it helped us through those rollercoaster moments, although loving rollercoasters as I do, it was rather fun
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 06:40:14 PM
DR Miss Karen - Ahem!  Since your "HHW God status" has just been recently[/b] attained, I must respectfully ask that you refrain from bestowing any honors and/or demotions on your fellow DRs until the HHW Bylaws have been reviewed.*  Yes, you are currently are an "HHW God(dess)", but please keep in mind that the concept of seniority still applies on this forum.

I would also like to take this time to remind you - of inform you, as the case may be - that DR Ron Pulliam was and is the "first HHW God".  Attention must be paid.

*And if recall correctly, you have queried in many a post as to the whereabouts of the HHW Guidebook and Decoder Ring.  Are you sure we have your current address on file?


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 06:43:03 PM
In other news...

I believe I'm just going to have a nice quiet evening here at the apartment.  Watch some TV.  Maybe do some laundry.  Maybe take care of some cleaning.  We shall see.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 06:46:33 PM
DR Ann - Thanks for sharing all your good news with us.

And I'm sure you and Jed will LOVE The Melting Pot.  -Sounds like he's going for the full fondue meal experience.  -And the one thing I like about The Melting Pot chain - well, two things - is that each restaurant is set up slightly differently, so that if you go to another Melting Pot in another city, you get a different "experience".  The other thing I like is that since the fondue services are set up for each course, the pacing of the meal is leisurely.  Plenty of time for digesting before the next pot of cheese, oil, broth or chocolate is ready for dipping into.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 06:49:10 PM
Hmm...  I think I will get at least one load of laundry done tonight.  Next week is going to be semi-crazy - three days of EPAs for Gypsy, and then four days up at Westport.  And I'll definitely need clean clothes for my days up in the country.  ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 06:49:49 PM
DR Cillaliz - Welcome Home!

So... How were the chocolate chip cookies? :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:51:01 PM
:::flips through guide book:::

I do see the spot in the book that states "Blame Jose"....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:51:23 PM
Page 13 dance!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 06:52:55 PM
DR Cillaliz - Welcome Home!

So... How were the chocolate chip cookies? :)


The cookies were good. I discovered on the last flight (only an hour total) that they have prebaked cookies and warm them up.  I was on a long flight once and they did actually bake them on the plane.  They still tasted wondeful though. They were warm and tasty.  Two per flight = FOUR chocolate chip cookies.  

The best thing though are the wide leather seats, two on a side. They are like first class seats and are extremely comfortable.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 06:55:45 PM
Glad you arrived safely home. I bet Boo and Callie were glad to see you!
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 06:59:10 PM
DR Miss Karen - Ahem!  Since your "HHW God status" has just been recently[/b] attained, I must respectfully ask that you refrain from bestowing any honors and/or demotions on your fellow DRs until the HHW Bylaws have been reviewed.*  Yes, you are currently are an "HHW God(dess)", but please keep in mind that the concept of seniority still applies on this forum.

I would also like to take this time to remind you - of inform you, as the case may be - that DR Ron Pulliam was and is the "first HHW God".  Attention must be paid.

*And if recall correctly, you have queried in many a post as to the whereabouts of the HHW Guidebook and Decoder Ring.  Are you sure we have your current address on file?


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I'm innocent... I did not write that letter...three words:  Jose did it!
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:01:39 PM
:::flips through guide book:::

I do see the spot in the book that states "Blame Jose"....

See, I'm a rule follower...(ha-hhah-haa! NOT!!) but in this case I will -- Jose did it!  

....That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:02:44 PM
Actually you can blame Jose, but that doesn't mean Jose did it. There is definitely a difference. :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:03:30 PM
Besides, it's too late...DR Francois has already made his wallet-size copy -- and it's been laminated and everything, so it's official
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:05:12 PM
My cat sitter is great but she always forgets something. She didn't check my front porch to see if there was anything to bring in (Like the newspaper) anyway, 2 boxes of books were delivered by UPS and left on the porch. Both were soaking wet, but wonders of wonders none of the books were damaged.  Since most of them were for my new practice and were very expensive, I am very relieved
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:07:43 PM
Actually you can blame Jose, but that doesn't mean Jose did it. There is definitely a difference. :)

There is?!!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:09:45 PM
See, I'm a rule follower...(ha-hhah-haa! NOT!!) but in this case I will -- Jose did it!  

....That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Is it because I'm a lesbian... that Jose is making all that fuss??!! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 07:10:11 PM
My cat sitter is great but she always forgets something. She didn't check my front porch to see if there was anything to bring in (Like the newspaper) anyway, 2 boxes of books were delivered by UPS and left on the porch. Both were soaking wet, but wonders of wonders none of the books were damaged.  Since most of them were for my new practice and were very expensive, I am very relieved

WHEW!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:11:39 PM

I WON'T give back my prize!

NO WAY, Jose!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 07:13:27 PM

I WON'T give back my prize!

NO WAY, Jose!

Ce ne fait rien.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:13:32 PM
My cat sitter is great but she always forgets something. She didn't check my front porch to see if there was anything to bring in (Like the newspaper) anyway, 2 boxes of books were delivered by UPS and left on the porch. Both were soaking wet, but wonders of wonders none of the books were damaged.  Since most of them were for my new practice and were very expensive, I am very relieved

And... you're not blaming Jose for that??
I don't understand you! ;)

Yeah! Some people need a... brain! :-\
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: SwishySarah on March 31, 2007, 07:14:33 PM
Feeling essentially awful today, with a headache, sore throat, dizziness, and the freezing/burning up sensation. I've been asleep for most of the past 21 hours, and I'm pretty sure it's strep. A friend is feeling the same way, so we're probably going to the emergency room tomorrow to get checked out. Vibes for friend Matthew and I would be GREATLY appreciated.

Hope you're all doing well!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:14:40 PM
Ce ne fait rien.

Non?? ???

Je suis déçu! :-\ ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:15:50 PM
There is?!!

Oh my goodness yes, people get blamed for things every day, it doesn't mean they did them...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:16:48 PM
And... you're not blaming Jose for that??
I don't understand you! ;)

Yeah! Some people need a... brain! :-\

Blame Jose because the books weren't ruined?   ???
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:16:56 PM


Hope you're all doing well!

Much better than you, apparently!

Feel better vibes<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Humm.... they should go the other way! Europe to USA!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ah, much better! Beaucoup mieux! :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:18:02 PM
WHEW!

You can say that again, the cardboard boxes just peeled apart.  The books were not wrapped in plastic, I was shocked that they are ok
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:18:13 PM
Blame Jose because the books weren't ruined?   ???

NO! Blame Jose because your cat sitter is not a parcel sitter and did not bring the parcels in!

Is my French that bad?! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:19:32 PM
Oh my goodness yes, people get blamed for things every day, it doesn't mean they did them...

Story of my life... in two volumes NOT wrapped in plastic! ;D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:20:33 PM
Is it because I'm a lesbian... that Jose is making all that fuss??!! ;)

One can only hope that isn't the case because that opens a whole different can of worms..DR Jose may well be getting a letter from the HHW Antidefamation and Equal Opportunity Department, which does not tolerate even a hint of impropriety or prejudice among HHW posters....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:20:44 PM
Oh my goodness yes, people get blamed for things every day, it doesn't mean they did them...

DR Karen! You're irritating Cillaliz! You are! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 07:22:44 PM
One can only hope that isn't the case because that opens a whole different can of worms..

I'm an early-bird and I LOVE worms!
I can also be a book-worm, wrapped in plastic or not! The books! NOT the worm!

Confusing, n'est-il pas? ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:25:32 PM


Confusing, n'est-il pas? ;)

Oooh-la-laaaah!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:26:23 PM
NO! Blame Jose because your cat sitter is not a parcel sitter and did not bring the parcels in!

Is my French that bad?! ;)

LOL, I knew what you meant...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 07:27:14 PM
Sir Thomas Boleyn to Henry VIII: "Majesty, no one has calves like yours" was my favorite moment in episode one of THE TUDORS, which is well written and quite well cast.  Henry Cavill, sex symbol of I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, is the hottie in this series, with the most nudity, and that leads me to the sex life of the 16th Century.  The sex in this series is very Cinemax At Night, and I wonder how accurate this can be with bared bosoms and bottoms.  This is a period where there was no plumbing, people bathed once a year if lucky, most childbirth deaths were due to unsanitary conditions and people had to smell really badly.  Wasn't sex more groping and grappling under garments than a softcore and tastefully nude romp? I also think everyone looks too clean.

That said, I'm curious to know where the plot will go even though I know the history and politics quite well.  Henry Cavill is Charles Brandon, Henry's best friend who secretly married Mary Tudor, Henry's sister (Richard Todd and Glynis Johns in Disney's wonderful THE SWORD AND THE ROSE; why isn't that on DVD?), but so far there's no Mary Tudor; he's dallying with the daughter of the Duke of Buckingham, played  by Stephen Waddington, whom I last saw beheaded in SLEEPY HOLLOW.

But it's fun; I'll stick with it.  Great opening sequence, to boot.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 07:28:04 PM
One can only hope that isn't the case because that opens a whole different can of worms..DR Jose may well be getting a letter from the HHW Antidefamation and Equal Opportunity Department, which does not tolerate even a hint of impropriety or prejudice among HHW posters....

DR Karen, didn't you know we decided to suspend all by-laws, rules and departments and give all power to the Great and Powerful BK?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:28:55 PM
DR Karen! You're irritating Cillaliz! You are! ;)

Not me!  I blame Jose!!!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 07:30:37 PM
DR Karen, didn't you know we decided to suspend all by-laws, rules and departments and give all power to the Great and Powerful BK?

That's right.  We're just mere acolytes.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 07:31:42 PM
DR Karen, didn't you know we decided to suspend all by-laws, rules and departments and give all power to the Great and Powerful BK?

Uh-oh, then I'm in trouble when Papa comes home.......BK, I blame Jose!....(time to run away and hide...)...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 07:52:15 PM
Follows Karen to a safe hiding spot...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jeanne on March 31, 2007, 07:54:02 PM
Hello, all!

Today Marvelous Matt and I moved my office over to temporary quarters in the guest room and I'm now back online. Impossible to catch up on all the posts!

Glad to see Jane here--I take that as a good sign.


Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jeanne on March 31, 2007, 07:56:37 PM
I like your new avatar, Dakota. I like the fuzzy, wispy look of it.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 08:01:34 PM
I like your new avatar, Dakota. I like the fuzzy, wispy look of it.

Uncanny, n'est-ce pas?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:05:40 PM
DR ANN HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  

I hope you had a very special day.

Are you and Jed married yet?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: elmore3003 on March 31, 2007, 08:07:16 PM
DR ANN HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  


Are you and Jed married yet?

Six weeks from today.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:09:41 PM
I am speed reading the posts.  I think I missed Ann’s & will back up to read it.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: MBarnum on March 31, 2007, 08:12:32 PM
Advice needed:

Last night, an e-mail was sent to all board members of the alum association stating that the votes were in and the overwhelming majority had voted yes to me and my plans.  My suspicion is that the troublemaker gal is furiously at home trying to find the bylaws so she can attempt to nullify the vote.  Since I've been told the bylaws were suspended years ago and since for the last five years I as a board member have never been asked to vote on anything (if there are bylaws then there are bylaws and they can't be used when everyone feels like it and not used when they don't), I'd assume she either won't find them or that it won't matter.

The question is should I write a brief note to everyone thanking them and saying positive things about what we hope to achieve?  Basically saying that I'm acknowledging the vote and that we'll now begin our restructuring.

Yes, by all means carry on. If the troublemaker lady tries to usurp things then then cross that bridge when and if you come up to it. Who knows, maybe you can win her over with you charm and new ideas!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:13:16 PM
GOOD JOB VIBES ANN!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:15:23 PM
Michael S-CONTINUED PINCH NERVE VIBES!  I didn’t know surgery was even an option.  First try physical therapy, it helped my neck.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:16:41 PM
Thank you FJL.  Keith really needs them too.  Every time he takes Sherlock out (it must be on a leash), Sherlock playfully jumps, bites, and scratches him, just like a little puppy.  Only he isn’t a little pup anymore and Keith’s hands and arms are a mess.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:20:37 PM
Cilla-I can’t believe you didn’t get sick on the plane.  You are so lucky.  I would have been terribly ill.  One of the first things I do after getting my seat it to make sure there is a barf bag.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jane on March 31, 2007, 08:23:35 PM
DR Elmore-Congrats on getting your ticket.  I hope you managed a decent price.

Bruce-I hope everything settles down & works out to your satisfaction.  

‘night.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:30:20 PM
Cilla-I can’t believe you didn’t get sick on the plane.  You are so lucky.  I would have been terribly ill.  One of the first things I do after getting my seat it to make sure there is a barf bag.

I've never had to use a barf bag. i hope I never do
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jeanne on March 31, 2007, 08:31:17 PM
DR MICHAEL SHAYNE,
So sorry about your back problems. Have you tried an osteopath? My back and neck were injured some years ago and I could not get along without osteopathic treatment. I find it most helpful!

HEALING VIBES TO YOU!!!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 08:31:35 PM
DR Cason - I asked this last night, but...

What is the origin of your current avatar?

-And my apologies if you answered this question already.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: TCB on March 31, 2007, 08:32:01 PM
And the word of the day is: SOBRIQUET!

I prefer lemon or orange.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 08:32:06 PM
DR Michael S - Have they checked for sciatica?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 08:36:53 PM
DR Cason - I asked this last night, but...

What is the origin of your current avatar?

-And my apologies if you answered this question already.

Sorry -- I must've missed it!

Let's see - that picture was taken at our first rehearsal with the "Brain" prototype.  It basically looked like a tiny pup tent and it had this little yellow plastic construction hat in it for Egbert.  Sadly it fell out within the first 20 minutes, so while BK was working with other folks, Egbert, myself, and our assistant stage manager were just goofing around working hard.  So, we thought it'd be fun to take silly pictures, one of which is this one -- me being a "sexy" construction worker, and what I am holding is a part of my belt, as if I were about to take it off...but really it just looks like I'm holding a shiv or a screwdriver, ready to shank someone.  Blame it on the angle!

(that's what she said)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 08:51:20 PM
I almost forgot to wish DR Ann a happy brithday, so Happy Birthday!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 08:51:49 PM
Sorry -- I must've missed it!

Let's see - that picture was taken at our first rehearsal with the "Brain" prototype.  It basically looked like a tiny pup tent and it had this little yellow plastic construction hat in it for Egbert.  Sadly it fell out within the first 20 minutes, so while BK was working with other folks, Egbert, myself, and our assistant stage manager were just goofing around working hard.  So, we thought it'd be fun to take silly pictures, one of which is this one -- me being a "sexy" construction worker, and what I am holding is a part of my belt, as if I were about to take it off...but really it just looks like I'm holding a shiv or a screwdriver, ready to shank someone.  Blame it on the angle!

(that's what she said)

Thank You.  I was thinking it was either your tribute to The Village People or how you dressed for your Full Monty audition.  ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 08:52:21 PM
Yes, it definitely seemed to look like some kind of screwdriver when I first saw Cason's new avatar.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 08:53:08 PM
Hmm...  Just watched "Happy Feet" with my roomies...  Hmm...  Interesting movie.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:53:58 PM
Hmm...  Just watched "Happy Feet" with my roomies...  Hmm...  Interesting movie.

Did you like it? I almost rented it last night in the room.  
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 08:54:28 PM
DR Ann:

Thanks for your greetings.

Wishing you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY [or what's left of it!]  :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 08:55:39 PM
Indeed!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANN!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 08:56:22 PM
It's actually raining too much here, flood warnings etc, but i was amazed at how green everything was when I got home.  It was still brown and looked like the end of winter when I left. When I got home the grass is green, leaves are popping out and the flowers are coming up.

Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 08:56:24 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***HEALING VIBES***[/move]
to DR SwishySarah & DF Matthew
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 08:57:34 PM
When I got home the grass is green, leaves are popping out and the flowers are coming up.

Why, I feel a song coming on...

JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 08:58:47 PM
Did you like it? I almost rented it last night in the room.  

Umm... No.  Surprisingly dark.  A bit too long.  And kind of confusing - was this really marketed to kids?  Lots of mixed messages.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:00:01 PM
And I'll definitely need clean clothes for my days up in the country.

Oh, don't worry 'bout that, darlin'.  We's jess a bunch of hicks up here in the country!   ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:04:36 PM
Umm... No.  Surprisingly dark.  A bit too long.  And kind of confusing - was this really marketed to kids?  Lots of mixed messages.

I know, nobody's asking me (That would BE the day! :D) but I'm with you on that one!

I'll even say that I found it totally BORING!
And I like emperors (the animal!!) and tap dancing and songs and "écologie" and good feelings!

Boring! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:05:15 PM
Why, I feel a song coming on...

JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER!

June Bronhill?!! ??? ;D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:06:02 PM
And I like emperors (the animal!!) and tap dancing and songs and "écologie" and good feelings!

And...mushrooms??   ::)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:07:43 PM
And...mushrooms??   ::)

And LOVE!!

L, is for the way you Look at me!

O, is for the only One I see!

V, is Very Very Extraordinary...

E, is.......

Sorry! I am NOT Sacha Distel!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:08:45 PM
And...mushrooms??   ::)

And ... caterpillars!

My middle name is Alice!

Alice Blues Gone! :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:08:45 PM
François, I believe you are dilerious.

Isn't it the middle of the night there?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:09:53 PM
François, I believe you are delerious.

Isn't it the middle of the night there?

It's actually something like 4:55 am!

It's pot-sible! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 09:10:11 PM
The word for Francois is deleterious.  :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:10:23 PM
Either that, or you're not eating the mushrooms that come from the supermarket!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 09:10:50 PM
I of course meant delicious, it came out deleterious.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:11:12 PM
François, I believe you are dilerious.

Isn't it the middle of the night there?

In The Still Of The Night!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 09:11:44 PM
I know, nobody's asking me (That would BE the day! :D) but I'm with you on that one!

I'll even say that I found it totally BORING!
And I like emperors (the animal!!) and tap dancing and songs and "écologie" and good feelings!

Boring! ;)

Thanks DR Francois,  I'll wait and tune in when it's on HBO or something similar
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:13:28 PM
The word for Francois is deleterious.  :)

François Who?

François Premier?

François Mitterrand?

François Perier?

Saint François D'Assise?

(WHO said "The Sissy"?)

etc, etc, etc....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 09:13:52 PM
Maybe he's dilarious, a cross between deleterious and hilarious, as in performer Lea Dilarious.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:14:05 PM
In The Still Of The Night!

Yep, most of us up here in the country have Stills in our backyards.  That might explain some of your posts!  :)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:14:26 PM
Thanks DR Francois,  I'll wait and tune in when it's on HBO or something similar

THE film to see is


THE LIVES OF OTHERS!

It sure deserves its OSCAR!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:15:36 PM
Lea Dilarious.

Hilarious!

[not to be confused with Hillary]
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 09:16:33 PM
Or confused with Hildy from On the Town
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:16:39 PM

We have stills in Cognac and we have stills in theater lobbies!

Amongst other places!

Elisa has window stills... I believe! No?! Oh, well!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: singdaw on March 31, 2007, 09:17:10 PM
Would love to sit up yukking with y'all, but tomorrow looms, long and early!

Sweet dreams to all!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:18:24 PM
Maybe he's dilarious, a cross between deleterious and hilarious, as in performer Lea Dilarious.

Lea sure gets me CONFUSED! And... I'm a lesbian! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:19:28 PM
Would love to sit up yukking with y'all, but tomorrow looms, long and early!

Sweet dreams to all!

Bonnet de nuit!

Euh... bonne nuit!!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:19:59 PM
Would love to sit up yukking with y'all, but tomorrow looms, long and early!

Sweet dreams to all!

Sweet Dreams Are Made  Of These!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: TCB on March 31, 2007, 09:20:10 PM



I'm up, I'm up...



Well, I guess that explains what he is holding.
[/i]
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:20:44 PM
 The Lives Of Others!

I repeat; The Lives Of Others!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:21:40 PM
Well, I guess that explains what he is holding.
[/i]

I have been waiting for that one for SO LONG, if I may say so!

Thank you, TCB! I am not disap-pointed!! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: TCB on March 31, 2007, 09:23:20 PM

Art touches people in ways that words can't and my goal in life is to change my name to Art.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 09:27:59 PM
The Lives Of Others!

I repeat; The Lives Of Others!

Thank god it is not Days of our Lives..
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 31, 2007, 09:32:44 PM
Well, I'm already sleepy, so...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:33:03 PM
Thank god it is not Days of our Lives..

Well... it could be titled that way too, matter of fact! But it's a historical thriller!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 09:33:51 PM
Well, I'm already sleepy, so...

Goodnight.

No use being bashful about it!

Buenas noches!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 09:33:53 PM
If June is bustin' out all over, it must be friend of DR CP:

Miss June (You too can have a lovely bust) Wilkinson
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 09:34:56 PM
How did SHE get into the movies?  :o

(http://www.davidmonster.com/images/bombshell/1950/jwilkinson.jpg)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 09:35:30 PM
Hmmmm....I seem to be enjoying that picture way too much!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 09:44:17 PM

Art touches people in ways that words can't and my goal in life is to change my name to Art.


LOL!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 09:48:11 PM
Cason, did you get the part in The Full Monty?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 09:48:47 PM
If you can't be an Art be an Art Supporter.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 09:50:48 PM
I love art of all sorts but my passion is theatre and photography...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 09:55:11 PM
Cason, did you get the part in The Full Monty?

Nope.  :(  

But hey -- it means a better opportunity is coming, that's what I think!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 09:55:47 PM
If you can't be an Art be an Art Supporter.

Support his quest to touch people?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 09:56:10 PM
I think that might be a felony...
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 09:57:13 PM
Tonight has been a very strange night for viewing stuff. When I first fired up the home theater and checked the DVR, I noticed that I had recorded DR. NO from one of the Encores channels. The last time this was on, I was blown out of my seat by the surround sound track which had been repurposed from the original sounds stems. (I'm assuming this is now what is on the newly remastered Ultimate Edition of DR. NO availble now).

So, I had about 25 minutes until RUMOR HAS IT came on, so I watched the first 20 minutes or so of DR. NO. Well, they were using the old mono mix (which is on the DVD that I have). I watched it anyway until the HBO mnovie began.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 09:58:53 PM
Support his quest to touch people?

Yea. Sure.  ;D

When it comes to art, we're the first hogs to the trough.  8)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 09:59:21 PM
I started watching RUMOR HAS IT (okay movie so far, nothing stupendous; Shirley MacLaine stealing it, of course). About half an hour in, my friend John calls wanting to come over to have a movie night. I set the DVR to record RUMOR HAS IT so I could finish it tomorrow, and told John to come over.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:00:05 PM
Nope.  :(  

But hey -- it means a better opportunity is coming, that's what I think!
I am sorry to hear that you did not get the part. Your mom and I even tried long distance hypnosis....

I like your attitude.... Good luck good sir!
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Post by: TCB on March 31, 2007, 10:00:45 PM
If you can't be an Art be an Art Supporter.

I would rather be athletic.
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Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:01:30 PM
I am a firm believer of the arts for they make the world a far richer place. However, the definition of art is in the eye of the beholders and there are some things that people consider art taht I think is "What were they thinking?"
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 31, 2007, 10:02:56 PM
I would rather be athletic.
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LOL....nobody could say it like Eve Arden....she was our Miss Brooks, English teacher extraordinaire!!!   ;D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:02:59 PM
JRand, I have a confession....

I have nearly said several snarky Jack Deveraux comments due to your first name but I have bit my tongue. I blame Matt!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:03:24 PM
He wanted to see a Blu-ray disc. The only one he's watched at my house all the way through was TERMINATOR 2 which was probably (along with TALLEDEGA NIGHTS) the most disappointing Blu-ray transfer I own. Looks fine but the dimensionality is barely a step up from the superb standard edition of T2. So, he wanted to see something that would really pop.

Naturally, I suggested CASINO ROYALE, but he had just watched the SD version within the last week and so didn't want to watch the whole thing again so soon.

So, we selected BLAZING SADDLES. Even though the film was made in 1974, the Warners Blu-ray transfer is really superb. Except for the stock footage that's used in the film, blown up so it could be cropped to fit the rest of the Panavision footage (and which looks washed out and grainy), the movie looks brand new, and he was very impressed with how sharp and clean it looked.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:04:18 PM
JRand, I have a confession....

I have nearly said several snarky Jack Deveraux comments due to your first name but I have bit my tongue. I blame Matt!

I can't take the blame. I'm talking movies here!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:04:32 PM
Has anyone ever seen "The Madness of King George?"

I was watching it earlier tonight. Helen Mirren is truly an amazing actress.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:05:18 PM
I can't take the blame. I'm talking movies here!

Matt Ashford!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:06:15 PM
After BLAZING SADDLES was over, I did put in Blu-ray version CASINO ROYALE and showed off some of the eye popping sequences in the film. He was most impressed with the title sequence which looks amazingly like 3-D even without polarized glasses. We also watched the chase after the credits, some of the Bahamas sequence, and some of the poker sequence, all of which have great color intensity and great depth of field.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:06:23 PM
I can't take the blame. I'm talking movies here!

Actually your comments have been interesting. I watched Talledega Nights. What a waste of a perfectly good DVD!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:06:45 PM
Matt Ashford!

There are lots of Matts. Got to be specific.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:07:16 PM
I have always liked Blazing Saddles. I read a while back that the Library of Congress added it to their collection to preservation.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:08:09 PM
Actually your comments have been interesting. I watched Talledega Nights. What a waste of a perfectly good DVD!

Well, it's beyond silly and perfectly ridiculous, but for someone who's lived among NASCAR fans and in the home of NASCAR his whole life, there was a lot to laugh at.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:08:49 PM
I saw Talledega Nights over christmas and the only one laughing was my one sister. My dad was not impressed. I found Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit far more entertaining than Talledega Nights.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:08:58 PM
I have always liked Blazing Saddles. I read a while back that the Library of Congress added it to their collection to preservation.

I think YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN holds up better than BLAZING SADDLES (both released in 1974), but Madelaine Kahn is brilliant in both of them.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:09:43 PM
I saw Talledega Nights over christmas and the only one laughing was my one sister. My dad was not impressed. I found Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit far more entertaining than Talledega Nights.

And I despise both of those films and don't find them very funny at all. Different strokes for sure!   :D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:09:57 PM
I am not a NASCAR fan. The noise of the races on the telly is painful for me due to the nature of my hearing loss.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:10:50 PM
I also noticed on the DVR that I had recorded one of the CRIME DOCTOR features from TCM during the last 24 hours. I'll try to get to it tomorrow, too. I do want to finish RUMOR HAS IT tomorrow first thing.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:11:15 PM
My all-time favorite farcical movie is "Monty Python's Holy Grail"
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:11:29 PM
I am not a NASCAR fan. The noise of the races on the telly is painful for me due to the nature of my hearing loss.

I'm no fan either. But I sure have known dozens of them in my lifetime.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:13:12 PM
I did like 6-Pack, which was a racing movie.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:13:17 PM
With GREASE not on tomorrow night (or ever again), that frees up an hour of prime time to watch some DVDs tomorrow, too.

I got a new Criterion DVD OVERLORD today which I've never seen. It's a war film (WW II), so I will probably try to get to it at some point tomorrow.

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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:14:31 PM
I'm no fan either. But I sure have known dozens of them in my lifetime.

Cool...

I am more familiar with the Rodeo Circuit...It just boils down to where you are
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: TCB on March 31, 2007, 10:15:19 PM
LOL....nobody could say it like Eve Arden....she was our Miss Brooks, English teacher extraordinaire!!!   ;D

How true........how true!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 10:17:50 PM
Just heard on the radio that a touring show, Urban Cowboy, is coming to FArgo. Any familiar with this musical?

Interesting another movie - musical tie-in

I did not mind the movie version of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Dolly Parton I thought did a good job.
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Post by: TCB on March 31, 2007, 10:22:13 PM
I'm no fan either. But I sure have known dozens of them in my lifetime.












intimately?
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Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:31:25 PM
Just heard on the radio that a touring show, Urban Cowboy, is coming to FArgo. Any familiar with this musical?

Interesting another movie - musical tie-in

I did not mind the movie version of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Dolly Parton I thought did a good job.

From friends I know who saw it, a lousy show.

I didn't like the movie much either.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:31:48 PM
intimately?
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Some more than others.
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Matt H. on March 31, 2007, 10:32:02 PM
Heading off to bed now.

Good night!
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Post by: MBarnum on March 31, 2007, 10:35:10 PM
I had forgotten Robert Osborne, the host on Turner Classic Movies, used to be an actor...I just saw him in an episode of THE BEVERLY HILLBILLYS on one of those dollar DVDs....you know what, he was actually quite a good looking young man back in 1962!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 11:10:26 PM
Just stopped in to catch up and thought I'd post one more time in March.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 31, 2007, 11:10:55 PM
Ok, two more times....Callie says it's time for me to go to sleep so good night.  
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 11:11:14 PM
Are we at 500 yet?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:11:31 PM
I will pass on Urban Cowboy then... Was nto a fan of the movie either.
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Post by: FJL on March 31, 2007, 11:11:37 PM
Yes, and we've passed it  
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:11:54 PM
I wonder what hijinks will turn up tomorrow on the board....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:12:44 PM
Why wait until tomorrow?  

We still have a ways to go before today is over (at least here on the ol' West Coast)!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:16:04 PM
Just stopped in to catch up and thought I'd post one more time in March.

Well, I am in April now, and I just feel like a fool! :)
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:20:15 PM
How is April treating you so far, Francois?
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:21:05 PM
winner Gratuitous Poster of the Day Award March 07

Yesssssss...Francois gets a point for the day!
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:21:11 PM
And ... caterpillars!

My middle name is Alice!

Alice Blues Gone! :)

More like the Mad Hatter!  Reading that section/pages of postings around 8-ish tonight makes me think I just sat down at the Mad Tea Party!  You guys are too much -- what a hoot!!! ;D  To quote Johnny Carson "That's some wild, wacky stuff."
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:23:51 PM
How is April treating you so far, Francois?

Better than June! April's so sweet! April showers me with gifts while June keeps bursting in! ???

See, I feel like a fool and act like a fool!

JUT found this typo on the programme of this past Friday "Friday Night Is Musi Night" of the BBC Concert Orchestra!
I am NOT making it up!
Here goes!

"If I Were A Rice Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Bock/Harnick
Paul Carey Jones" ;D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:25:12 PM
..sorry I missed that Tea Party -- who got put in the tea pot?...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:25:49 PM
winner Gratuitous Poster of the Day Award March 07

Yesssssss...Francois gets a point for the day!

Hey! Your Mom gave it to me! Hands off my award!

Nobody else here would notice me as much! :-*
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:26:17 PM
..sorry I missed that Tea Party -- who got put in the tea pot?...

I think the real question is who put WHAT in the tea pot...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:26:35 PM
..sorry I missed that Tea Party -- who got put in the tea pot?...

Tea C B! Of course! ;)
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:26:48 PM
Better than June! April's so sweet! April showers me with gifts while June keeps bursting in! ???

See, I feel like a fool and act like a fool!

JUT found this typo on the programme of this past Friday "Friday Night Is Musi Night" of the BBC Concert Orchestra!
I am NOT making it up!
Here goes!

"If I Were A Rice Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Bock/Harnick
Paul Carey Jones" ;D

DR Francois -- You are deliciously mad!  :-*
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:27:00 PM
Hey! Your Mom gave it to me! Hands off my award!

Nobody else here would notice me as much! :-*

No worries -- you won that one fair and square -- I was just appreciating.  :)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:27:24 PM
I think the real question is who put WHAT in the tea pot...

Well, it's more  like a pot pot than a tea pot! ;D
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:28:09 PM
I think the real question is who put WHAT in the tea pot...

I'll have what DR Francois is drinking!  .... Well, maybe not..
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 11:28:37 PM
Maybe the two of you could meet here in Cincinnati and we could all go to Graeter's (http://www.graeters.com/about.cfm) for turtle sundaes!

Sold! My family is in Marion, but I love Cincinatti, too! (Rookwood Pottery, Mt. Adamsn etc...)
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:28:44 PM
Well, it's more  like a pot pot than a tea pot! ;D


:o

As Cillaliz is so fond of reminding -- this is a FAMILY site... ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:29:36 PM
DR Francois -- You are deliciously mad!  :-*

Just call me "King George"! I need a crown! ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:31:12 PM
No worries -- you won that one fair and square -- I was just appreciating.  :)

I know! I know!
I was just trying to be... funny! :-\
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:31:13 PM
Hey! Your Mom gave it to me!


And dangerously close to getting kicked off Cloud 9 because of it (that's the word around the water cooler) -- so if BK asks, tell him Jose did it -- I mean, blame Jose!

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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:31:32 PM
Gratuitous post of the evening, while she's around:  

Hi Mammy!

(http://www.subvulture.com/archive/white_xmas_al_jolson.jpg)
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 11:31:46 PM
Dog Bosco and Freddy page 5 dance!
(http://shutter04.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/07/002/5F/EF/BC/23/MgaatTfCAUxKBfAtQnF5SRA-6ku0EVwR01E7.jpg)

Bosco is so beeeyoootiful! (And Freddy, well, that goes without saying...)
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:32:17 PM
I know! I know!
I was just trying to be... funny! :-\

Well, in that case --  ;D
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:32:21 PM
Francois I heard that the French Army was being overran with Crescent rolls....
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:33:50 PM
Cason and Francois, you are both too, too much...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:34:17 PM


:o

As Cillaliz is so fond of reminding -- this is a FAMILY site... ;)

Yes, and I am the Dirty Minded French uncle! There!

(Well, don't tell Cillaliz, but I doubt that Calli talked to her! Cats don't talk! Except if they're from Cheshire!
She must have been using the same tea pot as ours! :D)
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 11:34:56 PM
Are they Levain's?

Levain's. And yes, we came home and  the three of us worked our way through part of another one!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:35:16 PM
Gratuitous post of the evening, while she's around:  

Hi Mammy!

(http://www.subvulture.com/archive/white_xmas_al_jolson.jpg)

LOL --  ;D ;D ;D  --  "How I love ya, how I love ya!"
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:36:02 PM
And dangerously close to getting kicked off Cloud 9 because of it (that's the word around the water cooler) -- so if BK asks, tell him Jose did it -- I mean, blame Jose!



Oh, BK has to much trouble fighting with that by-laws lady to worry about that and us!
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:36:45 PM
(http://www.subvulture.com/archive/white_xmas_al_jolson.jpg)

Truly a face only a Mammy could love...
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:37:11 PM
Yes, and I am the Dirty Minded French uncle! There!

(

..or what we call "The Funny" Uncle in the good ol' U S of A...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:37:39 PM
Cason and Francois, you are both too, too much...

YES! And wait til Heather hear about that! :o ;)

She should not have gone to the hill with Gene!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:38:27 PM
..or what we call "The Funny" Uncle in the good ol' U S of A...

Is that so?! :-X
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:39:10 PM
Truly a face only a Mammy could love...


..yep, so scary that it's funny..
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:39:55 PM
Francois I heard that the French Army was being overran with Crescent rolls....

Let them eat cake!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:40:34 PM
YES! And wait til Heather hear about that! :o ;)

She should not have gone to the hill with Gene!

hee hee hee
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:40:57 PM
Truly a face only a Mammy could love...

... or Ruby Keeler?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:41:41 PM

42nd Street dance!

We're in the Mammy!
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:41:59 PM
YES! And wait til Heather hear about that! :o ;)

She should not have gone to the hill with Gene!

I don't think that I'll have any problem keeping Heather from heading up the hill with Gene...
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 11:42:19 PM
Happy Birthday, Ann!!
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:43:41 PM
Let them eat cake!

For some reason, after reading this little thread, I had the image of the Pillsbury Doughboy dressed up as Napoleon...
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:43:58 PM
I don't think that I'll have any problem keeping Heather from heading up the hill with Gene...

You don't know women!! ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:44:39 PM
For some reason, after reading this, I had the image of the Pillsbury Doughboy dressed up as Napoleon...

... or A Napoleon?
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:45:13 PM
You don't know women!! ;)

But I know Gene.  
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:46:52 PM

What do you say?

Ann is celebrating her birthday with the Pillsbury Doughboy?

Not nice to insult Jed that way! No! Not nice!
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Post by: Cason on March 31, 2007, 11:47:25 PM
Alright - time to go hop in the shower before work.  Nothing like heading into work at 12:30 AM!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:47:56 PM
But I know Gene.  
Oh! You mean he auditionned for The Full Kelly too?! ;)
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:49:08 PM
Alright - time to go hop in the shower before work.  Nothing like heading into work at 12:30 AM!

I know what you mean! It's 7:34 am here and I'm off the hook at 8:00 am!

Happy (April) shower!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:49:40 PM
... or A Napoleon?

isn't it also a pastry?
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 31, 2007, 11:50:00 PM
April Showers bring May flowers!
Title: Re:ROLLERCOASTER
Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:50:37 PM
What do you do for a living, DR Francois?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:50:38 PM
April Showers bring May flowers!

You mean immigrants?!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:51:05 PM
What do you do for a living, DR Francois?

Hotel night auditor! :P
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:52:11 PM
isn't it also a pastry?

Yes, that what I meant! Very rich! (Or very Rice, as the BBC typist whould write!!)
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:52:21 PM
April Showers bring May flowers!

Isn't that the boat der Brucer sailed over on?  Or was it the Pinta?  No, wait he posted a picture of the Ark  that day -- never mind....
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:53:01 PM
 Hey! I just said "hotel night auditor"! I was NOT trying to be insulting! LOL!
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Post by: Edisaurus on March 31, 2007, 11:53:36 PM
If not, maybe someone can cut and paste it or send it to her via PM, since she may not be looking at the past pages.

I would like to order some CD's, but now my PayPal account will be defunct until I get new credit cards to replace the stolen ones.

bk, if I gave you a list, would you hold some out for me, or could I send you a check? Or give you some cash, if you come to our screening?
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:55:47 PM
Isn't that the boat der Brucer sailed over on?  Or was it the Pinta?  No, wait he posted a picture of the Ark  that day -- never mind....

Der Brucer NEVER sailed! He WALKED over the ocean!

And they called him "Bruce Goose"! :o ;D
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Post by: Miss Karen on March 31, 2007, 11:56:39 PM
Poor DR Edi won't know what hit her when she gets to the 8-ish o'clock section of tonight's postings (The Mad Tea Party section) -- looks like she's only at about 5:30 pm right now....
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:56:58 PM
I would like to order some CD's, but now my PayPal account will be defunct until I get new credit cards to replace the stolen ones.

bk, if I gave you a list, would you hold some out for me, or could I send you a check? Or give you some cash, if you come to our screening?

I'm sure BK will help you with that! I'm sure!
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:57:44 PM
Poor DR Edi won't know what hit her when she gets to the 8-ish o'clock section of tonight's postings (The Mad Tea Party section) -- looks like she's only at about 5:30 pm right now....

Go, Edi! Go! We're rooting for ya! :D
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Post by: François on March 31, 2007, 11:59:11 PM

Will we ever get to page 20?!

Sorry! i'm channeling the big boss!
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Post by: François on April 01, 2007, 12:00:22 AM

Got to go!

Au revoir! See you soon!

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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 12:04:59 AM
Au Revoir Monsieur Francois!
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Post by: Miss Karen on April 01, 2007, 12:07:27 AM
Let's get this baby to Page 20..
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Post by: Miss Karen on April 01, 2007, 12:08:08 AM
Page 20?
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Post by: Miss Karen on April 01, 2007, 12:08:25 AM
Yesssss!
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Post by: Miss Karen on April 01, 2007, 12:09:22 AM
Page 20 it is .. and time for the Shuffle Off to Buffalo Page 20 Shuffle...
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Post by: Miss Karen on April 01, 2007, 12:10:13 AM
..and time for this ol' Buffalo to shuffle off to bed...Night, All!
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Post by: Miss Karen on April 01, 2007, 12:11:40 AM
..DCelt, see if you can get 'em to Post #600...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 12:21:27 AM
Will do my best...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 12:23:00 AM
Allo??? Anyone out there?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 12:28:50 AM
I see bk and Ann are here.... Hello to you both...
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2007, 12:35:21 AM
Back from the concert, which was fun, and there was a silent auction and I won two count them two items.  The notes will probably go up late as I have to finish some additions to the new pages I did today, while they're still in my head.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 01, 2007, 12:50:59 AM
Yesterday's topic:

I'm listening to, for the first time, "Loving Repeating - A Musical Of Gertude Stein" (Music by Stephen Flaherty)

Very enjoyable listening it is too.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 01, 2007, 12:52:28 AM
As DR JMK is want to say "Is it because I'm a Lesbian?"
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 12:52:31 AM
Good music is always fun to listen to..
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:03:22 AM
Oh OH... DerBrucer is here....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:29:52 AM
ONly 19 more to 600...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:32:09 AM
any helpers?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:32:35 AM
I am on my own frenzy
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:33:25 AM
gotta love drunk college students... some chick just called on my cell and asked for scott...
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:34:14 AM
Today, I went to my sister's for a little while.  She and my niece got me two key chains from Las Vegas and a Star Trek Phaser (type 2) that's actually a squirt gun! ;D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:35:12 AM
She kept insisting he was at this number... I then called  her back and said BTW it is nearly 2 am in the buffalo commons and I told her to check a Denver bar since her prefix was from Colorado
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:35:17 AM
Then, on a whim, I went to see "Meet the Robinsons" in 3-D!!  It was really cool.  It was almost $3 more than regular movies...but you got to keep the glasses.  I loved the animation style, but it was all just a little too frenetic throughout the first part.  It needed a little more down time.  

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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:35:32 AM
Then I came home and I just finished listening to Donald's Broadway Radio Show with BK, Cason and Kevin Spirtas as guests.  It was fun listening to the stories.  A very good time was had by all. :)
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:35:44 AM
And now, I must get back to Page 8 and catch up with at least 12 pages of posts.

:D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:35:49 AM
George, I see that wicked smile... I am innocent..
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:36:28 AM
we were busy tonight....
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:36:33 AM
She kept insisting he was at this number... I then called  her back and said BTW it is nearly 2 am in the buffalo commons and I told her to check a Denver bar since her prefix was from Colorado

Hopefully, she was calling from a cell phone and not someone's home phone! :o
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:36:49 AM
Dont forget to read about the tea party!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:37:04 AM
I am innocent..

Nobody's innocent. ;)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:37:47 AM
I tried to the google the number and it came up empty

I am hoping it was a her cell. She was on drunk chick
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:37:57 AM
Dont forget to read about the tea party!

Okay, I'll eventually get to it...I just hope I remember that you mentioned it when I get there. ::)

;D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:38:15 AM
I am an angel!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:38:55 AM
It is a pretty lively frenzy
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:39:25 AM
Post 600!!

I just had to do it!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:40:01 AM
Page 21 dance!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:40:42 AM
THe drunk chick just called again and insisted that he is here

I told her to check her geography book... Denver is not in North Dakota
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:42:00 AM
I tried to the google the number and it came up empty

I am hoping it was a her cell. She was on drunk chick

I don't know if I've posted this story here, but when I was in college, I went to this party with some friends.  I met this girl (who was obviously drunk off her ass) and we chatted for quite a while.  The next day, I saw her in the dining hall and she didn't recognize me at all!  Just walked right by me.  A couple of weeks later, I was taken to another party and the girl was there again (and drunk again) and she finally recognized me and asked where'd I been and all that.  THEN I REALIZED THAT SHE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME WHEN SHE WAS SOBER BUT DID WHEN SHE WAS DRUNK!  That was a weird experience.
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:42:50 AM
Dakota, only 11 more posts and you'll hit 7200!  
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:43:28 AM
There's nothing special about the number 7200...just two zeros. ::)

;)
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:45:05 AM
I just passed 12222 (four 2s).
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:47:53 AM
I know but it gets me closer to 10,000
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:48:28 AM
Milestones and plateaus...that's what it's all about.

;)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:48:29 AM
Weird how memory sometimes work and people remember people in some situations but not others
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:49:05 AM
I hope to reach 10,000 by the end of the year
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:49:22 AM
do you think it possible
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:49:22 AM
Anything's possible!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:49:49 AM
We both posted about it being possible at EXACTLY the same time!! :D

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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:49:55 AM
derBrucer has been quiet this evening, I hope all is well
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:50:31 AM
serendipity!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:50:51 AM
I hope so, too.  And why is BK taking so long?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:51:13 AM
My resident posting frenzy partner has already bedded down for thenight
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:51:23 AM
Unless he's planning an April Fool's joke. ::)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:51:49 AM
He wanted to do some changes on somepages he had written while they were still fresh in his mind.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:52:12 AM
He could be
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Post by: George on April 01, 2007, 01:52:17 AM
Ahhh.  That would be a good reason.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:52:32 AM
oh oh
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2007, 01:52:54 AM
heeeeeeee's heeeeere!!!