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Title: PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:18:26 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes ambled, both pre and post, and now it is time for you to post until the pre cows come home from amblin'.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:19:50 AM
And the word of the day is: CLIOMETRICS!
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:20:53 AM
Welcome seven GUESTS.
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 12:40:37 AM
I just remembered that I never finished reading all of the posts from New Year's Eve!  I wrote myself a note to remind me that I left off at the top of Page 18 and the memory just came to me.  I don't know what happened to the note, which is why I didn't go back sooner.  So, now...finally...I'm going back to Page 18 of December 31, 2007 and will finish reading the posts. :)

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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 12:41:34 AM
Just had to share. ;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 12:47:46 AM
First - The Preamble
Next - The Body
Then - The Afterword (or the Epilogue)

So there.

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:50:37 AM
I'm getting quite tired.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:50:57 AM
Perhaps I'll toddle off to the bedroom environment.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:51:24 AM
Welcome nine GUESTS.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 12:51:37 AM
Will we never get to page two?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 12:58:47 AM
And the word of the day is: CLIOMETRICS!

One of the Greek God Eros', children; she was the twin sister of Clitoris

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 01:08:53 AM
The Delaware state officials have been trying to get our County to recycle, to which the residents have said

F. U. (Felix Unger, Fred the Usurpers brother)

Well, it seems in SINGDAWLAND things are a bit different:

NEWSDAY (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--recyclingcrackdow0106jan06,0,1301705.story)

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Westchester County sticks it to residents who don't recycle
4:13 AM EST, January 6, 2008
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.
 
Westchester County is warning residents to take recycling laws seriously _ or their transgressions will show.

Those who don't separate recyclables from trash may find eye-catching yellow "oops" stickers on their garbage cans this week. Starting next month, the stickers will turn a stern red, and the offending cans won't be collected.

The county government has sent nearly 50,000 stickers to trash-carting companies and local municipalities.

The folks at  GREEN DAILY (http://www.greendaily.com/2008/01/07/westchester-county-says-recycle-or-else/) chime in with:

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The idea is interesting. The stickers not only chastise the recycling offender directly but there is also an element of peer pressure and public shaming that goes into play. I assume that in order to issue the proper sticker, there will be some dumpster diving involved by the trash collection service which doesn't break any laws but who wants their trash rifled through?

Just think about looking in your rear-view mirror at all those trash containers with giant "SPOO" signs.

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 01:15:18 AM
Well, I finally have read all the posts from New Year's Eve and I'm all caught up. :)
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 01:15:30 AM
So now, I can go to sleep.  
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 01:15:45 AM
Good night, Der Brucer. 8)
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 01:16:00 AM
...and any and all guests. ;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 01:31:08 AM
Can't wait!

(http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/05/05/20080102172409990007)

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 01:34:39 AM
And don't forget our birthday boy:

(http://www.elvispresleynews.com/images/VelvetElvis.jpg)

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 02:32:25 AM
DR ArnoldMBrockman, CONGRATULATIONS on your 1,000 post plateau!   :)

DR Miss Karen, CONGRATULATIONS on your 3,600+ post plateau!  ;)

DR Ginny, I do love Susan Howatch's Church of England series.

DR JoseSPiano, loved the White Christmas videos...thanks!

DR JRand57, any day when DC Merlin appears at HHW is a banner day for me!  :)

bk, CONGRATULATIONS on your speedy writing progress!   :)

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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 02:34:34 AM
My DH's great Aunt has passed away in South Dakota at the ripe old age of 96.  We have been asked to perform the memorial service on Saturday.  Assuming we can scramble to make arrangements for Zach, we may be taking a quick trip toward the end of the week.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 02:59:58 AM
(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site204/2008/0107/20080107_112341_PN08-SNOW02SC_400.jpg)

Snow-capped mountains are seen behind the Long Beach Airport, as seen from Signal Hill on Monday. The recent storms dropped several inches of water north of Long Beach, much of which fell as snow at higher elevations. (Stephen Carr/Staff Photographer )

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 03:11:13 AM
Yes, it's true.

There is a bill pending in the NY state legislature to change the name of WESTCHESTER COUNTY to SINGDAWLAND.

Henceforth, anyone who does not comply with local recycling laws will have a sticker with a picture of ME attached to their garbage cans.

THAT oughta scare everyone into compliance!    :P
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 03:18:15 AM
Am I the only one that has never ever heard of Shia LaBeouf?
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Post by: Danise on January 08, 2008, 03:29:59 AM
Good morning all!  

I'm finely over my blue mood and can re enter polite society.

This week starts my first real full "back to work " since November.  Ugh.   Can't say that is an improvement.

I can say that I'm finely on the mend.  My open stitches are closing, however slowly.  I'm guessing just another 2-3 weeks and it will finely be totally healed.  I think this was the biggest scare I've ever had, health wise.  I've never had t deal with a wound like that.  

Sheena (Queen of the Dogpark) killed another snake sometime yesterday while I was at work.   It was black snake and a BIG one.  I feel bad about that because they are a good snake that eat rats and such.

She doesn't know any better, I know.  I just worry that the next time it might be a poisonous snake.  BTW, I feel it was Sheena, not Bear because poor Bear sleeps most of the time.  I don't think the old man has it in him to kill anything anymore.

Well, that about all the news I have for now.  

Have a wonderful day all!

Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Danise on January 08, 2008, 03:30:49 AM
Can't wait!

(http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/05/05/20080102172409990007)

der Brucer

Me either!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Danise on January 08, 2008, 03:31:48 AM
Am I the only one that has never ever heard of Shia LaBeouf?

Who or what is a "Shia LaBeouf"?  I don't know either!  ???
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:54:44 AM
Am I the only one that has never ever heard of Shia LaBeouf?

You and the other Dukes of Hazard wantabes!

der Brucer

I take you you don't spend much time watching the Disney Channel - or going to PG/PG-13 Movies like Holes or Transformers
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:55:56 AM
Who or what is a "Shia LaBeouf"?  I don't know either!  ???

He's the next big male break-out star from Disney!

(And he is very good!)

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 04:04:04 AM
And anyone who has never heard of Miley Cyrus needs some re-education , too!

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 04:29:58 AM
Mornin' Ben.

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 04:32:04 AM
Mornin' Bruce(er)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 04:32:18 AM
I'm now all caught up so I must leave to do the deed.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 04:33:31 AM
Mornin' Larry. Will you be at Toyland today? If so, perhaps Anthony can amble on over (it's supposed to be a beautiful Spring day in the midst of Winter) and deliver a little copyright infringment to you.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 04:41:54 AM
If so, perhaps Anthony can amble on over ...

In honor of the daily topic, will he also do a preamble?

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 04:47:56 AM
Arnold, Preamble: We the people, who need people...

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 05:06:49 AM
What?  No one said "And one for Miley!"


I don't know Miley Cyrus, but I do know Meina tsouris (a Yiddish reference)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 05:12:46 AM
Good morning, all!  Yes, DR Ben, I will be in Toyland around 10:30, after I visit my barber in Radio City.  I don't plan to be there past noon, so if Ant wants to stop by, I have a book there to give him.

After Toyland, I have a fast jaunt to the NYPL and then hie myself back here for some more IRS tallies.  I have a lot of receipts to add up.  First, though, a trek to the bank to deposit a check.

DR FJL, what's new?

DR singdaw, perhaps your new fame on recycle bins can answer the ENCHANTED question that haunts me, Is rodent rage on the rise?

I love today's TOD, since it's bound to stump DR MBarnum who has yet to encounter a mainstream movie.  As for me, I can't think of anything to recommend.

Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 05:20:49 AM
Thanks for the update Lar. I have informed Anthony of his options. I also gave him the address and your cell and home phones in case he wants to call you.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on January 08, 2008, 05:20:51 AM
And the word of the day is: CLIOMETRICS!

And The Songs Of The Day Are : JOSEPHINE and IS ANYBODY THERE?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 05:26:27 AM
Shia LaBeouf is a very gifted young actor whose star is on the ascendant.  
Miley Cyrus is the daughter of Billy Ray; she has a television show for Disney.  Millions of screaming tweens know her as Hannah Montana.
So much for today's lesson in Pop Culture 101.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 05:39:15 AM
I have seen Shia in a couple of things and thought he was okay.  I think his name is pronounced Shay, but it could be Shy - but it still sounds like something on the menu.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 05:40:26 AM
All of the posts today seemed so familiar - so I looked again, and when I came here after the notes for some reason I was reading posts from January 4.....going back and clicking again got me the current posts.

What did DR derBRUCER say about his birthday?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 05:41:55 AM
TOD:

Fury at Showdown - a western with John Derek and Nick Adams playing brothers directed by Gerd Oswald.  B/W movie that clips along and has a great fight scene with Derek and John Smith!

On Encores Western Channel this month, set your DVR's.  Also features Carolyn Craig from HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 05:42:19 AM
Raining today, but off to do some chores.

More on TOD a bit later.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 05:43:23 AM
DR FJL:  Re getting her mink stole.....was a great joke on the BEVERLY HILLBILLIES for a couple of shows....and it's right up there with Miz Drydale's ailing hibiscus....and Possum Queen of Beverly Hills!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 05:44:44 AM


What did DR derBRUCER say about his birthday?

WHEN?

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 05:45:00 AM
after I visit my barber in Radio City

They do indeed do a great haircut, but to throw in the Rockettes is extra.
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Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 05:59:02 AM
singdaw - That joke has legs
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Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 06:13:11 AM
Going back and reading old posts?  you mean there are archives hwere people can look back (and look down) on out past postings?  Yikes!

:)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 06:13:34 AM
Not to mention past typos!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 08, 2008, 06:37:58 AM
I know Hannah Montana! :)

My 12 year old niece (well actually my sister's actual niece) loves her.  I had to get her the cd for Christmas. And listen to her and her friend perform some of the songs!

I also had to watch Zoey 101 (with jamie lynn spears). I had never seen that one before. these 14 year olds live at boarding school. No parents!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 08, 2008, 06:41:04 AM
DR ronP, I had not heard about the Golden Globes being cancelled (very sad about that). But i had read last week about HEROES stars (who play Peter and Claire) dating.

Oddly enough i mentioned it to my sister who had not heard (she is almost always way ahead of me on news like this).

I think it said she is just 18 and he is like 30ish.

I'm not sure how i feel about this. She seems a bit older and he actually seems a bit younger than 30 to me.  She's been acting since she was a child (i remember her from GUIDING LIGHT when she was little). So maybe she's more mature than the average 18 year old.

One thing i will say is that I noticed the chemistry on HEROES (before their connection was revealed). And i remember a lot of people on the boards wanting them to be a couple on the show (myself included!).
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:48:33 AM
But they can't...not "on the show".  On the show, she is his niece!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:49:03 AM
Of course, were it to devolve into a soap.... :o
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:49:22 AM
I blame Richard Conte.  He always meant well, but....
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:50:58 AM
Where's the LeBeouf?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:51:39 AM
Another rainy day here in Oakland today....later on, that is.

Weater guy says it won't linger....it will rush on through.

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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:53:46 AM
I may go into San Francisco today.  My co-workers are visiting a showroom (Haworth) in the Embarcadero area to see the latest line of office furniture/systems.  
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:56:05 AM
DR FJL:  Re getting her mink stole.....was a great joke on the BEVERLY HILLBILLIES for a couple of shows....and it's right up there with Miz Drydale's ailing hibiscus....and Possum Queen of Beverly Hills!

I liked one of the first episodes...with Miss Jane attempting to make a young lady out of Ellie May.   As Jed tries to appease Miss Jane's frazzled nerves and talk EllieMay into the house from the branch of a tree, Ellie comes in and shows Jed a brassiere...and tells him she figures it's a double-barreled slingshot!



Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:57:11 AM
Hi, Ben.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:57:43 AM
I needs must get ready for work.

If only my bed didn't beckon me so warmly.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 06:58:00 AM
And for now....that-a is that-a!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 07:00:50 AM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Julie on January 08, 2008, 07:05:58 AM
Good morning.
I am currently enjoying my first cup of coffee, from a mug that says Pacific Overtures on it.
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Post by: Julie on January 08, 2008, 07:08:03 AM
My DH's great Aunt has passed away in South Dakota at the ripe old age of 96.  We have been asked to perform the memorial service on Saturday.  Assuming we can scramble to make arrangements for Zach, we may be taking a quick trip toward the end of the week.



I'm so sorry for your loss.   96!  
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Post by: Julie on January 08, 2008, 07:08:47 AM
(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site204/2008/0107/20080107_112341_PN08-SNOW02SC_400.jpg)

Snow-capped mountains are seen behind the Long Beach Airport, as seen from Signal Hill on Monday. The recent storms dropped several inches of water north of Long Beach, much of which fell as snow at higher elevations. (Stephen Carr/Staff Photographer )

der Brucer

Great photo.  It looks beautiful there.
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Post by: Ginny on January 08, 2008, 07:30:45 AM
Tuesday morning greetings!  I'm here at my desk at work, between off-site meetings.  It's another weirdly-warm day here in SW Ohio, but high winds make it seem cooler than yesterday.
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Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 07:30:59 AM
Even though he's gone

Hi, Ron!
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Post by: Ginny on January 08, 2008, 07:31:27 AM
Condolences to the DH of DR Singdaw and vibes for smooth travels to South Dakota this weekend.
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Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 07:31:36 AM
It's also very warm in New York (for January). The temperature may get up to 65!
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Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 07:32:00 AM
Of course, we will pay for it in February.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:32:08 AM
Good morning!

It's overcast here but very warm. Don't really know what the day will bring weather-wise.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:34:52 AM
I reviewed a DVD from 2007 that I think was unfairly ignored at the cinema last year: THE HOAX about the Clifford Irving/Howard Hughes hoax. Richard Gere and Alfred Molina give excellent performances, and the whole corrupt scheme was SO ballsy. I really enjoyed the movie a lot and wouldn't hesitate for others who have an interest in learning more about the people involved.

(The DVD transfer, BTW, was kind of disappointing.)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:36:25 AM
My favorite "unknown" MGM musical that I recommend to folks is I LOVE MELVIN. Obviously made on a tiny budget, but the numbers are all so much fun.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:37:08 AM
I don't care at all about the People's Choice awards that are on tonight. However, LAW & ORDER: SVU has a new episode, so I will be watching that.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:37:47 AM
Otherwise, today, I'll be watching (and attempting to finish as best I can) SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, Season 3.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:38:30 AM
Yes, it's true.

There is a bill pending in the NY state legislature to change the name of WESTCHESTER COUNTY to SINGDAWLAND.

Henceforth, anyone who does not comply with local recycling laws will have a sticker with a picture of ME attached to their garbage cans.

THAT oughta scare everyone into compliance!    :P

ROTFLOL.
What laws will you enact as ruler of SINGDAWLAND?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:39:20 AM
I also noticed that Fox tonight is showing the pilot episodes of both BONES and HOUSE. A good place to start with each show if one wants to get involved with either series. HOUSE, of course, has changed much more over its few seasons than BONES has.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:40:14 AM
Good day one and all!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:40:38 AM
My DH's great Aunt has passed away in South Dakota at the ripe old age of 96.  We have been asked to perform the memorial service on Saturday.  Assuming we can scramble to make arrangements for Zach, we may be taking a quick trip toward the end of the week.

I am sorry to hear of her passing, Singdaw, my condolences.

What part of South Dakota?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:42:22 AM
I am also looking forward to the return of Indy....

Great picture on the front of the magazine.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:45:55 AM
Shia LaBeouf is a very gifted young actor whose star is on the ascendant.  
Miley Cyrus is the daughter of Billy Ray; she has a television show for Disney.  Millions of screaming tweens know her as Hannah Montana.
So much for today's lesson in Pop Culture 101.

Both of my neices are big fans of Miley and her role, Hannah Montana.

I watched it once to see what all the buzz was about. It was okay but I did not find it great television watching.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:46:14 AM
I have seen Shia in a couple of things and thought he was okay.  I think his name is pronounced Shay, but it could be Shy - but it still sounds like something on the menu.

I have heard it pronounced Shy
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:48:12 AM
Good morning, everyone.
I didn't fall asleep until 3:30 this morning and I am feeling ROTTEN! There. I said it. I do hope that everyone else is having a nice day.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:50:11 AM
I appreciate the lessons in Pop Culture 101. Maybe TD or another DR could fill the rest of us in from time to time, just so we don't feel like such ignoramuses (ignorami?).
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:50:31 AM
I reviewed a DVD from 2007 that I think was unfairly ignored at the cinema last year: THE HOAX about the Clifford Irving/Howard Hughes hoax. Richard Gere and Alfred Molina give excellent performances, and the whole corrupt scheme was SO ballsy. I really enjoyed the movie a lot and wouldn't hesitate for others who have an interest in learning more about the people involved.

(The DVD transfer, BTW, was kind of disappointing.)

MattH, DBF and I saw THE HOAX at the FArgo Theatre and it was excellent. We both enjoyed.

Another good one is Rescue Dawn
                                The Namesake
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:50:57 AM
I'd have to think about the TOD. Right now my brain isn't working too well.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 07:52:14 AM
I appreciate the lessons in Pop Culture 101. Maybe TD or another DR could fill the rest of us in from time to time, just so we don't feel like such ignoramuses (ignorami?).

My dear there are times where ignorance is a blissful thing... ;)
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:54:09 AM
Last night I started Val McDermid's THE DISTANT ECHO. She is indeed an impressive writer.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:56:22 AM
My dear there are times where ignorance is a blissful thing... ;)

I'm sure you're right, Dakota, but perhaps there's a limit?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 07:56:49 AM
Even though he's gone

Hi, Ron!


Yes, I faded into the wings.  I appreciate the reply, however!

 ;D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 07:57:32 AM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 07:58:03 AM
Me has things to do.

WBBL.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 07:58:41 AM
See ya when ya GBL.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 07:59:53 AM
It has been an hour since I logged off, dressed and drove to work.  I have my morning sandwich (bacon and egg on sourdough toast) and a cup of French Roast coffee.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:00:16 AM
It's C-O-L-D outside.  And the skies are very dark.  And I could "smell" the approaching rain.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:02:06 AM
I did not watch "Medium" last night.  I DVRed it, however, and shall watch it this e'en.

I did not watch because I got very, very sleepy very, very quickly.  I was abed by 9:30 p.m.

Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:06:29 AM
Lonely Tylenol
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:06:48 AM
What is this, my solo?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:07:12 AM
I wonder if I'll be billed for the finale.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:07:41 AM
As long as I'm not billed for the cover charge and the drinks, I'm fine with it.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:08:20 AM
JMK:  How well are you loving your HD DVD player?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:09:08 AM
MBarnum:  No mainstream comeback to Elmore's mainstream crack?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:09:24 AM
Sigh.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:09:35 AM
I'll go my way by myself...
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:10:05 AM
Gosh, I guess I'll have to start a frenzy.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:10:34 AM
Take notes, Miss Karen...
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:11:20 AM
With slinkjoy offline, it's hard to sustain a frenzy.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:11:50 AM
And without any snark fodder from JoseSnarkPiano, it's even harder....
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:12:18 AM
Where is Auntie Mayhem this morning?  I saw he posted a couple of times.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 08:16:17 AM
TOD:

MY BROTHER, NIKHIL (2005).

I have introduced many people to this unsung classic...and all of them, (with the exception possibly of the Oz boys who forgot to turn on the subtitles), loved it. The first Bollywood movie to have a gay male story line.


THIS IS NOT A TEST (1964)

A low, low, low budget movie about a cop who forces (whether they like it or not) a group of motorists to take cover prior to an incoming nuculear attack.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 08:20:28 AM
For Ron:

I'll go my way by myself, this is the end of romance.
I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance.
I'll try to apply myself and teach my heart to sing.
I'll go my way by myself like a bird on the wing,
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone.
I'll go my way by myself, here's how the comedy ends.
I'll have to deny myself love and laughter and friends.
Grey clouds in sky above have put a blot on my fun.
I'll try to fly high above for a place in the sun.
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ginny on January 08, 2008, 08:21:11 AM
I'm off to a lunchtime meeting with local grant writers.

Bye for now!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:21:34 AM
What is this, my solo?

Next you'll be wondering if we'll ever get to page five?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:22:15 AM
Gosh, I guess I'll have to start a frenzy.

Maybe you'll take us to page five singlehandedly!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:22:39 AM
Seems like I've heard those expressions somewhere before.

;D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:23:01 AM
PREAMBLE:

We the Members of HainesHisWay.com, in Order to form a more perfect Forum, establish Trusslessness, insure abject Civility, provide for the common nonsense, promote the menial Wordplay, and secure the Highest Posting Numbers for ourselves and our fellow Posters, do ordain and establish this Confabulation for the .Com of Haines His Way.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:23:54 AM
For Ron:

I'll go my way by myself, this is the end of romance.
I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance.
I'll try to apply myself and teach my heart to sing.
I'll go my way by myself like a bird on the wing,
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone.
I'll go my way by myself, here's how the comedy ends.
I'll have to deny myself love and laughter and friends.
Grey clouds in sky above have put a blot on my fun.
I'll try to fly high above for a place in the sun.
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone



Thank you, Ben....I always hummed the rest of the lyrics, throwing in a word or two along the way!   :D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:24:15 AM
Guess I'll head down now and clean the living room (didn't get to it this morning). Then, I'll check the mail and then start planning a lunch for myself.

WBBL. (Talk about familiar expressions!)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:24:23 AM
Maybe you'll take us to page five singlehandedly!


I was gittin' 'round to it.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:24:45 AM
Oof-tah!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:25:19 AM
PREAMBLE:

We the Members of HainesHisWay.com, in Order to form a more perfect Forum, establish Trusslessness, insure abject Civility, provide for the common nonsense, promote the menial Wordplay, and secure the Highest Posting Numbers for ourselves and our Posterors, do ordain and establish this Confabulation for the .Com of Haines His Way.

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

Best thing I've read here in quite awhile.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:25:46 AM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:26:19 AM
Now I'm REALLY going!

:D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:27:46 AM
People come, people go...


...why, it's just like the Grand Hotel.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:32:24 AM
Now I'm REALLY going!

:D

Goodbye-ee, goodbye-ee,
Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee,
Tho' it's hard to part I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go.
Don't cry-ee, dont sigh-ee,
there's a silver lining in the sky-ee,
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin,
Nap-poo, toodle-oo, Goodbye-ee.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:32:59 AM
I'm feeling a tad nostalgic this morning.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:33:47 AM
The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling,
For you but not for me,
And the little devils how they sing-a-ling-a-ling,
For you but not for me.
Oh death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling,
Oh grave, thy victory?
The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling
For you but not for me.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 09:00:53 AM
Loved the preamble Ron!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 08, 2008, 09:02:10 AM
Need to dash to work...

Have a good day!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 09:05:27 AM
I wonder if anything is happening in parkinglotland.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:08:32 AM
I wonder if anything is happening in parkinglotland.

Things are awfully quiet about that, thus far.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 09:08:55 AM
Good morning, good day, how are you this beautiful day?  I am up.  
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:09:09 AM
Good Morning!  Good Afternoon!

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


...And I guess I should hit "Post" instead of sitting here like so much fish...
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:10:04 AM
I'm a bit sneezy/snuffly today.  Don't know if it's the weather system or what.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:10:50 AM
Good Morning!  Good Afternoon!

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


...And I guess I should hit "Post" instead of sitting here like so much fish...

We were all wondering when that would happen this morning.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:12:23 AM
I figured you were being weighed down by something....like a Monkey Cake...or Levain Cookies.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:13:35 AM
As for Shia LaBeouf...  He had his own Vanity Fair cover last year...

(http://www.snarkygossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/shia.png)

...And he even hosted "Saturday Night Live" last season too.

As for Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. Hannah Montana), well... She's Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter.  However, he's not really milking that fact to his own advantage.  ;)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 09:14:17 AM
Just to show you the state of publishing these days, Jeanne is reading a Val McDermid book (indeed a good writer - I have many of her mysteries).  In her book The Mermaids Singing, there is an epilog.  The book came out.  Many were stumped by the ending of the epilog in mid-dialog at the end of the epilog's second page.  Calls were made.  Postings were posted.  And in one of the kookiest spoos of publishing, no one at the publisher apparently looked at the book once it was printed, including Miss McDermid, or surely they would have realized there were five more pages to the epilog that simply were missing from the book.  Copies were recalled from stores and the complete version was sent to replace them.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:14:29 AM
I figured you were being weighed down by something....like a Monkey Cake...or Levain Cookies.

I actually have yet to have a Levain cookie in 2008.  And I've been Monkey Cake free for at least 48 hours.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:16:30 AM
DR RonPulliam - How come I didn't know until now that you had YOUR OWN WEBSITE!?!?!? (http://www.snarkygossip.com/)


;D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:17:36 AM
I'm a bit sneezy/snuffly today.  Don't know if it's the weather system or what.

Is there a day when you're not sneezy/snuffly?

<snark>
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:24:41 AM
:)....

The weather guy on NY1 just stated the following:

"If today was July 8, and we were 30 degrees above normal, it would be 127 degrees."


-It's all about perspective.  ;)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:29:20 AM
-Although, is 97 degrees normal for July 8?  Hmm...
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 09:29:44 AM
And the word of the day is: CLIOMETRICS!
Gepetto was very proud of his pet fish, who used CLIOMETRICS to help compile the data for her book about the history and travels of the great whale Monstro.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:34:21 AM
DR RonPulliam - How come I didn't know until now that you had YOUR OWN WEBSITE!?!?!? (http://www.snarkygossip.com/)


;D

Possibly you were preoccupied with YOUR OWN? (http://www.cookiemonster.com/)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:37:36 AM
Is there a day when you're not sneezy/snuffly?

<snark>

  BITCH!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 09:39:54 AM
Am I the only one that has never ever heard of Shia LaBeouf?
Probably.

But there are a great many more of us who are still trying to figure out how to pronounce Shia LaBeouf.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 09:40:41 AM
The new order from Jessica's Biscuit still hasn't arrived.

*sigh*
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:47:22 AM
Condolences to DR SINGDAW and DH on the passing of a GREAT aunt.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:47:55 AM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 09:48:04 AM
Hello, and Goodbye!

Meetings, deadlines, and more meetings all morning.

Then a lunch meeting.

And now I'm popping off to sing a quick funeral.

Back later!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:48:14 AM
Guess I misread the birthday post, DR derBRUCER, or I dreamed it....or it was one of the January 4th posts I read when I first arrived here this morning.

I thought a preamble was something you did before you took a walk.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:48:28 AM
Rain
Rain
Rain
Flash Flood
More Rain
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:48:55 AM
Guess I misread the birthday post, DR derBRUCER, or I dreamed it....or it was one of the January 4th posts I read when I first arrived here this morning.

I thought a preamble was something you did before you took a walk.

I thought that was a morning constitutional.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 09:49:41 AM
Quote from: Danise on Today at 03:31:48am
Quote
Who or what is a "Shia LaBeouf"?  I don't know either!
 
 
He's the next big male break-out star from Disney!

(And he is very good!)

der Brucer
And he's already had his obligatory "use of non-Disney language" role in the Will Smith helmer I, Robot.

(Kinda like Anne Hathaway showing off her clementines in Brokeback Mountain.  Everyone from the Disney stable has to do it some time.  Just ask Lindsay Lohan... oh, someone forgot to tell Lindsay that she wasn't supposed to do it in real life.   :o)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:51:00 AM
 
 
He's the next big male break-out star from Disney!

(And he is very good!)

der BrucerAnd he's already had his obligatory "use of non-Disney language" role in the Will Smith helmer I, Robot.

(Kinda like Anne Hathaway showing off her clementines in Brokeback Mountain.  Everyone from the Disney stable has to do it some time.  Just ask Lindsay Lohan... oh, someone forgot to tell Lindsay that she wasn't supposed to do it in real life.   :o)


I'll be ole Walt wishes they'd been nicer to Tommy Kirk.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:52:46 AM
More TOD:

Crime of Passion with Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr
You just KNOW with that cast someone is gonna get murdered.  Produced by Herman Cohen, so you just KNOW that there is gonna be at least one extremely HANDSOME young man in a supporting role....here there are two:  Stuart Whitman and Dennis Cross, who probably learned early on that Cohen was the captain of the ship.  Directed by Gerd Oswald who also directed the earlier film I wrote about.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 09:52:49 AM
From Wikipedia:

Shia Saide LaBeouf (pronounced SHY-uh luh-BUFF, born June 11, 1986) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actor and comedian. After growing up in California, he became known with a starring role in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens. He made the transition to film roles with Holes, a box office success, and has since appeared in several Hollywood films, including Constantine, I, Robot, and The Greatest Game Ever Played. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in Disturbia, Transformers, and provided voicework in Surf's Up, and is due to appear in 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Several media publications have speculated that LaBeouf, whose screen persona was described by Time magazine as that of the "scrappy kid next door", might become a major film star throughout 2007.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:53:13 AM
MR BK wrote about CRIME OF PASSION a few years ago when the DVD first came out.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:54:20 AM
Shy-uh....wonder where that name came from?  Interesting.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 09:56:31 AM
Yes, DR RLP - the double barreled slingshot joke was much discussed in Junior High the next day.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:03:07 AM
My opinion, although it is worth nothing whatsoever:
I don't want to hear anything about New Hampshire until there is actually some news (which will be tonight after their polls close).
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:04:04 AM
My opinion, although it is worth nothing whatsoever:
Ms. Spears can't get any help since they let her out of the hospital without treatment.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:04:48 AM
Valid opinions shared by many, DR LAURA.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:06:19 AM
Here is something for DR SANDRA to draw.

(http://www.coyoteblog.com/photos/uncategorized/parking_lot.jpg)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:06:48 AM
Now that would keep her busy!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 10:07:04 AM
My opinion, although it is worth nothing whatsoever:
I don't want to hear anything about New Hampshire until there is actually some news (which will be tonight after their polls close).

I totally agree.  "News" reporters were already saying things this morning about who was leading in votes just after the polls opened.  Like...how the heck would they know?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 10:08:51 AM
My opinion, although it is worth nothing whatsoever:
Ms. Spears can't get any help since they let her out of the hospital without treatment.

Ditto.

And that goes for Lohan and Aguilera, as well.

It amazes me that any of them ever became celebrities.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:09:47 AM
Celebrities without accomplishment are the norm nowadays, unfortunately.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 10:16:01 AM
My folks are gearing up to go to "The City" (i.e., San Francisco) to visit a furniture showroom.

I, on the other hand, believe I'll stay here in the office where it's warm and dry.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:16:47 AM
I guess I should just turn off the radio.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 10:18:04 AM
I guess I should just turn off the radio.

And put out the cat.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:19:52 AM
DR RLP - office furniture is office furniture no matter how they dress it up.

(http://locoburger.org/pics/200308/small-JohnDesk.jpg)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 10:21:40 AM
Good Afternoon!

...And now is the time of day where I must head into midtown to play some more of that groovy "Cassie Dance" music.  :)

Laters..
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 10:32:55 AM
William Hartnell would have been 100 years old today.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 10:33:34 AM
I can't understand what makes for troubled, undisciplined people having pop music success, but I wonder if Ms. Lohan's troubled personal quirks may have figured into the complexity of some of her work onscreen.  Personal demons and stuff like that there, i mean.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:36:34 AM
Good Afternoon!

...And now is the time of day where I must head into midtown to play some more of that groovy "Cassie Dance" music.  :)

Laters..

I'm a dancer......let me dance.....oh wait....that's the MOVIE!!  ;D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:36:43 AM
Where's the LeBeouf?

sur le toit
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:37:00 AM
I can't understand what makes for troubled, undisciplined people having pop music success, but I wonder if Ms. Lohan's troubled personal quirks may have figured into the complexity of some of her work onscreen.  Personal demons and stuff like that there, i mean.

A possibility for sure.  8)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:37:17 AM
tout le monde
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:38:39 AM
Page Seven Mamie Van Doren dance:

(http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/51/0a/72_1.JPG)

Joan Olander took her screen name from the then First Lady and the famous television commentator/quiz show contestant.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:39:03 AM
I just scheduled the replacement window company to come to measure on Friday.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:39:11 AM
Today she would be Laura Winfrey.

Or Laura Springer.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:39:33 AM
I just scheduled the replacement window company to come to measure on Friday.

What are going to measure?  ;D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:39:54 AM
The renovation was so much fun last year that I just had to schedule another one.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:40:13 AM
I reviewed a DVD from 2007 that I think was unfairly ignored at the cinema last year: THE HOAX about the Clifford Irving/Howard Hughes hoax. Richard Gere and Alfred Molina give excellent performances, and the whole corrupt scheme was SO ballsy. I really enjoyed the movie a lot and wouldn't hesitate for others who have an interest in learning more about the people involved.

(The DVD transfer, BTW, was kind of disappointing.)

TOD: THE SONGCATCHER with Janet McTeer, Emmy Rossum, Aidan Quinn, and Pat Carroll.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:45:07 AM
Goodbye-ee, goodbye-ee,
Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee,
Tho' it's hard to part I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go.
Don't cry-ee, dont sigh-ee,
there's a silver lining in the sky-ee,
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin,
Nap-poo, toodle-oo, Goodbye-ee.

Having actually been in OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR! eons ago, I can testify that the last line is "Now, pooh, toodle-oo, goodbye-ee."
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:48:11 AM
More TOD:

 Stuart Whitman and Dennis Cross, who probably learned early on that Cohen was the captain of the ship.  


The Maid of the Mist, I would assume.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 10:52:51 AM
The Maid of the Mist, I would assume.

Well it wasn't the Good Ship Lollipop!  :P
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ben on January 08, 2008, 10:53:11 AM
So, Larry, if you're home, my husband should be on his way back to our domicile as well.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:55:07 AM
And for all those ignorami DRs (or is it ignoramoi of Greek derivation),
le source
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:56:00 AM
Well it wasn't the Good Ship Lollipop!  :P

I bet Herman hoped so!

Mr Herman's casting couch proclivities were very similar to those of the Fat conductor of Limitless Ego and Limited Talent.  I cannot tell you how many handsome gay young men claimed to be straight around the Maestro.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 10:56:42 AM
Today she would be Laura Winfrey.

Or Laura Springer.
Or Laura O'Reilly.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:57:06 AM
So, Larry, if you're home, my husband should be on his way back to our domicile as well.

When last seen, Anthony was off to check out 27th Street between 5th and 6th.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 11:09:05 AM
DR MattH will be happy with AS THE STOMACH TURNS today.  

There are several things I don't understand about the soaps:
  1.  the holiness and sanctity of motherhood and pregnancy
  2.  the belief that true love is fated to last forever
  3.  all this megillah about extramarital affairs being bad

I would think the religious right and moral majority who watch these things would know what a crock all this antiquated philosophy is from their own hypocritical experiences.
 
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 08, 2008, 11:11:09 AM
It's called denial, Elmore.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Charles Pogue on January 08, 2008, 11:12:21 AM
A couple of neglected gems that I think everyone should see:

THOSE LIPS, THOSE EYES...Frank Langella and Tom Hulce.  Summer Stock.  One of those movies I love to watch that remind me why I got in this crazy business.

RAMROD...a noir western with Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Preston Foster, Charlie Ruggles, Donald Crisp, and Don DeFore maybe in the best role he ever had.  
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 11:17:48 AM
I'd been wondering about this tacky crab costume from the tv ads to LITTLE MERMAID.  Now I see the hat is supposed to be his eyes.  And here I thought the BEAUTY & THE BEAST designs smacked of tacky theme park! That Disney. When are they going to produce something good?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Charles Pogue on January 08, 2008, 11:24:04 AM
This photo is currently in the January issue of AMERICAN THEATRE magazine with a brief article about our multi-media HAMLET.  Yes, that's me with the beard kneeling as Claudius.  Hamlet (Adam Luckey) behind me with a gun, "Now might I do it pat."
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jennifer on January 08, 2008, 12:00:42 PM
RE: last night's MEDIUM



SPOILERS



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I am so happy to see this show back!

I just loved last night's show (although i hate that alison is still having troubles!)  Hopefully that will get resolved in the coming weeks, as i loved having her work for the DA.

I loved the Sound Of Music parts too.  Although i would have liked to see Ariel audition, to see how they'd compare.

But re: the other girl as Maria.  Come on, this is high school. That girl's voice was fantastic. ANd she would probably be terrific in the role!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 12:02:36 PM
TOD:

MY BROTHER, NIKHIL (2005).

I have introduced many people to this unsung classic...and all of them, (with the exception possibly of the Oz boys who forgot to turn on the subtitles), loved it. The first Bollywood movie to have a gay male story line.

I agree. I think it's a lovely film. I probably would not have heard of it had it not been for MBarnum and HHW--and I frequent a video store that specializes in cult films (but not Bollywood).
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 12:13:06 PM
Just to show you the state of publishing these days, Jeanne is reading a Val McDermid book (indeed a good writer - I have many of her mysteries).  In her book The Mermaids Singing, there is an epilog.  The book came out.  Many were stumped by the ending of the epilog in mid-dialog at the end of the epilog's second page.  Calls were made.  Postings were posted.  And in one of the kookiest spoos of publishing, no one at the publisher apparently looked at the book once it was printed, including Miss McDermid, or surely they would have realized there were five more pages to the epilog that simply were missing from the book.  Copies were recalled from stores and the complete version was sent to replace them.

Most publishers stopped using proofreaders long ago. A few still do, but they're the exception. I've seen some really awful stuff--major wordprocessing errors--in print.

(And I am always honored to see that BK has read my posts.)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 12:15:14 PM
I actually have yet to have a Levain cookie in 2008.  And I've been Monkey Cake free for at least 48 hours.

OMG!! Is some planet in retrograde??

Or has Jose joined LA (Levain Anonymous)?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 12:17:35 PM
More TOD:

Crime of Passion with Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr
You just KNOW with that cast someone is gonna get murdered.  Produced by Herman Cohen, so you just KNOW that there is gonna be at least one extremely HANDSOME young man in a supporting role....here there are two:  Stuart Whitman and Dennis Cross, who probably learned early on that Cohen was the captain of the ship.  Directed by Gerd Oswald who also directed the earlier film I wrote about.


LOL!  ;D
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 12:19:49 PM
Hello, and Goodbye!

Meetings, deadlines, and more meetings all morning.

Then a lunch meeting.

And now I'm popping off to sing a quick funeral.

Back later!

(1) I really think someone ought to tell Sing's employer that all these meetings are getting in sing's way--he needs to post!! (Or does he post during the meetings and no one knows what he's chuckling about?)
(2) Is this a different funeral? I thought that DH's GA's was later in the week and non-local.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: TCB on January 08, 2008, 12:24:03 PM
Am I the only one that has never ever heard of Shia LaBeouf?


Yes.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 12:31:13 PM
Jennifer - MEDIUM SPOILER












Yes, the other girl's voice was fantastic, so if they were up for a vocal performance event, then she would probably be the better one.  But singing "My Favorite Things" like a sad song is all wrong for that role, and suggests a lack of the least bit of thought and judgment in advance of  the audiiton and it made no sense that the teacher/auditioner didn't immediately ask her to try to pick up the pace and energy.  What makes the person with the best singing voice automatically entitled to the glory?; other talents, such as acting and being able to play a role should come into play as well when casting a musical, even at that level.    
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 12:31:59 PM
Onward and upward, DR Pogue.  Congrats on the photo being published!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 12:33:21 PM
We're getting close.....
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 12:33:38 PM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: TCB on January 08, 2008, 12:33:55 PM
T.O.D.



RIVER OF NO RETURN
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
AARON SLICK FROM PUMPKIN CREEK
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 12:34:05 PM
Ooh! Ooh!

What a day!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 12:34:13 PM
And of course, DR JRand, just when I think I have a new person to hound for an interview, I find out that Dennis Cross died back in 1991! I have so informed the IMDB.

Evidently Dennis did not jump ship, as he ended up in more then one Herman Cohen production.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 12:34:28 PM
It's colder than a bare-assed witch's hiney outside.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 12:36:56 PM
Thanks for posting the scan, DR CP.  Very intriguing set design.....last time I saw HAMLET it was directed by Libby Appel....and it was an abomination....acting, design, music, and ALL-wise.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 12:37:51 PM
And of course, DR JRand, just when I think I have a new person to hound for an interview, I find out that Dennis Cross died back in 1991! I have so informed the IMDB.

Evidently Dennis did not jump ship, as he ended up in more then one Herman Cohen production.

Unfortunate news, he was quite handsome in CRIME OF PASSION.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: TCB on January 08, 2008, 12:38:43 PM
The new edition of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, that comes out this week, has a nice article on Bk's landlord and a really great photo of him.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Jrand74 on January 08, 2008, 12:41:05 PM
Oh yes he was the handsome Monaghan the security guard in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: TCB on January 08, 2008, 12:42:06 PM
PREAMBLE:

We the Members of HainesHisWay.com, in Order to form a more perfect Forum, establish Trusslessness, insure abject Civility, provide for the common nonsense, promote the menial Wordplay, and secure the Highest Posting Numbers for ourselves and our fellow Posters, do ordain and establish this Confabulation for the .Com of Haines His Way.


Ahh, Ron, are you sure you want that Civility phrase in there?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: TCB on January 08, 2008, 12:44:42 PM
I actually have yet to have a Levain cookie in 2008.  And I've been Monkey Cake free for at least 48 hours.


There are 12-step meetings for that.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 12:50:32 PM
Oh yes he was the handsome Monaghan the security guard in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER.

He was also in Cohen's THE BRASS LEGEND (which, darn it, I just deleted from my DVR this weekend...I must record it again.)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 12:51:09 PM
JRand, be sure to contact Harry at Scarlet Street!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 12:55:14 PM
What laws will you enact as ruler of SINGDAWLAND?

Well, DR Jeanne...

That will require some serious thought!   :)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 12:57:14 PM
Never mind, JRand, I see you already done did.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 01:01:59 PM
What part of South Dakota?

Groton.  Apparently that's near Aberdeen.  Wherever that is.  It takes a puddle-jumper to get there!

And yes, DR Jeanne, today was a different memorial service entirely.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 01:03:09 PM
I appreciate the lessons in Pop Culture 101. Maybe TD or another DR could fill the rest of us in from time to time, just so we don't feel like such ignoramuses (ignorami?).

Amen to that, sister!  :)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 01:04:52 PM
DR Ron Pulliam:  love, LOVE your HHW PREAMBLE!   :)

DR Jeanne - hope you feel better soon.

Thanks to DRs Julie, Ginny, and DakotaCelt!   :-*
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: PennyO on January 08, 2008, 01:06:43 PM
Hello, m'dears - just landed at Fort Lauderdale - yup, I'm in Miami for the week. Nice weather!!!

Speaking of which - I had a call a few moments ago from Jane and Keith - they are trying to get home, and the weather may or may not cooperate - the pass between California and Oregon can be closed at any time, due to freezing conditions and/or snow -

Jane asked me to request good travel/get home tonight vibes from y'all - my fingers are crossed, and I'm hereby requesting excellent get-home-safe-tonight vibes for the Jane-Keith-Sherlock unit!!!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ginny on January 08, 2008, 01:11:41 PM
Hi, DR PennyO - long time, no see!  Thanks for updating us on your whereabouts and on the travel travails of our DR Jane and her DH Keith.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 01:18:41 PM
***SAFE TRAVEL VIBES***[/color][/size]
to DR Jane, DH Keith, and DD Sherlock[/color][/size]

May they return home as soon, but as safely, as possible![/color][/size]
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 01:19:25 PM
The clouds cleared away for awhile around noon, and it looked like we were going to have a sunny day. Alas, it was not to be. We got more cloud cover.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 01:21:55 PM
The new edition of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, that comes out this week, has a nice article on Bk's landlord and a really great photo of him.

Yes, indeed, and it's about time this handsome and talented actor is getting some substantial ink on his work. I have enjoyed every performance of his that I've seen.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 01:23:02 PM
As I cooked and ate lunch today, I watched three BONES episodes, all of the ones dealing with Temperance's involvement with FBI agent Sullivan who became her love interest and sadly sailed away without her.

Eddie McClintock is a cutie.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 01:23:03 PM
I just had a lovely call from the Library of Congress Music Division; my friend Betty is helping me with the information on the LoC buying the manuscripts for BABES IN TOYLAND in a 1955 Sotheby's auction.  She's found a lot of the correspondence between the Music Division and Ella Herbert Bartlett and Robert Bartlett on the state of affairs in the Victor Herbert Collection.  The manuscripts were purchased from Sotheby's for $1200.

DR singdaw, I am sorry to hear of a death in the family and sorrier to hear you have a trip to South Dakota at this time of year. I was looking at the new issue of Vanity Fair today and the photo of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece reminded me of you. Sort of.  If I squint.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 01:24:11 PM
Then, I proceeded to watch more SABRINA episodes. None of them were very good, and the only guest star of note was Henry Gibson. Funny that he wasn't in the episode where other LAUGH-IN regualrs were; he got his own episode.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 01:25:18 PM
I have six more episodes of SABRINA to watch to finish out the set. I should be able to do that before SVU comes on tonight.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 01:25:33 PM
Hello, m'dears - just landed at Fort Lauderdale - yup, I'm in Miami for the week. Nice weather!!!


Dearest, darlingest DR PennyO, you do get around.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes for DR Nursie and What's-His-Name! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 01:28:00 PM
I ended my afternoon with AS THE WORLD TURNS. Yes, as DR Elmore intimated, the gay characters were on and stepping forward ever-so-slowly with their involvement.

They are college freshmen. Funny, but I had my first boy friend when I was a freshman in college, and believe me, we did NOT take it slowly (and this was the 1960s). So all this pussy-footing around with them is strictly a writers' construction to drag things out (or delay the inevitable; I'm guessing there will be temptations thrown in their paths that will even prevent them from getting together).
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 01:35:11 PM
OMG--I'm listening to the OLC LP of Rome's GWTW for the first time (so different from the Japanese CR, LOL).  How did this show fail?  ;)  Yes, I think Rhett Buter would definitely say/sing something like "joy unrefined," don't y'all?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 01:35:49 PM
I ended my afternoon with AS THE WORLD TURNS. Yes, as DR Elmore intimated, the gay characters were on and stepping forward ever-so-slowly with their involvement.

They are college freshmen. Funny, but I had my first boy friend when I was a freshman in college, and believe me, we did NOT take it slowly (and this was the 1960s). So all this pussy-footing around with them is strictly a writers' construction to drag things out (or delay the inevitable; I'm guessing there will be temptations thrown in their paths that will even prevent them from getting together).

I tell ya, that psycho dad's gonna return!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 01:36:28 PM
Dearest, darlingest DR PennyO, you do get around.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes for DR Nursie and What's-His-Name! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[/move]


Do you mean Sherlock? Or the other one?




;)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 01:38:32 PM
If I squint.

:-*   That is very sweet of you, DR elmore3003, and thank you.  But be careful!

Squinting THAT much could permanently damage your eyesight.    :P
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 01:42:02 PM
I enjoyed the stage production of GWTW (way back in 1973). At least it was shorter than the film!

GWTW opens at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in April this year. (not the Rome version).  It was the same theatre as the first effort.

Former DR Robert A was in the production staged in Chicago (I think)  in the 1970's.

I doubt anyone was really that concerned about the "Lyrics" in 1973.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 01:43:42 PM
I've always likes the song and philosophy that "A Southern Lady Does Not Go In to Trade".
Make of that what you will.

Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 01:50:37 PM
DR JMK - I saw GWTW the same year as Mr Newley's very entertaining "Good old Bad Old Days".
It was the year of the first professional production of "Joseph"- back when Jospeh was copuled with Jacob's Journey and the show had not been corrupted to being the vehicle it has now become.  The Pharaoh at that time was Gordon Waller (Peter & Gordon).
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 01:51:31 PM
Has anyone asked if DR WhipCrack will be riding the Deadwood Stage?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: TCB on January 08, 2008, 01:53:34 PM
Safe travel vibes to Dr Jane, Keith, and Sherlock!

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 01:53:54 PM
The most interesting thing about this album is that it has an EMI and a Columbia label on it.  I thought EMI and Capitol were licensing partners--isn't that what the Beatles were out on in the UK and US?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 01:54:24 PM
:-*   That is very sweet of you, DR elmore3003, and thank you.  But be careful!

Squinting THAT much could permanently damage your eyesight.    :P

Hell, it's already 20/0
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 01:56:06 PM
Do you mean Sherlock? Or the other one?

;)

Isn't Sherlock just along for the ride?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 01:56:15 PM
Latest favorite moment:

Many good times we had
Then Sherman came
And things were bad
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 01:57:02 PM
The most interesting thing about this album is that it has an EMI and a Columbia label on it.  I thought EMI and Capitol were licensing partners--isn't that what the Beatles were out on in the UK and US?

Columbia UK is an EMI label; they did the London cast album of WHERE'S CHARLEY?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 02:01:51 PM
EMI/Columbia was the label in OZ too Jeff.
Columbia was the label in the UK for Cliff Richard.
Parlophone was the UK EMI label for the Beatles.

Columbia had naught to do with "Columbia" USA as far as I know.
Columbia USA recordings (Percy Faith, Andy Williams etc) were issued here on Coronet/CBS label. Same was true of the UK.

That probably does not help at all does it?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 02:05:52 PM
Interesting!  I just always associated EMI with Capitol, obviously incorrectly, LOL.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:05:59 PM
Latest favorite moment:

Many good times we had
Then Sherman came
And things were bad

Fiddle-dee-dee!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 02:06:06 PM
GOBOD was EMI, too, wasn't it?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:06:20 PM
Isn't Sherlock just along for the ride?

Haven't a clue.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 02:06:55 PM
Fiddle-dee-dee!

Fiddle-dee-dee was just a major part of the lyric of the song that just passed (kind of like a kidney stone).

But it's going to remind me of the Godmother in Cinderella for the rest of my life.  ;)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 02:07:16 PM
I appreciate the lessons in Pop Culture 101. Maybe TD or another DR could fill the rest of us in from time to time, just so we don't feel like such ignoramuses (ignorami?).

You're not an ignoramus, nor should you feel like one.
Some of us have very trivial minds which soak up things like a sponge; sometimes those useless bits of trivia can come in handy.

Co-workers at Borders and I are still attempting to find the charm of Miley/Hannah - her calender had to be the largest selling one in our store!

As for Shia - well, I saw TRANSFORMERS, and I really enjoyed watching him.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 02:08:13 PM
I must admit some of the choral arranging is quite nice.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 02:08:40 PM
GOBOD was EMI, too, wasn't it?

Yes - but on their EMI label.
Who knows?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 02:10:27 PM
Tomovoz - Where's a page-turn when I need one?

But anyway:  And one for Waller
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:11:05 PM
Tomovoz - Where's a page-turn when I need one?

But anyway:  And one for Waller


Sometimes you just have to set it up for yourself!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 02:11:14 PM
The Burning of Atlanta was very effective on stage.

There was also a Horse and Cart used - it is a huge stage!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:12:19 PM
And sometimes, you wait for somebody else to set it up and then you POUNCE.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:12:52 PM
Ooh!  Ooh!  We're getting close now.  I can feel it.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:13:06 PM
Don't you feel it, too?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:14:05 PM
Feel the spirit?

The Spirit in the Dark?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 02:14:22 PM
Tomovoz - Where's a page-turn when I need one?

But anyway:  And one for Waller
does that make the dance the "Gay Gordons"?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:14:31 PM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 02:15:15 PM
And one for "La Wally"!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 02:16:30 PM
I wonder if Gordon's ex singing partner Peter Asher is still producing CDs.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 02:17:13 PM
I tell ya, that psycho dad's gonna return!

No question about it. Will he end up killing Noah (by mistake)? That's the biggest question in my mind.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 02:17:47 PM
Well, I guess I'm ready to head back down and finish off the rest of those SABRINA episodes.

WBBL.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 02:18:01 PM
Cute story about Noel Coward at the London opening of the musical GONE WITH THE WIND, courtesy of musicals101.com:

When the opening night of the London musical Gone With the Wind was marred by an obnoxious child actress and a horse that relieved itself onstage, Coward was in the audience, and said:  "If they'd stuffed the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once."
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 02:33:56 PM
Where else on the internet can you read about Noel Coward and horse poop and Gordon Waller's Pharoah almost in one swell foop?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JMK on January 08, 2008, 02:39:11 PM
Gordon Waller's Pharoah

Is that a euphemism?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 02:40:09 PM
If I'd said Gordon Waller's Peter, that would be a  - oh, wait....
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 02:48:02 PM
And for all those ignorami DRs (or is it ignoramoi of Greek derivation),
le source

Three of my all-time favorite classical pieces in fine performances, although I do love the Charles Munch recording on RCA, which is sonically amazing.  Milhaud (pronounced Meeyoh) is the berries.

UPDATE:  Hmmm, the photo of the album cover didn't come across with the post I was quoting - I'm speaking of the Darius Milhaud CD elmore posted the cover of back on page seven.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 02:52:56 PM
I have Xeroxed, I have delivered pages, I have lunched with Mr. Cason Murphy at Bird's, I have traded at Amoeba and thanks to a suggestion here today picked up The Hoax.  
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 02:53:29 PM
I'm not sure if I'll write today - I'm thinking I want to hear from muse Margaret first, which will hopefully be later this evening.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 02:53:49 PM
Will we never get to page eleven?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 03:02:02 PM
Loved the preamble Ron!

Me, too! :D Can we vote on making it the official Preamble to HHW?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:03:00 PM
I totally agree.  "News" reporters were already saying things this morning about who was leading in votes just after the polls opened.  Like...how the heck would they know?

Well, actually  the first official results were posted at about 12:10 AM this morning - that quaint "first of the first" little town with its 17 voters; their polls closed when all votes were cast, the ballots tallied and results posted. Also, they are doing exit polls to feed the news machine throughout the day.

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 03:09:06 PM
Welcome nine GUESTS.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 03:09:10 PM
Woo and hoo!  I am so very happy to see that Mr. John Saxon will be attending the Ray Courts Show which I will also be attending!!!!

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JRand, perhaps you ought to buy a ticket to Burbank!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 03:10:47 PM
I'm listening to an odd CD, which ranges from very nice to very strange - it's called Ecstasy and it's by Les Deux Love Orchestra.  Go know.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
Good Evening!

I'm back from "Cassie Dance" rehearsal, and, as always, I LOVE being in the same room with Baayork Lee!  Just when I think I've heard all of her stories about A Chorus Line and about the backstory of "The Music And The Mirror", she "remembers" another one.  Or two.  Or three.  :)  -And the assistant had some great stories today too.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 03:15:38 PM
:-*   That is very sweet of you, DR elmore3003, and thank you.  But be careful!

Squinting THAT much could permanently damage your eyesight.    :P

I'm guessing he's done other things that have affected his eyesight since he already wears glasses.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 03:16:46 PM
In fact the whole linup for the Feb Ray Courts show will be fun...besides of course BK there will also by:

Ty Hardin,
Edith Fellows (what a doll!),
Gregg Palmer,
Ernest Borgnine, Ed Asner,
Molly Bee,
Virginia Davis (from the silent era!!!),
Peter Falk,
George Kennedy
Diane Franklin (I used to adore her back in the 1980s)
Richard Hatch
Kathleen Hughes
Margot Kidder
Gary Owens
Roberta Shore (love her!!)
Dick Van Patten

and many more!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 03:17:34 PM
And one for "La Wally"!

Ebben? Ne andrò lontano...
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 03:23:03 PM
OHH!!!!  Look what made #4 on Time Out New York's Tastiest Ten List for 2007....

NUMBER 4 (http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/25254/new-yorks-tastiest-ten/4.html)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:24:15 PM
You're not an ignoramus, nor should you feel like one.
Some of us have very trivial minds which soak up things like a sponge; sometimes those useless bits of trivia can come in handy.

Hanging around with pre-teen Grandlads helps.

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 03:25:20 PM
I wonder if Gordon's ex singing partner Peter Asher is still producing CDs.

Yes, he is.  Friends of mine recently worked with him in LA.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 03:26:38 PM
Three of my all-time favorite classical pieces in fine performances, although I do love the Charles Munch recording on RCA, which is sonically amazing.  Milhaud (pronounced Meeyoh) is the berries.

UPDATE:  Hmmm, the photo of the album cover didn't come across with the post I was quoting - I'm speaking of the Darius Milhaud CD elmore posted the cover of back on page seven.

I posted the cover of the current EMI release of Bernstein's recording.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 03:29:25 PM
...And I have to say, that while walking around The City the past couple of days, I've seen a couple of people clutching the year-end Good Eats issues of Time Out New York and New York Magazine, while standing outside some of the mentioned restaurants.  In fact, you can download a PDF of TONY's 100 Best Food and Drink (http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/25253/100-best) list from their website for easier storage in your bag, purse and/or wallet.  :)


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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:35:18 PM
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/334839/1_21_ces08_150_plasma.jpg)

ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320931,00.html)

Quote
PANASONIC DEBUTS 150-INCH PLASMA TV

LAS VEGAS —  A 150-inch high-definition plasma TV unveiled by Panasonic is the world's largest to date, the Japanese consumer electronics company claimed Monday at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

The plasma panel features an 8.84-million-pixel image resolution. Its screen is the equivalent of nine 50-inch sets, with an effective viewing area of 11 feet, the company said.

It's a step up from Panasonic's 103-inch version, which cost $70,000 when it launched. The company did not say in a news release how much the 150-inch panel will cost.

Will there be a remodel in Charlotte?

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:39:27 PM
I'm all alone (if you discount four napping dogs).

Woody got called in to work 5-11.

Woody =  >:(

der brucer =  :D (I balance the check book!)

Gee, I get Fox News all to myself!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:45:02 PM
Gratuitous, so I can...
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 03:45:38 PM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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der Brucer
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 03:52:32 PM
Ooh!  Ooh!  I started

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der Brucer

Please send me a check for $.25 for royalties, please.

:D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 03:53:30 PM
Woo and hoo!  I am so very happy to see that Mr. John Saxon will be attending the Ray Courts Show which I will also be attending!!!!

(http://i21.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/cf/1b/71dd_1.JPG)

JRand, perhaps you ought to buy a ticket to Burbank!

If that's the press photo they're using, be prepared for a major shock!

;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 04:02:22 PM
If that's the press photo they're using, be prepared for a major shock!

;)

Wonder what the Press Photo for Richard Hatch is like 8)

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 04:09:26 PM
Wow, George Kennedy will be there.  I've worked with Channing, with Kennedy (playing his son in a TV pilot for CBS) , and I think there's someone else there that I worked with.  Should be fun.
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Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 04:34:25 PM
Just in case no one noticed, some nice person (David Huxley) has posted clips of the divine Dorothy Loudon in SWEENEY TODD on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16VC6B5uEAw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16VC6B5uEAw)
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 04:35:48 PM
Wonder what the Press Photo for Richard Hatch is like 8)

der Brucer

Isn't he in jail?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 04:50:08 PM
Isn't he in jail?

The Survivor guy is; I suspect the guy Mike is talking about is the actor who played Captain Apollo on the original "Battlestar Galactica (1978)" .

der Brucer
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 04:55:09 PM
The Survivor guy is; I suspect the guy Mike is talking about is the actor who played Captain Apollo on the original "Battlestar Galactica (1978)" .

der Brucer

Of course! The jailbird is way too young to perk any interest in our DR MBarnum.
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 05:14:10 PM
My DH's great Aunt has passed away in South Dakota at the ripe old age of 96.  We have been asked to perform the memorial service on Saturday.  Assuming we can scramble to make arrangements for Zach, we may be taking a quick trip toward the end of the week.

Singdaw, my condolences to you and your DH on your loss.  

But wow...96 years old!  I'm sure that there's been a lotta living in them years.
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 05:14:40 PM
William Hartnell would have been 100 years old today.

Elvis Presley would've been 73 today.

Stephen Hawking is 66 today.
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 05:15:55 PM
Hello, m'dears - just landed at Fort Lauderdale - yup, I'm in Miami for the week. Nice weather!!!

Speaking of which - I had a call a few moments ago from Jane and Keith - they are trying to get home, and the weather may or may not cooperate - the pass between California and Oregon can be closed at any time, due to freezing conditions and/or snow -

Jane asked me to request good travel/get home tonight vibes from y'all - my fingers are crossed, and I'm hereby requesting excellent get-home-safe-tonight vibes for the Jane-Keith-Sherlock unit!!!

~~~TRAVEL VIBES FOR JANE, KEITH AND SHERLOCK!!~~~
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Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 05:36:04 PM
TOD:

STRAIGHT TIME - Dustin Hoffman gets out of jail.
IMAGES - Susannah York goes nutty.
LITTLE VOICE - Jane Horrocks comes out of her shell.
SORDID LIVES - Olivia Newton-John defines trailer trash.
ALL NIGHT LONG - Gene Hackman suffers mid-life crisis.
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 05:43:06 PM
HOME SWEET HOME!!!

Thank you all for the vibes.  They worked!:D
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 05:52:18 PM
The Loudon clips are great.  I said that Miss Carter's biggest problem is that she either has been directed to subvert every laugh in A Little Priest or she just doesn't know how to land them, but people have come on and said that "their" audience laughed - of course, what's clear is that "their" audience is peppered with musical theater people who know the song and therefore laugh, no matter what the performance.  There was not ONE laugh in that song when I saw the film at the DGA.  Then, someone came on and said there were never big laughs in that number, even with Lansbury on the DVD - of course, the audience reaction during numbers was purposely dialed down in the mix of that video.  Watch Loudon and Hearn - just as it was with Lansbury and Cariou - want laughs?  All you need to know is how to get them.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 05:52:21 PM
Yes indeed to "Sordid Lives" and "Little Voice"  DR td.

I've introduced quite few friends to the former and also to my long time favourite "The Milagro Beanfield War".
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 05:53:08 PM
And here's a fantastic thing I found while nosing around - I have never seen ANY clips of this version of Gypsy - it brings back just how good Miss Lansbury was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLvvBjOkeCQ
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 05:53:19 PM
The prodigal Jane comes home.
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 05:54:12 PM
I'd still like someone to talk me through saving these clips to my computer or somewhere.  Are the follies clips still up - love to have those, too.
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 05:59:37 PM
The prodigal Jane comes home.

The first thing I did was post :)  I really felt bad I couldn't do so from Wednesday on.  Details later.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 06:33:15 PM
Welcome home, Jane. You have been missed.
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Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 06:35:24 PM
Hi, Jane!!!
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 06:36:21 PM
No posts for over one minute?
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 06:41:54 PM
BK, I'm writing instructions on how to save YouTube clips.  
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 06:43:16 PM

Snow-capped mountains are seen behind the Long Beach Airport, as seen from Signal Hill on Monday. The recent storms dropped several inches of water north of Long Beach, much of which fell as snow at higher elevations. (Stephen Carr/Staff Photographer )


We sure picked a great time to be in L.A.  It could have been worse, I almost got blown away in Sacramento-no joking.  At least the rain took a break on Saturday, and was only intermittent on Sunday.  
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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 06:46:42 PM
Thank you, DR George!   :)
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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 06:47:02 PM
DR Jane, so good to see you back here at HHW!   :)  :)
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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 06:47:42 PM
A great thanks to DR td and to bk for those wonderful YouTube clips of Broadway!  :)
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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 06:49:37 PM
Has anyone asked if DR WhipCrack will be riding the Deadwood Stage?

I think that's the only way to get around in those parts, except by foot...
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 06:52:10 PM
Great photo.  It looks beautiful there.

It was beautiful, as we drove out of town towards the rain between L.A. & San Francisco.  At least SF was clear.
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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 06:55:00 PM
Oh, and DR JoseSPiano, thanks for the TONY food list.   :)
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 06:55:25 PM
I'd still like someone to talk me through saving these clips to my computer or somewhere.  Are the follies clips still up - love to have those, too.

BK (and anyone else), copy and save or print (or both) these instructions:

1. Copy the entire URL of the YouTube clip that you want to download

2. Go to http://keepvid.com

3. Paste the URL into the box near the top of the page that's under the words: "Download videos DIRECT from most video sites Copy the link of the page with the video on it and paste it here"

4. Select "Youtube" from the dropdown list next to the box where you pasted the URL (there are other sites that you can download from, too!)

5. Click "DOWNLOAD" - there will appear a link labeled "›› Download Link ‹‹  (.flv - Flash Video)"

6. Click on the ›› Download Link ‹‹ link

7. When the "File Download" box appears, click on "Save" and save it where you want

8. HOWEVER, make sure that you rename the link and if it doesn't have it, add the file extension .flv.  This is very important.  Most of the time, it won't have the file extension so you should manually add it to the file name.

9. Click HERE (http://applian.com/flvplayer/index2b.php) to download a free flash video player to play the videos once they're saved on your computer.

Any questions??  Just ask. :)
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Post by: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 06:55:47 PM
And one for MARIA...
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 06:57:54 PM
I actually have yet to have a Levain cookie in 2008.  And I've been Monkey Cake free for at least 48 hours.

Over Christmas I asked Bryan's girlfriend if she has experienced Levain's yet.  Her face lit up just a bit as she said yes.  I forgot to ask about the Monkey Cake.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 06:58:32 PM
TOTD led me to track down a VHS copy of "Experience Preferred But Not Essential".  My old copy "disappeared" when the borrower was transferred to another School. Never trust a P.E. teacher!

(now that I've purchased it again, I guess it will issued on a DVD format next week)
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 07:00:22 PM
I'd been wondering about this tacky crab costume from the tv ads to LITTLE MERMAID.  Now I see the hat is supposed to be his eyes.  And here I thought the BEAUTY & THE BEAST designs smacked of tacky theme park! That Disney. When are they going to produce something good?

Larry, assuming that you know about (or heard) it, what do you think of the German cast recording of the stage version of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame?  I LOVE this recording/version of the score. :D

If you know it and don't like it...that's okay. ::)

If you haven't heard it or heard of it...let me know. ;)

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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 07:00:40 PM
Singdaw, condolence on the loss of your DH’s great aunt.  Safe travels to the service.

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Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 07:02:21 PM
I just watched MEDIUM; I don't understand the "American Idol sans Yodel" versions of the songs, and I'd think the teacher would know the tempo for "My Favorite Thngs"from any good recording of the score.

I'm puzzled by some of the events, though.
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 07:05:12 PM
Do you mean Sherlock? Or the other one?




;)

 ;D
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 08, 2008, 07:06:23 PM
Good news. It seems that Nicole Kidman is to be replaced by an actress in the film of "The Reader".

Great book.
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 07:09:17 PM
Actually, Sherlock was not supposed to be with us.  Our plan was to leave him with the dog trainer, at her house where he would have other dogs to play with & not sleep in a kennel.

Late Wednesday afternoon, the day before we were to leave, the vet called.  The special test we had done on his poop showed a bacteria which could be contagious, if the poop wasn't picked up immediately.  Hustling on our parts was necessary to change our traveling plans, reservations as well as what we needed to pack.

On the up side, if we had had to take him to the dog trainer's house in the morning, we may not have gotten over the pass into California before the pass was closed.
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 07:11:11 PM
Danise, I’m very pleased to know you are beginning to heal properly now.  I thought about you yesterday while talking to a woman from Florida who was complaining about the cold weather in San Francisco.
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Post by: Jane on January 08, 2008, 07:12:31 PM

I’ve got to go for the night, without having caught up with today’s posts.  I promise to be back tomorrow.

Thanks again for the vibes.

‘night.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 07:16:29 PM
Good night, Jane. Sleep well.
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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 07:17:41 PM
Welcome back, Jane!

Good night, Jane!

:)
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Post by: Kerry on January 08, 2008, 07:23:44 PM
So many non- mainstream films have become chic, that I'm not sure anymore.

"Fanny" is a non mainstream film these days and one which my mother took me to at an art house at the time it was released.  I saw a lot of adult movies as a kid and got them.   The Palms Theatre.   No longer there of course.
I watched part of "Fanny" the other day and just cried because there was no one there anynore to "get" it with me.

Interestingly enough (or not)Ii worked as a paralegal in the typical high-rise tha becquse they were escape, and it replaced the Palms Theater.

I liked "THE SLENDER THREAD" too.   And I loved movies  because I loved escape, and I was (and still am) a very precousis child.

"Strangers When We Meet" is still a favorite.  Something for Everyone" is too.  So is "It's a Great Feeling."

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Post by: George on January 08, 2008, 07:27:22 PM
Interesting. (http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2008/01/09/Military.Gays/)

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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 07:46:58 PM
Good Evening!

Yes... I actually like Winter.  And, yes, I want Snow(!!!).  But I have to say, it's soooooo nice outside right now.  AAAAHHH!!!!

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 07:47:19 PM
Welcome Home, DR Jane and family!  :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 07:48:11 PM
DR Danise - Good to know that you're healing and getting back into the swing of things work-wise.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 07:51:43 PM
....I'm currently watching "Law & Order: SVU"... The perp has a familiar name. ;)
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 07:58:28 PM
Finished watching The Hoax and am deciding if I want to watch anything else.  I wrote a teeny bit a couple of hours ago - may or may not write more - still waiting for muse Margaret to call.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:00:00 PM
IF I watch something else it will be The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, but I may save it for tomorrow evening.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:00:15 PM
Will we never get to page thirteen?
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:00:56 PM
Welcome eleven GUESTS.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 08:02:07 PM
Over Christmas I asked Bryan's girlfriend if she has experienced Levain's yet.  Her face lit up just a bit as she said yes.  I forgot to ask about the Monkey Cake.

:)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:07:48 PM
I was able to finish the SABRINA clips much more quickly than I thought. Henry Gibson once again appeared as a judge in an episode (must have given the BOSTON LEGAL folks the idea to cast him as a judge on that show).
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:10:27 PM
As I suspected there were no bonus features in the SABRINA set, another way I was able to finish up with it so quickly.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:12:53 PM
So, I watched OCEANS THIRTEEN on Blu-ray. It was an OK caper film, but after three of those (and countless others by other hands), you could see the crosses and double crosses from a mile away. I didn't find a single surprise in this third version. It's a pleasant time passer, but no more than that.

Yes, the color had been deliberately over-saturated a la CSI: MIAMI. I'm not sure I understand why they did it.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 08:13:54 PM
SVU had a very compelling case tonight, a Mariska-oriented episode which I'm sure will be her Emmy episode submission for this season.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 08:18:18 PM
So... My friend, Jeremy, called me around 7:00.  He had just gotten back into town after spending the holidays with his family, and wanted to grab a bite to eat with someone who was not a relative. ;)  So, I headed on down to 91st Street, and we ended up at Ollie's for some surprisingly good Chinese food, and some truly sparkling and sometimes scandalous conversation.  *We both decided to order an item off the menu that we thought the other person would not like, and in the process we both found two new favorites.  -Jeremy actually speaks a bit Chinese, so I have no idea what he ordered for me - or if it was even on the menu, but I know it was something pork-y with leeks.  And I liked it.  ;)

After dinner, I headed to the subway, but since it was such a gorgeous night out, I went ahead and walked the 50 blocks home.

:)
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 08:19:27 PM
....I'm currently watching "Law & Order: SVU"... The perp has a familiar name. ;)

Someone on L&O SVU has it in for me.  Hated the actress playing the FBI agent.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 08:21:44 PM
PAGE 13 PORK AND LEEKS DANCE!!!!

(http://static.flickr.com/43/76433707_735511abae.jpg)
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:28:49 PM
You're not an ignoramus, nor should you feel like one.
Some of us have very trivial minds which soak up things like a sponge; sometimes those useless bits of trivia can come in handy.


Thank you, TD. I've never been a mainstream person--and am happy with that. I find, though, that it is useful sometimes to have at least a nodding acquaintance with things currant. After all, I don't have to like them!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 08:29:11 PM
As for the Topic of the Day....

I think these are far out enough of the mainstream:

"A Home At The End of the World"
"The History Boys"
"We Don't Live Here Anymore"
"You Can Count On Me"
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:34:44 PM
I just had the muse Margaret call I've been waiting on pins and needles for and I'm happy to say she is loving the book.  She was very specific about certain sequences and lines, and it made me very, very happy.  She only had two little suggestions, both excellent - one for a slight change in a line because she felt the imagery I'd used wasn't funny enough, and I came up with its replacement as we were speaking and its much better, and one thing where I'd mentioned someone's clothing and she wanted it described, which I'll do later tonight.  So, I'll be mushing on with the book tomorrow and catch up with what I didn't do today.  Again, I actually will be keeping pace because I was at least ten pages ahead of where I thought I'd be.  So, I'm a happy lad this very evening.
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:35:37 PM
Can someone send me that pork and leeks thing.  Or, I could just steal it - have you ever taken a leek?
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:35:47 PM
Just asking.
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:36:06 PM
I must say Alfred Molina sort of reminded me of FJL.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:36:28 PM
... In fact, you can download a PDF of TONY's 100 Best Food and Drink (http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/25253/100-best) list from their website for easier storage in your bag, purse and/or wallet.  :)

Why would we need to when we have you, Jose?
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:39:35 PM
Will we never get to page fourteen?
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:40:11 PM
Listening to a CD and when it's over I'll enter the two little changes, then see if I feel like writing a page or two.
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Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 08:40:57 PM
BK - I like that much better than when a friend told me that I reminded her of Deepak Chopra.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 08:41:17 PM
... Never trust a P.E. teacher!


For some of us, that would be the opening sentence of a lurid tale of adventure.

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 08:41:52 PM
Why would we need to when we have you, Jose?

Aw, shucks.

*Although, I do have to say that TONY has provided me with many a food-find.  And vice versa.  ;)
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Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:42:18 PM
Nah, Alfred Molina, at least in The Hoax.  Isn't it interesting that the Irving book came out in 1981 and it only took 26 years for someone to realize "Oh, there's a movie in this."  Hollywood.  I gotta tell you.
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Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 08:42:36 PM
BK, regarding the YouTube Vidoes:
I use this program:  http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/

It saves them as flash videos, then you can convert them to whatever format you want them in.
I have burned a dvd of the Dorothy Loudon clips, which I converted to Windows Video Media after having saved them.
I havent' dvd-ed the FOLLIES clips, though I have them saved onto my computer.
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Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 08:43:50 PM
Listening to a CD and when it's over I'll enter the two little changes, then see if I feel like writing a page or two.

I listened to a CD tonight;  I wasn't impressed with Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.
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Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 08:45:44 PM
Well, Alfred Molina is nicknamed Fred.  

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000547/bio

And you've never seen us in the same room, except when I've been in the audience and he's been onstage.


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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:48:20 PM
BK - I like that much better than when a friend told me that I reminded her of Deepak Chopra.

LOL.
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Post by: Kerry on January 08, 2008, 08:48:58 PM
Continued TOD:

Garbo Talks ( a favorite)

Fitzwilly

Max Dugan Returns

And more that I  can't think of now
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:51:02 PM
Glad to see that DR JANE is home safe and sound. I was just about to post some travel vibes for her when I saw her posts.

Travel vibes to DR SINGDAW for his upcoming trip.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 08:52:28 PM
Nah, Alfred Molina, at least in The Hoax.  Isn't it interesting that the Irving book came out in 1981 and it only took 26 years for someone to realize "Oh, there's a movie in this."  Hollywood.  I gotta tell you.

So, I guess that means the musical version will start workshopping in 2015.  ???
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:52:34 PM
Congrats to BK on passing the first hurdle of his new novel.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:54:15 PM
I loved THE HISTORY BOYS.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 08, 2008, 08:54:40 PM
Good night.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 08:55:09 PM
I loved A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:55:31 PM
BK, regarding the YouTube Vidoes:
I use this program:  http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/

It saves them as flash videos, then you can convert them to whatever format you want them in.
I have burned a dvd of the Dorothy Loudon clips, which I converted to Windows Video Media after having saved them.
I havent' dvd-ed the FOLLIES clips, though I have them saved onto my computer.

Well, td, I think we've just discovered the answer - download the Loudon clips, and the Lansbury Gypsy clips and burn them onto a DVD for me. :)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:57:13 PM
I'm STILL waiting for this fershluganah CD to be over so I can resume writing.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 08:57:43 PM
Well, bk, the Loudon clip dvd shall be copied for you presently.
I'll burn the FOLLIES shortly.
I'm downloading the Lansbury as I type. . .
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:57:59 PM
I thought Young Frankenstein the CD was pretty dreadful in just about every way, and that includes the AWFUL arrangement of Puttin' On The Ritz.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 08:58:55 PM
Well, bk, the Loudon clip dvd shall be copied for you presently.
I'll burn the FOLLIES shortly.
I'm downloading the Lansbury as I type. . .

Excellent.  If you need an address to send the DVD to, let me know.  And if you find a few other fun B'way videos, stick 'em on there.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 09:06:03 PM
I loved A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

I liked it much more than I thought I would.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 09:06:28 PM
How about the home movies of Angela in MAME?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No9oYmUSa4A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No9oYmUSa4A)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 09:06:50 PM
BK - Did that person we spoke about ever contact you?
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 09:07:08 PM
Really appreciated the link to the Lansbury/GYPSY clips. How great is it to see some of these things? Those who only know her from MURDER SHE WROTE can really get a thrill seeing what she could do on stage with a truly versatile role.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:08:29 PM
I'd been wondering about this tacky crab costume from the tv ads to LITTLE MERMAID.  Now I see the hat is supposed to be his eyes.  And here I thought the BEAUTY & THE BEAST designs smacked of tacky theme park! That Disney. When are they going to produce something good?

Well, just wait till you see the seagull costumes.  ;)  In any case...

Titus Burgess is playing Sebastian, and the one who is donning that costume.  And he continues to sing like a dream.  :)

And if anyone is looking for a good R&B album:

(http://cdbaby.name/t/i/tituss.jpg) (http://cdbaby.com/cd/tituss)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 09:17:06 PM
Oh, cool, I found one of Skip's songs (from Hunchback Part II) on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMwe_pqC8rc



And in Portguese, too (at least I think it's Portugese):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsYrwGzy4zE

I bet Skip didn't know he'd been translated into Portugese.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: td on January 08, 2008, 09:19:52 PM
For Cheyenne Jackson fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIFtB4UY7RY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIFtB4UY7RY). . .and Angela fans. . .
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 09:23:13 PM
Have some writing to finish up and then will be heading down to bed.

Good night!
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:39:44 PM
Oh.. I meant to post this earlier, but, better late than never...

Stage-Door Johnnies, With an Agenda (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/nyregion/thecity/06ebay.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=slogin)

*This is from the NY Times, so you may have to log in.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 09:45:57 PM
Believe it or not, with all 12 flavors we've had of Graeter's Ice Cream, the most special so far has the the Vanilla ice cream.  (After that, the Cookies and Cream.)
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 09:49:45 PM
FJL - nope, hasn't contacted me.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 10:05:42 PM
Believe it or not, with all 12 flavors we've had of Graeter's Ice Cream, the most special so far has the the Vanilla ice cream.  (After that, the Cookies and Cream.)

...And I have to say that even though I'm a certified Choco-holic, my favorite cupcake at Magnolia Bakery is Vanilla-Vanilla (cake and frosting).
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 10:06:30 PM
-And all good ice cream lines have to start with a good Vanilla.  Everything else if just a variation on a theme.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: FJL on January 08, 2008, 10:09:50 PM
Or variation on a cream
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 10:20:34 PM
Well, 'tis time for me to head to bed.  I will go to the gym in the morning, so a good night's sleep is called for tonight.

Goodnight.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 11:11:05 PM
Interesting. (http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2008/01/09/Military.Gays/)



Here is a more detailed accounting: USA TODAY (http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gays-come-out-but-stay-in-military/20080108095109990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001)

It concludes:

Quote
Eugene Fidell of the National Institute of Military Justice, a group of military legal experts, wonders whether the dwindling number of discharges suggests broader implications for the policy. "Is it dying basically for lack of interest?" he asks. "Military managers may be turning a blind eye because it's a nuisance, and we need these people."

der Brucer
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 11:24:46 PM
Two posts in one hour.  
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 11:24:59 PM
One hour in two posts.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 08, 2008, 11:25:12 PM
Wrote another page or so.
Title: Re:PREAMBLE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 08, 2008, 11:51:13 PM
Wrote another page or so.

Isn't 14 pages enough?

der Brucer