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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were so today with only a hint of yesterday and tomorrow, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - it will be very soon, perhaps even tomorrow.
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And the word of the day is: NATATORIAL!
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No one in the jernt but me and me is going to sleep.
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ASK BK DAY
RE: You tag line: "What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden?"
What are you going to write when Roeper leaves the show later in the year? (Ebert hasn't done the show in a long time)
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Speedo is well known for it's natty NATATORIAL line of clothes.
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Dear Esteemed BK:
Let's just suppose you don't have a deadline to face, or a project to pursue, that you have lots of time on your hands. Where, other than any place in California or New York, would you like to go, just to go there?
(Inspired by someone living in Kentucky, who I think misses you, but don't let that sway your decision.)
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How do you solve a problem like mosquitoes?
I am up at this horrible hour of the morning (east coasters subtract 3 hours, please) because I have "lately" been feasted upon with no fewer than seven strategic mosquito bites.
Strangely enough, I used "Off" before going to bed, spraying the very sections of my torso where I now have throbbing, itching bites.
This is the first summer since I moved here in 1993 that I've been bitten more than one time. And it's the second time in a month that I've gotten out of bed to salve the itchiness and to reapply repellent.
I have scoured the condo looking for skeeter sign and have not yet found a one. Of course, one is all it takes.
Sigh.
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The " 'Why are We Up at This Hour?' Blues."
Good Morning Besos to everyone.
Laters!
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It's a plague, I tells ya, a plague.
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Now I must get back into bed and attempt two more hours of sleep.
And I don't want to be mistaken for a dessert cart.
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Laura, Ron and Kerry all up at 4:30am! What's happening on the left coast???
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Good morning. I guess.
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The " 'Why are We Up at This Hour?' Blues."
Good Morning Besos to everyone.
Laters!
Good Morning Besos to you, too. :D
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I woke up with a headache. That's why I'm up.
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Ah...."besos"....just exactly what the skeeter was doing to me...before it pierced my flesh (at least seven times) and drank my blood.
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I woke up with a headache. That's why I'm up.
Sorry, DRL...I hope you have a remedy for it.
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Do "they" spray for mosquitoes where you live, Ron Pulliam?
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Thanks. Motrin. And hopefully more sleep.
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Laura, Ron and Kerry all up at 4:30am! What's happening on the left coast???
It's an "apoxyclipse"! A big one!
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We don't have many mosquitoes here because it is too dry; but the ones we do have are sick with West Nile.
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Thanks. Motrin. And hopefully more sleep.
I sometimes get a bit of mental relief from applying a washcloth to my forehead/eyes -- soaked first in hot water and then wrung out before application.
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We don't have many mosquitoes here because it is too dry; but the ones we do have are sick with West Nile.
Yes. Here, too. I'm hearing daily local news reports of this County or that one, or this city or that one, fogging for mosquitoes because one or two people were bitten by infected skeeters.
I don't hear, ever, anything about Oakland fogging for skeeters. The more precautions I take, though, the more often I seem to get bitten. We must have an "Off"-resistant variety of skeeters.
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Fortunately, I suppose, this skeeter didn't bite around my eyes.
I won't be "hideous" when I get up in two hours.
At least, not moreso than normal.
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I wonder if TCB has caught up.
Good early morning, Tom!
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I think I will set the heating pad on the "volcano" setting and go back to bed. Good night. Don't let the skeeters bite!
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Only five more posts till we can move to page 2.
I shall singlehandedly go to bed now and let someone else get us there!
G'night, part II.
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Apoxyclipse - what a great word
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Dr. Learly Does Disco!! ;D
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DearReaderLaura DR and DR Ron Pulliam...sorry to hear about your various ailments. :(
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***CONTINUED JURY SELECTION / TRIAL VIBES*** to DR Cillaliz!
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***ADVANCE TRAVEL VIBES*** for bk!
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Dudamel's recording of "Mambo" from Bernstein's West Side Story is the most exciting I've ever heard it! I think someone posted a YouTube video of this some time back.
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Amazing what some drugs and volcano heat can do!
I've got my crawdad traps packed in the car, and now I'm off to the river!
Laters!
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DearReaderLaura DR: you are an enigma! :)
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I just read on the Inter Wide Web somewhere that today, Wednesday July 23, is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. :D
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Good morning, all! I may be out of the NYMF show now, and it's not a big loss for me. The show's had a hard time pinning down an MD, and the two people they're now interviewing want to do the arrangements themselves. I am completely understanding and happy to pass, and I wish them well with the piece. Now I'm hoping another NYMF show asks me to get involved!
Today, stop at Penn Station and pick up tomorrow's train ticket, spend the afternon at the 42nd Street NYPL, perhaps write a few notes on BABES and continue the proofing of what I've written. I've finished Mr Wilborn's chart and I'm waiting to hear if he wants me to send it to a copyist or to him.
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Wednesday morning greetings! Just saw DH Richard off on a church-related road trip and will find out over the next couple of days just how self-sufficient I can be.
DR Singdaw - thanks for the heads-up about NVICD - I'm sure I can work some of that into my plans today!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And did any other Hainsie/Kimlets in the immediate NYC area hear that huge thunder BOOOOOOOMMMM around 5:40 this morning. WOW! I almost thought something huge had fallen outside. Then I started hearing the car alarms going off... and the downpour. WOW!
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-Of course, it looks pretty dry outside right now, however, it is a bit cooler, and I have the patio doors open. Ahh....
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How do you solve a problem like mosquitoes?
I am up at this horrible hour of the morning (east coasters subtract 3 hours, please) because I have "lately" been feasted upon with no fewer than seven strategic mosquito bites.
Strangely enough, I used "Off" before going to bed, spraying the very sections of my torso where I now have throbbing, itching bites.
This is the first summer since I moved here in 1993 that I've been bitten more than one time. And it's the second time in a month that I've gotten out of bed to salve the itchiness and to reapply repellent.
I have scoured the condo looking for skeeter sign and have not yet found a one. Of course, one is all it takes.
Sigh.
Ouch!
-Are you sure you don't have bedbugs? ;)
I'm only sort of joking with that question/comment. I have two friends here in NYC who thought they were getting but by mosquitoes while they were sleeping, only to find that it was bedbugs doing the dirty work.
In any case...
~~~~~NO-ITCH VIBES TO DR RON PULLIAM~~~~~
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Amazing what some drugs and volcano heat can do!
I've got my crawdad traps packed in the car, and now I'm off to the river!
Laters!
Will you/do you suck the heads?
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~~~~~SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND VANILLA ICE CREAM VIBES TO DR GINNY~~~~~
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And did any other Hainsie/Kimlets in the immediate NYC area hear that huge thunder BOOOOOOOMMMM around 5:40 this morning. WOW! I almost thought something huge had fallen outside. Then I started hearing the car alarms going off... and the downpour. WOW!
I missed that, but at one point earlier I woke up because of a lightning flashthat was bright enough to penetrate my closed eyes.
Speaking of bed bugs, I pesticided the entire apartment again yesterday because something looking like a bed bug crawled up my leg yesterday morning and freaked me out. When I killed it, it wasn't full of blood so it might have been a small roach. Ugh!
My first floor neighbor Alicia has mice, so I'm fortunate, I guess.
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OH!! A late supping with BK at Joe Allen! Hmm.... :)
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Re: yesterday's discussion of anchovies. As DR DerBrucer can now attest, since he has the set, there is no (and I mean NO) recipe that the TWO FAT LADIES cook that they don't think can be improved with anchovies.
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Apoxyclipse - what a great word
I wish I'd coined it, but it's what the lost people used to describe what had happened to their country and forebears in "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome". The kids had their own form of theater during which they told "their" story with firelight and masks and sound. And, of course, the "apoxyclipse" was the awful thing they survived.
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Do bed bugs bite only when the body is uncovered in bed?
I don't get bitten when the covers are pulled up.
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Good morning!
We had a little drizzle this morning and it's overcast, but it's going to warm up to 94 today, so another hot, muggy day, it seems.
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I have an unusual day planned for today. My friend Gregg is coming into town to see AVENUE Q (the national tour is playing here this week), so he and best friend John and I are going out to dinner before he heads in for the show. (John and I saw it on Broadway with the original cast.) John is coming back here, and we're going to watch a movie, either in Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
I'm going to recommend THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. He's seen the first two but not the third, and none in HD. He may choose to watch NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN on Blu-ray since he hasn't seen that either. Or SWEENEY TODD on sDVD since he's also not seen it. I let him choose since I've seen all of them.
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I've heard that anchovies are great for lubricating stuck locks.
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So, I'll be spending a busy afternoon watching as many more episodes of THE HILLS as I can squeeze in. I doubt I'll be able to finish it, and I know there are bonus features on the last disc in the set which are also going to take some time to get through, so looks like I won't be finishing it until tomorrow.
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DR Ginny - Wow! ***SELF-SUFFICIENCY VIBES*** indeed!
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as many more episodes of THE HILLS as I can squeeze in.
Head for the hills! ;)
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Note to those who watch FLASHPOINT and/or SWINGTOWN:
CBS has switched their nights of broadcast. FLASHPOINT will now be shown on Thursday at 10 and SWINGTOWN on Friday at 10.
FLASHPOINT has done very well on Friday night, so if it performs well on Thursday, I'll bet CBS will order the series back into production as a midseason replacement.
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DR JoseSPiano - I was certainly up at that hour, but did not hear any sonic boom in Westchester.
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Head for the hills! ;)
LOL! I wish I could instead of watching, but it's all part of the job. SOmetimes there are shows I must watch that I'm simply not the target audience for. I hope I can still be objective about the good and bad points of the show, but that doesn't make it any less tedious to sit through since it's hard for me to get involved in these somewhat manufactured problems for these ladies.
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On TV tonight:
PROJECT RUNWAY at 9 p.m.
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Do bed bugs bite only when the body is uncovered in bed?
I don't get bitten when the covers are pulled up.
I believe they bite whenever and wherever is it dark. So covered or uncovered, you could get bitten, I guess.
But I'm guessing the cooler temps in your part of the world - and having the windows open - are probably the source of your skeeters.
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DR Ron Pulliam - do you leave the toilet seat up? Standing water is a breeding ground for mosquito larvae. ;)
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Thanks to DRs Jose and Singdaw for the self-sufficiency vibes. I'll be fine as long as I don't need anything from the basement or second floor!
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Ooooh.... John Hamm and John Slattery will be on "The View" today... YUMMY! ;)
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PAGE THREE JOHN HAMM DANCE
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Hmm.. Not the most flattering picture of Mr. Hamm, but I think that should suffice for now.
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Continued vibes to DR Ginny
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Hmm.. Not the most flattering picture of Mr. Hamm
Hamm's Ham Has Had Happier Headshot...
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Jon's hair looks very funky in that shot.
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It's funny about Jon Hamm, though. I saw him as the guest star in one of the old TV boxsets I was watching - maybe the first season of NCIS or one of JAG's latter seasons. Anyway, he had longish "hippie" hair, so different from the dapper Don Draper that we see on MAD MEN.
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I'm heading down now to get cleaned up for the rest of the day.
WBBL.
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RE: Big Brother 10
I'm curious, after last night's show who are people's favorites and who do they really dislike.
I would say my favs are:
Angie
Keesha
And i sort of like memphis okay.
I like steven. And dan is okay.
I dislike:
libra
april
ollie
jerry (although sometimes he's okay)
renny (she is getting more tolerable)
michelle, not liking that much. And jessie not that much. But if they work with angie/memphis, then i can tolerate them.
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DR MattH re: THE HILLS
I'm assuming you are reviewing season 3?
If you ever wanted to get a backstory, mtv has stuff online like "all 3 seasons in 11 minutes"...
You mentioned something about it seeming contrived that "enemies" end up at the same place at the same time.
When i first started watching i could not figure the show out. Was it scripted? Was it real?
What i've come to understand (through various interviews...) is that it is supposedly not scripted at all. The producers ask the cast (the 3 leads: adriana, lauren, heidi) their schedules for the week. and then they decide which events to follow.
Some things (like most of the stuff with their parents) are not shown. and there are sometimes people who don't want to be filmed. So that part of their lives are not shown.
I'm not exactly sure how confrontations occur (i.e., people being at the same place at the same time). I sort of suspect that the actual players don't know this in advance. But that others suggest they go to these places.
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Note to those who watch FLASHPOINT and/or SWINGTOWN:
CBS has switched their nights of broadcast. FLASHPOINT will now be shown on Thursday at 10 and SWINGTOWN on Friday at 10.
FLASHPOINT has done very well on Friday night, so if it performs well on Thursday, I'll bet CBS will order the series back into production as a midseason replacement.
They are switching FLASHPOINT to Thursdays here too.
There was a big article in the local paper (since the show is canadian) about how well the show is doing on CBS (i think 8 million people watched). I have recorded it but still not watched it.
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LOL! I wish I could instead of watching, but it's all part of the job. SOmetimes there are shows I must watch that I'm simply not the target audience for. I hope I can still be objective about the good and bad points of the show, but that doesn't make it any less tedious to sit through since it's hard for me to get involved in these somewhat manufactured problems for these ladies.
The show (the hills) is a huge phenomenon. I wonder why they would get someone outside of the target audience to review it. It doesn't really make sense to me. I guess as long as you make it clear that you are outside of the target audience, maybe those reading it can decide if they are (to know if they would like it or not).
I have no idea what you will write about the show. But i know as someone who loves the show, it would probably bug me to read a review from someone who obviously hates the show. Although i think if i hated the show, it would probably bug me to have some teeny bop write a rave! So i guess there is no winning! :)
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PAUL HAMM
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COOKED HAMM
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HHW HAMM
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Greetings everyone!! Vibes to all who need them.
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I finally have some Puerto Rico pictures to share.
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For any BB10 fans, julie chen (and the cast of BIG BROTHER 10 were on Craig Ferguson last night).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrB61bxid_c
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This is in Old San Juan overlooking the ocean.
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Walking around Old San Juan.
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And then we saw this.
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Continued vibes to DR Ginny
Thanks, DR FJL! Tell Skip that I'm about to order August 28 tickets to his show.
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ASK BK DAY
RE: You tag line: "What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden?"
What are you going to write when Roeper leaves the show later in the year? (Ebert hasn't done the show in a long time)
Oh, I'll write the same thing.
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Dear Esteemed BK:
Let's just suppose you don't have a deadline to face, or a project to pursue, that you have lots of time on your hands. Where, other than any place in California or New York, would you like to go, just to go there?
(Inspired by someone living in Kentucky, who I think misses you, but don't let that sway your decision.)
I'd go to England, Paris, and Japan, and Kentucky.
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I suppose I'm up.
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Good Afternoon!
DR Ron Pulliam - There is a great article about the resurgence of soft-serve ice cream in today's NY Times. They mention a restaurant in Larkspur, CA, Pizzeria Picco. Have you ever been there? And, if so, have you enjoyed their soft-serve topped with spiced cantaloupe?
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DR TPunk, thanks for sharing those great pictures from your trip!! :)
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My cold seems to have come back and kicked me in the b*tt, thus I am home sick again today.
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Sorry to hear that, DR MBarnum.
FEEL BETTER SOON!!!!
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What beautiful snapshots, DR TPUnk...that trip must have been a blast!
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I've heard that anchovies are great for lubricating stuck locks.
Do they work for scale?
And how do you get them to crawl into those locks anyway?
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DR Ron Pulliam - do you leave the toilet seat up? Standing water is a breeding ground for mosquito larvae. ;)
Ummm.....as often as the toilet is flushed, I daresay skeeters don't stand a prayer in hell of breeding there.
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It seems to me that someone on this hear website was looking for episodes of the old Jackie Cooper TV sitcome THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
Well, this guy just got it in stock...I have bought from him many times and have always been pleased. He has a great selection of vintage TV shows.
http://www.thomasfilmclassics.com/ (http://www.thomasfilmclassics.com/)
I think he also has DECEMBER BRIDE.
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Good Afternoon!
DR Ron Pulliam - There is a great article about the resurgence of soft-serve ice cream in today's NY Times. They mention a restaurant in Larkspur, CA, Pizzeria Picco. Have you ever been there? And, if so, have you enjoyed their soft-serve topped with spiced cantaloupe?
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/23/dining/23soft01_650.jpg)
No, sad to say, I've not been there or done that. But it sounds interesting. When/if I find myself in (or near) Larkspur, I'll check 'em out.
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Lovely pictures from DR TPUNK.
DR LAURA is out crawdad hunting....
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I daresay skeeters don't stand a prayer in hell of breeding there.
That's what the " ;) " was for. ;D
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First floor vibes for DR GINNY.
DR JENNIFER - MTV may want you to believe that THE HILLS is a phenomenon, but it's actually a scripted show masquerading as a reality show that seems to perpetuate the 21st Century dictum that you can become famous without having any talent, being remotely attractive, and doing absolutely nothing - just because you are featured weekly on the TV box.
Such fame is unsustainable and leads to nothing. Why it even exists is a mystery to most people. It is not a phenomenon, it is a tool to sell useless products to a gullible audience, and a completely tainted set of role models for children whose lives have an empty space.
I am sorry you enjoy it - but I suppose it is an innocent waste of time for you as you do not aspire to any of its goals or lifestyles.
And that is MUCH MORE than I ever want to think about THE HILLS ever again in my life.
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Well... Here's a bit of humor (I think), and some off-key singing (I don't think), that some friends of mine put together.
*It's interesting how "Obama" doesn't quite scan properly. ;)
If Gays Could Get Married (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8-rFDLxmA)
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I will say that a show like THE HILLS makes me wish that Harlan Ellison was doing television criticism again.
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It seems to me that someone on this hear website was looking for episodes of the old Jackie Cooper TV sitcome THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
Well, this guy just got it in stock...I have bought from him many times and have always been pleased. He has a great selection of vintage TV shows.
http://www.thomasfilmclassics.com/ (http://www.thomasfilmclassics.com/)
I think he also has DECEMBER BRIDE.
Thanks for this, Mike. I just ordered "People's Choice", "Courtship of Eddie's Father" and "Carol Burnett and Friends".
;D
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Funny video DR JOSE.
But I do get tired of jabs and spikes taken at the RIGHT by those commie pinko's on the left....
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That's what the " ;) " was for. ;D
I think I'm going to have to have a copy of the singdaw codex.
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Funny video DR JOSE.
But I do get tired of jabs and spikes taken at the RIGHT by those commie pinko's on the left....
Well, I'm hoping that the "bois" now have a "documented reason" why they aren't getting cast in shows as often as they'd like. ;)
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>MEOW<
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"Carol Burnett and Friends".
These are the half-hour edited versions. I'm still awaitin' the legitimate release of the original full hour episodes. Apparently they started the series on a subscription basis on Time-Life, but the project discontinued before completion.
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IF the current Lupone Gypsy revival recording ever gets released, [whoops, I've lost DR Tomovoz!] there is a rumor that a two-disc version will be available from Barnes & Noble with extra bits of recorded dialogue.
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the singdaw codex.
Hush! You're frightening everyone away.
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IF the current Lupone Gypsy revival recording ever gets released, [whoops, I've lost DR Tomovoz!] there is a rumor that a two-disc version will be available from Barnes & Noble with extra bits of recorded dialogue.
La Lupone -- she's the good friend of our Elmo, yes?
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DDR JRand, thanks for the Annette link last night...now I want to see MONKEY'S UNCLE! lol!
I saw that at the drive in with my brother Allen and one of his many girl friends....many, many moons ago!
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These are the half-hour edited versions. I'm still awaitin' the legitimate release of the original full hour episodes. Apparently they started the series on a subscription basis on Time-Life, but the project discontinued before completion.
There's a GRUNCH of them -- 47 episodes -- on this set. I ain't got no Burnett on DVD. And the wait for the unedited material may be a long one. I ain't got forever.
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IF the current Lupone Gypsy revival recording ever gets released, [whoops, I've lost DR Tomovoz!] there is a rumor that a two-disc version will be available from Barnes & Noble with extra bits of recorded dialogue.
Hmm... Although, I thought the new recording was going to be a two-disc affair anyway? ???
Now as for the extra bits of dialogue... If that does come to fruition, I wonder if that will serve as a way of documenting some of the tweaks that Mr. Laurents made to the dialog for the revival. -Which were not there last summer. :-\
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"I Ain't Got Forever" -- that's the subject of my rant on "Rant-A-Rama", should it ever become a series.
I won't hold my breath, 'cause I ain't got forever.
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I just ordered the region 2 set of 3 Douglas Sirk Universal-International movies on DVD. Got tired of waiting for a region 1 set.
The set includes:
ALL I DESIRE
THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW
INTERLUDE
I have never seen INTERLUDE, but it stars Keith Andes, who I like very much.
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First floor vibes for DR GINNY.
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Thanks, DR JRand - so far, so good!
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Hmm... Although, I thought the new recording was going to be a two-disc affair anyway? ???
Now as for the extra bits of dialogue... If that does come to fruition, I wonder if that will serve as a way of documenting some of the tweaks that Mr. Laurents made to the dialog for the revival. -Which were not there last summer. :-\
Congratulations, DR JoseSPiano, on your new milestone!
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Feel better vibes to DR MBarnum - isn't it nice to have HHW to keep you company when you're home sick?
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I ain't got forever.
And y'ain't got any chocolate pie, neither. 8)
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Thanks, DR Ron Pulliam...I missed that. CONGRATULATIONS to DR JoseSPiano! :)
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And y'ain't got any chocolate pie, neither. 8)
Nor chocolate cake!
Not that I "need" either.
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Congratulations, DR JoseSPiano, on your new milestone!
Merci buckets!
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Speaking of Lupone in Gypsy - one of my friends from here who saw it last month said Patti did the performance in slippers due to a foot injury. Maybe I should follow her lead...
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Thanks, DR Ron Pulliam...I missed that. CONGRATULATIONS to DR JoseSPiano! :)
You just squeaked by an ugly set of numbers: 16666!
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Speaking of Lupone in Gypsy - one of my friends from here who saw it last month said Patti did the performance in slippers due to a foot injury. Maybe I should follow her lead...
You want to do Mama Rose?
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La Lupone -- she's the good friend of our Elmo, yes?
I honestly don't know. But I'm sure we can count on dear DR elmore3003 to register a strong opinion, one way or the other! :)
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DR MBARNUM - Interlude stars June Allyson and the beautiful Frances Bergen, mother of Candice....you will see the resemblance immediately. Frances is even more striking and might have a bit more on the ball, acting wise. Great locations, too.
I love INTERLUDE!!!
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LOL...DR JOSE.....yes I was just checking my copy of Red Channels and found the names.
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I've printed out my boarding pass, arranged the few papers I have to bring to NY, and am doing a load of laundry right now. Next up, if I can get up the energy, is a jog, followed by the bank.
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There are only thirteen bonus gifts left for the new book pre pre-orders so if you want one (and you do) get your order in asap. Two ways to do it - go to kritzerland.com and order a copy of Murder At Hollywood High, and I'll know it's for the new book, or send paypal directly to kritzerland at adephia dot net.
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bk - Is there any chance a copy of "EP" could be included in your luggage for this trip? ;)
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LOL...DR JOSE.....yes I was just checking my copy of Red Channels and found the names.
;D
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You just squeaked by an ugly set of numbers: 16666!
Didn't I squeak by those numbers a while ago?
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Didn't I squeak by those numbers a while ago?
Oh, that was DR SinSpawn.
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Oh, that was DR SinSpawn.
Yes...him!
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Bruce, my love,
I hope things go smoothly for you today (no changes, nothing to upset your plans). Serenity is the word!
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DR JOSE is right behind me in POSTS....
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My question for ASK BK DAY:
Who is your favorite ALL TIME Talk Show Host or Guest Host....and what was his/her BEST interview?
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Yes...him!
He That Shall Not Be Named.
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You said it, wingding!
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Feel better vibes to DR MBarnum - isn't it nice to have HHW to keep you company when you're home sick?
Absolutely!
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On TV tonight:
PROJECT RUNWAY at 9 p.m.
And the premiere of Sordid Lives on LOGO!
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We are going out to lunch today and treating one of our Information Systems co-workers who is leaving our agency for greener pastures in another agency.
We are going to Venezia, a wonderful Italian restaurant in Berkeley!
My favorite dish there is a wonderful spaghetti carbonara.
I can hardly wait.
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And the premiere of Sordid Lives on LOGO!
And eviction/HOH competition on "Big Brother 10".
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JRand, you must get yourself an all-region DVD player!
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Watching some good television episodes will make you feel better, DR MBARNUM.
I am off to study my ACT ONE lines.
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DR JOSE is right behind me in POSTS....
Ooohh! Maybe we could "meet up" on our shared birthday a little over a month from now. :)
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And how do you get them to crawl into those locks anyway?
They learn from reading Gabe Kauffman's new book: "Lock Picking For Dummies".
der Brucer
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Ooohh! Maybe we could "meet up" on our shared birthday a little over a month from now. :)
Could be. ;D
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DR JRand57, did I miss where you told us what part you are playing in Singing in the Rain?
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Could be.
Who knows?
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DR JRand57, did I miss where you told us what part you are playing in Singing in the Rain?
And don't say "Lina"... 8)
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***CARBONARA VIBES*** to DR Ron Pulliam...
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...and one for Lina...
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(http://glennkenny.premiere.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/09/lina_lamont001.jpg)
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And don't say "Lina"... 8)
...Or "The Rain". ;D
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Yep! Looks like we're due for some major storms and rain over the next couple of hours...
This link will probably be out-of-date/time in a couple of hours (http://www.accuweather.com/radar-state.asp?partner=apple&traveler=1&zipcode=10001&metric=0&site=NY_&anim=1)
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I think I'm going to have to have a copy of the singdaw codex.
It's widely read in the library at DHS.
der Brucer
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You're scaring me, DR dB! ;)
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He That Shall Not Be Named.
Except in Star Chamber warrants.
der Brucer
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OH!! A late supping with BK at Joe Allen! Hmm.... :)
Damn! I'll miss this. Well, hopefully on Friday . . .
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You're scaring me, DR dB! ;)
You catalogue nicely between Warlocks and Witches.
der Brucer
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My question for ASK BK DAY:
Who is your favorite ALL TIME Talk Show Host or Guest Host....and what was his/her BEST interview?
Easy one - Johnny Carson - no one has ever come close to his humor or the ease with which he did interviews. He was a genius at it. My favorite of the Carson interviews would probably be with Tiny Tim.
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Can someone update me later today about the rain and whether I should bring an umbrella?
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Can someone update me later today about the rain and whether I should bring an umbrella?
Bring an umbrella. You'll need it.
In fact, always pack an umbrella.
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Next up, if I can get up the energy, is a jog, followed by the bank.
Before your trip make sure your will and medical power-of-attorney are up to date 8)
der Brucer
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But I do get tired of jabs and spikes taken at the RIGHT by those commie pinko's on the left....
And I live for them!
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IF the current Lupone Gypsy revival recording ever gets released, [whoops, I've lost DR Tomovoz!] there is a rumor that a two-disc version will be available from Barnes & Noble with extra bits of recorded dialogue.
That's a "must miss"!
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Bring an umbrella. You'll need it.
Bk is a Como fan: he can let a smile be his umbrella!
der Brucer
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Before your trip make sure your will and medical power-of-attorney are up to date 8)
der Brucer
Also make sure all your non-essential appliances are turned off...and unplugged.
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In fact, always pack an umbrella.
And your rubbers...
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And I live for them!
Well, for a little while ;D
der Brucer
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La Lupone -- she's the good friend of our Elmo, yes?
Nope, we've only spoken occasionally, and I am also occasionally a fan. I would like to see her in GYPSY again[, because I saw the initial run at City Center and thought she was a musical disaster. I loved her in EVITA and I think she's wonderful on the recording of THE BAKER'S WIFE. I also liked her in the tv series LIFE GOES ON. What I admire about her as a performer is that she's fierce, and I don't watch her thinking that she'll be out of the second act with vocal problems, as I do in most Bernadette Peters performances.
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I honestly don't know. But I'm sure we can count on dear DR elmore3003 to register a strong opinion, one way or the other! :)
Been there done that!
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Hmm... Tomorrow and Friday, Disney will be auditioning potential judges for their upcoming "American Idol Experience" down at Disney Hollywood Studios. The only real requirement is that the potential judges have a music-related degree - and then the audition process will take care of the rest. They are bringing up two "ringer singers", and the audition will consist of judging them on their critiques, comments and personality. Could be fun.
*They are building a HUGE soundstage for "AIE", and it looks like it could be quite a neat attraction. After some preliminary rounds each day, there will be a final each night, and the prize will be a ticket to the front of the line at one of the regional "AI" auditions for the real show. Kinda cool - if a bit of a logistical nightmare for those behind the scenes.
**But the "judges" will be on an Equity contract, so.... Hmm...
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Can someone update me later today about the rain and whether I should bring an umbrella?
If you've got an umbrella handy, I'd stick it in the luggage to be safe. I thought an hour ago the rains were landing and it hasn't happened yet.
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I keep getting these roaring dinosaurs at the top of occasional HHW pages and they always scare the crap out of me!
I had a rather profitable session at the NYPL; I gotta say that Neal Gould, author of this new Victor Herbert bio, has been through the Dillingham files that I'm now examining and he keeps adding two and two and getting 22! I'm embarrassed by his ability to take information from one period of time and claim it's from another. Today I found a letter to Elsie Janis from 1911 about being late to rehearsals that he applies to a September 1912 rehearsal. Oy!
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I also just found this neat CD that I did not know had been released on Amazon.com. Things you learn.
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Oh, my gosh...this photo brings back memories I had totally forgotten about!
Charlie and Humphry, two puppets that used to introduce the weekly afternoon kids shows on KATU Oakland Channel 2 during the early to mid 70s!
We got that station piped up to us in southern Oregon and I would watch them almost every day! LOL!
(http://i12.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/f7/d3/f7b0_1.JPG)
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Well... I need to forage for some (late) lunch, and well as make a trip to the grocery store to restock my larder.
Laters...
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Shall now go out and do some of the errands, like the bank and the travel-size toiletries.
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Shall now go out and do some of the errands, like the bank and the travel-size toiletries.
That's what I've been doing for the past 30 minutes! I'm ready for DC.
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I'm ready for DC.
But is DC ready for you? 8)
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That's what I've been doing for the past 30 minutes! I'm ready for DC.
DR Elmore - I've always wanted to go along as your research assistant at LoC. Have a great trip!
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But is DC ready for you? 8)
That's not my concern.
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And the premiere of Sordid Lives on LOGO!
I will only get to see it when Paramount (who owns Logo) releases the first season set on DVD and I get to review it.
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JRand:
DR JANE I was sort of looking on the net for a deerstalker for DD SHERLOCK, you are correct, they are NOT easy to find...if at all.
That is very sweet of you, and much appreciated.
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The sun finally did come out, so I'm thinking it didn't make it to 94 today. Maybe 88 or so if what it felt like the few times I popped my head outside the door checking for the mail, etc.
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Back from this batch of errands. All that's left is cash and dry cleaning and I'm done for the day. Oh, and someting to eat at some point.
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THE SCORPION KING finally arrived today, but I'm so close to the end of THE HILLS that it'll have to wait another day.
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It seems to me that someone on this hear website was looking for episodes of the old Jackie Cooper TV sitcome THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
Well, this guy just got it in stock...I have bought from him many times and have always been pleased. He has a great selection of vintage TV shows.
http://www.thomasfilmclassics.com/ (http://www.thomasfilmclassics.com/)
Great list, including 'Amos & Andy" and "Michael Shayne"
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I began my afternoon with the last WILL & GRACE episode on disc 1 in the Season 7 set. This was the one where Will and Jack attempt to save a gay bookstore that's closing. Roscoe Lee Browne was the primary guest star, and he was just wonderful.
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The rest of the afternoon was spent with THE HILLS. I got all of the episodes watched on disc 3 and got to the first half of the last episode on disc 4. (There's about 12 minutes left in the season finale episode.)
But there are a bunch of bonus features, so I have that to do too meaning that I will definitely not finish with the set until tomorrow afternoon unless I spent tomorrow morning watching the rest of the disc (which I certainly could do).
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No, sad to say, I've not been there or done that. But it sounds interesting. When/if I find myself in (or near) Larkspur, I'll check 'em out.
Do you ever eat at The Larkspur Inn? I'm sorry to say we only ate there once the entire year we lived in Tiburon.
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DR Elmore - I've always wanted to go along as your research assistant at LoC. Have a great trip!
I've already sent them the carton numbers from the Herbert Collectio and Tams-Witmark Collection that I need, so a lot of my work is just photocopying. I need to look up the call number on a vocal score to photocopy when I get there, but everything else should be waiting for me.
Hopefully, I'll see the correspondence of Herbert's daughter on how several items were purchased for the collection. I believe THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER materials were purchased from the William Randolph Hearst collection auction. BABES IN TOYLAND was owned by the financier Andre de Coppet.
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de Coppet's collection was so huge, it took about 5 years to auction it all off via Sotheby's. I still need to locate a set of the Sotheby auction books.
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DR Ron, if I had been up I would have suggested icing the mosquitoes and then spraying them with Benadryl. I find if I can do both of those immediately it greatly reduces my reaction to the bites.
Self sufficient vibes to DR Ginny! If you need anything from the basement or the upstairs, call a friend over.
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I need to figure out what to eat - I'm starving.
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DR TPunk, your photos are lovely. Thank you.
NO COLD VIBES FOR DR MBARUNUM!!!
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DR Jennifer,
I'm reviewing THE HILLS because Paramount studio releases are my assignment. It has nothing to do with trying to match a reviewer to the target audience of a release. Impossible to do with every release and not the way criticism works. There isn't a single film, theater, book, or music critic to my knowledge that's the perfect audience for every release in his chosen area. Part of being a professional is being able to ascertain the strong and weak points of a given release regardless of its innate appeal to one personally and then to be able to express those feelings through one's writing.
For example, in the last six months, I've had to review both SWEENEY TODD and SHINE A LIGHT. One is Stephen Sondheim and the other is the Rolling Stones. Everyone here knows precisely which one I would gravitate to on my own were I watching just for fun. But guess what? SHINE A LIGHT got a very positive write-up from me even though I don't give rock music a second thought in my personal life. I do have the ability to separate my own personal choices for entertainment to what I'm watching for a professional purpose.
The fact that I find the drama of THE HILLS obviously manufactured, the set-ups for confrontation contrived, and the conflicts and arguments rather lame is an opinion only, not meant to insult fans of the show. Doesn't mean the show can't be entertaining for others, but the fact that it is MTV's most popular show with its target female 12-34 age group doesn't mean the show is any less synthetic and manipulative. In fact, that's the MAJOR part of its appeal.
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de Coppet's collection was so huge, it took about 5 years to auction it all off via Sotheby's. I still need to locate a set of the Sotheby auction books.
Is anyone besides me gettign these roaring dinosaurs? It really freaks me out!
I found two complete sets of the 10 auction books for de Coppet on abebooks.com, one for $150 and one for $143.75. Maybe I'll locate a set tomorrow at the LoC:
Book Description: Sotheby and Co., 1954-8, 1954. Binding is paper Wrappers. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to. 10 volumes housed in original red cloth slipcase. Three volumes are in tan wrappers and the remainder are in green wrappers. All contain several plates and some contain the prices realized and buyers list. The interiors are very clean overall, though there are occasional markings in pencil. White remnant of price sticker to front panel of volume I and minor chipping to spine of volume 2, else bindings are very clean and tight. BOB/070706. Bookseller Inventory # 18029
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DR Matt H, I found your comments on reviewing very interesting. Typically I have certain critics I prefer to read, knowing our opinions are often similar. Is your name on your reviews & is there a link to them?
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BK, what time is your flight tomorrow?
My train is at 7:17 am, so I need to be out of here around 6:30. I went to Penn Station today and waited in line for 55 minutes to pick up my tickets. The damned line was endless and Amtrak offers no help at all in sppeding things up or alerting customers to other options.
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DR elmore, I'm not getting any dinosaurs or advertisements of any kind.
I hope you have easy travels, a very productive & successful trip, and are home in time for some of the HHW gatherings.
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I need to figure out what to eat - I'm starving.
I stopped at MacDonald's on my way back from the bank. Quite yummy. I think I'll get a salad later.
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55 minutes! Good thing you picked up your tickets today.
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DR elmore, I'm not getting any dinosaurs or advertisements of any kind.
I hope you have easy travels, a very productive & successful trip, and are home in time for some of the HHW gatherings.
Thank you, Nursie! So do I. It may be my only chance to see our fearless leader BK before he heads back West, and I always look forward to whatever Skip is putting together for a meal or a nosh.
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55 minutes! Good thing you picked up your tickets today.
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I was not amused.
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No dinosaurs here, either, DR Elmore.
Sounds like you have things well-organized for your trip to LoC. Guess you don't need a research assistant?
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DR elmore, If you go from the train to Fred & Skips, you will be extra ready for one of Skips culinary delights.
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It was rather chilly this morning when I walked in the park with my Wednesday group. It was somewhat warmer at 10:30 when I took Sherlock hiking. Back home the smoke free  breeze is blowing in the opens windows and I’m chilled again. Keith is outside working immensely enjoying the drop in temps.
I’m going to iron and move around so I can warm up.
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Kevin Spirtas Media Alert
Interview in the most recent edition of Soap Opera Digest. He does mention Night and Days.
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In tribute to Estelle Getty I watched the pilot episode of the Golden Girls. Her makeup of is different in the first few episodes. The makeup looks a little theatrical at times. We shadowing visable.
I think her wig is also different.
But I can't actually put my finger on it.
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DR Matt H, I found your comments on reviewing very interesting. Typically I have certain critics I prefer to read, knowing our opinions are often similar. Is your name on your reviews & is there a link to them?
Yes, my name is on the reviews. I was originally registered on the site as MattH. so that's how they get officially listed. However, I sign every review with my name (Matt Hough) which you can also use if you use a search.
The home page of the site is www.hometheaterforum.com and you'll see several links there on the home page for review: at the top it has "Software Reviews" which will take you to a three column listing of all the reviews on the site. You can then click on a link to the films you've heard me talk about here either on DVD or Blu-ray. Or you can do a search with REVIEW + MattH. which will send you to my reviews.
On the home page if you page down a few pages you'll see on the right a listing of the most recent reviews on the site. Again you'll see names of the things I've been taking about lately there: HIGH AND LOW, VAMPYR, MON ONCLE ANTOINE, TRAFIC, SHINE A LIGHT, TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON, etc.
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Page Eight Yellow Brick Road Dance!!!
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I need to head down now to make some last minute preparations (like putting on nicer clothes) to head out to dinner with friends.
WBBL.
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DR Elmore, I am also not seeing or hearing any dinosaurs...are you seeing pink elephants as well?
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BK, what time is your flight tomorrow?
My train is at 7:17 am, so I need to be out of here around 6:30. I went to Penn Station today and waited in line for 55 minutes to pick up my tickets. The damned line was endless and Amtrak offers no help at all in sppeding things up or alerting customers to other options.
I leave Burbank at seven and get in around three-thirty. I've already printed out my boarding pass, so that's all set.
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DR elmore, If you go from the train to Fred & Skips, you will be extra ready for one of Skips culinary delights.
It all depends on when I finish up at the library and get to Union Station; it's a 3-hr train ride. I'd need to be on the 4:05 pm train to get into New York by 7:20.
Oh, and the news is telling me there's a power problem on the tracks at Penn Station for Amtrak and New Jersey Transit; I may not be on a train tomorrow! Oy.
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DR Elmore, I am also not seeing or hearing any dinosaurs...are you seeing pink elephants as well?
The only pink elephant I've ever seen has a shiney face and initials MB. The dinosaurs are it the top of the screen on Netscape, but not on the page when I go to Firefox.
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This is the Netscape ad I've been getting but there's no roaring on this page:
http://www.thegarden.com/events/walking-with-dinosaurs-708.html?gclid=CKOcgIOA15QCFQOuFQodzCXKkQ
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Belated Good Morning Greetings to DR Ron. I only caught up with yesterday's posts before leaving for work.
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My 2 CD "Gypsy" with PLP is gathering dust. I did not get more than a few minutes in to listening. (I think it is from the City Center performance). It was an assault upon my ears.
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Will you/do you suck the heads?
Do you?
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I wonder if ex DR TCB still lurks at this sight.
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The show (the hills) is a huge phenomenon. I wonder why they would get someone outside of the target audience to review it. It doesn't really make sense to me. I guess as long as you make it clear that you are outside of the target audience, maybe those reading it can decide if they are (to know if they would like it or not).
Maybe they couldn't find any target audience members who could write?
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My cold seems to have come back and kicked me in the b*tt, thus I am home sick again today.
Do you need someone to take your temperature?
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Good Evening!
Well.. I'm back from late-late-lunch/early dinner - Dominican-style rotisserie chicken - Muy delicioso!
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...And even though the skies have been threatening for the past couple of hours, still not a drop of rain on the ground - or my head.
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BK, what time is your flight tomorrow?
My train is at 7:17 am, so I need to be out of here around 6:30. I went to Penn Station today and waited in line for 55 minutes to pick up my tickets. The damned line was endless and Amtrak offers no help at all in sppeding things up or alerting customers to other options.
DR elmore - Were the Quik-Trak machines down? I haven't used the window service at Amtrak in years - it's just a "naturally" slow system - even when all the windows are open.
-And are you an Amtrak Guest Rewards Member?
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Maybe they couldn't find any target audience members who could write?
Or read.
;D
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... would have suggested icing the mosquitoes and then spraying them with Benadryl...
Easy for you to say! Do you know how tough it is to catch a mosquito and then have it hold still for the icing and spraying?
der Brucer
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My 2 CD "Gypsy" with PLP is gathering dust. I did not get more than a few minutes in to listening. (I think it is from the City Center performance). It was an assault upon my ears.
PLP = Pepé Le Pew ?
der Brucer
Which one stinketh the most? (1776)
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~~~Feel Better Vibes for DR MBarnum!!~~~
~~~Feel Better Vibes for Any Other DR Who Nees Them!!~~~
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Since JMK is out of sight, I'll opine that the editing on the "small form mini-series" shown on TNT was so bad it made the episodes unwatchable!
der Brucer
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It's a frosty morning here in OZ
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Do you ever eat at The Larkspur Inn? I'm sorry to say we only ate there once the entire year we lived in Tiburon.
No. I still haven't been to Larkspur. ;)
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This is the Netscape ad I've been getting but there's no roaring on this page:
http://www.thegarden.com/events/walking-with-dinosaurs-708.html?gclid=CKOcgIOA15QCFQOuFQodzCXKkQ
That WALKING WITH DINOSAURS is really an incredible theater event. The show began its U.S tour at the Tacoma Dome, and if I had known how incredible the show would be, I would have rushed down to get tickets. Everyone I know who saw it just raved about it.
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I wonder if ex DR TCB still lurks at this sight.
Who?
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Belated Good Morning Greetings to DR Ron. I only caught up with yesterday's posts before leaving for work.
Understood. Greetings back atcha!
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Since JMK is out of sight, I'll opine that the editing on the "small form mini-series" shown on TNT was so bad it made the episodes unwatchable!
der Brucer
And when JMK returns he won't be able to see your comments because you wrote them earlier?
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What ever happened to that Austrian guy who used to post on this site?
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Is anyone besides me gettign these roaring dinosaurs? It really freaks me out!
Nothing here, either. I'm thinking you've been spam-infiltrated with popups.
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What ever happened to that Austrian guy who used to post on this site?
What was the name, now....I can't quite remember it.....something unusual, though.....
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http://www.thegarden.com/events/walking-with-dinosaurs-708.html?gclid=CKOcgIOA15QCFQOuFQodzCXKkQ
8) I'm glad you have been seeing dinosaurs, and shared them with us.
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Easy for you to say! Do you know how tough it is to catch a mosquito and then have it hold still for the icing and spraying?
der Brucer
;D
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Yeah, yeah, that's the one! The guy that kept hoping that they would remake CHARLIE'S ANGELS with Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler, and Patti LuPone.
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Easy for you to say! Do you know how tough it is to catch a mosquito and then have it hold still for the icing and spraying?
der Brucer
If I could catch the little suckers, I'd squish 'em!
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Yeah, yeah, that's the one! The guy that kept hoping that they would remake CHARLIE'S ANGELS with Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler, and Patti LuPone.
Was he the guy who just gushed over "Steel Magnolias", the movie?
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Was he the guy who just gushed over "Steel Magnolias", the movie?
Yeah, that's the guy. The big WOMAN IN WHITE fan.
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DR Michael Barnum, check out this video! It's not Mr Rivero but it's so you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKAW96N-Vms
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If I could catch the little suckers, I'd squish 'em!
Keith came in from the yard with three ticks. I squished one and flushed it. I bet he did the same with the other two. :P
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DR Michael Barnum, check out this video! It's not Mr Rivero but it's so you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKAW96N-Vms
What the hell?
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Does anyone have this CD?
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Ultimate.jpg)
It seems like a pretty good overall Broadway collection, with a few exceptions (Liza's CABARET and Judy Collins' SEND IN THE CLOWNS). But then, at almost the end of the second disc, it throws in I DREAMED THE DREAM by Aretha Franklin????
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HUMAN POWERED GYM (http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/the-floating-human-powered-gym/)
(http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/river2.jpg)
Have you ever pedaled on a stationary bike at the gym and thought to yourself: ‘What if this energy I am exerting could be used for something better than just making me sweat?” Well now a new proposal from architect Mitchell Joachim promises to take all that energy expended at the gym to the next level, by capturing all that exertion and using it to transport people around the rivers of New York City. The River Gym concept is a human-powered floating gym that will provide the user with the one experience that no other gym can provide: floating your workout around Manhattan. Designed by architect Mitchell Joachim and personal trainer Douglas Joachim, this project could bring inspiration to both the morning commute and workout.
der Brucer
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What the hell?
DR elmore, I ended up watching a VERY BORING rabbi instead of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKAW96N-Vms)
;D
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DR elmore, I ended up watching a VERY BORING rabbi instead of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKAW96N-Vms)
;D
Nursie, you work magic! Did you laugh?
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singdaw - To your photo gallery I say: DIE, HAMM-SUPPLIER, DIE
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I like the river gym. When we used the treadmill on the cruise it was way cool. ;D
It felt as if we were moving with the ship & the scenery changed as I moved. I actually looked forward to using the treadmill. The best time was when the ship left port.
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DR elmore, I giggled. After the BORING rabbi it was refreshing. ;D
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I've just received (in the mail) a Cd of Lehar's "Land of Smiles". Mr Hadley was such a loss to this world.
The CD came from France. (which is a country not far from Austria and Hungary - birthplace of Mr Lehar).
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Thank you fro drawing my attention to the CD of Victor Herbert's works DR Elmore. An email has been sent to a certain French fan.
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In "land of Smiles" Mr Hadley is a boy named Sou.
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I've just received (in the mail) a Cd of Lehar's "Land of Smiles". Mr Hadley was such a loss to this world.
The CD came from France. (which is a country not far from Austria and Hungary - birthplace of Mr Lehar).
Ah, so it's from France, Europe, then?
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Thanks, DR Ron Pulliam...I missed that. CONGRATULATIONS to DR JoseSPiano! :)
It happened before I even got on-line, so I missed it, also.
Congrats to Jose on his 31000+ Posts!!
;D
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not from Paris Texas.
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I wonder if anyone has considered a TV show with Patti, Bernadette and Bette.
A remake of the Golden Girls perhaps. That once upon a time DR/Actor from Tacoma WA could play the Estelle G role.
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IF the current Lupone Gypsy revival recording ever gets released, [whoops, I've lost DR Tomovoz!] there is a rumor that a two-disc version will be available from Barnes & Noble with extra bits of recorded dialogue.
Thanks for the (possible) info!! :D I loves me some Patti!
;)
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Well... Here's a bit of humor (I think), and some off-key singing (I don't think), that some friends of mine put together.
*It's interesting how "Obama" doesn't quite scan properly. ;)
If Gays Could Get Married (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8-rFDLxmA)
It's better than what I could've ever come up with. I loved it!
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In "land of Smiles" Mr Hadley is a boy named Sou.
I saw "Land des Lachelns" many years ago at Ohio Light Opera. the score's good, the book stinks.
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My tummy is definitely shrinking - I ate at Koo Koo Roo and had one chicken breast and wing and some cole slaw and I'm still full. That wouldn't have even been an appetizer three weeks ago.
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There's even a DVD!
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Can one of our New Yorkers tell me if it's necessary for me to bring a coat? I know it may be raining, but is it hot and humid?
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My tummy is definitely shrinking - I ate at Koo Koo Roo and had one chicken breast and wing and some cole slaw and I'm still full. That wouldn't have even been an appetizer three weeks ago.
Congratulations!
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Can one of our New Yorkers tell me if it's necessary for me to bring a coat? I know it may be raining, but is it hot and humid?
Very hot and humid at the moment, BK! According to weather.com, it's raining all day tomorrow.
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Can one of our New Yorkers tell me if it's necessary for me to bring a coat? I know it may be raining, but is it hot and humid?
I don’t think you will need a coat. Click Here (http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/tenday/10024?from=36hr_topnav_driving) for a 10 day weather report.
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bk - weather.com or http://wnbc.weatherplus.com/
;)
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However, if you happen to be in a very-well-A/C's rehearsal studio, maybe an overshirt would be good to have.
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Looking at the forecast I would take a light weight rain jacket and a light weight sweatshirt (zip-up) or sweater. Items that can be layered if needed, especially in the morning or evening.
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That WALKING WITH DINOSAURS is really an incredible theater event. The show began its U.S tour at the Tacoma Dome, and if I had known how incredible the show would be, I would have rushed down to get tickets. Everyone I know who saw it just raved about it.
Just watching that clip, it was so cool...I wish I'd seen it, also.
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JRand, you must get yourself an all-region DVD player!
Absolutely! In this day and age, I don't know why it's not standard for EVERY DVD player sold to be region-code-free. :D
Marketing, I guess.
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Of course it is possible to make virtually all DVD players region free - with a download!
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You just need the code numbers.
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Your TV may need to be PAL colour friendly too!
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I won't rush out and buy the DVD of Land of Smiles - thank you Larry.
I read that the "book" of the show is not that great!
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Matt H. I spent a good amount of time browsing your review site. I enjoyed the reviews I read. It was interesting to have read your approach to writing them. I didn’t realize you have multiple comments to respond to after each review. How long do you follow those for?
Am I missing something? I can find your posts, including your reviews, but no way to open a list of your reviews without posts.
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My Heart is Full!
Thank you, DR George! Your package was in the mail.
I am listening to the "1776" overture as I type.
I was stunned, I tell you, STUNNED, to find included the London cast.
I am WAY indebted for these treasures.
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I wonder if anyone has considered a TV show with Patti, Bernadette and Bette.
I think someone should write a show for Patti, Bernadette and Betty Lynn! ;)
;D
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***CONTINUED JURY SELECTION / TRIAL VIBES*** to DR Cillaliz!
Thanks! Still don't have a jury, but we're getting close. I think we'll have one tomorrow morning.
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DR Cilla, I was just thinking about you and checked to see if you were on-line. I walk away for a few minutes and here you are.
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More fun at airports, sleepovers instead of hotel vouchers. (http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/15/business/airsleep.php?WT.mc_id=glob_mrktg_lead&WT.mc_ev=click)
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My Heart is Full!
Thank you, DR George! Your package was in the mail.
I am listening to the "1776" overture as I type.
I was stunned, I tell you, STUNNED, to find included the London cast.
I am WAY indebted for these treasures.
I was in a copying mood. Glad you like them! ;D
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DR Cilla, I was just thinking about you and checked to see if you were on-line. I walk away for a few minutes and here you are.
It was a long day we started individual voir dire at 8:00 AM. Took a 10 minute break in the morning a 20 minute break for lunch and then went through until 5:00 PM. We're close. After that I met with my client's parents and then did a trial deposition of the medical examiner who has a funeral to attend out of town so she can't be there. Tonight I have a lot to do to get ready for tomorrow, but at least we aren't starting until 9:00 AM and will probably take a regular lunch hour.
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The news reports today are just "Jury Selection Continues" so there's nothing too exciting. There will be two television cameras starting in the morning since we're back in open court, so there will likely be more reports. They film everything and then run about 20 seconds. Pretty funny
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I need to go back to the office and get an email address I can't seem to find, so I think I'll get a hot fudge sundae on the way
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DR Cillaliz - Are you familiar with the play Voir Dire by Joe Sutton? It's quite an interesting play. I've seen three productions of it, and it's one of those pieces that needs to be directed carefully and cast carefully. It can either seem very real, or just a string of clichés.
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The news reports today are just "Jury Selection Continues" so there's nothing too exciting. There will be two television cameras starting in the morning since we're back in open court, so there will likely be more reports. They film everything and then run about 20 seconds. Pretty funny
Be sure to give us a link, if possible, to watch you on the news.
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Bruce, SAFE, EASY, AND NON-CLAUSTROPHOBIC TRAVEL VIBES!
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'night
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..."So You Think You Can Dance?" is just finishing up here...
Apparently, it was storming somewhere since the feed was really weird and messed up during the last number. For a second I almost thought the tempo changes were intentional, but... However, I thought it was a real good night for the choreographers. And since it's just down to the final eight, they did two routines each - long ones - as well a solo.
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It looks like Amtrak service is back to normal. At least I hope so!
Heidi's hair on PROJECT RUNWAY is looking weird this season.
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We had that Ultimate Broadway cd at one time -- or else borrowed it from the library. We loved the Aretha Franklin version of "I Dreamed a Dream." But then, we also love Mrs. Miller and Wing. Our favorite lyric was "What in the hell is going on???"
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Mmmm, mmmm!
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Bucket of Crawdads Dance!
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MMmmmm.. Mudbugs!
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Do you have recipes?
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Just had my National Vanilla Ice Cream Day celebration - with peanuts and Hershey's Special Dark syrup.
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Do you have recipes?
Not really... Just the one that appears on the box of Crab/Crawfish boil. -I really like corn-cobbettes cooked with them.
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What an ordeal! JetBlue cancelled my flight because the plane from JFK wasn't going to get there (I guess that's the plane that would have turned around and flown us back). There were two other non-stop flights out of Burbank, both sold out. There was one with a stopover - I would have left at seven in the morning and arrived at nine-thirty. Uh, no. There was a red-eye that would have gotten me in at five-thirty in the morning. Uh, no. So, we checked the flights out of Long Beach and there was a 12:30 p.m. flight she could get me on and she got me the same bulkhead seat, so I grabbed it. That means I don't get in the city until ten, but that's okay. I'll check in, and then go to Joe Allen at 10:30 to have a salad with Kevin. The only bad thing was the car rate is triple what it is to Burbank, but Kevin's picking that up, which is very gracious of him. So, at least we'll have our full eight-hour rehearsal, and I'll be there for the show, to make sure the band rehearsal goes well, and that all the staging works for the venue. Hopefully, my Sunday flight won't be cancelled.
And that's what I've been doing for the last hour. The upside is, I don't have to get up at five in the morning, and I'll be able to jog before going to the airport, so I'll only miss two days of jogging at the most, although my intention is to get up early Friday morning and jog before rehearsal, and the same on Saturday before we all leave for Great Neck.
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/1.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/2.jpg)
Here's one of the kids checking my trap:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/3.jpg)
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Well, BK, I came back here to wish you travel vibes for tomorrow in case you were enroute before I signed on in the morning. Looks like there will be plenty of time for vibes tomorrow, but here they are, just in case:
~~~~~~Travel Vibes for BK~~~~~~
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'night!
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Just had my National Vanilla Ice Cream Day celebration - with peanuts and Hershey's Special Dark syrup.
Mmmm...simple, yet elegant.
;D
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Matt H. I spent a good amount of time browsing your review site. I enjoyed the reviews I read. It was interesting to have read your approach to writing them. I didn’t realize you have multiple comments to respond to after each review. How long do you follow those for?
Am I missing something? I can find your posts, including your reviews, but no way to open a list of your reviews without posts.
The reviews stay active for about a month and then they are archived. You can still access them but can no longer add comments, questions, remarks, etc.
If there is a way to just pull up a list of reviews, I don't know it.
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Had a wonderful dinner downtown tonight with friends. We went to an Irish pub, and I had shepherd's pie, very tasty and just filling enough.
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When we got back we did indeed watch THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM on HD-DVD. John liked the movie a lot (so did I) and really enjoying seeing it in HD with Dolby TrueHD sound.
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While we waited for Gregg to join us after AVENUE Q was over, we watched selected song sequences from DREAMGIRLS on Blu-ray. John hasn't seen it, but is a big fan of the stage show and wants to come back and see the entire movie at some point. He also wants to see the second NATIONAL TREASURE, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, all on Blu-ray.
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Since I finished the episode part of THE HILLS (with the special features still to go) today, I need to write some before I head down to bed.
Good night.
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Well, I'm off, too. We have a staff meeting at 9:30 am, tomorrow, and that's earlier than when I normally get to work, so I need to get to bed earlier (I'm just NOT a morning person). So, I'm saying good night, now.
Good night, now!
;D
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... I had shepherd's pie...
And so Bo Peep went to bed on an empty stomach.
der Brucer
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And so Bo Peep went to bed on an empty stomach.
der Brucer
...and a sad, nagging sense of loss!
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I have some "Big Brother 10" thoughts about Jessie -- non-Spoilers.
A week or so ago, when Jessie claimed Renny had not apologized to him on their first night in the house, she said she was sorry, but that she had apologized. He said she hadn't and he claimed it took her a day-and-a-half to finally do it. His implication was that he wasn't willing to accept it then because he had no use for the time duration it took her. (This was, of course, in the face of the fact that she HAD apologized to him one-and-half days earlier, but he apparently considered himself to be too upset with her to accept it then. And obviously she failed to apologize again at an "acceptable" time after the fact, known only to him).
When Steven went to Jessie's HOH room to make a pitch to him to help him stay, Jessie fired back at him that it took him 24 hours to come to his room and that he considered that a lack of respect.
What's up with these value judgments being placed on the passage of time? I have visions of this young man growing up in an environment in which he was forced to meet some arbitrary timetable for LOVE to be doled out...either beat the clock or lose out on affection.
It's unique to Jessie, in my experience, as I've never witnessed anyone using such a tactic to express disdain for other people. It's like he has folks on a stopwatch and they'd better beat a set time or else.
Just a thought....
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Re: Project Runway -- no spoilers.
It's amazing to me that what looked like so much ugly in the sewing room turned out to be pretty amazing when it was parading down the runway. There were problems, of course, and it was those problem garments we got to see the most of in construction.
Elmo: Last week, Heidi wore her hair naturally but you could see roots. This week, she had this braided stuff going on. Maybe that's her in-between-bleach-jobs look.
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I watched the "Sordid Lives" premiere -- "The Day Tammy Wynette Died -- Part 1".
Lordy! I'm thinking they used this first half-hour to establish character relationships. There certainly wasn't much story going on.
This is the first time I've seen Rue MacLanahan in years -- and I'm totally wondering what on earth has happened to her nose.
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So that was my evening in a nutshell.
And precious little else seems to have been happening here at the forum.
BK is no sooner out his front door for a flight to NYC and the posting falls into the doldrums.
I can almost hear the thwacks of the bitch-slapping commencing.
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That said, it's time for bed.
No, don't try to stop me. I am unanimous in this.
G'night!