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Well, you've read the notes, the notes hit the right notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they all fell down and now they're picking themselves up.
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And the word of the day is: JUJU!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to occasional dear reader Megan!
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Did you know that in a week or two we'll be achieving a half-million postings on this here site. I feel that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet.
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Only one little GUEST. Wonder who it is.
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Make that two GUESTS.
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Make that four GUESTS.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Megan! ;D
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Only one little GUEST. Wonder who it is.
"Twas I, bk, 'twas I - doing ketchup.
der Brucer
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Make that six GUESTS.
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I think I shall go to bed and get my beauty sleep. I hope my internal clock is set for eight or earlier. I'm going to have to go out and buy a fershluganah alarm clock, I guess.
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Make that seven GUESTS.
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In the mail yesterday, I received the the happy ending musical Boulevard! (http://www.stagedoorrecords.com/stage9005.html), starring Gloria Swanson. :) I got it directly from Stage Door Records for only $26.04...including shipping (£12.99)! If I'd gotten it at Footlight.com (http://www.footlight.com/product.cfm?product_id=38694), it would've been $31.95 without shipping.
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And now, to bed.
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TOD
Young Frankenstein:
A. When Wilder stabs himself with the scalpel
B. "Put the candle back"
Victor Victoria -
A. The cockroach scene in the restaurant
B. The entire Shady Dame From Seville reprise
Mary, Mary
The search for a cigarette butt
Barefoot In The Park -
Most of Mildred Natwick:
Act One:
I remember when you were a little girl, you said you wanted to live on the moon... I thought you were kidding.
I feel like we've died and gone to heaven - only we had to climb up.
And her brilliant Act Two entrance lines:
I had to park the car three blocks away. Then it started to rain so I ran the last two blocks. Then my heel got caught in a subway grating. When I pulled my foot out, I stepped in a puddle. Then a cab went by and splashed my stockings. If the hardware store downstairs was open, I was going to buy a knife and kill myself.
The Great Race - "Push the button, Max!"
der Brucer
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A very very HHW HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DR Megan!!! :D :D :D
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***SAFE & EASY RETURN TRAVEL VIBES***[/size][/color]
to DR FJL & family!!![/size][/color]
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ON A MOST SERIOUS NOTE:
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407644,00.html)
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/421543/1_61_spr320.jpg)
FOOD FIGHT: CUPCAKE MAKERS SIMMER OVER CANDY DOT
LOS ANGELES — Sprinkles Cupcakes, a California purveyor of mini-cakes beloved by Hollywood stars, has accused rival Famous Cupcakes of stealing its trademarked "Modern Dot" cupcake design to lure away clientele.
Sprinkles' high-end pastries have made the rounds of U.S. media, from "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to "Nightline", drawing locals and out-of-towners who regularly wait in long lines outside the company's Beverly Hills store.
The company, which also runs stores in Texas and Arizona, accused Famous Cupcakes in a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles of incorporating the "nested circle design" featured on Sprinkles cupcakes on Famous Cupcakes packaging, store decor, and "each and every page" of its website.
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Those silly little things don't hold a candle to Jose's pateries!
der Brucer
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"Push the button"
Ah! Almost a The Color Purple: The Musical reference!! ;)
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What the hell?
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I've been up the past 50 minutes because of a mosquito. She feasted on the underside of my right arm.
She is now dead.
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The only good skeeter is a dead skeeter!
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And now back to bed.
Good mornin', DR snipslaw!
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Just in case she checks in today -- Happy Happy Birthday to DR Megan!
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DR Ron Pulliam - hope you can gather a few more precious hours of sleep. Nasty skeeter!
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Are you quite sure that you don't have a hole in one of your screens, somewhere? :)
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And the word of the day is: JUJU!
(http://jujusoaps.com/db1/00029/jujusoaps.com/_uimages/juju.jpg)
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KEEP THE HOME FRIES BURNING!!
(http://www.roadfood.com/photos/9512.jpg)
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Just another day on the family ranch...
(http://www.justshowstogoyou.com/uploaded_images/menajoree-774032.jpg)
photo: Bouffon Glass Manajoree
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Mmm, those look good.
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So here we are at Page 2
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Anthony opens in How to Succeed tonight.
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Dang it!!! I just knew there was something I was forgetting.
***OPENING NIGHT***[/size][/color]
***BREAK-A-LEG VIBES***[/size][/color]
to DP Ant!!!!! :D :D [/size][/color]
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They put a wig on him yesterday as a last minute change to make sure the audience realizes he's not Mr. Twimble from the Mail Room but Mr. Womper, the Chairman of the Board of World Wide Wickets. Let's just say it didn't work. As soon as the show was over the note came in to "cut the wig" Anthony is happy again.
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And the word of the day is: JUJU!
Yesyes?
;D
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TOD:
Every other scene in "Duck Soup" always gets to me.
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CAKE WRECKS (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SKBbPdvWPNI/AAAAAAAAAPo/-uJzThWEtX8/s400/tattoo+preggo.jpg)
der Brucer
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And to top it off:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SKjP9NzZWtI/AAAAAAAAAQw/9rBN4kMfc0o/s400/Melissa+P+2.jpg)
These seemingly innocent "cakes" are instead a threat to all the sugary goodness we hold dear. Observe:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SKjQffg6t2I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/9EWKLMjxu_s/s400/Melissa+P+1.jpg)
Once sliced, you will note that these "cakes" are not cakes at all. Instead, they are layers of various meat and mayo-based salads, bread, and then - here's the worst part - "iced" with cream cheese. Note how the creators of these twisted impostors then push the deception even further by decorating the "cakes" with little roses, vines, and piped borders.
I ask you, fellow carb-lovers, are we to allow such cake defamation to stand? Will we sit idly by while our children and grandchildren are subjected to cakes that are not cakes? And if so, what next? Liverwurst doughnuts? Tuna-filled eclairs? Meat pies? (Oh, wait...)
der Brucer
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Yesyes?
;D
Next you'll tell us the JuJu Beads are Israeli Rosaries :)
der Brucer
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Hallmark Begins Selling Same-Sex Wedding Cards (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407761,00.html)
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/421659/0_61_082108_card.jpg)
der Brucer
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Good morning, all! It was my intention to staay in bed as long as I wished this morning, but the phone call at 8:30 from Robert Kimball had enough good news to make getting out of bed worthwhile.
I have to run down to Staples for paper, ink, and blank CDs this morning, and then I see the doctor at 3:15. I have some Lady of the Slipper work and the Christmas charts to play in between.
TOD:
DUCK SOUP: anything between Groucho and Margaret Dumont
TOM JONES: any time Damne Edith Evans opens her mouth
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: any time Dame Edith Evans opens her mouth
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TOD:
The drug store scene from WHAT'S UP DOC
Any scene with Eunice in WHAT'S UP DOC
Judge Maxwell saying, "Judy?" in WHAT'S UP DOC
Holly Golightly getting dressed in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Jean Harlow and Marie Dressler closing the film DINNER AT EIGHT
Norma boarding the train in VICTOR/VICTORIA
Norma telling Sal what happened in Paris in VICTOR/VICTORIA
Sally Miles getting an injection in S.O.B.
Felix Farmer attempting suicide in S.O.B.
Lina unveiled in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
The pie fight in THE GREAT RACE
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Thursday morning greetings! As I predicted, the weather has turned hot and muggy just in time for the opening of school.
TOD - Counselor Troi getting drunk in First Contact.
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TOD - Marissa Tomei's "Imagine you're a deer" monologue from My Cousin Vinnie.
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BK-- Congratulations on even moe weight loss.
If I could get a job being your assistant (and if it would support me in the expensive environs of Los Angeles, I would. Maybe working at the 3 Dog Bakery in Santa Monica or the Farmer's Market --although I'd prefer Santa Monica-- AND being your assistant to handle all those pesky things that you are far too busy to do might just work. Then you could just jog, write and sit there like so much fish (and produce wonderful CD's, of course).
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I guess I set my internal alarm clock a little early, as I seem to be up at seven.
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I am very behind here. Just read the news about DR Jane's MIL.
Vibes to DR jane and keith and their family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I think I'll have papa's eggs and fruit for breakfast and then have just a salad or something for dinner, as the food at the Gardenia is nothing to write home about.
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TOD - Marissa Tomei's "Imagine you're a deer" monologue from My Cousin Vinnie.
Ha! My sister and mother, who between them can recognize maybe five classic movie lines, can quote that movie pratically verbatim. For me, as an instrumental chemistry nerd, the best scene was the forensic scientist describing his Hewlett-Packard 5890 Series II gas chromatograph, an instrument that in my heyday I could strip down and repair blindfolded.
Among my other fave lines:
"A burp is spontaneous. A burp is not romantic!"
"Do you like your grits regular or al dente?" (actually, that whole interrogation scene)
"Oh, I'll show you hostility!"
"b*lls-on accurate?" "It's a technical term."
"Oh, a counter-offer!"
"Oh, you mean that every time you win, you'll have to thank somebody?... what a @#!@ nightmare!"
I saw Ms. Tomei in Comedy of Errors in Central Park lo these many years ago with several dear friends... *sigh* ... dem were the days.
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I saw her in the short-lived and very bad revival of Wait Until Dark - she didn't have enough stage star presence but she was very good. Quentin Tarantino, on the other hand, was absolutely dreadful, and the rest of the cast was just oke.
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I guess I'll try to jog at eight - I was going to do two miles today, but since I have to eat twice, I guess I'll try for four.
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TOD: in no particualr order:
Marie Dressler's scenes with Jean Harlow in "Dinner at 8"
Natalie Wood's reactions to Dorothy Provine in "The Great Race"
Catherine Schell's reactions to Peter Sellers in "Return of the Pink Panther"
A few of Peter Sellers' moments in "The party"
Laurel and Hardy in much of "Way Out West"-- especially their charming dance sequence
Joanna Barnes in "Auntie Mame"
Peggy Cass in "Auntie Mame" ("I'm a bride!")
Richard Libertini performing the wedding in "Best Friends"
Richard Libertini in "The In-Laws"
Maggie Smith in "California Suite"
The tea scene with Joan Greenwood in "The Importance of Being Earnest" ("You have given me CAKE.")
Almost anything that Edward Everett Horton ever did.
That's a start.
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I am awaiting an inspector.
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TOD: The scene where the guy is on the phone spelling the name of the jail.
I did a scene very similar to that once when I was spelling the name of the church over the phone. Sandra was in stitches.
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I saw her in the short-lived and very bad revival of Wait Until Dark - she didn't have enough stage star presence but she was very good. Quentin Tarantino, on the other hand, was absolutely dreadful, and the rest of the cast was just oke.
Having "Wait Until Dark" and "Night Must Fall" playing on Broadway at almost the same time was one of the more interesting quirks of that season, as memory serves.
There really aren't enough good creep-fests on Broadway anymore.
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More TOD:
All of Faith Dane in "Gypsy"
The ravioli scene in "Designing Woman" Dolores Gray's reaction (or more accurately no reaction) thrills me everytime.
The sequence where Lucy prepares dinner while riding in "The Long, Long Trailer."
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Doris Day's various spy costumes as Rod Taylor contemplates the situation in THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT.
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There aren't any. One of the joys of writing my play Deceit was to write in that form, and like the play or not, the audience reaction, especially before the unfortunate reviews came out, was fantastic - laughs, hushed silence, and vocal audience reaction at the end of act one when a rather brutal murder occurs. Once the reviews hit, the audiences had read them and believed them, or a few had, and the reaction was never quite the same. But, that first and second week of performances was really fun, save for opening night when my darling publicist filled the theater with critics who sat there sending the most negative energy toward the stage that I've ever experienced. It was palpable. Over HALF the audience were critics - really bad idea, and it hurt us quite a bit. Oh, we got about four raves from smaller papers, but the majors really had it in for us. I wonder if we did the exact same show (with a new leading lady) in the exact same way for different critics today if it would get a better critical reception.
But I love that sort of play, and there hasn't been a successful new one on B'way since Deathtrap. I had high hopes for Deceit - maybe someday I'll do it again.
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All of PILLOW TALK.
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Very good comedy choices.
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The sky is overcast, but I think we all know that will be changing.
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At long last, page three.
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Break a leg vibes to Anthony!
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There are plenty of people out, walking their dogs, power walking, and jogging.
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Jimmy Durante in IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD.
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Jimmy Durante: "What elephant?" in BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I can't believe they ran in the rain - on the Olympics that is. Cool!
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bk - Now that you've given up reading the theatre chat boards, maybe you need to stop reading the IMDB too. ;)
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Did y'all miss me there for a while? I had to log off abruptly when someone from IT showed up to replace my computer.
Back in business now!
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I don't really read the imdb, but whenever I see something that I think is really bad, I do find it both interesting and amusing to see that there are always people who find every movie some kind of hidden gem or masterpiece - I don't think it's ever failed, except in one or two instances.
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Those silly little things don't hold a candle to Jose's pateries!
der Brucer
"pateries" - ???
;)
Hmmmmm.... terrines!
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My Genghis Cohen dinner has been confirmed for Sunday. Very happy.
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Welcome back, DR Ginny!
And how's your new computer working out for you so far? ;)
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MORE:
Tony Randall in "Send Me No Flowers"
Much of "The Thrill of it All" ("I'm Beverly Boyer, and I'm a pig.")
All of Paula Prentiss in "Man's Favorite Sport?"
The Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown scenes in "Some Like It Hot" Actually just about all of Jack Lemmon in that movie.
Most of Jean Hagen's scenes in "Singin' In the Rain"
Judy Holliday in "Adam's Rib"
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Now, I think I'll need to find something fun to do on Saturday night.
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Jimmy Durante: "What elephant?" in BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO
Ditto!
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Good morning!
Very humid this morning and not cool like the last week, so the house stays closed up with the A/C called in for duty.
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Break a leg vibes to Anthony!
Ditto again!
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I could fill the entire page with stuff from THE GREAT RACE which i think is memorable. I love Jack Lemmon as Fate masquerading as the Prince and barking at the Prince's adorable pugs, "Get off the bed" and "I hate you." Makes me laugh just thinking about it.
Lemmon's tango with Joe E. Brown alternating with Curtis' seduction of Monroe is one of the most inspired sequences in all cinema.
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Welcome back, DR Ginny!
And how's your new computer working out for you so far? ;)
So far, so good. I made sure they saved my favorites - last time they replaced a CPU for me I lost them!
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Opening night in Wisconsin vibes to Anthony!
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I saw WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, DADDY? as a teen, and I remember being dreadfully disappointed with it. After seeing so much memorable Blake Edwards, I had SUCH high hopes for this, and it just sank like a lead balloon.
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Favorite comic moments?
1. Richard Libertini's turn in the original version of THE IN-LAWS.
2. Abbott and Costello's "Slowly, I turned..." routine.
They always make me LOL.
:D
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The scene where the family is driving in the mountains in their camper and the refrigerator opens and the melons roll up and down the aisle all through the mountain range.
Oh wait. That was one our our trips.
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On TV Tonight:
BURN NOTICE!!
Margaret Cho's new show (styled on Kathy Griffin's MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST) starts tonight. I won't be watching. I'm sure with its being on VH-1 that I'll get the first season set on DVD to review at some point. I'll wait for that.
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The scene where the family is driving in the mountains in their camper and the refrigerator opens and the melons roll up and down the aisle all through the mountain range.
Oh wait. That was one our our trips.
:D
*Now if that "scene" should happen to appear in a movie sometime next year or the next, well, I guess that would be evidence of lurkers.
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The UPS man just left and I went down hoping it would be the Blu-ray of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, but it wasn't. Instead, I got two animated discs: one an animé AVENGERS disc on Blu-ray and the other was an ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS parody of Indy Jones. Ugh.
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It's interesting about The Great Race - it's a movie I thought I'd love as a teen - I went to the Pantages and saw it, and while I liked it, I found a lot of it forced, which was unusual for me at the time - still I went back a couple of times. And I don't think I've ever sat through the whole things since, so I may have to take it out this evening when I return from the Gardenia and give it a spin. I do remember loving the title sequence and loving Miss Wood and Miss Provine, and the great score by Mancini. I think it was the first time I hadn't thought Jack Lemmon at the top of his game. It'll be interesting to see it again.
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So, it looks like it will indeed be SALO this afternoon and evening. It's a two-disc set, so I'll watch the almost two hour film this afternoon and then do the bonus features tonight.
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I don't know about jogging at eight - still pretty groggy to joggy, but maybe I'll go get in my jogging attire - maybe that will inspire me.
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I do hope I didn't gain back any weight from the pizza and salad last night - but I really needed to eat that sort of meal and I'm glad I did.
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THE GREAT RACE is my all-time favorite comedy, but it's long and not for all. My brother couldn't stand it.
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At long last, page four - actually we got here amazingly fast.
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I do hope I didn't gain back any weight from the pizza and salad last night - but I really needed to eat that sort of meal and I'm glad I did.
Well...
Just remember that anything you eat is going to add weight to your body - at least "immediately" - since you're essentially adding the "weight" of the food to your own weight when you ingest it. Of course, once your digestive system does it's duty - and doody - well... ;)
-Which is why "they" always suggest weighing yourself once a week - or once every two weeks (or even monthly) - since it will always a take a few days for things to even out in your body.
*And I know that you're on this whole "jogging jag" right now, but you should really take one day off from jogging sometime soon. Then do a nice long run the following day - then take another day off. Your leg muscles will appreciate the rest and recovery time.
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I do hope I didn't gain back any weight from the pizza and salad last night - but I really needed to eat that sort of meal and I'm glad I did.
...And it's good to not deny yourself when you're dieting. You can't make food an enemy.
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...And it's good to not deny yourself when you're dieting. You can't make food an enemy.
Expert testimony from one who never met food he didn't like!
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I don't really read the imdb, but whenever I see something that I think is really bad, I do find it both interesting and amusing to see that there are always people who find every movie some kind of hidden gem or masterpiece - I don't think it's ever failed, except in one or two instances.
Be grateful for it. All movies deserve champions. You've certainly gotten your share of compliments for "The First Nudie Musical", but you've undoubtedly read negative comments, as well. We all see things differently and through different eyes.
How we react to such things depends upon our emotional well-being, our mood, the frame of mind we are in, etc., etc. I've seen some films others recommended to me, and I've scratched my head wondering why. Later, I'll see one of those films again and suddenly see extraordinary things in it that had eluded me.
No one can avoid such factors when watching films or plays, etc.
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bk is about to don his jogging togs - at dawn! :)
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So, it looks like it will indeed be SALO this afternoon and evening. It's a two-disc set, so I'll watch the almost two hour film this afternoon and then do the bonus features tonight.
I predict: You will consider this the two most egregiously wasted hours of your life. Since you've already seen "The Sweet Movie", it may not seem as sordid and base as I found it to be, but I doubt you'll feel able to make it through the evening without a shower.
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I'm heading down to get cleaned up for lunch out with friends.
WBBL.
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Sadly, I did not pass inspection.
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The song of the day, as it has been for me for the past few days, is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBYnoYutfc
"Believe" sung by Cher - I really can't believe it's ten years since that song came out; these past ten years have really moved fast since I remember the first time I heard that song as if it were very recent.
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Expert testimony from one who never met food he didn't like!
Umm... WRONG!
Besides the usual Filipino suspects - balut, dinaguan[/i] - I've also never been that big a fan of bacalao as well as some other foods.
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I must have been hungry for a Veags buffet while watching Cher, or maybe it was her enunciation these days - I kept hearing her sing "I really don't think your stroganoff" (instead of "strong enough")
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Heartfelt condolences to Jane and Keith and family on their loss
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Welcome back, DR FJL!
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Welcome back to DR FJL!
I somehow understood that you were traveling today. But oh well, I guess after-the-fact vibes can't hurt. :)
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Well, I just made the revolting discovery that the auto-complete for email addresses didn't make the transition to my new computer. Lots of typing for a while :P
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Thanks! I came back about 1:30 a.m. this morning.
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Toby is enjoying "Believe" as well, but he seems to think she's singing "Do you believe in lunch after lunch"
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TOD:
Madelyn Kahn ("Eunice") being dragged from the ballroom, heels leaving scuff marks on the floor, in "What's Up, Doc?"
The sight gag of the VW running off the pier and into San Francisco Bay...and floating, in "What's Up, Doc?"
Woody Allen's "Miles Monroe" disguised as a robot in the house of Diane Keaton ("Luna Scholosser") and getting stoned out of his mind passing the silver ball thingy around to her guests, in "Sleeper".
Woody Allen's "Boris" and Diane Keaton's "Sonja" alternating cracking each other over the head with a wine bottle -- something each was hoping to do to "Don Francisco" who always managed to turn and look at the person with the bottle in his/her hand. As Sonja slid down the wall, a strand of her hair caught on something, adding to the amusement, in "Love and Death".
Dianne Weist's "Helen Sinclair": "Don't speak! Don't speak!" moments, from "Bullets over Broadway"
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So, what did you think of the Phantom Spectacular?
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Umm... WRONG!
Besides the usual Filipino suspects - balut, dinaguan[/i] - I've also never been that big a fan of bacalao as well as some other foods.
Color me a-m-a-z-e-d! :D
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Most depressing discovery of the Vegas trip: The magic of the Cirque du Soleil spectaculars seems to elude me now, with spectacles like "Love" and "Ka" seeming like chores to sit through, taking in the large large spectacle and amazed intellectually at what man's ingenuity (and money) can accomplish, and glad to see the shows to know what's going on, but not really enjoying them as entertainment. Give me the old non-spectacle Cirque du Soleil acts that were about what the people can do, or else the more human touring version where the "wow" was about the people and not the sets, I guess.
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Umm... WRONG!
Besides the usual Filipino suspects - balut, dinaguan[/i] - I've also never been that big a fan of bacalao as well as some other foods.
I've always assumed that balut was just a practical joke played on white tourists. Bacalao sounds interesting enough, and I've meant to try it some time. Never heard of dinaguan, though... hang on (quick check of the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan)).... er, um, yeah: think I'll pass on that too..
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Most depressing discovery of the Vegas trip: The magic of the Cirque du Soleil spectaculars seems to elude me now, with spectacles like "Love" and "Ka" seeming like chores to sit through, taking in the large large spectacle and amazed intellectually at what man's ingenuity (and money) can accomplish, and glad to see the shows to know what's going on, but not really enjoying them as entertainment. Give me the old non-spectacle Cirque du Soleil acts that were about what the people can do, or else the more human touring version where the "wow" was about the people and not the sets, I guess.
My favorite Cirque show was/is the the first, the original one. -When it was under a small(er) tent, and they actually had people and real clowns being featured throughout the show. I really do miss the clowns - the funny ones. -Although, I did find the "firefly effect" in Varekai quite beautiful - simply(!) beautiful.
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Laura - the performances were certainly Broadway-level. Crivello was amazing. I loved the majestic surrounding-the-audience feeling theater, and the chandelier and pyrotechnics were well worth the time and price of admission, but being a fan of the show, it was strange to see what they changed plot-wise to make the chandelier more climactic!
SPOILER
Making Christine's actions at fault for the Phantom killing all those people with the chandelier was not to my liking, but I understand why in a 90-minute version they had to have the chandelier fall towards the end rather than at the "half-way" point. i just wish they'd thought it through better and not had Christine's actions be the reason for the destruction. And Masquerade lost some of its creepiness since the chandelier destruction moment had not happened and the extent of the potential damage the Phantom could do was not there in the story yet.
But boy, was it worth the time and money to see it in this spectacular production and setting and those Vegas-level effects.
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Welcome back, DR FJL! How was ther trip?
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Loved the Lance Burton magic act, by the way! So much fun.
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I've always assumed that balut was just a practical joke played on white tourists. Bacalao sounds interesting enough, and I've meant to try it some time. Never heard of dinaguan, though... hang on (quick check of the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan)).... er, um, yeah: think I'll pass on that too..
I've given bacalao a try a few times in a couple of guises. It's just too fishy to me - although, bacaloa fritters seem to be OK. However, I remember trying a guisado that had bacalao in it... It was so weird - and unpalatable - eating something that tasted very fishy, but had the texture of rehydrated beef jerky.
As for dinuguan... I think I've had about a 1/2 teaspoon of it during my lifetime. The smell - and look(!) - of it being prepared early on Saturday mornings when I was growing up was enough to turn me off of it.
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Despite the ratings in some of the books, I preferred the buffets at Mandalay Bay and Paris to the highly-touted buffet at the Bellagio. Maybe the Bellagio was too elegant for my tastes; something about it didn't feel conducive to stuffing my face for two meals' worth, as I did at Paris and Mandalay Bay.
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off of it
Paging DR Tomovoz! ;)
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But the carpets at the Bellagio and the Wynn and the Venetian were the best of what i saw, although we didn't take pictures. I had never noticed the carpets before Laura and HHW, but they do make a real difference as to where you want to spend time, both on the feet and the eyes.
The carpets at the Mirage were terrible on the feet. Couldn't get out of there fast enough other than to see the "Love" show and use the business center.
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DR FJL - and were your accommodations suitable? I know how you were deliberating before planning the trip.
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Augh-gh-gh-gh-gh!
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You don't say? ;)
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Indeed, he does.
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singdaw - "THE Hotel" is very elegant, on the elegance level of a Ritz Carlton, pricy on weekends but a bargain on weeknights if booked reasonably well in advance. As it happened, despite the exclusive look of the website, 90% of the people were wandering around very casual, T-shirts and shorts/jeans were the norm possibly because of the heat.
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Glad to see FJL back where he belongs. At least he avoided the drama of the last three days - he can always go back, however, and relive it.
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A funny aspect is that we spent a lot on the shows, but still reveled in saving a little bit of money on food by having the two-meal buffets.
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DR FJL - And did the rest of your family have a good time in Vegas too?
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Is the drama of the past three days in the posts or the notes or both?
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Back from the long jog and I must say it was the easiest it's ever been - my back didn't hurt at all, my legs worked well, and I ran at a brisker tempo and cut five minutes off the usual time it takes. It actually felt good. When I've lost another seven pounds, I will probably start taking a day off and here there, but not until then.
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Awaiting a call from Lauren, but I've loaded the postage machine with plenty o' postage and I'm hoping the discs will be here by the time I return from breakfast.
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Happy Birthday to DR MEGAN.
Welcome home to DR FJL.
Break a leg opening night vibes to ANT!!!
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Jose - They'd been there since Thursday morning, and I think seven days (Thurs. morning to Wed. late afternoon) is just a day or two too long. By yesterday, my brother in particular seemed anxious to get home, and I know that had nothing to do with my being there for the last few days. :)
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Had I known in advance my reaction to KA, I possibly would have tried to see Cher again on Tuesday night instead of the KA early show, but then I wouldn't have been on time to Lance Burton's show, which was an unexpected delight.
My family did not share my interest in Cher, though.
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DR JOSE - be sure to tell our close personal friend Baayork that I was the envy of all who surveyed me when I displayed my autographed Playbill from ACL....
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I had to do a system restore which was not as difficult as I thought it would be....and my computer is fine. I did have to reinstall a small Light Scribe program....but otherwise....as Doris would say: "It's magic."
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My sister-in-law and nephew (who's 19) went to see the comedian Carrot Top while I was seeing Phantom, by the way, and then they met me with the car at the Venetian when Phantom was over. Carrot Top's show is apparently much more elaborate than a simple comedy routine, and they loved that show.
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I am very proud to know that I have had an effect on someone's life.
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TOD:
So many of the moments already mentioned....so I will add:
Lucille Ball at the switchboard in THE FULLER BRUSH GIRL, and later getting drunk in the same movie.
Lucille Ball in EASY TO WED on finding out that her fiance Keenan Wynn wants her to marry Van Johnson to help avert a lawsuit: "What do you mean it won't be a real marriage? I say 'I do', he says 'I do', and the judge says 'You bet you do' and we're MARRIED!"
Rosalind Russell handling a typewriter, a telephone, and Cary Grant in HIS GIRL FRIDAY.
Barbra Streisand and George Segal's exchanges in THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. She catches him changing his clothes:
George: Do you mind?
Barbra: Oh, you think you got something special, you think you've got something I haven't seen before?
George: One of the very few, no doubt.
For a start.
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I am very proud to know that I have had an effect on someone's life.
Even though you didn't pass inspection..... 8)
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Dave Willock's exchange with Laurie Mitchell in THE QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE...
She is outraged that these mere MEN have invaded her planet and questions their motives and presence....
Willock replies: I'm just fine, ma'am, and how are your folks?
Mitchell's outrage is so funny....and Willock never does understand what he said. What a perfect moment that set the tone for the movie, if you hadn't gotten it before.
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I'm about to leave for a meeting that could go on all afternoon. The good news is that, when it's over, my workday is over.
On my way home, I have to stop to pick up my contribution to the covered dish dinner (Dorothy Lane Market Killer Brownies) that my book group is having tonight. Some of us have read Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and, after dinner, we're going to watch the movie with Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart.
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DR JOSE - be sure to tell our close personal friend Baayork that I was the envy of all who surveyed me when I displayed my autographed Playbill from ACL....
:)
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And Good Afternoon!
Well... I got to bed before midnight last night... I woke up around 9:00 today... And I'm still feeling a bit drowsy, so I think I'm going to head out into the glorious weather, and, hopefully, that will wake me up.
Laters...
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Still haven't heard from Lauren. If it's much later, I think I'll push the breakfast to another day, because I don't want to get back too too late. I've got CDs to ship, you know.
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Welcome back, DR FJL. Did you wave when you flew over Ohio?
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DR Elmore - I hope you have a reassuring visit with your doctor today and that you're 100% for our playdates next week!
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OK, I'm off - bye for now!
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DR GINNY is also my Facebook friend!
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Balut.
Dinaguan.
I think I threw up a little in my mouth :-X
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Ginny - I looked out the window when I was over Ohio, but didn't see you, so I guess I'll have to wave in NYC on the 28th.
The Times review for Skip's short musical seemed to think it felt like a "demo" for a longer show rather than 100% self-contained, but happily that very same day there was a very excellent review in the New York Post (which for some reason has seemed to have more influence than the Times in ticket sales for the other series, so that's a nice consolation.)
From Tuesday's Post:
"TERRENCE McNally is the ringer in "Summer Shorts 2: Series B," a second evening of one-act plays. His "Plaisir D'Amour," starring Tony nominees Stephanie D'Abruzzo ("Avenue Q") and Jonathan C. Kaplan ("Falsettos"), is the undisputed highlight of an uneven program.
This chamber musical begins with a couple's awkward meeting at a lieder recital - he likes her breasts, she's attracted by his ears - and proceeds from there to infidelities and disillusionment.
Alternately raucous and rueful, the beautifully acted piece (with a lovely score by Skip Kennon) comes to a gently heartwarming conclusion."
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How can you NOT like a show with breasts AND ears?
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JRand57 is now my Facebook
bitch friend. ;)
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The curtainup.com review doesn't necessarily mean anything tangible for Skip's show's ticket sales as far as anything can be shown, but the critic seemed to zero in on the more emotional underpinnings of the show and recognized the work of their wonderful director:
From curtainup.com:
"The only real variant in the play collection is Terrence McNally and Skip Kennon’s musical Plaisir D‘Amour. This bittersweet piece centers on Sam (Jonathan C. Kaplan) and Ruth (Stephanie D’Abruzzo), who fall head-over-heels in love at a Carnegie Hall lieder recital and get married. Thirty years pass as the story takes a scathingly realistic look at their marriage and family life. We see the wild aspirations of youth slowly give way to the practicalities of middle-age. To be sure, this work isn’t McNally at his wittiest, or most creative but as directed by Elizabeth Lucas, the musical (with the classic French song "Plaisir D’Amour"”peppered into certain scenes) proves to be pertinent to our own lives, and soars with the sublime acting of its two principals."
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Breasts AND ears AND infidelities - sounds worth $18 to me
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Lauren!
Call BK, Lauren!!
Lau-au-AU-REN!
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;D
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Lauren called two seconds after my last post, so we're meeting in ten minutes, therefore I must get in my motor car and be on my way.
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Ben - as long as you don't throw up a little in Anthony's mouth, your unwedded bliss will be fine.
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JRand57 is now my Facebook bitch friend. ;)
td is on FACEBOOK. ;D
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Breasts AND ears AND infidelities - sounds worth $18 to me
At least...I have paid much more for much less, to be sure. 8)
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Where are all the funny movies?
We need more quotes!
From the aforementioned DUCK SOUP:
We're trapped here and under attack. There are four men and two women. Send help. If you can't send help, send two more women!
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We had a black sign with white letters out at the street for a few years. Last week, it disappeared. It said "Readings"...."Suite 4".
Today my sister said one of our regular customers came in and said, "Your sign is down the street."
My brother in law went down the street and there was our sign....it still said: "Readings" but "Suite 4" was gone. He went inside and asked the man where he got the sign, the girl said some man gave it to her mother - Mike said he was going to call the police.....but they said OH NO PLEASE DON'T.....he took the sign, came back to the store, and called the police.
I am sure it is the most interesting thing a Greenwood Officer will do today.
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And yet ANOTHER friend on Facebook...three from HHW today!
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DR JRand57 - if the WOW readers were worth their salt, wouldn't they "know" where the sign had gotten too? ;)
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"A hit is a hit, and a ping is a ping."-DR JoseSPiano
But a Ping can be related to a Pong (DR Ben) ;D
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It sure can, DR Ben! ;D
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DR JRand57 - if the WOW readers were worth their salt, wouldn't they "know" where the sign had gotten too? ;)
Can't read and see for yourself....too much conflict. 8)
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TD, is FaceBook what you had sent me an e-mail link to yesterday? I tried the link and it took me to a main page, but it wasn't yours.
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I sure wish I could retire.
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I sure wish I could retire.
Moi aussi
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Which isn't the same thing as being shy and retiring.
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I sure wish I could retire.
No Sugar Daddies in sight?
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DR MBARNUM do you need some more episodes of FLIPPER?
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TD, is FaceBook what you had sent me an e-mail link to yesterday? I tried the link and it took me to a main page, but it wasn't yours.
No, I sent you a myspace page. . .
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Back from a very nice breakfast. Dish was dished, and food was eaten. I was a very good boy and did not have papa's eggs. Instead, I had two poached eggs on an English muffin, and some fruit - that was just right and I don't feel at all logey or full. So, I'll be able to eat something tonight other than a salad if I'm in the mood. I'm told the driver with the CDs is somewhere in transit, hopefully on his way here. My gal at the pressing plant was checking his whereabouts and will be calling back.
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DR MBARNUM do you need some more episodes of FLIPPER?
I have all of season 1 on DVD, but if they are from season 2 or later then bring 'em on!!!
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How we react to such things depends upon our emotional well-being, our mood, the frame of mind we are in, etc., etc. I've seen some films others recommended to me, and I've scratched my head wondering why. Later, I'll see one of those films again and suddenly see extraordinary things in it that had eluded me.
No one can avoid such factors when watching films or plays, etc.
I concur. I know my mood will often affect how I respond to a film.
I found my recent film festival screening committee experience quite interesting. There were usually 7 or 8 of us watching a film, presumably watching for the same criteria, yet the responses were so varied! Some variance for artistic merit, but some unexpected personal reactions, too.
It was a good experience; I'm glad I took the time to do it.
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A plethora of pansies for the HHW DRs
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__fWWAnGLVm4/SKN5oL3WRtI/AAAAAAAAA2g/euJwB8yfkVY/s400/Pansy.jpg)
Just because I love you all so! :-*
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Umm... WRONG!
Besides the usual Filipino suspects - balut, dinaguan[/i] - I've also never been that big a fan of bacalao as well as some other foods.
Well, Jose, you certainly don't give that impression! You do come across as a food lover!
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I must have been hungry for a Veags buffet while watching Cher, or maybe it was her enunciation these days - I kept hearing her sing "I really don't think your stroganoff" (instead of "strong enough")
;D ;D
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Speaking of food, I'd REALLY like a cookie. Where's Jose?
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If you can't tell FaceBook from MySpace, just ask Adriana Hofstetter! :)
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Actually, I would most enjoy trying those Filipino dishes mentioned earlier.
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Facebook, MySpace, Xtube...it is so difficult to tell these internet places apart.
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Yes, welcome back, Fred!
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:-X
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Actually, I would most enjoy trying those Filipino dishes mentioned earlier.
Bacalao is not all that hard to find, at least in my neck of the woods. You're on your own for the others, though. A friend of mine posted about his experiences with balut (http://bogieworks.blogs.com/treppenwitz/2007/09/the-other-eggs.html) back in his Navy days... do not read if you've just eaten or intend to eat in the next hour or so...
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CDs are here and packaged - now I have to do the postage and then I'll lug them all to the post office.
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No Sugar Daddies in sight?
They're all in retirement homes.
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Bacalao is not all that hard to find, at least in my neck of the woods. You're on your own for the others, though. A friend of mine posted about his experiences with balut (http://bogieworks.blogs.com/treppenwitz/2007/09/the-other-eggs.html) back in his Navy days... do not read if you've just eaten or intend to eat in the next hour or so...
I know baluts. I never had to eat one, but I've seen plenty of them eaten, primarily during "Chiefs' Initiations" in the Navy.
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There must be a law in the universe that no matter how sick you are, as soon as you land in the doctor's office, you're feeling okay, So I felt relatively good today as I tried to to explain the various stomach cramps, mausea, etc.
So, the bad news is, I need to have x-rays (tonorrow) and the good news is I've lost 6 lbs.
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Ah, well. If I could have waited until 2:30 to start viewing, I could have watched THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on Blu-ray and postponed SALO, but since nothing else was here at 1:30, I watched it. Glad to have that part of the review copy behind me.
It's ugly stuff (surprisingly amid such absolutely beautiful teen boys and girls), and I found it VERY difficult to watch. Such scenes of grotesque evil and maliciousness just isn't a film to be enjoyed (at least by me). Now, I understood what he was doing, and while I lamented his excesses to make his symbolic points, I can certainly see how others not put off by the nastiness of the story and characters could find it almost hypnotic.
But, I'm more of a MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS kind of guy.
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One the first disc in the set is also the theatrical trailer which I watched. It only hints at the lurid aspects of the story though there are plenty of critics' quotes (including pans) which are selling it as an outrageous art film. They almost DARE the viewer to watch it.
Interesting approach to advertising it. The trailer uses the English dubbing. I watched the film in the original Italian, of course, though it was dubbed, too.
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I'll start on the second disc when I go back down. It's got at least three lengthy documentaries on the making of the film and interviews with those connected to it. Should be interesting.
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Facebook, MySpace, Xtube...it is so difficult to tell these internet places apart.
:o :o :o :o
you forgot rockettube. . .
I'm just sayin'
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I did scan quickly through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No fellas and not in the previews for tomorrow either.
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Anybody see CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST?
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I forgot to mention that also in today's delivery were three more Paramount TV box sets: NCIS, PERRY MASON-Season 3/1, and THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG. The latter is weeks overdue, so I'll put it last since I'm not trying to meet the street date for that one.
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I must write for a little while now and then head back down to get started on the SALO bonus disc.
WBBL.
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:o :o :o :o
you forgot rockettube. . .
I'm just sayin'
There is also PLAXO
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!
from my friend Allan (EX DR from the old board) in Bournemouth UK:
"I went to the Watermill Theatre (the tiny one where John Doyle started doing his actors-carrying-instruments productions) as they were doing Sunset Boulevard - not directed by John Doyle. As I sat reading the programme before it started, I read that it was going to be another actors-carrying-instruments production and my heart sank!
However, this was actually superb - much better than overblown productions in the West End and the instruments were less intrusive - Norma was spared the indignity".
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Topic of the Day: DITTO!!
;)
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Having "Wait Until Dark" and "Night Must Fall" playing on Broadway at almost the same time was one of the more interesting quirks of that season, as memory serves.
There really aren't enough good creep-fests on Broadway anymore.
I guess you missed Suzanne Somers in THE GIRL IN THE THUNDERBIRD.
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ON A MOST SERIOUS NOTE:
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407644,00.html)
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/421543/1_61_spr320.jpg)
<SNIP>
Those silly little things don't hold a candle to Jose's pateries!
der Brucer
At first, I thought you had written "...Jose's pasties!" :o
;D
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And the word of the day is: JUJU!
(http://a.abcnews.com/images/2020/abc_chang_070420_mn.jpg)
(Juju Chang from ABC News)
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I'm finally catching up. So, since we're so close...
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Anthony opens in How to Succeed tonight.
~~~PAGE 8 BREAK-A-LEG VIBES FOR ANTHONY!!~~~
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The song of the day, as it has been for me for the past few days, is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBYnoYutfc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBYnoYutfc)
"Believe" sung by Cher - I really can't believe it's ten years since that song came out; these past ten years have really moved fast since I remember the first time I heard that song as if it were very recent.
I think it's been posted before, but THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlAhBUjFblo)[/b] version is so cute! ;D
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CDs are here and packaged - now I have to do the postage and then I'll lug them all to the post office.
Yay!! ;D
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THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlAhBUjFblo)[/b] version is so cute!
Soon to be a new HHW DR? 8)
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Soon to be a new HHW DR? 8)
One never knows...do one?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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~~~PAGE 8 BREAK-A-LEG VIBES FOR ANTHONY!!~~~
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! I forgot.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Break a Leg Vibes, Baxter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Broken leg vibes to Anthony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I sure wish I could retire.
Four years, one month, one week, and one day - but who's counting?
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Salo is the only film I've ever seen where if I were in a room with the negative, I'd burn it. It's the vilest, most sickening thing ever and I see nothing in it beyond the disgusting content on view.
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The CDs arrived around noon and I have just spent the last four hours getting them packaged, stamped, and shipped - happy to say that all preorders are at the post office and on their way. I even got the biggest of the online store orders out (some 240 copies), so the only thing I had left were the other big orders, and I've now got those boxed and stamped and ready to ship first thing in the morning. Whew!
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Welcome seventeen GUESTS.
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DR GEORGE I was looking for that video this morning...since DR FJL posted his, but couldn't find it.
I posted it prolly a year ago, and then lost it! Now I have it back!
Desk Cher.
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Another HHW Facebook friend - DR GEORGE
Oh, well, mine are from Season One as well, DR MBARNUM....oh well.
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Sadly, I did not pass inspection.
Better luck next year!
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But did she pass muster?
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Four years, one month, one week, and one day - but who's counting?
This year (just this past June, actually), I have 20 years. Now, I only 25 MORE! :P
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I don't know that I will ever be able to afford to retire. :P
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Good Evening!
It was - and still is - another glorious day here in New York City!
When I headed out earlier, I really wasn't sure where I wanted to go, but I eventually ended up down at 23rd Street, and walked over to Chelsea Barber to get my hair cut. My timing was perfect, and I was in a chair just a few minutes after I walked in. I got another good cut, but it actually seems just a little shorter than usual. I think. But my barber did comment that I was a week or two past due, so... ;)
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Perhaps if I auction my entire collection of books, CDs, DVDs, and sheet music.
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And the word of the day is: JUJU!
Remember, in Spanish the letter "J" sounds like an "H".
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Then it was just another day of wandering Chelsea and Gramercy.
And, yes, I did go by Shake Shack, so...
Here it is, Dear Readers, the Heirloom Tomato Frozen Custard:
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/HeirloomTomatoFC.jpg)
I liked it, but didn't love it. It really didn't taste tomato-ey enough to me. However, I guess if you combine milk and cream with tomatoes, well... I've had tomato sorbets, so maybe that's what my tastebuds were expecting. However, the aftertaste did have that hint of acid. Otherwise, I thought it tasted more like nutmeg. I think.
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Well, Jose, you certainly don't give that impression! You do come across as a food lover!
Well, I don't really talk about the stuff I don't love, so... ;)
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I've been up the past 50 minutes because of a mosquito. She feasted on the underside of my right arm.
She is now dead.
Either you have toxic blood, or you might think about using a deodorant.
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Actually, I would most enjoy trying those Filipino dishes mentioned earlier.
Hmm... And when you do, I want to be there to take a picture of the "before" and "after". ;)
*Now you know that both Portland and Seattle have pretty decent-sized Filipino populations - due to the Coast Guard and other military bases there. I'm sure if you Googled for Filipino restaurants in your area, you'd come across some. Otherwise, the next time you come to New York City, I'll take you down to the East Village to Pistahan or Elvie's Turo-Turo, or out to Queens for the real deal.
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Either you have toxic blood, or you might think about using a deodorant.
Or both.
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Facebook, MySpace, Xtube...it is so difficult to tell these internet places apart.
Well, if you can't tell those places apart, that explain a lot. A WHOLE lot!
;D
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Just another day on the family ranch...
(http://www.justshowstogoyou.com/uploaded_images/menajoree-774032.jpg)
photo: Bouffon Glass Manajoree
Ah, yes, tourists, you can spot 'em every time.
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I guess you missed Suzanne Somers in THE GIRL IN THE THUNDERBIRD.
Well, I didn't.
*Although, I'd classify that whole experience more as "crappy" rather than "creepy".
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Better luck next year!
I shall attempt to pass inspection again tomorrow.
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And on a related note (pick one, any one)...
It looks like I will be seeing a friend of mine in a Fringe Show tonight at 10:00. And it looks like I'll be seeing more of him than I've seen before...
NUDISTS IN LOVE (http://nudistsinlove.com/)
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Hmm... I just checked the cast list for Nudists In Love, and it looks like I'll be seeing a couple other people I know in their birthday suits tonight. Hmm....
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The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment:
Get their parents to tell them a story
with a moral at the end of it.
The next day the kids came back and one by one
began to tell their stories.
'Tony, do you have a story to share?'
'Yes ma'am. My daddy told a story about my Aunt Karen. She was a pilot in Desert Storm
and her plane got hit.. She had to bail out over
enemy territory and all she had was a flask of whiskey, a pistol and a survival knife. She drank
the whiskey on the way down,
so it wouldn't break; and then her parachute landed right in the middle of twenty enemy troops.
She shot fifteen of them with the gun
until she ran out of bullets,
killed four more with the knife,
till the blade broke, and then she killed
the last Iraqi with her bare hands.'
'Good Heavens' said the horrified teacher. 'What kind of moral did your daddy tell you from this horrible story?'
'Stay the f... Away from Aunt Karen when she's drinking!'
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And in the spirit of DR MBarnum Bollywood Hunks gallery yesterday, I'd like to present the Bronze Medal Winning U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/BronzeMedals.jpg)
*I'd really like to know the story about this pic - since it was/is not doctored in any way shape or form. It just seems a bit un-Olympian to me. -Not that that's a bad thing. ;)
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I wonder what the costume designer was doing while everyone else was working?
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DR TCB - ;D
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I wonder what the costume designer was doing while everyone else was working?
Well, apparently, everyone starts off clothed, so....
*However, I heard that some nudists and nudist groups wanted to attend the show... Nude. "Is that seat taken?" Hmm...
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Speaking of nudists, and we were, the nudist camp scene from A SHOT IN THE DARK always tickles my funny bone.
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Well, apparently, everyone starts off clothed, so....
*However, I heard that some nudists and nudist groups wanted to attend the show... Nude. "Is that seat taken?" Hmm...
. . .Make yourself comfortable. . .
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Well, apparently, everyone starts off clothed, so....
*However, I heard that some nudists and nudist groups wanted to attend the show... Nude. "Is that seat taken?" Hmm...
Yeah, can you just imagine those nudists walking down the aisle, naked, while they pick their seats.
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This must be a heavy traffic day at Facebook, Manu Narayan finally accepted my friendship. . .
I knew Manu when he was a student at CMU, and when he worked for Pittsburgh's CLO.
And some nice looking lawyer also accepted my friendship; she looks like a very nice young lady. 8)
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And in the spirit of DR MBarnum Bollywood Hunks gallery yesterday, I'd like to present the Bronze Medal Winning U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/BronzeMedals.jpg)
*I'd really like to know the story about this pic - since it was/is not doctored in any way shape or form. It just seems a bit un-Olympian to me. -Not that that's a bad thing. ;)
Does anyone know if that is Joe Hagerty in the front row on the right? If not, it is another chance to look at the photo.
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Does anyone know if that is Joe Hagerty in the front row on the right? If not, it is another chance to look at the photo.
...And looking and looking...
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It looks like Leo Ash Evans in the back row, But, Leo is in London playing Riff in WEST SIDE STORY. . .
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Breasts AND ears AND infidelities - sounds worth $18 to me
Breasts and Ears and Infidelities, OH MY!!!
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I wonder what the costume designer was doing while everyone else was working?
Inseams.
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I passed muster once - it wasn't pretty. I also passed mustard once - that was fun. Right now, I'm passing strange.
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I feel so much better today - I'd say I felt like a new man, but when you're sixty, can't really say that.
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And even though it took four hours plus, I'm so happy to have all that shipping out of the way.
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This must be a heavy traffic day at Facebook, Manu Narayan finally accepted my friendship. . .
I knew Manu when he was a student at CMU, and when he worked for Pittsburgh's CLO.
And some nice looking lawyer also accepted my friendship; she looks like a very nice young lady. 8)
It took me a few seconds...I was thinking "Anthony? Who is Anthony?" then I went "DUH!" and knew it was you
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It was funny to see all those boxes arrive, and then see how few of them are left after packing everything up.
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I passed muster once - it wasn't pretty. I also passed mustard once - that was fun. Right now, I'm passing strange.
Are YOU "The New Stew Musical?"
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It took me a few seconds...I was thinking "Anthony? Who is Anthony?" then I went "DUH!" and knew it was you
;D
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I had a friend who used to say "Que pasa, cara de mostaza" every morning. It was years before I realized he was saying "What's happening mustard face"
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A plethora of pansies for the HHW DRs
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__fWWAnGLVm4/SKN5oL3WRtI/AAAAAAAAA2g/euJwB8yfkVY/s400/Pansy.jpg)
Just because I love you all so! :-*
There is not a single reply to this that won't come off as obvious.
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Frost/Nixon & Dixie's Tupperware Party On Sale Monday!
That is the subject of an email I just received. I had no idea that Frost and Nixon hosted Tupperware parties
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Oh, I just remembered I have eggplant soaking in salt water. Better go cook it up~
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I had no idea Nixon knew Dixie! ???
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Frost/Nixon & Dixie's Tupperware Party On Sale Monday!
That is the subject of an email I just received. I had no idea that Frost and Nixon hosted Tupperware parties
Actually I believe that Nixon and Dixie were hosting a Frosted Tupperware Party.
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Frosted with what? Butter Cream Frosting? Whipped Cream?
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Apparently, Mr. Obama is not going to be sending me an e-mail today. Of course, if he is e-mailing me to tell me he has picked Tim Kaine, he might as well save his electricity.
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Frosted with what? Butter Cream Frosting? Whipped Cream?
Cool Whip - or any other non-dairy topping. The real stuff - the dairy - can cause "issues".
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Cool Whip - or any other non-dairy topping. The real stuff - the dairy - can cause "issues".
That is rather intolerant of you.
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Cool Whip - or any other non-dairy topping. The real stuff - the dairy - can cause "issues".
Too much oil in Cool Whip. . .Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. . . ;)
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Hmm... I just checked the cast list for Nudists In Love, and it looks like I'll be seeing a couple other people I know in their birthday suits tonight. Hmm....
Hmmm indeed! Are these people you know, who will be in their birthday suits tonight, or are they people who you know in their birthday suits, who you will be seeing tonight. Again.
And if it's the latter, doesn't that take away some of the surprise in seeing the play?
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Doesn't anyone have any more rib-tickling movie scenes they'd like to share?
"His Love Makes Me Beautiful" in FUNNY GIRL garners guffaws from moi.
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Hmmm indeed! Are these people you know, who will be in their birthday suits tonight, or are they people who you know in their birthday suits, who you will be seeing tonight. Again.
And if it's the latter, doesn't that take away some of the surprise in seeing the play?
Yes, but at least he will go in knowing how long the piece is.
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Hmmm indeed! Are these people you know, who will be in their birthday suits tonight, or are they people who you know in their birthday suits, who you will be seeing tonight. Again.
Isn't always like the first time?
;D
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And now... Time for me to head down to the Bleecker Street Theatre to see some actors singing their hearts out and their clothes off.
Laters...
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Unsolicited, someone just sent me an lp rip of Bobby Rydell sings BYE BYE BIRDIE. . .
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Unsolicited, someone just sent me an lp rip of Bobby Rydell sings BYE BYE BIRDIE. . .
He was certainly a cutie in that movie. A dweeb, but a cutie.
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I feel so much better today - I'd say I felt like a new man, but when you're sixty, can't really say that.
I'd say I feel like a new man, but der Brucer gets so jealous.
;D
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Frost/Nixon & Dixie's Tupperware Party On Sale Monday!
That is the subject of an email I just received. I had no idea that Frost and Nixon hosted Tupperware parties
No one burps a Tupperware bowl the way Nixon burps a Tupperware bowl.
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I really should get dinner on the table.
Salmon fillets. Roasted potatoes. Spinach.
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Are YOU "The New Stew Musical?"
I'm the New Stew Revue
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Shortly I shall be on my way to see Miss Sharon McNight. While showering I had a rather wicked notion: I used to play the Gardenia, from about 1984 to 1989 I did the room three or four times a year, always selling out. I sang all my own stuff and it was fun. Then, when I got Totally Hidden Video, I stopped and I've never gone back, because I wouldn't want to upset my close personal friend, Mr. Guy Haines. But, what if I did put together an act for the Gardenia? Keeping some of the old, but doing a lot of Guy's songs, too, since he wouldn't be able to be there. So, a combo platter of original material (I've written a LOT since then), maybe doing a couple of What Ifs and parodies in the show - like the Yiddish Sondheim - could be fun, no?
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If I make this decision, I might book two days in November to do the first incarnation, but it would have to be at the beginning of November, because a) I wouldn't play anywhere near Thanksgiving, and b) I'll have to be in NY for the Bacharach concert the last week of November. But that might be too quick, in which case I could book to days in late January and give myself some time to get comfortable with the thought of performing in public again. I shall ponder.
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And a song or two from BRAINEX
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Ahem.....has advertising REALLY improved since then?
(http://237studio.com/images/42300.jpg)
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"While showering I had a rather wicked notion" ;D
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Well here are German Fabien Hambuechen congratulating U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton after Horton won the silver medal in the High Bar competition.
I wonder where I should send the Hallmark card? :D
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Well hopefully Mr Obama will not choose Evan Bayh as his running mate.
My thought is that Mrs. Clinton is taking it to the convention and will walk away with the nomination anyway.
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...But, what if I did put together an act for the Gardenia? Keeping some of the old, but doing a lot of Guy's songs, too, since he wouldn't be able to be there. ...
Hey, maybe you could get Guy on the phone, since he won't be able to be there personally, and you could do a duet? Like "Hey There," from Pajama Game?
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If I make this decision, I might book two days in November to do the first incarnation, but it would have to be at the beginning of November, because a) I wouldn't play anywhere near Thanksgiving, and b) I'll have to be in NY for the Bacharach concert the last week of November. But that might be too quick, in which case I could book to days in late January and give myself some time to get comfortable with the thought of performing in public again. I shall ponder.
I vote late January. Beside, who know how Guy will react?
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Ahem.....has advertising REALLY improved since then?
(http://237studio.com/images/42300.jpg)
So that's what inspired Madonna in that bra she wore on one of her tours!
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Madonna isn't pretty enough to appear in a MaidenForm ad.
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Well here are German Fabien Hambuechen congratulating U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton after Horton won the silver medal in the High Bar competition.
I wonder where I should send the Hallmark card? :D
Mr. Horton doesn't look nearly as happy about this pose as Fabien looks! ::)
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'night!
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That would be swell, BK!
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Great idea, BK!! I'd say to allow yourself the extra time and not perform until January. Just my 2¢. :)
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Well hopefully Mr Obama will not choose Evan Bayh as his running mate.
My thought is that Mrs. Clinton is taking it to the convention and will walk away with the nomination anyway.
;D I wish
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Sounds like fun BK!
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Mr. Horton doesn't look nearly as happy about this pose as Fabien looks! ::)
Maybe not. 8)
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;D I wish
She knows where the bodies are buried, she knows politics, she is the dirtiest fighter in a dirty game. She will win the nomination, choose Bayh, and lose the GE.
Criswell predicts. 8)
(http://staycspits.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hillary-clinton.jpg)
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She knows where the bodies are buried, she knows politics, she is the dirtiest fighter in a dirty game. She will win the nomination, choose Bayh, and lose the GE.
Criswell predicts. 8)
(http://staycspits.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hillary-clinton.jpg)
Nah, Obama will get the nomination and lose to McCain. Not saying that's what I want, but it's what will happen
Cillaliz predicts ;D
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Even her chart points to her accepting the office of President in Jan. 2009....even if Obama is elected.
(http://judecowell.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hillary-clinton-8-pm-asc-29gem50.jpg)
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but then an interpretation of this chart cast for her says it won't happen....
It ain't a science. :P
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Hmmmmmm last chart didn't show up....oh well.
The simian crease in her hand shows a great combination of heart and head with great feeling combined with great understanding. The problem is the self centered mound at her thumb....to say the least.
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Nah, Obama will get the nomination and lose to McCain. Not saying that's what I want, but it's what will happen
Cillaliz predicts ;D
We shall see....doesn't seem possible that the election is less than 12 weeks away. :P
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Second scenario based on her chart - she is the VP nominee, Obama wins, but doesn't make it to January.....
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But as DR SINGDAW said, I still didn't know where my sign was.
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Hmmmmmm last chart didn't show up....oh well.
The simian crease in her hand shows a great combination of heart and head with great feeling combined with great understanding. The problem is the self centered mound at her thumb....to say the least.
The first time through, I read this as "the self centered mouth at her thumb."
Oops!
;D
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The salmon was delish, by the way.
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The eggplant was fabulous. I get them for 50 cents a piece at the Farmer's Market. I'm hoping there will still be some left on Saturday
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And I'm going to call it a night.
"It" will just have to deal with "it".
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I don't even like to watch track and field, but it's better than politics, so I watch.
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My impression of Obama
I know something you don't know..neener, neener, neener. Oh puhleese. I've decided but I won't tell you? That sounds like elementary school to me
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Ok, I'm leaving....
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Me, too. Time to head home.
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Wow...I was watching the men's 110 meter hurdles and the finals of the BMX...
I was also competing in the Beat the Commercial Chicken Sandwich Preparation Finals, which I won.
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Everybody is leaving.....I guess I will watch ON THE BEACH, since volleyball competition just doesn't get to me....
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Work tomorrow....oh well
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The first time through, I read this as "the self centered mouth at her thumb."
Oops!
;D
Wow between MY writing and YOUR reading, we could start some great political threads.
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Facebook is HOPPING!
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I am drinking tomato juice.
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That's all I have to say.
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At this time.
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For now.
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I think.
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I am still drinking that tomato juice.
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Although, I did get distracted by something I seem to have forgotten.
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It was shiny, whatever it was.
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I spent a good 2 1/2 hours watching the rest of the bonus material on the SALO disc. There were three documentaries, one interview with the production designer, and a director-critic who offered a half hour analysis of the movie.
All of those pieces showed film clips in discussing things they wanted to talk about, and often it was the most repugnant and/or violent moments I kept having to relive.
I can tell myself "it's just a movie" but I can never convince myself that it's not real.
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I watched more scenes of A FEW GOOD MEN on Blu-ray. I always enjoy revisiting this. But now that I have so many box sets stacking up, I had to take it out of the player.
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To get ready for tonight's BURN NOTICE, I plucked the 1st season set off the shelf and pulled out one of the discs.
You're not going to believe the irony of this but the episode I watched was the episode that introduced the character of Virgil to the show. I didn't remember the episode all that clearly and really enjoyed it. Imagine my surprise when 5 minutes after I finished watching this episode on DVD, I turned into the show only to see the return of Virgil! I couldn't believe the coincidence!
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Just loved tonight's BURN NOTICE, of course. Any time Michael enacts a character apart from himself to fool the opposition, it always tickles me to death. Jeffrey Donovan is SUPERB in this show! What a showcase for him!
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Tomorrow I will be watching the Blu-ray of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. It's CRAMMED with bonus material, too.
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Crammed With Bonus Material - that is the title of my new novel.
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A very interesting take on the life of Darlene Gillespie.
http://www.popcultureaddict.com/television/darlene.htm (http://www.popcultureaddict.com/television/darlene.htm)
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Heading down now to go to bed.
Good night!
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Good night.
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It was shiny, whatever it was.
Ooh-h-h!
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Re: Tonight's "Big Brother" eviction and new HOH!
Well, well,well, well, well. Things are VERY interesting. I like both results. But now we'll see what we'll see.
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I also enjoyed the results of BB10, although I don't know who won the HOH yet...you must be getting the live feed or something.
As long as it isn't Michelle who won, then I am happy.
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And speaking of Big Brother, in this case season 9's Natalie...she had her grand opening of her art gallery tonight at 7pm. I was going to attend but I was so friggin tired by the time I got off of work that I just flopped onto the couch and and went right to sleep!
I wanted to get to meet her, but since we live in the same town I suppose I will run into her soon or later.
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Now to go finish watching Babs and Rod in THE LOCKED DOOR (1929). I certainly enjoyed the first half.
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Good evening!
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Happy Birthday DR Megan! I hope you had a lovely day!
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Good Evening!
I'm back from Nudists In Love...
I had a good time. Is it the next "Great American Musical"? No. But it might be the next "Great Fringe Festival Show". I will say the only major quibble I had with the show is the title. It sets up certain expectations - and the wrongs ones - at least for me. The show deals with a lot more than just nudists and nudity. Otherwise, it was well cast, well sung, and well played.
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I'm awake with scratchy eyes. I fear this may mean the start of the dreaded Fall allergy season.
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Thanks for the theatre report, DR JoseSPiano!
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Thanks for the theatre report, DR JoseSPiano!
You're welcome, DR singdaw.
I'd actually say more about the show itself, but I think the website give just the right amount of information without spoiling it. -And all I can think of to write about would be spoilers. So... :-X
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I'm awake with scratchy eyes. I fear this may mean the start of the dreaded Fall allergy season.
Well, there was some report on the news earlier today stating that this Fall allergy season will be worse than normal for two reasons. Alas, since I never saw the report itself - just the teaser - I don't know what those two reasons are. ;)
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Back from Sharon McNight's show, about which more later. I had a nice piece of salmon with a tiny bit of hollandaise on it, a little bit of rice, and some green beans, so I think that's a reasonable meal, given my two poached egg breakfast.
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Still feeling like it's Vegas time,. but I guess I'd better get readjusted.
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I know a good chiropractor.
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I gotta tell you.
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WEHT page thirteen?
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I wonder if some people will get their Scent Of Mystery CDs tomorrow.