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Title: POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:23:33 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were egg-like (goo goo goo joob), and now it is time for you to post until the poached cows come home.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:25:08 AM
And the word of the day is: ANCHORITE!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 12:38:32 AM
The Notes seem to be hiding.

Guess I'll try later in the morning.

der Brucer
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Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 01:28:33 AM
Guess I'll try later

Oh, I dunno...

You're already pretty trying!      ;)
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Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 01:29:54 AM
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Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 01:31:44 AM
On disc: The Best of All Possible Bernstein (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/arts/music/12bern.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 01:33:33 AM
bk, congratulations on your continuing [& inspiring] weight loss!!!  :D  :D  :D
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Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 01:36:01 AM
TOD:

CD player:
Kathy Griffin, For Your Consideration
Michael John LaChiusa, Little Fish
Lea Delaria, Smokehouse Sessions

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Post by: Michael on September 12, 2008, 03:17:56 AM
TOD
I was hoping to get How The West Was Won from NetFlix this weekend, but that's not going to happen.


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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 03:45:42 AM
Greetings from the Omaha airport. It is early. That is all.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 03:51:29 AM
DR Jose I did do a little homework last night.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 03:53:35 AM
I am hoping that I can do an early check in at the hotel. Even if they don't usually do it, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. A nap would be good before class tonight
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 03:54:01 AM
I am hoping that I can do an early check in at the hotel. Even if they don't usually do it, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. A nap would be good before class tonight
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 03:54:33 AM
I am hoping that I can do an early check in at the hotel. Even if they don't usually do it, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. A nap would be good before class tonight
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 04:11:45 AM
DR CILLA LIZ is in Omaha!

Do we HHW'ers know how to live or WHAT?
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 04:12:17 AM
Work today and tomorrow and then our parents' 60th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday....whew.  I will be glad when all THREE days are over.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 04:13:04 AM
TOD:

DVD - Southland Tales
CD - Scent of Mystery and Michael Buble

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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 04:13:28 AM
It has been raining very hard here for about an hour....and is now quiet...
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 05:12:58 AM
Off to work...oh well
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 05:29:27 AM
A little weatherbug tells me that it is only 73 degrees outside. That storm cooled things off. I can't remember the last time it was only 73 degrees!

I will be outside today!
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Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 05:54:13 AM
Friday morning greetings!  It's raining today in SW Ohio.

I'll be information-waitressing all day.
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Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 06:11:16 AM
TOD - CD(car) - audiobook:  Jan Karon's Home to Holly Springs read by Scott Sower.

DVD/VCR - I have no idea what DVDs we've received this week from NetFlix, but I do know that DS Rob connected our old player to the TV in my "haven."
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 06:11:56 AM
I'll be information-waitressing all day.

Lucky duck!       ::)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 06:13:17 AM
Good morning, all! Well, I was wrong about my eyes; the last month's situation has crewed them up and I'm very happy I'm seeign the ophthalmologist on Monday afternoon. Using my bifocals, I'm currently seeing better far distance through my reading lens and everything in my long distance lenses is a blur. I'm not happy at all about this, especially now that my blood sugar levels are running between 85 and 130, depending on the time of day, and I was told that they would revert to normal once the blood levels were in better shape. I'll be curious to hear what the ophthalmologist tels me.

In 15 minutes I will walk down to Music Theatre International on 54th Street and pick up the ready materials for THE MOST HAPPY FELLA; hopefully, today I'll get the band parts from their Long Island warehouse as well.

Once I get these materials back to the apartment, I'm back to the TOYLAND libretto.

TOD:
    DVD:  LILLIE (PBS miniseries), a couple of operas
    CD: Offenbach's CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Guy Haines, Victor Herbert
    VCR:  This porn is stale.

Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 06:22:35 AM
Goldilocks:

"This VHS tape is too stale"...

"This VHS tape is too fresh"...

"This VHS tape is juuuuust riiiiiight!"     ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 06:23:55 AM
It's raining today in SW Ohio.


Does the inclement weather increase your favorite "clientele"?

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 06:25:06 AM
***EYE VIBES***[/size][/color]
for DR elmore3003!![/size]
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 06:25:47 AM
Does the inclement weather increase your favorite "clientele"?

der Brucer

Unfortunately, yes  :P
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 06:27:10 AM
I will be outside today!

Alert the crawdads!!!!!

der Brucer
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Post by: Jennifer on September 12, 2008, 06:29:02 AM
How did you guys (well the 2 of you who watch, DR MBARNUM and DR RONP) feel about last night's BIG BROTHER:


SPOILERS from last night's show


































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I loved it! I am so happy dan won and that jerry was gone. I was sort of wanting to see what memphis would do. But really i just wanted to be sure that dan would be in the finals. I think the vote will be 4-3 but i have no idea who will win. At least for the first time in a while (dick, mike boogie) i won't be repulsed by the winner. But i really want dan to win. Who do guys want to win?
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Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jennifer on September 12, 2008, 06:29:29 AM
On tv for me tonight: Torchwood and Kathy Griffin's My Life On The D-List.
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Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 06:32:39 AM
Who do guys want to win?

Sarah Palin.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on September 12, 2008, 06:50:41 AM
And the word of the day is: ANCHORITE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE

(Thank You Mel Brooks)
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on September 12, 2008, 06:58:07 AM
JANE-

GREAT NEWS!

How do I find SHERLOCK'S Picture on Face Book??
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 07:11:16 AM
Aaaack!  I'm at the dreaded Computer Services Desk for an hour.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 07:23:41 AM
I am hoping that I can do an early check in at the hotel. Even if they don't usually do it, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. A nap would be good before class tonight

Do you have a case of the hiccups?  

 ;D
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 07:24:58 AM
Good morning!

Still cool and overcast, but not noticeably cool, and I can already tell it's warming up. We're supposed to get more rain today. We'll see. We got about 1 1/2 inches yesterday.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 07:25:31 AM
On TV tonight:

PSYCH and MONK, both summer season finales.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 07:28:15 AM
After I finished reading the newspaper this morning, I sat down and watched LA RONDE. Since it's just a bit over 90 minutes, I knew I could get it watched and use the afternoon for viewing the bonus features. There is also a commentary by Susan White that I'll sample.

For all its lightness, I found LA RONDE incredibly sad underneath, almost sour over the fleetingness of love. Marvelous cast. I especially loved the segments that featured Daniel Gélin as young Alfred and Danielle Darrieux as the married lady.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 07:30:37 AM
Friday Media Check:

CD - CINDERELLA (1965 TV cast)

DVD - LA RONDE (Criterion)
          GREY'S ANATOMY (Blu-ray)
          LE PLAISIR (Criterion)

DVR - WITNESS TO MURDER
          KID GALAHAD
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: MBarnum on September 12, 2008, 07:43:28 AM
BB10.....











I to was happy with last nights results. My wish is for Dan to win. I think he is one of the best contestants ever in this show. He really had done a great job. And the fact that he seems like a pretty nice chap, makes me even happier.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: MBarnum on September 12, 2008, 07:44:39 AM
TOD:

CD:
Soundtracks to the 1980s Bollywood films DISCO DANCER and TARZAN.

DVD:
If time permits:
WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS
RODAN
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:47:41 AM
As for the Friday Media Check...

Hmm... The only "new" music that comes to mind is...

iPhone/iPod/iTunes: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (http://drhorrible.com/index.html)

*You can still find some of the episodes and song clips (for free) on YouTube too.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:51:52 AM
So, I believe my current plan for the day is to take care of my laundry now - my bed linens are already in the dryer - then take care of the vacuuming and dusting this afternoon.  And then maybe a trip to grocery store to stock up on some nephew-friendly food.  :)
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Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 08:03:15 AM
SUPER GOOD EYE VIBES DR ELMORE!!!!

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Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 08:03:52 AM
Thank you DRs Singdaw, Jennifer, Kerry, Dakota, & ArnoldMBrockman.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:06:53 AM
Heading down now to get cleaned up to go out on my usual Friday errands.

WBBL.
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 08:06:57 AM
TOD:

CD:
Soundtracks to the 1980s Bollywood films DISCO DANCER and TARZAN.

DVD:
If time permits:
WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS
RODAN

If time permits? You don't do anything but eat bonbons and file your nails!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 08:17:26 AM
I'm back from my walk down to 54th Street. On the way I ran into Seth Rudetsky, who's always fun to talk to, at 72nd Street and Broadway. On my way back from MTI with the score, I had the weirdest bus ride. I sat down nest to this older man wearing a yamulke who gave me the third degree: where was I from? was I Jewish? where was the temple in my hometown? was it a large congregation? He was weird but friendly until he was getting off the bus, when he became loudly vocal about violence in Israel. He said he owned an office supplies shop in Brooklyn and he gave me a pen.

Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 08:18:15 AM
Good morning, all! Well, I was wrong about my eyes; the last month's situation has crewed them up and I'm very happy I'm seeign the ophthalmologist on Monday afternoon. Using my bifocals, I'm currently seeing better far distance through my reading lens and everything in my long distance lenses is a blur. I'm not happy at all about this, especially now that my blood sugar levels are running between 85 and 130, depending on the time of day, and I was told that they would revert to normal once the blood levels were in better shape. I'll be curious to hear what the ophthalmologist tels me.

In 15 minutes I will walk down to Music Theatre International on 54th Street and pick up the ready materials for THE MOST HAPPY FELLA; hopefully, today I'll get the band parts from their Long Island warehouse as well.


DR elmore - It will still take a bit more time for your eyes to "even out".  In the meantime, just make sure you have adequate lighting in your work areas, and you should probably give your eyes a break every now and then, and not use your glasses.  Your eyes could still be "shrinking" back to what they were after having all that extra fluid in them for a while.

I'm also wondering if it's possible that your current prescription was affected by your un-diagnosed diabetes over the past couple of years.  You could just need a new prescription.  Maybe your uncorrected vision is better than it was.  -Or something like that. ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 08:19:11 AM
I'm back from my walk down to 54th Street. On the way I ran into Seth Rudetsky, who's always fun to talk to, at 72nd Street and Broadway. On my way back from MTI with the score, I had the weirdest bus ride. I sat down nest to this older man wearing a yamulke who gave me the third degree: where was I from? was I Jewish? where was the temple in my hometown? was it a large congregation? He was weird but friendly until he was getting off the bus, when he became loudly vocal about violence in Israel. He said he owned an office supplies shop in Brooklyn and he gave me a pen.



-And will you get Seth to musicalize that episode for you?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 08:22:16 AM
-And will you get Seth to musicalize that episode for you?

I doubt it, but Seth is a hoot and he always makes me laugh. I love his novel BROADWAY NIGHTS, which is quite funny.
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Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 08:27:52 AM
DR Cilla, so glad Boo wanted back in the house.  Have a great trip!

In honor of your trip to Bethesda, today I’m doing one of the major tests they routinely did during my visits to the NIH.  I figured it was about time I did it & I’m sure everything will be fine.

Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 08:28:42 AM
DR Jose, did you get to HAIR?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 08:29:00 AM
DR Jose, did you get to HAIR?

from there?
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 08:37:16 AM
Oh, I suppose I'm up.  Very overcast outside.  Yesterday, it did not burn off until about ten-thirty, when I was halfway through my jog.
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Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 08:38:25 AM
I find that if I wish for something three times, loudly and strongly, it's more likely to come true.  Maybe that's why Cilla made her wish known three times?
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Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 08:39:03 AM
Whereas if I wish for something and keep it to myself, it almost never happens.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 08:41:06 AM
It's been a more-than-usually busy tax week, prior to the Sept. 15 corporate deadline.  Much to catch up on here at HHW.  

So I'm sorry if I've been unaware of some things that have been posted the last several days.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 08:51:41 AM
I find that if I wish for something three times, loudly and strongly, it's more likely to come true.  Maybe that's why Cilla made her wish known three times?

I'm going to try that right now! :)  
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 08:51:43 AM
DR elmore - Alas, no Hair.  However, I may have reserved seats for Sunday night's closing performance, so... :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 08:52:59 AM
So.......

Is anybody else watching "The View" right now?

And I quote:

"Us white folk will take care of you."
-Barbara Walters

WOW!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

*And the look on Whoopi's face after that comment... WHOA!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JMK on September 12, 2008, 08:59:27 AM
I found LA RONDE incredibly sad underneath, almost sour

Try listening to "Hello Again" sometime.   ;D
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Post by: JMK on September 12, 2008, 09:01:28 AM
CD:  The Perfect Storm (OST) and re-recording of El Cid
DVD:  oy--the Berkeley set, the Torchwood set, just finished Will & Grace 8, also have Robotech Blu-Ray to get to sometime.  Thankfully one box of stuff is delayed, so I have a weekend's respite before the next onslaught begins.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 09:02:26 AM
Sorry about posting that three times. According to my Blackberry, it didn't post. But it worked. - got my car drove straight to the hotel and my room was ready!  Now I'm about to eat at Sala Thai and then will go back to my room and do my homework
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 09:07:22 AM
Sorry about posting that three times. According to my Blackberry, it didn't post. But it worked. - got my car drove straight to the hotel and my room was ready!  Now I'm about to eat at Sala Thai and then will go back to my room and do my homework

Hmm... Sala Thai!  YUM!
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Post by: Druxy on September 12, 2008, 09:10:39 AM
DVD watching this weekend will include:

LEATHERHEADS
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
THE ANDERSON TAPES
$

Have a good one.

 :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 09:34:56 AM
Apparently, Meltz and Ernest have competition - there's a new off-B'way show called What's That Smell? The Songs of Jacob Sterling.  Everyone is acting like this is a brilliant new concept, like no one has ever come up with fictional bad songwriters.  Not only Meltz and Ernest, but their precursors in the One From Column A days, Gluckman and Fitz, and long before that, off-B'way's Mooney Shapiro Songbook, and a couple of others I can't remember.  I wonder if this show would exist had we made the Meltz and Ernest film way back when, if the producers hadn't crapped out because they were so gung-ho about putting all their money into a great new musical (it's also why they crapped out on Nudie Musical) - the great new musical?  Bklyn.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 09:37:45 AM
Very gray outside.  I think I'll wait till ten-thirty to jog, just on the off-chance it will clear up.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 09:41:32 AM
If it's on the warmish side, wouldn't you want to finish your jog before it burns off?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 09:42:39 AM
Today, a work colleague gave me a bite of her octopus salad, which I had never tried.

It was very tasty!   :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 09:47:22 AM
If it's on the warmish side, wouldn't you want to finish your jog before it burns off?

I enjoy a little sunshine when running.  It's been cooler here even when the sun has been shining.
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 09:47:58 AM
Welcome thirteen GUESTS.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 09:51:26 AM
DR Cilla, so glad Boo wanted back in the house.  Have a great trip!

In honor of your trip to Bethesda, today I’m doing one of the major tests they routinely did during my visits to the NIH.  I figured it was about time I did it & I’m sure everything will be fine.



I thought of you as I drove by NIH.  I thought  "Hmm I think this is where DR Jane used to go"  Ok, I didn't think "DR" but the rest of it is true
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Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 09:54:17 AM
DR Cillaliz - did you wave as you flew over Ohio?

I hope you have a great time in Bethesda and get an "A" on you homework!
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 09:54:32 AM
Time to do homework and maybe take a nap.  It's gray and cloudy here today.  It may rain. I decided not to hassle with going into DC.  I would like to see the WWII memorial, but I should have time to do that on Sunday.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 09:56:54 AM
DR Cillaliz - did you wave as you flew over Ohio?

I hope you have a great time in Bethesda and get an "A" on you homework!

LOL, thanks.  We aren't graded, but the mock hearings we do are critiqued and recorded so we can take them home and watch them.  
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 10:01:40 AM
I was looking for Ohio....but all I saw were clouds and listened to the lady next to me snore.  I really hope her kids got to the airport to meet her.  She asked me if I would walk her to the baggage claim, so I did and we got our bags, but I didn't wait with her. She was really quite nice. She retired 12 years ago and is coming to DC for the first time in her life to spend a week with her kids who are coming from around the country.  
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 10:01:54 AM
OK, time for homework....laters
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on September 12, 2008, 10:07:19 AM
HOW ABOUT SOME EGGS BENEDICT?

My Personal Favorite.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:09:49 AM
Today, a work colleague gave me a bite of her octopus salad, which I had never tried.

It was very tasty!   :)

Hmm... Octopus!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:11:02 AM
Time to do homework and maybe take a nap.  It's gray and cloudy here today.  It may rain. I decided not to hassle with going into DC.  I would like to see the WWII memorial, but I should have time to do that on Sunday.

And you can take the Metro right to Mall to get to the WWII Memorial.  -Unless you really want to deal with parking in DC.  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:15:02 AM
Apparently, Meltz and Ernest have competition - there's a new off-B'way show called What's That Smell? The Songs of Jacob Sterling.  Everyone is acting like this is a brilliant new concept, like no one has ever come up with fictional bad songwriters.  Not only Meltz and Ernest, but their precursors in the One From Column A days, Gluckman and Fitz, and long before that, off-B'way's Mooney Shapiro Songbook, and a couple of others I can't remember.  I wonder if this show would exist had we made the Meltz and Ernest film way back when, if the producers hadn't crapped out because they were so gung-ho about putting all their money into a great new musical (it's also why they crapped out on Nudie Musical) - the great new musical?  Bklyn.


Hmm...  I've been reading some of the press releases - I love David Pittu! - and reading some of the reactions so far, and I think you're reading too much into everything.

I don't think the producers and creative team are claiming that their premise is at all original.  It's a riff on a riff.

*And as for BKLYN, well...  Just be glad you don't have to play and listen to some of those songs during auditions.  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:17:15 AM
In other news...

My iPhone is now updated, and my last load of laundry is in the dryer.  Oh!  And I've even made a run to the grocery store for orange juice, cereal and dusting cloths.  -Sounds like I'm in for a fun afternoon! ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:18:04 AM
Apparently, Meltz and Ernest have competition - there's a new off-B'way show called What's That Smell? The Songs of Jacob Sterling.  Everyone is acting like this is a brilliant new concept, like no one has ever come up with fictional bad songwriters.  Not only Meltz and Ernest, but their precursors in the One From Column A days, Gluckman and Fitz, and long before that, off-B'way's Mooney Shapiro Songbook, and a couple of others I can't remember.  I wonder if this show would exist had we made the Meltz and Ernest film way back when, if the producers hadn't crapped out because they were so gung-ho about putting all their money into a great new musical (it's also why they crapped out on Nudie Musical) - the great new musical?  Bklyn.


And I thought you weren't reading the boards anymore?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 10:24:53 AM
And I thought you weren't reading the boards anymore?

I didn't read it on a board - I was told about it.  And you are right, the producers and creative team aren't claiming it's original - they're not claiming anything :)  It's the people talking about it who are acting as if it's a brilliant new idea.  My point, of course, is that everything old is new again.  I wasn't the first, Mooney Shapiro wasn't the first - in fact, I'm really trying to remember what was the first - I have this memory of something in the early 60s that maybe Dom de Luise and Barbara Streisand were in?  Am I crazy?  Wait - Harry Stoones?  Does that ring any bells?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 10:29:11 AM
I thought of you as I drove by NIH.  I thought  "Hmm I think this is where DR Jane used to go"  Ok, I didn't think "DR" but the rest of it is true

 ;D  If I were going there today the test would be free.  All the extra money would be spent having fun.

There is an Original House of Pancakes in Bethesda, which unfortunately was never open when I could go.  Maybe that was a good thing I could go eat a million calories.  

There is a nice Indian restaurant in the downtown area.  
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Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 10:31:34 AM
And you can take the Metro right to Mall to get to the WWII Memorial.  -Unless you really want to deal with parking in DC.  ;)

I did that.  It was a nice trip.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:34:50 AM
I didn't read it on a board - I was told about it.  And you are right, the producers and creative team aren't claiming it's original - they're not claiming anything :)  It's the people talking about it who are acting as if it's a brilliant new idea.  My point, of course, is that everything old is new again.  I wasn't the first, Mooney Shapiro wasn't the first - in fact, I'm really trying to remember what was the first - I have this memory of something in the early 60s that maybe Dom de Luise and Barbara Streisand were in?  Am I crazy?  Wait - Harry Stoones?  Does that ring any bells?

You mean this?:

Another Evening With Harry Stoones (http://www.barbra-archives.com/Performances/streisand_harry_stoones.html)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 10:42:20 AM
Hmm...

I wonder if Wing has ever covered this tune...

Penny McLean - "Lady Bump" (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0dcvoNDPC0w)

*I think I have a new favorite song refrain. ;D
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 11:08:09 AM
OK... Part Whatever of Today's Cleaning is about to commence.  The City is having an Electronic Recycling and "Gently-Used" Clothing Drop-Off tomorrow at Columbia University.  So, once I set aside a couple of things, that will leave me with less to dust.  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:05:23 PM
And you can take the Metro right to Mall to get to the WWII Memorial.  -Unless you really want to deal with parking in DC.  ;)

No, I don't want to deal with parking in DC, but is there a place that would be closer where I could park on a Sunday and take the metro?  I can leave he car here, but then it will be the metro ride all the way back to Bethesda to get the car.  What to do.....
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:09:38 PM
;D  If I were going there today the test would be free.  All the extra money would be spent having fun.

There is an Original House of Pancakes in Bethesda, which unfortunately was never open when I could go.  Maybe that was a good thing I could go eat a million calories.  

There is a nice Indian restaurant in the downtown area.  

When I checked in I got a huge list of restaurants in Bethesda.  I've decided with all the work I have to do that I"m not going to try to go to ACE or do too much sight seeing, BUT, I should have time to go to some of the restaurants in the area.  I like to eat seafood when I'm near a coast.  I'm thinking about The Bethesda Crab House.  Any suggestions from anyone. I do have a car, so it doesn't have to be walking distance from the hotel. I would like to stay in the area though.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 12:09:50 PM
Library Tip for the Day:

When you call Telephone Reference for information, please turn down the volume on your radio/TV/baby.  If I wanted to listen to Rush Limbaugh, I'd stay home and do so.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:11:52 PM
I've noticed that people who listen to Rush Limbaugh usually do it with the volume turned way up.  What's with that?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 12:13:23 PM
Too bad you can't take the trip to the memorial when you aren't going anywhere else.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:14:26 PM
Ok, break is about over...I'm getting close to getting this silly thing done.  Think I'll check on the hours of the business center. If I can get to a printer early in the morning, I can finish this up tonight.

LOL, I really love the people who work at this hotel.  As long as I have my key I can work in the business center any time I want to...even the middle of the night if I feel so inclined.  SO, that gives me some breathing room. I'll have it ready before class in the morning, no sweat.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 12:14:51 PM
I don't think the volume needs to be turned up for Limbough, he speaks very loudly to begin with.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:15:58 PM
Too bad you can't take the trip to the memorial when you aren't going anywhere else.

Oh, I'll be back here again sometime. If I don't get there, I don't get there. This is really a working trip that I'm trying to squeeze in some play time. Unfortunately work interferred with me being totally prepared before I got here so I need to work while I'm here or I won't get that much out of it.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:16:45 PM
I don't think the volume needs to be turned up for Limbough, he speaks very loudly to begin with.

I agree, but I know several people who listne to it at full volume...just curious if it's a common thing
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JMK on September 12, 2008, 12:17:01 PM
Oy, it's been a home improvement morning.  I have gotten a bid on a new patio door, repaired our fence where Blanche pushed a board out and also replaced a broken window pane.

Matthew, are you listening?  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 12:19:17 PM
I've actually had a great afternoon, working, listening to CNN talk about the hurricaine. Hanging out in my slippers, and comfy clothes.  Answering a few emails about clients back home.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:28:19 PM
You mean this?:

Another Evening With Harry Stoones (http://www.barbra-archives.com/Performances/streisand_harry_stoones.html)

What a memory I've got!  
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:29:30 PM
Back from the long jog.  Not that easy today.  And I might as well have done it earlier because the overcast skies look like they're here to stay today.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 12:30:08 PM
...and dusting cloths...

And look! Uncle Jo-Jo bought you your very own dusting cloths.

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:35:42 PM
I gotta tell you.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 12:37:30 PM
GOOD GRIEF!

(http://weather.myfoxtampabay.com/maps/WTVT/custom/tropical/floater3_ir_sat_1.jpg)

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 12:47:58 PM
Time to poach some eggs!

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:56:29 PM
My problem, poached egg-wise, is that I'll have to go sit in a restaurant to have them, and I'm just not sure I want to do that.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 12:56:58 PM
But I sure have the taste - well, we'll see how I feel.  
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 01:01:32 PM
Finished preparing a big tax return, and boy, are my arms tired - my brain, too.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 01:05:51 PM
My problem, poached egg-wise, is that I'll have to go sit in a restaurant to have them, and I'm just not sure I want to do that.

I don't eat poached eggs but I'm under the impression they are very easy to cook.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 01:06:02 PM
FJL, I recommend having a poached egg after such hard work.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:09:00 PM
RE: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM.

I am definitely not holding my breath for Warners to do ANYTHING with it. The film was never a big hit to begin with and really hasn't developed any kind of real cult following in the decades since. I find real entertainment value in it, but I think I'm in the minority.

The last time some of the home video people did a Warner chat and were asked about it, they claimed flat out that the movie would require too much costly restoration to make it a viable proposition. That was a couple of eyars ago, but I doubt much has changed since then. The print TCM shows is as lackluster and flat as the laserdisc was.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:11:13 PM
And the clouds certainly cleared off here. It got hot quickly. Not cool outside at all.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:13:09 PM
I began my afternoon watching the bonus features on LA RONDE. Pretty good. I especially enjoyed a correspondence fro Laurence Olivier to the son of the original playwright asking for permission to perform the play at the National Theater and getting a firm no from him. Sometimes all the Oscars and titles and world recognition can't get you what you want.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 01:13:13 PM
Poached eggs:
Combine 1 1/2 inches water (about 2 quarts) and 1 tsp. vinegar in a wide 3-quart heavy saucepan (preferably about 9 inches wide) and bring to a simmer.

Break 1 egg into a small bowl or cup and slide egg into water. Repeat with each remaining egg, spacing them evenly in saucepan, and poach at a bare simmer until whites are firm and yolks are still runny, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer eggs as cooked to paper towels using a slotted spoon.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:14:09 PM
The commentary was very similar to what White did on THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... Good, full of information and analysis but a little too much description of what's on the screen.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:15:54 PM
Oh, I forgot that I did watch another episode of THE OFFICE while I cooked and ate lunch. This was the one with the launch party for the new website with Dwight's desperate plan to sell more paper than the computer site can sell. Also featured the kidnapping of the pizza delivery boy who wouldn't give Michael the discount on his pizzas. Very funny stuff.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 01:16:56 PM
Actually, I just did a little research and found out that Meltz and Ernest wrote a song about a poached egg:

Beer comes with kegs
Feet come with legs
But I come for one thing
And that's poached eggs

On toast or a muffin
I am not bluffin'
An egg that is poached
Cannot be reproached

When in the dregs
All of me begs
For that dish of dishes
Lovely poached eggs

You can make with the jokes
But I'll take poached yolks
Like a hit movie, poached eggs have legs
So, you keep your scrambled
Sorry if I've rambled
Just give me some now - poached eggs!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:17:23 PM
I did have time to get into the GREY'S ANATOMY Blu-ray set and watch 1 1/2 episodes. Yes, the shows look wonderful in high def, but it's not the major upgrade in image that LOST on Blu-ray was from the regular DVD issues. Of course, with all those Hawaiian locations on LOST, of course it looks awesome in HD.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 01:19:57 PM
That song was touching, BK. No one writes a song like Meltz and Earnest.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 01:20:35 PM
RE: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM.

I am definitely not holding my breath for Warners to do ANYTHING with it. The film was never a big hit to begin with and really hasn't developed any kind of real cult following in the decades since. I find real entertainment value in it, but I think I'm in the minority.

The last time some of the home video people did a Warner chat and were asked about it, they claimed flat out that the movie would require too much costly restoration to make it a viable proposition. That was a couple of eyars ago, but I doubt much has changed since then. The print TCM shows is as lackluster and flat as the laserdisc was.

I really liked Brothers Grimm and I saw it at least five times at the Warner Cinerama in Hollywood.  Frankly, I don't understand why West is so much more well thought of.  Grimm was very entertaining in Cinerama - big, fun, splashy, and terrific music.  I know it's not a great film, but I don't happen to think West is a great film either.  This is history, and Warners should step up to the plate and restore it.  It's not like they're hurting for money.  They could restore it, make a new Cinerama print that could bring in revenue, and do a Blu-Ray and SD-DVD that I'm sure would sell just as well as West.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:21:14 PM
Page Five Glinda Dance!!!


Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 01:22:35 PM
I felt that Meltz and Ernest really went a little deeper than they usually do - that song is surprisingly wistful and melancholy and yet happy and gay.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:23:07 PM
I really liked Brothers Grimm and I saw it at least five times at the Warner Cinerama in Hollywood.  Frankly, I don't understand why West is so much more well thought of.  Grimm was very entertaining in Cinerama - big, fun, splashy, and terrific music.  I know it's not a great film, but I don't happen to think West is a great film either.  This is history, and Warners should step up to the plate and restore it.  It's not like they're hurting for money.  They could restore it, make a new Cinerama print that could bring in revenue, and do a Blu-Ray and SD-DVD that I'm sure would sell just as well as West.

I'd certainly buy it, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to be satisfied with the pale shell of the film I recorded off TCM.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 01:29:43 PM
We had homemade biscuits with eggs and bacon for lunch.  

I don't think they were poached, we bought them in the supermarket.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 01:32:12 PM
Good thing, FJL, or the game warden might come to your house.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 01:33:19 PM
Poached eggs:
Combine 1 1/2 inches water (about 2 quarts) and 1 tsp. vinegar in a wide 3-quart heavy saucepan (preferably about 9 inches wide) and bring to a simmer.

Break 1 egg into a small bowl or cup and slide egg into water. Repeat with each remaining egg, spacing them evenly in saucepan, and poach at a bare simmer until whites are firm and yolks are still runny, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer eggs as cooked to paper towels using a slotted spoon.

Right on! (I used a 10 in pot with 2" water & 2 tsp vinegar). Since I am putting the eggs in a bowl with heavily buttered toast pieces (2 pieces whole wheat, 1 piece rye, 3 eggs) I skip the drain on paper towel step - I just give the spoon a good jiggle to get rid of most of the water).

So easy, even a record producer could do it!

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 01:41:58 PM
Let's see...

The Weather folks warned that of "certain death" for those remaining on Galveston Island (the sea walls are 17', the expected surge is about 25' with 6-10' waves on top of that).

The Governor has warned those staying that they will NOT be provided with rescue services.

FEMA has asked those remaining to please ink their SSN on their arm so the body can be identified.

Yet, the news channels still find partiers planning to ride out the storm!

I understand not trusting the government - but think, people, think!

der Brucer


Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 01:43:23 PM
Good thing, FJL, or the game warden might come to your house.

Not to worry - eggs are not an endangered species.

der Brucer

PS Enjoy your turtle soup
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 01:50:04 PM
Is the turtle soup reference a joke I missed which I must catch up on?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 01:50:34 PM
Oh, that was to Laura. not me
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 01:50:52 PM
Never mind
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 01:52:05 PM
I must finish my review of LA RONDE, so I'm hopping off-line now and . . .


WBBL.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 01:53:59 PM
I don't eat poached eggs but I'm under the impression they are very easy to cook.

A caveman could do it!

Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 01:56:51 PM
I began my afternoon watching the bonus features on LA RONDE. Pretty good. I especially enjoyed a correspondence fro Laurence Olivier to the son of the original playwright asking for permission to perform the play at the National Theater and getting a firm no from him. Sometimes all the Oscars and titles and world recognition can't get you what you want.

There's a chronologic problem here, DR Matt H: the play was written by Schnitzler in 1897 and the playwright died in 1931, so Sir Laurence must have had a problem with the son about the translation. I can't imagine the son could stop a public domain play from being newly translated?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 01:59:13 PM
Poached eggs:
Combine 1 1/2 inches water (about 2 quarts) and 1 tsp. vinegar in a wide 3-quart heavy saucepan (preferably about 9 inches wide) and bring to a simmer.

Break 1 egg into a small bowl or cup and slide egg into water. Repeat with each remaining egg, spacing them evenly in saucepan, and poach at a bare simmer until whites are firm and yolks are still runny, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer eggs as cooked to paper towels using a slotted spoon.

There are also cute little egg poachers, readily purchased.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:03:15 PM
There are also cute little egg poachers, readily purchased.

$19.99 from amazon.com!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 02:07:18 PM
FOX411 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421462,00.html)

Quote
Jack Jones Still Swings; Elaine's Gang

Yes, that was the great '60s and '70s crooner Jack Jones in Elaine’s Thursday night, with his fiancée, a friend, and Bobby Zarem. He’s at the Algonquin Friday and Saturday night and all next week. Watch him on You Tube with Cleo Laine here.

Jack and Cleo, just like Vicki Carr and so many great singers, were from a generation of great vocalists who lived off Las Vegas, touring and variety shows. Michael Buble and Josh Groban are the Jack Joneses of today. If you’re in New York, don’t miss him. Jones turned 70 last January. He’s still partying like it’s 1979. ...

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 02:08:30 PM
Ooh (hoo, spelled backwards), I may have to get me one of those egg poachers.  Where do you find them on amazon?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 02:09:04 PM
This is quite the slow news day here at haineshisway.com.  You'd think it was Poached Egg Day or something.  
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 02:09:31 PM
A caveman could do it!



Are you suggesting I'm exhibit A? :)

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Kerry on September 12, 2008, 02:12:11 PM
TOD:

DVD - Southland Tales
CD - Scent of Mystery and Michael Buble



You were smelling Michael Buble?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:25:37 PM
Are you suggesting I'm exhibit A? :)

der Brucer

Join the club! :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 02:25:40 PM
Good Afternoon!

Well... I've vacuumed, I've dusted, I've laundry'd... And now I just need to clean off my desk - a.k.a. dump everything in a box and forget about it for a couple of weeks. ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:26:07 PM
Ooh (hoo, spelled backwards), I may have to get me one of those egg poachers.  Where do you find them on amazon?

Check your email.

Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 02:26:23 PM
And I have two bags of clothes for Goodwill too! -Some of the clothes still had their original price tags on them.  :-\
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:27:44 PM
Good Afternoon!

Well... I've vacuumed, I've dusted, I've laundry'd... And now I just need to clean off my desk - a.k.a. dump everything in a box and forget about it for a couple of weeks. ;)

DR Jose,want to go out for dinner? I want some grilled fish and I do not cook fish. I'm in the mood for salmon, tuna, or cod.

I just mailed my estimated taxes and it's been raining. Is this part of the Ike fallout?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:29:11 PM
The new film of THE WOMEN? Oy? It looks scarier than Meg Ryan's new face.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JMK on September 12, 2008, 02:30:43 PM
The new film of THE WOMEN? Oy? It looks scarier than Meg Ryan's new face.

LOL--Meg's new face has been the subject of much horror between DS Betsy and myself.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:31:21 PM
The Channel 2 movie reviewer, from her comments on THE WOMEN, has most likely never seen the original film. Sad.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 02:31:30 PM
bk - They also sell those egg poachers at K-Mart, Target, Macy's, Williams-Sonoma, Sur La Table...  There are even auto-electronic ones - Just add water!

However, I've always thought of those "egg poachers" more as "egg double-boilers/steamers".  You can basically get the same "effect" by using oven-proof custard cups in a pan of water.

*And another tip for egg poaching - If you're doing one at a time, give the water a good stir to form a "vortex", then drop the egg in the "eye".

**My favorite poaching liquid for eggs: red wine.  :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 02:34:47 PM
This latest "Stepford Wives" Optimum Triple Play commercial with the blonde singer with the face of a barracuda. Is she a celebrity? She scares me with her moues.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 02:36:05 PM
DR Jose,want to go out for dinner? I want some grilled fish and I do not cook fish. I'm in the mood for salmon, tuna, or cod.

I just mailed my estimated taxes and it's been raining. Is this part of the Ike fallout?

Oohhh... Dinner sounds good, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to stay put for now.  I don't have a lot of cleaning left to do before my brother and nephew get here tonight, but...

Oh, my brother just texted me...  He's taking a later train... Hmm...

I can meet you around 6:30 if that works for you.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 02:37:33 PM
Hmm... Apparently, the changes over at Facebook are causing such an "uproar" that there will be news stories devoted them over the next couple of days.  OY!  It's just Facebook, not voting machines.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 02:38:02 PM
Eggs may not be endangered, but if one poaches them, the game warden can appear. Just like if one poaches an elk. So I've heard.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 02:39:10 PM
And look! Uncle Jo-Jo bought you your very own dusting cloths.

der Brucer

Actually... John likes cleaning. :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 02:40:17 PM
The new film of THE WOMEN? Oy? It looks scarier than Meg Ryan's new face.

You should appreciate:

LA TIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-women12-2008sep12,0,7160838.story)

(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-09/42295441.jpg)
Quote
'The Women' overworked
...
While the original film, written by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin from a play by Clare Boothe Luce, saw itself as a catty entertainment about New York society women coping with the infidelity of the husband of one of their friends, English has something grander and more complex in mind.

Graced with a big-name cast, including Meg Ryan as wife Mary, Annette Bening, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett Smith as her best friends, and Eva Mendes as the home wrecker, this version sees itself as both a farce and a manifesto, a glorification of female friendship and a celebration of women's need for self-realization.

And when it comes to issues, "The Women" plays like a year's worth of stories from a glossy magazine.

In no particular order, the film deals with childbirth, face-lifts, sexual techniques, career women who neglect their children, teenage girls with self-image problems, men who don't believe in women, men who have trouble with successful women (not the same thing), the betrayal of female friendships, the perils of careers in a man's world and, quite possibly, more.

All that would be a handful to pull off for the most experienced filmmaker, but English has never directed before, and it shows. The visual choices she makes in "The Women" are invariably static, and except for whatever energy the performers can manage, the storytelling has a dispiriting flatness to it.

"The Women's" story starts roughly the same way the 1939 film does, with the discovery that Mary's never-seen husband, Steven, is having an affair with Crystal Allen (an intentionally provocative Mendes), the woman behind the perfume counter -- "the spritzer girl" to be exact -- at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Mary's best friends, including magazine editor Sylvie Fowler (Bening), gay writer Alex Fisher (Pinkett Smith) and supermom Edie Cohen (Messing), first try to decide whether to tell Mary and then what to advise her after she finds out the truth.

After this initial setup, however, "The Women" becomes unfocused as it stumbles over all the points it wants to make. Given English's writing skills, the dialogue doesn't help as much as it should, tending too much toward one-liners that aim for raunchy whenever possible.
...


der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 02:43:05 PM
...  There are even auto-electronic ones - Just add water!


No eggs?

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 02:44:05 PM
Actually... John likes cleaning. :)

Then it would be a kindness to save some dust for him.

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 02:47:00 PM
And there are no turtles here. Just rocks.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 02:55:00 PM
I  certainly am no fan of the Facebook changes - it was fine before.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 03:00:57 PM
I just made DR MBarnum jealous with my current blood glucose levels, and now i get to have dinner with DR Jose! This is quite exciting.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 03:03:57 PM
And there are no turtles here. Just rocks.

Slowly moving rocks!

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 03:09:04 PM
I was playing some Robert Ward music - we championed him at Bay Cities because he was a profound influence on me musically as a youngster, when I discovered his great opera of The Crucible (which I believe is being done in NY right now) - which I wrote about in Kritzer Time.  He was seventy-two when we began issuing his stuff on Bay Cities, and we met and become very friendly.  Well, I'm happy to report he's still with us and apparently going strong - at 91 years of age!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 03:16:01 PM
Well, the sun has decided it might like to make an appearance.  Note to sun: Too damn late in the day for you, pal.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 03:21:35 PM
I was playing some Robert Ward music - we championed him at Bay Cities because he was a profound influence on me musically as a youngster, when I discovered his great opera of The Crucible (which I believe is being done in NY right now) - which I wrote about in Kritzer Time.  He was seventy-two when we began issuing his stuff on Bay Cities, and we met and become very friendly.  Well, I'm happy to report he's still with us and apparently going strong - at 91 years of age!

Let's hear it for Robert Ward!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: George on September 12, 2008, 03:22:51 PM
So.......

Is anybody else watching "The View" right now?

And I quote:

"Us white folk will take care of you."
-Barbara Walters

WOW!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

*And the look on Whoopi's face after that comment... WHOA!

:o I started recording just as John McCain walked on to be interviewed, but didn't watch any of it.  I'll watch it tonight!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 03:37:34 PM
HI! MY NAME's STUPID, WHAT"S YOURS?

(http://www.foxnews.com/images/436341/2_62_ikestay2_320.jpg)
 AP

Sept. 12: With Hurricane Ike churning off shore, people take in the sight of the high surf from a patio bar in Galveston, Texas

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: vixmom on September 12, 2008, 03:52:25 PM
I have use if the computer as Vixdad is working late and the Vixter is out on a date with her boyfriend!



I don't know how I feel about this
 
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 03:53:44 PM
Boyfriend?  Ack!!!!!! Our Vixter is too young!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: vixmom on September 12, 2008, 03:57:26 PM
Boyfriend?  Ack!!!!!! Our Vixter is too young!

Definitely one of the feelings surfacing!!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 03:59:05 PM
Boyfriend?  Ack!!!!!! Our Vixter is too young!

Young ladies usually start the dating process at about 14 - it's up to the parents to control how it is conducted (group dates, chaperoned parties, etc).

der Burcer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 04:01:52 PM
I have use if the computer as Vixdad is working late and the Vixter is out on a date with her boyfriend!



I don't know how I feel about this
 


Boyfriend!!! :o
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 04:06:07 PM
(http://www.varley.net/Pages/images/Favorite%20Movies/The%20Boyfriend.jpg)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: vixmom on September 12, 2008, 04:07:14 PM
Boyfriend!!! :o

Yup-- he officially asked her to be his girlfriend today... to celebrate her affirmative answer they are off to the movies





Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: vixmom on September 12, 2008, 04:07:56 PM
He seems a nice polite boy ....so far
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: vixmom on September 12, 2008, 04:09:12 PM
I poach eggs on Saturday mornings.  Vixdad likes them on toast or sometimes I will make eggs benedict...


I like mine on a bed of steamed spinach
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 04:11:01 PM
I do not like poached eggs. I do not like runny egg yolks.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 04:13:07 PM
Yup-- he officially asked her to be his girlfriend today... to celebrate her affirmative answer they are off to the movies

This is sooooo cute. :)

Hoping he stays nice & polite.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 04:14:39 PM

I do not like poached eggs.

Sam you are?    ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 04:15:51 PM
Silicone cookware is the rage today.  These egg poachers look nice & can be used individually.  

(http://image.normthompson.com/solutions/images/us/local/products/detail/81991.jpg)

"No need to drag out a special pan when you want to poach eggs. Simply float these silicone "pods" in boiling water and create perfect poached eggs for Eggs Benedict, or to serve on toast. Healthier, too, because it takes just a small amount of oil, butter or cooking spray for eggs to slip out. Heat resistant to 675°. Microwave and dishwasher safe."
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 04:17:42 PM
... they are off to the movies


How are they getting back and forth (he asks fretfully).

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 12, 2008, 04:20:14 PM
Silicone cookware is the rage today.  These egg poachers look nice & can be used individually.  

(http://image.normthompson.com/solutions/images/us/local/products/detail/81991.jpg)

Oooh - I like that idea :)

der Brucer
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 04:26:49 PM
Let's see...

The Weather folks warned that of "certain death" for those remaining on Galveston Island (the sea walls are 17', the expected surge is about 25' with 6-10' waves on top of that).

The Governor has warned those staying that they will NOT be provided with rescue services.

FEMA has asked those remaining to please ink their SSN on their arm so the body can be identified.

Yet, the news channels still find partiers planning to ride out the storm!

I understand not trusting the government - but think, people, think!



Sounds similar to what happened in 1900. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/galveston.1900/)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ben on September 12, 2008, 05:08:23 PM
Greetings, gang.

I don't think I've posted today.

Work is work is work is work. For the first time since my meltdown in 1995 I don't like my job. In fact there are days when I hate my job. I've always felt good about the fact that I work at a place that provides a good and needed service for little or no fee and that I'm doing something worthwhile. The way things are working out right now I don't see the inner workings of the organization with such a bright, shiny face. I'm not leaving but I'm strenuously hoping things will get better. We are not doing overtime for the first time in 10 years and the higher ups think that will make us less stressed and happier. They live on a different planet and only come down to visit occasionally. Ugh!!!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ben on September 12, 2008, 05:14:20 PM
On another disappointing note (with a somewhat happy ending), I decided to take my old hard drive back into TekServe, a computer store that does data recovery. I wanted to try and get back the six BBC sound files that I lost when when the computer died in January. I took it in after the computer died but we decided not to spend the money at that time. I've been working on Volume 4 of the CD and (maybe because Anthony's not here) I thought, what the hell, these are important to me and if I get them it will be worth it to me. I took the hard drive in on Sunday. They have a 75-80 percent success rate in retrieving data. Well, I got a phone call today and I'm in the 20-25 percent rate. They couldn't get anything off the drive. The sound clips are lost to the ether of past Internet broadcasts. The somewhat happy ending I alluded to is that I got a full refund of my deposit. They have a money back guarantee and if they can't recover anything you don't pay. So even though they worked from Sunday through today I didn't have to pay anything! Also, I do have the raw sound clips which I sent to Wales in the first place. When I put the CD together I will just include those clips and explain in the notes what happened.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 05:19:22 PM
Goldilocks:

"This VHS tape is too stale"...

"This VHS tape is too fresh"...

"This VHS tape is juuuuust riiiiiight!"     ;)


Someone must be watching CENTURIANS (sic) OF ROME.   ;D
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ben on September 12, 2008, 05:19:24 PM
I've also been trying to record Anthony's How to Succeed segment in a different format from Real Player 11. That program has a plug-in which will record video segments from the Internet. The only problem is, if it's not a Flash based video it will only play in Real Player Version 11. If you don't have that program you can't watch the video. All the computers that I use have RP 11 (not Ron Pulliam 11) so we can watch it here or play it for friends that didn't get to see it but it's not universally playable (is that a word?). I've tried the other video capture programs, like Vixy and KeepVid and they don't work. I've tried converting the video to a different format I that's not successful either. I've also tried the plug-in for Firefox 3 but that doesn't work either. If we don't get it in a different format it's not the end of the world but it would be nice to be able to record it in some other format (like mpeg or even QuickTime).
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Kerry on September 12, 2008, 05:20:54 PM
I will not eat poached eggs on a boat.  I will not eat poached eggs with a goat.  I will not eat poached eggs in a hat; I will not eat poached eggs with a cat.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ben on September 12, 2008, 05:21:07 PM
And now, to end on a happier note, tomorrow evening I will be seeing an old college friend. He turned 50 in August but he's celebrating tomorrow. He lives in New York and we keep in touch but two old college friends who I rarely see will also be there. It will be quite nice to put the week behind me with good friends and cake and laughter  :D
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 05:21:44 PM
He seems a nice polite boy ....so far

Make him read the Kritzer books - THAT will test his mettle.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: George on September 12, 2008, 05:22:46 PM
Page Five Glinda Dance!!!

(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/woz174.jpg)

Speaking of G(a)linda ;), today in the mail (I had this sent here to my work), I received the Japanese cast recording of Wicked (http://www.soundofmusic-shop.de/s04.php?sid=&shopid=s04&cur=eur&sp=en&ag=1&os=&br=&pp=aa&bnr=15059). ;D

I'm listening to it right now.  So far, so good. :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 05:22:46 PM
I do hope you are all listening to Donald's radio show - he's back now and there's been a new one up for a week.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 05:23:39 PM
Welcome ten GUESTS.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ben on September 12, 2008, 05:28:44 PM
Speaking of G(a)linda ;), today in the mail (I had this sent here to my work), I received the Japanese cast recording of Wicked (http://www.soundofmusic-shop.de/s04.php?sid=&shopid=s04&cur=eur&sp=en&ag=1&os=&br=&pp=aa&bnr=15059). ;D

I'm listening to it right now.  So far, so good. :)

You are a completist, aren't you  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 05:28:46 PM
DR Ben, I hope things improve at work.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 05:33:50 PM
DR George, is it complete Japanese WICKED or is it the 39 minute version?

I'm listening to Idina Menzel's I STAND.
Ms. Menzel will be appearing in Pittsburgh in November and I will be seeing her cabaret.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 05:44:21 PM
Good Evening!

I'm back from having dinner with DR elmore.  It was soooo nice seeing him again not in an Emergency Room.  ;)

*However, if Dr. Green Eyes and Dr. Gun Show were on duty, well... Larry who?.   ;D
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:47:11 PM
***BETTER PROSPECTS VIBES***[/size][/color]
for DR Ben!!!!![/size][/color]
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 05:47:32 PM
So... I'm taking another little break before I start the last bit of cleaning I want to get done before my family arrives.  -And whatever I get done in an hour, will be what I get done in an hour.  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:48:33 PM
I do hope you are all listening to Donald's radio show

I always forget about that...    :P

Thanks for the reminder!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:51:10 PM
I've got a lot of poachin'
To do
!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:54:34 PM
I got an envelope from the I.R.S. today, which gave me pause [or paws].

But it turned out to be just a generic informational letter on pensions.   Whew!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:55:44 PM
FYI -

"Windows Easy Transfer Cable" is anything but.

DR Matthew was absolutely right to be skeptical.    :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 05:55:51 PM
I'm listening to CDs (currently a wonderful Paul Misraki collection), and then I suppose I'll watch a DVD, although I'm feeling a little antsy.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:56:08 PM
I see Dear Readers, but I don't see any posts.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: George on September 12, 2008, 05:56:11 PM
I do hope you are all listening to Donald's radio show - he's back now and there's been a new one up for a week.

I can't here at work, but I will when I get home! :D
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: George on September 12, 2008, 05:56:47 PM
You are a completist, aren't you  ;)

I am...but I'm not as bad as I used to be, though. :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 05:57:01 PM
I had sandwiches again.  No Quakes today.  So, I'll probably get a little snack later and that snack could conceivably be poached eggs on an English muffin - but will most likely be some carrots and some fruit.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:57:02 PM
I'm feeling a little antsy.

Nothing a poached egg or two wouldn't cure!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 05:57:08 PM
Good Evening!

I'm back from having dinner with DR elmore.  It was soooo nice seeing him again not in an Emergency Room.  ;)

*However, if Dr. Green Eyes and Dr. Gun Show were on duty, well... Larry who?.   ;D

Always the bridesmaid . . .
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: George on September 12, 2008, 05:58:00 PM
DR George, is it complete Japanese WICKED or is it the 39 minute version?

I'm listening to Idina Menzel's I STAND.
Ms. Menzel will be appearing in Pittsburgh in November and I will be seeing her cabaret.

It's not a bootleg of the complete show, it's the 71 minute, commercially released cast recording.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:58:20 PM
DR elmore is marrying Dr. Green Eyes?  Did I get that right??

:)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: singdaw on September 12, 2008, 05:59:02 PM
DR George already has, of course, the German cast album of Wicked...    :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 05:59:23 PM
Actually, it was wonderful to see my dear friend Jose as well.  
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: George on September 12, 2008, 05:59:48 PM
DR George already has, of course, the German cast album of Wicked...    :)

Why, yes, I do...and I got that from the same place.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 12, 2008, 06:00:17 PM
DR elmore is marrying Dr. Green Eyes?  Did I get that right??

:)

No, I believe that's one of our DR Jose's goals.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 06:09:27 PM
No, I think it's Dr. Green Eyes and Dr. Gun Show who are getting married, and DR Elmore is the bridesmaid.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 06:10:19 PM
DR George already has, of course, the German cast album of Wicked...    :)

Don't we all?    ;D

. . .and that one from London, too.   ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 06:11:43 PM
DR George already has, of course, the German cast album of Wicked...    :)

. . .or as we like to call it "Die Hexen!"
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 06:16:55 PM
BRIDESMAIDS REVISITED - shouldn't that be the title of something?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 06:17:50 PM
At a same-sex wedding, they'd of course be pridesmaids, but that's an old discussion form months ago.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 06:24:22 PM
Fall must not be far off,  the first of the migrating Wood Ducks have stopped for a visit.  There are five males and two females.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 06:35:51 PM
Fall must not be far off,  the first of the migrating Wood Ducks have stopped for a visit.  There are five males and two females.

Another sign of fall - Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbuck's.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 06:37:34 PM
Last week Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory had pumpkin something fudge.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 06:45:02 PM
My grandpa had 2 poached eggs on toast every morning.  He had an egg poacher.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 06:48:53 PM
Yup-- he officially asked her to be his girlfriend today... to celebrate her affirmative answer they are off to the movies







So was Eddie Haskel (or however you spell that)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 06:50:30 PM
Silicone cookware is the rage today.  These egg poachers look nice & can be used individually.  

(http://image.normthompson.com/solutions/images/us/local/products/detail/81991.jpg)

"No need to drag out a special pan when you want to poach eggs. Simply float these silicone "pods" in boiling water and create perfect poached eggs for Eggs Benedict, or to serve on toast. Healthier, too, because it takes just a small amount of oil, butter or cooking spray for eggs to slip out. Heat resistant to 675°. Microwave and dishwasher safe."

I don't trust silicone cookware.  It just doesn't make sense to me that it doesn't give off something bad for your health.  Maybe I'm paranoid, but that's what I think
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 06:51:45 PM
Almost ready - Just need to finish clearing off my desk.  And according to the text I just got from my brother, as well as the online information, my brother's train should be getting in around 10:30 - and only about three minutes late too.  :)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 06:52:45 PM
No, I think it's Dr. Green Eyes and Dr. Gun Show who are getting married, and DR Elmore is the bridesmaid.

Well... I'd pay to see part of that movie.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 06:54:20 PM
So was Eddie Haskel (or however you spell that)

This was supposed to go with the "He seems like a nice polite boy" or whatever it said...I'm tired
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: TCB on September 12, 2008, 06:59:19 PM
I wish my eye would get better!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: TCB on September 12, 2008, 06:59:33 PM
I wish my eye would get better!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: TCB on September 12, 2008, 06:59:47 PM
I wish my eye would get better!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:02:13 PM
I wish DR TCB's eye would get better.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:02:33 PM
I wish DR TCB's eye would get better.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 07:02:38 PM
DR TCB - I wish that your eye gets better, too!  Does looking at the computer screen bother it?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 07:02:41 PM
Has TCB's eye gotten better?
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:02:59 PM
I wish DR TCB's eye would get better.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Ginny on September 12, 2008, 07:03:53 PM
And I'm falling asleep at my keyboard, so...good night!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 07:04:04 PM
Every time I see dear reader Jose's avatar I want a double ice cream cone.  Maybe one day next week I'll have two poached eggs on an English muffin (total calories 300) and use the rest of my calories up on a two-scoop ice cream cone from Baskin-Robbins or Ben and Jerry's.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 07:04:28 PM
It's been a very long time since I've had a real dessert - since Skip's cheese cake, I think.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:05:00 PM
Every time I see dear reader Jose's avatar I want a double ice cream cone.  Maybe one day next week I'll have two poached eggs on an English muffin (total calories 300) and use the rest of my calories up on a two-scoop ice cream cone from Baskin-Robbins or Ben and Jerry's.

Find a good gelato place.  -Actually the one in Los Feliz is pretty good.  -Less fat, and less calories, more flavor.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:05:40 PM
Every time I see dear reader Jose's avatar I want a double ice cream cone.  Maybe one day next week I'll have two poached eggs on an English muffin (total calories 300) and use the rest of my calories up on a two-scoop ice cream cone from Baskin-Robbins or Ben and Jerry's.

Well, I guess I'll refrain from posting my pic with the banana split.  ;)
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 07:06:21 PM
And now I'm off to Penn Station to meet my brother and my nephew!  :)

Laters...
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 07:16:05 PM
I'm getting kind of hungry for a snack.  I'd say I could eat two to three hundred calories more and be fine.  We shall see.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: TCB on September 12, 2008, 07:19:23 PM
DR TCB - I wish that your eye gets better, too!  Does looking at the computer screen bother it?


Actually, everything but a darkened room bothers it, which is why I am behind on reading posts.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 07:20:19 PM
I WISH FOR TCB'S EYE TO GET BETTER!

I WISH FOR TCB'S EYETO GET BETTER!

I WISH FOR TCB'S EYE TO GET BETTER!
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 07:21:09 PM
I hoping FJL's method of shouting 3 times makes our wishes come true.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Jane on September 12, 2008, 07:21:28 PM
'night
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 07:25:00 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 07:25:12 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 07:25:24 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 07:25:48 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better, too.

I wish TCB's eye would get better, too.

I wish TCB's eye would get better, too.
Title: Re:POACHED EGGS
Post by: FJL on September 12, 2008, 07:27:39 PM
I hope this will work, but I'm sending vibes to TCB as well.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 07:29:48 PM
I wish I felt like really doing this school.   It isn't really what I thought it would be. Tonight they said it wasn't the content that mattered it was learning to be comfortable speaking in the courtroom.  I'm very comfortable in the courtroom. I want to know what to say.  

Tonight we described blocks. It was an interesting exercise, but...   I'm exhausted.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 12, 2008, 07:37:52 PM
I'm afraid the past few months is catching up with me.  I'd really just like to go to bed and sleep in tomorrow.  
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Post by: Jennifer on September 12, 2008, 08:01:43 PM
I use an egg poacher.
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Post by: Kerry on September 12, 2008, 08:03:10 PM
Even a man who is pure at heart
And says his prayers at night
May become a wolf
When the wolfbane blooms
And the Autumn moon is bright
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Post by: Kerry on September 12, 2008, 08:04:39 PM
I wish my eye would get better!

You can smell us!
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Post by: Kerry on September 12, 2008, 08:05:51 PM
You can smell us!

Or use your sense of touch.  Handy excuse for "accidentally" groping people.
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Post by: Jennifer on September 12, 2008, 08:08:57 PM
Tomorrow is my niece's 3rd birthday party.

I decided to make a recipe i've been dying to try (she even helped me since she likes baking).

When i got home tonight i cut it up and tried a piece. It is so good!

It's for Starbuck's Cranberry Bliss bars:

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipedetail.asp?sessionid=&login=yes&id=392&page=
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Post by: Jennifer on September 12, 2008, 08:10:59 PM
The funniest thing is that my niece loves playing with my nail polishes. She's been begging my sister for months to let her polish her nails.

Well my sister told her she could polish them for her birthday.

Tonight was the night we did it. And there were a bunch of people over at my sister's and i hear my niece tell someone, "yeah pedicures are when you put nail polish on your toes".  So cute!
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:11:03 PM
There's a chronologic problem here, DR Matt H: the play was written by Schnitzler in 1897 and the playwright died in 1931, so Sir Laurence must have had a problem with the son about the translation. I can't imagine the son could stop a public domain play from being newly translated?

This is all explained in the bonus features. The only place where the play was in the public domain was in the US. In all places in Europe except France at the time - 1964 -, the playwright's estate held the copyright and had to give permission which was always denied.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:18:15 PM
I spent most of the evening with GREY'S ANATOMY. My goodness, Shonda Rhimes had a lot of messes to get out of as Season 4 began. It took over half the season to clear things up from the tangled, irritating plots she and the writers had devised.

The hospital cases have always been interesting, riveting in many cases. It's just the interpersonal relationships between the doctors that got so garbled.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:19:52 PM
Some good guest star turns. Loved Seth Green's exploding neck and Gale Harold's  swastika on his stomach surgery.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:21:02 PM
I've watched 7 of the 17 episodes thus far. There were also two audio commentaries I listened to. Neither was very interesting, and the one with the actress playing Rose was really poor. Almost no talking.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:22:05 PM
I did watch tonight's PSYCH. Good show with Shawn cuter than ever. Dule Hill had about the least to do that he's ever had.

Gary Cole and Alan Ruck were good guest stars.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 08:30:57 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 08:31:22 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 12, 2008, 08:32:12 PM
I wish TCB's eye would get better.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 12, 2008, 08:40:49 PM
I am really starting to get tired, so I'm heading downstairs to bed.

Good night!
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:55:52 PM
Eye yi yi!
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:56:14 PM
Warm tonight with rain predicted again for tomorrow.  I have to work anyway!
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:56:28 PM
Don't buy Roxio.....find something else.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:57:03 PM
I think I will buy the Rodan/War of the Gargantuas DVD.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:57:26 PM
Such talk around here.  I certainly know what my ancestor Lord Stanley thought about POACHERS!
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:57:44 PM
I think I will watch TCM until I fall asleep.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:58:06 PM
Here is another NEW FACEBOOK DESIGN hater here.....it's NOT broken.  Don't fix it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 12, 2008, 08:58:25 PM
And that's enough of me for now.
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Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 09:01:24 PM
I wish DR TCB's eye would get better.
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Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 09:03:10 PM
I wish DR TCB's eye would get better.
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Post by: td on September 12, 2008, 09:03:48 PM
I wish DR TCB's eye would get better.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 12, 2008, 09:26:35 PM
My brother and his son made it into Penn Station safe and sound, and only a few minutes late. John enjoyed his first subway ride, although, I think he was more fascinated by the rats running across the tracks than anything else. ;)

We're hoping to head out for the day around 9:00, so...

Goodnight.
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 09:31:31 PM
I use an egg poacher.

I used an egg poacher once - he wasn't too happy about being used.  I'll say no more.
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Post by: Michael on September 12, 2008, 09:56:57 PM
This evening I watch the Road Warrior which is only the title of the movie on the cover of the Blu Ray release. The use the films original title Mad Max 2 in the credits. So why couldn't they use Mad Max 2 on the cover are people that  unenlightened?
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Post by: Michael on September 12, 2008, 09:58:24 PM
As much as I find it a chore to watch Mel Gibson these days; when he was young and unknown he was so much better. (He was 23 when he did Mad Max 2)
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Post by: Michael on September 12, 2008, 10:00:46 PM
Does any watch HOUSE MD? I have been catching it in reruns on USA. I find it addictive. I don't think there has ever been a character quite like Dr. House on TV before.
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 10:46:11 PM
Finished viewing for the evening.  I ended up watching the VERY long Cimarron.
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 10:46:30 PM
I'm the only one in the jernt?
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 10:47:06 PM
Well, me and eight GUESTS, and now DR Megan, who doesn't really post very much.  
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 10:47:33 PM
I will not change anything including the notes until we reach three hundred postings.  
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 11:03:45 PM
People come, people go, like Grand Hotel.  I'll just sit here and relax until we hit 300 postings.
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 11:23:46 PM
What a bunch of WUSSBURGERS.  Gone are the days when Jrand, Pogue, and countless others would be on and we had fun and things were just too too.
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Post by: bk on September 12, 2008, 11:24:06 PM
And then there were none.
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Post by: bk on September 13, 2008, 12:11:33 AM
This is actually quite nauseating, that I'm the only one posting in over two hours.
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Post by: bk on September 13, 2008, 12:12:13 AM
I should just lock this and not do the new one until morning, but I won't because I'm a very nice person who doesn't hold a grudge against the WUSSBURGERS.
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Post by: bk on September 13, 2008, 12:12:50 AM
Well, what can you do?
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Post by: bk on September 13, 2008, 12:13:09 AM
Here is post three hundred, no thanks to the WUSSBURGERS.