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Well, you've read the notes, the notes said both this and that, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're off eating gefilte fish right now.
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And the word of the day is: GORMANDIZER!
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I have two, count 'em 2, e-mail addresses. But thanks for getting singdaw to notify me!!! ;)
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Where in heck did Friday go?
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You're welcome, DR Ron Pulliam! I didn't think to go back and check the Notes for updates, but DR elmore3003 or DM MBarnum alerted me.
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You may have two e-mail addresses now, but I have many others for you, which you probably haven't had for some years. Happy to list them all for you, if you like :)
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I wonder if our final two fixes will be done by the time I get up in the morning. If I get up early enough, I'll do the long jog before she of the Evil Eye gets here - if not, I'll do it just after.
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George, if anyone wants to link directly to the board, it's www.haineshisway.com/smf
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Oh, by the way, there's no button for it anymore, but the "Who's Online" function has been reinstated.
From the main 'HHW Community Forums' page [on the new board], scroll all the way to the bottom and click on 'X Guests, X Users.'
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Has Congress become a pimp to Wall Street, as the gormandizer of U.S. resources, as another bureaucracy that filches the wealth of its masses which had been intended for purposes other than those to which they have been put to use?
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Oh, by the way, there's no button for it anymore, but the "Who's Online" function has been reinstated.
From the main 'HHW Community Forums' page [on the new board], scroll all the way to the bottom and click on 'X Guests, X Users.'
I don't see it. Never mind, I get it now.
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You may have two e-mail addresses now, but I have many others for you, which you probably haven't had for some years. Happy to list them all for you, if you like :)
There cannot possibly be eight. Two, maybe three if you include a work address. Two of those addresses -- identical save for one letter, were home addresses. My Kritzerland purchases -- for the past several years -- are all on one address only.
But no, do not list my addresses.
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Don't worry, I'm not listing them - maybe there weren't eight, but there were enough for me not to have a clew which was which.
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***BREAK-A-LEG READING VIBES***
for bk today!
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If you see someone without a clew, give them one of yours.
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I don't know about anyone else, but today's notes on the homepage (www.haineshisway.com/) are still yesterday's notes. I had to go to the column archive to read today's notes.
I'm just sayin'.
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I know of five people who'll be at the signing for sure - unless two of them don't come. Then there will be three, although I just remembered someone else who's coming, so that would be four or six. Then there are a couple of people from the film music board who might show up.
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And maybe, just maybe, the bookstore itself will have some people who show up. They're e-mail announcement, however, was sent yesterday, so who knows. You'd think the CAKE would be enough of an allure.
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George, if anyone wants to link directly to the board, it's www.haineshisway.com/smf
Directly to the new board, yes, but it's possible that some people have the old board bookmarked ".../community" instead of ".../smf."
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I don't know about anyone else, but today's notes on the homepage (www.haineshisway.com/) are still yesterday's notes. I had to go to the column archive to read today's notes.
I'm just sayin'.
I see today's notes - so you'd probably have to clear your cache or something. It happens occasionally but not very often. And I must say, even though it was so crazy around here, this web hosting switch to the new server upgrade has resulted in very fast speed here at haineshisway.com.
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Topic of the Day: for regular cakes with frosting (and not any kind of specialty cake), I really like chocolate (or devil's food) cake with white frosting. :)
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Has Congress become a pimp to Wall Street, as the gormandizer of U.S. resources, as another bureaucracy that filches the wealth of its masses which had been intended for purposes other than those to which they have been put to use?
No, Congress has listened to the plight of Main Street voters getting crushed in an unexpected financail catasrophe. Barring the more than usual incompetence of Washington, the Rescue Plan buy-ins should actually make a profit for the tax-payer, and should that fail, there is the" tax the company" fall-back already included in the legislation. The true villains in this mess are the original con-men who orchestrated the bum mortgages to begin with. The faulty paper has long since been rebundled and off-loaded to the nation's major financial houses, and much of it has been then incorporated into other financial instruments held by Mutual Funds which are in turn held by pension plans. The bad-guys who caused the problem are, for the most part, long gone and out of financial harm. The second class of Villain is the greedy developers who over built in most of the major real-estate markets in this country - and while they now suffer as their inventory remains unsold, their efforts to unload new construction has depresssed the entire housing market. By buying up, at a discount, mortgage paper in danger of default, the government should be able to put a major damper on additional foreclosures that would exacerbate the problem. Remember, once real estate values fall more than 10%, most recent buyers find themselves in houses worth less than their mortagage; with values having fallen more than 40% in many areas, large numbers of home-owners are now trapped into immobility.
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While some will agree and some will disagree, after the little meltdown of last week, I'd prefer this sort of discussion happen privately for a while.
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I was trapped into immobility once. Or was it tricked?
Well, in any case...
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That's the first time when I've used the quote button that I've seen that green "loading" thing. Hate it. Any way to get rid of it?
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Guess I should go to sleep.
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My favorite kind of cake: FREE.
Perhaps I'll show up at bk's reading! :)
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I don't know about anyone else, but today's notes on the homepage (www.haineshisway.com/) are still yesterday's notes. I had to go to the column archive to read today's notes.
I'm just sayin'.
I see today's notes - so you'd probably have to clear your cache or something. It happens occasionally but not very often. And I must say, even though it was so crazy around here, this web hosting switch to the new server upgrade has resulted in very fast speed here at haineshisway.com.
Well, I'm posting using my cousin's AOL account, so I'm not sure how to do that in AOL, and I'm going to try. I know people (like my parents) who don't clear their cache for specific reasons...what they are, I don't know. And since I might not even log back on until I get home on Monday, I'm not going to worry about it, yet. I can find the notes without any trouble, so all is good.
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that green "loading" thing.
I haven't seen that yet.
I had no problem viewing today's Notes in the normal fashion.
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Well, since we're so close...
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PAGE TWO COQUILLE, OREGON DANCE!! ;D
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singdaw, maybe it's just when you use the quote button and there are multiple quotes in what you're quoting.
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And on that note (B-flat), I'm finally going to bed. Again, I don't know when I'll log back in. It might be tonight or not until Monday.
Either way, HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND, ALL!!
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While some will agree and some will disagree, after the little meltdown of last week, I'd prefer this sort of discussion happen privately for a while.
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der brucer
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Lump Crab Crabcake
der Brucer
Least favorite cake:
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BEST FRIENDS (http://editor.ne16.com/he/vo.aspx?FileID=788b6b77-4858-4e2f-9ce2-dee85fcc7c8f&MemberID=184955206&MailID=6459039)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua, a new Disney movie opens today, October 3rd
We all know what happens when a new “dog movie” comes out—lots of people decide they must have a dog just like the one in the movie. But what people might not realize is that shelters and groups across the country have plenty of Chihuahuas, for ADOPTION. In fact, Chihuahuas are the 5th most-posted breed of dog for adoption on Petfinder (after Labs, Shepherds, Pit bulls and mixes of those breeds).
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Going veggie shrinks the brain
(http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24336544-23272,00.html)
According to a new study, vegetarians and vegans are six times more likely to suffer from brain shrinkage than meat eaters.
The link was discovered after scientists at Oxford University ran memory tests, physical checks and brain scans on 107 people between the ages of 61and 87, and then retested them five years later.
Researchers speculate the loss of brain mass in vegetarians and vegans is due to a deficiency of Vitamin B12, which is found in meat, fish and eggs. This type of brain atrophy is linked to Alzheimer's Disease and other cognitive failings.
The decision to eat meat is often attacked by veggies, but it now seems as though these kinds of affronts may just be a product of small-mindedness.
BRING ON THE COW!
der Brucer
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LA TIMES (http://www.latimes.com/theguide/music/la-ca-palladium-2008oct05,0,7629928.story)
The Hollywood Palladium gets a second wind
The regal concert hall has booked performers from Sinatra to Jay-Z. Audiences will soon see if a thorough makeover kept it up to date.
By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 5, 2008
SIXTY-EIGHT years ago this month, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and its new singer, a skinny 24-year-old New Jersey crooner named Frank Sinatra, welcomed a cheering crowd to opening night at the Hollywood Palladium. Dorothy Lamour was there to snip the ribbon, spangled with orchids, and as Jack Benny, Judy Garland and Lana Turner looked on, hundreds of couples danced the jitterbug on a 11,200-square-foot dance floor made of maple wood.
With its coral and chromium interior, Streamlined Moderne swoops and shimmering chandeliers, the Palladium that night must have seemed like a dreamy refuge in a world that was growing darker by the day. German bombs were falling every night in London, but beneath the searchlights of Sunset Boulevard, all the young lovers were swaying in a Hollywood champagne fantasy.
Still, when Sinatra sang the band's No. 1 hit, "I'll Never Smile Again," how many of those 3,000 couples held each other and fretted about the future?
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IT ALL begins Oct. 15 with a sold-out show featuring a 12-piece band fronted by rapper Jay-Z, who, with his East Coast roots and Chairman of the Board persona, channels a sort of hip-hop version of Sinatra's career aura.
"I wouldn't be surprised one bit," Mueller said, "if he does a Sinatra song." The promoter said that Tuesday while wearing a hard hat and shouting over the sounds of hammers and sanders. He was standing on the rim of the Palladium's dance floor, which he doubts will be refinished until after opening night. Above Mueller's head was a chandelier wrapped in plastic. "The rest of them are out back, we have a company restoring them, recasting the missing crystals. Everything has to be just right."
Cove lighting has been installed to highlight the Moderne details and the original marquee-and-pylon sign tower has been restored at the entrance and its large neon letters revived. (How careful is the revival? Architect Christopher Coe used old newsreel footage to match the lighting sequence to the original pattern.)
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Maybe someone will write "Murder At the Palladium".
der Brucer
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NY TIMES (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/arts/music/03reynolds.html?em)
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NICK REYNOLDS, KINGSTON TRIO HARMONIZER, DIES AT 75
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Nick Reynolds, a founding member of the Kingston Trio whose smooth tenor and gift for harmonizing helped propel the group to worldwide fame in the folk-music revival of the late 1950s and early ’60s, died Wednesday in San Diego. He was 75 and lived in Coronado, Calif.
The cause was acute respiratory disease syndrome, said his son Joshua Stewart Reynolds.
Whether singing high harmony or taking the lead part in songs like “M.T.A.,” “The Wanderer” and “Hobo’s Lullaby,” Mr. Reynolds, who played tenor guitar, helped define the clean, close-harmony style that brought folk music into countless American homes for the first time.
“Nobody could nail a harmony part like Nick,” said Bob Shane, another founding member of the group. “He could hit it immediately, exactly where it needed to be, absolutely note perfect, all on the natch.”
Although regarded as overly commercial by purists, the trio inspired the folk-music revival and paved the way for the breezy and ingratiating Limeliters and Chad Mitchell Trio and later for more political artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. “We got America up and singing,” Mr. Reynolds said.
Wary of the political songs that had caused trouble for the Weavers during the era of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the Kingston Trio, formed in 1957, steered clear of protest music and stuck to a mixture of traditional songs like “Tom Dooley” and “A Worried Man” and humorous ballads like “M.T.A.” and “Tijuana Jail,” with storytelling between songs during their live performances. Mr. Reynolds, called the Budgie or the Runt of the Litter by his fellow founding members, Dave Guard and Mr. Shane, often added a zinger for comic effect.
The formula was astonishingly successful. Thirteen of the group’s albums reached the Top 10, and in 1959 alone four of its albums placed in the Top 10, a record matched only by the Beatles.
der Brucer
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So, Sing was on at 2am (ish) but he didn't say if he would be at breakfast today.
We will see in 3 hours.
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Good morning, all! I was moving about the apartment by 7 am, but I really wanted to go back to bed for another hour. After meeting DRs Ben, edisaurus, Jose (?), and maybe others, I will head to Toyland for several hours of work. I've got a deadline of Monday on a project, so I may try to hand off my tickets for I COME FOR LOVE at NYMF to one or more of the DRs this morning.
DR vixmom, yes, Laura played the lead in THE TRAGIC & HORRIBLE LIFE OF THE SNGING NUN. She one of the funniest and sweetest ladies I know. She was so happy to Chrs and me after. She's ding a reading of a new play tomorrow with F. Murray Abraham.
As to O.J. Simpson, it couldn't happen to a more deserving person. I wonder if the evidence was conclusive enough or the Nicole Simpson-Ron Goldman karma didn't finally catch up with the bastard.
As to the TOD: chocolate cake, angel food cake
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK's Reading Today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Curiously, I could not see this last post under "preview" before I posted it.
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Reading vibes to MR BK....and vibes for a large (in number) audience.
Wow....DR EDISAURUS is in New York City and DR GEORGE is in Coquille.....HHW'ers sure get around.
As for THE LEATHER BOYS.....I would say they were more OVERtones!
DR TCB....many of the original reviews mentioned Carole Lombard's death, so it may have been on the original release posters. It was released on March 6, 1942, and Carole died on January 16, 1942.
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Even though it wasn't exactly 5 years, it seems that 5 years ago, in October of 2003 we switched to the new (now old) board. The first posts were around mid or late October of 2003
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Today is a work day....oh well.
And I tried to print a Light Scribe label and got the message that there was a problem please restart my computer....and I did....and got the same message. But no information about what the problem is.....oh well....I shall investigate next week.
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And now I shall take a shower and get ready to meet our guest and friends for breakfast.
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Saturday morning greetings! Today's an information-waitressing day for me and, all-in-all, I'd rather be meeting DRs for breakfast.
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Just a few more to go DR GINNY!!!!
I am off to work as well.
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Just a few more to go DR GINNY!!!!
Yup, after today, assuming my vacation requests are approved, only 8 more days of IW-ing.
I am off to work as well.
Have a good day!
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I was trapped into immobility once. Or was it tricked?
Well, in any case...
;)
No comment.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm about to hop on the train down to 14th Street...
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And I shall try to post from the Good Stuff Diner once the HHW throng is gathered.
Laters...
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I was trapped into immobility once. Or was it tricked?
Well, in any case...
;)
Kinky! Were any photos taken?
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BEEFCAKE!!!
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And the word of the day is: GORMANDIZER!
One night, Armando the GORMANDIZER, just for a lark, GRAZED MINOR tapas bars from one end of Barcelona to the other, and then stopped for breakfast at every joint that was open on his way back home.
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DR vixmom, yes, Laura played the lead in THE TRAGIC & HORRIBLE LIFE OF THE SNGING NUN. She one of the funniest and sweetest ladies I know. She was so happy to Chrs and me after. She's ding a reading of a new play tomorrow with F. Murray Abraham.
She was absolutely wonderful in THE TRAGIC & HORRIBLE LIFE OF THE SNGING NUN. , I wish I had an opportunity to see her again in this new show.
I had also hoped to take you advice and take the Vixter to see South Pacific but the sudden rash of appliance breakdowns combined with some $$$ being sent to the school for various Vixter field trips has depleted my wallet
On the bright side one of the field trips is to see Legally Blonde so she is going to get to see it although I won't be there to enjoy watching her enjoy it
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And I shall try to post from the Good Stuff Diner once the HHW throng is gathered.
Laters...
Wish we could be there to join you! The Vixter and I send our best!
The Vixter says you should offer a toast to absent friends.... ;D
cause it's breakfast and there 's probably going to be toast..... get it? ::)
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Well I had better go and feed breakfest to the peopel in this house!
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Although it wasn't originally on the schedule, I've a few hours to put in at the store.
Workies!
Hasta.
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Favorite cake(s)?
Carrott & German Chocolate.
I try to avoid them as much as possible.
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Would somebody please send me a private message and tell me how I can fix my photo.
I feel like I'm in a horror movie and the walls are closing in on me.
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Break a leg at your reading today, BK.
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TOD: Oreo cake from Tomatoes Restaurant at the mall. Tomatoes closed a while back, thank goodness, so I can't get it any more.
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Peach Melba Cake from The Oakmont Bakery near Pittsburgh.
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And the word of the day is: GORMANDIZER!
And The Song Of The Day Is: I WANT IT ALL
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Thanks, Dave.
It's nice to look normal again.
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And I shall try to post from the Good Stuff Diner once the HHW throng is gathered.
Laters...
Wish we could be there to join you! The Vixter and I send our best!
The Vixter says you should offer a toast to absent friends.... ;D
cause it's breakfast and there 's probably going to be toast..... get it? ::)
I had french toast for breakfast, well it was just Callie and I at the table - not the gang in NYC, but does that count anyway?
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Cake? Hmm I love lots of cake. German Chocolate Cake, Poppy Seed Cake, Red Velvet Cake, rum cake and who could forget....
MONKEY CAKE
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TOD: As much as I adore ( and I do mean adore) chocolate (and German Chocolate cake, Oreo Cake, a cake DRMusic guy used to make once-in-a bluemoon-- I saw the moon so i know. It was a completely homemade dark chocolate cake with loads of realwhite buttercream frosting), my favoites still have to be Angel Food and Pineapple Upside Down cake. The good thing about my favories is that most of the people around me don't care for them, so I usually get the WHOLE cake to myself!
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Favorite cake--the combined chocolate cake recipe of Betsy's family with my mother's divoon whipped cream chocolate frosting, which is our standard chocolate cake experience around here, as many of you know. Some of you may also remember that Betsy's maiden name was Semon, and we used to call the cake, after our respective families, the Kauffman Semon cake, until we began noticing the peculiar reactions we were getting. ;)
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BK, the only way I've been able to get the LOADING error message to go away is to default to the Quick Reply tick on Preferences and Layout set to "on, but not showing").
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Wow, was that a Palin-esque sentence or what, even with a misplaced close parenthesis. You betcha!
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I got up, fed the dogs, let them out in the front yard and saw Blanche nearly jump out of her skin in unbridled joy at something on the lawn. My eyes weren't quite "right" yet, and I thought it was a pile of leaves for a moment until I suddenly realized it was a dead possum. Great way to start the morning, eh?
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Good morning!
Another very cool morning but the high today will be in the upper 70s, so autumn seems to be here. Nice.
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My eldest sister has a really good MONKEY CAKE recipe that they fix for everyone on Christmas morning when we have family get-togethers.
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My favorite cake I've mentioned many times here: my mother's cocoanut cake which she never gave me the recipe for and will remain a lingering memory.
As for the cakes I make, I really love my peanut butter cake with the chocolate icing which is like a Reece's peanut butter cup in cake form.
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I'll be working on Jean-Pierre Melville's LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE today. I've never seen it, and it appears to be another of his 60s film noirs, so I'm really looking forward to it.
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I was splendidly engaged by the Blu-ray of Lorin Maazel's North Korean concert with the NY Phil. The doc which accompanies it is really scary at times--they took everyone's cell phone away and two early morning joggers were rounded up by armed guards!
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Nothing on TV for me tonight, but I will watch last Sunday's MAD MEN while I cook and eat lunch today.
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Wow, was that a Palin-esque sentence or what, even with a misplaced close parenthesis. You betcha!
I really wish you'd stop these little jabs at Palin. It's not going to go in a good direction
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Wow, was that a Palin-esque sentence or what, even with a misplaced close parenthesis. You betcha!
I really wish you'd stop these little jabs at Palin. It's not going to go in a good direction
I have never "jabbed" at Palin, it was a joke, get over it.
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Not to mention, it was my idiocy I was joking about. So the "jab" was directed at me.
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I'm up - I see no users at the top of the page, so I guess I've got to writer pro guy now.
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My favorite cake would have lots of dark chocolate.
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Vegetable-Only Diet Ups Risk for Brain Shrinkage
Monday, September 15, 2008
Being a vegetarian may actually be bad for your brain, according to a study published in the Sept. 9 issue of Neurology, The Sun reported.
The study said those on a meat-free diet are six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage as the most vitamin B12 is found in meats, liver, fish and milk.
According to the study, vitamin B12 may protect older people against brain shrinkage.
A study of 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87 found that people who had higher B12 levels were six times less likely to experience a loss in brain volume compared to those who had lower levels of the vitamin in their blood. None of the people in the study had a B12 deficiency.
Brain shrinkage typically occurs after the age of 60 and has been linked to memory loss.
For the research, participants underwent brain scans, memory testing and physical exams. Researchers also collected blood samples to check vitamin B12 levels. Brain scans and memory tests were performed five years after the initial testing.
"Many factors that affect brain health are thought to be out of our control, but this study suggests that simply adjusting our diets to consume more vitamin B12 through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk may be something we can easily adjust to prevent brain shrinkage and so perhaps save our memory," said study author Anna Vogiatzoglou, of the University of Oxford, in a news release.
Vogiatzoglou said the study did not look at whether taking vitamin B12 supplements would have the same effect on memory.
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Vegetable-Only Diet Ups Risk for Brain Shrinkage
Monday, September 15, 2008
Being a vegetarian may actually be bad for your brain, according to a study published in the Sept. 9 issue of Neurology, The Sun reported.
The study said those on a meat-free diet are six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage as the most vitamin B12 is found in meats, liver, fish and milk.
According to the study, vitamin B12 may protect older people against brain shrinkage.
A study of 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87 found that people who had higher B12 levels were six times less likely to experience a loss in brain volume compared to those who had lower levels of the vitamin in their blood. None of the people in the study had a B12 deficiency.
Brain shrinkage typically occurs after the age of 60 and has been linked to memory loss.
For the research, participants underwent brain scans, memory testing and physical exams. Researchers also collected blood samples to check vitamin B12 levels. Brain scans and memory tests were performed five years after the initial testing.
"Many factors that affect brain health are thought to be out of our control, but this study suggests that simply adjusting our diets to consume more vitamin B12 through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk may be something we can easily adjust to prevent brain shrinkage and so perhaps save our memory," said study author Anna Vogiatzoglou, of the University of Oxford, in a news release.
Vogiatzoglou said the study did not look at whether taking vitamin B12 supplements would have the same effect on memory.
See? You can blame my "impolitic" postings on my diet. :D
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Oh, Did you think that post was about you? ;)
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Apparently, the pro guy did fix that GUESTS can no longer see profiles - can someone please check it's so? But he forgot to do the option so we see the users on the board at the top of the page. Hopefully he'll get to that today.
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Well, I'm heading downstairs now to check the mail and begin fixing lunch.
WBBL.
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Apparently, the pro guy did fix that GUESTS can no longer see profiles - can someone please check it's so? But he forgot to do the option so we see the users on the board at the top of the page. Hopefully he'll get to that today.
Correct, BK, guests can no longer link to profiles, but can still see photos.
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It's a great day in America! O.J. Simpson's going to the slammer!
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I'm a little nervous to start the long jog - very gray outside. But, I'll give it a whirl and if it rains I'll be a wet jogger.
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Good Morning, once again!
Greetings (once again) from Madison Square Park...
*Comments to follow in another post or two. ;)
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Seems I didn't spread the news from Bruce's email the other day. Sorry, I thought much of it was obvious since he posted some of the info.
For some reason I often can't get into the discussion, or can't post. My method is to begin from the beginning, with hainshisway.com. I suggest the same for anyone who drops into the discussions before reading the notes. It is all go confusing now, but I believe I found the explanation there.
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Book reading vibes to Bruce!
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Breakfast this morning with DRs Ben, edisaurus, elmore and myself was a truly splendid occasion. A Good Breakfast at Good Stuff Diner with Good People and Good Friends. And, yes, there was lots of Good Dish too! ;)
I did get a good picture of the group which I shall post once I'm back home later this afternoon.
*Alas, DR singdaw was sidelined today by his allergies, and DR FJL was also kept away due to work commitments, but they were missed. And were talked about in absentia. Although, now that I think of it, I don't think anyone should have had any reasons for their ears burning this morning.
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Seems I didn't spread the news from Bruce's email the other day. Sorry, I thought much of it was obvious since he posted some of the info.
For some reason I often can't get into the discussion, or can't post. My method is to begin from the beginning, with hainshisway.com. I suggest the same for anyone who drops into the discussions before reading the notes. It is all go confusing now, but I believe I found the explanation there.
Obviously my diet has effected my brain power. ???
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After breakfast, DR edisaurus walked back down to her digs, and DR Ben and I accompanied DR elmore on his walk up to 27th Street. Thankfully, the rain that started while we were breakfasting had slowed to a very spotty drizzle. Then after we deposited DR elmore at his office, we walked back down 6th Avenue. Once we reached 23rd Street, DR Ben continued walking so, and I headed west...
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...And today's Featured Frozen Custard Flavor (FFCF, for short) is: Cinnamon Roasted Fig.
:)
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Seems I didn't spread the news from Bruce's email the other day. Sorry, I thought much of it was obvious since he posted some of the info.
For some reason I often can't get into the discussion, or can't post. My method is to begin from the beginning, with hainshisway.com. I suggest the same for anyone who drops into the discussions before reading the notes. It is all go confusing now, but I believe I found the explanation there.
Obviously my diet has effected my brain power. ???
I thought you had been looking a bit Palin pale. (Sorry, couldn't resist).
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Jane, just bookmark the new discussion page:
http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?board=4.0
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...But he forgot to do the option so we see the users on the board at the top of the page. Hopefully he'll get to that today.
Yay! It looks like he did get to it today!
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I think I'm going to walk back up Madison Avenue, and then cut over once I get to 54th Street to get MoMA. I haven't been in over a week, and I think I may be in need of an Art fix. -I also want to check out the line to get into the Van Gogh exhibit. ;)
Oh! And the sun just broke through the clouds! :)
Laters...
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Anyone know how to unsquish my picture?
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Seems I didn't spread the news from Bruce's email the other day. Sorry, I thought much of it was obvious since he posted some of the info.
For some reason I often can't get into the discussion, or can't post. My method is to begin from the beginning, with hainshisway.com. I suggest the same for anyone who drops into the discussions before reading the notes. It is all go confusing now, but I believe I found the explanation there.
Obviously my diet has effected my brain power. ???
And, obviously, my diet hasn't affected my diet.
;D
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Anyone know how to unsquish my picture?
Just read back through the posts. ;)
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I think I'm going to walk back up Madison Avenue, and then cut over once I get to 54th Street to get MoMA. I haven't been in over a week...
They're probably wondering where you've been, DR Jose!
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Back from the long jog. It started drizzling at about the 3 mile point. And it stopped drizzling just as I - wait for it - got home.
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Yes, we've now got our board users at the top of the posting pages, albeit in a different spot.
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Can someone please e-mail me the instructions on how Pogue should unsquish his photo - I'll just forward it to him.
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Hmmm, perhaps I need to go back to bed. The site keeps telling me I have new message, but when I click on message there are no new ones. Also, I have been sitting her for the last five minutes wondering why the site wasn't telling me who the guests were. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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I was really bummed about missing the NYC HHW breakfast this morning.
I am feeling a teeny tiny degree better. Which isn't saying a whole lot.
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Let's play Get the Guest!
[a Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf reference...]
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I think maybe the new SW thinks a message is new until you've replied to it. I have a "new" one, too, that I replied to via email, so it's still showing as new here.
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It is supposed to be stormy here today, but it has not started, as yet. This afternoon I will be going to the theater to see LUCKY STIFF. Sorry! Make what you will of it, that is the title.
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I have a "new" one
And I have a "blue" one! :D
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LUCKY STIFF
I love that show! :D And of course our very own bk produced the cast album.
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LUCKY STIFF
I love that show! :D And of course our very own bk produced the cast album.
And I have never seen it, nor heard the score.
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I have spent the morning at Rite Aid, Target, and Best Buy.
Best Buy did not have the season 2 of ADAM 12, so I won't be watching that this weekend >:(
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I've come from I Come For Love, a NYMF musical spoof of Plan Nine From Outer Space and the like, with cheesy special effects, teen romance, a military dude and, Wait! Haven't I seen this before?
It's similar to The Brain From Planet X in its form, aspirations, spirit, length, low-tech effects, tunefulness...
And everything about Brain was substantially better. It's not that it's a rip-off; it's that it isn't nearly as good.
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LUCKY STIFF
I love that show! :D And of course our very own bk produced the cast album.
And I have never seen it, nor heard the score.
I LOVED Lucky Stiff! It's as much fun as The Brain from Planet X.
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Does anyone own, or have they seen, the 1980 series, HAMMER'S HOUSE OF HORRORS? Oldies.com has the four disc set for $16.97, but I don't know anything about the series.
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Well, I took a trip down memory lane -- over the shredder. Stuff that went back to when I moved out of my parents' house in 19xx.
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LUCKY STIFF
I love that show! :D And of course our very own bk produced the cast album.
And I have never seen it, nor heard the score.
I LOVED Lucky Stiff! It's as much fun as The Brain from Planet X.
Great! Thanks coleslaw and Laura.
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
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My favorite question of the day came by phone: "How do pickles grow - on trees or in the ground?" When I explained that one grows cucumbers and then makes them into pickles, the person asked, "So, how to they get the stems on?"
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
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My favorite question of the day came by phone: "How do pickles grow - on trees or in the ground?" When I explained that one grows cucumbers and then makes them into pickles, the person asked, "So, how to they get the stems on?"
Lol!
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It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
Which is why I didn't use either one! ;D
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My favorite question of the day came by phone: "How do pickles grow - on trees or in the ground?" When I explained that one grows cucumbers and then makes them into pickles, the person asked, "So, how to they get the stems on?"
Lol!
This brings to mind a True Life Adventure from my relative youth. One of my sisters was a Tupperware saleswoman in SLC and I was helping her set up a "house party" (or whatever the hell they're called). One of her guests showed up early and started looking through the items and asked what something was. "Pickle tongs," my sister replied. "What are they for?" asked the somewhat dimwitted woman. "Oh, they're for picking pickles off of pickle bushes," I said. "Oooooh!," replied the woman, suitably impressed.
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
You mean stuff like that effects you?
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I just received three very sweet and unexpected birthday cards in the mail, including one from our very own Singdaw. Thank you, Singdaw, you are now absolved for your unseemly murder of JRE or JER or whoever the hell it was you killed for his lovely stationery. ;)
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Jane, just bookmark the new discussion page:
http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?board=4.0
Thanks, I was talking about past problems, not only from the current change. I have the discussion page bookmarked, not the column since I only go to that once a day & the discussion page multiple times a day.
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I know many of you will find this hard to believe, but I have been mediating a huge meltdown between the J swimteam and the YMCA swimteam, which uses the J as its practice facility. There were a slew of emails this morning about a personality conflict which was rapidly escalating into a threatened lawsuit. I made a few calls, got everyone calmed down and now have the parties talking to each other. Just another day at the office.
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
So true & if I'm in a rush I don't have time to check if I'm using the correct one.
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In a sort of funny aside, the CEO of the J initially misstated her email address to me, so I forwarded a very inflammatory email from the Y's coach to some poor unassuming Jew out there. :)
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
So true & if I'm in a rush I don't have time to check if I'm using the correct one.
Easy to remember: You *effect* a change which *affects* you.
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Breakfast this morning with DRs Ben, edisaurus, elmore and myself was a truly splendid occasion. A Good Breakfast at Good Stuff Diner with Good People and Good Friends. And, yes, there was lots of Good Dish too! ;)
I did get a good picture of the group which I shall post once I'm back home later this afternoon.
*Alas, DR singdaw was sidelined today by his allergies, and DR FJL was also kept away due to work commitments, but they were missed. And were talked about in absentia. Although, now that I think of it, I don't think anyone should have had any reasons for their ears burning this morning.
Are you really asure about that last comment? Hmmmmm?
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I was really bummed about missing the NYC HHW breakfast this morning.
I am feeling a teeny tiny degree better. Which isn't saying a whole lot.
Did your ears burn?
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I gave my tickets to DR Ben so he will be my proxy this afternoon.
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
But it does provide you with another chance to point out other DRs' faults.
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I've come from I Come For Love, a NYMF musical spoof of Plan Nine From Outer Space and the like, with cheesy special effects, teen romance, a military dude and, Wait! Haven't I seen this before?
It's similar to The Brain From Planet X in its form, aspirations, spirit, length, low-tech effects, tunefulness...
And everything about Brain was substantially better. It's not that it's a rip-off; it's that it isn't nearly as good.
I will only say that I was, of course, taken aback at a handful of the similarities, especially when the authors told me they'd seen and really liked The Brain at LACC.
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Back from errands. Bought the cake for the signing.
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I'm sure as the days go by we'll discover other good things about this updated software - I, for one, love that there are no more ads that I didn't want or care about. The spell check is another nice feature. Plus, to my eyes, the avatars look better.
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BK, do you know Linda Evans?
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I've come from I Come For Love, a NYMF musical spoof of Plan Nine From Outer Space and the like, with cheesy special effects, teen romance, a military dude and, Wait! Haven't I seen this before?
It's similar to The Brain From Planet X in its form, aspirations, spirit, length, low-tech effects, tunefulness...
And everything about Brain was substantially better. It's not that it's a rip-off; it's that it isn't nearly as good.
I will only say that I was, of course, taken aback at a handful of the similarities, especially when the authors told me they'd seen and really liked The Brain at LACC.
They called me once asking for possible musical directors and I gave them some names. I never heard from them again. They did call DR Jose last week because they had lost their MD and wanted to know if he could come in and take over.
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Break legs at the signing today!
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BK, do you know Linda Evans?
I don't.
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I've come from I Come For Love, a NYMF musical spoof of Plan Nine From Outer Space and the like, with cheesy special effects, teen romance, a military dude and, Wait! Haven't I seen this before?
It's similar to The Brain From Planet X in its form, aspirations, spirit, length, low-tech effects, tunefulness...
And everything about Brain was substantially better. It's not that it's a rip-off; it's that it isn't nearly as good.
I will only say that I was, of course, taken aback at a handful of the similarities, especially when the authors told me they'd seen and really liked The Brain at LACC.
They called me once asking for possible musical directors and I gave them some names. I never heard from them again. They did call DR Jose last week because they had lost their MD and wanted to know if he could come in and take over.
I'd actually recommended both elmore and Jose early on, when I met with them several months ago.
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TOD - There's a bakery here in DR Elmore's hometown called Central Pastry that makes wonderful cakes. Our wedding cake was from there and my current favorite is their orange chiffon cake.
My favorite restaurant cake is no longer available. The Grande Finale, in Glendale (north of Cincinnati), used to make a banana walnut torte, but took it off the menu several years ago.
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T.O.D.
Red Velvet Cake
Chocolate Cake
Even though I have never tried it, Matt H.'s peanut butter cake with chocolate frosting could easily make the list.
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I've come from I Come For Love, a NYMF musical spoof of Plan Nine From Outer Space and the like, with cheesy special effects, teen romance, a military dude and, Wait! Haven't I seen this before?
It's similar to The Brain From Planet X in its form, aspirations, spirit, length, low-tech effects, tunefulness...
And everything about Brain was substantially better. It's not that it's a rip-off; it's that it isn't nearly as good.
I will only say that I was, of course, taken aback at a handful of the similarities, especially when the authors told me they'd seen and really liked The Brain at LACC.
They called me once asking for possible musical directors and I gave them some names. I never heard from them again. They did call DR Jose last week because they had lost their MD and wanted to know if he could come in and take over.
I'd actually recommended both elmore and Jose early on, when I met with them several months ago.
They took their time getting around to the call.
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TOD - There's a bakery here in DR Elmore's hometown called Central Pastry that makes wonderful cakes. Our wedding cake was from there and my current favorite is their orange chiffon cake.
My favorite restaurant cake is no longer available. The Grande Finale, in Glendale (north of Cincinnati), used to make a banana walnut torte, but took it off the menu several years ago.
Their birthday cake is to die over! Of course, now it could kill me.
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Successful reading vibes to BK!
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You mean stuff like that effects you?
Color me effected!
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I don't know how I forgot carrot cake and German chocolate earlier.
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Oh, and I love birthday cake - as long as it isn't mine!
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... some poor unassuming Jew...
There go the stereotypes!
der Brucer
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I guess I am more a fan of pie than cake.
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So true & if I'm in a rush I don't have time to check if I'm using the correct one.
Hey - no one named names :D
der Brucer
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David Wechter just called - he, too, will not be coming now. I'm ready to just call over there and cancel - I'm really annoyed at people right now. This is being supportive? I mean, I go to these people's events all the time, I support them regularly, and believe me they have a lot more events than I do - I do a signing once a year. I gotta tell you. I can't wait to be invited to some events by these no-shows.
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Hisaka has arrived, so we'll be leaving in a few minutes. I'll probably be done much earlier than usual, and am not sure if I'll even read from the book. We'll just sell a couple of copies and have cake and that will be that.
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I guess I am more a fan of pie than cake.
Me too - I'll take a home-made cherry pie over a cake anyday!
der Brucer
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Today DS and I did a home improvement project I've been wanting to do for 28 years. We used a pickax and worked on the laundry room.
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I really enjoyed last week's MAD MEN. I've enjoyed this season, but I don't think so far it's been the acting showcase for Jon Hamm that season one was.
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Today DS and I did a home improvement project I've been wanting to do for 28 years. We used a pickax and worked on the laundry room.
Need bigger holes in which to bury evidence?
der Brucer
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I started my Jean-Pierre Melville film, and got about 55 minutes in. Intriguing if not as mesmerizing as LE DOULOS.
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Shhhh.
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I have had many phone calls this afternoon and finally decided I'd watch the rest of the movie later this evening.
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Today DS and I did a home improvement project I've been wanting to do for 28 years. We used a pickax and worked on the laundry room.
Just exactly how long has it been since you've done laundry?
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Today DS and I did a home improvement project I've been wanting to do for 28 years. We used a pickax and worked on the laundry room.
Just exactly how long has it been since you've done laundry?
Not since they re-buried Jimmy Hoffa.
der Brucer
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Heading back down now to continue my viewing.
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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The world's most hideously ugly cabinets and stained countertop was in the laundry room when we bought the house. They are now gone. I need to send DH to visit his mother for a week and get a handyman in here to finish the room.
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I didn't realize how easily the cabinet pulled out from the wall until the electrician pulled it out to put in an outlet.
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Good Afternoon!
I ended up taking quite a few detours on my walk up from Madison Square Park to MoMA. I had never really checked out the Murray Hill neighborhood before, so I did some walking around around there, and I finally came across the "new" Second Avenue Deli - which is now on Third Avenue. (Although, actually, it's on 33rd Street.)
I ended up documenting my "path" with my iPhone camera as well as my regular camera. One of the sites I came across was this:
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/Burners.jpg)
There was some old kitchen equipment on the sidewalk outside an Indian restaurant, so, I just taking some pictures. Well, after taking a few close-ups of the equipment, a worker started yelling over - well, at me. "What's up? What's with the picture taking?" "Can you believe this guy?" I just turned to him with a blank face, but I could tell that he was getting rather upset, so I started to leave, while mumbling something like, "Oh, I just think it's intersting, artistic". A few steps later, I heard some neighbors talking... It turned out the restaurant had had a bad kitchen fire, and they were in the process of gutting the place and taking out the damaged appliances. -Oh... Spoo ???
*But I do think it's a cool picture.
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And, now.... Presenting HHW's own Mount Rushmore... ;D
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/HHWGoodStuff.jpg)
*Not bad for a self-taken group pic. -Which explains why I'm so "forward", as well as the slightly off expression on my face. ;)
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And, yes, I need a haircut.
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I also passed this store...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/PersianShop.jpg)
DR MBarnum - Please note, they do not sell actual "Persians" there. Just FYI.
;D
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Speaking of artistic photos, that one of the HHW group in NYC is fantastic!!
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LOL, DR Jose!
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I just watched FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL courtesy of Netflix, and I liked it more than a lot. I actually laughed out loud several times, and the DRACULA musical showcased within is far more entertaining than various other vampire musicals.
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And I was very pleasantly surprised to find that even though the Van Gogh exhibit at MoMA was "Sold Out" for the day - for non-members - by the time I got there, the exhibition galleries were actually not crowded. In fact, it seemed a bit "slower" than when I was there for the Members Only days. I just ended up racing through the exhibit to the final room to read a few more poems.
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LOL, DR Jose!
I just didn't want you being disappointed during your next trip to NYC. ;)
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FALAFEL!
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And now I'm watching "Cinema Paradiso" on the Ovation channel... Thankfully, the commercial breaks are giving me a chance to wipe the tears from my eyes... And we're not even at the last reel yet! God, I'm a sap!
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I have spent some time this afternoon trying to unplug a drain. :P
Now it is time to return to what is turning out to be a very fun mythological Bollywood film MAYA BAZAAR (1959) starring Mahipal, Anita Guha, and Dalpat.
(http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/nehaflix_2022_76351847)
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We've had our first rainfall since May. It started late last night and ended just before daybreak. It was significant enough for my next door neighbor to detect several leaks in her ceiling (we're on the top floor of a 4-floor condo). I did a thorough check and found I'm quite dry for the time being. Our roof needed re-doing a few years ago, but money problems in the HOA have seen it deferred year after year after several "second opinions" were gathered that said we had more years of life left in it.
Uh-huh!
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FALAFEL!
BABA GHANOUSH!
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And, now.... Presenting HHW's own Mount Rushmore... ;D
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/HHWGoodStuff.jpg)
*Not bad for a self-taken group pic. -Which explains why I'm so "forward", as well as the slightly off expression on my face. ;)
DR Jose, that is a good photo of me! I usually hate my photos and the last two I've liked have been by you. Merci, mon ami!
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The aforementioned Cinnamon Roasted Fig Frozen Custard:
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/SSFCCinnamonFig2.jpg)
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I have spent some time this afternoon trying to unplug a drain. :P
Tell me that's not a euphemism!
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DR Jose, that is a good photo of me! I usually hate my photos and the last two I've liked have been by you. Merci, mon ami!
You're most welcome. -And, I have to say, your recent "deficit" of 25 pounds is showing in your face too. :)
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DR Jose, that is a good photo of me! I usually hate my photos and the last two I've liked have been by you. Merci, mon ami!
You're most welcome. -And, I have to say, your recent "deficit" of 25 pounds is showing in your face too. :)
Actually, it's a fantastic picture of three of my favorite folk in the world. I'm sorry DRsingdaw and others couldn't get to join us
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I like the fact that the reply area now has Spell Check. That should do a great deal of good for derBrucer's and Matt H.'s blood pressure.
It won't help posters who use "effected" when they mean "affected".
der Brucer
So true & if I'm in a rush I don't have time to check if I'm using the correct one.
Easy to remember: You *effect* a change which *affects* you.
That helps. I know the side effects of drugs is spelled with an e. The effects of drugs affect me. Thanks.
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A+ for Nursie!
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And, yes, I need a haircut.
Not that I can tell. ;D
Nice, fun photo-thanks.
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I'm sorry DR singdaw and others couldn't get to join us
:'(
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Let me just say one word:
One word.
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DR elmore- ;D
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I'm sorry DR singdaw and others couldn't get to join us
:'(
How are you feeling?
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Keith found this YouTube presentation of Real Estate prices from 1890 to present. Far more interesting than a regular chart, it has been plotted as if on a roller coaster. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUldGc06S3U)
The years flash in the lower right hand corner.
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My favorite question of the day came by phone: "How do pickles grow - on trees or in the ground?" When I explained that one grows cucumbers and then makes them into pickles, the person asked, "So, how to they get the stems on?"
This reminds me of how you get the cheese in the cheez it (or whatever cracker that is)
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And, now.... Presenting HHW's own Mount Rushmore... ;D
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/HHWGoodStuff.jpg)
*Not bad for a self-taken group pic. -Which explains why I'm so "forward", as well as the slightly off expression on my face. ;)
This is a great photo,Jose!
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Everyone looks so happy and healthy.. A great bunch, gosh darn it!
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And, yes, I need a haircut.
I think you're looking great, DR Jose
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And, yes, I need a haircut.
I think you're looking great, DR Jose
Aw, thanks, DR Cillaliz. -Although, I am almost two weeks overdue for a haircut - at least on my usual schedule, and it looks like I may need to touch up my gray hairs - which are actually more white than gray. ;)
*Truth be told, I like the white hairs.
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A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook page. I think some other DRs may find it helpful too.
(http://i.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/nws/b24d79ec-36c8-478b-b228-d118eb1f497b.jpg)
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And, yes, I need a haircut.
I think you're looking great, DR Jose
Aw, thanks, DR Cillaliz. -Although, I am almost two weeks overdue for a haircut - at least on my usual schedule, and it looks like I may need to touch up my gray hairs - which are actually more white than gray. ;)
*Truth be told, I like the white hairs.
they aren't that noticible, anyway a little gray (or white) looks quite distinguished.
Dr Elmore, I agree your weight loss is showing in your face. You're looking good too....and so are Amy and Ben...didn't mean to leave you out
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Has anyone noticed to edit you just click the little pencil and paper next to your post. That's kind of cool
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Has anyone noticed to edit you just click the little pencil and paper next to your post. That's kind of cool
Oh, that is where the spell check is. :) It seems easier to use than modify.
Or about the same, easier if you need the spell check. I also like it has a cancel box.
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Today I went to the Sioux City Public Museum and renewed my membership. They had some new SC history books etc, so I picked those up. Then I went to Staples - then to the Lewis and Clark Interp Center. I was a docent a few years ago, but thanks to the gambling $$ coming in and the Iowa law that they have to distribute a certain percentage to the community, the Interp center has more than doubled in size since I was there last and now has a Discovery Center that had an exhibit of the photos taken when Garrison Keillor and another guy went in search of the real Lake Wobegon.
Then I went to the Renaissance Festival. Truth be told I'm about Renissanced out. I like those fests, but I've been to so many that after I grabbed a turkey leg, a lemonade, watched the escape artist and figured out how he got out of the ropes, watched the falconry, walked around and saw the shops, I was ready to leave. One of my friends was working the gate and gave me some grief about leaving early, but hey, I went, paid the entrance fee and supported their project. Who cares how long I stay.
Then I went to Barnes & Noble where I had a vanilla buttercream cupcake and a toasted marshmallow mocha at the instore Starbucks. I ran into a friend of mine. We used to share political views but don't anymore. He's one of the few people around here who I seem to be able to have a real discussion with and we both listen to each other and don't let each other off the hook. It was a lively discussion that I really enjoyed. He thinks I'm just having a mid-life crisis and will soon regain my senses.
Then I came home and mowed the yard, mulching the leaves that have fallen so far.
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I met friends for lunch today, something I rarely do anymore. It was very nice. I decided to have the brain power lunch which was also the most expensive item on the menu, at one of the more expensive restaurants in town. It was delicious & a treat I haven't given myself in a long, long while.
Town was busy today and I parked a nice walk along the park & creek. Shortly after sitting down it began to rain, and shortly before we left the rain stopped :)
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Sounds like a nice day, DR Jane
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It was thank you. Yours sounds like a nice day as well. :)
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I must say I'm pleased with the new software update on the site. I'm just sorry it was such a nightmare for Bruce to get it in order for us.
Thank you Bruce.
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It was thank you. Yours sounds like a nice day as well. :)
It was. Now that I don't have Paul to do things with anymore, I've decided to make a concerted effort to get out and do things. It's just too easy to never leave the house.
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Especially when you don't live in a neighborhood. Except for my hikes I have turned into a real homebody.
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Back from the signing reading - we had about ten people, which is better than five people. I did do the reading and it was fun, and the cake was very popular. I met a couple of new people, which I always enjoy. Sold only a few books, but the owners of the store said business has been just horrible, which is why none of their regulars were at the signing. So, it was all fine, but I'm really miffed at the people who'd confirmed they'd be there and then had every excuse under the sun as to why they weren't - and then there were those who didn't even have the excuse, who just didn't show up. Present were Hisaka, Miss Adriana Patti and her mother, Cason Murphy, a nice fellow from the film score board, occasional dear readers Mark and Amy, a 3D enthusiast, film composer John Scott, and a couple of others I didn't know.
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I'll now relax until I have to go to the Hollywood Sheet Music event, which I'm really not looking forward to at all - it's about forty singers, only a couple of whom I've heard of and know, and apparently it's a tiny room and we have no idea how the food is (I'll be having dinner there). Doesn't seem like a lot of thought went into it, but I'm there to show my support. It's going to be a very long thing (there's no time limit) and I'm sure I'll bail after two hours.
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I loves me my Kitty Pilgrim. :)
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Larry
Jose
NYMF
On the Town
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Wonderful picture Jose. Whooda thought we could all squeeze together like that.
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Breakfast was indeed wonderful. Amy is a dear and I wish she had more time but at least she's here on business and working.
Amy and I had egg white omlettes with lots of yummy vegetables. Jose had a Mykonos (sp?) omlette and Larry had a Classic Denver. All 4 omlettes came with home fries. We all had coffee, three whole wheat toasts and one rye toast. Larry had OJ and Jose had Grapefruit juice. That is the meal report from the Good Stuff diner. They were not exceptionally busy but they did let us sit there for a while after we finished our meals and we just chatted and laughed and had a good old HHW time.
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Larry
Jose
NYMF
On the Town
Does that mean you hated I COME FOR LOVE?
Did you get to the Kenn Duncan exhibit and overdose on nostalgia?
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Breakfast was indeed wonderful. Amy is a dear and I wish she had more time but at least she's here on business and working.
Amy and I had egg white omlettes with lots of yummy vegetables. Jose had a Mykonos (sp?) omlette and Larry had a Classic Denver. All 4 omlettes came with home fries. We all had coffee, three whole wheat toasts and one rye toast. Larry had OJ and Jose had Grapefruit juice. That is the meal report from the Good Stuff diner. They were not exceptionally busy but they did let us sit there for a while after we finished our meals and we just chatted and laughed and had a good old HHW time.
Nope, no OJ. Coffee only.
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Larry, I did go up to Lincoln Center Library and the Kenn Duncan exhibit was great!!! I loved the pictures of George Maharis. The Red Shoes picture of Jerry Herman with the Judy Garland doll is wonderful. What a trip back in time. It was like pouring over issues of After Dark but all blown up. Some of those shots of actors from the 70s are amazing. Richard Thomas and Al Pacinio and Ian McKellen looking about 12 and Roger Rees. Anthony will be sorry he missed this. It's over before he gets back from Wisconsin. The Baseball and Music exhibit will still be up for a few days when he gets back so I will try to drag him over to see it.
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Oh, maybe Amy had OJ or maybe she took it to another table. I saw her with two glasses of juice.
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Larry
Jose
NYMF
On the Town
;D
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DR Jane - What comprised the "brain power lunch"?
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So, people have or haven't seen I Come For Love? I'd like to hear about it, having spent hours on the phone with the boys who wrote it, listening to their travails.
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Quote from what I'm watching "Linda has done a great job training and competing with this bitch"
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It's the Animal Planet Dog Championships
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I just bought a microwave at Sears. I shopped for it on the internet, Mum picked it out. I went and got it. It's huge, but at least it cooks things thoroughly at the proper timing.
I bought two books at Borders as well: BLOODLINE - the latest "Repairman Jack" novel from F. Paul Wilson and MAKING MONEY - the latest DiscWorld novel from Terry Pratchett.
Also took a loan-out at Borders of AMERICAN LIGHTNING: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum. It's a slice of Los Angeles history, about a bombing which hit the L. A. Times Building and the subsequent investigation and trial.
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Are we still on page 8? ? ?
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Apparently we are. Did Jose see I Come For Love or not? I've asked about three times now.
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Got home from work in time for the last quarter of the Michigan-Illinois game and wished I hadn't. Richard and I ate some Shaddock's pizza for dinner and now he's getting ready to officiate at tomorrow's Morning Prayer and I'm about to crash.
The breakfast bunch looks great - I agree that DR Elmore is looking slim.
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DR Jane - What comprised the "brain power lunch"?
I began with a cup of spinach soup, nice but not great. It needed more seasoning. My main meal consisted of a round of baked salmon, nicely flavored with little swirled patties of mashed potatoes and baby (very small) string beans. It was very tasty & arranged very pretty. I thought it was the best meal I have had at this restaurant. I was the only one of four who ordered the special of the day. Considering the cost I almost got something else & then remembered twice today I was reminded of my lack of brain power. ;)
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bk:
I gave my tickets to DR Ben so he will be my proxy this afternoon.
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Got home from work in time for the last quarter of the Michigan-Illinois game and wished I hadn't.
I must write and console my brother.
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Ah, I missed that post, Jose. I've since heard from a couple of people, so I know the deal.
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Now, I went to read a couple of PMs - is there any way to fix the way these are displaying? I liked it better when you clicked on the current PM and got only that one, not this giant batch of PMs going all the way back.
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Now, I went to read a couple of PMs - is there any way to fix the way these are displaying? I liked it better when you clicked on the current PM and got only that one, not this giant batch of PMs going all the way back.
I don't believe there is. However... You can click on "Date" - or any of the other headers - to toggle sorting them "forwards" and "backwards".
Additionally, under "Look and Layout Preferences", just check the box for "Show most recent personal messages at top".
And when you click on the actual Subject of the PM, it will "pop" down to that message.
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I did eat one small piece of cake - it was great. The first real dessert I've had in months (last one was at FJL and Skip's - the cheesecake - I didn't gain weight from that, and hope I won't from this). Tonight, I've already decided what I'm eating - some penne pasta dish and a Caesar salad - I saw the menu and someone is ordering for me.
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Now, I went to read a couple of PMs - is there any way to fix the way these are displaying? I liked it better when you clicked on the current PM and got only that one, not this giant batch of PMs going all the way back.
I know how to make it easier to read them.
Next to date is an arrow. The first thing I do is click on that arrow so the last email written is now at the top of the page. If there is a way to set this permanently I don't know how.
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Now, I went to read a couple of PMs - is there any way to fix the way these are displaying? I liked it better when you clicked on the current PM and got only that one, not this giant batch of PMs going all the way back.
Additionally, under "Look and Layout Preferences", just check the box for "Show most recent personal messages at top".
Where is "look and layout preferences"? I don't see it.
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Under your profile, I think.
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I looked under personal messages & then preferences.
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It's in your profile.
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I just went in MY profile and figured out how to get the correct time to display. So now I'm not an hour behind.
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If your time stamp is off - go to your profile and you'll see the time thing towards the top - click on "auto detect" and it will automatically fix it.
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I shall now be on my way to this little fundraiser for Hollywood Sheet Music. I've already been told that there is no place to park.
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My emails are now showing with the last email at the top of the page. I wonder why I don't need to check the box to do the same for posts.
I'll try to fix the clock now.
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I changed it from 0 to 1. I will know in a sec if it works. I show the time should read 6:42
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It worked :)
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Fixed my clock, too.
Don't we know how to live it up on Saturday night?
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My emails are now showing with the last email at the top of the page. I wonder why I don't need to check the box to do the same for posts.
I'll try to fix the clock now.
You can do that - put the most recent posts at the top of your page, but then it list the posts in "reverse" order from page one. Just check the box to try it out. Then uncheck/undo it. ;)
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I hope we get more rain than the few dozen raindrops I felt.
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Fixed my clock, too.
Don't we know how to live it up on Saturday night?
I'm doing laundry.
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And, now.... Presenting HHW's own Mount Rushmore... ;D
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/HHWGoodStuff.jpg)
*Not bad for a self-taken group pic. -Which explains why I'm so "forward", as well as the slightly off expression on my face. ;)
Wow! What a great photo of everybody.
And who is that skinny guy in the back?
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I forgot to mention that when I was in midtown this afternoon, after the great Kenn Duncan exhibit I had time before my theatre experience so I went to the Broadway Theatre and got a ticket for Shrek on November 18 and I went to Studio 54 and got a ticket for Paly Joey for November 20.
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Breakfast was indeed wonderful. Amy is a dear and I wish she had more time but at least she's here on business and working.
Amy and I had egg white omlettes with lots of yummy vegetables. Jose had a Mykonos (sp?) omlette and Larry had a Classic Denver. All 4 omlettes came with home fries. We all had coffee, three whole wheat toasts and one rye toast. Larry had OJ and Jose had Grapefruit juice. That is the meal report from the Good Stuff diner. They were not exceptionally busy but they did let us sit there for a while after we finished our meals and we just chatted and laughed and had a good old HHW time.
Nope, no OJ. Coffee only.
I'm thinking that a lot of guys named Larry may be having O.J., real soon.
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My emails are now showing with the last email at the top of the page. I wonder why I don't need to check the box to do the same for posts.
You can do that - put the most recent posts at the top of your page, but then it list the posts in "reverse" order from page one. Just check the box to try it out. Then uncheck/undo it. ;)
Without checking my box the most recent posts are at the top of the page, as they always have been. Oh, you mean it turns everything around. Thanks, I won't play with something that isn't broken. ;D
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Fixed my clock, too.
Don't we know how to live it up on Saturday night?
We're a wild crowd, alright!!!!
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Love the photo, DR JOSE!!! What a great capture of some great HHW'ers!
Great new avatar, DR TCB!!
I am about to watch Paul Henreid in THE SPANISH MAIN, which I have never seen....but if it is in color, I may watch it!
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Glad to reading went well....and that there was indeed reading going on.
STILL getting the communication error on my DVD LightScribe HP DVD 1040 burner.....if anyone has any suggestions....have updated, uninstalled and re installed, re booted and done everything but give it a cheeseburger...and still no go.
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RKO in Glorious Technicolor!
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DR ELMORE I loved that photo you posted from the show you saw.....what wonderful costumes....and something is HAPPENING in the picture which makes it even better!
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Many of you know that my late doggie Miss Blue Moon used to live down the street from me, and spent her days tied to a tree in the front yard. When the owners didn't want her anymore, they untied her and ran her off.....my nephew found her and took her back since he had seen her there, and they said: "We don't want her...." Eventually she came and lived at my house for two years...and then went to the rainbow bridge.
Last week I was driving down the street and passed the same house. Out in front, tied to the same tree, was ANOTHER beautiful Alsatian dog....all white.....and just standing there looking at the world.....
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Too much ME on this page.
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My friend Charmée and I attended the Actor's Benefit performance of LUCKY STIFF today, and then dined at The Fat Farm (AKA Old Country Buffet). The cast of the show was wonderful, and the show was beautifully directed by Brad Oscar's close and personal friend Micheal O'Hara. Still, I guess the show is just not my cup of tea.
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Love the photo, DR JOSE!!! What a great capture of some great HHW'ers!
Great new avatar, DR TCB!!
I am about to watch Paul Henreid in THE SPANISH MAIN, which I have never seen....but if it is in color, I may watch it!
Thank you, Jrand 21.
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Oh JRand, that is so very sad. Maybe you can make friends with the dog & give him some company during the day.
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I'm sorry you didn't care for Lucky Stiff. I thought it was hilarious.
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Breakfast was indeed wonderful. Amy is a dear and I wish she had more time but at least she's here on business and working.
Amy and I had egg white omlettes with lots of yummy vegetables. Jose had a Mykonos (sp?) omlette and Larry had a Classic Denver. All 4 omlettes came with home fries. We all had coffee, three whole wheat toasts and one rye toast. Larry had OJ and Jose had Grapefruit juice. That is the meal report from the Good Stuff diner. They were not exceptionally busy but they did let us sit there for a while after we finished our meals and we just chatted and laughed and had a good old HHW time.
Nope, no OJ. Coffee only.
I'm thinking that a lot of guys named Larry may be having O.J., real soon.
LOL
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Laura ;D I had to think for a second if I had missed something. ;D
'night
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I'm sorry you didn't care for Lucky Stiff. I thought it was hilarious.
Well, I certainly don't regret seeing the show, and I had a lot of good friends in the cast (including George's friend Chris Serface), but I don't think I would want to sit thru it a second time.
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G'night!
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Oh JRand, that is so very sad. Maybe you can make friends with the dog & give him some company during the day.
JRand there is a dog down the street from me. A nice looking friendly boxer. He's tied in the front yard all the time and I feel so bad for him. I can't believe the same people that got rid of your darling Blue Moon have another dog, though.
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DR Jose, are you still pondering the chocolates?
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DR Jose, are you still pondering the chocolates?
Richard and I *pondered* the fudge he bought last night at Middfest. It was delicious.
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Sounds wonderful,. DR Ginny
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Think I'll go to the kitchen and ponder some ice cream...
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I shall ponder some cake now. I have come to the conclusion that I will never again be skinny. So I will just embrace to new me.....
DR JANE I always slow down and look at the new doggie....who stares right back!
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LOL DR TCB.....JRAND21 was many moons ago.
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What am I doing up so late? Watching Ohio State squeak by Wisconsin. Now I'm going to bed.
'night!
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I had a good evening of viewing. I began by finishing LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE. Really superb film with lots of clever plotting, and it seemed to last about half of its 144 minutes. That's what great direction will do for a film: make you never notice how long it is.
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I watched all of the bonus feature, too. There weren't that many, though there was an audio commentary. Usually I don't like shared comentaries, but these two worked in tandem quite well.
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And then finally, I got a two hour chunk of time and watched MICHAEL CLAYTON from HBO-HD. Excellent film that held my attention throughout. I loved the haphazard construction of the pieces so that by the time we got near the end and were back at the beginning of the film again, things made sense and then we were given a very satisfying conclusion.
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Tomorrow I'll begin another TV box set. Yep, I had a couple of days without any of those on the horizon, but I knew it couldn't last forever. Once again, Paramount has sent me box sets that I didn't request. Of the three they sent, I had only requested CSI. They also sent MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Season 5 (which I'll be watching tomorrow) and DYNASTY - Season 3, volume 2.
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DR Jose, are you still pondering the chocolates?
Well, I'm still pondering two of the four chocolates that were in the box. The Basil and Citronelle have been consumed, and were thoroughly enjoyed and savored. The Basil one was quite nice. I'm still pondering the Pistachio and Almond Praline.
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HA!
Not only is Tina Fey back on "SNL" tonight, but Queen Latifa is Gwen Ifill. :)
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Even I will admit that this is funny!
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Did she give the famous "Ifill Glower"
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I did two monster-size (in terms of amounts of trees lost) returns today.
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Or should that be "number of trees"
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I must say that i am appalled by the discovery of that billionaire daredevil's body being treated like a giddy sporting event as opposed to a sad story on the news.
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Heading down to bed now.
Good night!
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BTW, I see that we have our user names at the top of the page once again (along with number of guests). The place feels like home again.
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Yesterday, a bus driver told me that Elvis invented saddle shoes.
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Well, I just learned this formerly secret fact from tonight's episode of "SNL"...
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS is a disease of the liver.
;D
*And Anne Hathaway as Julie Andrews/Mary Poppins... :)
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My Parents are visiting tomorrow afternoon, so i must clean a little, sleep a little, then clean a little more
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Back from the fundraiser - this kind of thing is not my cup of tea - basically like an open mic night but with some pros sprinkled in. We had Andrea Marcovicci and Jason Graae as the best of them. I bailed after two and a half hours. This was my weekly splurge meal - had linguini with seafood in a light tomato cream sauce. I'm stuffed, but hopefully it won't do any damage.
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I came home to an e-mail from the singer I'm working with. Earlier, she sent me the typed up version of the patter I'd given her yesterday. Two of the set-ups were missing completely, and several key lines were also missing. So, I wrote her back and asked her to find those things, because I watched as she wrote them down. As I said yesterday, at our meeting she presented me with patter based on what I'd come up with at our previous meeting, only three-quarters of it wasn't there, even though I told her to write everything down because I forget things immediately. So, I had to start from scratch yesterday. I told her in my e-mail today that I didn't have time or patience to keep having to come up with things that I'd already come up with. So she sends me this e-mail saying she thinks I'm treating her with disrespect and while she's appreciative of my help she thinks it's best if she does the rest by herself. To which I replied, fine. If she thinks that she can do the rest herself I say, best of luck. We hadn't even gotten to the singing and interpretation part, which is, of course, the hard part. Any solo artist who has ever worked with me knows how supportive I am, but they also know they have to do the simple thing I ask, which is to write everything down so I don't have to keep coming up with the same thing. Well, this frees up some time.
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On a happier note, I'm approaching post #12500.
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Oy, I meant to wish JMK a happy birthday at exactly 9:31 PST, but I screwed up time-wise.
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Should I save 12500 for morning?
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Oy, again, I'm confused, is JMK's birthday Sunday or Monday? (I can't read the calendar properly. Guess that's a sign that it's time to sleep.)
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Present were Hisaka, Miss Adriana Patti and her mother, Cason Murphy, a nice fellow from the film score board, occasional dear readers Mark and Amy, a 3D enthusiast, film composer John Scott, and a couple of others I didn't know.
Great reading, Bruce! The book sounds really wonderful. I was surprised at how much it delves into today's technologies. I admit I'd never heard of Facebook until yesterday. I'm so sorry we were late! Mark is writing all the gory details as we speak, but I'm not sure which one of us is going to click the "Post" button first.
And the cake was yummylicous! Bruce appeared aghast to learn that Mark is allergic to cake. To answer your question, Bruce, if he ate one bite it would just make his throat feel itchy. If he ate more his bottom lip would swell up to look like he'd had bad collagen injections. But it's not like he'd break out in hives and keel over dead. But since he's allergic to eggs, nuts, and chocolate, I figure I could finish him off with a brownie with walnuts, if I ever needed to.
Amy
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Glad you guys came.
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Hmmmm, I added a picture to my profile, but it came out really really small. So, I've enlarged it and update my profile. Let's see how this one looks.
Amy
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There are a bunch of posts about how to re-size the photo.
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Back from the signing reading - we had about ten people, which is better than five people. I did do the reading and it was fun, and the cake was very popular. I met a couple of new people, which I always enjoy. Sold only a few books, but the owners of the store said business has been just horrible, which is why none of their regulars were at the signing. So, it was all fine, but I'm really miffed at the people who'd confirmed they'd be there and then had every excuse under the sun as to why they weren't - and then there were those who didn't even have the excuse, who just didn't show up. Present were Hisaka, Miss Adriana Patti and her mother, Cason Murphy, a nice fellow from the film score board, occasional dear readers Mark and Amy, a 3D enthusiast, film composer John Scott, and a couple of others I didn't know.
I'd like to just say this, but apparently "this" has already been said. So I won't say "this," but instead I shall say: Thank you BK for not canceling the reading, and also thank you for not canceling the reading at the reading. Amy and I had a lovelier than lovely time listening to sections from "Murder at the Grove." We have all of Bruce's books, but this was our first time attending a BK reading. It shall not be our last.
Alas, we were a bit late; we initially parked our car on South Brand Boulevard, thinking it was North Brand Boulevard, and there simply is no Mystery and Imagination bookstore on South Brand Boulevard. We then moved said car, continued on, found North Brand Boulevard, and lo and behold still saw no Mystery and Imagination bookstore. We saw Bookfellows, which we have been to before, and it took us several moments to realize that Bookfellows and Mystery and Imagination are one and the same. We parked and promptly realized we had no change for the meter. The Bookfellows folks, however, were quite kind to give us change, we ran back to put it in, and then realized that the meter was broken. We then dashed back to the bookstore, gave them back the quarter we had left, rushed up the stairs to the second floor, and plopped down into two chairs to enjoy "Murder at the Grove," in color and already in progress.
Despite our tardiness, we quickly experienced a rare treat: hearing Bruce utter the word "yummilicious" in person. During the course of the reading, we also got to hear two of my favorite lines from the book: "Adrianna Hofstetter did not eat tan food" (which elicited several chuckles) and "Furball … padded over to the dining table and stretched her body into Cinemascope." A few minutes later, when Bruce read the line about Facebook being "a site that only an ADD person could love," it was cute to watch Adrianna Patti's mom give her daughter a knowing "That is so you" poke.
After the reading, chocolate cake was served, Diet Coke was poured and BK tried to kill me by offering said cake to me. I am allergic to said cake, and despite this being Bruce's reading, I declined to let him murder me. We then set back as Bruce held court, telling tales from the past, about the past and about passed gas. We laughed, and just when we thought we could laugh no more, we laughed some more. By 3:30, it was over, we asked Bruce his recommendations for a spot to eat nearby, and we left to go eat — only we promptly forgot to go eat, got in our car, departed Burbank and wound up at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles, where we could have bought an Ice Cube cube for only $1 at a benefit auction. Instead, we purchased "Adam-12: Season 2."
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Love Adam 12, Season 2.
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Whew! I'm finally back at my NY abode after a whirlwind day!
It was so great to see Ben, Larry and Jose (and I love the picture!) and hear all their juicy Broadway dish---even though I don't know half of the shows they're talking about, I just love sitting back and listening to it all. So much fun!!
After I left our merry band of HHW, I grabbed a cab and picked up the director, who was having someone from his apartment help him to the street. I found an arm sling---two actually---for him. The first one I bought was cheap and an ugly blue color. Since we were going to a formal event, I also picked up a more expensive and stylish black one. That turned out to be a lucky find since he was wearing a black suit.
So we cabbed it up to the DGA to see Clint interviewed by Lillian Ross, who must be in her late 80's but still very sharp! They had a piano on stage and Lillian coaxed Clint into tickling the ivories for a bit. It was about an hour and a half talk, with a long montage of film clips from select movies. I was introduced to Clint's director of photography, who was very jovial, and his editor, who wasn't. He seemed a bit stressed because he had a lot of details to worry about.
When we went to leave, the director called out to the biggest guy around to help him out of his theatre seat. In the process, his coat pocket got hooked on the chair arm and ripped his pocket away from his coat. So I found a nearby cleaners and he made it worth the tailor's while to fix it then and there. (Money talks!)
He didn't want to go back downtown so I came back to change into my evening duds, and then headed to Nobu. The director had been standing in front for about an hour waiting for them to open, because he was afraid to go anywhere and sit down. So I got to Nobu about an hour earlier than we planned and hung out with him. Finally we were allowed inside---very beautiful in there!
The tables had bowls of nigiri and rolls, and some cooked fish (someone decided it was cod) and we thought that was it. But then people started firing up hot food---I had a huge scallop, some skinny mushrooms on a bed of brussells sprouts, (OMG good!) tender sliced beef...I wish I hadn't had suchi to begin with so I could have tried everything.
There were about20 tables at the party, and most had names on them, so we didn't know where to sit. We ended up at a table with Clint's table on one side and Angelina Jolie's on the other. I only saw her for about 5 minutes, but Brad Pitt was with her (in a goofy checkered hat!) and at one point I noticed he was just sitting there with no one to talk to, so I took this as my cue to do just that!
I told him that my partner and I had made the S & V documentary and that someone in his office had requested a copy. He said that he had two people that worked with him who always had their eyes out for potential new ideas for films. He said they were really smart and had great taste, so our film must be very good. I know he probably says that kind of thing all the time but it was still nice that he treated me as a fellow filmmaker.
I also had a chance to talk to Colm Feore. I like him very much (I did trailers for his film NUREMBURG so it was a good entree) and hardly anyone was talking to him, so he seemed glad to chat, and his wife was very sweet, too.
Clint, his wife and daughter arrived after most people were there, Brian Grazer was there along with another producer. (His daughter has a one shot cameo in the film...she's about 12.) His wife is beautiful and seemed very nice. The director introduced Clint to me and we both said we were looking forward to the project. His hand enveloped mine. He seems very unpretentious, and I didn't feel intimidated by him at all.
The director had already seen Changeling several times, so he got one of the Clint cars to take him home. I hung out with the woman who headed up the film program at MoMA for decades (she recently retired due to health problems) and her husband. They were wonderful company. They live near Madeline, and I told them about the macarons there, and the husband told me about a place that used to be on 9th that had amazing ones, but that they were really easy to make yourself. Yeah...right... I can't imagine them being anywhere in the ballpark of Madeline. They also decided not to go to the movie (it ended after midnight...it's 140 minutes long). I wish I'd known all these people were going to bail out so I could've called a few friends, but oh well...
I really enjoyed the movie. Angelina Jolie was great and the story was very gripping. The audience seemed to like it very much.
So, now time to hit the hay, after completing my cat-sitting duties.
Whew!
Thanks again to Larry, Ben and Jose for getting up early to meet me!!
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God, that was a long post. Sorry!
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Long, but good!
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I decided that macarons would be the perfect thank you gift to my hosts. I won't see them before I leave so I'm going to pick up a box for them and one for my partner Peter---I'll go uptown to see his family tomorrow. I may just go there for breakfast!
As far as other local food, I discovered something---I can't remember the name but I'm sure that Jose knows what it is. I wanted to get a little something to tide me over until dinner and walked past a street fair in the village. They were making these corn pancakes with cheese in the middle. All I can say is, it's a good thing they don't make these in Atlanta. God was it good, and probably a whole days worth of weight watcher points!
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OK, now to bed!
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Long, but good!
That's what she said! Harhar...
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The director is named Bruce, BTW but there are already two Bruces here so I didn't want to be more confusing! I was telling him about bk's CDs today---he thought that was very interesting.