Note to Singdaw; CC: George
Kyle X/Y returns to ABCFAM on Monday, January 12 at 9 PM
der Brucer
Too cold---back to bed!
And the word of the day is: GUTTLE!
Yesterday, I went to Seattle to see The Drowsy Chaperone at the 5th Avenue Theatre. I loved it! It was quite well done AND Georgia Engel played Mrs. Tottendale, as she did in the Broadway production! She and the rest of the cast were all very good. I brought my numbered (#581 of 1000), limited (yea, right) edition vinyl cast album, but we saw a matinée and there was no one at the stage door (that I could see down the alley), so I didn't try to get Georgia's (or anyone else's) autograph. I did buy a baseball cap and the Broadway production souvenir program...they were both half price. ;D But it was a lot of fun!
OK. I'm sorry, I just don't get it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM&eurl=http://www.typepad.com/t/app/weblog/post)... WHY? :)
VixMom, I know you don't know me from Adam, but add my good vibes to everyone else's!
vixmom - My we officially call you our Calendar Girl for today?
Hebrew Calendar
The Hebrew calendar has 12 or 13 months.
Nisan, 30 days ניסן
Iyyar, 29 days אייר
Sivan, 30 days סיון
Tammuz, 29 days תמוז
Av, 30 days אב
Elul, 29 days אלול
Tishri, 30 days תשרי
Heshvan, 29/30 days חשון
Kislev, 29/30 days כסלו
Tevet, 29 days טבת
Shevat, 30 days שבת
Adar 1, 30 days, intercalary month אדר א
Adar 2, 29 days אדר ב
Adar 1 is only added 7 times in 19 years. In ordinary years, Adar 2 is simply called Adar.
And the word of the day is: GUTTLE!
Character in Two for the Seesaw or Composer of Light In the Piazza?
der Brucer
And the word of the day is: GUTTLE!
OK. I'm sorry, I just don't get it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM&eurl=http://www.typepad.com/t/app/weblog/post)... WHY? :)
The finale was shown on a Friday which was of course Talent Round Up Day.....but somebody dropped the ball here. It was Janey & Linda Fallis. The younger sister sang like Alfalfa and the older sister was a surprisingly graceless dancer....whew! Check it out at your own risk - this is only part of the torture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZ5rWQ1jeo
That's enough.
I think if you want a list of current actors, just describe the character to us. Then we can say which current actors fit the role.
MAURICE
Actually, I think we are better at bad-casting.
MAURICE
Gah! How could I have forgotten that one?? :)
OK. I'm sorry, I just don't get it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM&eurl=http://www.typepad.com/t/app/weblog/post)... WHY? :)
OK. But then...why not just plain jog/run? :)
Without the clunky machine?
The machine is less dangerous than running on the road or stepping off onto a shoulder.
The machine is less dangerous than running on the road or stepping off onto a shoulder.
Yes. You only have to worry about getting hit by a car. :D
I also recall the Perry King-Meg Foster "A Different Story" that Dan (the Man) mentioned. I was confused by his comment about Foster being the 2nd actress to play Detective Lacey. Foster, of course, originated the part on TV and was summarily replaced after six episodes by Sharon Gless because, "they say", the wanted someone "more feminine" i the role. I still scratch my head over that one because Gless was about as butch as they come in that part. I feel certain it was Foster's eyes that gave her a steely look that unsettled "the men folk" in charge and made them feel less-than-remotely-adequate that engendered the change.
Do the best things truly happen while you're dancing?? :D
Do the best things truly happen while you're dancing?? :D
Do the best things truly happen while you're dancing?? :D
They certainly do! But this being a family site and all, I can't talk about those times here.
Do the best things truly happen while you're dancing?? :D
They certainly do! But this being a family site and all, I can't talk about those times here.
I'm hearing echoes from pre-disco years!
the sky is less brown
the sky is less brown
Perhaps they've replaced the telecine operator? ;)
I'm up, and the sky is less brown
OK. I'm sorry, I just don't get it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM&eurl=http://www.typepad.com/t/app/weblog/post)... WHY? :)
Were the Meg Foster episodes aired?
How could I have forgotten TAKE ME OUT? Memorable is so many, many, many different ways...
I has never seen nor read TALES OF THE CITY. I'll have to correct that one of these days.
I has never seen nor read TALES OF THE CITY. I'll have to correct that one of these days.
Don't know if or when I'll be able to check out HHW again, so anybody who wants to get or keep in touch with me, here's my e-mail address: greenwoodblogger@gmail.com.
Ciao.
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
The Lambada comes to mind.Do the best things truly happen while you're dancing?? :D
It depends entirely upon the dance....and your partner.
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
Don't know if or when I'll be able to check out HHW again
More precisely, if people start telling you that they received posts on their Wall saying that you told them that their pic is being posted on other websites... Then you know you have a problem.
The Lambada comes to mind.
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
Hello, everyone.
Yes, I've been massively E&T, and, believe me, you don't want to hear about it! Among other things, the Oven Ordeal still isn't over. The house gods must be VERY unhappy with me indeed.
Did you come back younger
More Tod:
Books:
Almost Like Being in Love
Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll
The Most Excellent Year
The Movie Lover
Buddies (and the other books in the series)
The Front Runner
The Best Little Boy in the World
And on and on and on........
From Jose:QuoteMore precisely, if people start telling you that they received posts on their Wall saying that you told them that their pic is being posted on other websites... Then you know you have a problem.
But can I delete the messages so I don't accidentally open them? I don't normally delete things that come in on Facebook.
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
Wow Ann, congratulations. Who will keep the second car seat?
I am VERY close to choosing my favorite team!
DR Matt H, how can you forget about “Catcher in the Rye”? It also left me cold & I would love to forget about it, if only I didn’t hear or read something about it at least several times a year.
Jose, why on earth did you read a book you didn’t like to begin with so many times? ;D
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
DR JEANNE is having an open house!
I thought Loretta Swit did C/L, I didn't look so I am probably wrong. I forgot about Meg Foster, but I may be thinking about the original tv movie.
So much for a light day. Already had a flurry of e-mails. It seems that most in our Bacharach cast cannot come sing for me on the Monday or Tuesday of next week - it seems most are leaving town, although that doesn't explain why the people in shows can't come. So far, one person is booked. I'm now being asked "can't you just create an order from the list and that will be that?" And I'm saying, I can do anything, but that doesn't mean it will be good or right if it's based on thin air. I'm pretty annoyed about this - early on, I asked for the initial rehearsals to be recorded and sent to me - that never happened, and therefore I have heard no arrangements at all - I have no idea how these songs are being sung, I have not met many of these people, don't know what they look or sound like, and from all that I'm supposed to create a structured evening? Minimally, the MD can at least play me through the arrangements next week, but it's not the same, and I'll be flying blind. I will see everyone at the band rehearsal, but since that now looks like it will be happening on Sunday evening just prior to the show, not much I can do about the order then, as I'll have to have a lighting script prepared.
What I do object to is the fact that the politcally correct powers at WHV have also placed similar apologetic disclaimers in front of two cartoons on the discs, one featuring Bugs Bunny and the other Porky Pig.
Why?
All these wartime cartoons do is ridicule Hitler, Goering and the Nazis.
What studio shmuck thought we should apologize to them or their memory?
What's next? Putting a disclaimer in front of SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK?
>:(
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
There's something odd going on.
I went over to IMDB and typed in the keyword "gay".
The search results lists 5588 titles that include the keyword "gay" in the keyword section of the listings.
IMDB, being of a generous mind, also gave a second result, for the keyword(s) "man-pretending-to-be-gay": 6199 titles!
Huh?
Pretending to be gay scored six hundred more titles than actually being gay?
There is something wrong here! :P
Do the best things truly happen while you're dancing?? :D
I've seen only one play with a gay theme: "Jeffrey".
What I do object to is the fact that the politcally correct powers at WHV have also placed similar apologetic disclaimers in front of two cartoons on the discs, one featuring Bugs Bunny and the other Porky Pig.
Why?
All these wartime cartoons do is ridicule Hitler, Goering and the Nazis.
What studio shmuck thought we should apologize to them or their memory?
What's next? Putting a disclaimer in front of SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK?
>:(
Do those disclaimers make specific mention that the material contained in the cartoons may be offensive to white supremacists and racists?
*I'm also wondering if it's still some of the trickle down backlash from some of the hoopla over the release of the "Japs" Bugs Bunny cartoons from a couple of years ago.
From Jose:QuoteMore precisely, if people start telling you that they received posts on their Wall saying that you told them that their pic is being posted on other websites... Then you know you have a problem.
But can I delete the messages so I don't accidentally open them? I don't normally delete things that come in on Facebook.
The thing is is if YOU are the one being hacked, you won't receive the messages - only your friends will receive messages from "you". So, if your friends are wondering about certain messages that "you" have posted, well, consider yourself hacked.
I've seen only one play with a gay theme: "Jeffrey".
Umm... Didn't you see Lestat during it's San Franciso tryout/labor?
;D
DR JEANNE is having an open house!
I thought Loretta Swit did C/L, I didn't look so I am probably wrong. I forgot about Meg Foster, but I may be thinking about the original tv movie.
Wow Ann, congratulations. Who will keep the second car seat?
it means Jed will have one in his car too, so we won't have to move one back and forth.
And speaking of getting hacked - well, I guess may "phished":
Did any other DRs get an e-mail this morning that was most obviously compiled from the e-mail addresses - at least the non-hidden ones - on this site?
-So, I've changed my password again, and I've also "hidden" my e-mail address.
*bk - I thought it had been set up that only registered members could access the profile information? -Or was someone/some program phishing from the "old site"?
And speaking of getting hacked - well, I guess may "phished":
Did any other DRs get an e-mail this morning that was most obviously compiled from the e-mail addresses - at least the non-hidden ones - on this site?
-So, I've changed my password again, and I've also "hidden" my e-mail address.
*bk - I thought it had been set up that only registered members could access the profile information? -Or was someone/some program phishing from the "old site"?
And speaking of getting hacked - well, I guess may "phished":
Did any other DRs get an e-mail this morning that was most obviously compiled from the e-mail addresses - at least the non-hidden ones - on this site?
-So, I've changed my password again, and I've also "hidden" my e-mail address.
*bk - I thought it had been set up that only registered members could access the profile information? -Or was someone/some program phishing from the "old site"?
What the hell is it with all these ticket agencies these days? I just bought 2 tickets to BURY THE DEAD and the Transport Group's site says they're $38 each. Well, each ticket has from the agency a $3.55 additional charge so why the hell don't they tell you the goddam tickets are $41.55 each? And then they want you to add a donation as well? Give my back my $7.10 and I'll consider it!
I get this same sudden additional charge crap now for NYMF, the Fringe Festival, etc.
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
And speaking of getting hacked - well, I guess may "phished":
Did any other DRs get an e-mail this morning that was most obviously compiled from the e-mail addresses - at least the non-hidden ones - on this site?
-So, I've changed my password again, and I've also "hidden" my e-mail address.
*bk - I thought it had been set up that only registered members could access the profile information? -Or was someone/some program phishing from the "old site"?
I didn't receive anything.
Now that you have hidden your email address do you still see it when you click on your own name? I find it confusing I can still see my own address when it should say hidden.
my e-mail address is spoofed.
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
And in their 60's!--there's hope for me yet!
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
Is that the little girl singing about Irish Eyes?
What I do object to is the fact that the politically correct powers at WHV have also placed similar apologetic disclaimers in front of two cartoons on the discs, one featuring Bugs Bunny and the other Porky Pig.
Why?
All these wartime cartoons do is ridicule Hitler, Goering and the Nazis.
What studio shmuck thought we should apologize to them or their memory?
What's next? Putting a disclaimer in front of SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK?
>:(
Do those disclaimers make specific mention that the material contained in the cartoons may be offensive to white supremacists and racists?
*I'm also wondering if it's still some of the trickle down backlash from some of the hoopla over the release of the "Japs" Bugs Bunny cartoons from a couple of years ago.
I don't have this set yet (it's coming, though). I am wondering if the cartoons may have done stereotypical portrayals of Germans, or if there may have been something stereotypically "ethnic" about the characters that were lampooning the Nazis.
I think they should simply print a disclaimer on the packaging material: "The product may, inevitably, offend someone because of the attitudes/beliefs of the time in which the movies and shorts subjects were filmed. Get over it or don't buy it."
And in their 60's!--there's hope for me yet!
Well, yes. But they have been together 35 years already. :)
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Irish Eyes?
DR Jose - to answer your 2 questions from last night about our 28-pound turkey:
No
and
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And hope goes flying out the window...
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
Is that the little girl singing about Irish Eyes?
And hope goes flying out the window...
Sing along with Babs, now...
Love, Look Through My Window...
:)
Well, you all know how much I love bad singing. I thought it was great.
Yesterday, I went to Seattle to see The Drowsy Chaperone at the 5th Avenue Theatre. I loved it! It was quite well done AND Georgia Engel played Mrs. Tottendale, as she did in the Broadway production! She and the rest of the cast were all very good. I brought my numbered (#581 of 1000), limited (yea, right) edition vinyl cast album, but we saw a matinée and there was no one at the stage door (that I could see down the alley), so I didn't try to get Georgia's (or anyone else's) autograph. I did buy a baseball cap and the Broadway production souvenir program...they were both half price. ;D But it was a lot of fun!
Well I am sorry, then, DR LAURA - that the ENTIRE performance is not on YouTube....so that you could hear her maim the song "Oh You Beautiful Doll" to a life size Goofy toy.....
DR MBARNUM survived it seems.....and I did.....but it was close.....specially when the big sis started into her Mambo routine.
I know that many of you enjoy bad singing -- so many of you watch American Idol.
OVEN & HOUSE VIBES DR JEANNE!!
And now for something completely different...
My roommate who has been working in Macao over the past year, has been travelling around the past couple of weeks: Japan, China, Indonesia, etc. -She finished her contract a few weeks ago, but wanted to take some "vacation" time exploring while she was still on that side of the globe. Well, she came across "this" during one of her trips. She didn't have a video camera on her when she saw it, but she did come across a video of it on the web:
Creative Waterfall (http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/creative-waterfall/)
*It runs a few minutes, but it is pretty cool.
Now I am off to hear what the printer lady has to say.
We have some bad singing at church.
Hey, Kerry -- guess who is going to sing her solo on Sunday that she didn't have time to do last week?
I don't know if it's ever been mentioned here, but a book I've been meaning to read since I've first heard of it this summer is MISSISSIPPI SISSY (http://www.amazon.com/Mississippi-Sissy-Kevin-Sessums/dp/B001C2E254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226950677&sr=1-1) by Kevin Sessums. It sounds like a real hoot of a book!
I checked my spam
This calendar was proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about twelve years from late 1793. There were twelve months of 30 days each, grouped into three ten-day weeks called décades. The five or six extra days needed to approximate the tropical year were placed after the months at the end of each year. A period of four years ending on a leap day was to be called a Franciade. It began at the autumn equinox:
Autumn:
Vendémiaire
Brumaire
Frimaire
Winter:
Nivôse
Pluviôse
Ventôse
Spring:
Germinal
Floréal
Prairial
Summer:
Messidor
Thermidor
Fructidor
I checked my spam
A watched spam never boils.
Did you have too much chocolate yesterday?
I checked my spam
A watched spam never boils.
I checked my spam
A watched spam never boils.
Did you have too much chocolate yesterday?
;)
From Jose:QuoteMore precisely, if people start telling you that they received posts on their Wall saying that you told them that their pic is being posted on other websites... Then you know you have a problem.
But can I delete the messages so I don't accidentally open them? I don't normally delete things that come in on Facebook.
Good morning all.
Last night, Target.com mistakenly listed a top-of-the-line car seat that normally retails for $279, for $42.99.
it spread across the net like wildfire, and they were sold out in a matter of hours. Thanks to some postings in my mom forums, i got two of them ordered, with free shipping to boot! Now Target is legally obligated to honor the price. :D Someone in Web Marketing is getting raked over the coals today!
Wow Ann, congratulations. Who will keep the second car seat?
it means Jed will have one in his car too, so we won't have to move one back and forth.
..."The Fifth of July" - via PBS's "American Playhouse", thus TV. I know it's not a gay-themed play, but seeing this a few years before I came out, well...Do you mean the one available from Broadway Theater Archive, (http://www.amazon.com/Lanford-Wilsons-Broadway-Theatre-Archive/dp/B00005UQ7X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1226951722&sr=1-1) with an impossibly young Cynthia Nixon as Richard Thomas' niece?
...
Does anyone recall the title of a telly movie with I think, Muriel Hemmingway, that was a lesbian runner?
I can recall women running on a track and then sharing an intimate moment.
DR Jose - the concert you went to at Morgan Library reminded me of an interesting book I read last year:
An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege (http://www.heidiardizzone.com/bookail.htm), by Heidi Ardizzone
my electroshock session
..."The Fifth of July" - via PBS's "American Playhouse", thus TV. I know it's not a gay-themed play, but seeing this a few years before I came out, well...Do you mean the one available from Broadway Theater Archive, (http://www.amazon.com/Lanford-Wilsons-Broadway-Theatre-Archive/dp/B00005UQ7X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1226951722&sr=1-1) with an impossibly young Cynthia Nixon as Richard Thomas' niece?
...
I watched Studs Turkel's Working earlier today, and Fifth of July was one of the discs listed under "also available". I think I'm going to hint to der B that we add it to the wish list.
(Working, however, does not have any gay characters, or at least none identifiable as such. Even though Barry Bostwick is wonderfully woofy as the steelworker.)
my electroshock session
Are you quite sure that this is physical therapy and not mental therapy? ;)
Or maybe I am just the only one who looks for pictures.
Or maybe I am just the only one who looks for pictures.
TMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;D
At least it's not on YOU TUBE!
Does anyone recall the title of a telly movie with I think, Muriel Hemmingway, that was a lesbian runner?
I can recall women running on a track and then sharing an intimate moment.
Jane, I vaguely, vaguely remember the film. I was fairly young when it was on. I remember seeing it on television and hence why I called it a telly movie.
The other good news is they finally booked my hotel. I don't know it at all and it's on the East side - on 42nd St. between Second and First, which means I'll have to figure out what my jog route is going to be. It's the Tudor Hotel, and from their website it looks very nice - highspeed Internet, widescreen TV, a nice comfy-looking bed and well-appointed and not tiny rooms. So, I can breathe easy about THAT.
DR elmore-Great news the PT is working.
It's the Tudor Hotel
DR Matt H, how can you forget about “Catcher in the Rye”? It also left me cold & I would love to forget about it, if only I didn’t hear or read something about it at least several times a year.
I know that many of you enjoy bad singing -- so many of you watch American Idol.
Oh... And I guess I should add "A Death in Venice" - both the original book, and the opera by Benjamin Britten.
I know that many of you enjoy bad singing -- so many of you watch American Idol.
and saw Dreamgirls!
BK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.
BK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.
Did you leave my number, too.
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
I'm willin', but can't do so from the work computer. :(
The other good news is they finally booked my hotel. I don't know it at all and it's on the East side - on 42nd St. between Second and First, which means I'll have to figure out what my jog route is going to be. It's the Tudor Hotel, and from their website it looks very nice - highspeed Internet, widescreen TV, a nice comfy-looking bed and well-appointed and not tiny rooms. So, I can breathe easy about THAT.
Jogging is quite easy on the sidewalks in that part of town since it's quasi-residential, and usually not too crowded on the sidewalks. You could run by the United Nations, and maybe even stop by and see your personal friend, Stephen Sondheim since you'll be in his 'hood....
BK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.
Did you leave my number, too.
Swen Swenson's got your number, pally.
LOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.
BK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.
Did you leave my number, too.
Swen Swenson's got your number, pally.
LOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.
It's a conflagration!
It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls."
I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.
LOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.
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It's a conflagration!
It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls."
I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.
I love Motown - there was no warbling and over-emoting~!
But I'm nevertheless happy that some can enjoy the type of American Yodel type singing.
(Spamalot sends it up so well)
LOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.
It's a conflagration!
It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls."
I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.
I love Motown - there was no warbling and over-emoting~!
But I'm nevertheless happy that some can enjoy the type of American Yodel type singing.
(Spamalot sends it up so well)
DR Tomovoz, I am in total agreement with you with regards to the Whitney/Mariah type of singing. Just can't stand it for myself. But it is the popular style. And of course there were lots of people in the 20s and 30s who probably disliked the "new" sound of singers like Rudy Vallee and John Boles and the like. I guess each era is different.
Thankfully we live in a world where we are able to still enjoy the eras that fit us best.
I never watch American Idol, but I am sure there are some good singers on there...but maybe they are the ones that don't win.
I guess I'll have to leave it to DRs Jose and JMK to explain what I was trying to get at here. Singers who have talent and training can actually sustain the note without the "Trills or warbles" effect.
And it's not that I don't enjoy modern pop music. I do like singers such as Adele, Duffy and Katie Melua. And yes Pink!
American "Yodel" and its international equivalents seem hell bent on turning out clones who can be marketed for a quick buck and then disposed of just as easily. I just don't "Get" it.
And I'm not against talent shows per se!
OK I'm an angry old (nearly 63) person who does not adapt well to the "new".
Sorry. No way will I ever watch or listen to "Dreamgirls" again.
I'm telling you I"m not going to. LOL
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
I'm willin', but can't do so from the work computer. :(
Are you seriously telling us you cannot plug in some headphones at work and listen to something?
Are you seriously telling us you cannot plug in some headphones at work and listen to something?
Back from the long jog and storage - finding the chart was simple, so that was good. It's been a crazy morning. The good news is that one of our backup singer gals' husband is going to sound design the show for free - he's worked with Dionne and Burt so that should be great. The bad news is that Michael Rupert dropped out - his mother is ill and he's going to visit. So, I'm looking for a replacement for him. Also, do any of our NY contingent know how to get hold of Evan Pappas. Since Tony Roberts doesn't want to sing She Likes Basketball, I need someone to do it and Evan has done the role. I asked Danny Burstein, but he's going to be out of town - or if anyone has other suggestions, I'm listening.
OK. I'm sorry, I just don't get it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM&eurl=http://www.typepad.com/t/app/weblog/post)... WHY? :)
I wouldn't invest in it, but it looks like fun. Actually it looks like a lot of work, but people would really stop and stare
beats me!
Well, the printer lady and gentleman came and informed us that our $5000 machine is worth $500 in trade-in. And they can't get the parts to fix it.
Well, the printer lady and gentleman came and informed us that our $5000 machine is worth $500 in trade-in. And they can't get the parts to fix it.
OUCH! Any chance of finding the parts elsewhere?
Are you seriously telling us you cannot plug in some headphones at work and listen to something?
I'm seriously telling you that the I.T. department at work blocks network access to certain web sites like YouTube, eBay, FaceBook, and other productivity-sucking Interweb addresses.
Whoops! They missed one...HHW! And aren't I glad!!! :)
Well, the printer lady and gentleman came and informed us that our $5000 machine is worth $500 in trade-in. And they can't get the parts to fix it.
OUCH! Any chance of finding the parts elsewhere?
Completely enjoyed TAR last night.....and I am VERY close to choosing my favorite team!
Are you seriously telling us you cannot plug in some headphones at work and listen to something?
I'm seriously telling you that the I.T. department at work blocks network access to certain web sites like YouTube, eBay, FaceBook, and other productivity-sucking Interweb addresses.
Whoops! They missed one...HHW! And aren't I glad!!! :)
Interesting they can do that, & I don't really blame them. Glad they missed one though :)
I know of a number of libraries that block them also
Back from the long jog and storage - finding the chart was simple, so that was good. It's been a crazy morning. The good news is that one of our backup singer gals' husband is going to sound design the show for free - he's worked with Dionne and Burt so that should be great. The bad news is that Michael Rupert dropped out - his mother is ill and he's going to visit. So, I'm looking for a replacement for him. Also, do any of our NY contingent know how to get hold of Evan Pappas. Since Tony Roberts doesn't want to sing She Likes Basketball, I need someone to do it and Evan has done the role. I asked Danny Burstein, but he's going to be out of town - or if anyone has other suggestions, I'm listening.
Evan Pappas was in a serious car accident a couple of years back and have not heard anything about him since. That was in january of 2007, http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106066.html
WHOOPS
I should have read on before posting. I am glad to hear he has recovered. I just never saw any news about it
I guess I'll have to leave it to DRs Jose and JMK to explain what I was trying to get at here. Singers who have talent and training can actually sustain the note without the "Trills or warbles" effect.
And it's not that I don't enjoy modern pop music. I do like singers such as Adele, Duffy and Katie Melua. And yes Pink!
American "Yodel" and its international equivalents seem hell bent on turning out clones who can be marketed for a quick buck and then disposed of just as easily. I just don't "Get" it.
And I'm not against talent shows per se!
OK I'm an angry old (nearly 63) person who does not adapt well to the "new".
I'm not arguing with you, Tom....I was just hoping you'd identify which singers in the movie did the yodelling and/or warbling so I could associate the sound with your terminology.
Well rats. Target realized it's mistake on the car seats and is canceling the orders. They have it written in their fine print that they don't have to honor mispriced items, so there's nothing we can do about it. Should have known it was too good to be true...
It's the Tudor Hotel
Where, if you don't pay your bill, or bare a male heir, they behead you.
I've seen a couple of male heirs I would like to bare.
Well rats. Target realized it's mistake on the car seats and is canceling the orders. They have it written in their fine print that they don't have to honor mispriced items, so there's nothing we can do about it. Should have known it was too good to be true...
I'm sorry Ann. I didn't know stores had statements like that in the fine print. I didn't know they could even do it. Did they offer the car seat for an extra special oops price?
TAR was fun last night. And I was happy to see the departing team depart! LOL!
And what a ninny. I cannot believe the trouble people on TAR have with the eating challenges. I would have no problem what-so-ever eating any of those items that the have to eat in various countries. The food last night made me downright hungry!
Well rats. Target realized it's mistake on the car seats and is canceling the orders. They have it written in their fine print that they don't have to honor mispriced items, so there's nothing we can do about it. Should have known it was too good to be true...
I'm sorry Ann. I didn't know stores had statements like that in the fine print. I didn't know they could even do it. Did they offer the car seat for an extra special oops price?
Almost all stores have a "We are not responsible for errors..." clause. It doesn't even have to be posted on the circular, it just has to be posted be somewhere in the store and/or office.
TAR was fun last night. And I was happy to see the departing team depart! LOL!
And what a ninny. I cannot believe the trouble people on TAR have with the eating challenges. I would have no problem what-so-ever eating any of those items that the have to eat in various countries. The food last night made me downright hungry!
I think Nick and Star were smart not to read what it is they were eating. Makes it much easier not to know you're eating goat butt
We have a service contract.
I dunno. I could lose a lot of pounds on the all-you-can-eat goat butt diet.
I dunno. I could lose a lot of pounds on the all-you-can-eat goat butt diet.
You got a point there!
I dunno. I could lose a lot of pounds on the all-you-can-eat goat butt diet.
I dunno. I could lose a lot of pounds on the all-you-can-eat goat butt diet.
You got a point there!
Atkins.
OOH!!!!
Back to the Topic of the Day...
Musicals: "Quilt" - Which was one of the first revues inspired by the stories from the AIDS Memorial Quilt panels.
Movies: "Parting Glances" -I can't believe that one slipped my mind initially. And it was restored/preserved last year too.
And from recent years: "A Home At the End of the World"
Does anyone recall the title of a telly movie with I think, Muriel Hemmingway, that was a lesbian runner?
I can recall women running on a track and then sharing an intimate moment.
Yes, but then she ended up with a guy.
Maurice
Blackwater Lightship
Priest
Gods and Monsters
Bent
Yesterday, I went to Seattle to see The Drowsy Chaperone at the 5th Avenue Theatre. I loved it! It was quite well done AND Georgia Engel played Mrs. Tottendale, as she did in the Broadway production! She and the rest of the cast were all very good. I brought my numbered (#581 of 1000), limited (yea, right) edition vinyl cast album, but we saw a matinée and there was no one at the stage door (that I could see down the alley), so I didn't try to get Georgia's (or anyone else's) autograph. I did buy a baseball cap and the Broadway production souvenir program...they were both half price. ;D But it was a lot of fun!
And yesterday was the last day of the tour. The closed last night. There was a small party between shows, and lots(!) of packing up doing on - which is probably the cast did not "stage door" between shows.
On that particular time, on that particular subject - I don't think it gets better than LONGTIME COMPANION......
The last couple of minutes and words: "I just want to be there....."
I am always very emotional....it is a very personal message for many of us.
We have some bad singing at church.
Hey, Kerry -- guess who is going to sing her solo on Sunday that she didn't have time to do last week?
Does anyone recall the title of a telly movie with I think, Muriel Hemmingway, that was a lesbian runner?
I can recall women running on a track and then sharing an intimate moment.
Yes, but then she ended up with a guy.
That's because it was written and directed by a straight man; it was his fantasy about lesbians.
Well rats. Target realized it's mistake on the car seats and is canceling the orders. They have it written in their fine print that they don't have to honor mispriced items, so there's nothing we can do about it. Should have known it was too good to be true...
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I'm sorry Ann. I didn't know stores had statements like that in the fine print. I didn't know they could even do it. Did they offer the car seat for an extra special oops price?
Nope, but the told me I was welcome to reorder the item at it's list price of $280 :)
Well rats. Target realized it's mistake on the car seats and is canceling the orders. They have it written in their fine print that they don't have to honor mispriced items, so there's nothing we can do about it. Should have known it was too good to be true...
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I'm sorry Ann. I didn't know stores had statements like that in the fine print. I didn't know they could even do it. Did they offer the car seat for an extra special oops price?
Nope, but the told me I was welcome to reorder the item at it's list price of $280 :)
How kind of them. ::)
Especially for DR TCB, the website for the new gay themed Bollywood movie (at theatres right now) DOSTANA.
And perfect for today's TOD
http://www.dostanathefilm.com/ (http://www.dostanathefilm.com/)
(http://im.sify.com/sifycmsimg/nov2008/Entertainment/Movies/Bollywood/14797793_Dostana1_330x14nov08.jpg)
I would like to add the film PARTING GLANCES. The first film (before Longtime Companion) to deal with a HIV/AIDS character.
My newly married friends got their announcement in the NY Times, here (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/weddings/16PELLEGRINO.html?_r=1&ref=weddings&oref=slogin). :)
TOD:
Television:
Oh, come on! Torchwood, of course! :D (The inclusion of the Cassini "Sisters" in the Doctor Who episode "Gridlock" is also dear to my heart.)
Wow Ann, congratulations. Who will keep the second car seat?
it means Jed will have one in his car too, so we won't have to move one back and forth.