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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were pizzicato and not legato, and now it is time for you to post until the pizzicato cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PROLIX!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Dino can really tickle those ivories, can't he? :)
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Thanks, DR George!
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CONGRATULATIONS on the recent and successful weight loss by bk, and DRs Cillaliz and elmore3003!!!!! :)
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I'm up to page 11 on yesterday's posts (why am I still awake??) and I just read this post by Ann:
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...
Damn them! Damn them all to hell!! >:(
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~~~Continued Healing Vibes for DR TCB's DF Stan!!~~~
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And now I am complete caught up with all the posts.
Isn't everyone just thrilled?? ;)
To bed. 8)
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***CONTINUED RECOVERY VIBES***
for DF Stan
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***VIBES OF ALL SIZES AND SHAPES***
for DRs Vixmom and Tomovoz!!!!
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FROM TODAYS NOTES:
I also will never watch this channel again – they have more commercials than network TV – it’s shocking – six minutes of commercials to twelve minutes of film.
Oh, dear, time for another math lesson.
Typical network TV hour is 42 minutes of show and 18 minutes of ads - thats about 43% ads-to-show ratio.
You are complaining about 12 minutes of show for 6 minutes of ads - about a 33% ads-to-show ratio.
Or, in words, if network TV did 6 minutes of ads for every twelve minutes of show, then 18 minutes of ad would buy you a 36 minute show (in fact, 18 minutes of ads buys you a 42 minute show!)
So, in fact, they had LESS commercial ad time than regular network TV.
der Brucer
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BEING SERVED
THE UNIT
(If we permit one lead, and a great ensemble cast)
ALL IN THE FAMILY
MASH
THE CLOSER
TORCHWOOD
der Brucer
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The Bob Newhart Show (Newhart was OK but I like the Bob Newhart Show better)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The West Wing
M*A*S*H
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and now to ketchup
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To add to the above lists.
Barney Miller
Night Court
Even the choice of the actors for recurring characters or actors multiple appearances as different characters were excellent.
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To add to the above lists.
Barney Miller
Night Court
Even the choice of the actors for recurring characters or actors multiple appearances as different characters were excellent.
Oh yes!
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VIBES to TCB and His DF STAN
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VIBES to Tomovoz and His DP Colin and his DF whose name has suddenly escaped me -
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and now for breakfast and work... laters!
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Tuesday morning greetings! I'm having a slow start this morning, because I'm working 12-9 today - grantseeking basics workshop tonight.
HI DR Vixmom!!!
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Vibes to Stan....friend of DR TCB.
Wow! All of the weight dropping here at HHW....I must do the same....I MUST!
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TOD:
In addition to most of those mentioned....
I LOVE LUCY
STARSKY & HUTCH
PERRY MASON
SUPERMAN
THE BIG VALLEY
BONANZA
and more currently:
THE BIG BANG THEORY
NCIS
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DONSTANA looks like a good movie....hopefully the DVD will be out soon.....John Abraham AND Bobby Deol.....what's NOT to like?
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Was there ever a show that had better chemistry among its cast members than THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW?
Maybe...but I can't think of one right now.
But other shows whose ensemble I liked almost as much:
THE BOB NEWHART SHOW & NEWHART
ROSANNE
BARNEY MILLER
ALL IN THE FAMILY
DESIGNING WOMEN
thirtysomething
HILL STREET BLUES
ALY MCBEAL
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
ST ELSEWHERE
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When that final pièce de résistance is truly a piece of... well, nevermind...
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TOD:
Aside from the others already listed, I suppose Friends should be included...
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A show I just rediscovered this weekend also had a terrific ensemble cast--3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN. Everyone in this show bounced off each other in just the right way. Even when the scripts and gags were totally lame, the cast had so much fun with what they were doing that I couldn't help but enjoy the show.
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Good morning, all! I'm already in the midst of laundry. I've got two scores to work on today as well as the attempt to finish up this packing for shipment to Ohio. Oy!
TOD:
Absolutely Fabulous
Mary Tyler Moore Show
I agree with DR Dan(the Man) on THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN
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TOD - most of my favorites have been mentioned, but I also remember liking:
LA Law
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Family
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I'm off.....
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Ah, Thirtysomething. I loved that show.
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5 more days!!!
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If you don't count today!
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The Dick Van Dyke Show
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It's funny how some shows lose their chemistry as the years roll on. I'm thinking about ALICE. When it first started, I actually enjoyed the show and the cast, particularly the friendship between Linda Lavin's Alice and Polly Holliday's Flo. But I guess as egos and temperaments and resentments grew and cast members (and their replacements) left, any evidence of an ensemble withered up and blew away. In it's later years, there was really no reason to watch this show.
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When that final pièce de résistance is truly a piece of... well, nevermind...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SQvtBfeSQuI/AAAAAAAAA2c/ocvRazoDGPg/s400/shawn+m.jpg)
Gadzooks! Are to assume that is supposed to be a cornucopia on top? For TCB's sake, we could call it a horn of plenty. ;)
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Good Morning, DRLaura!
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Ensemble TV Shows?
L.A. LAW
NYPD BLUE
THE WEST WING
THE SOPRANOS
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Good morning!
COLD! It's not getting out of the 40s today or tomorrow, but no rain in the forecast so that keeps things from being miserable.
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Speaking of pizzicato, I absolutely LOVE Leroy Anderson's symphonic piece "Jazz Pizzicato." I MUST listen to that at some point today.
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I have to agree with those who chose THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW as the greatest ensemble in TV history. And the astonishing thing is that when folks left (Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman) for their own shows, their replacements fit right in and opened the show up to an entirely new range of potential story ideas.
And Mary got the idea for that strong home cast-work cast motif from the great DICK VAN DYKE SHOW that she was also a part of, and its ensemble is also one of TV's most memorable.
Of more recent shows, FRIENDS, FRASIER, and WILL & GRACE were also blessed with casts that worked in perfect sync with each other.
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Last night we finally entered the higher high tech world and ordered DSL high speed from Verizon. It's a "self-install" and they said it would be ready to go on Friday. The self-install kit shipped this morning (from where I know not) and according to an e-mail I just received from Verizon the service is ready to go. Unfortunately, I don't yet have the modem, router or software. I hope that it will arrive tomorrow perhaps or Thursday at the latest so I can set things up.
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Poor bk! Your comments on your irritation with the Hallmark Channel show that you really DON'T watch TV any more. Almost every channel now (with a few notable exceptions like TCM and the paycable channels), network and cable, uses those bugs in the lower left or right corner and continually have banners across the bottom advertising upcoming programming that one eventually learns to ignore.
But maybe you understand why many of us buy these season TV box sets. No disruption of the stories when watching those DVDs.
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Welcome to the high speed innernet, DR Ben (when you actually hook it all up, that is.)
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Last night we finally entered the higher high tech world and ordered DSL high speed from Verizon. It's a "self-install" and they said it would be ready to go on Friday. The self-install kit shipped this morning (from where I know not) and according to an e-mail I just received from Verizon the service is ready to go. Unfortunately, I don't yet have the modem, router or software. I hope that it will arrive tomorrow perhaps or Thursday at the latest so I can set things up.
It is incredibly easy to do. When I first entered into the DSL world 1 1/2 years ago, I knew NOTHING about broadband connections, but the kit was very complete and the instructions couldn't have been easier.
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS (two hours), ELI STONE
CBS - NCIS, THE MENTALIST, WITHOUT A TRACE
NBC - THE BIGGEST LOSER, LAW & ORDER: SVU
FOX - HOUSE, FRINGE
CW - 90210, PRIVILEGED
FX - THE SHIELD
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I'm stoked about having just the bonus features on STAR TREK to get through today. Hopefully, I get the review up late this afternoon and have the evening for myself. I still have the last episodes of SMALLVILLE and DEXTER to finish plus the last half of BROTHERS & SISTERS which I'll watch while eating lunch.
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I am looking forward to tonight's DANCING WITH THE STARS. It will be tough no matter who goes.
It's rare but my 3 favorites are still on the show (brooke/derek, cody/julianne, and lancey/lacey) are in the F4. I've sort of thought that warren was the favorite to win (seems like he is the most popular). But wow, the judges were really tough on him. I really want brooke to win. She is by far the best dancer. I'm just afraid that she will go tonight. I really hope not. Unfortunately it will probably be cody, since lance did so well last night.
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On tv tonight i'm really looking forward to Privileged, and Eli Stone.
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Well, I've made no secret about not watching TV and if this is what it's devolved into, thank goodness I don't. I do remember watching one season of The Sopranos on HBO (all others on DVD) and I don't recall the bug or the lower thirds in that show, but maybe I'm misremembering. It's just so disruptive, and those commercial breaks are insane and if they're worse on regular TV why would anyone watch anything that they hadn't TIVOd, where they could do what I did and fast-forward through the commercials.
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Well, I've made no secret about not watching TV and if this is what it's devolved into, thank goodness I don't. I do remember watching one season of The Sopranos on HBO (all others on DVD) and I don't recall the bug or the lower thirds in that show, but maybe I'm misremembering. It's just so disruptive, and those commercial breaks are insane and if they're worse on regular TV why would anyone watch anything that they hadn't TIVOd, where they could do what I did and fast-forward through the commercials.
The amount of time slotted to commercials on cable networks is unnerving. I've attempted to watch movies on TBS and AMC, but I usually give up because I can't take the incessant stream of commercials. I've never timed it but it seems like an eternity.
Big Three Network TV isn't as bad, but it's getting there. It used to be that you could tell you were coming to the end of a string of commercials when a local bump would come up, usually promoting the 11:00 news. But now there is at least an additional minute of network self-promotion after local bumps. Thank Gawd for Tivo and DVRs! During the past year it's become a habit for me to watch that evening's leading TCM movie (with absolutely NO commercial interruptions!) and then watch network fare that I've recorded, almost solely so that I can zip thru the commercials.
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I usually watch most shows off the DVR so i don't have to sit through the commercials.
When i do watch a show "live" i either start 15 minutes late or read a book during the commercials!
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Good Morning, DRLaura!
Good morning, DR Kerry.
The little orange kitten is very purry and affectionate. And hungry.
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The amount of time slotted to commercials on cable networks is unnerving.
I thought the point of cable tv was that there weren't supposed to be commercials. At least originally. About 30 years ago.
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TOD:
Gilligan's Island
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You are thinking of "pay television" DR Laura.
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TOD:
"Friends" DEFINITELY should be included, Dr scratchclaw! From the very first show I was hooked and felt comfortable with all the characters. Season after season, each cast member revealed depths and nuances that most folks simply took for granted. Comedy is HARD. Ensemble comedy is HARDER. And these guys made it look easy from show 1.
And there's a lot to be said for "Will and Grace", too, if you count only the first five seasons (and forgive Season 3 for the excessive bitchy-nasty antics of Jack and Karen). For Jack Randall, I'll say this: If the creator's real-life "Grace" was offensive, selfish and unbearable -- and if he, himself, was so pathetic that he could not shake this cancerous appendage from his life -- then Debra Messing played her to perfection. I never "got" why Grace was in his life when he was supposed to be smart and savvy. I think that we never got to the crux of who "Will" really was because the show's creator could not reveal that much about himself. Unfortunately for Messing, I cannot "see" her as anyone other than "Grace". If there is anything REMOTELY Lucille Ballish about Messing, it's this identity with a character...and Messing loses bigtime because I hated Grace with a fiery passion.
"Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" NEVER had a miscast moment, IMO. The cast clicked from the git-go and every guest/added character worked very, very well. (I'll admit to not warming up to "Dawn" for about half a season, but she grew on me and became a favorite).
"Frasier" remains, for me, one of the finest ensembles EVER.
The first three seasons of "Dynasty", before the cast changes covered by tragic accidents (Fallon's auto accident and coma....followed by her recovery and -- apparently -- total amnesia as to what she looked like and how she talked) and (Steven's being trapped in an explosion on an oil rig, after which the slender, sensitive blond Steven morphed into a hunky, rather rugged Steven). For me, the show never recovered from the loss of Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon, but I loved it all the same.
"Stargate: SG-1" -- perfect casting. Even when Michael Shanks took a year off and was replaced by Corin Nemic, Nemic fit in so beautifully that when Shanks returned, I mourned Nemic's departure. After Richard Dean Anderson left and was replaced by Ben Browder, I found myself adjusting quite nicely to a different "Stargate" because other key characters remained in place and played by the original cast members. The addition of Claudia Black, Browder's co-star on "Farscape", added a great deal to the mix, I thought and made some wearisome plotting tolerable.
"Golden Girls" was, is and will always be PERFECTION in casting.
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Well, I've made no secret about not watching TV and if this is what it's devolved into, thank goodness I don't. I do remember watching one season of The Sopranos on HBO (all others on DVD) and I don't recall the bug or the lower thirds in that show, but maybe I'm misremembering. It's just so disruptive, and those commercial breaks are insane and if they're worse on regular TV why would anyone watch anything that they hadn't TIVOd, where they could do what I did and fast-forward through the commercials.
No, you're not misremembering THE SOPRANOS. As I said in my initial post, some paycable broadcasting doesn't yet have the bugs, or if they come on, they fade after thirty seconds or so.
Commercials are why we still have "free" broadcasts. Those of us who love TV, of course, hate the stream of commercials, the bugs, and banners, but to see shows and characters we love, one endures much.
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Now I'm heading down to check the mail, and then I'll get started on fixing some lunch.
WBBL.
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I'll concur with Dan (the Man) about "Designing Women" up to the point where Delta Burke was forced to leave the show.
It never recovered. Delta was, IMO, the heart and soul of the show because she was based on the show's creator, Linda Bloodworth Thomason. And it's no suprise to me that it was Bloodworth Thomason who made it impossible for Burke to continue even though Burke had some of the finest moments network TV comedy has ever seen.
There have been several different stories told about what went on behind the scenes of that show. Everything changed, apparently, when Burke began putting on weight. Some of the best shows in that series had to do with how "Suzanne" -- a former beauty queen who was truly a beautiful woman -- dealt with reactions to her weight. In many ways, the character was a caricature of a typical southern beauty, but Burke was the equal of Bloodworth Thomason's intent and revealed Suzanne to be a deeper soul than was apparent on the surface. Other cast members have not supported Burke's more vivid accounts of what happened on the set, but they also have not been wholly open about it, either. Whatever happened, I have to say I cannot for the life of me figure out what's holding up the release of all the seasons of the show on DVD.
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It's 8:42 a.m. and I'm the only one in this joint.
I feel so ALONE!
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Just got off the phone with paypal. Normally, when one orders via Kritzerland, I get an invoice sent to my e-mail address. Said invoice contains a transaction number at the top, all the shopping cart details (item, item number, and price) and below that the payment details (price and address). That's how it's always been - until the last two invoices, both of which did not include the entire upper portion of the invoice - it went directly to payment details - hence, I had no idea what the orders were FOR and had to go into my paypal account and find out there. So, I called them to see why this is happening (the last regular correctly formatted invoice I got was last Friday) - apparently it's a "known" issue and is happening to everyone who uses shopping cart with paypal. They've now escalated the claim to a more important status and I was assured by a supervisor that it's being worked on and would be fixed shortly.
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For the past five or six days, I have been unable to see The Weather Channel, Turner Classic Movies and IFC (International Film Channel). Just those three. TCM and IFC are part of the same digital package. The Weather Channel is part of the Basic package.
After losing three (count 'em 3) movies I had set to record on TCM, I called ComCast last night and got a message saying they are aware of "issues" in my area with reception of "certain" channels and that their technicians were working on a resolution. Rather than continue on to speak to someone live, I accepted the message as an indicator the problem will soon be resolved. I'll give this till the end of the week before calling again to actually "speak" to someone about my problematic channels.
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I'll concur with Dan (the Man) about "Designing Women" up to the point where Delta Burke was forced to leave the show.
It never recovered. Delta was, IMO, the heart and soul of the show because she was based on the show's creator, Linda Bloodworth Thomason. And it's no suprise to me that it was Bloodworth Thomason who made it impossible for Burke to continue even though Burke had some of the finest moments network TV comedy has ever seen.
There have been several different stories told about what went on behind the scenes of that show. Everything changed, apparently, when Burke began putting on weight. Some of the best shows in that series had to do with how "Suzanne" -- a former beauty queen who was truly a beautiful woman -- dealt with reactions to her weight. In many ways, the character was a caricature of a typical southern beauty, but Burke was the equal of Bloodworth Thomason's intent and revealed Suzanne to be a deeper soul than was apparent on the surface. Other cast members have not supported Burke's more vivid accounts of what happened on the set, but they also have not been wholly open about it, either. Whatever happened, I have to say I cannot for the life of me figure out what's holding up the release of all the seasons of the show on DVD.
Oh, definately only with Delta. Losing Delta Burke and shoehorning in Julia Duffy was a HUGE mistake. Another case of evaporating emsemblage.
Also agree with what you said about FRIENDS. This is another show where I often found the scripts and laughs to be uneven, but I always believed that these people were friends. No matter how they were mixed and matched though out the run, it always worked.
I hold back on listing THE GOLDEN GIRLS the same reason I hesitate with SEINFELD. To me, four people don't equal an ensemble. But otherwise, they all were perfect together.
And hey--let's not forget about TAXI and CHEERS and the first two or three seasons of THE COSBY SHOW.
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For the past five or six days, I have been unable to see The Weather Channel, Turner Classic Movies and IFC (International Film Channel). Just those three. TCM and IFC are part of the same digital package. The Weather Channel is part of the Basic package.
After losing three (count 'em 3) movies I had set to record on TCM, I called ComCast last night and got a message saying they are aware of "issues" in my area with reception of "certain" channels and that their technicians were working on a resolution. Rather than continue on to speak to someone live, I accepted the message as an indicator the problem will soon be resolved. I'll give this till the end of the week before calling again to actually "speak" to someone about my problematic channels.
DR Ron, I also had problems with blanks screens for TBS and The Weather Channel on Sunday. I called customer service and, after they "sent a strong signal" to my box and had me reboot it, I've been fine.
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For the past five or six days, I have been unable to see The Weather Channel, Turner Classic Movies and IFC (International Film Channel). Just those three. TCM and IFC are part of the same digital package. The Weather Channel is part of the Basic package.
After losing three (count 'em 3) movies I had set to record on TCM, I called ComCast last night and got a message saying they are aware of "issues" in my area with reception of "certain" channels and that their technicians were working on a resolution. Rather than continue on to speak to someone live, I accepted the message as an indicator the problem will soon be resolved. I'll give this till the end of the week before calling again to actually "speak" to someone about my problematic channels.
DR Ron, I also had problems with blanks screens for TBS and The Weather Channel on Sunday. I called customer service and, after they "sent a strong signal" to my box and had me reboot it, I've been fine.
Hmmmm....maybe I had better talk to someone this evening, then.
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Follow-up: Thanks, Dan (the Man). I just had an online chat with customer support and it was recommended I reboot when I get home. If the channels don't come back on the reboot, he said to call tech support and request a "refresh signal".
Nothing like HainesHisWay for getting technical problems solved!! :)
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Good morning all.
I have many phone calls to make today, none of which I'm looking forward to. I must call paypal and figure out what to do with an item I recently sold on ebay. The payment went into an older paypal account I have, the password and security questions for which I have completely forgotten. I'm not sure I ever knew them, since my ex-boyfriend helped me set up that account seven years ago. I never use it anymore, but it was attached to the e-mail address I used on ebay, so therein sits the money. I need to get it out of there, but I'm not sure how that will be accomplished.
Then I must call yet again and see if I can confirm that Toby has a spot at the childcare center for January. They haven't responded to e-mails, and I need to make sure he's in, or else I need to start looking for someplace else posthaste.
Then I must call the hospital about Toby's hospital bill, and mine for that matter. We tried to resubmit his with the additional insurance from DH Jed, and it's becoming a bit nightmarish.
Did I mention that I loathe using the phone? Loathe it with every fiber of my being? Ugh.
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I must disagree with the Manly Dan, respectfully of course. I think four characters can make up an ensemble show, provided there is no obvious "main" character around which the show is based. Therefore my list will include
Golden Girls :)
also
Frasier
M*A*S*H
West Wing
The first season of SportsNight
Northern Exposure (which was filmed in Roslyn, about 15 miles from my hometown of Ellensburg)
3rd Rock From The Sun
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In what felt kind of like an out-of-body experience, I just visited our business office and filled out my last timesheet, for the 2 weeks that I will be taking vacation/holiday time leading up to retirement.
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In what felt kind of like an out-of-body experience, I just visited our business office and filled out my last timesheet, for the 2 weeks that I will be taking vacation/holiday time leading up to retirement.
I did so many things on "automatic" for so many years in the Navy that I was amazed to discover, only months after retiring, that my memory apparently locked that door and hid the key. I simply cannot remember things that seemed second nature to me. Every now and again I'll get a flash and recall an event or a procedure. But once you no longer "need" something that your mind has set up as an active file, somehow it also stamps files as "inactive."
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One exception to my last post:
I still, on occasion, have a dream about appearing onstage in a play and not knowing a single line or even what the play is.
And on rarer occasions, I dream about suddenly remembering a class I needed to complete in order to graduate and not being able to recall what the class was called or where it met...or whether I'd ever attended a single class. And so, in my dream, I'd be going through empty hallways and peering into classrooms seeking something familiar.
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I must disagree with the Manly Dan, respectfully of course. I think four characters can make up an ensemble show, provided there is no obvious "main" character around which the show is based. Therefore my list will include
Golden Girls :)
also
Frasier
M*A*S*H
West Wing
The first season of SportsNight
Northern Exposure (which was filmed in Roslyn, about 15 miles from my hometown of Ellensburg)
3rd Rock From The Sun
Well, I guess I disagree with myself, too, since I listed ALL IN THE FAMILY in my initial list.
I guess I have this definition stuck in my mind that an ensemble is a group of actors of a large enough number that could very quickly and with little effort gang up on and kill a director. Now granted, just four people could pull it off but in the end, it will be easily remembered who actually delivered the fatal blow. When there's a group of five or more, with all the kicking and clubbing with whatever blunt rehearsal props are handy, the mob mentality takes over and no one really recalls who did what once the police arrive on the scene.
So in my mind, NO EXIT is not an ensemble cast, while YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU certainly is.
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And the word of the day is: PROLIX!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SHOW ME
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I know the TOD is TV shows, but since DR DtM brought up stage plays, I nominate the ever wonderful She Loves Me for its superb ensemble opportunities.
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Good morning all.
I have many phone calls to make today, none of which I'm looking forward to. I must call paypal and figure out what to do with an item I recently sold on ebay. The payment went into an older paypal account I have, the password and security questions for which I have completely forgotten. I'm not sure I ever knew them, since my ex-boyfriend helped me set up that account seven years ago. I never use it anymore, but it was attached to the e-mail address I used on ebay, so therein sits the money. I need to get it out of there, but I'm not sure how that will be accomplished.
Then I must call yet again and see if I can confirm that Toby has a spot at the childcare center for January. They haven't responded to e-mails, and I need to make sure he's in, or else I need to start looking for someplace else posthaste.
Then I must call the hospital about Toby's hospital bill, and mine for that matter. We tried to resubmit his with the additional insurance from DH Jed, and it's becoming a bit nightmarish.
Did I mention that I loathe using the phone? Loathe it with every fiber of my being? Ugh.
The paypal customer service is great. When you call, just keep saying Customer Service after the voice prompts - it's the fastest way to get them. They'll either reset the password and username for that account or transfer the dough for you.
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Back from the long jog, which I did with little energy. I've shaved and will shower in a moment and then be on my way to the lunch meeting.
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I must disagree with the Manly Dan, respectfully of course. I think four characters can make up an ensemble show, provided there is no obvious "main" character around which the show is based. Therefore my list will include
Golden Girls :)
also
Frasier
M*A*S*H
West Wing
The first season of SportsNight
Northern Exposure (which was filmed in Roslyn, about 15 miles from my hometown of Ellensburg)
3rd Rock From The Sun
Well, I guess I disagree with myself, too, since I listed ALL IN THE FAMILY in my initial list.
I guess I have this definition stuck in my mind that an ensemble is a group of actors of a large enough number that could very quickly and with little effort gang up on and kill a director. Now granted, just four people could pull it off but in the end, it will be easily remembered who actually delivered the fatal blow. When there's a group of five or more, with all the kicking and clubbing with whatever blunt rehearsal props are handy, the mob mentality takes over and no one really recalls who did what once the police arrive on the scene.
So in my mind, NO EXIT is not an ensemble cast, while YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU certainly is.
I have no doubt that Bea Arthur alone could take on any director, with or without an ensemble to back her up. :D
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Good morning all.
I have many phone calls to make today, none of which I'm looking forward to. I must call paypal and figure out what to do with an item I recently sold on ebay. The payment went into an older paypal account I have, the password and security questions for which I have completely forgotten. I'm not sure I ever knew them, since my ex-boyfriend helped me set up that account seven years ago. I never use it anymore, but it was attached to the e-mail address I used on ebay, so therein sits the money. I need to get it out of there, but I'm not sure how that will be accomplished.
Then I must call yet again and see if I can confirm that Toby has a spot at the childcare center for January. They haven't responded to e-mails, and I need to make sure he's in, or else I need to start looking for someplace else posthaste.
Then I must call the hospital about Toby's hospital bill, and mine for that matter. We tried to resubmit his with the additional insurance from DH Jed, and it's becoming a bit nightmarish.
Did I mention that I loathe using the phone? Loathe it with every fiber of my being? Ugh.
The paypal customer service is great. When you call, just keep saying Customer Service after the voice prompts - it's the fastest way to get them. They'll either reset the password and username for that account or transfer the dough for you.
Thanks, bk, that makes me feel much better about calling. I shall post with the outcome shortly.
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Back from my walk along Lake Merritt's shoreline. Beautiful, Gorgeous, Glorious day here in Oakland.
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I know the TOD is TV shows, but since DR DtM brought up stage plays, I nominate the ever wonderful She Loves Me for its superb ensemble opportunities.
:)
Just to clarfiy today's TOD:
Today’s topic of discussion: What are your all-time favorite ensemble casts from TV shows – the shows where the cast chemistry is absolute perfection right down to the smallest regular?
So...not so much how many folks are in a cast or what potential exists but what TV shows we think had the best ensembles with the best chemistry and the ultra-plus perfect supporting actors/actresses.
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ultra-plus perfect
Now what does my bra size have to do with any of this?
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ultra-plus perfect
Now what does my bra size have to do with any of this?
Shouldn't that be your "bro"?
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And a lovely package was just delivered to my office containing Bernard Herrmann's A CHRISTMAS CAROL from the folks at KRITZERLAND. I am uploading to my iPod even now...
One of the best darn things about Kritzerland CDs? No sticky sealer labels to peel off! That feature alone makes any purchase worthwhile!
Thank you, folks at Kritzerland!
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TOTD
Cheers
MASH
Frasier
Roseanne
Golden Girls
Gavin & Stacey (Current UK show)
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No sticky sealer labels to peel off!
Aren't they just THE WORST? Grrrrrr..... :-\
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I hate those label things - hate 'em on CDs and hate 'em on DVDs.
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I'm fresh as a daisy prince and shall soon be on my way to lunch meeting. Isn't that funny? Typing daisy prince reminded me that I was once set up on a date with her - we went to Joe Allen's naturally. She was very nice, although we never went out again.
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Visited our friend Allan yesterday. He is in rehab and still having some difficutlies eating but is certainly walking and communicating well. It is hoped that he may be homw the first week in December. He's lost too much weight of course - but I'm sure that will not be too much of a problem to rectify.
Thank you all again for you support.
DP Colin is OK as well.
Me -- Oh well. who knows
Special hugs to DR Vixmom (Vixmum).
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I suppose I shall mosey on over to my lunch meeting, after which I shall return.
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There are reviews of "Australia" are on line. The premier was in Sydney. I hope Jackman does well.
The title is enough to put me off!
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Mega doses of vibes to you and yours DR Ozman!
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There are reviews of "Australia" are on line. The premier was in Sydney. I hope Jackman does well.
The title is enough to put me off!
The preview and Ncole's ripoff line from LAST OF THE MOHICANS has put me off. Not to mention Ms Kidman herself. She always looks as if she just smelled something really foul.
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Thanks Michael
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Topic of the Day:
3rd Rock from the Sun
Battlestar Galactica (the current version)
The Big Bang Theory
Brothers and Sisters
Designing Women
Frasier
Friends
Golden Girls
LA Law
M*A*S*H
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Northern Exposure
SportsNight
Star Trek (all of them ;))
Taxi
Torchwood
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Good Morning, DRLaura!
Good morning, DR Kerry.
The little orange kitten is very purry and affectionate. And hungry.
Hungry for the love that only you and your dear family can provide! ;D
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WARNING - I'M ABOUT TO START RANTING ---
Well, I think my own stupidity has just cost me the price of the item I just sold on ebay. When I set up my ebay selling account, I inadvertently attached it to an old paypal account that my usual e-mail account has been linked to for about eight years I use a different paypal account now, that's attached to the joint e-mail Jed and I share. This old paypal account was set up for me by my idiot of an ex-boyfriend, and he didn't trust online stuff so he made up all the information. I have the fake name, because the emails come addressed to said name, but I need at least the fake address or phone number to verify the account with Customer Service so I can get in, reset the password, transfer that payment out of the account, and close it down. But I have none of the information needed. It's all my own stupid fault for letting him do it for me, but I'd never bought anything online before in 2000, and I was scared to give them my real information too. So I let him do it for me. I never once logged in to that account, never attached a bank account number or a debit card number to it..it's an empty dud account that has been sitting there for eight years, except now it has my payment in it, and I can't get it out.
I haven't spoken to said ex-boyfriend in years, and with all the drugs he did after we broke up, I doubt he'd be able to remember the info he used anyway. I could just throw up I'm so mad with myself. I've changed the paypal info on ebay so this can't happen again, but I just essentially gave away that item. I mean, the seller paid for it, but I'll never get that payment. And without any identifying information, the nice customer service people, who clearly thought I was trying to perpetrate a scam, refused to help me.
Sorry, I needed to get this off my chest. My stupidity at the age of 19 is coming back to bite my 27 year old self in the butt.
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DR Ann: Don't you have any e-mail correspondence between yourself and your buyer-- and eBay records, as well (which OWNS PayPal) -- which might allow someone in customer service put two and two together and realize you're not scamming?
If the original account is in your name -- and you have proof that you sold the item and gave the buyer the account nomenclature to use to pay you the money -- common sense should prevail.
NEVER settle for the person who answers the phone. If you hit a brick wall, ask for a supervisor.
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If the original account is in your name -- and you have proof that you sold the item and gave the buyer the account nomenclature to use to pay you the money -- common sense should prevail.
That's the problem, the account isn't in my name. It uses my e-mail address, but everything else is made up. I have the name, but it's not mine. I think it's hopeless, sadly. There's no way they're going to believe me on this.
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I got the feeling watching those featurettes on the bonus STAR TREK disc that many of these were in the last issue of Season 3. I never had those, but the copyright dates (2003/2004) suggested they were included then. Only two of the ten or so bonuses seemed newly done.
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Ann--can't you ask the buyer to request a refund from PayPal?
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Anyway, there were some delightful home movies taken by utility player Billy Blackburn, and I really enjoyed seeing those. And there was a tribute to the show's producer Bob Justman who seems to have been greatly loved by the company.
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Did you sell Toby or Jed on ebay? I'm easily confused.
As DR Elmore would know,"I Can't do the sum"
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I did finish BROTHERS & SISTERS while I ate lunch. I knew buying that house would backfire badly, and I can't believe what a horrible date Dave Foley was for Sol. Now I'm eager to know whom Sol is really dating.
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I have saved DEXTER and SMALLVILLE to watch tonight when I go back downstairs. It will be mostly a TV night for me.
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Ann--can't you ask the buyer to request a refund from PayPal?
I'm debating that option, asking her to withdraw that payment and pay me via another method. But do you think it would result in bad feedback for me on ebay??
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I watched the new Legacy version of VERTIGO this afternoon (well, about 40 minutes of it.) Not owning the Masterpiece Collection, I had only the nonanamorphic original issue, so the picture was quite an advance over what I had. I didn't buy the other Hitchcocks in the Legacy collection; they're on my CHristmas lists to various friends, but this one I really wanted to have now since I love the movie so much.
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Heading down to continue with afternoon and evening viewing. Nice to have the night off completely.
Tomorrow, Criterion's release of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD.
WBBL.
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I'm curious what current shows would fit the TOD.
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DR Ann: Don't you have any e-mail correspondence between yourself and your buyer-- and eBay records, as well (which OWNS PayPal) -- which might allow someone in customer service put two and two together and realize you're not scamming?
If the original account is in your name -- and you have proof that you sold the item and gave the buyer the account nomenclature to use to pay you the money -- common sense should prevail.
NEVER settle for the person who answers the phone. If you hit a brick wall, ask for a supervisor.
I totally agree here. Do not give up. Talk to a supervisor and explain the situation.
If you have the correspondence from the ebay buyer and you can prove that you are the person who sold the item, you should be able to prove that the payment from your ebay account went into that paypal account.
I think you could also explain the situation to the buyer, saying that you accidently had an old unusable paypal account set up to ebay.
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TOD:
OZ
ANGEL (and, of course, the aforementioned BUFFY)
Today:
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
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Ann--can't you ask the buyer to request a refund from PayPal?
Yea...I would think that the buyer could cancel the payment through Paypal since you haven't actually accepted the payment. I've done that before...not for an eBay purchase, but I did pay through Paypal.
Good luck!
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Ann--can't you ask the buyer to request a refund from PayPal?
I'm debating that option, asking her to withdraw that payment and pay me via another method. But do you think it would result in bad feedback for me on ebay??
Not if the buyer is a nice person. :)
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If the original account is in your name -- and you have proof that you sold the item and gave the buyer the account nomenclature to use to pay you the money -- common sense should prevail.
That's the problem, the account isn't in my name. It uses my e-mail address, but everything else is made up. I have the name, but it's not mine. I think it's hopeless, sadly. There's no way they're going to believe me on this.
I think there is a way, via PayPal, for the "buyer" to cancel a payment if it has not been claimed by the seller. There used to be, at any rate.
If the buyer could do this, he or she could then pay you at the correct "name".
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I have saved DEXTER and SMALLVILLE to watch tonight when I go back downstairs. It will be mostly a TV night for me.
As opposed to.....?
;)
Sorry, but I couldn't resist. I know you meant "TV 'show'" night vs. a night of watching movies.
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DR Ann, I have canceled a payment via paypal before as well. I would just explain the situation as best you can and hope they will do the needful.
You could always give them a discount for the inconvenience, if you are worried about feedback.
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Ann--can't you ask the buyer to request a refund from PayPal?
Yes, this would be the easiest option to my way of thinking.
However....you have an eBay account under which you sold this item to a buyer for a specific amount of money.
EBay owns PayPal.
PayPal has access to eBay accounts.
Anyone competent at PayPal could look at your listing...see the name of your buyer....see the payment to which you are referring that was made by your buyer...and even determine that the e-mail address on the account in question is the one you currently have associated with your seller account under your name.
There has to be some level of sanity at PayPal that can say:
"Oh! I see that Ann has an old account and she didn't have it in her name BUT IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH her e-mail address. 'We' want our cut of Ann's sale, and we cannot get that if nobody accepts the payment which Ann is trying to have corrected. Maybe 'we' should help her!"
Wouldn't that be just remarkable??!!??
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okay, so I wrote to my buyer and explained the situation as simply as I could, calling it just an "old inaccessible account" I asked her to cancel that PayPal payment, and said she could either pay me at the correct PayPal account, or send me a check after she received the item (which I sent out yesterday) and is satisfied with it. I await her reply. Hope she's nice...
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okay, so I wrote to my buyer and explained the situation as simply as I could, calling it just an "old inaccessible account" I asked her to cancel that PayPal payment, and said she could either pay me at the correct PayPal account, or send me a check after she received the item (which I sent out yesterday) and is satisfied with it. I await her reply. Hope she's nice...
Yes...'cause now she holds all the cards!
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Now I must get dinner in the slow cooker or it won't be ready by the time DH Jed gets home. And he's gonna be mad enough at me as it is...
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DR Tomovoz, thank you for the update on Allan, continued healing vibes for him
VIBES ALL WILL BE GOOD WHEN YOU SEE THE DOCTOR!!!
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PHONE & INSURANCE VIBES FOR DR ANN!
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
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If you have the correspondence from the ebay buyer and you can prove that you are the person who sold the item, you should be able to prove that the payment from your ebay account went into that paypal account.
Of course she would have to explain away the use of a fictitious name which could be assumed to be for fraudulant purposes.
And just becasue PayPal and Ebay have the same corporate management does not mean they negotiate with each other at the clerk/supervisor level.
der Brucer
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And he's gonna be mad enough at me as it is...
You open up with how much you don't want to set up a date with the old boy friend... :D
der Brucer
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
And to the nice kitty getting prepared for a soon-to-be transfer to her new "forever" home.
der Brucer
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Nice-understanding-buyer vibes to DR Ann
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Nice-understanding-husband vibes to DR Ann
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
"God bless us, every one"
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
JOB VIBES TO YOU & OUR DS CRAIG!!
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If you have the correspondence from the ebay buyer and you can prove that you are the person who sold the item, you should be able to prove that the payment from your ebay account went into that paypal account.
Of course she would have to explain away the use of a fictitious name which could be assumed to be for fraudulant purposes.
And just becasue PayPal and Ebay have the same corporate management does not mean they negotiate with each other at the clerk/supervisor level.
der Brucer
Exactly. Using fake info on online stuff is never a way to get in their good graces. You should have heard their tone change when i tried to explain. it was a very bad thing to do. But i didn't know that 8 years ago when buying online was still new and unfamiliar. As a teen, I'd always been told to never give out my information over the internet.
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
And to the nice kitty getting prepared for a soon-to-be transfer to her new "forever" home.
der Brucer
I hope DR Laura names the kitty "Terry"....'cause it rhymes with the name of its "forever dad"!
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
And to the nice kitty getting prepared for a soon-to-be transfer to her new "forever" home.
der Brucer
I hope DR Laura names the kitty "Terry"....'cause it rhymes with the name of its "forever dad"!
Spendid suggestion!
der Brucer
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
And to the nice kitty getting prepared for a soon-to-be transfer to her new "forever" home.
der Brucer
I hope DR Laura names the kitty "Terry"....'cause it rhymes with the name of its "forever dad"!
Spendid suggestion!
der Brucer
Kerry and his kitty Terry....that would just be the berries, wouldn't it! :D
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Kerry and his kitty Terry....that would just be the berries, wouldn't it!
Very!
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Here's something practically topical:
Subject: Just in time for Christmas
A real virus - don't open any attachment that purports to come from UPS or
FedEx claiming they couldn't deliver a package you sent. UPS and FedEx
don't normally include attachments in any email they send. This attachment
contains a virus. Here is the snopes.com write-up:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp (http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp)
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This has been a day from hell, with too much stress over that damned STUDENT PRINCE medley, the singer and the copyist's corrections intewrmingled with Fed Ex angst over getting these 37 cartons ready to go. Now I'm off to the dress rehearsal of ON THE TOWN at Encores! I hope it goes well.
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Kerry and his kitty Terry....that would just be the berries, wouldn't it!
Very!
And in another month, Very Merry Berries
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This has been a day from hell, with too much stress over that damned STUDENT PRINCE medley, the singer and the copyist's corrections intewrmingled with Fed Ex angst over getting these 37 cartons ready to go. Now I'm off to the dress rehearsal of ON THE TOWN at Encores! I hope it goes well.
Uh-oh....somebody better warn 'em there'll be hell to pay if the dress rehearsal sucks.
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If you have the correspondence from the ebay buyer and you can prove that you are the person who sold the item, you should be able to prove that the payment from your ebay account went into that paypal account.
Of course she would have to explain away the use of a fictitious name which could be assumed to be for fraudulant purposes.
And just becasue PayPal and Ebay have the same corporate management does not mean they negotiate with each other at the clerk/supervisor level.
der Brucer
Exactly. Using fake info on online stuff is never a way to get in their good graces. You should have heard their tone change when i tried to explain. it was a very bad thing to do. But i didn't know that 8 years ago when buying online was still new and unfamiliar. As a teen, I'd always been told to never give out my information over the internet.
And they can check the day "that" account was created and give you some slack, too!
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TOD:
Another remarkable cast ensemble, IMO, was the one assembled for the TV dramedy "Popular" on the WB. I cannot think of one character in this short-lived series that wasn't perfection in his or her role.
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Such drama today! Whew! Yes, I too have canceled PayPal payments for one reason or another.
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I ordered the WALL-E three disk set (out of stock) and the Criterion MONSTERS AND MADMEN 4-disk set which includes a couple of Boris Karloff features from the late 50's made in England and FIRST MAN INTO SPACE and THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE.
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I got the proposal from the printer people. It is way more expensive than we can afford.
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I watched DEEP IN MY HEART which was discussed here previously when it first came out. I enjoyed it very much.....the second half more than the first. I think the "It" number has become one of my favorite Ann Miller routines....she does some different steps! And all of the recycled costumes from SINGIN' IN THE RAIN look great.
I also think the "One Alone" dance that Cyd Charisse and James Mitchell do is very close to being my favorite Cyd onscreen....of course I will always be partial to "Dancing in the Dark" - but the set for this "One Alone" - supposed to be from a stage production of DESERT SONG - and the costuming, and the brooding Mitchell makes this one super special.....
Jose Ferrer has a wonderful scene in which he acts out a whole Broadway show, and then he reprises it! And Doe Avedon is a beautiful leading lady, although she is almost undone by a spectacularly unflattering hairstyle.
Helen Traubel gets on my last nerve....but I have to hand it to her when she sings about the Paris sunrise and also when she sings "Auf Wedersehen". She is costumed to no advantage either.
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WARNING!
I am always pretty cautious about forwarding virus warnings, so I usually check them out pretty carefully before I do. This one is the real McCoy and at this time of year would be easy to fall for, with gifts and packages being ordered online.
So, I will skip the warning, and just give you the hyperlink. Better safe, than sorry.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp
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I got the proposal from the printer people. It is way more expensive than we can afford.
I have had a couple of proposals like that myself. Though none of them lately.....
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Almost time for
NCIS, THE MENTALIST, and ELI STONE
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DR MBARNUM put up some nice photos on his Facebook account.
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Ann, others gave you the advice I'd have given. It costs the buyer nothing to withdraw the payment and redo it to the correct address. And I would still try with paypal, giving them the transaction number of the sale and all your eBay info.
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WARNING!
I am always pretty cautious about forwarding virus warnings, so I usually check them out pretty carefully before I do. This one is the real McCoy and at this time of year would be easy to fall for, with gifts and packages being ordered online.
So, I will skip the warning, and just give you the hyperlink. Better safe, than sorry.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp
:D See post #136, Tom. We're on the same wavelength, I see!
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We're on the same wavelength, I see!
I wonder which of you should be the more afraid! :)
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I'm suddenly reminded of the ex who would say "Be a Fred, be very a Fred"
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That had nothing to do with the ex status, though.
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Ann, others gave you the advice I'd have given. It costs the buyer nothing to withdraw the payment and redo it to the correct address. And I would still try with paypal, giving them the transaction number of the sale and all your eBay info.
The only problem is, now that the buyer knows (from Ann's email) that it's an "inaccessible" account, if they're smart (and/or devious), they'll realize that if she can't get the moolah, after 30 days it will come back to them. And since she's already mailed the item, they know it's too late for her, so to speak. Plus, they can leave negative feedback with impugnity (since it will show they paid--*someone**--via PayPal). Ann of course is limited to leaving positive feedback. It's exactly the sort of situation why I absolutely refuse to sell on eBay anymore.
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Good vibes of all kinds to all of us!
And to the nice kitty getting prepared for a soon-to-be transfer to her new "forever" home.
der Brucer
I hope DR Laura names the kitty "Terry"....'cause it rhymes with the name of its "forever dad"!
;D I would spell it Teri.
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Here's something practically topical:
Subject: Just in time for Christmas
A real virus - don't open any attachment that purports to come from UPS or
FedEx claiming they couldn't deliver a package you sent. UPS and FedEx
don't normally include attachments in any email they send. This attachment
contains a virus. Here is the snopes.com write-up:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp (http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp)
Thanks for the tip/warning.
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It's funny how some shows lose their chemistry as the years roll on. I'm thinking about ALICE. When it first started, I actually enjoyed the show and the cast, particularly the friendship between Linda Lavin's Alice and Polly Holliday's Flo. But I guess as egos and temperaments and resentments grew and cast members (and their replacements) left, any evidence of an ensemble withered up and blew away. In it's later years, there was really no reason to watch this show.
Yes, there was, Phillip McKeon.
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I have been receiving those ups emails at the church email account for weeks now. I knew they were a scam from the beginning. No one give out that email address, except it is posted on the web for people to make inquiries.
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I got the proposal from the printer people. It is way more expensive than we can afford.
I'm sorry. I hope you can find a much better deal elsewhere. I would also give the company a bad rating for not reimbursing you for a useless contract.
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Ann, others gave you the advice I'd have given. It costs the buyer nothing to withdraw the payment and redo it to the correct address. And I would still try with paypal, giving them the transaction number of the sale and all your eBay info.
The only problem is, now that the buyer knows (from Ann's email) that it's an "inaccessible" account, if they're smart (and/or devious), they'll realize that if she can't get the moolah, after 30 days it will come back to them. And since she's already mailed the item, they know it's too late for her, so to speak. Plus, they can leave negative feedback with impugnity (since it will show they paid--*someone**--via PayPal). Ann of course is limited to leaving positive feedback. It's exactly the sort of situation why I absolutely refuse to sell on eBay anymore.
Oh god I hope the buyer isn't that cruel. I mean, she can if she so chooses, but it would be really mean!
This may be the first and last time I sell on ebay!!
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And scamming them on a machine that has suddenly become obsolete in less than two years time! :(
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Today I purchased the 3-disc SPECIAL EDITION of Wall-E. Are you happy now, bk? ;)
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. . .and I'm on my way out the door to purchase WALL-E; which I also loved in theaters.
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I am home from work and from visiting Stan. Today was the first day that I actually began to feel that maybe Stan wasn't coming back. I know it is too early to even think such things, but I really didn't recognize the man in the hospital bed - and he certainly didn't recognize me.
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The happiness in the tune
Convinces me that I'm
Not a Fred...
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When you walk
Through a storm
Hold your head up high-
And don't be
A Fred of the dark!
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I am home from work and from visiting Stan. Today was the first day that I actually began to feel that maybe Stan wasn't coming back. I know it is too early to even think such things, but I really didn't recognize the man in the hospital bed - and he certainly didn't recognize me.
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I send vibes for you and Stan, TCB. I hope he does regain some sense of himself. The human brain can be an amazing thing. I'm sure it must be very difficult to see him like that, though.
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Vibes for DR TCB and Stan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vibes for DR Ann. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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***PATIENCE AND COMFORT VIBES***
for DR TCB
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I think the new kitty should be named Perry.
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WARNING!
I am always pretty cautious about forwarding virus warnings, so I usually check them out pretty carefully before I do. This one is the real McCoy and at this time of year would be easy to fall for, with gifts and packages being ordered online.
So, I will skip the warning, and just give you the hyperlink. Better safe, than sorry.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp
My apologies to Ron. I hadn't read any of the posts yet, when I wrote the warning.
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I almost bought WALL-E at Wal-Mart today, but decided to save money and order it instead....and as I previously posted.....out of stock....
I got the 3-Disk special edition, too.
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Vibes for DR TCB and Stan.
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I also bought one of those smaller shelf style CD players....stand up and flat to replace the AIWA monster from 2002.....if I want BIG sound, I can always play my music through my home theater system from RCA.
I still haven't decided if I want to listen to my Hermann Christmas CD or keep it sealed for the future.....
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I also bought one of those smaller shelf style CD players....stand up and flat to replace the AIWA monster from 2002.....if I want BIG sound, I can always play my music through my home theater system from RCA.
I still haven't decided if I want to listen to my Hermann Christmas CD or keep it sealed for the future.....
It is really wonderful.
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TCB, I am so sorry to hear about Stan. We continue our prayers for his recovery and for strength for you.
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I am home from work and from visiting Stan. Today was the first day that I actually began to feel that maybe Stan wasn't coming back. I know it is too early to even think such things, but I really didn't recognize the man in the hospital bed - and he certainly didn't recognize me.
I'm very sorry.
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Evening all! It's cold here in the land of Sunshine. Would you believe we will be down in the 30's? What is even more amazing is that it was in the 30's when I was in Pittsburgh and I don't think I felt as cold as I do now.
I am just so very grateful that I went when I did. My understanding (and DR td can tell me if it's true) that they had 1" of snow yesterday. I was so worried about driving on icy/snowy roads. SOMEONE above was really watching out for me. :)
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I am home from work and from visiting Stan. Today was the first day that I actually began to feel that maybe Stan wasn't coming back. I know it is too early to even think such things, but I really didn't recognize the man in the hospital bed - and he certainly didn't recognize me.
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, Stan, DR TCB.
Vibes of healing and peace for you both.
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Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and prayers for Stan. I guess prayer is about the only thing we can do now. The rest, I guess, is up to God.
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singdaw, my Wall-E arrived today.
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I'm hoping Ann's buyer does the right thing. That said, another call to paypal is in order - but this time ask for a supervisor right away. Give her all the info you can - the transaction ID number, all the Ebay info - I mean if you have all that info and the account info (with the exception of password and username) a supervisor might be willing to do something.
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Evening all! It's cold here in the land of Sunshine. Would you believe we will be down in the 30's? s. SOMEONE above was really watching out for me. :)What is even more amazing is that it was in the 30's when I was in Pittsburgh and I don't think I felt as cold as I do now.
I am just so very grateful that I went when I did. My understanding (and DR td can tell me if it's true) that they had 1" of snow yesterday. I was so worried about driving on icy/snowy roads. SOMEONE above was really watching out for me. :)
Evening all! It's cold here in the land of Sunshine. Would you believe we will be down in the 30's?
We had a record high for the date here.
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I am wearing my winter pajamas for the first time this year!
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I am home from work and from visiting Stan. Today was the first day that I actually began to feel that maybe Stan wasn't coming back. I know it is too early to even think such things, but I really didn't recognize the man in the hospital bed - and he certainly didn't recognize me.
~~~Vibes of Comfort for TCB and his DF Stan!!~~~
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We still have our ceiling fans running.
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A hospice nurse saved 5 people during the California fires. A story worth watching.
(http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=4226712&cl=10721491&src=news)
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DR TCB - I'll also add DF Stan to our prayer list at church.
I'll also send you a virtual hug.
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Evening all! It's cold here in the land of Sunshine. Would you believe we will be down in the 30's? s. SOMEONE above was really watching out for me. :)What is even more amazing is that it was in the 30's when I was in Pittsburgh and I don't think I felt as cold as I do now.
I am just so very grateful that I went when I did. My understanding (and DR td can tell me if it's true) that they had 1" of snow yesterday. I was so worried about driving on icy/snowy roads. SOMEONE above was really watching out for me. :)
Evening all! It's cold here in the land of Sunshine. Would you believe we will be down in the 30's?
We had a record high for the date here.
I'm thinking about moving there. I can handle heat much better then I can cold. In the north part of the state, they say it will go down into the 20's tonight.
They suggest you cover plants and bring in all dogs/cats/small animals that stay outside. I can't imagine leaving an animal out in the cold on a night like tonight.
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I wore shorts today and a t-shirt when I went hiking today.
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Danise, you will never leave Florida. At least not for the deserts of Arizona.
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Thanks again.
G'night!
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/desert.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/hieroglyphics.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/lizard-1.jpg)
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How are you feeling today, TCB?
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DR Laura, shorts a tee-shirt this time of year-NICE. I like the photos :)
I unfortunately did not get out for a walk today, too many errands to do.
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Thanks.
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My feet are cold. And I am also wearing pajamas. Blue ones.
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We are going to watch Hellboy II now. It didn't take too long to arrive from NetFlix, just one week after it was released.
'night
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I have Wall-E in my Netflix queue.
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I loved Wall-E I'm thinking about buying it and taking it to Joplin for Thanksgiving.
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Today I ran into an old friend who I rarely see anymore, although we both work in the same 2 block radius.
He mentioned that his girlfriend has gotten herself hooked on "these Indian movies with lots of musical numbers" and she watches them every weekend.
I told him that if he wasn't going to marry her, I would.
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LOL
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Laura, I just sent you a PM. :)
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Thanks, George!
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Well, I need to leave for rehearsal. Tonight, we're only working certain scenes, so I don't need to be there until 8:30. But I need to leave now to be there in time.
Until later!
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Thanks, George!
Hey! It worked! Nice new kitty avatar, Laura! ;D
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I've been watching stuff. At my lunch meeting I had a small chicken Caesar salad - it was good. Then for a snack later I had two El Pollo Loco chicken tacos - pretty small, but very good. I did a bunch of errands and whatnot, answered e-mails, had telephonic calls, and stuff like that there.
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I think the Encores! production of ON THE TOWN is going to be a great production, and i think it's overall better than the last revival. Warren Carlisle's choreography has wonderful momentsand I think it's great that they've tried to reproduce as much of the Robbins original as possible. The band is really good, led by the talented and wonderful Todd Ellison. I didn't think anyone could be funnier than Mary Testa as Madam Maude ("sex and art don't mix; if they did, I'd have gone straight to the top") Dilly, but Andrea Martin is truly a hoot in the role. Afterwards, I stopped backstage to see Todd, and a couple of players I'm fond of, Bob Zubrycki, Randy Andos, and Suzanne Ornstein. Bob and Randy were on many of my recordings for BK. My only quibble was why did the great Leslie Kritzer sing "tayble d'hote" instead of "tahble d'hote" in "I Can Cook Too"? I laughed a lot and then, suddenly in Act Two, at the Coney Island subway stop around 4 am, according to the libretto, four of the principals sang "Some Other Time" and I burst into tears and wept through the rest of the production. It was amazing how such a silly show about sailors on leave floats on such a serious foundation.
During the break I saw my friends Karen Ziemba, Lewis Stadlen, David Ives, Peter Felcher of the Cole Porter trust, and Anne Kaufman Schneider, George S's daughter. Afterwards, i walked uptown with Karen Ziemba and her husband. She's about to head off to play the Stockard Channing role in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION.
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I couldn't believe it. I ordered BONES and the WARNER HOMEFRONT COLLECTION today and both were IN STOCK!
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Page Eight Dance!!!
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I began my evening watching more of VERTIGO. I got up to the makeover sequence and needed to shut it off. Will pick up from there at another time.
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Next, I watched SMALLVILLE. Very sad to see Clark lose his best friend like that. I had been thinking about dropping this show, but with this new development, I'll continue with it.
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Next came DEXTER. Good episode with Jimmy Smits amping up his involvement in Dexter's business.
As for "The Skinner," it's been something of a letdown plot strand for the season for me.
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NCIS. Good episode, but argh! The story didn't reach its conclusion.
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FRINGE had an OK episode. It's another show I'm waffling on as to continue to watch.
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ELI STONE had several intriguing storylines, all of which will be followed up in the next episode (in two weeks. Argh!)
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Did anybody watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith tonight? FX channel.
In the theatrical version, at the very end of the movie when they break out of the little cabin and start shooting everyone, and the choreogrpahy is very "dance like' there was music accompanying the entire scene.
I *know* this because I decided to buy the CD based on the music heard in that particular scene!
Yet in the version shown tonight, there is no music, just the sound of the guns shooting.
Am I misremembering, or did they remove that particular piece of music, and if so, why?
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I have my six month check-up at the dentist early tomorrow morning, so I'm heading down now to go to bed.
Good night!
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More health and coping vibes for TCB, Stan, Tomovoz, Vixmom!
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Thanks.
Alright, I will say that the little orange kitten (Did DR Sandra name her Darla?) is very cute, and I will actually take a look at said little orange kitten. But me and cats.... I just don't know. I had a great time at a birthday party last weekend playing with a 9 year old lab and an 11 year old mutt and would have taken them in a second.
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But me and cats.... I just don't know. I had a great time at a birthday party last weekend playing with a 9 year old lab and an 11 year old mutt and would have taken them in a second.
Your only hope is to dash right over to your local shelter and adopt a dog -NOW (or fate will insure you become Kitty-Daddy!)
der Brucer
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Well, I need to leave for rehearsal. Tonight, we're only working certain scenes, so I don't need to be there until 8:30. But I need to leave now to be there in time.
Until later!
Well, I went to rehearsal. When I got there, they were just finishing act 2, scene 1 (which I'm not in) and started scene 2, which I am in. Scene 2 is "Down at the Ol' Five and Dime (Reprise)." It's two choruses of the song, we (the Five and Dime kids) just step forward on the second chorus, group around Mr. Poppy, and then the scene is done. It takes all of two minutes. We did that twice, and that was it. I was done for the evening. I was there for a full ten minutes! Now I'm home...and have been for a while.
:)
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Freddy says cats are good!
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Freddy says "
go towards the light take the kitty, Kerry, take the kitty"
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we (the Five and Dime kids)
You sure joined a cheap group - couldn't you at least find a 99¢ Store gang?
der Brucer
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Freddy is a beauty of a cat!!
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we (the Five and Dime kids)
You sure joined a cheap group - couldn't you at least find a 99¢ Store gang?
der Brucer
Well...this is in the 1930s, you know.
;)
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Finished with my viewing for the evening.
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we (the Five and Dime kids)
You sure joined a cheap group - couldn't you at least find a 99¢ Store gang?
der Brucer
Well...this is in the 1930s, you know.
;)
I remember - Woolworth's, not Wal-Mart.
der Brucer
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Where in tarnation IS everyone? Maybe I'll go see what sort of reviews Road Show got.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
...Good Morning, once again!
Whew!
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I've read the reviews - a couple of raves, a few mixed, and a couple negative, but none actually saying it was an out and out disaster, something they just won't do with Sondheim.
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OK... All caught up. Now to see what I remember...
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~~~~~PAYPAL/E-BAY/BUYER/SELLER VIBES TO DR ANN~~~~~
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~~~~~CONTINUED VIBES TO DR TCB AND HIS DF STAN~~~~~
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As for the Topic of the Day...
"Diff'rent Strokes"
"The Facts of Life"
;D
Although, seriously...
"Good Times"
And I'm really surprised that no one has mentioned (unless I happened to gloss over the mention):
"Six Feet Under"(!!!!)
And the cast of "Remember WENN" was pretty good too.
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In other news...
I had a great day with "The Team" from the Disney Cruise Line. Even though I had just received the call last night to fill in for a flu-stricken pianist today, it was like I was meant to be there today.
By the end of the first hour of callbacks, we were running about 20 minutes behind, but by the end of the day, we ended up running about 40(!) minutes ahead(!). *Many Thanks to all the actors and actresses who showed up early for their appointed times and wanted to go in earlier.
*And there was one young woman who made a point of Thanking me and shaking my hand after her callback: "You played my first ever audition years ago." :)
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DR MBarnum - If you get married - to a woman - well... I'll wear a kurta to the wedding, and a sari to the reception. ;)
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bk - When exactly do you arrive in NYC again?
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PAGE NINE "SIX FEET UNDER" ENSEMBLE DANCE!!!!!!
(http://tv-mafia.com/series_images/Six%20Feet%20Under.jpg)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
And the cast of "Remember WENN" was pretty good too.
I LOVED THIS SHOW!! ;D
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In other news...
After I was done playing for "The Mouse", I decided to walk up to the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. The new - and final installment - in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Complete Debussy Cycles was released today. Alas, they did not have a copy on the shelves there. So...
I took the W train down to Union Square to check out the Virgin Megastore down there. Alas, not in stock there either.
Then I took another train down to City Hall to check out the stock at J&R Music World. Well.. They didn't have it in stock either. However, the clerk (I finally asked) did check the computer and noticed that it was supposed to be in today - well, yesterday. Alas, they did not receive their weekly shipment from that distributor today (nor yesterday). -The disc I was looking for is on Chandos, which is now distributed stateside by Naxos - consequently, they did not get any of the Naxos new releases today either. Anyhoo...
J&R did have the new Beyoncé disc on sale for $6.99, and the new David Cook CD on sale for $9.99. Oh, and "Patti LuPone at Les Mouches" was on sale too. -I believe those will tide me over nicely. Or something like that.
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...And, of course, after taking the R train back uptown, and then walking over to Columbus Circle, I did check out Border's too. Apparently, no one in NYC got their shipments from Chandos/Naxos today.
*But Michael Medved was doing a reading/book-signing there tonight, and I did stand and listen for a couple of minutes.
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PAGE NINE "SIX FEET UNDER" ENSEMBLE DANCE!!!!!!
(http://tv-mafia.com/series_images/Six%20Feet%20Under.jpg)
I never watched this. I don't have HBO and don't want to spend the money on it...but my friend Margo is obsessed with this. She'd stay up until 4:00 am watching episodes on DVD. And she has two kids under the age of 12!
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After I finally made it back to my apartment, I made a quick run up to the grocery store to buy some toilet paper and some soup - I just really wanted some soup tonight. -And, yes, we were out of toilet paper too. Well... After I had finished my soup, I looked at my watch... then looked at my calendar... then checked my phone.... "Hmm.. I'm supposed to be somewhere tonight..." So... I hightailed it back out of the apartment, and, thankfully there was an A (express) train just pulling into the station when I reached the platform... And that took me to Times Square... Where I then proceeded to the theatre to sit in the pit of a show I may be subbing in for sooner or later. Whew!
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PAGE NINE "SIX FEET UNDER" ENSEMBLE DANCE!!!!!!
(http://tv-mafia.com/series_images/Six%20Feet%20Under.jpg)
I never watched this. I don't have HBO and don't want to spend the money on it...but my friend Margo is obsessed with this. She'd stay up until 4:00 am watching episodes on DVD. And she has two kids under the age of 12!
Then you must, you simply must add it to your Netflix queue!
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..who made a point of Thanking me and shaking my hand after her callback: "You played my first ever audition years ago." :)
Did she still walk unassisted after all these years? :D
der Brucer
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...Then since one of the other keyboard players was having a birthday today, well...
And that's about it. I think. I hope.
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..who made a point of Thanking me and shaking my hand after her callback: "You played my first ever audition years ago." :)
Did she still walk unassisted after all these years? :D
der Brucer
Yes! And she even performed the dance combination in her orthopedic shoes!
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OH!
I did not see any of the snow flurries today. However, everyone who came into the audition room today DID!?!?!!? Not fair - I like snow!
-However, there's always tomorrow. :)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
And the cast of "Remember WENN" was pretty good too.
I LOVED THIS SHOW!! ;D
Was that the "I didn't know turkeys couldn't fly" show?
der Brucer
spoow that was WKRP
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As for the Topic of the Day...
And the cast of "Remember WENN" was pretty good too.
I LOVED THIS SHOW!! ;D
Was that the "I didn't know turkeys couldn't fly" show?
der Brucer
No! That was "WKRP"!!! -Another good ensemble!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
And the cast of "Remember WENN" was pretty good too.
I LOVED THIS SHOW!! ;D
Was that the "I didn't know turkeys couldn't fly" show?
der Brucer
No! That was "WKRP"!!! -Another good ensemble!
I should be more patient
der Brucer