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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were festive and birthday-like, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they tell me they'll be here later to celebrate my birthday.
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And the word of the day is: INTERCALARY!
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TOD:
WE THREE KINGS
CAROLE OF THE BELLS
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A VERY HAPPY 61ST BIRTHDAY FOR OUR VERY OWN BK!!
;D
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A HAPPY HAPPY DAY TO OUR OWN BK!!!!
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Topic of the Day: One of my absolute, all-time favorite Christmas songs is "All Those Christmas Clichés" by Lynne Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. And Lainie Kazan's recording (the first, I think) on "A Cabaret Noel" is absolute perfection!
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TOD:
Merry Christmas, Darling [The Carpenters]
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Happy Birthday BK.. Have a great day
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Roy Orbison's version of Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper" is a favourite.
I love the Christmas albums by The Carpenters.
Sort of a Christmas song - "Electric Trains and You" Bobby Vee is also one of my favourite songs of the season.
Of the more traditional variety, I like Bobby Vinton's version of "Oh Holy Night"
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Good morning, all! I have my annual physical exam at 9:30, and since I wanted to get some Happy Fella work accomplished this morning, I got out of bed at 6 am. I've had my oatmeal, egg, and coffee, and I'm ready to work.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Greetings to Our BK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After my exam, I'm off to collect the ton of NYC Gay Men's Chorus charts I wrote over the past 28 years. I may carton them up and send them off to Ohio this afternoon. I need to wrap a few Christmas gifts as well today.
DR CharlesPogue, I agree with you and La Jolie Femme about MILK; great sense of period. I too was wondering whatever happened to the unpleasant Anita Bryant, because her star certainy fell hard after all that ugliness. My only memory of her from the Proposition 6 ugliness was the slogan ANITA BRYANT LIKE ANITA HOLE IN THE HEAD. Was that in Maupin's Tales of the City?
TOD:
White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
White Christmas (The Drifters)
Jingle Bells (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters)
There's No place Like Home for the Holidays (Perry Como)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (NYC Gay Men's Chorus, arranged by me)
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Happy Bruceday to Birth...uhh, no, I mean Happy Birthday to Bruce!!!
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Happy Birthday to BK.
Hope you have a great day!
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I haven't gotten to read any of the TAR posts yet. But last night's finale was so exciting. I can't believe how exciting. So much tension!
Wow!
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It is freezing here today. I think -25C (which must be like 0F). Brrrrr.
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re: last night's TAR
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It truly was a thrilling show. I loved it. One of the best episodes ever. But one thing i could not believe was how that fat lady sitting down almost changed the outcome of the race (the one that overheard the directions to the donut shop). She gave ken and tina the name of the place and a shortcut! That was so crazy!
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Happy birthday to Bruce!
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And the word of the day is: INTERCALARY!
And The Song Of The Day Is; FEBRUARY SONG
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"See how I disappear when I wear the wallpaper?"
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photo: Pal Joey
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A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GREETING TO A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY BOY(MAN) A CHILD OF THE 20th CENTURY AND THE 21st. MAY HE CONTINUE TO ENTERTAIN US-ENLIGHTEN US AND MAKE US LAUGH.
THIS IS NO DAY TO DIET.LET IT ALL HANG OUT. RUN AND HAVE FUN.
AND THE REAL SONG OF THE DAY IS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BK...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
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And so
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TOD:
It's funny that I can not be particularly fond of a holiday song, and then someone really sings it well, it that version becomes my favorite.....
Silver Bells & White Christmas - Doris Day
Santa's Toy Shop & Adeste Fidelis sung in French by Miss Gisele MacKenzie
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Monday morning greetings! Today's my day off and I have several errands to do before having lunch with my friend Becky.
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Happiest of birthdays to BK!!!
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TOD - Sing Hosanna, Hallelujah - The New Christy Minstrels
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Some icy weather headed your way DR GINNY.
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Some icy weather headed your way DR GINNY.
No-o-o-o-o-o!!!
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Yesssssssssssss.....I just slid home from buying a newspaper....if your temperature stays above freezing, you may be safe.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BK
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Also born today:
Broadway's original Pippin
Lost & Lord of the Rings Star
Alec Baldwin's ex wife
Helen Hayes' son & Hawaii 5-0 Star
Broadway choreography/director & Follies gypsy
Oscar Winning German actor
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There was a BIG inflatable yard ornament of Santa and Rudolph dancing.....today when I drove by, it was losing air, and Santa and Rudolph were wrestling on the ground. Most unseemly.
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Santa and Rudolph were wrestling on the ground.
:D
But were they also vomiting on the ground?
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What an Unseemly start to PAGE 2!! :P
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Santa and Rudolph were wrestling on the ground.
:D
But were they also vomiting on the ground?
Not that I could tell.
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Oh, Happy Day!!! Happiest of happy birthdays to our ol' friend Brucie!! Ay, we all knew him when!
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Happy Birthday, Bruce!!!!
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Raise another ruckus today for your birthday.
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Happy birthday to Rick Mason too who still watches over me.
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HAPPY NATAL DAY, BK!
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I've had two or three of the loveliest days!! (Might it be because i'm finally mostly off the hook with caring for my cousin, Tina???)
Anyhow, I have this great job, managing a theater company here in LA - a small, dedicated, talented group of playwrights, designers, directors, actors. They've just finished a truly auspicious first year, successfully in the black, with very good reviews for all three plays. I'm helping the Artistic Director cross all t's and dot all i's. Oy. The financials are the most tedious of all theatrical tasks - but a labor of love, when surrounded by committed artists!!! Theater is my life!!!!!
Speaking o' which - I cranked up an Irish accent for the first time since I played Annie Sullivan back at Hamilton High, more than forty years ago - for an audition Saturday for a new Irish play - the playwright and director hired me on the spot!!! The playwright - a Dubliner - thought I was from the 'Naahhrth' - and asked me if I might be ebble ta bring jist a hint o' Doobln inta me spaych. Praise from Caesar...
anyway, one rehairsl, an' one rehdin... Oim trilled, oi tell ye.
What else - oh, lotsa stuff... as I careen into me 60th bairthdeh...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE~!
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TOD
Angels We Have Heard on High
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Charlie Brown version
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" - I always forget the name of that one
Silent Night - sung by the congregation by candle light at the close of the midnight Christmas Eve service at The Methodist Church in my home town - even better when you leave and there is a light snow falling
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Carerras - Oh, Holy Night
Perry Como - Little Drummer Boy
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Silent Night
The Dreidl Song
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quartet from Amahl and the Night Visitors -
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Hey, DR PennyO! I'm so glad to hear about your new job that you love so much. Have you heard that I'm retiring from the library biz at the end of the month? Lookin' to re-career, but don't have to make an immediate decision.
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Now I'm off to do errands...bye for now!
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First things first (ladies, that is):
Happy Belated BIRTHDAY Greetings to DR Jane!
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Good morning!
Another very cold day but absolutely beautiful, clear day seems likely. I'll have to wear a heavy jacket at lunch, but otherwise, it will be nice to be outside in the fresh air for awhile.
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Gins!!! Congratulations, kiddo!!! No, I hadn't heard. I was so busy since July, I was only dimly aware there was still a world out here!!!
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Happy Birthday to head honcho BK!!!
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What's 'Hero Member?' I just noticed we're all heroes...
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And to the Birthday Boy:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, B.K.
& Many Happy Returns!
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What's 'Hero Member?' I just noticed we're all heroes...
When we switched to the new software programming "Gods" became "Heroes".
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Good morning, everyone.
All that work on my desk will just have to wait a bit, as I pop in for a moment at HHW.
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Good morning, everyone.
All that work on my desk will just have to wait a bit, as I pop in for a moment at HHW.
It's a good thing you didn't get too pooped with work to pop in. It's never fun to be too pooped to pop.
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MY OWN WORST ENEMY
ABC - CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, BOSTON LEGAL (series finale)
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
FOX - SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, PRISON BREAK
CW - GOSSIP GIRL, PRIVILEGED
ESPN - MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Panthers vs. Bucs)
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What's 'Hero Member?' I just noticed we're all heroes...
When we switched to the new software programming "Gods" became "Heroes".
When Gods became Heros....sounds like one of those Greek Mythololgy movies
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For some weird reason, the local NBC affiliate here is also carrying the Carolina-Tampa Bay game during prime time (along with ESPN), so I guess if I get to see CHUCK and HEROES at all, it will be a delayed broadcast (and probably not in HD).
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Happy
Birthday
BK!!!
Sweet and simple should do it, I think.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BK!!!
May you have a great day and a wonderful year!
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Happy Natal Day, BK.
TOD: A&M released a specialty record for Goodrich Tires the Christmas of either 1968 or 1969 entitled "Something Festive," which contains a delightful bossa nova version of "Chestnuts" by Sergio & B66, with a gorgeous Richard Hazard orchestration.
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Good morning, everyone.
All that work on my desk will just have to wait a bit, as I pop in for a moment at HHW.
It's a good thing you didn't get too pooped with work to pop in. It's never fun to be too pooped to pop.
I quite agree, Ron. I didn't want to be a poop-out today.
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Is "Chestnuts" just called The Christmas Song?
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Another weird occurrence. A week or so ago, I received and reviewed the Blu-ray of BOTTLE ROCKET from Criterion. The regular DVD release was slated to come out in November, but I never received it and never made any stink about not getting it since I (1) knew I'd eventually review the disc on Blu-ray, and (2) was so swamped with other discs in early November that I welcomed not having another disc in the stack.
Well, this morning the UPS truck drops off a package. I'm thinking it's either that Disney Blu-ray of THE CHEETAH GIRLS or some upcoming Paramount releases for later in the month: THE DUCHESS, GHOST TOWN, THE TUDORS-Season 2.
And I open the package, and it's the DVD release of BOTTLE ROCKET, just about a month late.
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Happy Birthday, BK.
Just think...in another 4-5 years you'll qualify for Social Security and Medicare.
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CONGRATS to DR PENNYO on finding a job with such a perfect fit!
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So today I'll rewatch BOTTLE ROCKET in regular DVD. Thankfully, the bonus features are already watched, so I should be able to knock out this release this afternoon and still have the evening free to watch what I want, especially since I won't have CHUCK and HEROES to watch until tomorrow.
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Is "Chestnuts" just called The Christmas Song?
Yes it is...I know I"m talking to myself but I do that all the time....Here's Nat King Cole"s version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oj3jixMGaw
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VIBES to DR VIXMOM on her journey to better health!
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I said Chestnuts so that it was easily identifiable, and it is in fact the parenthetical subtitle of the song in every published version I have.
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Yesterday I mentioned the weird business with my HD-DVD player. I really bugged me all night long, so I decided to fiddle with it a bit when I went back downstairs last night.
Long story short: I unplugged the machine, plugged it in again, and the remote (and my universal remote) worked perfectly with it.
I'm thinking that's my cue to watch something on HD-DVD tonight. It will be either DAYLIGHT, THE THING, BABEL, or U-571.
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We should learn more today about my buyers' state of mine, ie, the results of the appraisal and their "adjustments" to our original contract. Oy! No, I did not sleep well last night.
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Thanks to all of you who sent vibes for my home sale.
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Favorite Christmas song:
Religious: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by Bing Crosby, absolutely my all-time favorite holiday song.
Secular : "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams (I know someone here was disparaging this song the other day, but I love it.)
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Then there's "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqIM_bPTws
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Well, I'd better tackle that pile of papers on my desk.
TTFN.
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...
And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.
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RE bk's comments on the WHITE CHRISTMAS transfer.
I've been yammering for a new transfer FOR YEARS. Paramount put the old transfer in a new case a couple of years ago, but I believe it's the same transfer with the same extras.
I can still watch it with great pleasure, but imagine how fabulous it would look on Blu-ray! But even an update on DVD (a la FUNNY FACE) would be a vast improvement.
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I better get ready for court....by for now...Hope you have a fabulous day, BK
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DR Jeanne....MEGA VIBES FOR GOOD HOME SALE NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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TOD:
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" the vesrions by Judy Garland, Marlne Ver Planck, Liz Callaway, and the version Larry arranged)
"Jingle Bells" (the Bing Crosby.Andrews Sisters version)
A Scottish Carol by Richard Purvis
Peggy Lee's versions of "A Christmas Waltz," "White Christmas," and "The Star Carol"
Bing Crosby's original version of "White Christmas" from "Holiday Inn"
"Christmas Time is Here" by Vince Guraldi (the choral version, the instrumental version and a version by Rosemary Clooney that reduces me to a puddle)
"Candles in the Window" and "Star of Wonder" (the big John Williams' versions)
Jonny Mandel's arrangement of "Angels We Have Heard On High" for the Manhattan Transfer-- goosebumps everytime
"Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christnas
"Snow" and Count Your Blessings"
"I yust Go Nuts at Chrstmas"
Lyn Larsen's arrangement of "We Three Kings" and "Joy to the World"
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Speaking of "pooped", I'm "whupt." Yes, that's right. I am dragging tail today.
It was a lo-n-n-n-n-n-g weekend for me, starting with my day off on Friday.
Friday was "supposed to be" the day I rid myself of unneeded electronics devices in my home, as well as some bits of furnishings that supported said electronics (i.e. old TV stand, etc.).
Instead, due to the unfortunate shattered safety glass on my FedEx-delivered TV stand from CostCo, I had to return said TV stand (all 125 pounds of it) to CostCo on Friday. My hope was that the store I went to would have the stand in stock.
One of the benefits of being an "Executive Member" of CostCo is that you get to start shopping an hour earlier than the hoi and the polloi. Of course, you have to pay double for that luxury, but I find it's worth it in order to get things done as quickly as possible and get on with my life. Otherwise, CostCo can eat up the better part of a day.
I left my comfortable condo Friday a.m., with shattered-safety-glass-afflicted-TV Stand in my trunk area (the trunk extends well into the car because I can fold down my back seats). (I drive a Ford Probe if that helps anyone visualize the situation). I arrived at CostCo 30 minutes before its "early" opening of 10 a.m.
Happily, I had stopped at "La Farine" bakery to see what goodies might tide me over the morning and discovered they had introduced ham and cheese puff pastry sandwiches. Oh, YUM! I then went to Peet's for my triple-shot latte. So, I sat in my car and had brekkies as cars continued to arrive and fill all the spaces nearest the store. I conveniently parked next to a cart return area as it affords a bit of extra room for getting/loading large objects in or out of my trunk.
Finished with my repast, I got one of the store's large flatbed carts, and then I unloaded the TV stand package onto the cart. Getting it out of the car was far more difficult than getting it in. That's due to "leverage". Putting it in, I could position the package against the car and lift it from the bottom using the car as a lever to slide/push the package into the trunk. Getting it out, I had to do a dead lift and then pull hard to get it back over the edge of the trunk before I could repeat the "lever" process.
I was pushing the flatbed toward the store when the doors opened and a man walked out and announced that the store would not open for an hour because they had broken a water pipe. Folks began returning to their cars and driving away. I parked my flatbed in front of the store and found a concrete ledge on which to sit.
That all happened around 9:55 a.m. The store opened at 11:25 a.m.
Once at the returns counter, I was informed that my particular TV stand was ONLY OFFERED ONLINE. I pointed out that the packing was not conducive to shipping as all the glass was packaged on one side with really inadequate protection. Nevertheless, shipping was the only way one could get an item-for-item replacement. They did have, however, similar stands in the store if I cared to shop for one. A refund was duly instated onto my credit card and I was off and running.
I did, indeed, find ONE (count it, 1) TV stand in the store. By one, I mean one brand. They had several of this one brand in stock, all identical. It looked sleek, it had the mount I wanted, and it seemed sizable enough to hold the components I hoped it would hold. It was a tad wider (by 9") than the one I'd ordered, though, and the shelves were curved rather than rectangular.
I loaded it onto a flatbed and then proceeded to do a bit more shopping. I was out of the store and back home by 1 p.m.
Today may be BK's 61st birthday, and BK may possess buns of steel and abs of granite, but I am not prone to long jogs and stationary bicycle rides. My 60-year-old carcass was exhausted upon arrival at home. I had been wrestling with that "other" TV stand package for two days and now I had one more to unload and get upstairs and, hopefully, assembled with little to no difficulty.
Everything was in perfect condition as I unpacked the box. The "hardware packet" for "Stand Assembly" and "Mount Assembly" was a bit forbidding. I soon learned, after laying out a large white towel and placing all the hardware packets into an assembly line that matched the illustration in an accompanying book, that most of the hardware would not be used. There was hardware for the "3-in-1" assembly...one stand that could be used three different ways. Of course, the way I wanted was the one with the widest range of parts, but there it is. As usual. Story of my life.
(End Part I -- Part 2 anon)
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I've mentioned them before (and I know Larry hates their arranger), but First Call's two Christmas albums are incredibly incredible.
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I just uploaded a new photo.
How do I make it larger?
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Vibes for DR VIX MOM.
Vibes for DR JEANNE.
Congrats to DR PENNY O on her audition and return to the wearin' of the green.
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Glad the remote issue was resolved so easily, DR MATTH.....strange how those things work or don't work and then work again....reboot.
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Glad the remote issue was resolved so easily, DR MATTH.....strange how those things work or don't work and then work again....reboot.
That is often the answer to problems involving electronics, but for some reason, it's usually the LAST thing I think about doing.
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...My only memory of her from the Proposition 6 ugliness was the slogan ANITA BRYANT LIKE ANITA HOLE IN THE HEAD. Was that in Maupin's Tales of the City?
No. Maupin has always had more class than to write something like that. Instead, he wrote "Letter to Mama" as part of More Tales of the City, which included the following:
"These aren't radicals or wierdos, Mama. They are shop clerks and bankers and little old ladies and people who nod and smile to you when you meet them on the bus. Their attitude is neither patronizing nor pitying. And their message is simple: Yes, you are a person. Yes, I like you. Yes, it's all right for you to like me too."
Words I've tried to live by.
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(Part 2, continued from Part 1)
I decided next I'd need a nap before tackling the job, so I lay down for two hours. Upon arising, I was ready and willing and able to plow ahead.
I was determined to do everything correctly and in the proper order because this TV stand was going to hold my plasma HDTV and my invaluable (to me) components. It just would not do to rush through it and get something wrong. Oh, no. It would not do.
Several hours later, I had most of the stand assembled. I'd still have to mount brackets on my TV...and unplug all my components...and move them...and then figure a way to position the new stand in front of the old stand and then lift the 37-inch hdtv onto the new TV mount. I decided it could wait until morning. I had to rest. I had to have a little something to eat (it was nearly 10 p.m. and I'd had eaten nothing since my little ham & cheese puff pastry sandwich 12 hours earlier). I ate a turkey sammich. I watched TV until 11 p.m., and then I went to bed.
For whatever reason, I found sleep difficult after 5:30 a.m. I was still exhausted, but sleep would not linger for me. I managed to stay abed until about 7:30 and then got up and made coffee.
I glared at the scene in my living room. This was not the way I'd envisioned the weekend going, but I was determined to finish this project as quickly as possible.
Everything was unplugged. I removed each component separately, gave each a good dusting and carefully placed all the cords/cables in one location so that I knew where they all were and what they went to. I then mounted brackets onto the back of my TV. Finally, I lifted the TV onto the new TV stand's mount. Ta and Da.
I had another hour of adjustments and futzing and putzing with this, that and the other, including putting the glass shelving into place and loading in the components. When I began hooking things up, I quickly encountered an "Uh...OH!
There are several positions one can use to mount brackets on the back of a TV. I had chosen the one that made it impossible for me to access a couple of key inputs (HDMI ports). TV had to come down and brackets had to be redone. I tried several different positions. I tried using spacers provided. I did a whole bunch of stuff. And after much time had been expended wastefully, I settled on the best solution.
Needless to say, I've bored you with all of this to primarily get to one point: I put together my new TV stand and I'm just as pleased as punch about it. I don't know if "punch" is the kind you drink or if the phrase refers to "Punch" in "Punch and Judy". Whichever the case, I'm pleased. And I'm going to post a picture if one will post.
All of this transpired well into the afternoon on Saturday. Saturday evening, I began "catching up" on the programming in my DVR cache of shows I'd not watched last week.
And yesterday....well, yesterday was a day. It was the day before the GSA Annual Holiday Pot Luck. I've missed this event the past two years because it was being scheduled during my vacation (usually after Dec. 15th). For whatever reason, they chose Dec. 8th for this year's pot luck and I signed up to do a few things.
Yesterday, I baked two deep-dish coconut custard pies. They turned out BEAUTIFULLY. I also prepared a sweet potato souffle that is GORGEOUSITY. It's in a 9 X 13 Pyrex baking dish and is covered with a brown sugar-pecan coating that looks too yummy for words.
And then...then I prepared two large batches of green beans with red potatoes. Oh, yes...I was cooking ALL DAY LONG.
I was done by 8 p.m. and ready to settle in for my ABC shows at 9 and 10, but the Sandman slapped me silly and I was in bed by 9:30.
So...here I sit at work. My sweet potato souffle is sitting on top of a file cabinet. My pies and green beans/potatoes are in a cart behind me. Today will be a GREAT DAY.
I hope I'll have the energy to enjoy it!
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I just uploaded a new photo.
How do I make it larger?
I don't think anyone has figured that out yet. THose of us with larger pictures are using older ones that were already on file with the site.
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What a busy, full, exhausting weekend, DR Ron Pulliam. Glad it was you and not me.
But, of course, pictures should be forthcoming so all of us can see the results of your handiwork. And, how about that Blu-ray? Naturally, you're already used to the look of high definition from the wonderful HD-DVD player you have, but I hope you've found Blu-ray equally impressive. I have never been able to tell a pin's worth of difference between the video or audio quality of the best discs. And, on both sides of the coin, there are discs that don't measure up to the best the formats have to offer.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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I must head downstairs now to clean up for my lunch out with best friend John.
WBBL.
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DR Ron Pulliam - I'm exhaused, just reading all that. But glad that the final media set up met your expectations!! Have fun at the potluck.
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Here is the finished product (Although it's too dark to see, the new Sony Blu-ray is included in the components on the second shelf). You can click on the photo tag to see the picture at a larger size:
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The beauty part, for me, is that I can turn the TV to the far right and watch it while I'm in the kitchen cooking!!!
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I find it a lot easier to simply have a small television in the kitchen.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRUCE WHO I’VE HAS KNOWN SINCE HE WAS SIXTEEN OR SOMETHING!!!!!!!
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I find it a lot easier to simply have a small television in the kitchen.
Easier than what? ::)
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TOD:
Oh, woe to those of us who work where muzak is piped in for the enjoyment of the shoppers.
Starting at Thanksgiving, and from then onwards for the Christmas Shopping Month, we get to listen to Christmas Songs, one after another. We have no choice, it is piped in and there is no stopping the merriment playing in the air.
The problem is, we only get Christmas Songs. Actual Christmas Carols are verbotten. They are considered to be un-PC.
So, all we get is the same small selection of Christmas Songs, played over and over, albeit in several different arrangements by several different performers.
Does anyone out there understand how sick and tired a person can get of "White Christmas" and "Silver Bells" after a while?
Bleh.
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More TOD:
Mannheim Steamroller's version of "Silent Night"
"It's Christmas Time Again" and "Going Home to the Christmas in My mind" by Jolly Demis
Remember Christmas by Harry Nilson
The Truth About Christmas by Alix Korey
Sleighride
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Favorite Christmas Songs:
White Christmas (Crosby)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Garland)
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Merry Christmas, Darling (Carpenters)
Christmas Time is Here (Guaraldi)
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I find it a lot easier to simply have a small television in the kitchen.
Easier than what? ::)
Easier than trying to watch the television that is in the living room whilst I am performing miracles in the kitchen.
Of course, the fact that the television in the living room is against one side of the wall
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that separates the kitchen from the livingroom, making it impossible to watch and cook at the same time, well that has something to do with the need for a small set in the kitchen.
(Line included as a visual aid.)
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Amazon has alerted me that my Blu-ray copy of "The Dark Knight" is en route.
It is shipping out of Fernley, Nevada...so with luck, I'll have it tomorrow!
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I find it a lot easier to simply have a small television in the kitchen.
Easier than trying to watch the television that is in the living room whilst I am performing miracles in the kitchen.
Of course, the fact that the television in the living room is against one side of the wall
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that separates the kitchen from the livingroom, making it impossible to watch and cook at the same time, well that has something to do with the need for a small set in the kitchen.
(Line included as a visual aid.)
Easier than what? ::)
That's great....for you.
The ability to watch TV from my kitchen was not my purpose in getting the new TV stand, but it was a nice perk. I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen. My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.
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Thank you all so much for the wonderful birthday wishes - what a lovely thing to wake up to!
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I had a good night's sleep - the bed was VERY cold last night, but I fell asleep rather fast anyway.
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The day is overcast but it's hard to tell which way it's going to go.
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My favorite Christmas song will always and forever (like Cats) be Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - I'm partial to most versions, but especially Garland's and Callaway's and yes, even Guy Haines does the song okay.
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I feel a day over sixty.
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Good news about PennyO and the theater company. PennyO And The Theater Company - that's the title of my next novel.
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Having my annual disparagement of Christmas Songs That Are Played Endlessly By Thoughtless Christmas Shopping Muzak Purveyers now officially out of the way, let me add that I'm fond of "Song For Ten", written by Murray Gold and performed by Neil Hannon as part of Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion. My, that was predictable, wasn't it!
And there's a lot to be said for celebratory music that really has nothing at all to do with the Holiday, but is cheerful and somehow fitting all on it's own, such as Benjamin Britten's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, more generally known as The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. In fact, a lot of classical and semi-classical music written for the younger of ear is wonderful at this time of year.
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I find it a lot easier to simply have a small television in the kitchen.
I like the small kitchen in my telelvision. [ On Food Network, of course! :) ]
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Hoo and Ray for DR PennyO!
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...I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen. My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.
A compact kitchen - no larger than a powder room?
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up.... And it was soooooo nice to wake up to/in a warm apartment. :)
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*And, yes, it was my own apartment.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BK!!!!!!!!!!
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...I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen. My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.
A compact kitchen - no larger than a powder room?
If memory serves, this is what Fred and Skip have in their condo!
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DR PennyO - Congrats! Congrats! Mazel! Mazel!
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First things first (ladies, that is):
Happy Belated BIRTHDAY Greetings to DR Jane!
:) Thank you very much DR Ron!
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DR Ron Pulliam - Welcome back from CostCo! ;)
-And your new media set-up looks swell!
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Is "Chestnuts" just called The Christmas Song?
Yes it is...I know I"m talking to myself but I do that all the time....Here's Nat King Cole"s version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oj3jixMGaw
One of my favorites. Thank you for the link.
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DR Ron, what a weekend! I'm glad all is well now & I hope you aren't too tired to enjoy the party. I'm sure everyone will enjoy your food contributions.
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Great news Penny!!!
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DR Jeanne - Just keep breathing. And smiling. ~~~~~
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DR Ron, what a weekend! I'm glad all is well now & I hope you aren't too tired to enjoy the party. I'm sure everyone will enjoy your food contributions.
My office is chaotic right now. Our floor is hosting hors d'oeuvres, and there is hustling and bustling and general merriment and cheer. It's all too too.
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...I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen. My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.
A compact kitchen - no larger than a powder room?
Not by much! Not for the kind of cooking I love to do, that is.
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DR Ron, what a weekend! I'm glad all is well now & I hope you aren't too tired to enjoy the party. I'm sure everyone will enjoy your food contributions.
Our floor is hosting hors d'oeuvres
Hopefully the three second rule applies.
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I find it a lot easier to simply have a small television in the kitchen.
I like the small kitchen in my telelvision. [ On Food Network, of course! :) ]
I've got a microwave, a toaster oven, a Kitchen-Aid mixer, a Henckel's knife block and various/assorted jars for beans, rice, etc. Sadly, that leaves only a little room here, and a little room there, to "whip stuff up" in.
My New Year's gift to myself MAY be a smallish "butcher block island" cart (if I can figure where I'll station it when it's not in use).
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From JFK:
What have you done with our fortissimo?
Sitting next to me tormenting me that I should stop procrastinating ;D
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The Manhattan Street Corners Project (http://www.richardhowe.net/zMSC/index-msc.html)
Photographer Richard Howe captured every street corner in Manhattan, about 11,000 total.
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From JFK:
What have you done with our fortissimo?
Sitting next to me tormenting me that I should stop procrastinating ;D
Evidently a forte has replaced my middle initial.
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I'm sure my obscure musical jokes are bringing rampant hilarity to a select few. :)
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From JFK:
JFK posts on HHW?? Cool!!!
;)
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Rampant. I tell you.
;D
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From JFK:
JFK posts on HHW?? Cool!!!
;)
Oops. I didn't even realize what I had done. SLEEP, I NEED SLEEP!!!
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I had so many e-mails this morning, all from lovely people who wrote birthday wishes on my Facebook wall.
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The sun is really trying to peek through all this overcast - it did manage, but for just a moment. I think I'll go do the long jog now.
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Ramp ants are the first to get crushed by the fork lift.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
I remember being given two pieces of vintage sheet music when I was 10-years old or so: "The Christmas Waltz" and "The Jingle Bell Polka". Both tunes have been special to me ever since I fell in love with the covers.
"The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire") - Yes, Nat King Cole's version of this classic Mel Tormé tune is a true classic. However, I also like Dianne Schurr's rendition too - that voice!
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And speaking of Christmases Past:
BeTaMaXMas (http://betamaxmas.com/)
*Be sure to check the listings in the TV Guide, then use the "clicker" to change the channels.
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Oh I got my double feature of IT/THE SHUTTERED ROOM today....street date....tomorrow! Plus also arriving was the Broadway to Hollywood Set.....
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That's a funny website, DR JOSE!!
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Bruce, have a most wonderful day celebrating your birthday!!!
(http://sablefox.net/ttc5.jpg)
(http://sablefox.net/ttc5a.jpg)
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DR MBarnum - You forgot to sign the card. ;)
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I think that one was from Aunt Tillie.
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That's a funny website, DR JOSE!!
...And I guess others could come up with other set-ups for other years and categories of shows. Funny and cool.
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Funny and cool.
Excited AND scared. ;)
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There was a BIG inflatable yard ornament of Santa and Rudolph dancing.....today when I drove by, it was losing air, and Santa and Rudolph were wrestling on the ground. Most unseemly.
Not as unseemly as the two lighted reindeer that have been posed in a mating position (probably by prankster teenagers while the parents are out of town!)
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A Very Very Happy Birthday to our own BK! I remember his last birthday (well, I mean, his birthday last year) very fondly and felt lucky to be one of the celebrants!
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The TOD has reminded me that I packed all my Christmas CDs when we moved...they may be in storage.
My current favorite songs are:
Christmas Night in Harlem-Johnny Mercer & Jack Teagarden with Paul Whiteman
What shall We Bring-Morman Tabernacle Choir
Mr. Grinch-Ru Paul
Zat You, Santa Claus?-Louis Armstrong
I have lots of Christmas CD's I love, including the Klezmonaut's Christmas album, "Oy to the World", Blue Yule, Dave Brubeck's Christmas album, and the Alligator Records Christmas compilation.
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
Yes---I think that was my favorite part of the meal when we at there with Richard Sherman. That stuff is DANGEROUS!
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I think that one was from Aunt Tillie.
That DR MBarnum, our own Aunt Tillie the hon!
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Is "Chestnuts" just called The Christmas Song?
The Song Was Written by MEL TORME
Yes it is...I know I"m talking to myself but I do that all the time....Here's Nat King Cole"s version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oj3jixMGaw
One of my favorites. Thank you for the link.
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Back from a brisk long jog. If anyone had asked me one year ago that at sixty-one years of age I'd be jogging four miles every day, I would have laughed - laughed, I tell you - laughed in their face, and yet here I am, doing four miles a day. Kind of chilly out, but the sun is still trying its best to shine through.
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I've shaved and will shower shortly or shortly shower, not necessarily in that order.
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I'm getting the sweetest birthday wishes here and on my Facebook wall.
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One of the benefits of being an "Executive Member" of CostCo is that you get to start shopping an hour earlier than the hoi and the polloi.
Does a Hero Member outrank an Executive Member?
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All members are not created equal, but all members are heroes in my book (Chapter Four - All Members Are Heroes).
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Back from a brisk long jog. If anyone had asked me one year ago that at sixty-one years of age I'd be jogging four miles every day, I would have laughed - laughed, I tell you - laughed in their face, and yet here I am, doing four miles a day. Kind of chilly out, but the sun is still trying its best to shine through.
You are an inspiration, bk!
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Not only that, but he's also a caution! :)
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Hi, DR Edi!!! :)
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One of the benefits of being an "Executive Member" of CostCo is that you get to start shopping an hour earlier than the hoi and the polloi.
Does a Hero Member outrank an Executive Member?
I love those Rhett Oracle questions! :)
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Hi, DR Edi!!! :)
That was shorthand for "high*", I think, Edi...
* On life, that is.
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DR Ron, what a weekend! I'm glad all is well now & I hope you aren't too tired to enjoy the party. I'm sure everyone will enjoy your food contributions.
Our floor is hosting hors d'oeuvres
Hopefully the three second rule applies.
We'll give you 5 seconds if ya need 'em.
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(http://event.on24.com/event/10/96/14/rt/1/images/thumbnail/oracle_use.jpg)
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That was shorthand for "high*", I think, Edi...
High Ho!
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That was shorthand for "high*", I think, Edi...
High Ho!
"Ho"?
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So why did the Cassawary cross the road?
(Not to be confused with the Emu or the Ostrich which have their own reasons).
BTW - I have never seen a Cassawary. They only dwell in Queensland Rainforests and in Papua/New Guinea.
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So why did the Cassawary cross the road?
Because that's where the pub was and he was thirsty?
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One of the benefits of being an "Executive Member" of CostCo is that you get to start shopping an hour earlier than the hoi and the polloi.
Does a Hero Member outrank an Executive Member?
Only Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Amazon has alerted me that my Blu-ray copy of "The Dark Knight" is en route.
It is shipping out of Fernley, Nevada...so with luck, I'll have it tomorrow!
Mine has shipped as well. I can't expect it until Wednesday at the earliest, however. That's OK. I have more than enough to find to amuse me.
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PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/PeaceBKPeace.jpg)
HAPPY BD, BK!
PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE # PEACE
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DR Ron Pulliam, do you remember that DVD of LIFE ON MARS you were kind enough to send me on Nov 22? Well, it finally arrived in today's mail! I had been wondering what had happened to it.
DR tomovoz, thank you for the beautiful calendar!
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Sorry, it was so Sixties, I couldn't resist.
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Thank you, DR Ron Pulliam, for sharin a pic of your home theater set-up. I do love that stand! So glad things worked out for you in regards to that at Costco.
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DR Ron Pulliam, do you remember that DVD of LIFE ON MARS you were kind enough to send me on Nov 22? Well, it finally arrived in today's mail! I had been wondering what had happened to it.
DR tomovoz, thank you for the beautiful calendar!
Good lord! That might be some kind of record for slow delivery. Seems like DR JRand and I have also endured lengthy mail deliveries like that.
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Page Seven Dance!!!
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It was cold at lunch, and the clouds moved in rather quickly turning the skies overcast. It's very gray outside right now though not cold enough for snow.
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For some weird reason, the local NBC affiliate here is also carrying the Carolina-Tampa Bay game during prime time (along with ESPN), so I guess if I get to see CHUCK and HEROES at all, it will be a delayed broadcast (and probably not in HD).
It is an NFL requirement that a game be shown to a team's local market on a TV station that is not Cable.
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When I got in, I immediately watched the standard DVD of BOTTLE ROCKET. The film didn't improve the third time watching it (it's OK, not some great comic undiscovered masterpiece as is often said about it), but the DVD looks very nice. Obviously, the Blu-ray was sharper and had better color stability and no line shimmering as was the case in a couple of places here. Still, it looked just fine for fans of the movie who haven't yet moved to Blu-ray.
The bonus features were all the same, too, even the enclosed booklet.
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...
And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.
derBrucer used to take you to the Smoke house?
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For some weird reason, the local NBC affiliate here is also carrying the Carolina-Tampa Bay game during prime time (along with ESPN), so I guess if I get to see CHUCK and HEROES at all, it will be a delayed broadcast (and probably not in HD).
It is an NFL requirement that a game be shown to a team's local market on a TV station that is not Cable.
Thanks. That explains it.
I also took the time to seaarch for CHUCK and HEROES. Guess when the NBC affiliate is showing them? Nope, not tonight in the wee hours of the morning. No, CHUCK is coming on tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the DAYS OF OUR LIVES timeslot. HEROES is slated for WEdnesday at 2 p.m. So I will get to see them, but later in the week.
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Once I finished BOTTLE ROCKET, I watched the last half hour of BROTHERS & SISTERS. Very moving. I especially loved the scenes with Kevin and Scotty in the hospital room. So tender and beautiful and real. I teared up a couple of times in this last half hour of the show.
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Then, I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Luke, Noah, and Brian were on, but I didn't find it all that interesting. Luke snooping into Brian's past might make for some drama later on. Who knows? The Lucinda-Brian scenes were kind of icky.
They were not in the previews for tomorrow.
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I will be watching THE THING tonight on HD-DVD. I'll have time for another movie as well, or I may watch some BONES episodes. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.
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I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen. My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.
Fortunately, I got to design our kitchen before the house was built. There is a counter space, pre cable wired, for a small TV, and "dining alcove" for the dog dishes so they are not under foot (until Fletcher pulls out the food bowl so he can eat lying down!). The kitchen is 15x14 and has 24 feet of counter space.
The TV spot is on the right (The hole is for the two buitt-in ovens)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Home/MyFiles0009.jpg)
The dog-dish alcove is center rear
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Home/MyFiles0012.jpg)
der Brucer
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Oy! I am puzzled. I cannot find any of my bills: I've lost the invoice for my quarter's health insurance, my life insurance payment, and the cable and telephone bills. Where the fat hell can they be? I hope I didn't ship them last week to Miami University!
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
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Here is the finished product (Although it's too dark to see, the new Sony Blu-ray is included in the components on the second shelf). You can click on the photo tag to see the picture at a larger size:
Very impressive, Ron.
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HAPPY B'DAY, BK! You don't look at day over 61! Eat some cake for me!
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From JFK:
What have you done with our fortissimo?
Sitting next to me tormenting me that I should stop procrastinating ;D
Evidently a forte has replaced my middle initial.
You look pretty good for a man who has been dead for 45 years.
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time...
MRSA is Parade Magazine's featured malady this week.
der Brucer
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I will be watching THE THING tonight on HD-DVD. I'll have time for another movie as well, or I may watch some BONES episodes. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.
Is that John Carpenter's THE THING, or is there another film by that name?
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I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen. My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.
Fortunately, I got to design our kitchen before the house was built. There is a counter space, pre cable wired, for a small TV, and "dining alcove" for the dog dishes so they are not under foot (until Fletcher pulls out the food bowl so he can eat lying down!). The kitchen is 15x14 and has 24 feet of counter space.
The TV spot is on the right (The hole is for the two buitt-in ovens)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Home/MyFiles0012.jpg)
der Brucer
Is there a urinal just outside the kitchen door?
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Is there a urinal just outside the kitchen door?
Well, some people... Oh, nevermind... This is a family site after all.
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Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
It's dark outside. And cold. -Just thought you'd all like to know that.
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I've had two or three of the loveliest days!! (Might it be because i'm finally mostly off the hook with caring for my cousin, Tina???)
Anyhow, I have this great job, managing a theater company here in LA - a small, dedicated, talented group of playwrights, designers, directors, actors. They've just finished a truly auspicious first year, successfully in the black, with very good reviews for all three plays. I'm helping the Artistic Director cross all t's and dot all i's. Oy. The financials are the most tedious of all theatrical tasks - but a labor of love, when surrounded by committed artists!!! Theater is my life!!!!!
Speaking o' which - I cranked up an Irish accent for the first time since I played Annie Sullivan back at Hamilton High, more than forty years ago - for an audition Saturday for a new Irish play - the playwright and director hired me on the spot!!! The playwright - a Dubliner - thought I was from the 'Naahhrth' - and asked me if I might be ebble ta bring jist a hint o' Doobln inta me spaych. Praise from Caesar...
anyway, one rehairsl, an' one rehdin... Oim trilled, oi tell ye.
What else - oh, lotsa stuff... as I careen into me 60th bairthdeh...
PennyO, Congrats on the great job and the new play! Sounds very exciting!
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I will be watching THE THING tonight on HD-DVD. I'll have time for another movie as well, or I may watch some BONES episodes. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.
Is that John Carpenter's THE THING, or is there another film by that name?
Yes, that's the one that's on HD-DVD. I haven't seen it since I saw it at the movies when it first came out. Scared the *%*&^$& out of me even with the less than marvelous special effects at certain moments. I'm sure CGI effects now could make some of the more problematic effects more acceptable, but it still was frightening.
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Did I mentioned that the CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD movie on Blu-ray arrived today? Anyway, that'll be my work disc for tomorrow.
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Guess I'll head down now to get started on my evening viewing.
WBBL.
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So why did the Cassawary cross the road?
(Not to be confused with the Emu or the Ostrich which have their own reasons).
BTW - I have never seen a Cassawary. They only dwell in Queensland Rainforests and in Papua/New Guinea.
Because his pub had run out of XXXX.
???
;)
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Back from a wonderfully wonderful lunch with Nick Redman, his pal Julie Kirgo, and someone from the filmscoremonthly message board - a very nice cinematographer. I got a whole batch o' new CD soundtracks from Nick, and a beautiful sweater and a scarf (not a scarf - what do they call those things - ah, a muffler) which I sure could have used in NY. I was VERY good at lunch - had a small Thai salad with peanut dressing - excellent, not filling at all, and pretty safe. The company, of course, was great.
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Did I mentioned that the CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD movie on Blu-ray arrived today? Anyway, that'll be my work disc for tomorrow.
WOW! Your sense of anticipation and excitement is palpable.
;D
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DR TCB - ~~~~~CONTINUED BETTER HEALTH VIBES TO YOU~~~~~
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Singer John Pagano, who is Burt Bacharach's vocalist when he tours, gave me his new CD at our benefit (in which he appeared) - it's quite wonderful - all fully orchestrated mostly with charts by the great Pat Williams - beautifully recorded at Capitol Records, and three tracks arranged and conducted by Burt. I don't know what this thing must have cost, but a lot, I should think. It's not really on a label, either - he did it on his own, I gather. It's really nice.
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What a wonderful birthday I'm having.
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Here is the finished product (Although it's too dark to see, the new Sony Blu-ray is included in the components on the second shelf). You can click on the photo tag to see the picture at a larger size:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1960.0;attach=289;image)
Congrats on your TV stand replacement! That's very similar style to what I have, but mine doesn't have the rounded corners on the edges of the wood (I like the rounded edges on yours better :)). Here's a blurry picture of mine when I was setting it up:
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/georged55/TVframe-01.jpg)
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The Manhattan Street Corners Project (http://www.richardhowe.net/zMSC/index-msc.html)
Photographer Richard Howe captured every street corner in Manhattan, about 11,000 total.
WOW!
And I thought my own personal photographic - and digestive - journal-ing of every bakery in New York City was impressive.
;)
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Singer John Pagano, who is Burt Bacharach's vocalist when he tours, gave me his new CD at our benefit (in which he appeared) - it's quite wonderful - all fully orchestrated mostly with charts by the great Pat Williams - beautifully recorded at Capitol Records, and three tracks arranged and conducted by Burt. I don't know what this thing must have cost, but a lot, I should think. It's not really on a label, either - he did it on his own, I gather. It's really nice.
He ought to have a DVD out. For M.Barnum's sake, of course.
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I just uploaded a new photo.
How do I make it larger?
I don't think anyone has figured that out yet. THose of us with larger pictures are using older ones that were already on file with the site.
Unfortunately, any new avatar can only be 65 by 65 pixels. :-\
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
~~~FEEL BETTER SOON VIBES FOR DR TCB!!~~~
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***PAIN BEGONE VIBES***
for DR TCB!!!!
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
MRSA, MRSA, Mercy, DR TCB, you poor thing! And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
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It's dark outside.
It is always darkest before the light.
Or something like that.
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And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
He lanced another "X" and declared himself the Tic Tac Toe winner!
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
MRSA, MRSA, Mercy, DR TCB, you poor thing! And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
After I told him the story of his partner's diagnosis of my eye as being "pink eye," ther wasn't much he could say.
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
MRSA, MRSA, Mercy, DR TCB, you poor thing! And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
After I told him the story of his partner's diagnosis of my eye as being "pink eye," ther wasn't much he could say.
Hopefully, there is something that he can do.
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Well, we're well on our way to matching last year's posting totals on this date! ::)
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And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
He lanced another "X" and declared himself the Tic Tac Toe winner!
At least they didn't play best two out of three.
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I must say, I am very pleasantly surprised by how much I am enjoying John Barrowman's latest effort, "Music, Music, Music."
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I guess I didn't win Playbill / Cadilac's Ultimate Broadway weekend!
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Neither did I.....
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We have kitchen photos, tv photos, and dog photos.
Where else on all the internet?
And also congrats to MR BK on 45,000 posts!
I think I will watch IT and THE SHUTTERED ROOM tonight and save whatever first run episodes from CBS tonight for when they are rerun in January.
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I wonder if DRs Jane and Ginny and others came across this...
Fought Over Any Good Books Lately? (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/fashion/07clubs.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
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T.O.D.
O Holy Night - Josh Groban
I'll Be Home for Christmas - Karen Carpenter
Do You Hear What I Hear
Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing Crsoby / David Bowie (I actually don't mind the Clay Aiken / Bing Crosby version)
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DR Ron Pulliam, do you remember that DVD of LIFE ON MARS you were kind enough to send me on Nov 22? Well, it finally arrived in today's mail! I had been wondering what had happened to it.
DR tomovoz, thank you for the beautiful calendar!
I wondered, recently, if you'd gotten it and figured I may have missed a comment about it.
What was the postage on it???? I know I told the USPS clerk to mail it 1st Class Postage. It should have gotten there before the next episode of "Life on Mars" aired (or, at least, the night it would have aired).
I'm glad you have it. You can still see it before the "next" episode airs.
What a trip.
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
MRSA, MRSA, Mercy, DR TCB, you poor thing! And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
And what are they using to treat you, TCB?
I read an article on this infection just this past weekend. While it's resistant to most antibiotics, hospitals are supposedly having success with some super-antibiotics in controlling the infections.
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I just uploaded a new photo.
How do I make it larger?
I don't think anyone has figured that out yet. THose of us with larger pictures are using older ones that were already on file with the site.
Unfortunately, any new avatar can only be 65 by 65 pixels. :-\
Hmmmmmm....I wonder if there is a way to trick the system. Could he possibly download the (larger) picture into a regular post and then go back and retrieve it from the cache for avatar replacement?
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And, of course, I love this Christmas classic.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6UacdEDH6w
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I bought myself a birthday present today - a very rare Jimmy Webb limited edition box from Rhino Handmade - very exciting.
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I bought myself a birthday present today - a very rare Jimmy Webb limited edition box from Rhino Handmade - very exciting.
Nice! :D
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
MRSA, MRSA, Mercy, DR TCB, you poor thing! And how did your doctor react to the quack comment?
And what are they using to treat you, TCB?
I read an article on this infection just this past weekend. While it's resistant to most antibiotics, hospitals are supposedly having success with some super-antibiotics in controlling the infections.
So far, good old-fashioned sulfa drugs are the only thing that they have found that works for me. Eventually, I will become allergic to sulfa.
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Does anyone on this board know how long Daniel Radcliffe will be appearing in EQUUS?
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We have kitchen photos, tv photos, and dog photos.
Where else on all the internet?
And also congrats to MR BK on 45,000 posts!
I think I will watch IT and THE SHUTTERED ROOM tonight and save whatever first run episodes from CBS tonight for when they are rerun in January.
Stephen King's IT?
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OH OH!
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PAGE NINE
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(http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End/equus.jpg)
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DR TCB - Equus is a "Limited Engagement". It closes February 8, 2009, and Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths will be in it for the duration.
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February! Damn.
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It looks like The Vixter might have some news on her mom!
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DR Ron Pulliam, do you remember that DVD of LIFE ON MARS you were kind enough to send me on Nov 22? Well, it finally arrived in today's mail! I had been wondering what had happened to it.
DR tomovoz, thank you for the beautiful calendar!
I wondered, recently, if you'd gotten it and figured I may have missed a comment about it.
What was the postage on it???? I know I told the USPS clerk to mail it 1st Class Postage. It should have gotten there before the next episode of "Life on Mars" aired (or, at least, the night it would have aired).
I'm glad you have it. You can still see it before the "next" episode airs.
What a trip.
I think it probably went all over the USA on a $1.51 stamp! I think it got put into the wrong bin and was passed from pillar to post before landing in New York. The DVD is in fine shape although it looks as if something with cleats ran over the envelope at least once. The address is very clear and it's postmarked Nov 22. It's a PO snafu!
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HI EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright, I've logged on for Vixmom, and she'd like to say four things
1) HI.(That's from me too.)
2) HAPPY B-DAY BRUCE!!!!!!!!!!(Also from me.)
3) She's gotten back from the stomuch-tube-thing operation, and is fine, but would like some food that she can't have.(She's probably gonna kill me for making that bacon earlier...)
4) She is beginnig chemo tomorrow.
So thanks for reading the update, love and miss you all, and we hope to see you soon.
Now, go, go and wish Bruce a Happy Birthday. And Bruce, I wish you a long life, a happy day, and the ability not to regret eating any cake today.
And I read the book Bruce. It made my soul smile. IT. WAS. AWSOME. WRITE MORE NOVELS.
Just in case if I don't come on again tonight, I'll just say, Good Night!!!!!!!!!!!
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(http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End/equus.jpg)
OH. MY. GOSH. WHERE IS HIS SHIRT. 0-O
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HI EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright, I've logged on for Vixmom, and she'd like to say four things
1) HI.(That's from me too.)
2) HAPPY B-DAY BRUCE!!!!!!!!!!(Also from me.)
3) She's gotten back from the stomuch-tube-thing operation, and is fine, but would like some food that she can't have.(She's probably gonna kill me for making that bacon earlier...)
4) She is beginnig chemo tomorrow.
So thanks for reading the update, love and miss you all, and we hope to see you soon.
Now, go, go and wish Bruce a Happy Birthday. And Bruce, I wish you a long life, a happy day, and the ability not to regret eating any cake today.
And I read the book Bruce. It made my soul smile. IT. WAS. AWSOME. WRITE MORE NOVELS.
Just in case if I don't come on again tonight, I'll just say, Good Night!!!!!!!!!!!
Love and prayers to you and your mom and your dad.
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...
And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.
derBrucer used to take you to the Smoke house?
Actually, yes, once. But when we went, I had a very nice Manhattan (with cherry). I haven't had a Shirley Temple in decades.
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What a wonderful birthday I'm having.
:)
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...
And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.
derBrucer used to take you to the Smoke house?
Actually, yes, once. But when we went, I had a very nice Manhattan (with cherry). I haven't had a Shirley Temple in decades.
"Shirley Temple"? That's not a euphemism, is it? :)
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Our gala Annual Holiday Potluck was well-attended, splendily provisioned and a soul-stuffing experience. "Soul" in this context IS a euphemism.
I may not eat for two more days. Sad, that, because tomorrow at noon is my division's annual holiday luncheon.
I have just enough green beans and just enough sweet potato souffle left over to make two more meals.
There was also some coconut custard pie left over (most of one, actually). With so many desserts provided, I feel great that one whole pie was consumed and part of the other. Now, I've had my coconut custard fix for the year.
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
OUCH! :( I hope they heal quickly now that they have all been lanced.
Did your doctor have a response regarding your QUACK comment?
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DR The Vixter - thanks for the update. You, your mom, your dad, and the whole family will be in our thoughts and prayers tomorrow and all week! :)
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Thanks for the update Vixter. Give your mom my love and vibes~~~~~~~~~~~
And keep a few for yourself and your dad!
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...
And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.
derBrucer used to take you to the Smoke house?
Actually, yes, once. But when we went, I had a very nice Manhattan (with cherry). I haven't had a Shirley Temple in decades.
I thought you sat next to him, shaking your head and quietly chuckling?
;D
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My mother likes to order a Shirley Temple with Vodka
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POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!
My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm. And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained. I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't. The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.
Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!
OUCH! :( I hope they heal quickly now that they have all been lanced.
Did your doctor have a response regarding your QUACK comment?
He didn't say anything. But, you know, it is beginning to feel like he might have carved the other doctor's name in my armpit.
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Ron, the green beans and red potatoes sounds good. Is there a recipe you can share?
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The Smoke House (http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html) brings back memories...
Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...
And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...
And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.
derBrucer used to take you to the Smoke house?
Actually, yes, once. But when we went, I had a very nice Manhattan (with cherry). I haven't had a Shirley Temple in decades.
"Shirley Temple"? That's not a euphemism, is it? :)
No, I believe that would be a Roy Rogers.
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DR Sweet Vixter, thank you for sharing the news. You and your family have a lot of people keeping good thoughts in their hearts.
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My mother likes to order a Shirley Temple with Vodka
Yuck. I like mine pure.
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DR elmore-VIBES YOU FIND YOUR BILLS!!!!
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My mother likes to order a Shirley Temple with Vodka
And I'm certain the original Shirley Temple liked them that way, too!
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I'm very very glad I closed the office early this afternoon. About 2:30 Edith's boyfriend called us to say that the roads were starting to get slick. It was a slow afternoon, so I said "Let's just close the office and go home" By the time I got home, it was freezing rain and my car was covered with ice. I saw one car accident on the way home and I'm sure there were more later. It's snowing now, but there is a layer of ice under it. We're going to get 2-5 inches here...well that's the forecast. Anyway, I'm glad we called it a day so neither one of us was out in the slick stuff
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I wonder if DRs Jane and Ginny and others came across this...
Fought Over Any Good Books Lately? (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/fashion/07clubs.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
My book group has an excellent method of choosing the book, whoever hosts picks. We also encourage new members to come for at least one meeting before deciding. We also give them a complete list of all the books we have read. Variety is important to us.
Tomorrow’s discussion is “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation” I must admit I’m having trouble with it. This is not a book to read when overly sleepy & suffering from a headache. Yesterday my head finally felt better & reading it was much easier. This reminds me, I have one more LONG chapter to read.
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Just about time for the grand finale episode of Boston Legal. I didn't get into the show until this season. Wouldn't you know...lol
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VIBES TO TCB~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Cilla, Edith has a very thoughtful boyfriend.
With your work do you ever use a webcam to communicate with clients?
Does anyone use a webcam for work or pleasure?
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The Manhattan Street Corners Project (http://www.richardhowe.net/zMSC/index-msc.html)
Photographer Richard Howe captured every street corner in Manhattan, about 11,000 total.
WOW!
And I thought my own personal photographic - and digestive - journal-ing of every bakery in New York City was impressive.
;)
Well, he didn't get every single solitary street corner. Hate to be a stick in the mud but he didn't get 16th or 15th Street and Union Square West (not exactly my corners but as close as he could come if he's working up Broadway). He jumps from Broadway and 14th Street to Broadway and 17th Street, skipping 15th and 16th Street on Union Square West/Broadway. Perhaps he skipped because therer are only two corners, not four (the northwest corner and the southwest corner, the other "corners" are the parking lot/Greenmarket in Union Square Park) or perhaps he skipped because Union Square West is the official name of the street, not Broadway and he wanted to stay just with Broadway. Anyway, it's still fun to look at although I think our hits have helped the poor man exceed his bandwith for the day. I just got an error message saying the bandwith had been exceeded.
We are putting up our tree and I'm posting from the living room with the laptop.
Later, gaters.
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Does anyone use a webcam for work or pleasure?
The mind boggles at the responses we'd get during "Truth or Dare"!
;)
LOL!
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Does anyone use a webcam for work or pleasure?
I got one YEARS ago, but my computer (at the time) couldn't easily handle the processing required for it. I know my computer now could, but the camera is probably too old. ;)
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It should still work though I'm not sure about the quality of the image.
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It should still work though I'm not sure about the quality of the image.
Probably...very low resolution. And I would have to find it. It's buried in a box somewhere, like so much of my stuff.
;D
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;D
Speaking of things buried in a box, I need to go hunt for something.
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I have a webcam on my netbook but have never used it.
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I'm getting my annual Charlie Brown Christmas fix,
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;D
Speaking of things buried in a box, I need to go hunt for something.
You lost Sherlock in a box?
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A box large enough to hold Sherlock would be rather difficult to loose. ;)
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Well, I need to be going. My sister wants me to help her put up Christmas decorations at her house.
Until later!
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A box large enough to hold Sherlock would be rather difficult to loose. ;)
Good point! :)
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(http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End/equus.jpg)
It's taken me a little while to figure out what's going on in this photograph.
Daniel Radcliff is going to be the new spokesperson for a coffee company.
He's been hired to give new zing to the catchphrase, "The best part of waking up is Folger's in your cup."
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Well, I am tired of being a brave boy. I hurt and I am going to go to bed.
Thank you all for the good wishes.
G'night!
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Evening all. I only have time for one post because I have the hit the hay early. I have to be up at 4 AM to make it to my bus stop to be picked up at 5:30 AM with a friend from work so we can carpool to a meeting that we both have to help set up. Ugh. I don’t know how I get talked into doing these things.
I couldn’t let the day go by without wishing our very own Dear BK the most happiest of birthdays! It may be your birthday but the biggest gift was given to us.
You can watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” and know that yours made a big difference for some people.
Dear Vixter, I am so happy to see that you posted. Much love, hugs and vibes to you and your family. Tell your Mom she is thought of.
We won’t get “Boston Legal” tonight because of some stupid football game. The LAST show and they move it to sometime on Sunday afternoon. Hummmp!
My favorite Christmas songs (in no particular order)
Oh Holy Night – Michael Crawford
The 12 Pains of Christmas
There’s Something Stuck Up In the Chimney
I’m Dressing Up Like Santa (as soon as I can get out on Parole)
Angels We Have Heard On High
Do You Hear What I Hear?
White Christmas
Oh heck, I like them all—Well, except “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”. But I do really like the funny ones. I love that “Twisted Christmas” CD.
Laters all!
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Feel better vibes to Dear TCB!
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Vibes for DR Vixmom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vibes for DR TCB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you both are doing better soon!
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Vibes to TCB. Hope you can get to sleep and wake up tomorrow feeling better!
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Thanks to the Vixter for the updates on our Vixmom! Big hugs to all y'all!
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I received a wonderful calendar from Mr. OvOz today. It will replace last years, which hold the place of honor on our refridgerator and every day we get to see strange beasties from down under. (My favorite: the tree kangaroo).
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I envy Ben and Ant putting up their wonderful tree, remembering how beautiful it was last year! With 4 cats it will be a few years before we have a tree again, but I had fun decorating the mailbox and am working on the front door little by little. It's been very cold and I've had the flu the last few days but tried to do too much outdoor stuff like food drives over the weekend and now I'm paying the price.
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We still had trees with cats. Do yours climb them? We put non-breakable decorations on the bottom of the tree in case they decided to bat them.
This will be Sherlock's first tree since the boys & their fiancées should be coming for the holidays.
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I had a tree with Callie and Nilla, but Boo is a climber, she used to climb trees all the time when she lived outside, so I haven't taken a chance...maybe in a couple years, but not now.
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Feel Better Vibes to DR Edi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I just uploaded a new photo.
How do I make it larger?
I don't think anyone has figured that out yet. THose of us with larger pictures are using older ones that were already on file with the site.
Unfortunately, any new avatar can only be 65 by 65 pixels. :-\
Thanks. I guess I'll go back to the old one.
:-\
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Healing vibes to all DR's in need...
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DR Druxy, I like the old one-not that I could tell what the new one looked like ;)
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Hi Penny.
Congrats on the new jobs. When do you begin rehearsal for the play?
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Penny I sent you an email.
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Hi DR Megan. Sorry I have to leave.
'night
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Did I mentioned that the CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD movie on Blu-ray arrived today? Anyway, that'll be my work disc for tomorrow.
WOW! Your sense of anticipation and excitement is palpable.
;D
Glad you noticed.
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Had a delightful evening of quality entertainment.
I began by watching two episodes of BONES including the one where she managed to get her father free of a murder rap. Wonderful episode.
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Page Eleven Dance!!!
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The next BONES episode was the one featuring Ace Young as the murdered vocalist, and the insane stalker who fell for Booth and was wildly jealous of Temperance.
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After that, I fired up the HD-DVD machine using my universal remote (working perfectly) and watched THE THING. Even though I had seen the movie all those years ago and remembered some of its terrors, it still managed to make me jump a couple of times. I enjoyed seeing it again even if the sound mix greatly dated the production. The surrounds would have been much more active if this could have been made today.
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I concluded my evening of entertainment by watching DESK SET, a movie I always enjoy. Since I had the HD-DVD machine running, I put the DVD in it and let that machine upconvert it.
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY 61ST BIRTHDAY TO BK ! ! ! ! !
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Good Evening!
Is it really 11:30pm (EST) already?!?!
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO DR JANE ! ! ! ! !
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DR the vixter - Thanks for the update on your Mom, DR vixmom. Glad to know that all is well on the vixfamily front.
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OH. MY. GOSH. WHERE IS HIS SHIRT. 0-O
SPOO!?!?!?!?
*I guess it's a good thing that I didn't post the the "horseless" pics. ;D
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* * * * * Continuing vibes for DR Vixmom and her family * * * * *
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Heading down now to go to bed.
Good night!
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Does anyone use a webcam for work or pleasure?
I think I've mentioned this before...
When I went on the road with Anything Goes I bought webcams for myself and Steve. They enabled us to say, "Goodnight" to each other face-to-face each night. The software also had some great webcam games - basketball, pop-the-bubbles, etc. - and those really came in handy when we had a layover in a "less exciting" city.
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My mom has a webcam. Whenever I ask her about she never answers me.
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Hmmmm....
NBC Will Move Jay Leno to 10 p.m. Weekday Nights (http://gothamist.com/2008/12/08/nbc_gives_jay_leno_daily_10_pm_week.php)
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DR Druxy, I like the old one-not that I could tell what the new one looked like ;)
Yeah, but the new one made me look 20 years younger.
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I've been invited to guest on the Michael Dresser radio show at 11:30 pm (PST) Tuesday (9) night to discuss my book, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: From the Secret Files of Harry Pennypacker.
The show airs in 40 different markets, so if you get a chance, please listen. It should be fun.
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First off, thanks to the vixter for the update, and continued excellent vibes and xylophones to vixmom.
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I had a fsbulously fabulous dinner at the Smoke House. The restaurant wasn't very busy tonight, but Garry Marshall was there. I was actually a very good boy - I had the combo Louis, did not overdo the dressing AT ALL, had less than a half-cup of clam chowder, and five pieces (they are very small) of the garlic cheese bread - no cake. The garlic cheese bread is like the bread on a foot-long Subway sandwich - but only half - the top and bottom half of half a footlong, cut into seven small pieces. So, of the top half of the half I had five of those seven pieces, so I didn't feel like I overdid it. Anyway, it was faboo. And here's a picture of the garlic cheese bread that was left:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/whitesheik/garliccheesebread.jpg)
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You can see that the small piece in the middle left is about the size of each of the five pieces I ate - no one ate the two large end pieces that you see.
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The bread was also in focus, which is more than I can say for the photograph.
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Other wonderful thing: I got an early copy of season two volume one of The Mod Squad - O joy! I'll be back with Pete, Julie, and Linc very soon.
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But for tonight I'm enjoying listening to CDs. Now playing is the delicious Johnny Williams soundtrack to How To Steal A Million - first CD has the soundtrack album in total. Second CD has the actual film tracks PLUS (and this is a dream come true) Williams' first film score for Fox, my beloved Bachelor Flat. I've had the raw tracks from this for some time, but they were not great sounding - apparently Michael Mattesino has done a masterful job in cleaning them up.
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OK... Me sleepy... I've already been doing the whole head-nodding thing for the past hour or so, so...
Goodnight.
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Busy day, so just catching up, and now it's time to go to sleep
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A lull.
;)
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BK, I hope you had a great birthday today! ;D
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Earlier today, I helped my sister put up some strings of lights at my sister's house. It was easy to do, so it didn't take very long. :)
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE 12 DANCE!!