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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were weary and boney, and now it is time for you to post until the weary cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: AGLET!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DR Charles Pogue!!!!!
(http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/a/4/1/event_1090817.jpeg)
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CONGRATULATIONS to bk and DRs Edisaurus, Cillaliz, elmore3003, and JRand58 on your continuing success with dieting! :) :) :)
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My cousin is currently visiting Hawaii:
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2105/147/94/18914718/n18914718_34352238_1448.jpg)
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(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2105/147/94/18914718/n18914718_34352220_7471.jpg)
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I've never been to Hawaii. I don't think that I ever will.
It wouldn't be my first choice of vacations if I came into a lot of money. ;) Eventually, yes, but it's not high on my list.
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Those are very nice pictures, DAW.
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A Very Happy Birthday to occasional DR Noel!
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My cousin is currently visiting Hawaii:
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2105/147/94/18914718/n18914718_34352238_1448.jpg)
(former Sing)DAW, I truly hope your cousin is having a fabulous time in Hawaii! ;D
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And now, to bed.
Good night DAW and guests.
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Keeping track of 'Lost' (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/arts/television/18wyat.html?th&emc=th)
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Happy birthday to DR Charles Pogue.
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And the word of the day is: AGLET!
And The Song of The Day Is: WALKING HAPPY
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE POGUE NAMED CHARLES
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Happy Birthday to my favorite Fly Man - DR CP.
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Also belated Anniversary Greetings to DR GINNY and DH RICHARD.
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Wow - it was a busy Saturday here at HHW....DR DANISE getting her house even more improved, DR CILLA LIZ buying new clothes and dancing in her old ones, MR BK dissing Mr John Scott's culinary skills but not his music talent, DR JOSE seeing MILLIONAIRE again....
And that was JUST the beginning.
Sorry to hear about Susannah Foster, DR MBARNUM.....not a beauty - but I liked her singing.
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Thanks to DRtd for the link to the issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland.....I bookmarked it because it looks like downloading could take some time.
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I hope MR BK is getting OSS 117 to view.
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. Now on tv cable some guy is making a pancake breakfast with homemade sausage which looks really good.
More meetings today.
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Happy Birthday to Charles Pogue!
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Tonight on tv for me:
New DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS.
And the premiere of DAMAGES (which you guys had a couple weeks ago).
And THE MENTALIST is on tonight (new). IT will be on CBS after the football game. So it is supposed to be at 10pm but it could be delayed!
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Good morning, all! I was up until 1:30 reading Mr Spinetti's biography, and his chapters on the Beatles and their movies were really wonderful. I liked his thoughts on Ms Yoko Ono's influence very much. I also enjoyed his stories about Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop and his debacle in SKYSCRAPER, a musical theatre disaster not only for him but for several others, except Charles Nelson Reilly.
Today, another look at this symphony chart that's been the bane of this weekend and a lot of Act Two edits on BABES IN TOYLAND.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Wishes to DR Charles Pogue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy Birthday, DR Charles Pogue!!!!
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Better than home made saudage, I guess.
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Regarding SKYSCRAPER, who else remembers Charles Nelson Reilly on one of the Tony Awards shows:
"Spare that building
Don't tear it down, no, no, no...
[stops singing to explain] The no-no-no's were added out of town."
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I'm probably paraphrasing Mr. Reilly, it's been a few years since I heard it.
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LOL....I just remember the awful Skyscraper logo on the LP......
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I neglected to mention that I also enjoyed yesterday's posts that included the ninja cat climbing the stairs, the moose in the sprinkler, and the Pet Shop Boys singing "Losing My Mind."
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LOL....I just remember the awful Skyscraper logo on the LP......
I remember an awful score.
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The food network channel is really making me hungry!
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The food network channel is really making me hungry!
That's why I don't watch it.
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I've never been to Hawaii. I don't think that I ever will.
It wouldn't be my first choice of vacations if I came into a lot of money. ;) Eventually, yes, but it's not high on my list.
Isn't that funny! If I had the money, it's the FIRST place I would go!
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LOL....I just remember the awful Skyscraper logo on the LP......
I remember an awful score.
It is awful. And they nominated this for Best Musical instead of ON A CLEAR DAY!
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Good morning!
Yes, it's still cold, but it's not frigid like we've had the past two days. It's actually getting into the high 30s today and into the 40s tomorrow, much more typical January weather. I like not having to worry about my pipes bursting because of the extreme temperatures.
Overcast today, too. They had predicted a wintry mix, but so far nothing on that score.
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - NFL Football Playoffs (Ravens Vs. Steelers), THE MENTALIST
ABC - EXTREME MAKEOVER, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS
NBC - DATELINE, SNL PRESIDENTIAL BASH
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I still have a fair amount of material on my DVR: LEVERAGE (which I'll be watching while I eat lunch), MONK, SMALLVILLE, and the movie THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (which will likely sit there another week since I have so much review material to get through this week).
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And I'll be working on CHEERS - The Final Season today as well. Should be able to get a fair number of episodes watched today. It's such a funny show, one I always enjoyed when I watched, but as I wasn't in the TV habit back then (1992-93), there will be plenty of these episodes that I've never seen.
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Good morning, everyone.
BK thinks that HIS bones are weary? Ha! He outta come over to my place if he wants to know what weary bones feel like. Or if he wants to know what Still Have a Lot to Do feels like. Oy! And double oy! ;)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHARLES POGUE!
WEIGHT LOSS pats on the back to all DRs achieving said success.
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Happy Birthday to Charles E. Pogue!
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My friends Charlie and Todd who work for USAIR do fly out of North Carolina where they live - they also regularly work the flight that crashed this week. But Thursday they were both home with the flu.
The know the pilot and the other FA's who worked the flight. They like the pilot a lot, say he is very friendly and an old movie fan just as they are. They also said the head FA on the downed flight is Donna who has been flying since 1982. She always wears a lot of makeup and tall heels....so they were interested to see her standing in her stockings at the door of the plane helping people off....
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I really like the Muppet in the new Weight Watchers campaign.
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Take the Window Out Day was successful. The thing about pushing a heavy piece of furniture out a window is that you have gravity on your side. A little push is all it takes--at least from the top. The trick, of course, is to get it down safely. It appears that that objective was achieved. As far as I know it suffered no damage. Boy, am I glad THAT'S over!
However, I started the day with a frozen pipe. Ugh! Fortunately, Matt had just arrived when I discovered it. This happened ten years ago also and after the first incident I had a small access panel built into the exterior wall of the kitchen. That spot is vulnerable. It's right behind the dishwasher and there isn't room in the wall for much insulation. Keeping the cabinet doors open doesn't help, because the heat can't get back there. Matt removed the access panel ("I can't believe there's a part of your house I don't know about!"), then used a portable heater to thaw the pipe. He used some insulation we had left over from another project to maximize protection. As frozen pipe incidents go, this actually went quickly and smoothly.
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Re the pilot: I'm pleased that he and the crew are getting so much attention and praise. Personally, I'd like to see a few more heroes on the landscape. I suspect there are others around who may not get the attention they deserve, partly due to all the stories about corruption and greed.
Just my 2 cents.
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Well, more laundry to attend to (I did five loads yesterday) and more....yup, you guessed it! More packing!
A pleasant, relaxed Sunday to the rest of you.
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Happy Birthday to Charles Pogue!
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Good news from DR JEANNE this morning!
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Off to do some Sunday things.
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Regarding SKYSCRAPER, who else remembers Charles Nelson Reilly on one of the Tony Awards shows:
"Spare that building
Don't tear it down, no, no, no...
[stops singing to explain] The no-no-no's were added out of town."
Charles was once my publicity client. He was doing THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR at the time.
He was quit a handful.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR CP!
I wish you had more time to post. I miss your comments.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DR Charles Pogue!!!!!
(http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/a/4/1/event_1090817.jpeg)
Gee, slaw, do you want to explain what is on top of Chuck's cake?
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For DVD and book collectors:
As those of you regulars here know, I am moving from Los Angeles to Austin, TX in late March.
My wife and I have begun the huge job of packing and, yesterday, I finished going through my gigantic collection of DVDs, culling out titles that I will never watch again.
I now have somewhere between 1200-1500 individual titles or box sets (including TV shows) that I would like to get rid of before we leave.
I've promised BK first dibbs, but if any of you other folk who live in/aroud Los Angeles are interested, we can make an appointment and you can come over and peruse what I have to sell.
Unless something is very RARE/OOP, I'm figuring that individual titles will go for $5.00 each and sets will go from between $15-$20.
If you're not in Los Angeles, you can send me a "want list" and I'll see if I have the title. [Sorry there are just too many titles for me to make up a list, but there are a lot of goodies here.]
Those of you who are interested, please send me a private message.
BTW: I haven't finished going through my books yet, but I do have a couple of complete Time-Life Sets currently available for LOCAL purchase, THE EPIC OF FLIGHT and THE SEAFARERS.
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I've never been to Hawaii. I don't think that I ever will.
It wouldn't be my first choice of vacations if I came into a lot of money. ;) Eventually, yes, but it's not high on my list.
Hawaii is a beautiful place, if you don't spend all your time in Honolulu (or Honey-lulu as Dennis the Menace called it when I was a kid). Honolulu reminds me of Seattle with palm trees, but you must visit Pearl Harbor. Unless you are a party animal, I think you would much prefer Kona or Maui.
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I'm heading downstairs now to get laundry sorted for washing later and then I'll start thinking about what's for lunch.
WBBL.
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I'm up, I'm up. Was hoping to sleep a little later but alas I guess I didn't.
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At least I slept well for the time I slept.
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At some point from the time I went to bed the computer lost the wireless signal, so I had to unplug the modem and router and then re-plug and now all is well.
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Funnily, this always seems to happen on Sunday.
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He was quit a handful.
You might consider a re-phrase :)
der Brucer
...and I don't mean because of quit/quite
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LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-pippin18-2009jan18,0,6487053.story)
A singin', signin' 'Pippin'
Deaf West tries to conjure magic again at the Mark Taper, with a reimagining of the hit '70s musical.
...
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-01/44427942.jpg)
An interesting read.
der Brucer
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Better than home made saudage, I guess.
Well, since saudade is can come from missing your home...
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Take the Window Out Day was successful. The thing about pushing a heavy piece of furniture out a window is that you have gravity on your side. A little push is all it takes--at least from the top. The trick, of course, is to get it down safely. It appears that that objective was achieved. As far as I know it suffered no damage. Boy, am I glad THAT'S over!
However, I started the day with a frozen pipe. Ugh! Fortunately, Matt had just arrived when I discovered it. This happened ten years ago also and after the first incident I had a small access panel built into the exterior wall of the kitchen. That spot is vulnerable. It's right behind the dishwasher and there isn't room in the wall for much insulation. Keeping the cabinet doors open doesn't help, because the heat can't get back there. Matt removed the access panel ("I can't believe there's a part of your house I don't know about!"), then used a portable heater to thaw the pipe. He used some insulation we had left over from another project to maximize protection. As frozen pipe incidents go, this actually went quickly and smoothly.
Jeanne, are you seriously going to leave Matt behind when you move? The man is incredible.
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LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-pippin18-2009jan18,0,6487053.story)
A singin', signin' 'Pippin'
Deaf West tries to conjure magic again at the Mark Taper, with a reimagining of the hit '70s musical.
...
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-01/44427942.jpg)
An interesting read.
der Brucer
I thought they were reimagining a moment from abu ghraib.
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I'm really thinking about this being my jogging day off, although it's quite pretty out.
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I guess I didn't watch many episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies during its last season in 1970-71. The episodes on TVLAND this morning about women's lib and geishas - a five episode arc - is pretty bad. Although it's interesting seeing the familiar characters in shows I've never seen.
Nancy Kulp drives a dune buggy - Granny does Karate......
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My cousin is currently visiting Hawaii:
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2105/147/94/18914718/n18914718_34352238_1448.jpg)
Pretty. Did your cousin send you the photos?
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I thought they were reimagining a moment from abu ghraib.
And they call me twisted 8)
der Brucer
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Regarding SKYSCRAPER, who else remembers Charles Nelson Reilly on one of the Tony Awards shows:
"Spare that building
Don't tear it down, no, no, no...
[stops singing to explain] The no-no-no's were added out of town."
Charles was once my publicity client. He was doing THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR at the time.
He was quit a handful.
Somehow that doesn't surprise me. ;D
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HAVE A GREAT DAY DR CHARLES POGUE!
(http://www.ellimoody.co.uk/USERIMAGES/Birthday%20dog(9).jpg)
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I really like the Muppet in the new Weight Watchers campaign.
Is that the red furry creature? I love him too! He should have his own show!
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Cilla:
The most fun was trying on my former "skinny" clothes and finding that they fit! I was dancing around in the dress I wore to my nephew's wedding. It was a kick
This made me smile :)
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DR Laura I’m very proud of you for sticking to your low cholesterol diet while at meetings.
DR Edi congratulations on your loss of 30 pounds!
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I just got an e-mail from one of the autograph auction places that I trust, about their auction that ends tomorrow. In addition to a breath-taking Kim Novak photo; how often do you see an autographed Lili St. Cyr (God Bless, Lili St. Cyr!)?
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I really like the Muppet in the new Weight Watchers campaign.
Is that the red furry creature? I love him too! He should have his own show!
His name is "Hungry" - and they've pulled his video from YouTube (copywrights you know).
der Brucer
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He was quit a handful.
You might consider a re-phrase :)
der Brucer
...and I don't mean because of quit/quite
How about: As a client, he was quite a handful.
:)
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DR Laura I’m very proud of you for sticking to your low cholesterol diet while at meetings.
DR Edi congratulations on your loss of 30 pounds!
Several former co-workers, who were at the service yesterday, commented on how much weight I had lost. Right after the holidays? How did that happen???
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How much did you lose?
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I liked Charles Nelson Reilly a lot. Every visit he made to Drama Book Shop was a hoot and when he'd call with questions he'd ask for me. He was very intelligent and well-read and he'd spend a bit of time in the shop cruising the clerks. In 1979-1980 we had a very handsome and very smarmy clerk named Craig who went out with Mr Reilly a few times hoping to push his acting career. Charles deserved better. Crag's roommate Richard kept company with Evil Queen Director John Dexter for a while for the same reasons.
More to follow when my bio gets published. Names will be named and tales told.
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He was quit a handful.
You might consider a re-phrase :)
der Brucer
...and I don't mean because of quit/quite
How about: As a client, he was quite a handful.
:)
Well, he was your client, and they're your hands, I guess how you fill them is your business. (But I bet Henry could tell a tale or two ::))
der Brucer
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And I think I will take this chance to change over to the Food Network from Fox News...
Done.
:-\ ;D
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
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And speaking of Fox News...
They just did a segment "complaining" about how the broadcast rights to some of the Inaugural Events this weekend have been sold/bought by various networks thus making them not "accessible to everybody". Of course, the big focus was on today's Lincoln Memorial concert which is being carried on HBO... And it wasn't until after the commercial break that they acknowledged that it was also being carried by NPR. -Thus making it available to everyone, albeit on the radio, but still to "everyone". And, apparently, the commentators didn't realize that there is a difference between having "digital cable service" and having "HBO".... Yadda, yadda, yadda...
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Anyhoo... I'm still not sure if my previous post made sense... The coffee is still kicking in.
*However, it was cool seeing the segment from last night where Mike Huckabee gave a classroom of sixth-grade girls from Atlanta tickets to the Swearing-In Ceremony on Tuesday.
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Anyhoo... I'm still not sure if my previous post made sense... The coffee is still kicking in.
Our coffee? Or your coffee?
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Anyhoo... I'm still not sure if my previous post made sense... The coffee is still kicking in.
Our coffee? Or your coffee?
Either, or, both.
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Congrats to Cilla and Edi on their weight loss successes
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
You decide. Here I am just before the service yesterday. Do I look thinner to you?
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Orsontwo.jpg)
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It's been snowing here since early this morning - only very light sprinkling so no appreciable accumalation, nonetheless the powersthatbe cancelled the Vixter's basketball game this afternoon
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This moning while the Vixter was at church Vixdad and I played frisbee golf on the Wii - it was fun and I won!
I am terrible at RockBand, I keep being thrown off the stage
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
;D
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
You decide. Here I am just before the service yesterday. Do I look thinner to you?
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Orsontwo.jpg)
;D ;D
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
You decide. Here I am just before the service yesterday. Do I look thinner to you?
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Orsontwo.jpg)
Joke!
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~~~HEALTH VIBES FOR DEAR LITTLE TOBY~~~~~~
~~~COPING VIBES FOR ANN AND JED~~~~~~
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((((TCB)))))
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Well I have nothing new to report... laters!
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Joke!
I decided not to risk having someone compliment me on my weight loss.
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And speaking of Fox News...
They just did a segment "complaining" about how the broadcast rights to some of the Inaugural Events this weekend have been sold/bought by various networks thus making them not "accessible to everybody".
Oh the irony - Obama, the Socialist resorts to private enterprise; the folks decrying the expediture of public funds on Inauguration festivities decry the off-set of some of these funds with private capital.
der Brucer
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This moning while the Vixter was at church Vixdad and I played frisbee golf on the Wii - it was fun and I won!
I am terrible at RockBand, I keep being thrown off the stage
Well, I suspect you'd have less success with Karaoke :D
der Brucer
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Wait, whatever they say, i'm sure Karaoke is WEST of Java
(a coffee reference)
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bk - As for "Benjamin Button" - What did you think of the "Broadway segment"? -I'm not naming the show in question just in case it might be "Spoiler Worthy".
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Wait, whatever they say, i'm sure Karaoke is WEST of Java
(a coffee reference)
That Kraks me up.
der Brucer
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
You decide. Here I am just before the service yesterday. Do I look thinner to you?
Joke!
Really! :o
I laughed :) ;D
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I laughed :) ;D
And did the dish run away with the spoon?
der Brucer
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I am alive. I am feeling somewhat better, but I am very hoarse.
That is all.
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Yes, DR MBARNUM....Hungry the Weight Watcher Muppet.
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I am very hoarse.
A hoarse of coarse...
der Brucer
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DR Ron I'm very pleased you are alive :)
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Gee, slaw, do you want to explain what is on top of Chuck's cake?
Umm... No. Not really.
;D
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How much did you lose?
Me? I didn't know that I had. However, I will be wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday, every day for the rest of my life.
You decide. Here I am just before the service yesterday. Do I look thinner to you?
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Orsontwo.jpg)
That isn't Orson Welles?
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Did your cousin send you the photos?
Nope! She posted them on Facebook!!
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Wait, whatever they say, i'm sure Karaoke is WEST of Java
(a coffee reference)
And the eruption was terrible: tsunamis for daze!
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Ah.. Watching a program about "Jack Benny" on PBS... Much, much better than Fox News.
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I can't imagine what his flowchart looks like...
The Man Who Makes Sense Of ‘Lost’ (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/arts/television/18wyat.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
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OH! My parents have HBO! -Watching the concert now.
*And I'm thinking a good majority of the people in attendance weren't expecting to hear "A Lincoln Portrait" (with Tom Hanks reading) this afternoon.
**And I'm lovin' the little girl sitting behind President-Elect Obama who's fallen asleep. ;)
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HE FILLED THEIR PLATES, AND THEY CAME:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0001.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0002.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0003.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0004.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0005.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0006.jpg)
der Brucer
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AND SEED WAS SCATTERED ALL ABOUT, AND MORE CAME
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0007.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0009.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0010.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0012.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/LUNCH0011.jpg)
der Brucer
And water was set out, that they might drink - but it froze solid in no time flat!
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Did your cousin send you the photos?
Nope! She posted them on Facebook!!
LOL-almost the same thing. ;)
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DR DerBrucer, thank you for the backyard pics.
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DR DerBrucer, thank you for the backyard pics.
Your welcome - but the backyard is marsh - those pics are the front-side yard taken through my bedroom window.
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OK...
Josh Groban and Heather Headley singing "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" backed up by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington... -That got me teary-eyed.
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I just got an e-mail from one of the autograph auction places that I trust, about their auction that ends tomorrow. In addition to a breath-taking Kim Novak photo; how often do you see an autographed Lili St. Cyr (God Bless, Lili St. Cyr!)?
TCB, What is the site. I'd like to see.
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HA!
Back to my "Fox News" mention from this morning...
From HBO's website:
"For this special event HBO has invited its television service providers to make the concert available for free to all their customers."
Yes, you still have to have cable, but... :)
*And it will rebroadcast tonight at 7:00pm and 11:30pm(EST) - as well as on HBO.com.
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I just got an e-mail from one of the autograph auction places that I trust, about their auction that ends tomorrow. In addition to a breath-taking Kim Novak photo; how often do you see an autographed Lili St. Cyr (God Bless, Lili St. Cyr!)?
TCB, What is the site. I'd like to see.
Kerry, I sent you the link.
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DR Edi - my intent in commenting on the baggy clothes wasn't that you don't look ok at work, that's an issue I have to deal with. It's just that trying on the smaller sizes and having them fit was a real ego boost for me, thought it might cheer you too
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I liked Charles Nelson Reilly a lot. Every visit he made to Drama Book Shop was a hoot and when he'd call with questions he'd ask for me. He was very intelligent and well-read and he'd spend a bit of time in the shop cruising the clerks. In 1979-1980 we had a very handsome and very smarmy clerk named Craig who went out with Mr Reilly a few times hoping to push his acting career. Charles deserved better. Crag's roommate Richard kept company with Evil Queen Director John Dexter for a while for the same reasons.
More to follow when my bio gets published. Names will be named and tales told.
I will say it again. My name MUST be among the first on that list for a copy!
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We got a little drizzle around noon but nothing major in the form of precipitation. It feels much colder out now than it felt this morning.
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Cilla:
The most fun was trying on my former "skinny" clothes and finding that they fit! I was dancing around in the dress I wore to my nephew's wedding. It was a kick
Me Too!!
This made me smile :)
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Sunday afternoon greetings! Back from church and lunch in Cincinnati and a stop to look at a house for sale (not interested) on the way home.
Thanks to DRs Laura and George for last night's anniversary wishes.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Charles Pogue!
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I watched this week's episode of LEVERAGE today (Tuesday's episode; I will NOT forget to record it on Tuesday this week.)
Very entertaining caper, and Christian Kane was especially enjoyable as a chef.
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Then, I watched the first seven episodes of CHEERS from its final season. No wonder they spun Kelsey Grammer off into FRASIER after CHEERS ended. He is the most reliable funny man in the ensemble. He and Bebe Neuwirth just broke up in the episode I finished.
Funny to see Kirstie Alley thin(ner) and Woody Harrelson looking so young.
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Happy Birthday to Charles Pogue~~~~~~~~~
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
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Funny guest star in one of the episodes: John Mahoney (who'd play Frasier's dad in the spin-off) playing a jingle composer whom Kirstie hires to come up with a jingle to bring business into Cheers. John and Kelsey didn't have any scenes together in this episode.
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I finished my afternoon of viewing by putting in the last episode in the season 3 box set of NCIS. I'd like to finish it up and put that box on the shelf, so I watched the first 20 minutes of that last episode. I'll finish it up when I go back downstairs.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR CHARLES POGUE!!!!
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Funnier than this, it does not come.
Irene Dunne as Cary Grant's ex-wife tries to put the kibosh on his evening with his posh fiancee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooj5oyujd4
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
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I've been at the office for most of the day. My desk is now cleaned off, I've been through every file and made my to do list and now I'm waiting for the computer to finish backing up and I think then I'll leave.
I also decided that I'm going to New Orleans for an NACDL meeting the day after Mardi Gras. I booked my flight, booked my room and paid the registration fee. I haven't been to NO since Katrina, so it will be interesting to go back. The seminar is 2 days so I'll have a day free to do whatever I want to. I used to go to 4 of these meetings a year when I was on the board. Now I'm lucky if I make it to one and it's usually a meeting in NYC so I don't spend time with my friends from the group. I'm really looking forward to this. I also have to go to St. Paul in Feb to argue at the 8th Circuit, so I'm hoping the weather is good that month for flying.
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Ugh! The last few days have been a real exercise in the perils of being a pack rat and the advantages of minimalism. A lot of what I'd "saved" I hadn't really saved (intentionally) at all; it just piles up and I don't always have time to go through it. Sigh.
I'm not as far along as I'd hoped to be. The packers arrive this coming Thursday, the movers the day after. Matt has disassembled all that needed such--my stationary bike, my desk, my lingerie chest. Plus he took down the antique chandelier that I'll take with me and installed an inexpensive, but quite decent one in its place. Done.
But still lots to do. DR DRUXY is quite right to start early. I started early, too, and it's still a big task.
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TCB, believe me, if there was any way I could take Matt with me to California I would do so. I do know that he fully expects a few emergency phone calls.
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
Same here.
And I'm so glad that it was not programmed as a "Greatest Hits" type of affair. Very tasteful. Very patriotic. Very inclusive. Even sacred. Definitely something that will be staying on the DVR for a while.
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
Same here.
And I'm so glad that it was not programmed as a "Greatest Hits" type of affair. Very tasteful. Very patriotic. Very inclusive. Even sacred. Definitely something that will be staying on the DVR for a while.
And then Beyonce showed up to bring me down with her lousy rendition of "America the Beautiful."
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It's a hot bath for this kid.
TTFN.
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DR CILLA LIZ is a traveler to be sure.
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I ran into Paul and one of his friends at the coffee shop this morning. He talked about wanting to come to my office and finish the sign in my window. It looks finished to me, so I don't know what he's talking about. I didn't bring up the election, but of course his friend had to say " I can't believe anyone would vote for McCain, but we'll just have to not talk about that because I really want to like everyone" Oh puhleese. I really don't have time for that. I'm glad I was in a hurry to go to the office and had my to go cup in hand.
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I think the concert is free even for those without HBO....let me check.
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Ugh! The last few days have been a real exercise in the perils of being a pack rat and the advantages of minimalism. A lot of what I'd "saved" I hadn't really saved (intentionally) at all; it just piles up and I don't always have time to go through it. Sigh.
I'm not as far along as I'd hoped to be. The packers arrive this coming Thursday, the movers the day after. Matt has disassembled all that needed such--my stationary bike, my desk, my linergie chest. Plus he took down the antique chandelier that I'll take with me and installed an inexpersive, but quite decent one in its place. Done.
But still lots to do. DR DRUXY is quite right to start early. I started early, too, and it's still a big task.
There must be a joke in there somewhere when you use the words chest and lingerie in the same sentence, but I am not witty enough to figure it out. FJL?
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I think the concert is free even for those without HBO....let me check.
Yep. Just scroll back. ;)
-Although, I'm guessing it will be up to each local provider if they will "hit the switch" again later tonight at 7:00pm and 11:30pm.
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DR elmore - Yep, spoke a little too soon (re: The Concert and Beyoncé).
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Funnier than this, it does not come.
Irene Dunne as Cary Grant's ex-wife tries to put the kibosh on his evening with his posh fiancee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooj5oyujd4
Thanks for that. They had such great chemistry together!
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JRand, I have been a traveler for years, but since last summer, I just haven't wanted to leave my house. It's nice to know I actually want to go somewhere again.
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Nope guess not....I don't have it in my list to try....
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
Same here.
And I'm so glad that it was not programmed as a "Greatest Hits" type of affair. Very tasteful. Very patriotic. Very inclusive. Even sacred. Definitely something that will be staying on the DVR for a while.
And then Beyonce showed up to bring me down with her lousy rendition of "America the Beautiful."
There was an AMERICAN IDOL contestant, or finalist, or winner singing the National Anthem at the Cardinals Eagles game this afternoon that was a total knockout. Somebody Sparks?
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OK... Just changed over to NBC... Skating and Gymnastics together? Hmm....
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JRand, I have been a traveler for years, but since last summer, I just haven't wanted to leave my house. It's nice to know I actually want to go somewhere again.
:)
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Ugh! The last few days have been a real exercise in the perils of being a pack rat and the advantages of minimalism. A lot of what I'd "saved" I hadn't really saved (intentionally) at all; it just piles up and I don't always have time to go through it. Sigh.
I'm not as far along as I'd hoped to be. The packers arrive this coming Thursday, the movers the day after. Matt has disassembled all that needed such--my stationary bike, my desk, my linergie chest. Plus he took down the antique chandelier that I'll take with me and installed an inexpersive, but quite decent one in its place. Done.
But still lots to do. DR DRUXY is quite right to start early. I started early, too, and it's still a big task.
There must be a joke in there somewhere when you use the words chest and lingergie in the same sentence, but I am not witty enough to figure it out. FJL?
Providing set-ups for humor is one of the things I do here. ;)
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LOL DR JEANNE.
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
Same here.
And I'm so glad that it was not programmed as a "Greatest Hits" type of affair. Very tasteful. Very patriotic. Very inclusive. Even sacred. Definitely something that will be staying on the DVR for a while.
And then Beyonce showed up to bring me down with her lousy rendition of "America the Beautiful."
There was an AMERICAN IDOL contestant, or finalist, or winner singing the National Anthem at the Cardinals Eagles game this afternoon that was a total knockout. Somebody Sparks?
Jordin Sparks. -Who I guess is now off of her "vocal rest".
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Sometimes quite inadvertently.
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What is lingerie?
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:)
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
Same here.
And I'm so glad that it was not programmed as a "Greatest Hits" type of affair. Very tasteful. Very patriotic. Very inclusive. Even sacred. Definitely something that will be staying on the DVR for a while.
And then Beyonce showed up to bring me down with her lousy rendition of "America the Beautiful."
There was an AMERICAN IDOL contestant, or finalist, or winner singing the National Anthem at the Cardinals Eagles game this afternoon that was a total knockout. Somebody Sparks?
Jordin Sparks. -Who I guess is now off of her "vocal rest".
She won the title two seasons ago.
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Guess I'll head down now to clean the bathroom, put away the already folded laundry, finish the NCIS episode that I stopped halfway through, and then get back to Boston for CHEERS.
WBBL.
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Jordin Sparks. -Who I guess is now off of her "vocal rest".
That would be the one. She was incredible.
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HE FILLED THEIR PLATES, AND THEY CAME:
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der Brucer
Those snapshots made my day...oh how I love Cardinals.
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Does any DR happen to know which rendition of "On My Own" (from Les Miserables) Caroline Zhang just skated to? -Well, the special was filmed back in December, but you know what I mean. ;)
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HE FILLED THEIR PLATES, AND THEY CAME:
der Brucer
Those snapshots made my day...oh how I love Cardinals.
Well, they are older than priests!
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HE FILLED THEIR PLATES, AND THEY CAME:
der Brucer
Those snapshots made my day...oh how I love Cardinals.
Well, they are older than priests!
Can you imagine our Mikey at the Vatican?
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Funnier than this, it does not come.
Irene Dunne as Cary Grant's ex-wife tries to put the kibosh on his evening with his posh fiancee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooj5oyujd4
I am ashamed to say that I have never seen that movie....and I plan to rectify that at my next opportunity!!
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Funnier than this, it does not come.
Irene Dunne as Cary Grant's ex-wife tries to put the kibosh on his evening with his posh fiancee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooj5oyujd4
Thanks for that. They had such great chemistry together!
“I’ve seen your pictures in the paper & wondered what you looked like.” ;D
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DR Jeanne, you keep reminding me why I need to clean out some of my junk.
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
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I just finished watching a 1931 poverty row film which starred David Manners. It was great fun! But now I don't know what to watch next.
I haven't watched any of the inauguration...in fact I have never watched any inauguration...but I will read about it in the newspaper.
I am enjoying DR Jose's description. I really think this president will do a good job, at least as far as trying to bring people together, instead of apart. Of course it is really up to "the people" to follow through with it.
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I just finished watching a 1931 poverty row film which starred David Manners. It was great fun! But now I don't know what to watch next.
I haven't watched any of the inauguration...in fact I have never watched any inauguration...but I will read about it in the newspaper.
I am enjoying DR Jose's description. I really think this president will do a good job, at least as far as trying to bring people together, instead of apart. Of course it is really up to "the people" to follow through with it.
I'm going to suggest to both parties that in future the inauguration ceremonies include a "Mr America" demonstration so that you will pay more attention to politics.
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For those curious about what next with Circuit City http://www.circuitcity.com/closed.html
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Looks like HBO is free here all day. I set my DVR for the repeat of the concert tonight. From the comments here, sounds like it's a good one.
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A truly good, thought-provoking read: Frank Rich's most recent Op-Ed piece-
White Like Me (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18rich.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
I cannot testify to what black Americans feel as our nation celebrates the inauguration of our first African-American president. But I can speak for myself, as a white American who grew up in the segregated nation’s capital of the 1960s. Barack Obama’s day is one that I never thought would come, and one that I still can’t quite believe is here.
Last week I joined a group of journalists at an off-the-record conversation with the president-elect, a sort of preview of the administration’s coming attractions. But as I walked some desolate downtown blocks to the standard-issue federal office building serving as transition headquarters, ghosts of the past mingled with hopes for the future. The contrast between the unemployed men on Washington’s frigid streets and the buzzing executive-branch bees inside was, for me, as old as time.
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I actually wish I could watch more of the inauguration. Unfortunately I have immigration court. It's a telephonic hearing, so I'll have the TV on in my office part of the day. It's an historic occasion and a day when I think politics should be set aside and we should cheer the fact that we live in a country where power can change hands without a coup or civil war. No matter how cynical I may be, I really truly wish Obama the best and hope that he turns out to be all that many people believe he is.
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I just read a nice article on the Red Cross office in NY. They moved very quickly to help the passengers & the rescue workers who were cold & wet.
“Volunteers on the scene gave out more than 700 white blankets emblazoned with the agency’s logo, along with boxes upon boxes of sweatsuits and 900 pairs of socks”
For the entire article Click Here (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/nyregion/thecity/18redc.html)
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Happy birthday, DR Charles.
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I just finished watching a 1931 poverty row film which starred David Manners. It was great fun! But now I don't know what to watch next.
I haven't watched any of the inauguration...in fact I have never watched any inauguration...but I will read about it in the newspaper.
I am enjoying DR Jose's description. I really think this president will do a good job, at least as far as trying to bring people together, instead of apart. Of course it is really up to "the people" to follow through with it.
I'm going to suggest to both parties that in future the inauguration ceremonies include a "Mr America" demonstration so that you will pay more attention to politics.
Will this help?
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I just read a nice article on the Red Cross office in NY. They moved very quickly to help the passengers & the rescue workers who were cold & wet.
“Volunteers on the scene gave out more than 700 white blankets emblazoned with the agency’s logo, along with boxes upon boxes of sweatsuits and 900 pairs of socks”
For the entire article Click Here (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/nyregion/thecity/18redc.html)
But will they each get a bill for the blanket?
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I actually wish I could watch more of the inauguration. Unfortunately I have immigration court. It's a telephonic hearing, so I'll have the TV on in my office part of the day. It's an historic occasion and a day when I think politics should be set aside and we should cheer the fact that we live in a country where power can change hands without a coup or civil war. No matter how cynical I may be, I really truly wish Obama the best and hope that he turns out to be all that many people believe he is.
I completely agree.
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A truly good, thought-provoking read: Frank Rich's most recent Op-Ed piece-
White Like Me (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18rich.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
I cannot testify to what black Americans feel as our nation celebrates the inauguration of our first African-American president. But I can speak for myself, as a white American who grew up in the segregated nation’s capital of the 1960s. Barack Obama’s day is one that I never thought would come, and one that I still can’t quite believe is here.
Last week I joined a group of journalists at an off-the-record conversation with the president-elect, a sort of preview of the administration’s coming attractions. But as I walked some desolate downtown blocks to the standard-issue federal office building serving as transition headquarters, ghosts of the past mingled with hopes for the future. The contrast between the unemployed men on Washington’s frigid streets and the buzzing executive-branch bees inside was, for me, as old as time.
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I wonder if I’m unusual in that I’m not wowing over the fact we are about to have our first Black President. I just figured it was bound to happen one day. In today’s world I would be more surprised to see a president who is an atheist.
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DR Edi - my intent in commenting on the baggy clothes wasn't that you don't look ok at work, that's an issue I have to deal with. It's just that trying on the smaller sizes and having them fit was a real ego boost for me, thought it might cheer you too
And my comment was just that I understand that you have a job where you deal with the public and it's more important to look put together. I don't mind wearing baggy clothes---I just don't want to go shopping until I really need to. I hate shopping for clothes, or shoes for that matter!
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I am loving this HBO broadcast; I keep getting all teary.
Just came back after a 4 mile walk and glad to see that they are airing this again. And not only that, I get to watch it on HBO as well as the end of BLADES OF GLORY.
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OH, I keep forgetting....a very happy, happy birthday to you DR Charles Pogue!!! Hope you are having a wonderful day.
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A truly good, thought-provoking read: Frank Rich's most recent Op-Ed piece-
White Like Me (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18rich.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
I cannot testify to what black Americans feel as our nation celebrates the inauguration of our first African-American president. But I can speak for myself, as a white American who grew up in the segregated nation’s capital of the 1960s. Barack Obama’s day is one that I never thought would come, and one that I still can’t quite believe is here.
Last week I joined a group of journalists at an off-the-record conversation with the president-elect, a sort of preview of the administration’s coming attractions. But as I walked some desolate downtown blocks to the standard-issue federal office building serving as transition headquarters, ghosts of the past mingled with hopes for the future. The contrast between the unemployed men on Washington’s frigid streets and the buzzing executive-branch bees inside was, for me, as old as time.
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I wonder if I’m unusual in that I’m not wowing over the fact we are about to have our first Black President. I just figured it was bound to happen one day. In today’s world I would be more surprised to see a president who is an atheist.
I DR Edi - my intent in commenting on the baggy clothes wasn't that you don't look ok at work, that's an issue I have to deal with. It's just that trying on the smaller sizes and having them fit was a real ego boost for me, thought it might cheer you too
And my comment was just that I understand that you have a job where you deal with the public and it's more important to look put together. I don't mind wearing baggy clothes---I just don't want to go shopping until I really need to. I hate shopping for clothes, or shoes for that matter!
I thought that was the case, just wanted to make sure you didn't misunderstand :)
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I also have to go to St. Paul in Feb to argue at the 8th Circuit, so I'm hoping the weather is good that month for flying.
Would that make St. Paul "Circuit City"?
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Ugh! The last few days have been a real exercise in the perils of being a pack rat and the advantages of minimalism. A lot of what I'd "saved" I hadn't really saved (intentionally) at all; it just piles up and I don't always have time to go through it. Sigh.
This sounds like my life last year. Finally over the holidays I was able to go through and clear out a lot of stuff that I didn't have time to deal with during the move.
Vibes of strength to you!
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I also have to go to St. Paul in Feb to argue at the 8th Circuit, so I'm hoping the weather is good that month for flying.
Would that make St. Paul "Circuit City"?
LOL> actually St. Louis is the real Circuit City, St. Paul is just an outlet
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A truly good, thought-provoking read: Frank Rich's most recent Op-Ed piece-
White Like Me (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18rich.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
I cannot testify to what black Americans feel as our nation celebrates the inauguration of our first African-American president. But I can speak for myself, as a white American who grew up in the segregated nation’s capital of the 1960s. Barack Obama’s day is one that I never thought would come, and one that I still can’t quite believe is here.
Last week I joined a group of journalists at an off-the-record conversation with the president-elect, a sort of preview of the administration’s coming attractions. But as I walked some desolate downtown blocks to the standard-issue federal office building serving as transition headquarters, ghosts of the past mingled with hopes for the future. The contrast between the unemployed men on Washington’s frigid streets and the buzzing executive-branch bees inside was, for me, as old as time.
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I wonder if I’m unusual in that I’m not wowing over the fact we are about to have our first Black President. I just figured it was bound to happen one day. In today’s world I would be more surprised to see a president who is an atheist.
I know a number of people who feel that way. I do too. Now, if a woman ever gets elected...THAT will be a big WOW
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People around here must sighting many bright red migratory birds, because I keep hearing people shout, "Cardinals"!! ::)
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Yep. Just scroll back. ;)
Yep. To Post #11.
;D
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Thanks, DR JoseSPiano, for letting us know about the free concert on HBO. I didn't know!! :)
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Back from the little birthday party, which was fun. It was for Ford Thaxton, the fellow who owns BSX Records, and a long-time record producer. Some very interesting folks were there, including John Morgan and Bill Stromberg, who do a lot of soundtrack re-recordings, most recently some wonderful-sounding Herrmann recordings of Fahrenheit 451 and Mysterious Island. Also, M.V. Gehard, who owns a soundtrack label called Lalaland Records. And composer Chuck Cirino, very nice chap. It was fun.
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Hi folks,
This may be the last evening I can post for at least the next 2 weeks.
After I went out for the hardware shopping, we got to talking and he suggested that with everything that is wrong with the house that we simply gut it and start over.
Now by "gut" I mean they will tear all the walls down so they can get to the wiring but they won't change the inside set up of the house.
When it is all said and done I will in essence have an entire new house with all new insulation. Because they have to tear everything out, it was decided that I will have central heat and air. The only thing I may have to give up is the utility room. I may still get one but it won't be as big as I had hoped. I don't have the money for everything.
On the plus size, since they are totally redoing the walls, I will have all new cabinets in the kitchen. The entire house will have tile floors as well.
I will get a brand new stove, fridge and microwave (the microwave is going to go over the stove) but I might have to keep the washer I already have (that's fine with me) and get a used drier for the time being (that's also ok with me). I've never had brand new appliances.
I'm happy and scared to death. I just wish it was all over.
Sheena may have to go to the kennel for a few days and I may have impose myself on Thelma for the week. I feel so bad about even having to ask her if I could stay.
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Yep. Just scroll back. ;)
Yep. To Post #11.
;D
ROTFL!!!!
Of course, the truly funny thing is that I had originally linked to that article from your post! I then started forwarding it to my roommates and some of the "Lost" fanatics... Then came back to HHW...
SPOO!!!!
;D
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Prior to that, I Xeroxed pages and brought them to muse Margaret. I came back home briefly and got a call from her before I left for the party, and she'd already read them and really loved them - just the kind of thing I love to hear on a beautiful Sunday. She had four little suggestions, all right on the money, which I'm going to do right now. Two involve tiny little changes, and two involve adding a couple of paragraphs - she's so good at seeing these things. On one the them I'd almost done exactly what she was suggesting but I worried that it would have slowed things down - it won't and it will be better with the little addition. And that is why we love muse Margaret. She also gave me a piece of chocolate cake to take home - no flour - literally just chocolate, butter, and egg whites. It looks quite yummilicious and I shall have it later this evening.
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I just spent the entire day boxing the kitchen up. Thank goodness I cleaned those sheds out when I did!
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Jose, I thought that the scene at the Broadway theater was just weird. Even though the settings were period, the lighting and shots of the audience didn't. And the timing of his arrival was also weird.
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DR Danise - WOW!
And I know that you've said that you can trust the people doing the work, but have you signed any sort of papers yet? And for a remodel that drastic, I'd think having some sort of legal counsel would be a good idea too.
Not to be a skeptic, but: Two weeks for a gut and rebuild? I think not.
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Jose, I thought that the scene at the Broadway theater was just weird. Even though the settings were period, the lighting and shots of the audience didn't. And the timing of his arrival was also weird.
Yeah, I had wondered about his late arrival too.
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You have to remember that my house is only 600 square feet and he's putting 2 crews to work on it starting tomorrow morning. One will do the outside and one will start on the inside.
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DR Danise - Is there a chance that we will be seeing you and your house on an upcoming episode of "Extreme Home Makeover"? ;)
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Hi folks,
This may be the last evening I can post for at least the next 2 weeks.
After I went out for the hardware shopping, we got to talking and he suggested that with everything that is wrong with the house that we simply gut it and start over.
Now by "gut" I mean they will tear all the walls down so they can get to the wiring but they won't change the inside set up of the house.
When it is all said and done I will in essence have an entire new house with all new insulation. Because they have to tear everything out, it was decided that I will have central heat and air. The only thing I may have to give up is the utility room. I may still get one but it won't be as big as I had hoped. I don't have the money for everything.
On the plus size, since they are totally redoing the walls, I will have all new cabinets in the kitchen. The entire house will have tile floors as well.
I will get a brand new stove, fridge and microwave (the microwave is going to go over the stove) but I might have to keep the washer I already have (that's fine with me) and get a used drier for the time being (that's also ok with me). I've never had brand new appliances.
I'm happy and scared to death. I just wish it was all over.
Sheena may have to go to the kennel for a few days and I may have impose myself on Thelma for the week. I feel so bad about even having to ask her if I could stay.
Wow, DR Danise! You're really renovating.
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Wow, DR Danise. Big changes.
I'm rooting for you!! :)
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Huge vibes to Danise! UGH! And congratulations. But stilll UGH!
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
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You have to remember that my house is only 600 square feet and he's putting 2 crews to work on it starting tomorrow morning. One will do the outside and one will start on the inside.
Two crews, the answer to my question. :) You have picked a good time to do this. Normally keeping one crew on a job is difficult.
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Thank you all. I'll take all the vibes I can get. :)
There was just so much wrong--I knew it but I was just trying to do what I could. The contractor saw it and when I told him my story about Mom not wanted to work on the house and how I stayed with her these past 30 years, he said I needed some help and he was going to do everything he could to give me a comfortable home.
I haven't been that good. I did what anyone would have done. I just keep wishing Mom could be here to enjoy this as well.
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Oh, DR Danise, I don't envy you the next couple of weeks, but it'll all be worth it! Hang in there!
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DR Ginny at times I miss having a two story house, until I'm cleaning or not feeling well. You might find some of the one story homes have higher ceilings which are great.
We have our closet in our bathroom. Actually I find it very convenient. We also have a door to the toilet so the bathroom isn't completely open. Some privacy is nice. ;D
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You have to remember that my house is only 600 square feet and he's putting 2 crews to work on it starting tomorrow morning. One will do the outside and one will start on the inside.
Two crews, the answer to my question. :) You have picked a good time to do this. Normally keeping one crew on a job is difficult.
Times are slow. I think that's part of the reason he's willing to go the extra mile for me. I guess in one way, I couldn't have picked a better time to get all this stuff done.
I'm just scared about what I'll do if I lose my job. I don't want to lose my home.
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DR Danise, a fraction of the people would have done what you did, especially to the extent you did it.
Your contractor seems like a good guy.
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MONEY & JOB & HOUSE REBUILDING VIBES FOR DR DANISE!!
VIBES THE CONTRACTOR IS AS GOOD AS HE SOUNDS!!
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He is. I met his wife on Saturday. She was already telling him things he could do to the house. I was so embarrassed to show them the house the way it is. I don't think they could believe some of the things I've put up with all these years. She kept saying, "We'll fix that, won't we honey?" I think his list of things to do kept getting longer and longer and it wasn't me doing the talking. :)
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I would rather have a small laundry room than one in the basement, especially when having it in the basement makes two flights of stairs.
DR Ginny is your basement finished? I called our first basement the dungeon. It wasn't as bad doing laundry in a finished basement.
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Oh, and on the boxer story. He was at my house again last night.
The kid came knocking about eight PM. I don't think they knew he was gone before then.
Sigh. There is nothing I can do for that dog now. There is no way I'm taking on another animal when I'm going through all of this house stuff. I no longer can afford 2 dogs. At least, not until things settle down and I see where I'm at.
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We have our closet in our bathroom. Actually I find it very convenient. We also have a door to the toilet so the bathroom isn't completely open. Some privacy is nice. ;D
Yeah, I've seen those split set-ups in plans and liked them, but this required that you walk right through the middle of the bathroom (all fixtures in one room) to get to the closet.
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Hi folks,
This may be the last evening I can post for at least the next 2 weeks.
After I went out for the hardware shopping, we got to talking and he suggested that with everything that is wrong with the house that we simply gut it and start over.
Now by "gut" I mean they will tear all the walls down so they can get to the wiring but they won't change the inside set up of the house.
When it is all said and done I will in essence have an entire new house with all new insulation. Because they have to tear everything out, it was decided that I will have central heat and air. The only thing I may have to give up is the utility room. I may still get one but it won't be as big as I had hoped. I don't have the money for everything.
On the plus size, since they are totally redoing the walls, I will have all new cabinets in the kitchen. The entire house will have tile floors as well.
I will get a brand new stove, fridge and microwave (the microwave is going to go over the stove) but I might have to keep the washer I already have (that's fine with me) and get a used drier for the time being (that's also ok with me). I've never had brand new appliances.
I'm happy and scared to death. I just wish it was all over.
Sheena may have to go to the kennel for a few days and I may have impose myself on Thelma for the week. I feel so bad about even having to ask her if I could stay.
Wow! Danise, this sounds great! I can understand being scared, but it will be a great house when you're done. As long as you can swing it financially, I say You Go Girl!!!!
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DR Danise once your house is fixed up maybe you can rent out the spare bedroom. I see adds for that all the time.
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I hope if you really like that house that you get it, DR Ginny.
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Danise did you get the phone number of the Boxer's family? It is fun for Sheena when he visits, & fun for the Boxer. I have had dogs & cats that visited. Even though I worried about them at times I just enjoyed the visits.
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DR Ginny is your basement finished? I called our first basement the dungeon. It wasn't as bad doing laundry in a finished basement.
No, but it's not quite a dungeon. I'm just getting more and more concerned about either one of us trying to go down the steps carrying a full basket of dirty clothes. We've talked about installing a laundry chute (no good location) or moving the laundry room to the main floor.
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Hi folks,
This may be the last evening I can post for at least the next 2 weeks.
After I went out for the hardware shopping, we got to talking and he suggested that with everything that is wrong with the house that we simply gut it and start over.
Now by "gut" I mean they will tear all the walls down so they can get to the wiring but they won't change the inside set up of the house.
When it is all said and done I will in essence have an entire new house with all new insulation. Because they have to tear everything out, it was decided that I will have central heat and air. The only thing I may have to give up is the utility room. I may still get one but it won't be as big as I had hoped. I don't have the money for everything.
On the plus size, since they are totally redoing the walls, I will have all new cabinets in the kitchen. The entire house will have tile floors as well.
I will get a brand new stove, fridge and microwave (the microwave is going to go over the stove) but I might have to keep the washer I already have (that's fine with me) and get a used drier for the time being (that's also ok with me). I've never had brand new appliances.
I'm happy and scared to death. I just wish it was all over.
Sheena may have to go to the kennel for a few days and I may have impose myself on Thelma for the week. I feel so bad about even having to ask her if I could stay.
Wow! Danise, this sounds great! I can understand being scared, but it will be a great house when you're done. As long as you can swing it financially, I say You Go Girl!!!!
Thanks, DR Cilliz. I'm hoping I've made the right choices.
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We have our closet in our bathroom. Actually I find it very convenient. We also have a door to the toilet so the bathroom isn't completely open. Some privacy is nice. ;D
Yeah, I've seen those split set-ups in plans and liked them, but this required that you walk right through the middle of the bathroom (all fixtures in one room) to get to the closet.
Strange & I expect very inconvenient at times.
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Thanks, DR JoseSPiano, for letting us know about the free concert on HBO. I didn't know!! :)
I didn't either. I set my DVR to record it, too. :D
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It is scary DR Danise. I think you are making the right decision to do this now.
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DR Ginny is your basement finished? I called our first basement the dungeon. It wasn't as bad doing laundry in a finished basement.
No, but it's not quite a dungeon. I'm just getting more and more concerned about either one of us trying to go down the steps carrying a full basket of dirty clothes. We've talked about installing a laundry chute (no good location) or moving the laundry room to the main floor.
Some of the new washers & dryers fit into very small spaces.
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I'm getting a kick out of the new and all this "historic moment" stuff. It sure is--at least for me!
I remember when Mom and I painted the living room and had the TV off all day only to find they had that big police man hunt for Hank Earl Carr. I told Mom, he could have come down our street and we wouldn't have known anything was going on!
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Danise did you get the phone number of the Boxer's family? It is fun for Sheena when he visits, & fun for the Boxer. I have had dogs & cats that visited. Even though I worried about them at times I just enjoyed the visits.
No. I keep telling myself I need to get it so I can call them and tell them to come and get him but I guess I have other things on my mind.
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Danise, when I had my little house at the lake...it was a very little house. I had a friend who was just getting started as a contractor. I asked him to make my screened in porch a room and he proposed a new addition to the house with a master bedroom and a big living room.
I know you're gutting and redoing not adding on, but I have to tell you as messy as it was, they completed the entire thing in less than a month. From pouring the foundation to having the carpet installed and the walls painted. We did it during an off time when the sub contractors were available. I was very scared at the time, but in the end, it was lovely. I really enjoyed it while I still lived there and it helped me sell the house for a profit when I finally decided it was time to sell that house.
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I hope if you really like that house that you get it, DR Ginny.
Thanks, DR Danise. We're really not ready to move, but looking can't hurt, can it?
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MONEY & JOB & HOUSE REBUILDING VIBES FOR DR DANISE!!
VIBES THE CONTRACTOR IS AS GOOD AS HE SOUNDS!!
~~~DOUBLE DITTO ON THE VIBES FOR DR DANISE AND HER HOUSE!!~~~
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DRs Cillaliz and Jane - RE: Frank Rich's Op-Ed piece... I think your viewpoint all depends upon where, when and "how" you grew up. -Just read some of the 370+ comments (so far). And some of the comments/stories are quite moving.
Sadly(?), I do have to agree with Mr. Rich in regards to the whole racial make-up and dynamic of Washington, DC, itself. Having grown up just outside the DC line, and worked many years in DC proper, the racial dynamic in DC is truly something unique, for better or worse. And with all the new development going on right now in some formerly impoverished areas of the city, well... It will be interesting to see how the Nation's Capital will evolve during Obama's administration.
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You have to remember that my house is only 600 square feet and he's putting 2 crews to work on it starting tomorrow morning. One will do the outside and one will start on the inside.
Is any one of them named Ty Pennington?
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The Steelers are playing football.
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I hope if you really like that house that you get it, DR Ginny.
Thanks, DR Danise. We're really not ready to move, but looking can't hurt, can it?
Only if you fall in love & can't have it ;)
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I just acquired a very interesting album, "David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits" featuring Ann-Margret and John Gary. Miss Ann-Margret interprets "Our Language of Love" from IRMA LA DOUCE, "As Long as He Needs Me" from OLIVER!, "Is It Really Me?" from 110 IN THE SHADE and "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" from CARNIVAL!; leading one to believe that at the time she could have played any one of those roles onstage. Well, her Lili in CARNIVAL! would have been quite interesting to say the least.
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Wow, was the sounds screwed up on the initial airing on HBO?
The Boss sure looked cold!
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DR DANISE needs these VIBES: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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I'm just looking forward to being warm and snug.
It will also be nice to know that if I did have to sell, it will be sellable. And not as a fixer upper.
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Wow, was the sounds screwed up on the initial airing on HBO?
The Boss sure looked cold!
The Boss has a new cd.
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DRs Cillaliz and Jane - RE: Frank Rich's Op-Ed piece... I think your viewpoint all depends upon where, when and "how" you grew up. -Just read some of the 370+ comments (so far). And some of the comments/stories are quite moving.
Sadly(?), I do have to agree with Mr. Rich in regards to the whole racial make-up and dynamic of Washington, DC, itself. Having grown up just outside the DC line, and worked many years in DC proper, the racial dynamic in DC is truly something unique, for better or worse. And with all the new development going on right now in some formerly impoverished areas of the city, well... It will be interesting to see how the Nation's Capital will evolve during Obama's administration.
I got that, just sharing my viewpoint. I remember reading everything I could on the brave families in the South who fought for the simple rights of all people, i.e. riding in the front of a bus, drinking from any fountain, using any bathroom & eating in any restaurant. We have come a long way. :)
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You have to remember that my house is only 600 square feet and he's putting 2 crews to work on it starting tomorrow morning. One will do the outside and one will start on the inside.
Two crews, the answer to my question. :) You have picked a good time to do this. Normally keeping one crew on a job is difficult.
Times are slow. I think that's part of the reason he's willing to go the extra mile for me. I guess in one way, I couldn't have picked a better time to get all this stuff done.
I'm just scared about what I'll do if I lose my job. I don't want to lose my home.
Don't worry about that, Danise, I am sure you could find another job if you needed to find one. Your bosses seem to think highly of you.
As for your contractor, just make sure you knows that if he does anything to screw you over; he will have about sixty people who will hunt him down to the ends of the earth!
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Hmmmm...it's messsed up on both HD and SD..
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Oh, and I remember reading about the racial problems in DC. I was always very glad I did not live in the south. I feared I would not be brave enough to speak up.
Frank Rich's piece on his viewpoint is very interesting.
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I hope if you really like that house that you get it, DR Ginny.
Thanks, DR Danise. We're really not ready to move, but looking can't hurt, can it?
It can if you end up finding what you always wanted!
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Well, I just checked and I'm not getting anything free on HBO. Oh well.
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You have to remember that my house is only 600 square feet and he's putting 2 crews to work on it starting tomorrow morning. One will do the outside and one will start on the inside.
Two crews, the answer to my question. :) You have picked a good time to do this. Normally keeping one crew on a job is difficult.
Times are slow. I think that's part of the reason he's willing to go the extra mile for me. I guess in one way, I couldn't have picked a better time to get all this stuff done.
I'm just scared about what I'll do if I lose my job. I don't want to lose my home.
Don't worry about that, Danise, I am sure you could find another job if you needed to find one. Your bosses seem to think highly of you.
As for your contractor, just make sure you knows that if he does anything to screw you over; he will have about sixty people who will hunt him down to the ends of the earth!
:) Thank you, DR TCB. I WILL let him know
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Wow, was the sounds screwed up on the initial airing on HBO?
The Boss sure looked cold!
The Boss has a new cd.
And...
Bruce Springsteen's new disc gets NPR Web debut
NEW YORK (AP) — If you can't wait until the end of the month to hear Bruce Springsteen's new CD, just tune into NPR's music Web site just before midnight Monday.
NPR.org/music will exclusively broadcast "Working on a Dream" in its entirety on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 11:59 p.m. EST. That's a week before the album's release: It makes its debut in stores Jan. 27.
Fans can also listen to the record on demand until its release.
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I just acquired a very interesting album, "David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits" featuring Ann-Margret and John Gary. Miss Ann-Margret interprets "Our Language of Love" from IRMA LA DOUCE, "As Long as He Needs Me" from OLIVER!, "Is It Really Me?" from 110 IN THE SHADE and "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" from CARNIVAL!; leading one to believe that at the time she could have played any one of those roles onstage. Well, her Lili in CARNIVAL! would have been quite interesting to say the least.
I can see her as Lizzie in 110 in the Shade!! LOL!
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Well, more laundry to attend to (I did five loads yesterday) and more....yup, you guessed it! More packing!
A pleasant, relaxed Sunday to the rest of you.
I also have laundry to do. I'm watching the inaugural concert on HBO and up in my bedroom, I'm recording four episodes of "House MD" from my DVR to my DVD burner to make a DVD for a friend. Once the last episode is recorded, I can cut out all the commercials and burn the disc.
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So... Apparently I - and many others - have "Gourmand Syndrome" (http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/are-we-all-messed-up/).
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;D DR Jose. I might have the same condition. I have simply learned to control it over the years while you have not acquired the same skill yet. ;)
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DR Danise it will be very difficult to wait 2 weeks to hear how things are going.
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
What street's it on?
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My filmmaking partner Peter took his family to D.C. but I don't see them so far. :-)
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I can see her as Lizzie in 110 in the Shade!! LOL!
Speaking of Missy Ann-Margret, are any other DRs big fans of her work like me?
AFAIC, she's wonderful to watch even in such dreck as THE PLEASURE SEEKERS and KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
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And BUS RILEY'S BACK IN TOWN!
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Well, I just checked and I'm not getting anything free on HBO. Oh well.
I'm recording the Obama Inaugural Celebration. If you want a DVD (even with the screwed up sound...and it's not really that bad), I can send you one. :)
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Hmmmm...it's messsed up on both HD and SD..
It's fine here, maybe it's your provider or your set
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Hmmmm...it's messsed up on both HD and SD..
It's fine here, maybe it's your provider or your set
Although I'm just recording now, not watching, so maybe it's not as good as I think
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My filmmaking partner Peter took his family to D.C. but I don't see them so far. :-)
Keith's cousin is there. She is celebrating her birthday at the inauguration.
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Go Cardinals! I saw your post DR Kerry, but just realized they actually won
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I can see her as Lizzie in 110 in the Shade!! LOL!
Speaking of Missy Ann-Margret, are any other DRs big fans of her work like me?
AFAIC, she's wonderful to watch even in such dreck as THE PLEASURE SEEKERS and KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
I have always liked her, still there are things I won't watch. I wish her hubby hadn't had to retire.
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I can see her as Lizzie in 110 in the Shade!! LOL!
Speaking of Missy Ann-Margret, are any other DRs big fans of her work like me?
AFAIC, she's wonderful to watch even in such dreck as THE PLEASURE SEEKERS and KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
I thought she was very good in "52 Pickup." I loved "Bye, Bye, Birdie" just because it was fun and didn't know how much they'd changed the play. And it is still fun. As a kid, I liked her in "State Fair, " but it's almost embarassing to watch her in it now. "Viva Las Vegas" is the quintessential Ann Margaret film. I liked her in the made for TV movie with Julie Andrews too about her son dying of AIDS.
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Go Cardinals! I saw your post DR Kerry, but just realized they actually won
Oh the football game. I kept looking in the sky for birds!
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I felt the same way about STATE FAIR though I'm more luke-warm today. It really isn't her as much as the change in the character from the original version.
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And BUS RILEY'S BACK IN TOWN!
Especially BUS RILEY'S BACK IN TOWN!
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Go Cardinals! I saw your post DR Kerry, but just realized they actually won
Oh the football game. I kept looking in the sky for birds!
;D
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It's not the set, but could be the cable feed. The audio on the pre-recorded segments is also messed up so it doesn't seem to be the live feed. But as George mentioned, it's not too horrible, and some folks probably wouldn't notice. It looks fabulous (apart from the locked down extreme wide shot where the color balance is off.)
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I felt the same way about STATE FAIR though I'm more luke-warm today. It really isn't her as much as the change in the character from the original version.
Ah, but the "Isn't It Kinda Fun?" number does have to be seen to be believed! It was later revisited in its own way in VIVA LAS VEGAS' "Appreciation."
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Other birds, The Ravens, are playing football against the Steelers.
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Oh, and I liked Ann-Margaret in "The Cheap Detective" and in "Magic." I love "Pocketful of Miracles" but it has nothing to do with her. She's really pretty bad in that.
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I felt the same way about STATE FAIR though I'm more luke-warm today. It really isn't her as much as the change in the character from the original version.
Ah, but the "Isn't It Kinda Fun?" number does have to be seen to be believed! It was later revisited in its own way in VIVA LAS VEGAS' "Appreciation."
Yes, but "Isn't It Kinda Fun" in the original was charming, and AM's version is so crass and brash. Wonderfully tacky! She's kind of like Cheez-Whiz in that movie.
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I'm so glad they brought Marian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
DR George,I'd like a DVD, please.
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It's not the set, but could be the cable feed. The audio on the pre-recorded segments is also messed up so it doesn't seem to be the live feed. But as George mentioned, it's not too horrible, and some folks probably wouldn't notice. It looks fabulous (apart from the locked down extreme wide shot where the color balance is off.)
LOL maybe I'm just one of those people who doesn't notice ;)
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
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I'm so glad they brought Marian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
DR George,I'd like a DVD, please.
I liked that part, also. And I'll be happy to send you a DVD!
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
BTW I agree with you about Marian Anderson.
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I ate the chocolate cake, which was as good as it looked. I've started a French motion picture from France, but have also bee cleaning out some cabinets, which were piled with crap I didn't need and have now thrown away, thereby clearing up some much needed space - I can place tapes and CDs in these bathroom cabinets.
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Garth Brooks is on singing "American Pie" and all I can think of is:
My my, this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
;)
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My throat has been feeling weird all day, but I think it's allergy-related, at least I hope so. I am NOT getting sick and that's all there is to that.
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I've done the four little fixes and will run the newly-written stuff by Margaret later tonight.
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I ate the chocolate cake, which was as good as it looked. I've started a French motion picture from France, but have also bee cleaning out some cabinets, which were piled with crap I didn't need and have now thrown away, thereby clearing up some much needed space - I can place tapes and CDs in these bathroom cabinets.
How long does it take to clean a bee?
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DR Danise it will be very difficult to wait 2 weeks to hear how things are going.
Thanks, DR Jane. I'll miss you guys as well.
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Sorry that I'm popping in and out. I'm trying to do all of my laundry so I won't have to use Thelmas or go to a laundry mat.
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Garth Brooks is on singing "American Pie" and all I can think of is:
My my, this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
;)
I do the same thing. I love the Weird Al version.
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Danise, I envy you the remodeling. My house is about the same size as yours and I would love to add a bedroom or a loft or maybe a bathroom that a person could actually sqeeze in to.
I need to buy a lottery ticket.
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I just finished watching Alan Steel (aka Sergio Ciani) in HERCULES AND THE BLACK PIRATES.
Who knew that Hercules ever lived in Spain and was the son of a lowly fisherman.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/2189730514_d6b264bfb3.jpg?v=0)
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
Right, blame it on the keyboard ;D
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Vibes for DR DANISE!
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MR BK - if I want to send you something, should I use the address on the back of the TWISTED NERVE cd?
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Page Eleven Pancake Rabbit Dance
Just because we haven't seen him in a long while.
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Who knew that Hercules ever lived in Spain and was the son of a lowly fisherman.
Or that his tight pants caused him to become sterile?
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I just heard that Bob May, who played the LOST IN SPACE robot, has passed away.
(http://www.timemachinetoys.com/toypics/may.jpg)
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Oy. I am through my weekend from hell. I am exhausted.
Vibes and/or congratulations to those whose events/tribulations I've missed.
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Danise, I envy you the remodeling. My house is about the same size as yours and I would love to add a bedroom or a loft or maybe a bathroom that a person could actually sqeeze in to.
I need to buy a lottery ticket.
I've done that every week since my 30th birthday and have yet to win. :-\
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I just heard that Bob May, who played the LOST IN SPACE robot, has passed away.
(http://www.timemachinetoys.com/toypics/may.jpg)
So, who's the guy on the left? ;D
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I'm so glad they brought Marian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
DR George,I'd like a DVD, please.
Marian Anderson signing DEEP RIVER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7IG3CgW914
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Sorry that I'm popping in and out. I'm trying to do all of my laundry so I won't have to use Thelmas or go to a laundry mat.
Good idea.
Vibes to dear Thelma & her Bill.
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I'm so glad they brought Marian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
DR George,I'd like a DVD, please.
Marian Anderson signing DEEP RIVER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7IG3CgW914
She was deaf?
Do you want to blame your keyboard or your typing for singing? ;)
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Oh, I loved the robot! He scared the crap out of me when the show was 1st on.
I'm still in shock about Ricardo Montalban passing. He was one of my favorites.
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;D
I have my lousy vision to blame, and the awkwardness of my desk doesn't help.
Unlike you I will leave my error for all to see ;)
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
Right, blame it on the keyboard ;D
I blamed it on Jose.
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Glad you enjoyed the clip, DRs KERRY, JANE, and MBARNUM.....
"Hey, wait a minute. Don't anybody leave the room. I've lost my purse!"
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Oh SOMEBODY will PAY for those blankets and socks....somebody will PAY.
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;D
I have my lousy vision to blame, and the awkwardness of my desk doesn't help.
Unlike you I will leave my error for all to see ;)
That's what my Dad always says.
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Glad you enjoyed the clip, DRs KERRY, JANE, and MBARNUM.....
"Hey, wait a minute. Don't anybody leave the room. I've lost my purse!"
;D
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OK...Pete Seeger...I'm officially crying now.
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OK...Pete Seeger...I'm officially crying now.
Isn't he great? I must say that Renee Fleming needs a new arranger; what did that person do to "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
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I just heard that Bob May, who played the LOST IN SPACE robot, has passed away.
In November he lost everything in the California fires. :(
http://www.tmz.com/2008/11/20/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-is-homeless/
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;D
I have my lousy vision to blame, and the awkwardness of my desk doesn't help.
Unlike you I will leave my error for all to see ;)
Marian Anderson deserves more respect than to be immortalized as Martian.
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Is Leslie Uggams gonna sing "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" - it's her D.C. signature tune.
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The voice of the Robot, Dick Tufeld, is still alive and calling out “Danger, Will Robinson”. He can do so thanks to surgery which corrected a paralyzed vocal cord due to a tumor.
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Ann-Margret as THE SWINGER will show up on TCM on January 24......
No word on THE PLEASURE SEEKERS even though TCM now shows some Fox films.
I love Ann-Margret - but when she plays the Hot Box now, I am embarrassed....i.e. NEWSIES and GRUMPY OLD MEN and GRUMPIER OLD MEN...although Sophia Loren was a co-defendent in the latter.
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OK...Pete Seeger...I'm officially crying now.
Isn't he great? I must say that Renee Fleming needs a new arranger; what did that person do to "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
He looked fantastic, much healthier even than when we filmed him 10 years ago. He wasn't dressed very warmly compared to the others, and he trotted off stage like a gazelle! I would love a DVD George, just for that! Man, that made my night!
To go from being blacklisted in the 50's to this moment---wow!
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I know a number of people who feel that way. I do too. Now, if a woman ever gets elected...THAT will be a big WOW
We have to draw the line somewhere!
der Brucer
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;D
I have my lousy vision to blame, and the awkwardness of my desk doesn't help.
Unlike you I will leave my error for all to see ;)
Marian Anderson deserves more respect than to be immortalized as Martian.
True... ;D
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Gee and so cheep. I'll take 2. (Right! ;) )
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I also liked (but didn't love) the musical remake of THE AWFUL TRUTH with Ray Milland and Jane Wyman and Aldo Ray....
Jane Wyman was a pretty good singer and dancer - especially in JUST FOR YOU and HERE COMES THE GROOM with Bing Crosby.
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
What street's it on?
North Breiel Blvd., just north of Nelson Road. That's the big drawback - no street parking (except on the cross street) and having to back out of the driveway into three lanes of southbound traffic. Not heavy traffic, but traffic nonetheless.
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Page 12 Jane Wyman Dance. ;D
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OK...Pete Seeger...I'm officially crying now.
Isn't he great? I must say that Renee Fleming needs a new arranger; what did that person do to "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
He looked fantastic, much healthier even than when we filmed him 10 years ago. He wasn't dressed very warmly compared to the others, and he trotted off stage like a gazelle! I would love a DVD George, just for that! Man, that made my night!
To go from being blacklisted in the 50's to this moment---wow!
Okay, you're on the list. Anyone else want a DVD?
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
What street's it on?
North Breiel Blvd., just north of Nelson Road. That's the big drawback - no street parking (except on the cross street) and having to back out of the driveway into three lanes of southbound traffic. Not heavy traffic, but traffic nonetheless.
I wouldn't like that at all.
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I did like Beyoncé's jacket, though...
The Presidential Bash on NBC looks like fun. And since we seem to have free HBO today, I get to watch FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. Yay!
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OK...Pete Seeger...I'm officially crying now.
Isn't he great? I must say that Renee Fleming needs a new arranger; what did that person do to "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
He looked fantastic, much healthier even than when we filmed him 10 years ago. He wasn't dressed very warmly compared to the others, and he trotted off stage like a gazelle! I would love a DVD George, just for that! Man, that made my night!
To go from being blacklisted in the 50's to this moment---wow!
Okay, you're on the list. Anyone else want a DVD?
Thank you so much, George!
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OK...Pete Seeger...I'm officially crying now.
Isn't he great? I must say that Renee Fleming needs a new arranger; what did that person do to "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
He looked fantastic, much healthier even than when we filmed him 10 years ago. He wasn't dressed very warmly compared to the others, and he trotted off stage like a gazelle! I would love a DVD George, just for that! Man, that made my night!
DITTO, George, please!
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My Aunt Pauline had a beautiful 1962 Plymouth Fury 4-door hardtop in Powder Blue.
It had a push button transmission. She would just push the R Button.....lay on the horn.....and back out into traffic.....
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
What street's it on?
North Breiel Blvd., just north of Nelson Road. That's the big drawback - no street parking (except on the cross street) and having to back out of the driveway into three lanes of southbound traffic. Not heavy traffic, but traffic nonetheless.
I wouldn't like that at all.
DR Ginny, maybe you shouldn't look at it.
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After many years growing up in a multi story house.....it has been VERY nice to spend these many later years in a one story ranch style house.
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I wonder what our Guest is looking at?
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MR BK what a swell party that sounds like. The conversation must have been sparkling - what music was playing in the background?
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Jrand, yes, the Laurel Canyon address is good.
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I need to get back to learning lines.......... and watching football.
G'night!
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Is Leslie Uggams gonna sing "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" - it's her D.C. signature tune.
;D
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No music at the party - it was at a local pizza joint - I had two tiny slices, not really enough to eat for a whole day, but then again, I also had cake at home. Margaret was very happy with the additional paragraphs - she laughed out loud, so that's good.
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I did like Beyoncé's jacket, though...
The Presidential Bash on NBC looks like fun. And since we seem to have free HBO today, I get to watch FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. Yay!
The east coast feed of free HBO ended right after the concert. The west coast feed is available because the concert hasn't been shown yet. I'll record that as well...just to make sure.
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I did like Beyoncé's jacket, though...
The Presidential Bash on NBC looks like fun. And since we seem to have free HBO today, I get to watch FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. Yay!
The east coast feed of free HBO ended right after the concert. The west coast feed is available because the concert hasn't been shown yet. I'll record that as well...just to make sure.
Oh, dang. Well, I'll probably buy the new season when it's released on DVD. :-(
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Jrand, yes, the Laurel Canyon address is good.
Thanks. Of course I cannot post the package until Tuesday.
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I have proposed a play to my friend Bryan....for next season....or perhaps this summer. A part I would truly love to play.....we shall see.
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Speaking of Pete Seeger, an interesting thing my DH noticed while he was spending so much time at the hospital was that he kept hearing the song, Turn, Turn, Turn. He finally realized that they play it at the top of every hour, I guess so that the staff can keep track of their shifts. Must keep everyones' clocks synchronized!
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Time for bed, I reckon.
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Speaking of Pete Seeger, an interesting thing my DH noticed while he was spending so much time at the hospital was that he kept hearing the song, Turn, Turn, Turn. He finally realized that they play it at the top of every hour, I guess so that the staff can keep track of their shifts. Must keep everyones' clocks synchronized!
Interesting. ;D
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I was always very glad I did not live in the south. I feared I would not be brave enough to speak up.
It wasn't just the south, they were just more blatant about discrimination.
In Philadelphia, noted as "The First Free City" the blacks just knew to keep their place. They could shop in the downtown department stores (if they used the rear employee entrances). They could not use the fitting rooms and clothing they bought was non-returnable. They had their neighborhoods, stores, theatres churches. If one black family moved into an area, the whole block went up for fire sale.
I'll still never forget when Judge Hastings (ex-Governor of the Virgin Islands) bought a lovely 18th Century mansion on a full square block piece of property in our area. His family decide to attend our church. The first Sunday they were there my cousin-in-law saw them approach the rail for communion and stormed out of the church yelling "No cup that has touched black lips will ever touch mine." I'm sure Jesus was pleased.
der Brucer
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
Right, blame it on the keyboard ;D
I have a defective keyboard too. And dyslexic fingers1
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I'm so glad they brought Marian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
She must be long in the tooth - she gave a free recital to our high school assembly (her cousin was student).
der Brucer
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The time you thought at last would come at last has come. (a Bye Bye Birdie reference)
Here's the FISH!/Jeremy Piven/ZIP! parody video link. Please watch it and help the youtube numbers. :)
(Jose's friend Jim's company did the video work. Thanks Jose for that, and again for your helpful advice the other night before we recorded.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wFvpx3q6vI
If you can, select the HIGH QUALITY mode on youtube.
Thanks for watching if you have time! (It's about five minutes.)
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I'm so glad they brought Martian Anderson up and included part of the broadcast. It's a good education for a lot of folk who never heard of her.
I assume you mean Marian and not a Martian
Goddam keyboard.
Right, blame it on the keyboard ;D
Blame it on the Bossa Nova!
der Brucer
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I just heard that Bob May, who played the LOST IN SPACE robot, has passed away.
(http://www.timemachinetoys.com/toypics/may.jpg)
What would life have been without "Danger, Will Robinson"?!?!?!?!?!!!?
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I just heard that Bob May, who played the LOST IN SPACE robot, has passed away.
(http://www.timemachinetoys.com/toypics/may.jpg)
What would life have been without "Danger, Will Robinson"?!?!?!?!?!!!?
Probably over for Will Robinson.
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Thirteen pages on a Sunday - very nice indeed.
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I'm not going to finish the French motion picture because the American DVD seems to be shorn of about thirty-five minutes of its original running time.
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I also liked (but didn't love) the musical remake of THE AWFUL TRUTH with Ray Milland and Jane Wyman and Aldo Ray....
Jane Wyman was a pretty good singer and dancer - especially in JUST FOR YOU and HERE COMES THE GROOM with Bing Crosby.
And she started out as a perky blonde. She released a few 45's in the 50's. Or she relased a few 50's in the 45's.
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Maybe I'll watch a Smothers Brothers show. My throat is really bugging me, but I shall NOT get sick. Maybe I'll run out and get some chicken soup.
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Glad you enjoyed the clip, DRs KERRY, JANE, and MBARNUM.....
"Hey, wait a minute. Don't anybody leave the room. I've lost my purse!"
It's her subtlety with the non-use of the wind machine that really cracks me up.
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I was always very glad I did not live in the south. I feared I would not be brave enough to speak up.
It wasn't just the south, they were just more blatant about discrimination.
In Philadelphia, noted as "The First Free City" the blacks just knew to keep their place. They could shop in the downtown department stores (if they used the rear employee entrances). They could not use the fitting rooms and clothing they bought was non-returnable. They had their neighborhoods, stores, theatres churches. If one black family moved into an area, the whole block went up for fire sale.
I'll still never forget when Judge Hastings (ex-Governor of the Virgin Islands) bought a lovely 18th Century mansion on a full square block piece of property in our area. His family decide to attend our church. The first Sunday they were there my cousin-in-law saw them approach the rail for communion and stormed out of the church yelling "No cup that has touched black lips will ever touch mine." I'm sure Jesus was pleased.
der Brucer
See Randy Newman's song "Rednecks". It describes what Der B has written perfectly. Being from Ohio but spending most of my life in The South, (especially moving to a racially tense New Orleans from a small white farming town in 1959 at the beginning of school integration!) I can vow that the South did not have a corner on the racism market. It existed everywhere, but just in different ways.
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Glad you enjoyed the clip, DRs KERRY, JANE, and MBARNUM.....
"Hey, wait a minute. Don't anybody leave the room. I've lost my purse!"
It's her subtlety with the non-use of the wind machine that really cracks me up.
That is also funny :)
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Nice video, DR FJL! :)
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
What street's it on?
North Breiel Blvd., just north of Nelson Road. That's the big drawback - no street parking (except on the cross street) and having to back out of the driveway into three lanes of southbound traffic. Not heavy traffic, but traffic nonetheless.
I wouldn't like that at all.
DR Ginny, maybe you shouldn't look at it.
I suspect that's the reason it hasn't sold. Well, that and the fact that the economy tanked about the time it went up for sale.
I think we really do want to look at it with our likely realtor, a very good friend of my late mother-in-law, but close to our age. Even if we don't pursue that particular house, we'd like her to know what our ideal looks like.
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The time you thought at last would come at last has come. (a Bye Bye Birdie reference)
Here's the FISH!/Jeremy Piven/ZIP! parody video link. Please watch it and help the youtube numbers. :)
(Jose's friend Jim's company did the video work. Thanks Jose for that, and again for your helpful advice the other night before we recorded.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wFvpx3q6vI
If you can, select the HIGH QUALITY mode on youtube.
Thanks for watching if you have time! (It's about five minutes.)
Very clever. You're nuts, you know that don't you? We're all nuts-- that's why we get along so well.
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Kerry - If my doing a 9-minute video about the bailouts, parodying Helen Reddy songs, didn't convince you I was nuts, what is it about this one? :)
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I did not know such overt racism existed in Philadelphia. By the time we moved to the area, around 1983, it had improved drastically. It still had a long way to go......
We lived about 45 minutes outside of the city. Of all the places we have lived I found that to be the most prejudice area of all. Actually it was the only place we lived that was outspoken about their feelings. When we moved from there I did something I never considered before, I made sure there was a fairly decent Jewish population in the school district.
Attitudes were changing by the time we left & I'm sure they have continued to do so.
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DR Ginny are you seriously looking or just looking to see what's out there (at houses, that is)
I'm wondering the same thing. You sort of left us dangling there ;)
Sorry, DRs Cillaliz and Jane and anyone else who's wondering. Richard and I have been talking for a year or so about how nice it would be to have a one-story house with the laundry not in the basement. We've been going to open houses once in a while, just to get an idea of what we like and what we don't. Today, he was grossed out by the fact that, in the master suite, you had to go through the bathroom to get to the huge walk-in closet. Seemed pretty impractical to me. No wonder they haven't been able to sell that house since it was built on spec.
The day that Hurricane Ike hit (Sept. 13) we stopped at an open house on the way home from church and took a quick look at a house just after the power had gone off. It was as close to perfection for me as we'll come (except for the location, but you can't have everything). When we passed it today, with the sign still out front, I said that to Richard and he said, "I thought you didn't like it." Think we might make an appointment to go have another look, with the lights on and our lines of communication open.
What street's it on?
North Breiel Blvd., just north of Nelson Road. That's the big drawback - no street parking (except on the cross street) and having to back out of the driveway into three lanes of southbound traffic. Not heavy traffic, but traffic nonetheless.
I wouldn't like that at all.
DR Ginny, maybe you shouldn't look at it.
I suspect that's the reason it hasn't sold. Well, that and the fact that the economy tanked about the time it went up for sale.
I think we really do want to look at it with our likely realtor, a very good friend of my late mother-in-law, but close to our age. Even if we don't pursue that particular house, we'd like her to know what our ideal looks like.
Ginny, most houses in Phoenix are one story. After having had two broken ankles, I wouldn't live in a multi-story house. When I have stayed in multi-storied houses whatever i have needed was another floor. At one time we had a house that had a sunken bedrooom and a sunken living room due to the placement of air returns. It was a little 800 sq. ft. gem. At one point I had dislocated my knee and had to use crutches for about 10 days. You couldn't go anywhere in that house without walking up or down two steps. Later our dog had hip dysplasia, and I fully understood her difficulties! Since then, it's been one level for me. And just in time to break my ankles!
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Unless of course, you could be like Cathleen Nesbitt in "The Farmer's Daughter" and have a chair elevator along the stairs!
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What street's it on?
North Breiel Blvd., just north of Nelson Road. That's the big drawback - no street parking (except on the cross street) and having to back out of the driveway into three lanes of southbound traffic. Not heavy traffic, but traffic nonetheless.
I wouldn't like that at all.
DR Ginny, maybe you shouldn't look at it.
I suspect that's the reason it hasn't sold. Well, that and the fact that the economy tanked about the time it went up for sale.
I think we really do want to look at it with our likely realtor, a very good friend of my late mother-in-law, but close to our age. Even if we don't pursue that particular house, we'd like her to know what our ideal looks like.
Having your realtor know your ideal house helps ;D
I attempted to reduce some of these quotes to shorten this post. It didn't really work.
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Besides the best time to look at houses is when you don't really need to move. You've got nothing to lose that way!
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Having your realtor know your ideal house helps ;D
I attempted to reduce some of these quotes to shorten this post. It didn't really work.
IS that better
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Besides the best time to look at houses is when you don't really need to move. You've got nothing to lose that way!
It would be really fun to see you on House Hunters! I think I watch too much HGTV
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Kerry - If my doing a 9-minute video about the bailouts, parodying Helen Reddy songs, didn't convince you I was nuts, what is it about this one? :)
Oh, I knew you were nuts then too. You forget-- we were with you on New Year's Eve!!!
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Unless of course, you could be like Cathleen Nesbitt in "The Farmer's Daughter" and have a chair elevator along the stairs!
That is what our realtor here kept saying every time we looked at a two story home, and since most of the homes we liked were two levels the topic came up on a regular basis.
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Having your realtor know your ideal house helps ;D
I attempted to reduce some of these quotes to shorten this post. It didn't really work.
IS that better
YES! Most times I try it I end up with open quotes.
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Keith is waiting for me to watch something.
'night
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I keep telling Richard that there are some really nice ranch houses in the retirement community where my mom lives and in the one where his mother lived. He says he could probably tolerate living there, but he thinks I'd go nuts. He's probably right.
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Besides the best time to look at houses is when you don't really need to move. You've got nothing to lose that way!
It would be really fun to see you on House Hunters! I think I watch too much HGTV
The last house I lived in with MusicGuy was a really great house in a great neighborhood. We had just finished remodeling the kitchen in our existing house (about 4 blocks away) and were not looking to move. But we saw this house and its huge yard when out for a walk. So making an offer on the new house was OK. If it went through, fine. If it didn't, the house we lived in was becoming exactly what i wanted it to be. So there were no worries. So as it turned out, we made an offer on this 1949 house that had a lot of land in a good neighborhood but needed a lot of work. A sign was put on our old house house on Saturday; it was shown once on Sunday, and the offer came in Monday. A far cry from about 20 years before when we really needed to sell the house and it sat on the market for over a year. That's why i say do it when you have nothing to lose.
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Having your realtor know your ideal house helps ;D
I attempted to reduce some of these quotes to shorten this post. It didn't really work.
IS that better
YES! Most times I try it I end up with open quotes.
The last quote has the top line so you need to delete everything in between....if that makes any sense at all
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Steelers are going to the Super Bowl. :)
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Well you don't have to live in a retirement community either, but I have friends in Milwaukee who have a beautiful 1903 three story house PLUS basement, and their health and age are not what they once were, and it's too many flights of stairs.
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Steelers are going to the Super Bowl. :)
Will they be playing against the Red Birds?
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I keep telling Richard that there are some really nice ranch houses in the retirement community where my mom lives and in the one where his mother lived. He says he could probably tolerate living there, but he thinks I'd go nuts. He's probably right.
It doesn't hurt to look now. If you find the house you really really love, you may decide it's time to move, if you don't you can just keep looking.
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Steelers are going to the Super Bowl. :)
Will they be playing against the Red Birds?
Since it's down to the last two teams...my guess is yes ;)
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Keith is waiting for me to watch something.
'night
Night, Jane!
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Steelers are going to the Super Bowl. :)
Will they be playing against the Red Birds?
Yes, but after beating up Ravens, Cardinals should be a snap.
der Brucer
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Hmmm... what happened New Year's Eve? :)
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Oh that. Well, I haven't given up on the "colander guy" parody yet. :)
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Well, folks, I guess I'd better sign off. I don't know when I'll be back so you all take care and I'll talk with you soon.
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I love Shauna Hicks!
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Drat! I just missed Danise
~~~~VIBES that her house renovation is quick and inexpensive~~~~~
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It snowed here this morning.
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It stopped this afternoon.
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The snow has started again this evening.
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That is all.
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I probably won't be around much this next week - so VIBES to all what needs 'em
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Charlotte was in the City this weekend for an audition for the Virginia Shakespeare Festival; she got a callback for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the play in which I made my acting debut, and, no, it was not in the original production.
I just finished Victor Spinetti's bio and I urge you all to run out and find a copy, if only for the fantastic story of his time in the army when he nearly became the barracks slut and Terence Rattigan's reaction. It's too rude to post here so read the book!
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The snow has started again this evening.
Are you visiting Portland?
der Brucer
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Hang in there this week and come back when you "can."
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Snowing here in SW Ohio, too, so maybe my breakfast meeting tomorrow will be postponed.
'night!
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That is all.
You're just awhirl wih the weather!
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Everybody be good, and be careful.
Hugs!
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I had lots of fun stuff to watch tonight.
I began by finishing the season finale episode from NCIS' third season. Left me teary-eyed which is really silly since I saw (and reviewed) season four and know exactly how it all turned out. What appeared to be the end of an era wasn't at all.
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I watched eight more episodes of CHEERS. Some enjoyable guest stars including the wonderful Roger Rees. Another featured Dan Hedaya as Carla's father. Very funny performance.
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So I have 13 more episodes of CHEERS in the set. I will try to get them watched tomorrow, but we'll see. No real rush since the set doesn't come out until January 27th.
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I thought DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES had the BEST episode I've seen in years. Beau Bridges will undoubtedly get an Emmy nomination as guest actor for this show, and it gave every one of the ladies marvelous opportunities interacting with him. How great to see Steven Culp back as Rex and Brenda Strong get to play Mary Alice once again.
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BROTHERS & SISTERS. An OK episode, but could they telegraph the romantic interests any more obviously? What do you want to bet that Justin gets involved with that new sponsee. Or that Rebecca gets involved with Sarah's blonde partner? SO obvious.
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I saw that THE MENTALIST started 20+ minutes late, so I set the DVR to record the next two programs after the scheduled end of THE MENTALIST just to make sure I got the entire episode.
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OK... I just caught up on the part of today's Inaugural Concert that I missed earlier: The National Anthem. Hmmm... Spoo? Brave- Braaaaaaaave -And talk about a weird arrangement.
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Charlotte was in the City this weekend for an audition for the Virginia Shakespeare Festival; she got a callback for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the play in which I made my acting debut, and, no, it was not in the original production.
The FIRST revival?
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I saw that THE MENTALIST started 20+ minutes late, so I set the DVR to record the next two programs after the scheduled end of THE MENTALIST just to make sure I got the entire episode.
Good thing you did - it ran more than 30 minutes over, and the last scene is a cute one.
der Brucer
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VIBES TO VIXMOM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I saw that THE MENTALIST started 20+ minutes late, so I set the DVR to record the next two programs after the scheduled end of THE MENTALIST just to make sure I got the entire episode.
Good thing you did - it ran more than 30 minutes over, and the last scene is a cute one.
der Brucer
Having wrestled with this problem back when I used to watch COLD CASE, I'm an old hand at it now!
But thanks for the info.
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I'm going to head downstairs to bed now.
Good night!
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Page Fifteen Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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I have one thing to say tonight:
WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I saw that THE MENTALIST started 20+ minutes late, so I set the DVR to record the next two programs after the scheduled end of THE MENTALIST just to make sure I got the entire episode.
Good thing you did - it ran more than 30 minutes over, and the last scene is a cute one.
der Brucer
Having wrestled with this problem back when I used to watch COLD CASE, I'm an old hand at it now!
But thanks for the info.
It helps with the timing if you also watch the football game :) (Which ran over because of a serious player injury.)
der Brucer
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Today's meetings went from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. My brain is tired.
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Thanks for the critter photos, derBrucer.
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Time to go to sleep. I need to be at work early in the morning
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Thanks for the critter photos, derBrucer.
But I have no cute cats! (It's probably too cold for the big white guy to visit.)
der Brucer
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Today's meetings went from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. My brain is tired.
Well, did you get all that?
der Brucer
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Today's meetings went from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. My brain is tired.
Well, did you get all that?
der Brucer
Get what? I was watching the updates on Yahoo Sports.
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I thought DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES had the BEST episode I've seen in years. Beau Bridges will undoubtedly get an Emmy nomination as guest actor for this show, and it gave every one of the ladies marvelous opportunities interacting with him. How great to see Steven Culp back as Rex and Brenda Strong get to play Mary Alice once again.
I have to record this. I haven't watch last week's episode of both "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers and Sisters." I'm watching last week's "B&S" right now so that I can watch tonight's "B&S" live. I'll watch the two episodes of "DH" later.
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Today's meetings went from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. My brain is tired.
Well, did you get all that?
der Brucer
Get what? I was watching the updates on Yahoo Sports.
Whatever the Board Chair asked for.
der Brucer
When asked the question, "What would Jesus do?", who replies by holding an 11 hour board meeting?
der Brucer
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Today was the consultant. Tomorrow, too.
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I went and got some chicken soup from the deli. It was good. I've eaten too much today and didn't run, but I'll be back on track tomorrow. Watched an hour-long show on DVD and am just relaxing and playing CDs.
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What HAVE I eaten? Let's see - two really slim pieces of pepperoni pizza. One not huge slice of chocolate cake. Two small biscottis (or one regular sized), one package of Fruity Snacks, one bowl of chicken soup, the end.