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Well, you've read the notes, you know about my new obsession, and now it is time for you to post until the obsessed cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: CALQUE!
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We've got us six count them six late-night dear readers here.
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I have never heard of chocolate Skittles. I don't usually care for the fruit-flavored ones, but I think I'll have to try the chocolate Skittles. :D
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Is "Gambit" a caper film? If it is, I'd pick that...since it's the first movie that I can think of.
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Is "Gambit" a caper film? If it is, I'd pick that...since it's the first movie that I can think of.
According to IMDb: MICHAEL CAINE was hot after appearing in THE IPCRESS FILE and SHIRLEY MacLAINE grabbed him for her leading man in GAMBIT. It's a highly entertaining and very clever crime caper and is Caine's first American film....
It's a caper film. :)
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Is "Gambit" a caper film? If it is, I'd pick that...since it's the first movie that I can think of.
According to IMDb: MICHAEL CAINE was hot after appearing in THE IPCRESS FILE and SHIRLEY MacLAINE grabbed him for her leading man in GAMBIT. It's a highly entertaining and very clever crime caper and is Caine's first American film....
It's a caper film. :)
I'll leave it to DAW to post a picture of a caper.
der Brucer
Then, again...
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefbWjzxKsBcApAajzbkF/SIG=11si63qoi/EXP=1245569366/**http%3A//img.recipezaar.com/library/13.jpg)
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I'll leave it to DAW to post a picture of a caper.
Don't imagine that I didn't think of doing so!! :)
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Instead, I'll just post this:
(http://dontgosouth.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/obsession1.jpg)
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DR td re-posted this clip of Dorothy Loudon singing "Fifty Percent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUdWPsRjtw) over at Facebook. It seems that the Tonys have have ongoing sound problems for years. :-\ But that doesn't detract too much from her fabulous performance.
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(http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/snapshotbruno.jpg)
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I'm feeling much better this morning. I still have a cough but I'm breathing easier and my head and chest is clearer.
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Great pictures Jane. You got to go to some exciting places. I hope Anthony and I will get there some day soon (or at leas on our 40th)
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It depends on your defenition of way downtown ;) Since I'm considered to be downtown as well, J and R is farther down than me.
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I have to go to the Post Office this morning and mail a package to Wales. It looks like the rain may return to New York. There was no rain that I could see yesterday (of course I slept most of the day) and later in the day the sun even peeked out.
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Glad you are feeling somewhat better, DR Ben!! :)
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Anthony went to the Library earlier in the week and took out a few DVDs, one of which, Sabrina, we had never seen. It seems our Library may be trading in the gray market arena. Not that I'm going to turn them in, what with budget cuts and theft and other problems, it's difficult enough to keep the library running. Sabrina came from China. All references to Paramount were gone. There were no extras. All the menus were in Chinese and when you looked closely at the back of the DVD case it said that in very small print. The movie was in English. There was nothing but the movie, no FBI warning, no closing credits, no extras, etc.
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DAW was here but he's gone.
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And now so am I.
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I must run the virus scans.
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DR DAW that is a most disturbing photograph.
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DR SAM - I ordered the DVD of GOD'S LITTLE ACRE from an Amazon seller for about $11 plus shipping.
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TOD:
$ a movie with Goldie Hawn and Warren Beatty
Who's Minding the Mnt? with Jim Hutton and Dorothy Provine
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Cough-be-gone vibes to Ben
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And now I am off to work. Oh well. At least I got to see Miss Allison's house.
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Jrand - is 37000 really that close?
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Allison Wonderland - that's a drag-queen name, isn't it?
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And the word of the day is: CALQUE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: DARLING JE VOUS AIME BEAUCOUP
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Caper Films
The Hot Rock (Not everyone's cup of tea)
How To Steal A Million (I can watch this one over and over again)
Topaki (sp?) (Haven't seen this in years is it on DVD?)
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THE CAPER FILM
Etymology
The verb to caper means to leap in a frolicsome way and probably derives from capriole,which derives from the Latin for goat (note: Capra (genus)). The noun caper, means a frolicsome leap, a capricious escapade or an illegal or questionable act.
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THE CAPER FILM PART 2
Early examples of films which elaborately depict a heist are the three screen versions of the play Alias Jimmy Valentine, the first two made in the silent era (1915 and 1920).
hroughout the 1930's, thievery and scams were present in such films as Raffles, Outside the Law and Ninotchka.
The classical Film noir period of the 1940s and 1950s brought the genre to fame, by focusing more explicitely on the heists themselves, with such films as John Huston's Asphalt Jungle of 1950, Jules Dassin's Rififi of 1955, Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le flambeur of 1956, or Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, also of 1956.
Even to contemporary Hollywood, the genre still remains promising, as the 2001 and 2003 remakes of Ocean's Eleven and The Italian Job show.
Examples of the variety of directions the heist film can take would include the comedy heist film such as Topkapi, the western heist film such as The War Wagon, the war/heist film such as Kelly's Heroes and numerous spy movies and television programs which had heist-like plots, most notably Mission: Impossible and It Takes a Thief.
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CAPER FILMS
Here are some more films I like
The Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen (another film I can watch over and over)
Kelly's Heroes
Usual Suspects
Entrapment
Anderson Tapes
Die Hard
The Italian job (Original)
and a couple of films I am not sure people even know about
The Silent Partner (Christopher Plummer and Elliot Gould)
The Spanish Prisoner Davis Mamet (Steve Martin)
Are the Pink Panther movies considered caper films? They robberies are usually a small part of the plot. (The get the main story going)
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here is a list of Caper films.
Many I have never heard about and wouldn't consider them caper films (Pink Panther films are listed here)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Heist_films (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Heist_films)
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Is "Gambit" a caper film? If it is, I'd pick that...since it's the first movie that I can think of.
According to IMDb: MICHAEL CAINE was hot after appearing in THE IPCRESS FILE and SHIRLEY MacLAINE grabbed him for her leading man in GAMBIT. It's a highly entertaining and very clever crime caper and is Caine's first American film....
It's a caper film. :)
I'll leave it to DAW to post a picture of a caper.
der Brucer
Then, again...
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefbWjzxKsBcApAajzbkF/SIG=11si63qoi/EXP=1245569366/**http%3A//img.recipezaar.com/library/13.jpg)
Clearly, with capers like these, any caper flick would also be a budding romance.
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(http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/snapshotbruno.jpg)
And the toreodores are going to cut off his what?
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Caper Films
The Hot Rock (Not everyone's cup of tea)
How To Steal A Million (I can watch this one over and over again)
Topaki (sp?) (Haven't seen this in years is it on DVD?)
Yes, TOPKAPI is on DVD; I have it.
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Is "Gambit" a caper film? If it is, I'd pick that...since it's the first movie that I can think of.
Most definitely it is, and with some stunning twists along the way. It's one of my favorites.
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Good morning!
Not very cool this morning, so the house stays closed up all day today, and I suspect it will for the foreseeable future now that summer is upon us.
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Favorite caper movies:
RIFIFI
THE STING
GAMBIT
THE SCORE
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On TV TOnight!™
CBS - HARPER'S ISLAND, 48 HOURS MYSTERY
NBC - KINGS
ABC - ELI STONE
FOX - AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
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Caper Films
The Hot Rock (Not everyone's cup of tea)
How To Steal A Million (I can watch this one over and over again)
Topaki (sp?) (Haven't seen this in years is it on DVD?)
Topkapi. Wonderful film. Great score by Manos Hatzidakis
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My work project today is on the easy side; I'll be rewatching LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD only this time on Blu-ray. With all the bonus features already viewed (just have to check to see if the resolution is HD or SD), I just have to watch the movie itself again to ascertain the video and audio quality and then tweak the DVD review with these updates.
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Good morning, all! I've been awake for some puttering about the apartment. I had my oatmeal and coffee, I played at tge computer, and I listened to the new Ohio Light Opera recording of THE CABARET GIRL; I wish they were better. Listening to John McGlinn's Library of Congress concert of THE CITY CHAP with a solid orchestra and good Broadway singers, like George Dvorsky, Judy Kaye, and Jeanne Lehman, and then hearing the Ohio Light Opera is like going from heaven to hell: scrappy orchestra, too many student singers with little personality and worse acting chops.
Today, NYPL and my gospel chart.
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Today we are going to see the tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Today we are going to see the tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I did not enjoy the show when I saw it on Broadway. I hope you have a better time.
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Now I'm going to pay a bill or two and then head downstairs to check the mail and think about getting something started cooking for lunch.
WBBL.
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Today we are going to see the tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I did not enjoy the show when I saw it on Broadway. I hope you have a better time.
That's disappointing. Much of this season was disappointing.
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I am working on the church newsletter. Vacation Bible School is coming up. One of the things on the "Items Needed" list is a live chicken.
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It is thundering here in Rehoboth.
And it is raining here in Rehoboth.
Der Brucer will have to drive me to work today.
In Rehoboth.
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It is sunny here in Phoenix.
It is a very blue sky day here in Phoenix.
I get to go to the theater today.
In Phoenix.
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Workies.
(Laura - :D)
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It is lovely here inside my head.
There are many voices here inside my head.
They will tell me what to do today.
Here inside my head.
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:)
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Good Morning. I have to drive to Prescott today for my sister's wedding and see all the family. :-\
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... Oh, and I guess it's just after noon here on the East Coast, so...
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Have fun at the wedding, DR Kerry.
I love weddings!! :D
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Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up.... -Much better.
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Have fun at the wedding, DR Kerry.
I love weddings!! :D
Any excuse to wear a veil made out of lace...
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I'm not even sure if that made sense.
But then again...
Well...
That's how I roll.
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DR Ben - Glad to hear that you're feeling better. Continue to do so.
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And the word of the day is: CALQUE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: DARLING JE VOUS AIME BEAUCOUP
You watch your phraseology, DR ArnoldMBrockman!
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PAGE THREE CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG DANCE!!!
(http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/Specials/25-Days-of-Christmas/Schedule/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang_large.jpg)
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Hmmm... It looks like they got stuck in reverse.
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I'm up. I slept until the doorbell rang - no workers this morning - heaven.
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Good caper choices. I wonder if Bronislau Kaper ever scored a caper film?
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I wonder if I should go do the long jog - it looks dreary outside.
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If anyone wants a free pair of third-row tickets to THE WIZ and can get over here to pick up the tickets and then get to City center to see the show at 2, they're very welcome to the tickets.
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From Jose:
DR Jane - Lovely photos! -And did you sing or hum, "Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen" as you made your way through the gardens?
Thanks. We were disappointed how few gardens were at the gardens. Even if I could sing I doubt I would have. ;D
The best garden was through a kiddie car ride. I teased Keith for wanting to go on it & then insisted we go again before we left.
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DR Sam I hope you slept well & slept late.
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DRs Kerry & George, thank you.
Thank you DR Ben. I’m glad you are feeling somewhat better. Vibes you continue to quickly improve.
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If anyone wants a free pair of third-row tickets to THE WIZ and can get over here to pick up the tickets and then get to City center to see the show at 2, they're very welcome to the tickets.
Gee, even if I was across the hall from you, Fred, I think I would have to pass on that offer.
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I'm having a volatile and amusing correspondence (via eBay) with an idiot seller who's listing a first edition, first printing of Exodus. He's got photos of the jacket and the copyright page - no price on the jacket and no statement of first edition in his photos, hence he is selling a book club edition, which is worth about ten cents rather than the sixty bucks he's trying to rook someone out of. I wrote him and told him, and he sent me an offensive response. I then wrote him back and told him I was reporting his fraudulent and now willfully wrong listing to eBay, which I then did. I have a copy of the first edition and I gave him all the points. Then he wrote me an even more offensive response, told me I was a coward for hiding behind e-mail (oh, will he find out how incorrect THAT is), and then said if I had anything further to say I should call him on his cell - and then gave me that number. :) If it's real, he will be getting a call later this afternoon and it shall be ever so much fun.
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That's how I roll.
That's how you roll, or that's how you troll?? ;)
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If anyone wants a free pair of third-row tickets to THE WIZ and can get over here to pick up the tickets and then get to City center to see the show at 2, they're very welcome to the tickets.
-See you in a little while.... Thanks, Fred!
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Oh...
Laters...
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It looks like they got stuck in reverse.
Yes. The new board software seems to only offer the one option. :(
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TCB - If you lived across the hall from me, I'd be in Washington enjoying better weather.
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That made no sense.
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From a book I'm reading:
While at the University of California, Santa Barbara, James Welch was asked to demonstrate the Flentrop pipe organ for a big music appreciation class. Welch: "I played some Bach for them, and when I started, a young woman behind me said, quite audibly, "Look! He's playing music by hand!" I guess it had never occurred to her that music could come out of anything other than loud-speakers, and was produced somehow mysteriously."
I guess it is true. A few weeks ago, on Pentecost Sunday, the other three male section leaders and I sang the plainsong chant "Veni Creator Spiritus" from the balcony, unaccompanied, behind the congregation. Apparently someone asked one of the ushers if it was a recording. :-\
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I'm not even sure if that made sense.
That made no sense.
That's the best kind of post!! :D
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TCB - If you lived across the hall from me, I'd be in Washington enjoying better weather.
If you lived across the hall it would be about 72 degrees this afternoon and mostly sunny.
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TCB - If you lived across the hall from me, I'd be in Washington enjoying better weather.
If you lived across the hall it would be about 72 degrees this afternoon and mostly sunny.
And you could help me look for the other disk to SCROOGE!
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Does anyone else have a copy that you can get it from?
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Saturday afternoon greetings! Had my hair cut this morning and have been running errands ever since. Now I'm glad to be back home in the air-conditioning. It's still hot here in SW Ohio, but not as humid as yesterday.
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Caper Films
Topaki (sp?) (Haven't seen this in years is it on DVD?)
What a coinkydink! I just recorded this on TCM a couple of days ago.
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And things just get worse and worse for Ohio libraries:
State budget cuts could close some libraries (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=99480311827&h=hQlQ6&u=qEKD5&ref=nf)
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DR td re-posted this clip of Dorothy Loudon singing "Fifty Percent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUdWPsRjtw) over at Facebook. It seems that the Tonys have have ongoing sound problems for years. :-\ But that doesn't detract too much from her fabulous performance.
And HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2zJNUhWi8) she is 20 years later, singing it on "My Favorite Broadway: the Leading Ladies." ;D
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Listening to a Dick Contino LP and contemplating
my navel doing some house work.
But first I think I will shop at Ebay.
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I must now get myself to work. I need to make up a few hours (as usual). Tonight, we're having a cue-to-cue tech rehearsal. Hopefully, we'll most likely be able to skip all the long speeches and go through the show quickly. ;)
Have a good day, all!
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But before I go...
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PAGE FOUR DANCE!! ;D
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Dropping by for a mo to say hi.
BK, I mentioned SAAWARIYA a long time ago, and if you want a quick laugh, play the BD with the various soundtrack and subtitles options. One of them is a lady reading the English subtitles. Very strange.
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I just had a nice long telephone conversation with my sister. Her last chemo treatment was yesterday. She feels fine today. The sick feelings will come probably tomorrow and last a week.
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I am so sick of this lousy weather! I did my walk. went to NYPL and the pharmacy, then waited 25 minutes for a bus, which is pathetic. Of course, when it arrived, it was packed, with a lot of parents and free-riding kids in seats while us old coots who have to pay for the ride stand. Fuckem.
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Vibes to your sister, DR Laura!
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Hello, everyone.
I have nothing to report.
That is all.
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***HEALTH VIBES***
for the DS of Laura DR!!!!!
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Back from various and sundried errands. I listened to the new West Side Story album - terrible. Everything I hate about poor recording and mixing - voices too low, too dry, too ugly-sounding - orchestra sounding like they're in one space while the voices sound like they're down the hall in a tiny dead room. So, I took out the B'way cast album and though it was recorded in the late 1950s it blows the new one out of the water in every possible way - probably because the original had a real producer, Goddard Lieberson, and not a poseur calling himself a producer. Horrible. Dialogue spoken as if they were doing an intimate radio drama - you can barely hear it - you can barely hear the finger snaps in the Prologue - HELLO - this is WEST SIDE STORY.
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I just had a nice long telephone conversation with my sister. Her last chemo treatment was yesterday. She feels fine today. The sick feelings will come probably tomorrow and last a week.
Good news the chemo is done with & I hope she isn't sick for long with this last round.
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It is a cool 56 degrees here.
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Healthy Vibes to Dear Laura's sister!!!
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It's a chilly and rainy day in Manhattan.
I'm glad Jose got to use the tickets for The Wiz. If we had been feeling better (Anthony is a bit under the weather also), I would have grabbed them. I've only seen the movie and I am not a fan of that particular stage to screen transfer.
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I've been feeling better as the day goes on. We will continue watching another episode or two of The Forstye Saga. We watched one episode last night but I had to stop after one because I was too tired to watch for another hour. I feel as if I can get through at least two episodes tonight after dinner.
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Ginny, regarding library budget cutbacks, when we were at the NY Public Library last week during Anthony's birthday we ran into the new Internet situation. It used to be if a terminal was open you could log in and stay as long as no one needed it. Now you need a library card and you must enter your number along with a pin and you are limited to 45 minutes for the entire day!. The librarian said people were coming in (especially homeless people and kids) and monopolizing the terminals. They started the log in and they may cut out free internet completely to save money. It's sad!
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Wow, DR Ben, those ARE stringent Internet policies! Unfortunately, Ohio has always been the envy of the other 49 states when it comes to public library funding. That seems to be in dire peril right now - I'm so glad I retired!
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I'm baking coffee cakes for the social hour after church tomorrow and our house smells g-o-o-d!
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Our Salem library limit on their computers is 1 hour, as I recall.
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My house now smells clean and fresh, which is more then I can say for myself. Off to the showers.
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I'm baking coffee cakes for the social hour after church tomorrow and our house smells g-o-o-d!
How didyou like BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S? Did I miss your comments?
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My house now smells clean and fresh, which is more then I can say for myself. Off to the showers.
Need someone to scratch your back? :o
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I'm baking coffee cakes for the social hour after church tomorrow and our house smells g-o-o-d!
How didyou like BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S? Did I miss your comments?
Breakfast at Tiffany's with coffee cakes sounds like a treat to me!
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Hmmm... It looks like they got stuck in reverse.
Too bad that's not the only problem the musical had.
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I'm baking coffee cakes for the social hour after church tomorrow and our house smells g-o-o-d!
How didyou like BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S? Did I miss your comments?
I was surprised that Richard watched the whole movie with me. Of course, I loved the NYC setting and the sweet story. We noticed that people sure smoked a lot back then and that everyone was so dressed up all the time.
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Now, that was NOT fun.
We just had a momentary power outage. It's so hot here I'm guessing circuits got overloaded with lots of people running air conditioners for the first time this year.
Anyway, it completely shut down my computer, and I had to do a hard reboot and wait for everything to load up again. What a drag!
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Back from various and sundried errands. I listened to the new West Side Story album - terrible. Everything I hate about poor recording and mixing - voices too low, too dry, too ugly-sounding - orchestra sounding like they're in one space while the voices sound like they're down the hall in a tiny dead room. So, I took out the B'way cast album and though it was recorded in the late 1950s it blows the new one out of the water in every possible way - probably because the original had a real producer, Goddard Lieberson, and not a poseur calling himself a producer. Horrible. Dialogue spoken as if they were doing an intimate radio drama - you can barely hear it - you can barely hear the finger snaps in the Prologue - HELLO - this is WEST SIDE STORY.
I haven't even had the least bit of curiosity about this new recording. I have the original cast and the movie soundtrack, and I suspect that's all I'll ever need of WEST SIDE STORY.
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Good Afternoon!
I'm back from City Center.
DR FJL - Thank you, once again, for your generosity. I was glad I got to see this production. Yes, the show is - and always has been - a "hot mess", and, yes, the years have not been kind to it. However, there were some great performances and performers, and it was especially heartwarming to see so many families in the audience... With children who behaved during the show!
*During intermission, I happened to be standing next to a father and his four- or five-year old son. His father liked the show, and his son was making sure he finished his snack and drink fast enough so that he wouldn't miss the start of the second act! :)
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Because I really enjoyed revisiting the first two seasons of LOST on Blu-ray when I reviewed them, I thought I'd like to continue with the story, so while lunch was cooking, since it was way too hot to sit on the porch, I put in Season 3 on Blu-ray and begin with the frist episode.
What a GREAt series this is! And that first episode of season three, which is the first time we've seen the Hydra Station, is so fabulous. I'm going to enjoy going back through this third season.
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I also have the last disc in the fourth season of THE CLOSER that I'll try to begin watching tonight at some point.
I must get my work project completed first, of course.
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I just hopped back uptown for a bit so that I could re-freshen myself for yet another show tonight. Another friend had an extra ticket to Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130156-Archbishop_Supreme_Tartuffe_with_De_Shields_Begins_Off-Broadway_Run_June_12) which stars André de Shields, and features "Isaac" himself from "The Loveboat", Ted Lange. Looks like quite an interesting premise for a "play with music".
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And now...
Laters...
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Next, I watched last night's FLASHPOINT episode while I ate lunch. I kept thinking that this would be the first episode I'd get through without it making me cry (it was about a sniper picking off law enforcement officers), and darn if I did have tears rolling down my cheeks by the time it was over. (One of the regulars got shot, and her boy friend, also on the team, was very upset about it.)
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Page Five Dance!!!
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Next, I cued up my work disc in the Blu-ray player and began each of the bonus features, noting which ones were in 1080p and which were in 1080i. That info will get incorporated in the review when I revise it later this evening.
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One of the movies that was playing on cable when I finished FLASHPOINT was LIFE AFTER TOMORROW, the documentary about the girls who had played Annie or an orphan in the original show or national tours. So, I watched it this afternoon. Some funny, sad, and moving stories from those now grown up ladies about life on the road or on Broadway as young celebrities.
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I listened to the new West Side Story album - terrible.
I completely agree. The strings are ragged and the orchestra sounds thin to me. I had meaning to back to the original cast recording for a comparison.
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Man builds San Francisco out of toothpicks (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/06/18/toothpick.city.pkg.kgo)!! :D
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Heading back down now to finish up today's work project and then watch some things for fun.
WBBL.
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Today we are going to see the tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I did not enjoy the show when I saw it on Broadway. I hope you have a better time.
That's disappointing. Much of this season was disappointing.
Our local seasone was disappointing too. they have already changed next years schedule. No Drowsy Chaperone or Cry Baby. Now it's The Wedding Singer and Beauty and The Beast instead
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Vibes to DR Laura's sister. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I am so happy we get a new ELI STONE tonight. Although i need to find a site to remind me what happened before the break.
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DR MattH, sorry you did not like the shopaholic movie. I thought you would like it more than you did. Although i guess if the premise annoyed you there is not really much isla fisher could do. That is exactly who the character is. And while she was completely irresponsible with her money, in the books especially you really get to know and like her.
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It's a chilly and rainy day in Manhattan.
I'm glad Jose got to use the tickets for The Wiz. If we had been feeling better (Anthony is a bit under the weather also), I would have grabbed them. I've only seen the movie and I am not a fan of that particular stage to screen transfer.
The Wiz was the first show I saw on Broadway back in 1977...March 10, 1977, I think.
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Vibes to DR Laura's Sister ~~~~~~~~~~
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San Francisco model made from toothpicks:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/06/18/toothpick.city.pkg.kgo
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DR DAW we must have been watching at the same time, only I had to put potatoes in the oven before I could post.
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I take that back after checking the time. I must have missed reading a few posts-lol.
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I'm not a big fan of caper movies, but I do like THE ASPHALT JUNGLE very much.
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Caper film - Odds Against Tomorrow....DR DRUXY's post made me think of Sam Jaffe, and I remembered this one!
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Continued vibes to the sister of DR LAURA.
COPS is on!!
Sancho says on the road to Toboso, you can buy chickens cheap.
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Just realized when I was 14 and did some work on a Starlight Musical production of WEST SIDE STORY that came through town....starring Anna Maria Alberghetti....that I also worked with....well at the same theatre with...a future Academy Award Winner who was also later involved in one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries.
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RIFF - Christopher Walken ;D
And never once did he yell MORE COW BELL!! ;D
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Wow he was on Broadway in HIGH SPIRITS and BAKER STREET.....I guess he was sort of a flop magnet.
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Thank you for the vibes for my sister. She should be feeling better in about a week. Then she will enjoy the rest of the summer.
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We just had our Father's Day dinner - baked salmon, corn on the cob, green beans - yum! Rob is home to go to church in Lima with us tomorrow.
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Any leftover salmon?
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I was wrong.
When I am, I say it.
Tonight I watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - the original - and it was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. Zac Efron was very good, the songs were bouncy, and the story was interesting. I also liked the adults. Lots of cliches on view....but then again....most of us ARE cliches.
I still have NO desire to see the stage version, but the liked the characters enough to watch HSM2 and HSM3 when they show up on my TV screen.
I think DR MATTH had some nice things to say about the show....and MR BK and possibly DR JMK also had good words for it, so I am glad I broke down a watched it.
I was wrong....it was NOT what I thought it was or would be.
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Any leftover salmon?
Yes, and we're looking forward to a nice salmon salad!
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Oh...well....nevermind then.
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I had pizza rolls for dinner.
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37,000 Posts Dance with a greeting from Miss Carroll Baker! ;D
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I forgot to mention that whilst banking yesterday I saw Eileen Brennan in the bank. She looks like she's about ninety, but I'd guess she's in her 70s.
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Back from driving around in the motor car and lunch at the Kansas City Barbecue.
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RIFF - Christopher Walken ;D
And never once did he yell MORE COW BELL!! ;D
Not much of a mystery if you go to one particular web site. They seem to think it is all pretty cut and dried. It is amazing that things can be said on the internet about people who are still living, without any solid evidence to back it up.
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Terrible, shocking - most inappropriate.
You forgot the link.
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I forgot to mention that whilst banking yesterday I saw Eileen Brennan in the bank. She looks like she's about ninety, but I'd guess she's in her 70s.
Wonder what made MR BK think of that?
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Carroll Baker was awarded the Medal of Honor from the National Arts Club on June 15. I bet that was some party!
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Oh...well....nevermind then.
But, I'd be glad to share with you, DR JRand!
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Back from driving around in the motor car and lunch at the Kansas City Barbecue.
That's SOME drive!
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Oh...well....nevermind then.
But, I'd be glad to share with you, DR JRand!
Thank you DR GINNY....
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We just had our Father's Day dinner - baked salmon, corn on the cob, green beans - yum! Rob is home to go to church in Lima with us tomorrow.
One summer working in a salmon processing plant (and almost dying from fish poisoning) has robbed me of any interest in eating salmon.
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There wasn't any mail, for us anyway. We should have received a NetFlix & 2 cards. :(
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Early call tomorrow - 'night!
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Thanks for the link, DR TCB. Most informative.
And it least it wasn't a sushi factory, or your stage career would have been curtailed as well.
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DVD time
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G'night!
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Finished watching something called Revolutionary Road.
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I can't make a joke that DR TCB can't make funnier.
I think I saw Revolutionary Road....sort of a 50's thing with Leo and Kate....not my favorite movie, but I thought it was interesting.
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I had a pretty enjoyable evening of viewing though I didn't get as many things watched as I had hoped.
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I forgot to mention that whilst banking yesterday I saw Eileen Brennan in the bank. She looks like she's about ninety, but I'd guess she's in her 70s.
Her last couple of appearances on WILL & GRACE made her look really ancient, too, and that show's been off the air several years now.
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I began by rewatching LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD, this time on Blu-ray. Of course, it's another mostly exquisite Criterion black and white high definition release. Some stunning imagery.
At one point, though, my eyes began to get a little heavy, and I had to stop it for a about 15 minutes to take a little nap.
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Next I watched one of the movies I had on the DVR - A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I had never seen this all the way through, and I loved about 98% of it. Some of Raymond Massey's pontificating during the trial was a trial itself to sit through. Otherwise, it was an ingenious romantic fantasy.
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I really didn't have time for anything else tonight other than looking back at Neil Patrick Harris' closing number on the Tony Awards a couple of times. (It's still on the DVR.)
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Tomorrow my work project will be the last of the Criterion titles for June: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE. I haven't seen this movie in a long, long time so it's going to be a fun revisit even though it's a work disc.
And, of course, my first Criterion work project for July came in today, but I won't get to it until probably next weekend. (FOR ALL MANKIND)
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I forgot to mention that whilst banking yesterday I saw Eileen Brennan in the bank. She looks like she's about ninety, but I'd guess she's in her 70s.
Her last couple of appearances on WILL & GRACE made her look really ancient, too, and that show's been off the air several years now.
I don't think she ever fully recovered from the car accident (or was it being hit by a car) while she was working on the tv series of Private Benjamin
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I forgot to mention that whilst banking yesterday I saw Eileen Brennan in the bank. She looks like she's about ninety, but I'd guess she's in her 70s.
76, Girl, 76!
http://media.photobucket.com/image/eileen%20brennan/shanaratheonly/01-1.jpg
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Good Evening!
I'm back from seeing Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe. I think the only comments and observations I shall make about it are:
-I don't think bk would like this "play with music".
-I'm pretty sure DR FJL would like this "play with music".
-If DR Ginny and her DH Richard had been sitting in the front row, both of them probably would have been chosen to be "saved". And possibly nuzzled by Mr. de Shields.
-The running time listed in the program was "1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission". We left the theatre at 9:50.
-Andre de Shields is a brave, and, well, fearless actor. And I'm guessing he really does feel comfortable on stage in front of an audience wearing next to nothing.
-I'm wondering if it's "legal" to pick someone out of the audience, and then pull them on stage with you... Then pull them down on to the stage with you... While you're wearing a pair of "fashionable" briefs.
'Nuff said for now.
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In other news...
It was great seeing my friend, Shawn, again. He's treating himself to a two-week vacation in Europe in July - it's his 40th birthday gift to himself. He works for a company that books a lot of business with the Orient Express properties, and he was able to call in some favors. He's not getting the trip for free, but he did manage to work out a wonderful itinerary at quite a good rate. Color me jealous.
*And he wasn't exactly sure what to make of the show either. ;)
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I'm finished with my evening internet surf, so I'm heading downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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We ended up having a pre-show dinner at Metro Marché in the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It really is a semi-hidden gem - basically a true diamond in the rough that is the Port Authority. I had a very fresh mesclun salad and their sirloin burger, and Shawn had their special vegetable soup with pesto, and their penne entrée. I probably would have sampled a glass of something from their well assembled wine list, but I didn't want to spend the first part of the show fighting the "drowsies". *Although, I ended up with a case of the "drowsies" anyway. :-] ;)
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RIFF - Christopher Walken ;D
And never once did he yell MORE COW BELL!! ;D
Not much of a mystery if you go to one particular web site. They seem to think it is all pretty cut and dried. It is amazing that things can be said on the internet about people who are still living, without any solid evidence to back it up.
What? ???
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I was wrong.
When I am, I say it.
Tonight I watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - the original - and it was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. Zac Efron was very good, the songs were bouncy, and the story was interesting. I also liked the adults. Lots of cliches on view....but then again....most of us ARE cliches.
I still have NO desire to see the stage version, but the liked the characters enough to watch HSM2 and HSM3 when they show up on my TV screen.
I think DR MATTH had some nice things to say about the show....and MR BK and possibly DR JMK also had good words for it, so I am glad I broke down a watched it.
I was wrong....it was NOT what I thought it was or would be.
DR JRand - Did you watch "HSM" on the Tee-Vee or on the DeeVeeDee? If you watched it on the TeeVee...
I'm wondering if Disney adjusted the music credits (during the credits) to reflect which songs Drew Seeley sang for - dubbed for - Zac Efron. *Drew Seeley just started his summer stint at Prince Eric in Disney's The Little Mermaid. He's apparently a very nice prince. ;)
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PAGE SEVEN DOROTHY AND THE LION DANCE!!!
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Good evening everyone.
Thanks for the info for ordering the movie of God's Little Acre on Amazon. Will order tonight.
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Finished going through all the stuff at my dad's. The only piece of memorabilia I found was a match book size sewing kit from the hotel in China, from Tai Pan. Absolutely nothing else unless I find something in the boxes of paper work I have to go through in the next few months. I'm sad he never kept anything.
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More strength vibes to Sam and family
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Well I better go, need to look for photos to make a small remembrance booklet to have ready at the dinner his work wants to sponsor.
I think I might only find 20 or so black and white photos from Germany, and maybe only a few more from here and that's it.
I'm so glad I took the 8,000 or so photos of my kid and husband during the years I terrorized them both by insisting on family outings every weekend. They dreaded them, but I have photos. ;D ;D ;D
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I'm so far behind in ready posts, I feel lost.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, AND THE VERY BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL SUNDAY.
Hugs and :-* :-*
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Thank you for the vibes for my sister. She should be feeling better in about a week. Then she will enjoy the rest of the summer.
DR Laura - Are you planning any more visits to visit your sister?
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DR Sam - {{{{HUGS}}}} to you too.
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Good night.
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Oh... And some sad news from the Regional Theatre-Dinner Theatre circuit..
Crown Uptown (http://www.crownuptown.com/) in Wichita, KS, will be closing down after tomorrow's matinee. It really has been a rough week for arts organization. North Shore is also ceasing operations this week, and two major companies have eliminated their Artistic Director positions. :-\
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At this time I don't have plans to go out. Maybe when she's all over it. Twice now, when I've gone to visit her, we've driven down to NYC.
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(((((Sam)))))
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DR Ginny - Have you seen this: *DR George and other DRs should also find this interesting and encouraging.
A Literary Legend Fights for a Local Library (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/us/20ventura.html?_r=1&hpw)
“Libraries raised me,” Mr. [Ray] Bradbury said. “I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
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Vibes to DR Sam~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~