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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were surreal, and now it is time for you to post until the surreal cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ENCOMIUM!
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From last night: Thanks to Laura, TCB, Jose and Jennifer for the opening night good wishes!! :-*
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Also from yesterday:
Certainly a day filled with sadness. Almost forgotten in the double deaths today are the early morning photos of an extremely anorexic Courtney Love looking close to death, herself. Following that the inevitable announcement of the death of Farrah Fawcett. But then, even before we can start to mourn for Farrah, her story is all but kicked-off the front page by the unexpected death of Michael Jackson.
I remember when Princess Diana died...and then about a week later, Mother Teresa died. All the news was still about Princess Diana. :-\
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Topic of the Day: I'm too tired to think about it all. I'm going to bed. It'll be the first time this week that I actually get to bed before 3:00 am. And that's a good thing.
Have a good day, all!
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Here is today's Peanuts from the Archives.
It's not quite the line about "Spaghetti" from yesterday but it's the same intent.
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I'm wondering if the common situation is that the totally unexpected death will tend to draw attention away from one which is in relative terms expected, at least in comparing the Princess Diana media coverage situation to the Michael Jackson media coverage sitiuation.
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Not sure what I am going to watch or listen to, but I will be learning the ins and outs of my new Mac. There are still things I am not familiar in the operation of the Mac
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Good morning, all! This morning is a laundry/mop-the-floors day, and I'm delaying the start of it. I'll also finish up a BALLET BALLAD today. I'd like to get a bit of work this weekend on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA Act Three as well, since next weekend will be tied up with Liz Callaway's two charts.
Outside of the laundromat, I have no intentions of going too far from the apartment today and i am very happy about that.
TOD:
DVD: Malpertuis, 3 Netflix items still staring at me. a couple of operettas from the Morbisch festival
CD: Liz Callaway, Guy Haines, L'Auberge du cheval blanc, Kern's THE CABARET GIRL
VCR: lowest of the low
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm not in Central Park, but I did watch the Hair tribe on the Tee-Vee from the comfort of my living room.
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DVD-wise, I've got a bunch of possibilities that I could watch this weekend:
BURN NOTICE, Season 2
ENTOURAGE, Season 5
and
A box of F.W. Murnau silent films that he made in Germany, including THE LAST LAUGH and NOSFERATU.
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Friday morning greetings! Time to get serious about getting ready for NYC!
Media check: I dragged out my old aerobic dancing cassette and made sure it still works, because I must start exercising and get some weight off. It does still play, but I was wondering if any DRs have the capability to transfer a cassette tape to CD?
When Richard and I get back from our trips to NYC and Chicago, I'm going to look into some fitness classes/facilities nearby. And Weight Watchers.
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I think Michael Jackson has had an Aura of Doom about him for quite some time. If there is anyone who epitomized the prediction, "will die young", it was him. Despite his prodigious talent, his mental and physical state has been precarious for years. And certianly all the drastic and unnecessary reconstructive surgery operations cannot have helped his physical condition.
The news coverage has already been overwrought and too much. And what was Keith Olberman...who I generally like...going on about last night? As they kept showing aerial footage of the coroner's van pulling into the coroner's building, he repeatedly intoned some nonsense about no matter how important or how how high we fly, we all end up this way, as but common clay under a white sheet in a white van enroute to the grave and the worms and trying to draw some great human insight out of it...and then kept throwing it to his guest to comment on, as if there was more to be drawn from the obvious banality of the statement.
It soon became very apparent that the news orgs were just vamping and filling time, interviewing people...often some who had the most peripheral connection to MJ trying to suggest more intimacy than they actually had...who could offer nothing really newsworthy, showing the same clips that showed nothing...like the coroner clip...over and over ad nauseam. He died...that's the news...now until you have some actual real information on how and why he died, let's press on to some real news....like maybe what's happening in Iran or with Health Care...or maybe a mention of Farrah...
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Good morning!
Another hot, muggy day in store for us here. Highs in the 90s all weekend. No rain in sight until Monday.
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Friday morning greetings! Time to get serious about getting ready for NYC!
Media check: I dragged out my old aerobic dancing cassette and made sure it still works, because I must start exercising and get some weight off. It does still play, but I was wondering if any DRs have the capability to transfer a cassette tape to CD?
When Richard and I get back from our trips to NYC and Chicago, I'm going to look into some fitness classes/facilities nearby. And Weight Watchers.
DR Ginny - Don't forget to pack the sun and rain-free weather!
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Yes, news "coverage" of Jackson's death is over-the-top, just as I knew it would be. I'm tuning it all out. Once they get to the bottom of his condition, that news will interest me. All the regurgitations of his life and career don't interest me at all. I was there when it was all happening, and I don't need reminders about any of it.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - CARNIVAL! (OCR)
DVD - THE PINK PANTHER 2 (Blu-ray)
SPACEBALLS (Blu-ray)
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (Blu-ray)
FOR ALL MANKIND (Criterion)
DVR - last night's ROYAL PAINS
last night's THE FASHION SHOW
yesterday's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
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Friday morning greetings! Time to get serious about getting ready for NYC!
Media check: I dragged out my old aerobic dancing cassette and made sure it still works, because I must start exercising and get some weight off. It does still play, but I was wondering if any DRs have the capability to transfer a cassette tape to CD?
When Richard and I get back from our trips to NYC and Chicago, I'm going to look into some fitness classes/facilities nearby. And Weight Watchers.
DR Ginny - Don't forget to pack the sun and rain-free weather!
Another rainy day in New York City! I am sick of this crap.
The laundry is in, the floors mopped and the apartment is too disorganized to walk about.
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My work project today is THE PINK PANTHER 2. Not having seen Steve Martin's first foray at Inspector Clouseau, this will be my introduction to it.
I noticed that one of the bonuses in the set is a disc of PINK PANTHER cartoons. Sadly, they're not in HD. They're pressed onto a regular DVD.
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On TV TOnight!™
NBC - CHOPPING BLOCK, DATELINE
ABC - SURVIVING SUBURIBIA, THE GOODE FAMILY, 20/20
FOX - VIRTUALITY (two hour series pilot)
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Friday morning greetings! Time to get serious about getting ready for NYC!
Media check: I dragged out my old aerobic dancing cassette and made sure it still works, because I must start exercising and get some weight off. It does still play, but I was wondering if any DRs have the capability to transfer a cassette tape to CD?
When Richard and I get back from our trips to NYC and Chicago, I'm going to look into some fitness classes/facilities nearby. And Weight Watchers.
DR Ginny - Don't forget to pack the sun and rain-free weather!
I thought YOU'D placed that order, DR Jose! Honestly, you don't want us to bring SW Ohio's weather, unless you like temps in the 90's and humidity about the same :P
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I'm heading down now a little earlier than usual to get cleaned up for running my Friday errands. I have some extra stops to make today, so I need a little more time today.
WBBL.
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I have to stop drinking and driving...
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Poor Farrah...nothing says "show business" like being immediately bumped off the front page for a bigger star story.
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Ga-a-a-sp!!! I just spent about 30 minutes trying out my old aerobic dancing tape and wondering just how did I get so out of shape?
Again, does anyone here have the capability to transfer something from cassette to CD? Is that even possible, technologically?
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Media Check:
DVR: more episodes of MAVERICK
DVD: episodes of the old Rory Calhoun tv show THE TEXAN
CD: Soundtrack to the soon to be released Bollywood movie HEROES.
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Ga-a-a-sp!!! I just spent about 30 minutes trying out my old aerobic dancing tape and wondering just how did I get so out of shape?
Again, does anyone here have the capability to transfer something from cassette to CD? Is that even possible, technologically?
Transferring cassette to CD is possible - basically the same process as transferring an LP to a CD. As long as your cassette player has "audio outs", and you have the right cord and software...
In the meantime...
There are bunch of free exercise podcasts available on iTunes. And who knows? Maybe your "cassette" is available on iTunes.
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As for the Friday Media Check...
More WNYC and WQXR... And WNYC was playing some very non-sleep-inducing music during the overnight hours last night... And since I fell asleep with the radio on... Well... I feel a nap coming on.
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Alas, Page Two!!
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PAGE TWO (ANOTHER) TWELFTH NIGHT DANCE!!!
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And the word of the day is: ENCOMIUM!
And The Song Of The Day Is: IN MY LIFE
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Of course, iTunes! Thanks, DR Jose!
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Of course, iTunes! Thanks, DR Jose!
You're very welcome, DR Ginny. And if you don't mind waiting for the download, there are also some video podcasts on iTunes.
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He died...that's the news...now until you have some actual real information on how and why he died, let's press on to some real news....like maybe what's happening in Iran or with Health Care...
This.
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Good morning.
I am taking an actual sick day for the first time since before Toby was born. I cannot tell if this is allergies run amok, or if an actual cold has snuck into the mix. All I know is that my head is huge and heavy, my throat hurts, my eyes are streaming, and that I'm out of Kleenex.
I will now spend the day curled up in bed with my laptop until it is time to go pick up Toby from daycare. I feel slightly guilty for sending him when I am home, but I really desperately need rest.
I have not turned on a TV news broadcast since the MJ story broke. I read one article on Yahoo to find out the news of his passing, and left it at that. I grow weary of people hashing and rehashing every tiny detail, doing elaborate tributes over and over again. I agree with Pogue. Wait until you have some real info, until then there are plenty of other noteworthy stories to report on.
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Today the printer repairman is coming. I keep hoping that since they have to send repairmen so often that they will offer us a really good price on a new machine that will require no maintenance. I am an optimist, I know.
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Don't feel guilty, Ann. Get some rest.
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Poor Farrah...nothing says "show business" like being immediately bumped off the front page for a bigger star story.
I actually said the same thing yesterday to Betsy, adding that Ryan is probably fuming over it all.
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Oy. Ulla needs her song lowered in order to do the gymnastics. Leo wants the dance break of That Face cut. And Max wants to do about 1/3 of Betrayed. Just another day at the office.
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This headline in the Arizona Republic confuses me:
"Two lost icons: For Generation X, a really bad day"
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett were Generation X?
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And, because it's been awhile...here's how Toby is looking now!
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Awww.
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Look, Jose! Toby has a monkey, too!
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Thanks, Ann. He is a very handsome fella.
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This headline in the Arizona Republic confuses me:
"Two lost icons: For Generation X, a really bad day"
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett were Generation X?
Farrah was a Baby Boomer.
Jose I forgot to check if her special was on last night. We watched an incredible old film with Michael Redgrave, THE BROWNING VERSION. The DVD included an interview with Redgrave & a very interesting, intelligent commentary by Mike Figgis, the director of the remake with Albert Finney.
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Look, Jose! Toby has a monkey, too!
:) Cute.
Ann I hope you feel better, and don't feel too guilty taking Toby to day care, you do need the rest.
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I'm up after a surprisingly long sleep. That's because the noise level was almost nil this morning - they were working on the front of the house, I guess, and not too noisily at that - so that was a treat. However, if I'm to jog I must be out of here in about twenty minutes.
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TOD:
Movies--"Little Miss Sunshine" "Butterflies Are Free"
Music- "Flower Drum Song," "My Fair Lady," South Pacific," and a few of the other REAL OBC recordings of REAL musicals
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I am glad Farrah does not have to suffer anymore. Michael Jackson I could care less about.
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Good Afternoon!
Well, I think I napped... Hmm....
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~~~~~GET WELL VIBES FOR DR ANN~~~~~
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HI, TOBY!!!
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Oy. Ulla needs her song lowered in order to do the gymnastics. Leo wants the dance break of That Face cut. And Max wants to do about 1/3 of Betrayed. Just another day at the office.
Well...
I had to learn "Flaunt It" in three different keys for the tour - and ending up playing all three different keys over the span of a weekend. -And the 16th-note lick when the tempo kicks in really only fits under the fingers in C. It was interesting in B, and quite challenging in D-Flat.
There is a standard cut in "That Face" which doesn't require any adjusting of the parts. I can check my score if you'd like the measure numbers.
And as for "Betrayed" - just have him sing it faster and/or have a short "Intermission". ;)
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Aww, Toby's so cute! The second picture reminds me of the one that ends up on the Mom's credit card in the Capitol One commercial.
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I had a cocker spaniel as a child. His name was Toby, too! :D
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Oy. Ulla needs her song lowered in order to do the gymnastics. Leo wants the dance break of That Face cut. And Max wants to do about 1/3 of Betrayed. Just another day at the office.
Questionably Talented Diva: Can you change the key of my song?
Disgruntled MD: Honey, if I could, I'ld change the lock.
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I had a cocker spaniel as a child. His name was Toby, too! :D
Jed's grandfather tells us often of the dog they had when Jed's mom was a child, a great dog named Toby. In fact, we were worried about naming Toby for awhile because Jed said the story of that dog's demise had been told so often that "Poor dead Toby" had become a common phrase in the house. Ultimately, though, we decided to risk it :)
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And, because it's been awhile...here's how Toby is looking now!
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Wow! Toby sure made short work of that monkey!
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MEdia Check:
iPod: The new HAIR cd (which I already had alternatively acquired) and NEXT TO NORMAL (yeah, I bought it--decided to try it again to see what I'm missing.)
Tivo: A couple of THIN MAN movies and JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
DVD: nada
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Back from the long jog and must now shower and be on my way to Genghis Cohen.
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Genghis Cohen, yum. I love the green beans.
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This headline in the Arizona Republic confuses me:
"Two lost icons: For Generation X, a really bad day"
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett were Generation X?
Farrah was a Baby Boomer.
1958 was still within the Baby Boomer period. The end of it. Wasn't it?
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I had never heard of "Generation Jones" before I looked up "Baby Boomer" on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
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I caught a bit of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, which had something really gay at the conclusion, a bit of THE BOLD AND THE BOTOX, which proves that cute young men who don't age well shouldn't assume that plastic surgeons are one with God, and, now that the laundry and cleaning are accomplished, I'm settling down with the current galloping round of absurdities on AS THE WORLD TURNS: psychodad turned Colonel Hasbro and the strangely vacant military base are weird enough but, along with the Riley who isn't really Riley, now we have a major plot going on with Henry disguised as a Miss Geneva Swift, who's morals are clearly on the side of the Palins, becoming a media star. Incompetent police chief Lucinda has just gone off to arrest the false Riley, been shot by Hasbro while Riley calls her mom, and Riley has shot Colonel Hasbro. Where are the MPs? The thrills are running amok, positively amok today!
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LOL Elmore. That's quite a lot of drama going on.
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I had never heard of "Generation Jones" before I looked up "Baby Boomer" on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
Ha! We both looked that one up at the same time, DR Laura.
I read before that the generation born between 1955 and 65 have never been clearly defined. We're not as goal oriented as the boomers or as slacker-ish as Gen X. We sought to shake off a lot of the societal roles defined by previous generations but never really created any new ones of our own. We like Jewish rye and mayonnaise. We couldn't wait to go out on our own but we didn't want to grow up.
I remember reading all this stuff in different articles by experts. I don't know what any of it means. I don't think they did either.
I was born in 1958.
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Boring soap opera line:
"Brenda, you can't marry Jack! He's--he's--he's your third cousin, once removed!"
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Including that one, DR Laura.
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Yes. I decided it was too dumb.
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I just ate a Strawberry Pop-Tart and I have to say that I do not like Pop-Tarts.
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Yes. I decided it was too dumb.
You need time to reformulate and post it later.
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I got a Certificate of Appreciation at my work place today from the director of human resources. But as I walked around the office I saw that everyone got one. Now I don't know what to think...
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I just ate a Strawberry Pop-Tart and I have to say that I do not like Pop-Tarts.
Did you eat it cold? microwaved? or toasted?
*I've found that they only taste "good" when prepared in a toaster.
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I got a Certificate of Appreciation at my work place today from the director of human resources. But as I walked around the office I saw that everyone got one. Now I don't know what to think...
But did any of them have a Strawberry Pop-Tart?
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OK... I'm done puttering around the apartment for now, and now I need to putter around midtown and Chelsea.
Hmmm...
In any case...
Laters...
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I just ate a Strawberry Pop-Tart and I have to say that I do not like Pop-Tarts.
Did you eat it cold? microwaved? or toasted?
*I've found that they only taste "good" when prepared in a toaster.
Yeah, I ate it cold. Should have had it toasted with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
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I need to putter around Chelsea.
Ah, is that what they're calling it, these days? ;)
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I saw that everyone got one. Now I don't know what to think...
You can still think that you're special. If that will help.
:)
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Just back from a lovely lunch at Milano's, an Italian restaurant in Oakland's "Grand Lake" district.
I had the $8.95 lunch special -- a cup of tomato-chicken soup, cheese bread, a Cesare salad and penne bolognese.
It was totally scrumdiddlyumptious.
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Toby is sooooooooooooo cute.
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I got a Certificate of Appreciation at my work place today from the director of human resources. But as I walked around the office I saw that everyone got one. Now I don't know what to think...
Think, "How happy I am that it wasn't a pink slip"! I'm sure it will seem more special! ;D
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DR DAW:
Aren't we just DAYS away from a significant anniversary????
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Aren't we just DAYS away from a significant anniversary????
Yes!! From our first face-to-face meeting! :-*
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I forgot to mention that DR Michael looks great, and so do his new glasses.
And speaking of cute, Toby is indeed adorable.
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That's quite a lot of drama going on.
Yes, just another typical day at HHW. :)
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I see DRs, but I don't see posts. ???
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I forgot to mention that DR Michael looks great, and so do his new glasses.
And speaking of cute, Toby is indeed adorable.
Why thank you
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Ohio's Gov. Strickland tells public libraries to, effectively, drop dead:
Governor's Statement on Public Libraries (http://www.governor.ohio.gov/LibraryLetter/tabid/1108/Default.aspx)
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DR Ann, the story of dog Toby made me laugh.
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I had never heard of "Generation Jones" before I looked up "Baby Boomer" on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
I had not thought of those years as part of the Boomer ones. I don't remember them having a name. I did read recently that we are currently in another Boomer period.
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Shocking news story, DR GINNY!
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Nice photos of Toby....and a nice Apple Mac portrait of DR MICHAEL S.
The computer seems to be working...and has for about 30 minutes, so maybe this guy knew what he was doing. Fingers crossed.
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We did the first 30 pages of MAN OF LA MANCHA last night, from the beginning to the end of Aldonza's song "What Does He Want of Me"....and it went pretty well.....everyone is getting very comfortable with character and the blocking and dance movement work....so we shall see.
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MR BK - I would agree with what you wrote in the notes if I thought STRICTLY BALLROOM was about dancing.....but for me it was more about DANCERS....and so the closeups didn't bother me....but you are right....in a "musical" such shots are unnecessary.
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If you ever want to test your internet speed, you can use this site. The technician left it on my screen.
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
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CD - God's Little Acre
DVD - God's Little Acre
Book - God's Little Acre.....which is one STEAMY book
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Ohio's Gov. Strickland tells public libraries to, effectively, drop dead:
Governor's Statement on Public Libraries (http://www.governor.ohio.gov/LibraryLetter/tabid/1108/Default.aspx)
The governor of California is saying the same to animals in shelters:
"Governor Schwarzenegger will greatly increase the number of pets euthanized (soft word for killed) in California. His proposal mandates the ‘hold’ time of pets in state animal shelters to be cut to only a three day wait time. That is half the current standard of waiting at least six days to allow owners time to check shelters for their bellowed family pets."
http://www.examiner.com/x-7997-San-Jose-Dogs-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Schwarzenegger-to-tell-state-animal-shelters-Terminate
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Oy. Ulla needs her song lowered in order to do the gymnastics. Leo wants the dance break of That Face cut. And Max wants to do about 1/3 of Betrayed. Just another day at the office.
I just don't understand folks going for a role and not knowing what was ahead of them, especially a principal role.
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I caught a bit of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, which had something really gay at the conclusion, a bit of THE BOLD AND THE BOTOX, which proves that cute young men who don't age well shouldn't assume that plastic surgeons are one with God, and, now that the laundry and cleaning are accomplished, I'm settling down with the current galloping round of absurdities on AS THE WORLD TURNS: psychodad turned Colonel Hasbro and the strangely vacant military base are weird enough but, along with the Riley who isn't really Riley, now we have a major plot going on with Henry disguised as a Miss Geneva Swift, who's morals are clearly on the side of the Palins, becoming a media star. Incompetent police chief Lucinda has just gone off to arrest the false Riley, been shot by Hasbro while Riley calls her mom, and Riley has shot Colonel Hasbro. Where are the MPs? The thrills are running amok, positively amok today!
I'll write about YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS in a minute, but I HATE the hair of the new Adam. That doesn't look like hair gel in there; it looks like hair wax that guys used to put in flat tops fifty years ago. A totally unflattering look for him.
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I watched last night's ROYAL PAINS while I ate lunch. Good episode with a strange illness I was totally unaware of. Of course, now they're going to pair the brother off with the assistant after they go through the rest of the season making catty remarks at each other while they circle each other to spring.
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Then I watched THE PINK PANTHER 2. Well, there were two sequences that made me laugh and had some of the wonderful slapstick choreography that Blake Edwards was such a master at in the PANTHER films of his that still are funny.
But looks like they're never going to learn that other talented actors playing CLouseau or someone like Clouseau (Alan Arkin, Tedd Wass, Roberto Bergnini, and now Steve Martin) just don't work. Peter Sellers owned the part, and no one can ever remotely come close to him in it, so why try?
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I also watched the bonus features on the disc. One was about the staging of the slapstick scenes. One had the director and cast all prising each other as being so talented. (It is a fine cast: Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia, Lily Tomlin.) There was a not very funny gag reel.
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Then I skimmed through today's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. No kiss yet, but we got awfully close. I guess we'll get that next week.
I have to say what a pleasure it is to watch this in high definition. Everything looks just a bit classier.
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Then, I had something very unpleasant happen: the power went out!
It was out in my neighborhood about 90 minutes. I was NO looking forward to this evening with no AC and no fans. I was definitely going to be calling friends to see if (1) they had power, and (2) could I come over.
Thankfully, now I won't need to bother them.
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DR MATTH my RCA home theater sound system has a coaxial sound input, but my Blu Ray player doesn't have a coaxial output.....oh well.
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DR Matt, glad you can stay put in your own place. :) The only thing worse than losing power when it is hot is losing it when it is cold.
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Just as an odd coincidence...or maybe this is a "6 degrees of..." observation, but there's a correlation between Bruce's comments on the movie, "Strictly Ballroom" and Michael Jackson. Bruce talked about how ridiculous it is to zoom in to a close-up of the dancers' feet. I don't know if this is just urban legend, but I've heard that both Michael and Janet Jackson have had written into their contracts that when they make music videos, that all body-part close-ups must be kept down to a very small percentage. That's why their music videos always look so great - it's almost exclusively full-body shots.
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DR Matt, glad you can stay put in your own place. :) The only thing worse than losing power when it is hot is losing it when it is cold.
I agree with you. I'd rather be sweaty than freezing to death. But then, if it's cold, the food in the freezer won't spoil!
;D
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DR MATTH my RCA home theater sound system has a coaxial sound input, but my Blu Ray player doesn't have a coaxial output.....oh well.
ARgh! Some players have one or the other; some have both. I'm sorry yours don't match. And you don't have an optical in available on your receiver?
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A dear friend introduced me to STRICTLY BALLROOM, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, far more than MOULIN ROUGE which I can barely stand to watch (even though I did buy a used copy of MR for $5 for the archives).
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I forgot to mention it, but THE PINK PANTHER 2 did look very nice on Blu-ray. Another wonderful transfer. SOund wasn't as sterling; like most comedies, the sound tends to be spread more across the fronts with not much happening in the back of the soundstage.
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And speaking of PINK PANTHER 2, I must get off-line now and do some writing. I'm running way behind due to the power outage.
And my local CBS affiliate is preempting FLASHPOINT tonight for some locally televised movie. Argh!
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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The big storm has landed after all the humidity, sprinkling, and sundry stops and starts. It's quite dark out and vewry noisy: lots of thunder although the news is reporting lots of lightning as well. You can feel the pressure in the air and the humidity lightening and it's quite refreshing. I guess I won't be stepping out to the market.
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I have an optical on both, but I guess I thought you wrote that it wouldn't be any better than the R/W analog connection I have.....might have read it wrong.
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My friend Adam Chandler is doing his show at the
Duplex Cabaret Room in July.
If any HHW'ers in NYC are interested.
He's a nice boy and nice to look at. And I gave him his start on stage when I cast him as WOODSTOCK in a production of SNOOPY!!! We did several shows together when he was in school.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Time:
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Location:
The Duplex Cabaret Room
Street:
61 Christopher Street
City/Town:
New York, NY
Link for reservations:
http://www.theduplex.com/webcalendar/view_entry.php?id=4399&date=20090722
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DR Matt, glad you can stay put in your own place. :) The only thing worse than losing power when it is hot is losing it when it is cold.
I agree with you. I'd rather be sweaty than freezing to death. But then, if it's cold, the food in the freezer won't spoil!
;D
True ;D
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BK, that one film you watched last night, THE DINNER GAME, was that a German film or Italian?
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The Dinner Game is French.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely lunch, entered corrections into the latest novel, picked up some packages, and am now doing some catch up work on the computer whilst listening to CDs. And I'm waiting for a telephonic call that had best come very soon.
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T.O.D.
CD - Barbra Streisand DUETS
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X
The cover only of GOD'S LITTLE ACRE
DVDs - THE BARBRA STREISAND CONCERT DVD
THE CLOSER, Season 1, Disk 1
ON THE OTHER HAND, DEATH
Some of Uncle Larry's Home Movies
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A watched phone never rings.
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Tell me about it. The caller, however, will RUE the day if the caller doesn't make the call sooner than later.
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I hate it when I have to RUE the day. :)
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But rougeing the day - well, that's a different matter altogether.
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Getting the call vibes for MR BK....yes it is most distressing to have to rue the day.....as opposed to rousching the day.
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This headline in the Arizona Republic confuses me:
"Two lost icons: For Generation X, a really bad day"
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett were Generation X?
Farrah was a Baby Boomer.
Jose I forgot to check if her special was on last night. We watched an incredible old film with Michael Redgrave, THE BROWNING VERSION. The DVD included an interview with Redgrave & a very interesting, intelligent commentary by Mike Figgis, the director of the remake with Albert Finney.
Michael Jackson is a Baby Boomer too. I'm about the end of it and he was 2 years older than I am
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I had never heard of "Generation Jones" before I looked up "Baby Boomer" on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
I had not thought of those years as part of the Boomer ones. I don't remember them having a name. I did read recently that we are currently in another Boomer period.
I was born in 1961 and have always been told we are partof the baby boomers.
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http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/babyboom.htm
Young males returning to the United States, Canada, and Australia following tours of duty overseas during World War II began families, which brought about a significant number of new children into the world. This dramatic increase in the number of births from 1946 to 1964 (1947 to 1966 in Canada and 1946-1961 in Australia) is called the Baby Boom.
In the United States, approximately 79 million babies were born during the Baby Boom. Much of this cohort of nineteen years (1946-1964) grew up with Woodstock, the Vietnam War, and John F. Kennedy as president.
In 2006, the oldest Baby Boomers are turning 60 years old, including the first two Baby Boomer presidents, Presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush, both born in the first year of the Baby Boom, 1946.
In the 1930s to early 1940s, new births in the United States averaged around 2.3 to 2.8 million each year. In 1945, the number was 2.8 million births; it marked the beginning of the Baby Boom. In 1946, the first year of the Baby Boom, new births in the U.S. skyrocketed to 3.47 million births!
New births continued to grow throughout the 1940s and 1950s, leading to a peak in the late 1950s with 4.3 million births in 1957 and 1961. (There was a dip to 4.2 million births in 1958) By the mid-sixties, the birth rate began to slowly fall. In 1964 (the final year of the Baby Boom), 4 million babies were born in the U.S. and in 1965, there was a significant drop to 3.76 million births. From 1965 on, there was a plunge in the number of births to a low of 3.14 million births in 1973, lower than any year’s births since 1945!
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And, because it's been awhile...here's how Toby is looking now!
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2iih45d.jpg)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/13z0nn.jpg)
Wow! Toby sure made short work of that monkey!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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BK, that one film you watched last night, THE DINNER GAME, was that a German film or Italian?
FRENCH!
Original title is Le Dîner De Cons, which, originally, was a succesful play.
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I have it from serious sources (Writer Brian Sibley) that Dame Andrews is at work on her second volume of her Memoires.
I guess Volume One was successful!
Yeah!
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Also from yesterday:
Certainly a day filled with sadness. Almost forgotten in the double deaths today are the early morning photos of an extremely anorexic Courtney Love looking close to death, herself. Following that the inevitable announcement of the death of Farrah Fawcett. But then, even before we can start to mourn for Farrah, her story is all but kicked-off the front page by the unexpected death of Michael Jackson.
I remember when Princess Diana died...and then about a week later, Mother Teresa died. All the news was still about Princess Diana. :-\
Did Mother Teresa ever hire a publicist?
Just askin'.
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(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/25/theater/Night600.jpg)
"I wonder if he'd accept some basic tips on how to apply eyeliner."
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I was watching the Judi Dench BBC series AS TIME GOES BY, and I kept wondering who the wonderful character actress was playing the talkative secretary Mrs Flack: Vivienne Martin! She played the Queen when JUBILEE was performed for the BBC in 1998. She's so wonderful.
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So, the repairman has just installed the part that took three months to arrive. He is working on the back of the machine, just finishing up, and I hear, "Uh oh."
He broke a sensor.
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Oy!
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I was born in 1958.
I was born in a hospital.
I have a birth certificate now, which says so.
Or, at least it says that someone with the same name as mine was born in a hospital on a certain date, to two identified people. No pictures are included, so I don't know how anyone could positively say that the person referred to on the birth certificate is myself.
But, with said piece of paper I can now go to the Delaware DMV and proceed to get a drivers licence.
Doesn't this make everyone feel secure?
Won't you all feel more secure if I keep my driving to Delaware?
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We are watching Amazing Grace, the 2006 movie about William Wilberforce. I love Albert Finney.
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Thanks Ginny. I just added to our NetFlix queue.
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(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/25/theater/Night600.jpg)
"I wonder if he'd accept some basic tips on how to apply eyeliner."
Who cares about his eyeliner. He is a hottie!
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I was watching the Judi Dench BBC series AS TIME GOES BY, and I kept wondering who the wonderful character actress was playing the talkative secretary Mrs Flack: Vivienne Martin! She played the Queen when JUBILEE was performed for the BBC in 1998. She's so wonderful.
I loved this show.
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Boring soap opera line:
"Brenda, you can't marry Jack! He's--he's--he's your third cousin, once removed!"
Trust me, I've met both Brenda and Jack, and their case intermarriage isn't going to cause that gene pool any more damage than is already there.
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I just ate a Strawberry Pop-Tart and I have to say that I do not like Pop-Tarts.
Is it just me, or is the very name "Pop-Tart" something of an oxymoron?
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Thanks Ginny. I just added to our NetFlix queue.
Starts a little slow, but it picks up a bit.
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Ohio's Gov. Strickland tells public libraries to, effectively, drop dead:
Governor's Statement on Public Libraries (http://www.governor.ohio.gov/LibraryLetter/tabid/1108/Default.aspx)
The governor of California is saying the same to animals in shelters:
"Governor Schwarzenegger will greatly increase the number of pets euthanized (soft word for killed) in California. His proposal mandates the ‘hold’ time of pets in state animal shelters to be cut to only a three day wait time. That is half the current standard of waiting at least six days to allow owners time to check shelters for their bellowed family pets."
http://www.examiner.com/x-7997-San-Jose-Dogs-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Schwarzenegger-to-tell-state-animal-shelters-Terminate
Sorry to tell you this, Jane, but at many shelters the three-day limit was already in place before der B and I left California.
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That is sad to hear.
Good luck with your driving test!
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At last!
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Then I watched THE PINK PANTHER 2. Well, there were two sequences that made me laugh and had some of the wonderful slapstick choreography that Blake Edwards was such a master at in the PANTHER films of his that still are funny.
But looks like they're never going to learn that other talented actors playing CLouseau or someone like Clouseau (Alan Arkin, Tedd Wass, Roberto Bergnini, and now Steve Martin) just don't work. Peter Sellers owned the part, and no one can ever remotely come close to him in it, so why try?
Because the name is a franchise, and franchises are worth money. And since most kids today have never bothered to see the originals, they don't know or care that the new films (of this and other remakes) aren't up to the quality of what came before.
Storytime...
Today, as I walked in to work, Justin-the-idiot-cart-wrangler called at me "Hey, your favorite singer died yesterday."
Justin is a couple eggs shy of a dozen, and what he's got are cracked. He thinks that if someone is gay, that we are all supposed to behave in a pre-determined way. Oh, wait, there's a lot of people out there who think that. Well, he was sure that I had to be a Jackson fan, because I'm gay.
I told him I never much cared for Jackson.
"So, who's your favorite singer?"
I grabbed a name out of thin air. "Marvin Gaye."
"Never heard of him."
Oh, we're back in that territory again. "Nat King Cole?" I suggested. "Johnny Mathis? Harry Bellafonte?"
All the names drew blanks.
I just shook my head and went in to work.
Mother Teresa would have done better if she'd had a publicist.
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Call came. Then I began addressing packages which I've been doing for the last ninety minutes - there are a LOT to go, though, but my eyes are blurry so I'll probably continue tomorrow.
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I guess it is human nature that when someone dies, especially suddenly, that you can no longer find anyone anywhere who will say an unkind word about that person. [That fortunately doesn't apply to the people at this site.] However, up until yesterday, every time I heard Michael Jackson referred to as the King of Pop; there would be this angry outcry that Jackson was only the Kingt of Pop, because he claimed to be the King. Now today, the whole world is calling Michael the undisputed King of Pop!
Amazing.
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As long as we're talking about death...
Delaware State Senator and Senate President Pro Tempore Thurman Adams (D)died last Tuesday. He was eighty years old, and died of cancer.
I bring this up because on Wednesday, the State Senate voted on an anti-discrimination bill that adds sexual orientation to the already-existing list of prohibited practices of discrimination in re employment, public works contracting, housing, equal accomodations, and the insurance business. The State Senate voted fifteen to five in favor of the bill, which immediately went to the House of Representatives. Since the bill was identical to one already passed by the House (which had then died in committee in the Senate), the House chose to forgo it's usual proceedures, and voted to pass the Senate bill
twenty-six to fourteen. The bill is expected to be signed into law by Governor Jack Markell as early as Saturday.
Senator Adams, as Senate President Pro Tempore, was the chairman of the Senate Executive Committee, and was one of the four senators who killed the original House bill in said committee. He also during this year's session had previously voted for a Senate bill that would have limited marriage to heterosexual unions (a bill that was narrowly defeted eleven to ten). It can be presumed, therefor, that he would have voted against Senate Bill 121.
The timing of the passage of Senate Bill 121 and Senator Adams' death should, however, be considered coincidental.
Gentlemen never engage in schadenfreude or other mean-spirited thoughts, after all.
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I have an optical on both, but I guess I thought you wrote that it wouldn't be any better than the R/W analog connection I have.....might have read it wrong.
No, I said the optical and coaxial give the same surround information. Both are superior to the stereo only R/W connection.
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(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/25/theater/Night600.jpg)
"I wonder if he'd accept some basic tips on how to apply eyeliner."
Who cares about his eyeliner. He is a hottie!
He looks GREAT in that costume!
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I had a nice evening of viewing although it was shorter since I had to write the PINK PANTHER review, and I was running a good 90 minutes behind where I would have been had the power not gone off.
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BTW, that's the SECOND power outage that the neighborhood has had in the past week, but the first one only lasted a few minutes.
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Anyway, I began by watching episode 1 from the Season 4 set of THE CLOSER.
When I first started watching the set, I skipped this one because I had just rewatched it in HD on TNT-HD the week before season five premiered.
Anyway, it's that wonderful episode that brought back Jason O' Mara as one of Brenda's nemeses. Looked as good as always.
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Next, I watched ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (#3 in the series). It was on Blu-ray, and it certainly looks far superior to the laserdisc of the film which was the only version of it I had ever owned prior to getting the Blu-ray APES set when Amazon heavily discounted it a couple of months ago.
I think this one must be second to the original film in being well made, involving, and not overlong. Nice to see it looking better than I ever remember it looking. Sound was just all right; I'm sure the source was mono that they manipulated into a 5.1 mix.
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I ended my evening by watching the first half hour of THE SEARCHERS on Blu-ray.
I have been searching (no pun intended) for my copy of the film for WEEKS! I had forgotten that I had started a shelf of classics on Blu-ray hidden behind a sliding panel, so I couldn't see it in there. Just stumbled on it tonight, and I was glad I didn't rebuy it. I only got about a half hour into the movie, so I'll finsh it up tomorrow night.
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G'night!
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I slept somewhat poorly last night, so I'm heading down now to try to get a better night's sleep tonight!
Good night!
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Rave in the NY Times for ARCHBISHOP SUPREME TARTUFFE starring Andre De Shields
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/theater/reviews/27archbishop.html
and a rave in Variety as well
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940561.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
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Good Evening!
And, yes, it turned out to be quite the beautiful evening here in NYC. Very refreshing. Aaaahhhhhh.... :)
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But as DR elmore mentioned earlier, we did have quite the storm come through, and the atmosphere most certainly did change before the rain came back. I happened to be down in Madison Square Park, and managed to snap this pre-storm pic of the Flatiron Building:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3664501942_0ec6489967.jpg)
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As well as this view of the Empire State Buidling:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3664502250_c04f87d36d.jpg)
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However, once the rain stopped, the sky looked like this for a while:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3664502742_df23716689.jpg)
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I just ate a Strawberry Pop-Tart and I have to say that I do not like Pop-Tarts.
Did you eat it cold? microwaved? or toasted?
*I've found that they only taste "good" when prepared in a toaster.
Yeah, I ate it cold. Should have had it toasted with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
Next time: Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Pop-Tart with Breyer's Butter Almond Ice Cream. -Just sayin'.
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I need to putter around Chelsea.
Ah, is that what they're calling it, these days?
No.
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I'll write about YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS in a minute, but I HATE the hair of the new Adam. That doesn't look like hair gel in there; it looks like hair wax that guys used to put in flat tops fifty years ago. A totally unflattering look for him.
"Pomade" is back in. Although, some companies do indeed call it "hair wax" - but they're trying to be "hip" with that term, and not "old school".
*For a second there, I almost thought you were going to say it looked like... Well, nevermind... Although, from what I understand, well... Just sayin'... :-X
::)
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DR JRand - Glad to hear the La Mancha is going well so far.
And I shall add Adam Chandler's show to my calendar. -And since my friend, Scott, is bartending at The Dupex now, well... :)
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The big storm has landed after all the humidity, sprinkling, and sundry stops and starts. It's quite dark out and vewry noisy: lots of thunder although the news is reporting lots of lightning as well. You can feel the pressure in the air and the humidity lightening and it's quite refreshing. I guess I won't be stepping out to the market.
DR elmore - Did you make it out to the market after the rain stopped? We had quite the beautiful sunset earlier tonight.
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Just as an odd coincidence...or maybe this is a "6 degrees of..." observation, but there's a correlation between Bruce's comments on the movie, "Strictly Ballroom" and Michael Jackson. Bruce talked about how ridiculous it is to zoom in to a close-up of the dancers' feet. I don't know if this is just urban legend, but I've heard that both Michael and Janet Jackson have had written into their contracts that when they make music videos, that all body-part close-ups must be kept down to a very small percentage. That's why their music videos always look so great - it's almost exclusively full-body shots.
DR Amy - That's not urban legend. However, IIRC, that stipulation was first put into place by Michael Peters who was the choreographer for "Thriller". Michael Jackson then carried it over to his other videos - and choreographers. But, again, that's IIRC (if I'm remembering correctly), so...
yadda-yadda-yadda
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Page six? Page six?
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I don't know about you dear readers, but spam has reached epic proportions like I've never seen before.
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DR Jose, what kind of camera do you have?
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My neighbors are moving this weekend. I am sad to see the girls go. I drive by their new house today, it's a couple miles from here and is big and gorgeous. There are also kids in the neighborhood so the girls will have someone to play with.
On the other hand, I am anxious to meet the new neighbor. Hope he's friendly.
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I don't know about you dear readers, but spam has reached epic proportions like I've never seen before.
That reminds me. I need to check the church email account.
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My neighbors are moving this weekend. I am sad to see the girls go. I drive by their new house today, it's a couple miles from here and is big and gorgeous. There are also kids in the neighborhood so the girls will have someone to play with.
Is this the little girl who named Boo?
We haven't had a Boo and Callie report in a while.
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And as for the close-ups in "Strictly Ballroom", I thought they were effective, and they are there for a good reason - which is reflected in the title of the movie. A good portion of the movie's plot is driven by the fact that Hastings "bends the rules" - dances his own way. The close-ups show just how he pushes the proverbial envelope in regards to the required ballroom vocabulary. He and and his partner, Fran, are not "Strictly Ballroom".
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My neighbors are moving this weekend. I am sad to see the girls go. I drive by their new house today, it's a couple miles from here and is big and gorgeous. There are also kids in the neighborhood so the girls will have someone to play with.
Is this the little girl who named Boo?
We haven't had a Boo and Callie report in a while.
Yes, they are the cute girls across the street.
Callie and Boo are fine. Callie has started to sleep on her bed beside my bed. It's nice. She had been sleeping somewhere else in the house for the past few years, but has finally decided she likes being in the room with me.
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DR Jose, what kind of camera do you have?
DR Laura - I have a Canon PowerShot SD600 (Digital Elph). I've had it for about three or four years, and I really hope I have it for another three or four years. -Although, I've started to notice some signs of "age". I really like this camera, and once I learned how to adjust the various settings, it really opened a whole new world of photography to me.
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PAGE SEVEN HIGH LINE FIRE ESCAPE DANCE!!!!
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DR Jose, what kind of camera do you have?
DR Laura - I have a Canon PowerShot SD600 (Digital Elph). I've had it for about three or four years, and I really hope I have it for another three or four years. -Although, I've started to notice some signs of "age". I really like this camera, and once I learned how to adjust the various settings, it really opened a whole new world of photography to me.
Thanks. I've about worn mine out. I hate to have to buy a new one, though.
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this weekend I'm hoping to really deep clean the kitchen and find a place for everything that is currently on the counter. I did volunteer to help the neighbors move tomorrow. I don't think they but I've volunteered and will check in tomorrow to see if they need me to help.
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Do the girls come to see Boo? And Callie?
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Jose, on the Mac in iPhoto -- is there a way to smallerize photos? I do that in Paint on the PC.
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Do the girls come to see Boo? And Callie?
No, not really. They asked a few times, but it was usually when I was on my way out the door. The other day I mentioned that they were sitting in the window and Brianna said "They are always in the window" so maybe they came over and talked to them through the window.
They really don't come over to my house. I go over there when they are outside and I have a few minutes to visit.
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Jose, on the Mac in iPhoto -- is there a way to smallerize photos? I do that in Paint on the PC.
I usually do most of my editing in PhotoShop Elements. However, you can resize in iPhoto too.
I've been using Flickr a lot more lately for my photo uploads. The standard "display size" works well here in HHW and other sites, and I just have to copy and paste the hyperlink. Flickr also doesn't "dilute" the pictures like Facebook's uploader does.
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The girls have 2 dogs. They had 3 I believe, but it's down to 2 now
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And here's the fire escape an hour or so later:
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And then a little while after that:
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And after the intros were made:
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I read about that somewhere.
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Time for sleep. Night all
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I read about that somewhere.
DR Cillaliz - There was actually a write up about the Renegade Cabaret on The High Line a few days ago in The New York Times. In fact, here's the story:
'West Side Story' Amid The Laundry (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/garden/25seen.html)
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Ok. So I made a flcker account and uploaded two photos. How do I get the display size link?
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Cilla, I would be heartbroken if my two neighbor girls moved away.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39897495@N06/3664625834/" title="Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar by DearReaderLaura, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3664625834_48f5f68d61_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar" />[/url]
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Ok. So I made a flcker account and uploaded two photos. How do I get the display size link?
Well... Here's where it gets a little tricky. -Sorry.
If you're happy with Flickr's default size, then...
1) Make sure you have the picture you want to display/link on your screen.
2) Click on "Share This" which appears in the upper right part of the window.
3) For other sites, you can actually just click on either "Grab the link", "Grab the HTML" or "Blog it" in order to link/post your photo on another site. However, for HHW...
4) Click on "Grab the HTML".
5) In the "stuff" that pops up, look for "<img src=""
6) Select/highlight the "stuff" from "http://" to ".jpg"
7) Copy the "stuff" you selected. That is the direct link to the photo in Flickr's files.
8) To post the pic here on HHW, use the IMG tags, and place the link you copied between them.
It's a little convoluted, but... You could always go back to PhotoBucket and use the Edit-.Resize commands over there. ;)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3664625834_48f5f68d61_m.jpg)
DR Laura - If you Quote this post, you'll be able to see what I edited out in order to display the photo properly.
*Which brings up my only true pet peeve with the current board set-up. It's not fully HTML compatible.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/39897495@N06/3664625132/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/39897495@N06/3664625132/
If we click on this link, then we can view the picture on Flickr. *And it also increases your "Views" on Flickr too.
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DR Laura - Btw, lovely pics. -I keep meaning to ask, do you use the Macro mode for your close-ups?
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3664625132_39a56008e5.jpg
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/39897495@N06/3664625132/
If we click on this link, then we can view the picture on Flickr. *And it also increases your "Views" on Flickr too.
Or you could also do this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3664625132_39a56008e5.jpg)
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DR Laura - Btw, lovely pics. -I keep meaning to ask, do you use the Macro mode for your close-ups?
Yes. And I get real close.
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3664625132_39a56008e5.jpg
You just need to enclose that link between [ img ] and [ /img ] (with no spaces)
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Grr.
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Grrrr Dance.
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Grrrr Dance.
Sorry, DR Laura. I didn't mean to mislead you earlier with my Flickr recommendation.
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I can't figure out how to smallerize them on this Mac.
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Cool shots, DR Laura!
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I can't figure out how to smallerize them on this Mac.
DR Laura - Did you see the pics I "edited" and "smallerized" for you on the previous page? Just quote one of my posts to see the format.
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I didn't understand what you did.
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Thanks, MBarnum. Once in a while I get lucky. With photos.
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I got lucky that day. It just emerged from its chrysalis and was still pumping out its wings. It is clinging to a weed, and the rocks are the caliche that was piled up from the digging of the pond.
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By Jove, I think you've got it, DR Laura!
*Is that "smallerized" enough for you?
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Thanks. I hope I remember this tomorrow.
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*And if you look closely at the first fire escape picture I posted, you'll notice that there's a "white thing" hanging on the right side of the fire escape railing. It's a sequined glove. -And for tonight's "sound check", she played selections from "Off the Wall" and "Thriller". :)
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Thanks for your help!
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Rave in the NY Times for ARCHBISHOP SUPREME TARTUFFE starring Andre De Shields
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/theater/reviews/27archbishop.html
and a rave in Variety as well
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940561.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
Hmm... I guess my friend and I should have had another cocktail with dinner before the show that night. ;)
Horse-racing.
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Thanks for your help!
You're welcome. If I find a way to streamline that process, I'll be sure to pass it on to you.
In the meantime, if you're using the latest version of iPhoto, there's a built in Flickr exporter. Just select or flag the photos you want to upload, then just click on the Flickr icon in the lower right hand part of the iPhoto window.
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I am trying that, Jose. Thanks.
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I did it!
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I cropped the sides off that one and am using it for the bulletin cover for Sunday.
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Well, now, that made a bunch of posts.
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Everyone will be distraught tomorrow to see what you started, Jose.
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Everyone will be distraught tomorrow to see what you started, Jose.
I think not distraught.
But, either way, yes... They can blame me.
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OK... As much as I would like to get us to Page 9... Since I'm supposed to meet some friends for breakfast in seven hours...
Goodnight.
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For those with Macs and who use a mac mouse - my scrolling button will no longer scroll downwards - up and sideways work fine, down is dead. Any suggestions?
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He looks GREAT in that costume!
Yes, he does. And he looks great in his other costumes too. Raul Esparza makes for a very sexy Orsino.
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For those with Macs and who use a mac mouse - my scrolling button will no longer scroll downwards - up and sideways work fine, down is dead. Any suggestions?
Me no use Mac Mouse. Sorry.
How long have you had the mouse? It could be dead. Or it might just need a "ball cleaning".
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Oh.. And lookee here....
PAGE NINE!!!!
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PAGE NINE NINE DANCE!!!!
(http://www.northof9design.com/images/no.9.jpg)
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And now that my work is done here...
Once again...
Goodnight.
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Well, no one can say we didn't get to page nine.
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How does one clean their ball, if you get my meaning?