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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had news, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently like two ships that pass in the MOOnlight.
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And the word of the day is: GRANGERIZE!
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Today (Wednesday) is my payday. I'm now just waiting for my direct deposit to show up. :)
It's about time!!
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I dropped my banana.
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Don't slip on it!!!!!
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Time to go back to sleep.
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The man behind the curtain - the REAL Snow White:
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49555398.jpg)
As a teen, Marge Champion did scenes as Snow White for Disney animators, who traced footage of her to create the movements of the character. (Walt Disney Co.)
LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-classic-hollywood30-2009sep30,0,4877471.story)
Marge Champion still has the dance moves
The 90-year-old star of movies, theater and TV and the model for Snow White is the subject of an upcoming documentary, 'Keep Dancing,' with latest dance partner Donald Saddler.
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She says the process of playing Snow White was simple. "When Snow White was running through the forest and scared to death, they had ropes hanging from a clothesline so I would be pushing them aside," recalls Champion. "If there was a bed where Show White had to go pray, they had a cot there so I could kneel beside it. It was always very rudimentary and very hot lights, because they wanted as strong a contrast as possible."
Every frame of her footage was rotoscoped -- traced -- by the animators. "They didn't use every frame, but they couldn't get the movement or my moves or my eyes without it."
Champion also went on to model for the Blue Fairy in 1940's "Pinocchio" and the Dancing Hippo in "Fantasia."
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der Brucer
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Good Morning! Have a great day, everyone!
Vibes to all who need them!
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And the word of the day is: GRANGERIZE!
You heard of Simpsonize? That is where you take a photo of yourself and you look lke a Simpson cartoon character?
Same thing. You take a photo of yourself and you can look like either Stewart or Farley Granger
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BTW
Did you know that Stewart Granger's real name is James Stewart? He had to change it when he came to the US.
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For the person who has everything:
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MICROWAVE S'MORES MAKER:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VC3yFo-KL._SL500_.jpg)
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Wednesday morning greetings! Must be the cool fall weather - I slept like a rock and woke up at 7am, very refreshed.
Today is Rob's day off from school and we're going to work upstairs, clearing him out of the guest room and back into his own room. We're scheduled to house one of the Indonesian graduate students from Ohio University who's coming for Middfest. He's a photographer and will be here Saturday-Sunday.
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MICROWAVE S'MORES MAKER:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VC3yFo-KL._SL500_.jpg)
You have no doubt considered the kinkier possibilities.
der Brucer
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Good morning!
Another briskly cool morning (46), enough so that I wore a long sleeved t-shirt on my walk. (Still wearing shorts, though). High today of 74. How wonderful for fall to be here. I hope it lingers a while.
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Good morning, all! I'm beginning to get a bit anxious about my health insurance because the recording payment I expected to help cover the bill has not yet shown up in my mail and time is running out. I am not happy about this at all.
Today, I have to call my pharmacy for more meds and possibly make a trip to the NYPL. Everything depends on a Fed Ex package of the CDs from the Life Begins At 8:40 reading that should arrive today from the Library of Congress. It's 7 CDs of material that I need to burn for all of the New York people involved, including the conductor I think should be replaced. He's been making moves about the next phase of the project and I've been avoiding the issue, mostly through the wonderful unfabricated excuse of FINIAN'S RAINBOW deadlines.
The first thing this morning is to have my oatmeal and clean up this dump.
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Oh bk, bk. I thought you were starting to get the hang of some of Blu-ray's modus operandi:
All Warners Blu-rays start without the menu. If you don't believe me, put in one of the Harry Potters or THE DARK KNIGHT (if you still have them) and see if they don't behave exactly the same. You just know when you have a Warner Blu-ray that you're going to have to cope with this in all likelihood.
There are TWO menu buttons on your remote. Find the one marked "Top Menu" and you can pull up a menu while the movie is playing and make adjustments. However, if it's the audio you want to change, I use the audio button on my Samsung remote which brings up the audio menu and you just arrow key your way to what you want.
If neither "Menu" nor "Top Menu" can get you away from ads or trailers or disclaimers (sometimes they can, sometimes they can't; every studio seems to author this stuff differently), I use the chapter skip button. Even if I have to hit it three or four times, it's still quuicker than using fast forward.
Just a few pointers.
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I'm glad I finished the Sherlock Holmes Case-Book set yesterday since I can give my leftover time this morning to THE UNIT. I'm going to need every minute today to watch as many episodes as possible. I want to be able to watch GLEE tonight before I shut everything off downstairs and come upstairs for my nightly internet surf.
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I also have yesterday's soaps to scan through and I'll watch last night's NCIS; LA while I eat lunch. I hope the show begins defining some of those background characters so we can differentiate their duties. I remember three guys in the control room, but don't remember their names or their exact functions on the show. The original NCIS did a great job from the very beginning deliniating the characters and their jobs in the unit.
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Tonight premieres the other two comedies in ABC's four comedy/two hour block. (MODERN FAMILY and COUGAR TOWN premeired last week). The new shows this week are Kelsey Grammer's new HANK and Patricia Heaton's THE MIDDLE. The latter has gotten better reviews than the former. I really have no interest in either. I'll be recording MODERN FAMILY only this week.
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And the word of the day is: GRANGERIZE!
He'll expose you,
When he snows you.
Hope you're pleased with the crumbs he throws you.
He's ferocious
And he knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush.
All the boys think he's a spy.
He's got--
Stewart Grangerize!
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It looks like the filming of the James L Brooks movie that was setting up across the street from my office occurred last night. They were wrapping up cables and stowing away equipment back into the tractor trailers as I drove in this morning.
Darn--it would have been fun to see them work.
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I watched JULIA MISBEHAVES last night on TCM. It's a movie that starts out promisingly but then veers in several different directions before ending in a silly mess (literally and figuratively.) I guess even The Lion had its share of dopey movies.
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* * * * * Insurance Premium Payment Vibes for DR Elmore * * * * *
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* * * * * Insurance Premium Payment Vibes for DR Elmore * * * * *
Thank you, DR Dan(theMan)! If there's one thing I don't want, as I'm getting ready to phone the pharmacy for more meds, it's to lose my health insurance.
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I cannot think of a Wednesday question...so how about some LULU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsAI-JFB_k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsAI-JFB_k)
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I remember the other Warners movies starting right away, but I never tried to navigate away from them back to the menu and no disc I have ever owned, be it DVD or Blu-Ray has ever had seven minutes of disclaimer warnings at the end of a disc - SEVEN minutes in every language imaginable.
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Oh, and I'm up.
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Next week at long last Fox is releasing the fifth season of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. It's been years since the release of season four, and season five, when Rhoda is gone and Sue Ann becomes a much more integral part of the show (enough for Betty White to win back-to-back Emmys for seasons five and six), is one of my favorites. (Don't get me wrong; I loved Rhoda, but the Sue Ann-Mary rivalry is always hilarious to me).
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I just use the "pop-up menu" button on my remote, and all those options on the WB blu-rays appears; including THE WIZARD OF OZ.
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I remember the other Warners movies starting right away, but I never tried to navigate away from them back to the menu and no disc I have ever owned, be it DVD or Blu-Ray has ever had seven minutes of disclaimer warnings at the end of a disc - SEVEN minutes in every language imaginable.
It's a helpful bit of knowledge to know, especially since the older Warners Blu-rays don't always default to the best audio track. (The Harry Potters nor the Batman films don't; they default to lossy DOlby DIgital instead of uncompressed PCM or lossless Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MA.)
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I just use the "pop-up menu" button on my remote, and all those options on the WB blu-rays appears; including THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Some remotes call it "Pop-Up Menu." Some call it "Top Menu." The PS3 has THREE menu buttons so one is almost always going to work!
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Page Two Dance!!!
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Now I guess I'll head downstairs having finished my morning internet surf. I need to get back to THE UNIT and see what new missions they're going to send me on.
WBBL.
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The girl on NCIS LOS ANGELES is the weak member of the team, acting wise, for my money. So I don't know if her character is or not.....maybe they don't know how to write for her....but she is certainly no Zima.
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As DR KIT LO wrote.....I forgot an important soloist yesterday:
Jonathan Edwards on the pinano.
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THE ROAD BUILDER/NIGHT DIGGER was most entertaining last night. Mr Bernard Herrmann's score was the second best part of the movie. Introducing Mr Nicholas Clay did indeed divest himself of his clothes twice.....once completely to commit a murder....and a second time to his undies to entice Miss Patricia Neal (it worked).
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The budget for BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH included a $25,000 fee to 20th Century-Fox which I assume was for a CinemaScope license or equipment.
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Today is the last day of September, as noted in the notes.
And Mercury turns direct today after about six weeks - so communications issues will be improved and purchase of large appliances and electronic equipment can happen without fear.
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purchase of large appliances and electronic equipment can happen without fear.
Until the credit card bill arrives. :)
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elmore - I know my Oxford plan has a 30-day grace period from the official "due date" marked on the monthly bill they send; maybe your insurance co. has a similar grace period??
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On Christmas Eve, 1955, there was a flood in Yuba City, California. Two months later, on February 25, 1956, Walt Disney sent the Mouseketeers and other staff members to town for a special belated Christmas celebration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxiVGTyR6U
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I just use the "pop-up menu" button on my remote, and all those options on the WB blu-rays appears; including THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Some remotes call it "Pop-Up Menu." Some call it "Top Menu." The PS3 has THREE menu buttons so one is almost always going to work!
Yeah, my Pansonic has them all, too.
But, the first blu-ray I played was THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD or HOW THE WEST WAS WON, so I learned quickly how to navigate a Warner disc.
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Today is the last day of September, as noted in the notes.
And Mercury turns direct today after about six weeks - so communications issues will be improved and purchase of large appliances and electronic equipment can happen without fear.
Does that mean I get that new camera?
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Go for it, DR LAURA!
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Actually, I had to spend my paycheck on my upcoming trip to Sacramento.
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I'd rather have the camera.
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I hear you.
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elmore - I know my Oxford plan has a 30-day grace period from the official "due date" marked on the monthly bill they send; maybe your insurance co. has a similar grace period??
I am at the end of the grace period because I had to fork out $3000 last month for estimated IRS and state income tax. There's no way with my current debt from being down a month that I could hand out an addtional $2000+ for health insurance. I honestly thought I would be paid by now for the recording.
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At one time I was a member of a Yahoo Group that was run by a man who was scanning all of his issues of AFTER DARK magazine. These came from the 70's and 80's.
I just saved the emails in GOOGLE and finally last weekend - I finally put all of the images in a folder and then saved them to a disk. It was fun to see all the photos again. It was a different time. It isn't a complete run, but it does have some interesting pictures and interviews.
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THE ROAD BUILDER/NIGHT DIGGER was most entertaining last night. Mr Bernard Herrmann's score was the second best part of the movie. Introducing Mr Nicholas Clay did indeed divest himself of his clothes twice.....once completely to commit a murder....and a second time to his undies to entice Miss Patricia Neal (it worked).
You should see what he does for Miss Sylvia Kristel in "Lady Chatterley's Lover" as gamekeeper Oliver Mellors!
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Ronald Weasley usually seems lost in a daze when he gazes into Hermione's GRANGERIZE!
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orangerie
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To pick a word at random.
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Okoboji.
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Snarp!
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Kumquat!
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Strangely, that's the most sense DAW has made in weeks. :)
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At one time I was a member of a Yahoo Group that was run by a man who was scanning all of his issues of AFTER DARK magazine. These came from the 70's and 80's.
I just saved the emails in GOOGLE and finally last weekend - I finally put all of the images in a folder and then saved them to a disk. It was fun to see all the photos again. It was a different time. It isn't a complete run, but it does have some interesting pictures and interviews.
I believe there's an IV with a certain unnamed Seattle "journalist" in one of those.
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I am galloping from one crisis to another this morning. When I went in to brush my teeth, I found plaster chips all over the floor and toilet, and when I looked up, the bathroom ceiling above the toilet was dark and wet from a leak. That meant finding the super, who takes care of four buildings on the block for my cheapass landlord, and getting him to look at the problem. Of course, the tenant above me isn't home so we have no idea if the leak is in his bathroom, which is most likely. I do not want the ceiling to fall in today. Although it's certainly a metaphor for my life at the moment.
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At one time I was a member of a Yahoo Group that was run by a man who was scanning all of his issues of AFTER DARK magazine. These came from the 70's and 80's.
I just saved the emails in GOOGLE and finally last weekend - I finally put all of the images in a folder and then saved them to a disk. It was fun to see all the photos again. It was a different time. It isn't a complete run, but it does have some interesting pictures and interviews.
The NYPL exhibit of Ken Duncan's photos last year brought back a lot of AFTER DARK memories from the late 60s and 70s. I was hoping it would inspire a second book of photos after this one.
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Nice pic of Mrs. Lovett!
DR JMK I didn't see that interview among the pages, but who knows.
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Vibes for DR Elmore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This is for DR Laura.
Donny Osmond doing the Jive on this week's DANCING WITH THE STARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7svQNjwxc
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AAAAAAhhhhh-choo!
I've been working with Rob in his room for the past couple of hours. We have it more or less fit for human habitation, but we sure did encounter a lot of dust. My vacuum cleaner got quite the workout.
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This is for DR Laura.
Donny Osmond doing the Jive on this week's DANCING WITH THE STARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7svQNjwxc
He's still got it. Thanks!
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You know, I always did go for the "nice boys."
Donny Osmond is not one of the 50-year-olds who drops dead of a drug overdose.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And I was a contestant in The Big Gay Spelling Bee last night. I "lost" on the word "diphyodont".
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Hola amigos y amigas.
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In other news...
The living/dining room area and kitchen are (still) a mess - everything still needs to be put back in its place, and my bedroom is also a bit of a hodgepodge this morning too from all of the overflow stuff from the living and dining room. So... Guess what I'll be doing today?
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Vibes to elmore and James.
Great news about Sherlock and the kittens' continued improvement.
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I will be at the NYMF show Mo Faya later this afternoon, followed by a meeting tonight at Prospect Theater's offices.
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And before that, a little work on movie-related stuff, as we continue planning our next steps now that we've had our premiere.
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What is the Big Gay spelling bee?
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So, after last night's round of The Big Gay Spelling Bee (http://www.biggayspellingbee.com/), my friend, Eric, and I headed to over to a halal chicken place, Big Arc Chicken, on 1st Avenue for post-Bee meal. All in all, it was a good night - and it was great to get out of the apartment! - but by the time I got home, all I wanted to do was just go to bed and get some sleep. -And that's what I did.
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What is the Big Gay spelling bee?
See my previous post. ;)
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orangerie
Chinoiserie
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DR JOSE on second examination, my monkey may indeed be the base for a glass top side table.
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orangerie
Chinoiserie
Rotisserie
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~~~~~VIBES TO JAMES~~~~~
*And kudos to DR Jane and the other drivers and passers-by who stopped by to help him.
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As for the Microwave S'Mores Maker...
REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?
OY!
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What is the Big Gay spelling bee?
See my previous post. ;)
Ah, I see.
Looks like fun! I would not have gotten that word correct, either.
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DR DAW, I heard on the news that ToysRUs is hiring. I thought of you at once.
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In other news...
The living/dining room area and kitchen are (still) a mess - everything still needs to be put back in its place, and my bedroom is also a bit of a hodgepodge this morning too from all of the overflow stuff from the living and dining room. So... Guess what I'll be doing today?
Cruising the reservoir?
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What is the Big Gay spelling bee?
See my previous post. ;)
Ah, I see.
Looks like fun! I would not have gotten that word correct, either.
Well, I probably would have spelled it correctly had it been pronounced correctly. ;) -And, for the record, it wasn't. But I still had a good time.
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In other news...
The living/dining room area and kitchen are (still) a mess - everything still needs to be put back in its place, and my bedroom is also a bit of a hodgepodge this morning too from all of the overflow stuff from the living and dining room. So... Guess what I'll be doing today?
Cruising the reservoir?
It's too cold today for that.
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I am galloping from one crisis to another this morning. When I went in to brush my teeth, I found plaster chips all over the floor and toilet, and when I looked up, the bathroom ceiling above the toilet was dark and wet from a leak. That meant finding the super, who takes care of four buildings on the block for my cheapass landlord, and getting him to look at the problem. Of course, the tenant above me isn't home so we have no idea if the leak is in his bathroom, which is most likely. I do not want the ceiling to fall in today. Although it's certainly a metaphor for my life at the moment.
Aren't you suppose to poke a small hole into the wet area to prevent it all from collapsing?
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This is for DR Laura.
Donny Osmond doing the Jive on this week's DANCING WITH THE STARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7svQNjwxc
He's still got it. Thanks!
I thought he was really good.
A lot of the celebs on the show are much younger. But i think he totally holds his own.
And since he is popular, I'll bet he stays around till final 5 for sure.
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In other news...
I really do have a lot of things to take care of this afternoon besides getting my apartment back in some semblance of order. I also have to make a few big decisions over the next 24-48 hours too, so...
Laters...
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You know, I always did go for the "nice boys."
Donny Osmond is not one of the 50-year-olds who drops dead of a drug overdose.
One of those Mormons, ya' know...
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CHECK RECEIVING & INSURANCE PAYMENT VIBES FOR DR ELMORE!!!
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On Christmas Eve, 1955, there was a flood in Yuba City, California. Two months later, on February 25, 1956, Walt Disney sent the Mouseketeers and other staff members to town for a special belated Christmas celebration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxiVGTyR6U
Thanks for the link.
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~~~VIBES OF ALL SORTS~~~
FOR DR ELMORE3003!!!!!
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Actually, I had to spend my paycheck on my upcoming trip to Sacramento.
Is the trip for pleasure or work?
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elmore - I know my Oxford plan has a 30-day grace period from the official "due date" marked on the monthly bill they send; maybe your insurance co. has a similar grace period??
I am at the end of the grace period because I had to fork out $3000 last month for estimated IRS and state income tax. There's no way with my current debt from being down a month that I could hand out an addtional $2000+ for health insurance. I honestly thought I would be paid by now for the recording.
Have you called & inquired if they will give you an extension? With the economy the way it is it is possible something can be worked out.
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Actually, I had to spend my paycheck on my upcoming trip to Sacramento.
Is the trip for pleasure or work?
Work, but they don't pay my way.
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You know, I always did go for the "nice boys."
Donny Osmond is not one of the 50-year-olds who drops dead of a drug overdose.
One of those Mormons, ya' know...
I'm not Mormon, but there's something to be said for clean living.
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This is for DR Laura.
Donny Osmond doing the Jive on this week's DANCING WITH THE STARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7svQNjwxc
One of my favorite songs. Did he win?
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Donny has my vote.
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DR ELMORE the end of the Mercury retrograde should help with some of the difficulties.
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Thank you DRs Julie & Jose.
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Actually, I had to spend my paycheck on my upcoming trip to Sacramento.
Is the trip for pleasure or work?
Work, but they don't pay my way.
I thought it was for work. I'm shocked they don't pay your way. What if you didn't go?
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You know, I always did go for the "nice boys."
Donny Osmond is not one of the 50-year-olds who drops dead of a drug overdose.
One of those Mormons, ya' know...
I'm not Mormon, but there's something to be said for clean living.
Very true, and as a community they are very helpful to each other, or their friends. Keith is constantly thankful for the strides they have made in genealogy research.
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DR Matt H thank you for the heads up on the new shows tonight.
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they are very helpful to each other, or their friends.
And very harmful toward their [perceived] enemies.
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The saga continues; now i'm embroiled in a situation with the NYC Gay Men's Chorus. In the 1980s I wrote a piece for their chamber choir, "Appalachian Carols," which I dedicated to my Dad. In 1990 or so, my publisher took the carols into their catalogue, and about four years ago I revised them before they were typeset. I consider this version definitive.
The Chorus, without advising me last month, decided to perform the carols in their holiday concert, which makes me happy, but they had someone set the original copy they had into type and the Chorus is rehearsing the earlier version. I'm disturbed because it's a copy I would not have allowed to be digitized and all my inquiries about unauthorized illegal copies getting passed around has me very perturbed. I've asked them to stamp the copies "DO NOT DUPLICATE" or with something implying their illegality but my inquiries to the Chorus on what's goign on are being brushed off. I am not happy, and, while I have no wish to back the Chorus into a corner, I don't like decisions made about my property without my involvement.
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DR ELMORE the end of the Mercury retrograde should help with some of the difficulties.
DR JRand59, I sure hope you're right.
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This is for DR Laura.
Donny Osmond doing the Jive on this week's DANCING WITH THE STARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7svQNjwxc
One of my favorite songs. Did he win?
The new season has just started. I think he finished 3rd with the judges on that dance.
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~~~Vibes of All Kinds for DR Elmore!!~~~
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Actually, I had to spend my paycheck on my upcoming trip to Sacramento.
Is the trip for pleasure or work?
Work, but they don't pay my way.
I thought it was for work. I'm shocked they don't pay your way. What if you didn't go?
They pay for the board members to attend the board meetings, but not to attend the conference. If I was named a delegate by my church, my church would pay my way. But as a conference officer, I cannot be a delegate but must attend.
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DR Laura - that really stinks!
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I have a routine check-up scheduled with my doctor for the day after we return from NYC. He and I had talked about my having my flu shot at that appointment, but I just moved that up to next week. I thought it would be a good idea to be immunized before flying on airplanes and sitting in theatres with crowds of people.
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Ginny, I went to a Walgreens for my flu shot. Don't grocery stores also have clinics where you live?
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I just send an email asking about conference expenses to the district office. Maybe they'll say they'll pay my way. I doubt it.
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Ginny, I went to a Walgreens for my flu shot. Don't grocery stores also have clinics where you live?
Yes, Richard has his flu shot at Rite-Aid last week, but with my history of respiratory problems (including pneumonia) I'm not comfortable with that.
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It takes two or three weeks to get immunity. When is your trip?
Can't you just walk in to your doctor and have them give you the shot, since you have an appointment scheduled?
My DH waited until his doctor appointment to get a flu shot, only to find out they were out when he got there. So he ended up going to Walgreens anyway.
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DR Laura - I asked if I could just walk in and they said you have to see the doctor. And I'm having the shot 2 weeks and a day before we leave.
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Good timing. And why do they have to make it so hard?
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Well, the one good thing today is that I got my Fed Ex shipment, so I'm downloading 8 hours of an orchestra reading.
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Well, since we're so close...
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PAGE FIVE IF-GINNY-MAKES-TWO-MORE-POSTS-SHE'LL-HIT-12,000-POSTS DANCE!!
;)
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The girl on NCIS LOS ANGELES is the weak member of the team, acting wise, for my money. So I don't know if her character is or not.....maybe they don't know how to write for her....but she is certainly no Zima.
She's no Ziva either! :D
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DR Matt H thank you for the heads up on the new shows tonight.
You're welcome. I will be very curious to see how they do in the ratings. The WEdnesday at 8-9 p.m. time period is the one hour during the week that no show has a completely domineering hold over the other programming. BONES used to dominate, but then Fox moved it to Thursdays. I'll be curious to see how things shake out there.
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I had time to watch two UNIT episodes before I started fixing lunch. And as it turned out, it was a two part episode. Unfortunately it was a rather silly mission to rescue Dennis Haysbert's daughter (a soldier) after she had been captured and taken to Syria.
One of the show's weaknesses is inconsistency in storytelling. A really riveting mission will be followed by a lame, unbelievable one.
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While I ate lunch I watched last night's NCIS: LA. The show is not growing on me. I don't find LL Cool J as ingratiating as any of the characters on NCIS. Neither the M.E. nor the psychologist have the fun and eccentricity of Ducky or Abby. And I'm not digging Linda Hunt much either.
BTW, she played a similar part in one of the UNIT episodes I watched this afternoon. No doubt this gave CBS the idea to plug her into NCIS since she wasn't in the pilot broadcast last year during NCIS.
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Oh, spoo! I meant to mention that at least Matt Battaglia was a guest star on NCIS: LA last night. I wish he had had more to do on the episode.
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Then, I watched four more UNIT episodes this afternoon making 12 episodes now watched with 10 more to go. I hope to get four more done tonight.
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elmore, if you're talking about the Brent recording, Brent and Chris had to clarify how that was all working because it was VERY confusing. It's cleared up now and we'll be sending a check your way.
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Had a nice meeting at LACC. Then I went to the tape transfer place and heard a little of each of the two scores (on a two-fer) that we'll be doing and I almost began weeping for the beauty that I heard. Great sound, and unbelievably great music - as I said, one half of this is one of my all-time holy grails, and the other half is jaw-droppingly beautiful.
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Then I came home, went to Hugo's where I ate and did some work, and now I am finally done for the day.
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I am going to hop off-line now and write a little bit before heading back down to continue with THE UNIT and then later, tonight's episode of GLEE.
WBBL.
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You know, I always did go for the "nice boys."
Donny Osmond is not one of the 50-year-olds who drops dead of a drug overdose.
One of those Mormons, ya' know...
Hoo, boy, do you ever have delusions about Mormons. Take it from an SLC boy. :)
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Donny Osmond is NOT going to drop dead of an overdose. He is a nice boy.
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Actually, I had to spend my paycheck on my upcoming trip to Sacramento.
Is the trip for pleasure or work?
Work, but they don't pay my way.
I thought it was for work. I'm shocked they don't pay your way. What if you didn't go?
They pay for the board members to attend the board meetings, but not to attend the conference. If I was named a delegate by my church, my church would pay my way. But as a conference officer, I cannot be a delegate but must attend.
I agree with DR Ginny, THAT STINKS! How many of these do you attend in a year?
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Just one.
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They pay my way to the board meetings, but not to the conference.
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elmore, if you're talking about the Brent recording, Brent and Chris had to clarify how that was all working because it was VERY confusing. It's cleared up now and we'll be sending a check your way.
That is good to know. I just don't want to lose my health insurance. And, to continue my banking frustrations, my rent check for September has never arrived, although the two checks I mailed with it have cleared. This is a very frustrating fiscal period!
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Well, I thought I was done for the day. But the phone keeps ringing, and I end up having long conversations with the author of the long musical, so I've just stopped answering - none of those calls for today and tomorrow. ME time, baby, ME time. Then I had to package up a few orders.
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GLEE and SYTYCD tonight.....I am trying to get myself worked up for them....so far it is a no go.
Yes DRMATTH- Ziva.....same typing finger....different hand.
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My question for ASK BK day...
What is your favorite Noel Coward play? And is there a Noel Coward written role that you would like to play?
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Wow, finally, a question. Private Lives. I'm not really suited to Noel unless it's The Red Peppers.
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PAGE FIVE IF-GINNY-MAKES-TWO-MORE-POSTS-SHE'LL-HIT-12,000-POSTS DANCE!!
;)
Well, here's some good news for my...
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...12,000th post: There are 2 tickets for the October 24 matinee of Finian's Rainbow waiting for us to pick up at the box office!
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They pay my way to the board meetings, but not to the conference.
That's not so bad then. Do you find the conference beneficial, or at the least enjoy them?
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Congrats to Ginny and her 12,000 Posts!! :D
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Ginnys12000th.png)
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...12,000th post: There are 2 tickets for the October 24 matinee of Finian's Rainbow waiting for us to pick up at the box office!
:D
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Now, if JMK will post just ONCE more...
;)
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Now, if JMK will post just ONCE more...
It's inevitable.
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CONGRATULATIONS, DR Ginny!!!! :D :D :D On the plateau AND the tickets.
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No Bulba arrivals?
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No BULBA today.....
PRIVATE LIVES.....good choice.
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Congratulations to Ginny!
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They pay my way to the board meetings, but not to the conference.
That's not so bad then. Do you find the conference beneficial, or at the least enjoy them?
I am the clerk; I take the minutes. I am a conference officer and must attend.
I never attended before I was clerk; I won't attend when I'm not clerk.
Airfare + registration + hotel room + taxi from airport = $600.
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Now, if JMK will post just ONCE more...
;)
Your wish is my command. Within reason.
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DR Laura, Ouch! That doesn't include meals.
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Well, in 48 hours my review will be up on Amazon.com.
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Now, if JMK will post just ONCE more...
;)
Your wish is my command. Within reason.
Well, this is why...
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/JMKs7000th.png)
;D
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And CONGRATULATIONS to DR JMK on... ALL THOSE POSTS!!! :D
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And CONGRATULATIONS to DR JMK on... ALL THOSE POSTS!!! :D
Yes, statistics prove over 73% have been jokes at your expense. ;D
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The other 27% have been offers to sell DVD's.
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DR Laura, Ouch! That doesn't include meals.
A few are included. Not all.
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Low cholesterol & tasty?
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Thanks, everybody, for the comments about my milestone and to DR George for capturing it!
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(http://www.fanboysoftheuniverse.com/images/uploads/barbra.jpg)
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Well, I'm off to see (actually, usher for) Tap Dogs (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1091)! They came to Olympia quite a few years ago and were wonderful! I'm sure that they're still good. :D
(http://www.washingtoncenter.org/user_images/events/season/medium/tdshoesBIG.jpg)
Until later!
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Such a social butterfly you are, DR George!! :)
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This makes me want to vomit on the ground:
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Page six? This is a way to send out September?
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Especially for Laura DR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMOVdWBNrbk)
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Sorry, fading fast... :P
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Okoboji.
http://www.exploreokoboji.com/
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Especially for Laura DR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMOVdWBNrbk)
That was lovely. Just lovely.
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I am listening to Felix Knight sing.
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Good Evening!
Well, the dining room area and kitchen still need to be re-assembled and re-configured, but at least I can sit on the couch and watch TV. :)
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-And for anyone who may be watching and/or care: There is no new "Top Chef: Las Vegas" on tonight.
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And, apparently, I'm a "one-man culinary focus group".
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When I was growing up, Arnolds Park Amusement Park on West Okoboji had a great fun house wiht a huge wooden sugar bowl where you played king of the mountain as it spun around, a wooden barrel that you tried to walk through as it spun around and a great wooden slide. They have been in storage since the fun house was torn down in the 80s. Today they were taken out of storage and will be part of a new park. Liability will prevent the barrel from rolling and the bowl from spinning, but they will be back. that makes me smile :)
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I actually liked tonight's episode of GLEE.
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-And for anyone who may be watching and/or care: There is no new "Top Chef: Las Vegas" on tonight.
I just realized that! Did Padma have a bad hair day?
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GLEE - hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....I am not a Kristen Chenowith fan or supporter, so there were some really irritating moments for me. I really don't remember her singing through her nose so much....maybe it was a character choice.
But anyway....I am not sure how much longer I can stay with the show....the kids can have it.
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Page Seven Me and My Sister Dance.
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I have gotten through episode 16 today of THE UNIT. That leaves six episodes for tomorrow which I should easily be able to accomplish. There is this unseen enemy that turned on a factory full of chlorine gas to poison a small community where our heroes live. This was a ridiculous episode.
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Congrats to DR JMK on 7000 posts!
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Oh, boy! I ain't no kid, and I *LOVED* GLEE tonight. I adored every song, I enjoyed Kristin's drunk character, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to find her nominated for a guest star Emmy next year. I thought she was smashing.
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That picture on the left is from 1971 when I had more hair and less avoirdupois.
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Oh, boy! I ain't no kid, and I *LOVED* GLEE tonight. I adored every song, I enjoyed Kristin's drunk character, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to find her nominated for a guest star Emmy next year. I thought she was smashing.
I wanted to think so.
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When I was growing up, Arnolds Park Amusement Park on West Okoboji had a great fun house wiht a huge wooden sugar bowl where you played king of the mountain as it spun around, a wooden barrel that you tried to walk through as it spun around and a great wooden slide. They have been in storage since the fun house was torn down in the 80s. Today they were taken out of storage and will be part of a new park. Liability will prevent the barrel from rolling and the bowl from spinning, but they will be back. that makes me smile :)
:)
When we first moved to Ashland the park had a wooden barrel that spun. It looked rather old & was torn down when the playground was updated. We miss the barrel. The rest of the playground looks great.
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I forgot to mention this afternoon that I had a chance to skim through yesterday's two soaps: ATWT and OLTL, but there was nothing of interest in either one of them.
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I also had time to scan through today's soap episodes. Once again, zip. Nada. Nothing.
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You REALLY liked her singing? Maybe it was just over produced....but it sounded very nasal to me. Oh well......I will leave it to YOU kids.....LOL.....
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The review set for MEDIUM arrived today, but I won't get to it until Friday.
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You REALLY liked her singing? Maybe it was just over produced....but it sounded very nasal to me. Oh well......I will leave it to YOU kids.....LOL.....
Yes, I did like it. I thought it sounded like Kristin Chenoweth. If that's what you call nasal, well, that's what I call Kristin. I've never heard her sound any other way.
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GLEE - hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....I am not a Kristen Chenowith fan or supporter, so there were some really irritating moments for me. I really don't remember her singing through her nose so much....maybe it was a character choice.
But anyway....I am not sure how much longer I can stay with the show....the kids can have it.
She always sings through her nose.
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I really liked tonight's episode of "Glee" too. However...
I know it's the "sound" that the "kidz" are used to hearing nowadays, but all of the processing and auto-tune-ing of the vocals still bugs me.
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I also got the Blu-ray version of MONSOON WEDDING from Criterion, but since it doesn't come out until October 20th, I won't worry about getting to it any time soon. And when I do that will be an easy day since I've already seen and written up the movie and the the rest of the contents on standard DVD.
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GLEE - hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....I am not a Kristen Chenowith fan or supporter, so there were some really irritating moments for me. I really don't remember her singing through her nose so much....maybe it was a character choice.
But anyway....I am not sure how much longer I can stay with the show....the kids can have it.
She always sings through her nose.
Ditto. -Although, I prefer to think of it as "a very forward placement". ;) -And I do think that "they" emphasize that "forward placement" in the mix-down.
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Page Seven Me and My Sister Dance.
I wish it were bigger so I could seeit better!
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I cannot think of a Wednesday question...so how about some LULU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsAI-JFB_k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsAI-JFB_k)
Do you remember when she was one of the two "Caravelles" ( I think that was the group's name). It was before the candy bar came out.
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It was before the candy bar came out.
There's a line there someplace!
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While I was out and about, I stopped by The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck to drop off some of the programs from The Vendys. I also tried their new menu item - which was premiered at The Vendys: Mexican Hot Chocolate (http://www.biggayicecreamtruck.com/2009/09/new-menu-item.html).
Muy YUMMERS!
*I also realized that while I was working the truck on Saturday at The Vendys, I didn't have any ice cream. I served it, I just didn't eat it.
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Well, I had a quick night internet surf, and now I'm ready for bed.
Good night!
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Page Seven Me and My Sister Dance.
Awwwwwww.... :)
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Whew! Just finished catchingup ot the past few days - lets see what I remember
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First of all prayers of thanksgivinghave been said for the good news about DAW's husband!!!
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Aren't you suppose to poke a small hole into the wet area to prevent it all from collapsing?
They tried that with me once, but it didn't work!
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Congratulations to BK, Ginny & JMK on their respective new posting totals!!!
Congraultaions to Ginny & Richard for getting the apartment they wanted - we'll see you at the box office on the 24th as we will be collecting our tickets as well!!!
I wonder if any of our other DR's inteh vicinity will be able to join us - if not for the show for a Pizza party afterwards at good Ol' John's Pizza....
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Continued VIBES for Laura's kitties
and VIBES that someone offers to pay your travel expenses to the confernece
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CHECK VIBES for dear Elmore _ I wish I was in a position to take all your money woes away -
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Thanks, Vixmom, for the kitten vibes.
No one is going to pay my conference expenses, though.
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BK the Hoffstetter book has arrived!!
I believe it took a detour to one of my neighbors' homes - our replacement mailman is not very reliable- all of us in the neighborhood have been getting each other's mail - hopefully the regular guy will be back soon
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DR Laura, is little Michael any better today?
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Vibes to all who need them~~~~~~~
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Well, I was thinking one eye looked a little bit clearer today.
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We have just realized that we have plans for every weekend from now until the middle of December
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Congrats to all reaching millstones
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I was trying to get some photos today. They are still quite young, so it is hard to get them to look at the camera.
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Well, I was thinking one eye looked a little bit clearer today.
thats a start!
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However, here is little Michael:
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You can see the ulcer in the left eye.
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And here is Ginny.
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Oh, poor little guy.... there's still a chance he can get better, right?
Prayers and vibes to little Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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We are not giving up, Cillaliz. The medications will hopefully help.
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However, here is little Michael:
poor baby - what will happen to him if his eyes do not get better?
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However, here is little Michael:
poor baby - what will happen to him if his eyes do not get better?
I'm not sure I want to hear the answer to this....
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Here is a picture I just stumbled upon ... for no reason whatsoever...
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DR vixmom - :) :) :) :) :)
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DR Vixmom - looking forward to seeing you and The Vixter in a few weeks!
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I, too, enjoyed tonight's Glee, but I have lots of problems with most of the material they have the high school kids singing. The song that Kristin performed with the choir had lyrics that I found unsuitable for a school performance. And, if they're doing the stage version of Cabaret, why were they singing "Maybe This Time"? I only remember it from the movie.
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DR Vixmom - looking forward to seeing you and The Vixter in a few weeks!
and we are very much looking forward to seeing you!!
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DR Ginny - Apparently, the school that the "Gleeks" are attending is very progressive. ;) -Although, the song choices do reflect what is "out there", and what the kids are singing today. -There are even choral arrangements of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies Dance" available.
As for "Maybe This Time" - it was incorporated into the Donmar/Roundabout revival, and is commonly interpolated into the stage version nowadays. -As is "The Money Song" and "Mein Herr".
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DR Ginny - And I believe the "Glee" high school, William McKinley High School, is located in Lima, Ohio.
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DR Ginny - Apparently, the school that the "Gleeks" are attending is very progressive. ;) -Although, the song choices do reflect what is "out there", and what the kids are singing today. -There are even choral arrangements of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies Dance" available.
OK, guess I'm just an old fogey.
As for "Maybe This Time" - it was incorporated into the Donmar/Roundabout revival, and is commonly interpolated into the stage version nowadays. -As is "The Money Song" and "Mein Herr".
Ah, now I get it. Not sure I'd like those movie songs in the stage version. More fogey-ness.
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DR Ginny - And I believe the "Glee" high school is located in Lima, Ohio.
Yes, I keep hearing those references, too. Makes me wonder even more about the material.
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Congrats to Ginny.
Congrats to JMK.
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Taras Bulba sighting at my PO Box.
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No, we don't want the answer to that.
However, I just fed them and then dangled the feather wand in front of little Michael. It is my opinion that he followed the movement of the wand. So I know he has some vision. We just have to wait and hope.
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Aw... This just made me smile...
Sesame Street Meets "Mad Men" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvKCfZqxrQ)
*Although... "sycophants"? ::)
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Yea for Thursday. Yea for payday. Boo for rent day.
Have a good evening everyone.
Night.
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Thanks, DR Sam.
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'night!
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Arye Gross was a guest star on this weeks CASTLE. He has not aged well...in fact he seems to have aged about 30 years since he was on ELLEN which was what, like 15 years ago?
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And now, a couple hours of sleep before it is time to get up once again.
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And now... A little quiet time... And then some sleep.
Goodnight.
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Good night to all on this glorious evening!
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good night all!
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Shameless plug: The Hartford Courants's blog by critic Frank Rizzo gave a nice little plug for the AQUARIUS?HAIR parody video.
http://blogs.courant.com/curtain/2009/09/youtube-parody-of-broadways-ha.html
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Back from a little drive in the motor car - I had planned to watch the Blu and Ray of Silverado this evening, but I started watching a HD movie on the DVR then I got antsy. I'll now try to finish the movie I started - halfway through now, but it's a three-hour movie.
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Kristin did not sing through her nose when she sang for ME - listen to Lion Tamer - one take, and so not her Kristin voice - so honest and beautiful. She's got it in her - it just doesn't surface all that much.
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I'm watching my recording of "Modern Family" from tonight and the sound is screwy. All the sound effects are still heard, but none of the speaking is coming through. This has only happened a couple of times before. I'd turn on the closed captioning on my TV but it doesn't work on high-def programming. I don't know why. :P
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The voices finally came back. They were off for about two minutes, but now it's all okay. :)
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I'm happy that I can hear the voices again. ;)