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Well, you've read the notes, you know October is now almost ober, and now it is time for you to post until the ober cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: BLENCH!
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BK, according to CastAlbumDB.com, Con O'Neill was on the 1988 cast recording of Blood Brothers (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=98), with Kiki Dee as the mother. That was the first recording of the show that I'd gotten. I've since purchased other recordings of this show.
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Friday is a work day oh well.
TOD:
CD - Cry For Us All
DVD - Devil's Darkness
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Good morning, all! I am off to another day of the McGlinnventory. Yesterday I discovered in one of the boxes a vocal score for Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth that I had loaned John around 1990. It's nice to have it back. After that, I am having lunch with several coleagues from the PHI project. At 4:30, if my discomfort level from the shoulder pains is good, I am seeing the NYMF production of THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA because I like the title song, which Emily Skinner, I believe, recorded. I'd like to see FINIAN'S RAINBOW tonight to see if the original finale is back.
Last night was a creepy nightmare night, a series of dreams about staying in an apartment with a hostile ghost who wanted me out. Perhaps this is prompted by the thought that my friend Matthew and I may see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY tomorrow afternoon, or perhaps it's the approaching Halloween season.
DR vixmom, I don't know yet if I will catch the show at next Saturday's matinee or just meet you afterwards. I can't plan that far in advance at the moment.
TOD:
DVD: Lord lord lord! Those three Netflix items still sit here unwatched and other things are piling up.
CD: Guy Haines, Liz Callaway's new album, 18th Century Shakespeare songs, The Spectre's Bride
VCR: the usual suspects
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But ya are Blench! Ya are in that wheelchair
(a Baby Jane reference, someone had to say it)
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The usual suspect (meaning the BBC).
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Off to work. Oh well.
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So they didn't surpass the original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn-W_ZeSlY)??
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'The most hilarious Julie Andrews story was recounted by both Chris [Durang] and Michael [Rupert]. She has a house in Switzerland and that's where the creative team of Putting It Together went to talk to her about being a part of the show. She agreed to do it and the next morning took one of her exercise walks around the mountains that bordered her house. Julie hadn't been on a New York stage in 35 years and she thought that she'd better start getting her voice in shape. She was vocalizing and singing different songs from her past and decided to test her soprano by singing something from The Sound of Music. She began the song while nearing the peak of a mountain and right when she got to "The Hills are alive…with the sound of music" she was coming down the other side of the mountain. Well, that moment coincided with an entirely filled tour bus coming down the road! Julie was horrified that a bunch of tourists saw her literally coming over the Swiss Alps while singing, "The hills are alive with the sound of music." Julie said their faces had the subtext of "How sad. She still thinks she's still in The Sound of Music. Poor Julie Andrews."'
- Seth Rudetsky, recalling his recent interview with Michael Rupert & Christopher Durang in this week's "Onstage & Backstage" column
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I'd bet their faces really had the ubertext of Oh my god, that's the thrill of a lifetime for me as a tourist. :) :)
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MEdia Check:
iPod: IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT -- Sting. Also, giving the OCR of BYE BYE BIRDIE a spin
Tivo: Last night's PROJECT RUNWAY and FLASHFORWARD, along with a few of the Wheeler and Woolsley flicks shown on TCM the other night.
DVD: EVERY LITTLE STEP (only $19.99 at Target!) and maybe DRAG ME TO HELL if I'm brave enough.
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I might take off early this afternoon to get my car re-inspected and then go see WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. This looks iffy to me but I am curious about it...
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'The most hilarious Julie Andrews story was recounted by both Chris [Durang] and Michael [Rupert]. She has a house in Switzerland and that's where the creative team of Putting It Together went to talk to her about being a part of the show. She agreed to do it and the next morning took one of her exercise walks around the mountains that bordered her house. Julie hadn't been on a New York stage in 35 years and she thought that she'd better start getting her voice in shape. She was vocalizing and singing different songs from her past and decided to test her soprano by singing something from The Sound of Music. She began the song while nearing the peak of a mountain and right when she got to "The Hills are alive…with the sound of music" she was coming down the other side of the mountain. Well, that moment coincided with an entirely filled tour bus coming down the road! Julie was horrified that a bunch of tourists saw her literally coming over the Swiss Alps while singing, "The hills are alive with the sound of music." Julie said their faces had the subtext of "How sad. She still thinks she's still in The Sound of Music. Poor Julie Andrews."'
- Seth Rudetsky, recalling his recent interview with Michael Rupert & Christopher Durang in this week's "Onstage & Backstage" column
LOL
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TOD:
Episodes of NUMB3RS, MEDIUM, FLASHPOINT, LAW & ORDER:SVU and THE UNIT.
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Good morning!
It seems to be clearing here after days and days of rain, drizzle, and mist. Still cool which makes me happy, and looks to be a nice fall day.
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My work project for today will be twofold. The primary focus will be on this year's flop Nia Vardos comedy MY LIFE IN RUINS, one of the Fox Blu-rays that came in yesterday. I use the term "flop" merely to explain its box-office take which was very weak. That doesn't mean the movie is not good; I'll see for myself later today since I obviously never saw the movie at the theater.
I have Season Four of BONES on Blu-ray, so instead of watching PERRY MASON episodes for fun over the next few days, I'll be going back through Season 4 of BONES during times when I'm not watching my primary work project disc or eating lunch and watching something from the DVR. When I finally finish the other Fox Blu-ray films, I can then concentrate on finishing the BONES set. There are 24 episodes in the set, so hopefully doing this might allow me to watch the rest in the set and save a day of viewing so I can get the review up as quickly as possible (since it's already well over a week past street date).
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A couple of TV Notes to those interested:
UGLY BETTY has its two hour season premiere tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC. Last week it was announced it would be starting at 9 p.m., but ABC has since moved it into the 8 p.m. slot for tonight. (Its regular timeslot, unless ABC changes it, will be 9 p.m.)
PSYCH has its fall finale episode tonight.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - THE GARLAND TOUCH
DVD - MY LIFE IN RUINS (Blu-ray)
BONES, Season FOur (Blu-ray)
HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (Blu-ray)
MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1994) (Blu-ray)
DVR - last night's FLASHFORWARD
last night's SUPERNATURAL
last night's THE OFFICE/30 ROCK
last night's THE MENTALIST
last night's PROJECT RUNWAY
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With the return of UGLY BETTY tonight, I'll have to watch something "live" at 8 p.m. since I have THREE shows tonight in that opening hour: LAW & ORDER, GHOST WHISPERER, and BETTY. BETTY's second hour also conflicts with MEDIUM and MONK (though MONK repeats tonight's episode at an early morning time).
I'll likely watch the two CBS shows "live" and let everything else record.
Thursday and Friday nights are now the nightmare TV schedules for me.
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BLENCH!
I love British actress Judi Blench!
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Oh my god, that's the thrill of a lifetime for me as a tourist. :) :)
Me, too. :)
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TOD:
CD - Cry For Us All
Ditto! :D
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Immersion blenders of the world, unite!
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If Conrad Were In A Chorus Line:
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload2/76935/tn-500_img_2179.jpg)
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LOL! Very funny, DR DAW!
;D
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Now I'm heading downstairs to get cleaned up for my later Friday errands. Then, I'll settle in with some TV before departing.
WBBL.
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It's funny that there is so much on tv on a friday night!
I love GHOST WHISPERER and MEDIUM. ANd i also love UGLY BETTY. Can't wait to see the 2 hour premiere. And hopefully lots of people will watch.
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Has anyone seen the movie YEAR ONE? My library is getting it. But i'm wondering if it is sort of funny or just really stupid.
I am looking forward to seeing the dvd that DR MattH is watching (LIFE IN RUINS). That is one of the movies i suggested (and lately my library has been getting most of the suggestions).
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Yes, the Month "Oct" is half "ober"! It's the only appropriately named month, too, for when Oct is ober it's October!
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Last night was a creepy nightmare night, a series of dreams about staying in an apartment with a hostile ghost who wanted me out. Perhaps this is prompted by the thought that my friend Matthew and I may see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY tomorrow afternoon, or perhaps it's the approaching Halloween season.
Has anyone heard from Mike Barnum since last night??
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If Conrad Were In A Chorus Line:
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload2/76935/tn-500_img_2179.jpg)
He'd be cast as the boy who danced at the Music Box.
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Friday morning greetings! I slept fitfully last night and am quite unmotivated today.
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So they didn't surpass the original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn-W_ZeSlY)??
No...very hokey version, IMO.
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'The most hilarious Julie Andrews story was recounted by both Chris [Durang] and Michael [Rupert]. She has a house in Switzerland and that's where the creative team of Putting It Together went to talk to her about being a part of the show. She agreed to do it and the next morning took one of her exercise walks around the mountains that bordered her house. Julie hadn't been on a New York stage in 35 years and she thought that she'd better start getting her voice in shape. She was vocalizing and singing different songs from her past and decided to test her soprano by singing something from The Sound of Music. She began the song while nearing the peak of a mountain and right when she got to "The Hills are alive…with the sound of music" she was coming down the other side of the mountain. Well, that moment coincided with an entirely filled tour bus coming down the road! Julie was horrified that a bunch of tourists saw her literally coming over the Swiss Alps while singing, "The hills are alive with the sound of music." Julie said their faces had the subtext of "How sad. She still thinks she's still in The Sound of Music. Poor Julie Andrews."'
- Seth Rudetsky, recalling his recent interview with Michael Rupert & Christopher Durang in this week's "Onstage & Backstage" column
Personally, I would have been transfixed by such a sight...and thrilled beyond measure.
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Project Runway -- No Spoilers
First off, I was very pleased with/for the winner of last night's challenge.
Second, I think the wrong person went home. As much as I liked the person who stayed, enough is enough. That's three strikes...three stinky outfits...the person who went home has done nothing but superb work up until last night.
There may be one female designer who is very, very good...but as Nicholas observed loudly, she's a real bitch. I hate her.
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My goal today is one-fold -- to get through it and then to the gym.
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I might take off early this afternoon to get my car re-inspected and then go see WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. This looks iffy to me but I am curious about it...
And I will be curious as to what you think of it.
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Good morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm importing Brahms. -Into iTunes, that is.
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Happy Birthday to Angela Lansbury!
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TOD:
DVR: last nights THE OFFICE and SURVIVOR
DVD: THE MONROES tv episodes
CD: the soundtrack to the film JULIE, a Sandalwood or Kannada language, Indian film. I have been exploring more of India's regional cinema, and loving it.
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I might take off early this afternoon to get my car re-inspected and then go see WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. This looks iffy to me but I am curious about it...
And I will be curious as to what you think of it.
Well thank goodness! It wasn't you haunting Larry in his nightmare. Unless, of course, you were astral projecting.
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I'm up. I just don't seem to be able to get up quite in time to get out of here early enough to do the long jog, which takes a little under an hour. But I will do it today, after the vocal session, which will be done by one at the latest. I'll come right home, do the jog, then do errands and whatnot. All Brent stuff has gone to the mastering engineer and the printers.
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The boy in the balloon saga - the boy at some point said "we did this for a show." When queried on two TV shows what that meant, the boy got sick and threw up, never answering the question. The parents are shameless publicity hounds and reality TV wannabes. End of story.
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Good Afternoon!
And I actually think I'm going to go back to bed for a bit. Just not feeling "right" right now.
Laters...
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Beethoven 5th Symphony score animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRgXUFnfKIY)
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~~~FEELING GROOVY VIBES~~~
FOR DR JOSESPIANO!!!!!!!!
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Connection Problems
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Guess I'm going to have to write a note if this happens one more time. This is the third time this week - only seconds, but I want to know if something is wrong with their servers again, if they're upgrading again, or what.
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TOD:
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - blu-ray
GIGI - blue-ray
(Is it my imagination, or do both films look less brown on blu-ray than they do on standard dvd?)
I'm thrilled with both transfers, something I wasn't when I saw them on the recent standard dvds.
DVD-Rs of FLASH FORWARD and EASTWICK.
CD:
MAME - OBC
Reading Material:
SHUTTER ISLAND - Dennis Lehane - I'm almost through this in one sitting. Creepy and fascinating.
A LION AMONG MEN - Gregory Maguire - the third in the WICKED years. I liked this more than the readers on Shelfari or GoodReads.
THE BIG BURN - awesome telling of a forest fire in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s. (perhaps DR TCB could joh HIS memory and tell us more about it). ;)
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Guess I'm going to have to write a note if this happens one more time. This is the third time this week - only seconds, but I want to know if something is wrong with their servers again, if they're upgrading again, or what.
Is the server located in Sweet Apple, OH, by any chance?
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The Paris Blu-Ray has slightly better color than its DVD counterpart, mainly due to the Blu-Ray format itself. The transfer is still way too brown, as is Gigi. But yes, they do look better.
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Welcome six GUESTS.
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The Paris Blu-Ray has slightly better color than its DVD counterpart, mainly due to the Blu-Ray format itself. The transfer is still way too brown, as is Gigi. But yes, they do look better.
Now, if they'd release THE PIRATE on Blu-Ray. . .or any other Gene Kelly films. . .seeing what they did with WIZARD OF OZ, albeit they knew that the dollars spent would pay off in the long run, the films that Minnelli did for MGM would make stunning blu-rays.
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Puddin' pie!
I want me some puddin' pie!
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Last night I wanted me some fried chicken.
So, I cranked up the automobile and drove to KFC where I bought a 4-piece breast and wings meal -- crispy 'n' spicy.
Yum.
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I want them to do Blu-rays (a la "Wizard of Oz") for "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "The Band Wagon".
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I want me some puddin' pie!
(http://www.makeandtakes.com/wp-content/uploads/pudding-done-094.jpg)
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You want to see something sickening, watch the following - I actually think the CNN jerk is worse than the family, who are obviously lying through their teeth.
http://video.rr.com/?v=RQ0gYHbvCb1aKO403SJyypFU2dmoE_we
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Richard Heene obviously thinks it's supposed to be all about "him". My guess is that if the law concurs that he staged this little "adventure", it will prosecute him for perpetrating a fraud and charge him for all the manpower/resources costs of tracking the balloon and retrieving it.
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I want me some puddin' pie!
(http://www.makeandtakes.com/wp-content/uploads/pudding-done-094.jpg)
Tha's one good lookin' puddin' pie!
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Thanks for all the vibes for my Papasaurus. I'm hoping he'll get sprung from the jernt tonight.
If he stays over again, I'll go up after work and then to see Os Mutantes. And then, a nice long sleeeeep I hope!
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Hi Edi - I'd been away from HHW due to October 15th tax season, but send tardy vibes
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Richard Heene obviously thinks it's supposed to be all about "him". My guess is that if the law concurs that he staged this little "adventure", it will prosecute him for perpetrating a fraud and charge him for all the manpower/resources costs of tracking the balloon and retrieving it.
My guess is that he did, but they will be unable to prove it.
der Brucer
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Today is Friday.
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That is all. And that is enough.
I hated those people on WIFE SWAP, hoperfully we have seen the last of them.
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With the return of UGLY BETTY tonight, I'll have to watch something "live" at 8 p.m. since I have THREE shows tonight in that opening hour: LAW & ORDER, GHOST WHISPERER, and BETTY. BETTY's second hour also conflicts with MEDIUM and MONK (though MONK repeats tonight's episode at an early morning time).
I'll likely watch the two CBS shows "live" and let everything else record.
Thursday and Friday nights are now the nightmare TV schedules for me.
Well, my nightmare is compounded by STARGATE-UNIVERSE at 9 and SANCTURAY at 10.
der Brucer
Too many worlds, I live in too many worlds....
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD player: BBC's "Friday Night is Music Night - 2 October 2009" (at the request of DR François...to whom I will be sending it today).
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After that will be Cry For Us All.
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It's funny that there is so much on tv on a friday night!
I love GHOST WHISPERER and MEDIUM. ANd i also love UGLY BETTY. Can't wait to see the 2 hour premiere. And hopefully lots of people will watch.
I'll be recording these shows tonight. I'm going to my sister's for dinner (AND NO ASSEMBLING OF ANYTHING! ;)) with the family and I don't know when I'll be home.
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Today is Friday.
Not in India.
der Brucer
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I'm going to my sister's for dinner (AND NO ASSEMBLING OF ANYTHING! ;))
She is probably planning on you rearranging the furniture.
der Brucer
here George, move it here George, over here George
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I'm going to my sister's for dinner (AND NO ASSEMBLING OF ANYTHING! ;))
She is probably planning on you rearranging the furniture.
der Brucer
NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Beethoven 5th Symphony score animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRgXUFnfKIY)
This is pretty darned cool! I'll check it out more when I get home tonight.
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You want to see something sickening, watch the following - I actually think the CNN jerk is worse than the family, who are obviously lying through their teeth.
http://video.rr.com/?v=RQ0gYHbvCb1aKO403SJyypFU2dmoE_we
Darn...I can't view this at work. I'll have to wait until I get home for this, also. :-\
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NO ASSEMBLING
And NO DISSEMBLING, either. :)
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I live in too many worlds....
More like parallel universes.... :)
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The blue skies we had earlier today have been overtaken by gray clouds. We may be in for more rain, and I know its going to get a bit colder.
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Good Afternoon!
I have napped. I have re-awakened. (Re-awoken?) And I am feeling much better.
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I didn't get those remastered GIGI and AMERICAN IN PARIS discs on DVD; I only had the original DVD releases for both of them, but to me the Blu-rays were MAJOR upgrades to what I had. I think PARIS is the better of the two in terms of video quality. I understand GIGI's original elements were in very bad shape.
At any rate, the only thing I hated about PARIS was the weak audio track (not a lossless encode but a low bitrate Dolby Digital track that sounded like it was the same as the orignal DVD track. Unworthy of an HD upgrade. Sounds is JUST as important as picture.)
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While lunch was cooking, I began watching BONES on Blu-ray; those set-in-London episodes that began last season. All the drama with Angela and Hodgins was disconcerting when faced with two murder cases.
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A sign of the times:
(http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/27/2009/10/16/320x240/wbbm1015RobesonHS.jpg)
About one in seven girls at Robeson High School are pregnant. Officials say a variety of factors are to blame.
CBS
I must say, we never had this problem at my high school!
der Brucer
Of course it was an all-male school
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Hey guys and gals! Wanted to say HI for now and will check back later. Hugs and vibes to all!
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While I ate lunch, I watched last night's THE MENTALIST. What a surprise to find Mark Pellagrino (who's playing the Devil on SUPERNATURAL this season) as the head of the biker gang (excuse me, motorcycle club) in the episode. Really enjoyed the back and forth with Patrick and the club members. The mystery was pretty good, but the game was given away during the driving sequence.
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Then I watched today's work project A: MY LIFE IN RUINS. It's a very mediocre romantic comedy. Very predictable scenario, and Nia Vardalos just doesn't have the screen charm and charisma to work as a romantic leading lady. (She goes through the first half of the film with her mouth open; very unattractive, and she's stiff compared to the better actors around her). Sure, a few of the jokes land and there's some decent sentiment, but even at 95 minutes, it seemed long.
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There were THREE commentaries! I don't know why they'd do that instead of editing the three into one decent track. The star, the director, and the writer each get his own, but actually the writer is the chattiest of the three. The director had some decent comments to make. I found Nia's track the least interesting by far.
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There were really only two other bonus features: seven deleted scenes and an alternate ending and a little featurette where the director has edited together the entire cast making eyes at the (very handsome) leading man throughout the picture.
So, a very disappointing work project this afternoon.
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What a surprise to find Mark Pellagrino ...
his acting tour de force was surely:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Goeud9v2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
der Brucer
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With the return of UGLY BETTY tonight, I'll have to watch something "live" at 8 p.m. since I have THREE shows tonight in that opening hour: LAW & ORDER, GHOST WHISPERER, and BETTY. BETTY's second hour also conflicts with MEDIUM and MONK (though MONK repeats tonight's episode at an early morning time).
I'll likely watch the two CBS shows "live" and let everything else record.
Thursday and Friday nights are now the nightmare TV schedules for me.
Well, my nightmare is compounded by STARGATE-UNIVERSE at 9 and SANCTURAY at 10.
der Brucer
Too many worlds, I live in too many worlds....
I think the networks are all in cahoots with AT&T U-verse....you need that service to get their record-four-channels-at-once DVR to keep up on Thursday and Friday nights.
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Popping in for a second, I'll be back later. However, before I go, I was looking at the pictures of Opening Night of Bye Bye Birdie on playbill.com - is there a reason that they cast a 12 year old as Conrad Birdie?? (sarcasm, of course, but really....)
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With the return of UGLY BETTY tonight, I'll have to watch something "live" at 8 p.m. since I have THREE shows tonight in that opening hour: LAW & ORDER, GHOST WHISPERER, and BETTY. BETTY's second hour also conflicts with MEDIUM and MONK (though MONK repeats tonight's episode at an early morning time).
I'll likely watch the two CBS shows "live" and let everything else record.
Thursday and Friday nights are now the nightmare TV schedules for me.
Well, my nightmare is compounded by STARGATE-UNIVERSE at 9 and SANCTURAY at 10.
der Brucer
Too many worlds, I live in too many worlds....
I think the networks are all in cahoots with AT&T U-verse....you need that service to get their record-four-channels-at-once DVR to keep up on Thursday and Friday nights.
LOL! I just read their mailing about this this morning. I was tempted to check it out, but I decided against it. I guess I'll stick to what I have.
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Now I need to hop off-line and get some writing done.
WBBL.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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Sounds is JUST as important as picture.)
Is this a quote from a review of John Gilbert "talkie"?
der Brucer
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I think the networks are all in cahoots with AT&T U-verse....you need that service to get their record-four-channels-at-once DVR to keep up on Thursday and Friday nights.
Well two HDTVs both connected to two channel DVRs works for now.
der Brucer
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Well... I was going to head back down to Richmond this weekend... And then I wasn't... And, now, it looks like I will again... And most likely later tonight. So... Time to get things together. Again.
Laters...
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Hello, everyone.
I survived the Attack of the Vampire, although my neck is still a bit sore. (Lots of needles.) No problems from Awful Ava, the nurse, who just sat there, doing absolutely nothing, but apparently that is what she was supposed to do. I spoke to the surgeon a bit. He said it looks like a cyst (best scenario), but, of course, we won't know until we get the biopsy report back next week.
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I didn't sleep well last night and am feeling VERY nappish. In fact, I feel like just wussing-out and that is what I shall do.
Thank you again, DRs, for all your support.
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HEALTH VIBES to Edi's Papasaurus.
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ALL-GOOD-THINGS VIBES to ALL DRs.
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And now, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Good morning, all! I am off to another day of the McGlinnventory. Yesterday I discovered in one of the boxes a vocal score for Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth that I had loaned John around 1990. It's nice to have it back. After that, I am having lunch with several coleagues from the PHI project. At 4:30, if my discomfort level from the shoulder pains is good, I am seeing the NYMF production of THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA because I like the title song, which Emily Skinner, I believe, recorded. I'd like to see FINIAN'S RAINBOW tonight to see if the original finale is back.
Last night was a creepy nightmare night, a series of dreams about staying in an apartment with a hostile ghost who wanted me out. Perhaps this is prompted by the thought that my friend Matthew and I may see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY tomorrow afternoon, or perhaps it's the approaching Halloween season.
DR vixmom, I don't know yet if I will catch the show at next Saturday's matinee or just meet you afterwards. I can't plan that far in advance at the moment.
TOD:
DVD: Lord lord lord! Those three Netflix items still sit here unwatched and other things are piling up.
CD: Guy Haines, Liz Callaway's new album, 18th Century Shakespeare songs, The Spectre's Bride
VCR: the usual suspects
elmore, are you sure you should be going to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY?
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elmore, are you sure you should be going to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY?
Why not? He already sees dead people.
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~~~GOOD TEST RESULTS VIBES~~~
FOR DR JEANNE!!!!!!!
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Maybe BK can get this pumpkin to place on his walk facing the neighbor:
(http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/photo/2008-10/42951227.jpg)
der Brucer
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Hello, everyone.
I survived the Attack of the Vampire, although my neck is still a bit sore. (Lots of needles.) No problems from Awful Ava, the nurse, who just sat there, doing absolutely nothing, but apparently that is what she was supposed to do. I spoke to the surgeon a bit. He said it looks like a cyst (best scenario), but, of course, we won't know until we get the biopsy report back next week.
~~~Continued Vibes of Comfort and
Desired Results for DR Jeanne!!~~~
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Richard Heene obviously thinks it's supposed to be all about "him". My guess is that if the law concurs that he staged this little "adventure", it will prosecute him for perpetrating a fraud and charge him for all the manpower/resources costs of tracking the balloon and retrieving it.
One can only hope. This instant celebrity and news media frenzy has reached incredibly sick proportions. I think the media should be reprimanded and slapped silly. That guy on CNN - what an ASS.
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I didn't get those remastered GIGI and AMERICAN IN PARIS discs on DVD; I only had the original DVD releases for both of them, but to me the Blu-rays were MAJOR upgrades to what I had. I think PARIS is the better of the two in terms of video quality. I understand GIGI's original elements were in very bad shape.
At any rate, the only thing I hated about PARIS was the weak audio track (not a lossless encode but a low bitrate Dolby Digital track that sounded like it was the same as the orignal DVD track. Unworthy of an HD upgrade. Sounds is JUST as important as picture.)
While they would like you to think the Gigi elements are in bad shape it is clear that the only thing that was in bad shape was someone's knowledge of color. The elements for Gigi are fine - I saw a newly-struck print about ten years ago and it looked swell. They simply made it too brown. But I think all my bitching about this may have finally begun paying off - because either someone got sacked or they've gotten someone in there who knows what color should look like (not brown) - the Wizard Of Oz disc has terrific color as does The Grinch and several other Warners transfers of very recent releases.
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We got to Grant's at eleven. Grant couldn't get the files to open. He's completely renovated his studio and things got plugged in and put together differently. When something isn't working the way it's supposed to Grant always goes to the "I can't figure it out" place - he called his guy who did the wiring and couldn't get him on the phone. Meanwhile, Niki and I went and got a sandwich. When we came back an hour later everything was working. Grant finally just turned all the equipment on and off a few times and that fixed things - go know. The actual recording went really fast - Niki, of course, knew the songs perfectly and she did most of them in one beautiful take. I'm so glad we've got these now. I'll be going back, hopefully on Sunday, to mix the new tracks and to record the new Eunice song and to re-record Doing Porn with its new tune.
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I think the networks are all in cahoots with AT&T U-verse....you need that service to get their record-four-channels-at-once DVR to keep up on Thursday and Friday nights.
Well two HDTVs both connected to two channel DVRs works for now.
der Brucer
Does S. Woody get to choose at least one of those channels?
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It must be ninety-five degrees today. All any of us LAzians wanted was five or six days straight of rain.
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elmore, are you sure you should be going to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY?
Why not? He already sees dead people.
Thus far, he only sees them in his dreams.
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Good morning, all! I am off to another day of the McGlinnventory. Yesterday I discovered in one of the boxes a vocal score for Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth that I had loaned John around 1990. It's nice to have it back. After that, I am having lunch with several coleagues from the PHI project. At 4:30, if my discomfort level from the shoulder pains is good, I am seeing the NYMF production of THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA because I like the title song, which Emily Skinner, I believe, recorded. I'd like to see FINIAN'S RAINBOW tonight to see if the original finale is back.
Last night was a creepy nightmare night, a series of dreams about staying in an apartment with a hostile ghost who wanted me out. Perhaps this is prompted by the thought that my friend Matthew and I may see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY tomorrow afternoon, or perhaps it's the approaching Halloween season.
DR vixmom, I don't know yet if I will catch the show at next Saturday's matinee or just meet you afterwards. I can't plan that far in advance at the moment.
TOD:
DVD: Lord lord lord! Those three Netflix items still sit here unwatched and other things are piling up.
CD: Guy Haines, Liz Callaway's new album, 18th Century Shakespeare songs, The Spectre's Bride
VCR: the usual suspects
elmore, are you sure you should be going to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY?
It has been a long but enjoyable day and i am very tired at the moment. I have to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY or my curiosity will consume me.
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elmore, are you sure you should be going to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY?
Why not? He already sees dead people.
Thus far, he only sees them in his dreams.
And it better stay that way!
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Does S. Woody get to choose at least one of those channels?
Truthfully - usually not. He has the kitchen TV to keep him occupied and he is usually a fan of some of what I record in the Livng Room - to night, Ugly Betty and Stargate-Universe). I'm never recording anything that competes with something he wants to watch. When he is disatisfied with my choices (which is usual) he retreats to the Bedroom and watches DVDs - the BR rig has the Blu-Player attached, and can display the DVDs while still recording two shows.
der Brucer
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Went to visit my father at the hospital and received good news. He will be coming home this evening and receiving home nurse care for the next while. Thanks to Socialize Medicine. Although it was disheartening to see all the people in emergency though
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Good news indeed. And glad Jeanne's thing went well.
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I'm guessing a cyst to, but I guessed that when I first heard about it.
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I have to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY or my curiosity will consume me.
Well. is IMDB is right you'll be a basket case:
After just witnessing a special showing of this spectacularly terrifying film, I can say without a doubt, that I will not be sleeping tonight.
...
Rarely do films leave me so terrified that I am shaking after they have ended. Paranormal Activity is an exception to this.
der Brucer
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Well, I have officially caught up with FLASH FORWARD. Wow!
I also feel the need for solid food, so I'm going to be trying a Stouffer's lasagna.
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Good news from Shayne! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Continued vibes for his dad. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Health Vibes for DR Jeanne ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Went to visit my father at the hospital and received good news. He will be coming home this evening and receiving home nurse care for the next while. Thanks to Socialize Medicine. Although it was disheartening to see all the people in emergency though
Very good news!!
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Oh, crap.
A judge of the Superior Court (one block away from my building) has ruled that Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day during an incident on BART, may have a change-of-venue for his trial.
I don't know if anyone here recalls that earlier this year I wrote about rioting in the streets of Oakland (mostly along 14th street where my building is located...and the route to my car park and to my gym) when they were holding hearings to determine how to handle the case.
The press has been full of dire warnings that a change-of-venue may spark more riots.
The announcement was made earlier in the afternoon. And folks here in my building are keeping a close watch on the group of protestors that have been nearly glued to "TV corner" -- the part of the Superior Courthouse where TV news crews set up to film the protests.
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Good news for DR Jeanne and DR Michael S's dad!
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Well, I had a few problems in the office and couldn't leave early, thus no movie for me. Just as well--this awful weather makes me want to just stay indoors and cocoon. I am having a nice bowl of chille for dinner and then an evening of TV viewing.
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The press has been full of dire warnings that a change-of-venue may spark more riots.
What's to riot for now - the change has been granted (not that rioters need a rational reason).
der Brucer
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Ron should be happy with the last paragraph:
NBC (http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Mehserle-Trial-Moved-64616742.html)
In his 28-page decision, Jacobson cited extensive media coverage and noisy protests of previous court hearings as factors in granting the change of venue.
Had he not granted the motion, Jacobson would have been criticized by advocates for Mehserle, who say that the former police officer couldn't get a fair hearing. And having granted the motion, he'll now face invective for not making Mehserle stand trial in the same county where Grant died.
It's just one more step in a messy case -- and now the mess is moving somewhere else.
der Brucer
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Reading Material:
THE BIG BURN - awesome telling of a forest fire in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s. (perhaps DR TCB could joh HIS memory and tell us more about it). ;)
I believe that happened while they were trying to burn me at the stake, either for being a witch or being queer. I can never remember which.
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Back from the long jog, which was very difficult and very pathetic save for one lovely thing that happened. Just before I hit the two mile mark I passed a man sitting on his apartment's front steps talking on his cell. I turned around and began the two-mile jog back from whence I'd come and as I passed him he smiled and waved and said, "Nice to see you, Mr. Kimmel." I turned back to say thanks, and he said, "I've enjoyed your work." I'm always taken aback by that sort of thing, and I really thought it was nice of him to call out. I said thanks and continued my pathetic jog home.
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Thanks for all the vibes for my Papasaurus. I'm hoping he'll get sprung from the jernt tonight.
If he stays over again, I'll go up after work and then to see Os Mutantes. And then, a nice long sleeeeep I hope!
Belated vibes to Papa!
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With the return of UGLY BETTY tonight, I'll have to watch something "live" at 8 p.m. since I have THREE shows tonight in that opening hour: LAW & ORDER, GHOST WHISPERER, and BETTY. BETTY's second hour also conflicts with MEDIUM and MONK (though MONK repeats tonight's episode at an early morning time).
I'll likely watch the two CBS shows "live" and let everything else record.
Thursday and Friday nights are now the nightmare TV schedules for me.
Well, my nightmare is compounded by STARGATE-UNIVERSE at 9 and SANCTURAY at 10.
der Brucer
Too many worlds, I live in too many worlds....
Not to mention my nightmare:
THE MLB PLAYOFFS!
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A sign of the times:
(http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/27/2009/10/16/320x240/wbbm1015RobesonHS.jpg)
About one in seven girls at Robeson High School are pregnant. Officials say a variety of factors are to blame.
CBS
I must say, we never had this problem at my high school!
der Brucer
Of course it was an all-male school
Then I am sure that several boys breathed a sigh of relief!
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'The most hilarious Julie Andrews story was recounted by both Chris [Durang] and Michael [Rupert]. She has a house in Switzerland and that's where the creative team of Putting It Together went to talk to her about being a part of the show. She agreed to do it and the next morning took one of her exercise walks around the mountains that bordered her house. Julie hadn't been on a New York stage in 35 years and she thought that she'd better start getting her voice in shape. She was vocalizing and singing different songs from her past and decided to test her soprano by singing something from The Sound of Music. She began the song while nearing the peak of a mountain and right when she got to "The Hills are alive…with the sound of music" she was coming down the other side of the mountain. Well, that moment coincided with an entirely filled tour bus coming down the road! Julie was horrified that a bunch of tourists saw her literally coming over the Swiss Alps while singing, "The hills are alive with the sound of music." Julie said their faces had the subtext of "How sad. She still thinks she's still in The Sound of Music. Poor Julie Andrews."'
- Seth Rudetsky, recalling his recent interview with Michael Rupert & Christopher Durang in this week's "Onstage & Backstage" column
Yes, Dame Andrews has a chalet in Gstaad, just like Liz Taylor and Polanski!
oops; have I said Polanski?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gstaad
Well, I am sure that story, told many times by Dame Andrews, is part true part fiction but it's fun nonetheless!
Now, speaking of BBB and Dick Van Dyke, I discovered that clip last night, and I am amazed at how the staging and dancing are simple and so effective!
I wish I could have seen this at the time.
(I love Dick's Stan Laurel take!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn-W_ZeSlY
Oh! a little surprise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovs9lN1AbfE&feature=player_embedded
And G.d bless Dick Van Dyke! :-*
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elmore, are you sure you should be going to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY?
Why not? He already sees dead people.
Only when you are in town!
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I think it is time for me to sign off.
G'night!
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'The most hilarious Julie Andrews story was recounted by both Chris [Durang] and Michael [Rupert]. She has a house in Switzerland and that's where the creative team of Putting It Together went to talk to her about being a part of the show. She agreed to do it and the next morning took one of her exercise walks around the mountains that bordered her house. Julie hadn't been on a New York stage in 35 years and she thought that she'd better start getting her voice in shape. She was vocalizing and singing different songs from her past and decided to test her soprano by singing something from The Sound of Music. She began the song while nearing the peak of a mountain and right when she got to "The Hills are alive…with the sound of music" she was coming down the other side of the mountain. Well, that moment coincided with an entirely filled tour bus coming down the road! Julie was horrified that a bunch of tourists saw her literally coming over the Swiss Alps while singing, "The hills are alive with the sound of music." Julie said their faces had the subtext of "How sad. She still thinks she's still in The Sound of Music. Poor Julie Andrews."'
- Seth Rudetsky, recalling his recent interview with Michael Rupert & Christopher Durang in this week's "Onstage & Backstage" column
Personally, I would have been transfixed by such a sight...and thrilled beyond measure.
Gosh! I'dlike to see what you look like when transfixed! ;)
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Back from the long jog, which was very difficult and very pathetic save for one lovely thing that happened. Just before I hit the two mile mark I passed a man sitting on his apartment's front steps talking on his cell. I turned around and began the two-mile jog back from whence I'd come and as I passed him he smiled and waved and said, "Nice to see you, Mr. Kimmel." I turned back to say thanks, and he said, "I've enjoyed your work." I'm always taken aback by that sort of thing, and I really thought it was nice of him to call out. I said thanks and continued my pathetic jog home.
That's really nice. :)
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And now, it's time to go to my sister's for dinner.
Until later!
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Happy Birthday to Angela Lansbury!
Oh, yes! That lady's a gem!
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD player: BBC's "Friday Night is Music Night - 2 October 2009" (at the request of DR François...to whom I will be sending it today).
Thank you, George! You're a ... pudding pie?! ;)
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD player: BBC's "Friday Night is Music Night - 2 October 2009" (at the request of DR François...to whom I will be sending it today).
Did you enjoy Miss Claire Moore's performances in the last edition of the show!
I believe she's straining her voice which is on the hoarse side now! Hummm... she's still quite a singer but her "middle range" is going ...
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I'm going to my sister's for dinner (AND NO ASSEMBLING OF ANYTHING! ;))
here George, move it here George, over here George
Is that a new Sondheim song?! ;)
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What a surprise to find Mark Pellagrino ...
his acting tour de force was surely:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Goeud9v2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
der Brucer
From a distance, Tom Beranger here looks like Robert Redford! :D
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We seem to have been down for a while. Apparently this is server upgrade month - heaven forbid they should let their customers know what they're doing.
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From a distance, Tom Beranger looks like Robert Redford!
That's just the wind beneath his wings! ;)
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We seem to have been down for a while.
I frequently have problems when logging in, logging out, or quoting posts, and sometimes when posting, but wasn't sure if it was the server or just my computer.
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I'm always taken aback by that sort of thing, and I really thought it was nice of him to call out.
Sweet! :)
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Had dinner out tonight at a Eurasian place nearby. The food was excellent. I had sushimi and "rolls" of various sorts.
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The DH is now clanking away, fixing one of our toilets. He is very handy that way.
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He does electrical work, too. So butch.
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And Welcome to Page 6!
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Vibes and thoughts to DR JEANNE.
Good news from DR MICHAEL S.
Kudos to Mr BK on being called out on the street.....did he mean your work in CD's, your work in television, OR your work in the movies? Or was it a combination platter?
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I enjoyed UGLY BETTY this evening. They certainly don't spare the expenses when producing this show - it is well cast and sharply written. Kudos to the return.
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Having been out of town for some days, I think there is much to catch up on with the DVR.
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I usually flinch when yelled at in an outdoor setting. Too many bad memories of bullying, I suspect.
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Vibes and thoughts to DR JEANNE.
Good news from DR MICHAEL S.
Kudos to Mr BK on being called out on the street.....did he mean your work in CD's, your work in television, OR your work in the movies? Or was it a combination platter?
I don't think it was the Fishy Friday Blue Plate! ;)
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I don't think it was the Fishy Friday Blue Plate! ;)
What was it, fish?
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I watched two more BONES episodes from the Blu-ray set. I've now finished the ones which were also included as bonus items in last year's DVD release set. Everything else in the set I haven't seen since they were first broadcast. Really looking forward to revisiting some of those excellent cases again.
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I skimmed through today's two soap operas. Nothing of interest for me in either one of them.
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I watched last night's 30 ROCK. Merely an OK season opener. The show has been much funnier before. Steve Buscemi made a surprise appearance.
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I started on PROJECT RUNWAY but didn't get very far: I got the assignment of the challenge to the designers, the sketching, and the trip to Mood, but had to stop to begin primetime TV for this evening.
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Due to the overabundance of shows, I had to watch both of my prime time shows "live" tonight. I chose the two CBS dramas to watch.
GHOST WHISPERER was a good one, and what a surprise for Bryan Batt to be playing a guest star role. It appears it might even be a recurring character, a romantic interest for Delia.
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MEDIUM had a pretty creepy episode too with all of those weird symbols, but I figured out the murderer's identity VERY early, especially once they gave the right/left hand clue.
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Well, I'm really tired tonight, and my contacts are feeling dry, so I need to head downstairs, take them out, and then get in bed.
Good night!
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my contacts are feeling dry,
One hopes this is an allusion to eyeware.
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After arising at 3 a.m., we had a flight to Denver, followed by a flight to Milwaukee. We are in the Radisson, which I am currently irate with (what else is new?). This is a large hotel with an interior courtyard with a pool. For over SIX HOURS today, from the time we checked in until a few minutes ago when I threatened the front desk that I was about to call the police, the pool has been full (as in 30 or more kids) of raucous teens, making so much noise that we literally could not hear each other speak in conversational tones in our room, and we're on the second floor! We called several times down to the front desk, with no quieting. I finally went down to the front desk and in front of a bunch of people checking in informed the staff in loud tones that I was about to phone the police if this problem was not solved. Everyone in line was very sympathetic, especially after they heard I had kids trying to get to sleep. The coup de grace was the security guy coming up to my room, saying they were closing the pool early (5 minutes), and that I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOOKED MY ROOM IN THIS PART OF THE HOTEL!!! Like I knew--they frigging assigned me this room. I couldn't believe it.
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Look what I have found!
T'would be great if BK could unearth the soundtrack of that TV version!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=john+davidson+susan+watson&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohn%2Bdavidson%2Bsusan%2Bwatson%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&imgurl=4df3aa55331f8570
Actress Susan Watson, (L) with actors Ricardo Montalban, (C) John Davidson (R) and Stanley Holloway (Fore) in TV version of stage play " the Fantasticks".
Location: US
Date taken: 1964
Photographer: John Loengard
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I believe there's a little bit of BK in all of us. ;)
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Look what i Have found!
T'would be great if BK could unearth the soundtrack of that TV version!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=john+davidson+susan+watson&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohn%2Bdavidson%2Bsusan%2Bwatson%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&imgurl=4df3aa55331f8570
Actress Susan Watson, (L) with actors Ricardo Montalban, (C) John Davidson (R) and Stanley Holloway (Fore) in TV version of stage play " the Fantasticks".
Location: US
Date taken: 1964
Photographer: John Loengard
It's abridged, but it is available on bootleg video.
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I believe there's a little bit of BK in all of us. ;)
Do I need an exorcist?! :o
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In color, no less.
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Look what i Have found!
T'would be great if BK could unearth the soundtrack of that TV version!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=john+davidson+susan+watson&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohn%2Bdavidson%2Bsusan%2Bwatson%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&imgurl=4df3aa55331f8570
Actress Susan Watson, (L) with actors Ricardo Montalban, (C) John Davidson (R) and Stanley Holloway (Fore) in TV version of stage play " the Fantasticks".
Location: US
Date taken: 1964
Photographer: John Loengard
It's abridged, but it is available on bootleg video.
I don't do bootleg and I want a pristine (As in Pristine Chapel! :)) soundtrack!! ;) ;D
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Look what i Have found!
T'would be great if BK could unearth the soundtrack of that TV version!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=john+davidson+susan+watson&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohn%2Bdavidson%2Bsusan%2Bwatson%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&imgurl=4df3aa55331f8570
Actress Susan Watson, (L) with actors Ricardo Montalban, (C) John Davidson (R) and Stanley Holloway (Fore) in TV version of stage play " the Fantasticks".
Location: US
Date taken: 1964
Photographer: John Loengard
It's abridged, but it is available on bootleg video.
To tell the truth, I have a reel-to-reel tape recording of the show that I got many years ago!
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I believe there's a little bit of BK in all of us. ;)
Do I need an exorcist?! :o
These stupid frigging kids could use an exorcist. They're the spawn of the devil. So incredibly rude, and how stupid of the hotel to let them go on for hours. There are 25 rooms booked with friends and family for this Bar Mitzvah and I would think they would want to keep us happy, rather than a bunch of hoodlum teens.
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After arising at 3 a.m., we had a flight to Denver, followed by a flight to Milwaukee. We are in the Radisson, which I am currently irate with (what else is new?). This is a large hotel with an interior courtyard with a pool. For over SIX HOURS today, from the time we checked in until a few minutes ago when I threatened the front desk that I was about to call the police, the pool has been full (as in 30 or more kids) of raucous teens, making so much noise that we literally could not hear each other speak in conversational tones in our room, and we're on the second floor! We called several times down to the front desk, with no quieting. I finally went down to the front desk and in front of a bunch of people checking in informed the staff in loud tones that I was about to phone the police if this problem was not solved. Everyone in line was very sympathetic, especially after they heard I had kids trying to get to sleep. The coup de grace was the security guy coming up to my room, saying they were closing the pool early (5 minutes), and that I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOOKED MY ROOM IN THIS PART OF THE HOTEL!!! Like I knew--they frigging assigned me this room. I couldn't believe it.
I can see you also have DORKS in your neck of the world!
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Thank G$d there's no swimming pool at the hotel where I work!
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JMK, what's the Matter With Kids Today?! :D
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In color, no less.
Yeah, but no HD! :( ;)
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Love Susan Watson!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=john+davidson+susan+watson&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohn%2Bdavidson%2Bsusan%2Bwatson%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&imgurl=10f8bdfea026b71f
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If I Only Had The Nerve
To Get To The Church On Time!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=susan+watson+John+davidson+fantastcks&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsusan%2Bwatson%2BJohn%2Bdavidson%2Bfantastcks%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:fr:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&imgurl=3faf71398c7e4024
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IIRC, that was a Hallmark Hall of Fame production and I believe some of those productions have indeed been licensed for HD upgrades. I'm not sure if the source material for Fantasticks is still around.
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Susan still looks great after ALL these years!
http://www.indy.cc.ks.us/pressroom/images/SusanWatson.jpg
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Her recent cd is Fantastick!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/315iIaP4eZL._SL500_AA200_.jpg
(Welcome to the Susan Watson Fan Club, folks!) :D
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...Or could just have a nice, leisurely evening with some friends here in NYC and head down to Richmond tomorrow afternoon. Yeah! That's the ticket!
;)
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DR François - Par example:
Stanley Holloway and Bert Lahr (http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=susan+watson+John+davidson+fantastcks&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsusan%2Bwatson%2BJohn%2Bdavidson%2Bfantastcks%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:fr:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&imgurl=3faf71398c7e4024).
;)
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After arising at 3 a.m., we had a flight to Denver, followed by a flight to Milwaukee. We are in the Radisson, which I am currently irate with (what else is new?). This is a large hotel with an interior courtyard with a pool. For over SIX HOURS today, from the time we checked in until a few minutes ago when I threatened the front desk that I was about to call the police, the pool has been full (as in 30 or more kids) of raucous teens, making so much noise that we literally could not hear each other speak in conversational tones in our room, and we're on the second floor! We called several times down to the front desk, with no quieting. I finally went down to the front desk and in front of a bunch of people checking in informed the staff in loud tones that I was about to phone the police if this problem was not solved. Everyone in line was very sympathetic, especially after they heard I had kids trying to get to sleep. The coup de grace was the security guy coming up to my room, saying they were closing the pool early (5 minutes), and that I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOOKED MY ROOM IN THIS PART OF THE HOTEL!!! Like I knew--they frigging assigned me this room. I couldn't believe it.
DR JMK - Are you sure that some of those kids weren't part of the Bar Mitzvah?
*Were/are any other rooms available? -Away from the pool?
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He does electrical work, too. So butch.
I'm not sure knowing how to properly install batteries is considered "electrical work".
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DR Michael S - ~~~~~CONTINUED GET BETTER VIBES TO THE FATHER OF DR MICHAEL S~~~~~
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We seem to have been down for a while.
I frequently have problems when logging in, logging out, or quoting posts, and sometimes when posting, but wasn't sure if it was the server or just my computer.
Hmmm... Or PEBKAC?
*Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
::)
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DR td - Good to hear that you're on the mend too. -I hope you enjoyed your lasagna.
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~~~~~BEST SCENARIO HEALTH VIBES TO DR JEANNE~~~~~
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MEDIUM had a pretty creepy episode too with all of those weird symbols, but I figured out the murderer's identity VERY early, especially once they gave the right/left hand clue.
I'm watching it right now and just got to that point. I wondered if that was the case, too.
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As for "Balloon Boy"... Well... Regardless of what's really going with the whole situation... Um, yes, kids do hide when they think they're going to get scolded, get in trouble, after doing something they weren't supposed to. That's not new behavior by a long shot.
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Back from the Gardenia and an evening of songs by the composer and lyricist of the long musical - songs they've written together for our show (they did five), and songs they've written with others or by themselves. It was a nice evening - Jason Graae did two songs, and Andrea Marcovicci one - I must say I find the latter fascinating for any number of reasons. Lots of friends in the audience and I met some nice folks. I'll go write the notes but they'll probably be up a little late.
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Well... Tomorrow/today is another day... Or something like that...
Goodnight.
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Elmore - Did you ever make it to the NYMF show this afternoon?
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Vibes to one and all!
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And good night to one and all. :)