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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had "T" and sympathy, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're "t"eed off right now and aren't going anywhere.
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And the word of the day is: SCIENTER!
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TOD: The one Motown song going through my head right now is "Love Child."
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Is an announcement -- MUM-ified, of course -- pending?
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I stayed up just especially.
But my eyes are very heavy.
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And now, as promised, the Holy Grail release that has had me over the moon since I first found out it was ours - which was about four months ago. You know the drill - $19.98 plus 3.75 shipping (GREAT value for money on this one - seventy-eight minutes of glorious music) paid directly via paypal to kritzerland at adelphia dot net. And now - here it is:
“THE BELLS AND THE BANJOS”
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition soundtrack – the world premiere release of two classic Elmer Bernstein scores on one CD :
LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER
and
A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO
At long last, two of Elmer Bernstein’s most beautiful scores come to CD. Written during a period when he was creating one brilliant score after another, Love With The Proper Stranger and A Girl Named Tamiko rank with his all-time best.
Love With The Proper Stranger was released by Paramount Pictures in 1963, and reunited Bernstein with director Robert Mulligan, for whom he’d just scored the classic To Kill A Mockingbird, and, earlier, The Rat Race and Fear Strikes Out. Starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen, Love With The Proper Stranger was a hit with audiences and critics – its story was fairly adult for 1963, with its frank treatment of a girl who’s had a one-night stand and ended up pregnant. It walks a fine line between comedy and drama, from a harrowing scene with a back-alley doctor, to Wood and McQueen’s awkward attempts to start a relationship from this rocky beginning. The stars are absolute perfection, Mulligan directs simply and beautifully, and Arnold Schulman’s screenplay is wonderfully written.
But it’s the score by Bernstein that takes the film to a whole other level, just as his score for To Kill A Mockingbird took that film to a whole other level. His music is achingly beautiful, filled with longing and loneliness and the stirrings of romance. His approach to scoring the film was unique – the only actual score cues occur in scenes in which Wood and McQueen appear together – that approach brings focus to their relationship and it works perfectly. It’s prime Bernstein, and one of his finest scores.
A Girl Named Tamiko came out in 1962 and was also released by Paramount Pictures. John Sturges was Tamiko’s director; he and Bernstein had already worked together on the classic The Magnificent Seven, and the following year Bernstein would score another Sturges classic, The Great Escape. A Girl Named Tamiko was another film with subject matter that was quite adult for its day. Laurence Harvey stars as a disillusioned and bitter half Chinese/half Russian photographer living in Japan and doing everything he can to get a visa to live in the United States. To that end he begins a relationship with a woman he feels can help him achieve his goal (played intensely by Martha Hyer in a terrific performance), but becomes involved with a young highborn Japanese woman named Tamiko (played by France Nuyen) and much drama ensues. The Japanese scenery is gorgeously photographed and the supporting players are top notch and include Miyoshi Umeki, Gary Merrill, and Michael Wilding.
For this film, Bernstein created one of his most memorable themes, lush and beautiful, and the rest of the score, some of it tinged with an Oriental flavor, is just fantastic. It’s a richly varied score, with many terrific and memorable themes and even though the film may not be remembered today, the score remains a highlight in the Bernstein canon.
The two scores were transferred from the original three-track session tapes and both are presented here in beautiful stereo sound. Both scores are complete and include cues that did not end up in the film. The CD runs a very full seventy-eight minutes.
This release is limited to 1500 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the last week of December – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early).
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Oooooooh-h-h......LOVELY, Bruce!!!
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By the way, BK...yesterday's discussions are not yet closed.
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In a year filled, for me at least, with wonderful Kritzerland titles, this one takes the cake. I have yearned for the score to Love With The Proper Stranger since seeing the film in 1963, and what a treat it is to finally bring it to CD - it made the sometimes difficult ordeal of approvals worth it.
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By the way, BK...yesterday's discussions are not yet closed.
Oh, yes they are :)
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And dear reader Ron Pulliam is our first order.
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And here are the covers side by side - Stranger on the front of the booklet and Tamiko on the back. Both had horrible poster art, so my designer did a fantastic job coming up with the two themed covers. And the booklet has other great stills in it.
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I just ordered...am I the second? :)
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You are indeed.
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Cool!
Those are great covers!
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Not as provocative as one of the book covers, though. ;)
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Congrats on finally being able to release one of your Holy Grail CDs, BK!
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Not as provocative as one of the book covers, though. ;)
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I think I NEED that paperback.
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tod
couldn't tell you what was a Motown song.
I'm sure there are songs I like, but wouldn't
know one if I tripped over it and that would
be difficult to do. Has anyone ever tripped
over a song?
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Congrats to MR BK on over 51,000 posts!
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Ordered the new release! I enjoy both of these movies. But I have not seen TAMIKO in many years....not since the 20th Century...and I just remember that Martha Hyer was very VERY VERY intense!
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Working today, of course.
TOD:
Baby Love and You Can't Hurry Love by Diana Ross and the Supremes
and
It Takes Two by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, although it was on the Motown/Tamla label
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And now, as promised, the Holy Grail release that has had me over the moon since I first found out it was ours - which was about four months ago. You know the drill - $19.98 plus 3.75 shipping (GREAT value for money on this one - seventy-eight minutes of glorious music) paid directly via paypal to kritzerland at adelphia dot net. And now - here it is:
“THE BELLS AND THE BANJOS”
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition soundtrack – the world premiere release of two classic Elmer Bernstein scores on one CD :
LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER
and
A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO
At long last, two of Elmer Bernstein’s most beautiful scores come to CD. Written during a period when he was creating one brilliant score after another, Love With The Proper Stranger and A Girl Named Tamiko rank with his all-time best.
Love With The Proper Stranger was released by Paramount Pictures in 1963, and reunited Bernstein with director Robert Mulligan, for whom he’d just scored the classic To Kill A Mockingbird, and, earlier, The Rat Race and Fear Strikes Out. Starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen, Love With The Proper Stranger was a hit with audiences and critics – its story was fairly adult for 1963, with its frank treatment of a girl who’s had a one-night stand and ended up pregnant. It walks a fine line between comedy and drama, from a harrowing scene with a back-alley doctor, to Wood and McQueen’s awkward attempts to start a relationship from this rocky beginning. The stars are absolute perfection, Mulligan directs simply and beautifully, and Arnold Schulman’s screenplay is wonderfully written.
But it’s the score by Bernstein that takes the film to a whole other level, just as his score for To Kill A Mockingbird took that film to a whole other level. His music is achingly beautiful, filled with longing and loneliness and the stirrings of romance. His approach to scoring the film was unique – the only actual score cues occur in scenes in which Wood and McQueen appear together – that approach brings focus to their relationship and it works perfectly. It’s prime Bernstein, and one of his finest scores.
A Girl Named Tamiko came out in 1962 and was also released by Paramount Pictures. John Sturges was Tamiko’s director; he and Bernstein had already worked together on the classic The Magnificent Seven, and the following year Bernstein would score another Sturges classic, The Great Escape. A Girl Named Tamiko was another film with subject matter that was quite adult for its day. Laurence Harvey stars as a disillusioned and bitter half Chinese/half Russian photographer living in Japan and doing everything he can to get a visa to live in the United States. To that end he begins a relationship with a woman he feels can help him achieve his goal (played intensely by Martha Hyer in a terrific performance), but becomes involved with a young highborn Japanese woman named Tamiko (played by France Nuyen) and much drama ensues. The Japanese scenery is gorgeously photographed and the supporting players are top notch and include Miyoshi Umeki, Gary Merrill, and Michael Wilding.
For this film, Bernstein created one of his most memorable themes, lush and beautiful, and the rest of the score, some of it tinged with an Oriental flavor, is just fantastic. It’s a richly varied score, with many terrific and memorable themes and even though the film may not be remembered today, the score remains a highlight in the Bernstein canon.
The two scores were transferred from the original three-track session tapes and both are presented here in beautiful stereo sound. Both scores are complete and include cues that did not end up in the film. The CD runs a very full seventy-eight minutes.
This release is limited to 1500 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the last week of December – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early).
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So, where/how do we place the order? I don't have your PayPal information memorized.
Thanks.
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Send the total to Kritzerland at adelphia dot net
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And the word of the day is: SCIENTER!
And The Song Of The Day Is: MORE THAN YOU KNOW
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Party Crashers......LOL......
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Off to work. oh well.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And it's before 10:00am... On a Saturday morning... 'Nuff said...
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Ooohhh.....
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks are being interviewed on NPR right now... :)
*Ah... What If?... :)
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Ah!! "Tamiko"!!!
:)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
"Stop in the Name of Love" - The Supremes
"I Want You Back" - The Jackson 5 - What a great bass line/hook!
"The Tears of a Clown" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Brick House" - The Commodores
"Please Mr. Postman" - The Marvelettes
"Super Freak" - Rick James
"Heat Wave" - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
"Fingertips, Part 2", "Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder
"Midnight Train To Georgia" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
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T
P
T
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And now... Some breakfast... And then the trek back north...
Laters...
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Send the total to Kritzerland@adelphia.net
Thanks. Anybody know the total (including shipping)?
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When my public relations office was located on the 7th floor of 6464 Sunset in Hollywood, MoTown was directly across the hall from me.
They were not the nicest of neighbors.
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Good morning, al! I had a long dream, perhaps it was two, that had me either working my old job at the Miami University Library or Barnes & Noble - it's hard to tell now - but it had to do with the three Rodgers & Hart muscals for Helen Ford, "Dearest Enemy," "Peggy Ann," and "Chee-Chee," and collecting research for a restoration. My friend Bruce Pomahac was in the dream as well, and suddenly I was in a structure like the London subway with one of my actresses from community theatre days, Snooky Barton, who was dressed in this outrageous South American costume, then I was in an auditorium, working on "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris," and the band kept misbehaving, and the director - who may have been one of my college directors but I'm not sure now - kept telling me to get the band under control. After the performance, he and I were talking about how well the production went and his comment was something like, it's good the band sounded great because they behaved horribly. I'm sure I knew everyone in the band but I work up and I've now forgotten.
Today, MOST HAPPY FELLA; I need to finish up this show and nake some oney: health insurance is due and next month, estimated taxes. And Christmas, too. Oy!
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Good morning!
Our coldest morning of the fall by far. Today was a day of rest from walking, but I'll pick back up with it tomorrow. Still, it's a beautiful late fall day.
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It absolutely boggles my mind that Elmer Bernstein never won an Oscar for those brilliant 60s scores of his. Sure, he got one for THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (for doing what, I'm not quite sure), but the ones he SHOULD have won for never brought him the prize. Sometimes the fates are very cruel.
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And speaking of Oscars, LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER is my favorite Natalie Wood performance. I mean, Patricia Neal is wonderful in HUD (I really think it's a supporting role), but the Oscar should have been Natalie's that year for LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER.
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Favorite Motown songs:
My first college boy friend and I had a favorite song: "My Guy" sung by Mary Wells. Even though I haven't laid eyes on him since the late 1960s, I think of him every time I hear that song.
Other favorite Motown songs: "You Can't Hurry Love," "You Keep Me Hanging On," "Heat Wave," "My Girl," "I Can't Help Myself."
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Today I continue with my LOST marathon work project. I guess they're saving the majority of the bonus features for the last disc in the set. I haven't gotten there yet (obviously), but I'm guessing some of that "Lost University" stuff is going to be BD-Live instead of embedded on the disc. Usually BD-Live isn't even operational until the disc streets for the public, so there's no way to ever review that material. I hope if LU is a BD-Live feature, they've already activated it.
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I guess I'll be watching WHITE COLLAR as I eat lunch today. I have two episodes of MONK and the SUPERNATURAL rerun from Thursday night also on the DVR. I probably won't get to those MONK episodes until tomorrow.
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Saturday morning greetings! Richard and I are getting ready to head to Lima this afternoon for rehearsal for tomorrow's ordination service and a festive dinner at the home of the church's senior warden. Rob is meeting us there, so some travel vibes for him as he drives from Michigan would be appreciated.
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Thank you to DR Vixmom for the late night birthday wishes for my Mom. And thanks, also, for the photos of the Vixter in her beautiful blue dress - stunning!
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I'm going to dicker with some computer desktop items and then head down to continue working on LOST.
WBBL.
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Saturday morning greetings! Richard and I are getting ready to head to Lima this afternoon for rehearsal for tomorrow's ordination service and a festive dinner at the home of the church's senior warden. Rob is meeting us there, so some travel vibes for him as he drives from Michigan would be appreciated.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Driving to Lima vibes for DR Ginny, Richard, and Rob! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I was always hooked by the "My Guy" lyric, things like "I gave my guy my word of honor" rhyming with "And I'm gonna" - loved that
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Middle-of-page Michael Jackson / Motown "Morning Glow" moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47IQ-GvCQRY
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Good morning. That is all. For now.
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Thanks, DR Elmore!
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Order placed.
It's $23.73, Druxy.
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Oy vey department: our neighbor was evidently strangled. It had to have been someone very large and strong because Nancy was no shrinking violet--she ran marathons, was on the FPD dragon boat team, etc. I personally don't think this was random, as her house was not ransacked.
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I'm off to buy a new Samsung television. It lists for $1049, is on sale for $599 and I have almost $200 in coupons and giftcards, so I'll be getting a deal today!
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DR JMK, I haven't yet expressed my shock and sorrow about the tragedy in your neighborhood. We had a suicide down the street from us several years ago at this time and I know how unsettling it can be.
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TOD: one of my favorite unsung Motown writer duos is Lambert and Potter. They had some minor hits in the mid-1970's, notably "Ashes to Ashes" by the 5th Dimension. But I have always loved their "Love Music," which had 3 very different recordings by The Four Tops, Paul Revere & the Raiders and (can you guess?) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77.
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TOD:
I love "Heat Wave" by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
and one of favorite Motown singles was Irene Ryan doing"In Just No Time At All."
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Congratulations on birthing the Holy Grail!!!
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Wow, I must say that the CD covers look fantastic! I have not seen either film, nor heard the music, but pre-ordered just because Miyoshi Umeki was on the cover! LOL!
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Order placed.
It's $23.73, Druxy.
Done.
Now, hopefully release LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER onto DVD.
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BK----Holy Grail Order Placed
Did You Receive?
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Signing off now - next posts, most likely, from Lima...bye for now!
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Good morning.
Holy Grail ordered.
That is all. Busy day.
;)
Thanks for the Michael Jackson middle of the page moment.
;D
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And speaking of Oscars, LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER is my favorite Natalie Wood performance. I mean, Patricia Neal is wonderful in HUD (I really think it's a supporting role), but the Oscar should have been Natalie's that year for LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER.
Totally agree - Natalie should have won that year (she was nominated) - what a beautiful, sweet, heartbreaking, beautiful performance.
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Saturday morning greetings! Richard and I are getting ready to head to Lima this afternoon for rehearsal for tomorrow's ordination service...
Make sure he doesn't slip up and take a vow of Chastity!
der Brucer
And a vow of Poverty would also put a strain on a relationship
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Order placed.
It's $23.73, Druxy.
You do know that all the information you were asking for is in the first sentence of the announcement post - how much, where to send, etc.
Done.
Now, hopefully release LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER onto DVD.
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BK----Holy Grail Order Placed
Did You Receive?
Received.
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I'm up - I guess I slept till nine-fifteen or so. The phone rang twice but I forgot to take it into the bedroom (my station 2 phone), and now I cannot find it at all. I had a conversation with my designer at eleven-fifty last night so it was next to me then. So we have The Mystery Of The Missing Phone - I've looked in every room and cannot locate it. I'll use the station one phone, but must find the station two phone. I know there's a way to use the station one phone to find the station two phone and I'll try to figure it out.
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Meanwhile, it rained in the middle of the night - our usual ten-minute shower. It's cloudy out now and chilly.
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Holy Grail ordered!!
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I'm up - I guess I slept till nine-fifteen or so. The phone rang twice but I forgot to take it into the bedroom (my station 2 phone), and now I cannot find it at all. I had a conversation with my designer at eleven-fifty last night so it was next to me then. So we have The Mystery Of The Missing Phone - I've looked in every room and cannot locate it. I'll use the station one phone, but must find the station two phone. I know there's a way to use the station one phone to find the station two phone and I'll try to figure it out.
Last time we lost ours it turned out to be in the couch - did you check under your cushions?
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Has that spell check feature always been there on quick reply and I never noticed it before?
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OK there are Things to be Done laters!!
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The Mystery of the Missing Phone has been solved. Apparently, just before I went to bed I went in the DVD/Blu-Ray closet to find a movie for the bedroom and I left the phone there.
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Order placed.
It's $23.73, Druxy.
You do know that all the information you were asking for is in the first sentence of the announcement post - how much, where to send, etc.
Oh! Now, you expect me to read, too.
Humph!
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Order placed.
It's $23.73, Druxy.
You do know that all the information you were asking for is in the first sentence of the announcement post - how much, where to send, etc.
Oh! Now, you expect me to read, too.
Humph!
::)
And perform simple addition as well - there is no end to the demands!
der Brucer
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Here's the next demand: Page FOUR!
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It's quite nippy out and I do not like to jog when it's quite nippy out hence I have not jogged. If it warms up, maybe then.
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Wow! Amazon sent me Angel Heart on BD before street. I don't think that's ever happened before. Maybe I can get my review up by next Tuesday.
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Here's the next demand: Page FOUR!
Cripes - that's fifteen posts away - and there in no DAW to pick on, nor Jane to tease.
der Brucer
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When is DAW back with us?
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I've prepared Monday morning's eBlast, I've imported another 70 names into the eBlast list, and I'm done doing things for the day.
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I shall now go to the mail place and see if any packages have arrived.
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Greetings from the west side of Lima, OH!
Rob arrived about half an hour before we did and we're now settling into the hotel while Richard runs back and forth between here and church.
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Wow! Amazon sent me Angel Heart on BD before street. I don't think that's ever happened before. Maybe I can get my review up by next Tuesday.
I believe that Amazon released Angel Heart On November 24
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It's been a beautiful if chilly day outside. Was glad to be indoors, however.
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I'm going to attempt to attach a picture.
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It worked.
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Bruce, did you ever find your sleeping shorts?
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Who took all my energy?
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I got three more LOST episodes watched
including the amazing one where Ben is being judged by the monster.
And Evangeline Lilly did some really beautiful acting jobs this season. Can't believe she didn't get an Emmy nomination.
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And my motivation to get more things done today?
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When is DAW back with us?
When he left on Monday he said "next week" - so I guess Sunday PM or Monday.
der Brucer
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Page 4 dance. My work here is through.
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Bruce, did you ever find your sleeping shorts?
I'm not Bruce but I can answer. She of the Evil Eye had put them away and got them for him.
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I also watched Friday night's WHITE COLLAR while I ate lunch. Very enjoyable episode though the denouement was really anticlimactic and unsatisfying. Up until then, it was a very entertaining episode.
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A now we are on bk's beloved Page FOUR
der Brucer
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The commentary on episode #10 was by th writers of the episode, and it was not very enjoyable. I lost interest about halfway through.
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I'm on disc four now, and there is a bonus feature on this disc called LOST 100. I'm assuming it's a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 100th episode. That should be a fun bonus.
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Bruce, did you ever find your sleeping shorts?
I'm not Bruce but I can answer. She of the Evil Eye had put them away and got them for him.
Maybe the Shorts were with the Telephone in the Closet
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Heading back down now to finish (hopefully) the last four episodes of the season and as many bonus features as I can fit in tonight before 10 p.m. Luckily, nothing is on TV of interest to interrupt my work.
WBBL.
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I've finished the Moross score and Act Two Scene One of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. The copyist, Ben salisbury, for MHF is doing a spectacular job and I'm proofing the score with a huge smile on my face. It's just beautiful to look at. Poor Ben got lots of scathing notes from me on the first pass - as Dan,the copyist on the Moross score, will, too, very shortly - and he did everything I asked with good humor and skill. I won't settle for Finale-ized music that doesn't have a visual appeal on the page.
So, I'm trying to decide what I will watch tonight. I'm thinking about the HANSEL & GRETEL from 1954 with Anna Russell as the vocie of the Witch.
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Bruce, did you ever find your sleeping shorts?
I'm not Bruce but I can answer. She of the Evil Eye had put them away and got them for him.
The Shorts were with the Telephone in the Closet
That's the title of my next book
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We have a chance for rain today. I hope we get it.
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We have a chance for rain today. I hope we get it.
Careful what you wish - Ms Noah.
der Brucer
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I ran over to the corner market. The Christmas tree vendors, who set up yearly at the corner of 82nd Street and Amsterdam, are arriving and the corner smell like fresh pine. Very Christmas-y.
On the bad side of things, my HMO sent me a statement for a visit in March (!) for $267.00 and I have no idea why the HMO didn't cover it. I'm sure it's an error, but, of course, no one's in who can answer my inquiry until Monday.
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Bruce, did you ever find your sleeping shorts?
Yes, the sleeping shorts were found.
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I'm back and to prove it, I'm here. I had lunch at the Studio Cafe and now I'm sated and sleepy, so I think I'll go sit on my couch like so much fish and watch a motion picture.
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... I think I'll go sit on my couch like so much fish and watch a motion picture.
So, you're giving up on page FIVE?
der Brucer
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We are so dry that it could rain a loooong time before we get flooded.
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There was a scheduled power outage here all day. So this is the first chance i've had to get online.
Wow, the vixter looks great. But a couple of those boys look older (to me).
DR MattH, this is terrible that your debit card is also your credit card. Is that common in the US? Here we have bank cards and credit cards are something separate. Although i believe you can put your VISA in the bank machine.
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The Vixter turned into a young lady right before our eyes.
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Jane is home and is very heavily medicated.
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I feel heavily medicated.
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This site feels heavily medicated.
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It was too chilly today.
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On the other hand, it was not too chili today.
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Why are we struggling so to even get to page five. It can't just be l'absence de Jane and Daw. Non.
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Mae-Ling and Wae-Ling were just here playing with the kittens.
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Forgive me for not remembering, but is it DAYS OF OUR LIVES some of you watch? Betsy just found out that little girl Lauren Boles of that show is our sister-in-law's cousin!
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For the first time in its history, Portland is under a boil order for its water. I won't go into detail about this or other tribulations we personally have faced the past few days, but suffice it to say Betsy has said she is about to pray to her G-d that the 10 plagues cease soon. ;)
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Jane is home and is very heavily medicated.
I'm glad Jane is home. I know she'll be in pain (even with the medication), but I know she'll be better off with Keith and Sherlock.
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OOOH page 5!
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Excuse me for being E & T the last two days. As soon as I got back from my trip, I got hammered by the Cold from Hell.
Still, I have been trying to keep up.
HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY TO DR DIVAROBBIE
!
and
HAPPY ORDINATION TO DR GINNY'S MOTHER!
There, I think that covers everything.
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Good Evening!
Greetings from New York City!!!
:) :) :) :) :)
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Forgive me for not remembering, but is it DAYS OF OUR LIVES some of you watch? Betsy just found out that little girl Lauren Boles of that show is our sister-in-law's cousin!
Nope, that's not one we commonly talk about. Or, at least, it's not one that I mention.
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LOL!
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DR MattH, this is terrible that your debit card is also your credit card. Is that common in the US? Here we have bank cards and credit cards are something separate. Although i believe you can put your VISA in the bank machine.
Actually it's very convenient (except when an ATM eats your card). Of course, it has been infuriating, but that is the only time it's happened to me in, what, 20 years of having an ATM card. So, that's a pretty good average of working correctly.
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The drive up from Richmond which, under normal circumstances, should take about six hours, ended up taking about nine. However, since the holiday traffic was not unexpected, it was a relatively relaxed and stress-free drive back up to New York City. -My 80Gig iPod also helped a lot too. ;) *Many Thanks to my friend, Bradley, for being my chauffeur and driver.
And even if the trip back up to New York City had ended up taking 12 hours, I still wouldn't have minded, because...
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I spent all evening on LOST. I watched the remaining four episodes. The last one was 87 1/2 minutes, so it was like another entire episode.
I had COMPLETELY forgotten the entire submarine plot point with Sawyer, Juliet, and Kate. I had also forgotten that Mark Pellegrino (who's currently playing Lucifer on SUPERNATURAL this season) played Jacob in the season finale episode.
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I got three bonus featurettes watched. The LOST 100 was indeed behind-the-scenes on the 100th episode (the one that featured the Daniel Faraday backstory and the conclusion of his storyline.)
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MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE is a faux-investigative ABC series from the early 1980s, and the episode in question of called "The Dharma Initiative" as the reporters try their best to poke around a few scant clues about this mysterious organization. Fairly fun little feature. I also got a chuckle during station identification when ABC advertised "Coming soon -- new show -- MATT HOUSTON."
How well I remember Matt Houston!
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And the last featurette I did tonight was one on the complexities of playing with time this season on the show. Cast and crew talk about how hard it has been to keep storylines straight but how much they're having with different hairstyles, clothes, etc.
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There is still plenty more to investigate on the bonus feature disc. I count at least 6 more items to watch tomorrow.
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The drive up from Richmond which, under normal circumstances, should take about six hours, ended up taking about nine. However, since the holiday traffic was not unexpected, it was a relatively relaxed and stress-free drive back up to New York City. -My 80Gig iPod also helped a lot too. ;) *Many Thanks to my friend, Bradley, for being my chauffeur and driver.
And even if the trip back up to New York City had ended up taking 12 hours, I still wouldn't have minded, because...
Drop the damned shoe!
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Yes lovely Prom Pictures!
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The Vocie of the Witch - wasn't that a Donovan song?
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Watching BEDAZZLED on TCM.....followed by PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY which is always fun to see.
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For the first time in its history, Portland is under a boil order for its water. I won't go into detail about this or other tribulations we personally have faced the past few days, but suffice it to say Betsy has said she is about to pray to her G-d that the 10 plagues cease soon. ;)
Well if youwould just let those people go....
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Don't worry, DR VIXMOM, they haven't had the boils and the locusts yet!
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BECAUSE WHY ALREADY?????!!!!!!!
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RAPID RECOVERY VIBES TO OUR DEAR JANE
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Before we hit the road, we stopped for breakfast. I was originally thinking of heading back to The Waffle House, but since I also wanted to make one more stop in Carytown, I figured we should eat at someplace in The Fan. At first, I was thinking that Joe's Inn would be a good place... Then I thought that Can-Can would be good for a petit déjeuner... Then I thought why not try Sidewalk Cafe. I used to live a few blocks away from there, and had many a weekend breakfast/brunch there. Also, my favorite waitress in the world - who I've mentioned here on HHW before - also used to work there, and, maybe, just maybe she would be in this morning, well...
As soon as I walked in the door, I saw Edwina behind the bar. She saw me walk in. She screamed. -I think I may have screamed too. And a few minutes later, we were exchanging a very long overdue hug. The last time we had seen each other was literally right before I moved to New York City four and a half years ago. I had my "last" breakfast in Richmond at Sidewalk Cafe. And, yes, we were both tearing up. Just a little bit.
Over the course of the next hour, and between bites of my huge breakfast - I ordered my favorite, "Cajun Hash" - we caught up on each other's lives. We also realized that we have known each other for 25 years! My first restaurant meal in Richmond was at Stella's, where Edwina used to work, and for the next 20 years, I more or less followed her from restaurant to restaurant: Stella's to Joe's Inn to Sidewalk Cafe. She "adopted" me, I became one of her "babies". It was nice to see my "mama" again this morning.
She refused to let me pay for our meal this morning, but after a quick run to the store up the street, I did leave her a "tip": two Hershey Bars with Almonds, and two Mr. Goodbars. :)
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Don't worry, DR VIXMOM, they haven't had the boils and the locusts yet!
says you
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Cool today. And I heard a noise coming from my car brakes as I drove home. So it shall be going to the shop on Monday. My nephew will drive us to work tomorrow.
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Well, I think I'll finish up a few things on the computer and then head down and go to bed early tonight!
Good night!
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Don't worry, DR VIXMOM, they haven't had the boils and the locusts yet!
says you
Yowz!
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DR JOSE what a great story. And how wonderful that she was there this morning! You needed your camera!
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The drive up from Richmond which, under normal circumstances, should take about six hours, ended up taking about nine. However, since the holiday traffic was not unexpected, it was a relatively relaxed and stress-free drive back up to New York City. -My 80Gig iPod also helped a lot too. ;) *Many Thanks to my friend, Bradley, for being my chauffeur and driver.
And even if the trip back up to New York City had ended up taking 12 hours, I still wouldn't have minded, because...
Drop the damned shoe!
Consider it dropped. :)
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Well, I think I'll finish up a few things on the computer and then head down and go to bed early tonight!
Good night!
Soon it will be Sunday. I remember Matt Houston as well.
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That sounds so very nice Jose! I am glad that you and Edwina were able to connect again
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The drive up from Richmond which, under normal circumstances, should take about six hours, ended up taking about nine. However, since the holiday traffic was not unexpected, it was a relatively relaxed and stress-free drive back up to New York City. -My 80Gig iPod also helped a lot too. ;) *Many Thanks to my friend, Bradley, for being my chauffeur and driver.
And even if the trip back up to New York City had ended up taking 12 hours, I still wouldn't have minded, because...
Drop the damned shoe!
Consider it dropped. :)
Did anyone else hear that?
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Page Six Frances Farmer in a turban dance. ;D
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Watching a visually interesting movie directed by John Woo called Red Cliff - it's actually a two-parter, each part running about 140 minutes. But there are so many characters and so much going on it's really hard to keep track of it all.
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She won the battle of makeup that day - but she must have surrendered on the hair front.
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DR JOSE what a great story. And how wonderful that she was there this morning! You needed your camera!
Well, I took some pics with my regular cam, as well as my iPhone...
*And I still can't believe that Edwina is 62!?!?!? I'm actually older now, than they age she was then when we first met. -And Edwina's daughter, Marissa, was also there this morning - still quite a stunner too.
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I think I shall skip the rest of BEDAZZLED and watch some TV Sci Fi episodes that arrived today.
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Lovely picture, DR JOSE - but that man behind you just wants his damned coffee.
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*As Margaret Cho says: "Black don't crack, and Beige don't age."
:) ::) ;D :)
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Lovely picture, DR JOSE - but that man behind you just wants his damned coffee.
Actually I did get a little worried about how our reminiscing was affecting the service of her other customers, but I don't think anyone minded some small delays. ;)
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~~~~~COLD-BE-GONE VIBES TO DR TCB~~~~~
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Ordeals Be Gone Vibes for JMK and family
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When is DAW back with us?
And I quote:
Re: POMPADOURS AND PAGEBOYS
« Reply #32 on: November 23, 2009, 08:56:14 AM »
We are preparing to leave for the Jersey Shore and will not be back until next week.
I have decided not to take the laptop, so here is my wish to every DR for a joyous holiday, fine food, and quality time spent with family and friends.
So.. Possibly sometime tomorrow. We shall see...
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Feel Better VIBES for TCB --- and will we be seeing cruise photos soon? ( I hope I hope!!)
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Well, I had wondered how this weekend's concert presentation of The Music Man was going to go down at the Kennedy Center, and after checking some friend's status updates on Facebook, well... Here's one of them:
...just returned from an embarrassingly bad concert version of The Music Man with the NSO Pops. OK, Shirley Jones is 75 and can't really sing anymore, but what is her son Patrick Cassidy's excuse? Rebecca Luker was magnificent, but the rest? OY!
...The other "reports" were along the same lines. :-\
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I joined the new gym that opened down the block from me - today was my first visit - oh I am achy
off for hot shower
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Forgive me for not remembering, but is it DAYS OF OUR LIVES some of you watch? Betsy just found out that little girl Lauren Boles of that show is our sister-in-law's cousin!
Sorry, DR JMK, that's a terrible LA-based soap. I only watch these days ONE LIFE TO LIVE, which broadcasts from NYC. When ALL MY CHILDREN moves to LA, only ONE LIFE and AS THE WORLD TURNS Will be shooting here.
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OH!
And since I was not taking the bus back up to NYC this time, I was able to bring back some extra stuff with me... Like my pre-lighted, three-foot high Christmas Tree!
:)
*And, yes, it's already set up in the not-really-big-enough-to-be-a-bay-window window. ;)
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Good night dear ones
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Good evening all., I am home from my trip to my parents'. It was a nice holiday, but I am very glad to be home. Boo was pretty upset that I had been gone and it took her a while to calm down. She's been on my lap for about 2 hours now and has relaxed and is very happy.
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DR JMK, I have beeen following the news reports of your neighbor. Really sounds like she was targeted...her front door was unlocked (apparently not unusual) so it could have been someone she knew..or someone she didn't knwo at all...very scary
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Saturday morning greetings! Richard and I are getting ready to head to Lima this afternoon for rehearsal for tomorrow's ordination service and a festive dinner at the home of the church's senior warden. Rob is meeting us there, so some travel vibes for him as he drives from Michigan would be appreciated.
Do you happen to know if the church's "senior warden" knows DR Laura's "game warden"?
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Well... It's been a long day, and I really do need to get some rest and sleep...
Goodnight.
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This visually arresting movie is terrific, actually. It took me about forty minutes to figure it all out and get the players straight, but it's a wonderful story.
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and one of favorite Motown singles was Irene Ryan doing "In Just No Time At All."
This actually was my audition song for "The Brain From Planet X," in which I was cast! ;D
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For the first time in its history, Portland is under a boil order for its water. I won't go into detail about this or other tribulations we personally have faced the past few days, but suffice it to say Betsy has said she is about to pray to her G-d that the 10 plagues cease soon. ;)
~~~Stay Healthy Vibes for JMK and Family!!~~~
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~~~Get Better and/or Stay Healthy Vibes for Everyone Who Needs 'Em!!~~~
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Finished part one of the long movie - I thought it was great. Then I went to the imdb to see the comments and, as always, unbelievably stupid comments having little to do with the movie that Mr. Woo made and more to do with the real history. It's a MOVIE.
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I got some Guy Madison and Mark Forest in the mail today...thanks JRand!
Coincidentally, I saw Guy Madison's brother, Wayne Mallory, on SEA HUNT today, as well.
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I just watched "Paragraph 175" from Netflix. I just checked Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Paragraph-175-Rupert-Everett/dp/B00005YUP1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259481482&sr=8-1) and it's no longer available! The least expensive used copy is $42.29.
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!