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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had the new car smell, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they just got a MOO car.
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And the word of the day is: PAVONINE!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to Maya - I wish she'd come back to these here parts one of these fine days.
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DR Maya hasn't posted since 2004, but Happy Birthday to her, anyway! :D
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People come, people go, like Grand Hotel.
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Topic of the Day: my best (and actually, only) new car experience was 11 years ago, just like BK. My previous car, a 1989 Subaru Justy had died a slow and painful (financially, to me) death. I had to get a new car and one day, my sister and I were driving around to different car dealerships. We went to a local Ford dealership and they were having a deal...only 0.9% interest and no down payment! We looked at several different cars (and I got to sit in the fairly new New Volkswagen Beetle...my very first car was a 1976 SuperBeetle), but I ended up only test driving the Ford Escort. It was quite nice. I said that I would have to think about it and talk to my financial adviser (my mom) and she came back with me the next day. We told them that I had a Costco card (which I did) and the deal with Costco was that there was no price haggling, you just play $100 over the invoice price. That, plus the 0.9% interest deal AND the no down payment deal sealed it! I filled out the forms and financed through Ford Credit and drove my new car off the lot. They did take my Justy in trade, but they only gave me $200 for it. But then, $200 is $200.
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I still have my Escort. I've been fairly diligent about getting it serviced on a regular basis, except that this year I bought a new computer. I should've waited on the computer and had the car serviced, so that'll be the first thing that I do with my income tax refund next year. I hope to have this car for several more years...hopefully. :)
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~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~
FOR DR RON PULLIAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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~~~excellent vibes and xylophones for a quick replenishing of the kitty!!!~~~
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And CONGRATULATIONS on your new car!!!! :D
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~~~QUICK RECOVERY AND PAIN-BEGONE VIBES~~~
FOR DR JMK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not to rain on anyone's parade but I've never had a new car experience. Living in New York City for the past 29 and a half years has meant I don't need (or want) a car and I don't think, in my entire childhood, that we ever had a "new" car.
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TOD: In 1998, We went through the fleet division via the internet, got a price, walked into the dealership, and declined most of the options and the opportunity to test drive. When asked to look at different cars, we said "how about the one parked right there?" and signed papers, wrote a check, and drove home. It was quick and as painless as possible.
My DH needs a new vehicle now, but it's that "write a check" part that's stopping us.
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Ben, I wish Phoenix had a good mass transit system. Alas, it can take a couple of hours to get somewhere that would take a few minutes to drive.
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Congrats and kitty-replenishing vibes on the new car. My best new car experience was back in the 80s when I bought an Escort painted (bless car color namers) "Midnight Canyon Red." I didn't know how to drive a standard. The man who sold it to me told me he was going to teach me how to drive it. I thought he was going to turn gray by the end of that little mishap. He told me to take it out in the country, which I did, and I remember backing down a hill because I hadn't figured out how to handle those properly. Still, that was a great car and lasted many miles.
By the way, I bought that in Dr. Elmore's hometown of Middletown, Ohio.
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It is not raining here today. And I wish it were.
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And the word of the day is: PAVONINE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: GOOSE NEVER BE A PEACOCK
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This will be a day of continuing professional education - we need 24 credits in a year, and I must complete six more credits of studying before the end of the year.
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BK, congrats on the new car (can't remember if i said this last night).
Re: you mentioning last night that the neighbors parked on the street (in your spots).
You said you have a garage. But do you have a driveway too? Could you park your car there. For some reason even though we have snow here. Most people use their garages to store tools and stuff. But they park their cars on their driveways.
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Travel vibes for DR RLP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
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* * * * * Travel Vibes For DR RLP * * * * *
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Good morning, all! I guess the neighbor above me has guests this week; around 2 am this morning there was a repeat of theactivity the day before: loud talking - 3 voices, 2 men and a woman - and a lot of heavy walking around for a bit before things settled down. It really screws up my sleeping cycle and it took me forever to get back to sleep. I am not amused at the moment and I'm debating how to approach my neighbor.
I have a bit of work here today, as well as a trip to the NYPL. Around 4:30 my friend Val and i will meet up for a movie. I can pick up the tickets on my way to NYPL. Our choices are the new George Clooney film and the one about Young Queen Victoria. I need to call her and give her movie times so we can make a decision.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe travel vibes for DR Ron Pulliam! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Tuesday morning greetings! We are gradually settling back into our post-Christmas routine here. My cousin and his family arrived at the "home" last night and we'll visit with them sometime today.
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Good morning!
Colder here this morning, but it made for a very enjoyable walk. I should have worn a ski cap, but otherwise, the cold wasn't a problem. Beautiful day today, but tomorrow is supposed to bring rain/sheet/snow. Ugh!
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TOD:
Another new car purchaser in 1998 here! Mine was hunter green Toyota Camry that I fell in love with on first sight (it was, afterall, Valentine's Day.) What I really loved about the new car purchase experience was the royal treatment I continued to receive from yhe dealership--a can of chocolate chip cookies and baloons were delivered to me at work, they always fit me in for the service appointments I desired and sent lots of coupons and discounts for their servicing. If or when I do need another new vehicle, I will go back to this particular dealership.
However, my Camry continues to drive like a dream and seems to require only quarterly maintenance trips. As much as I would have liked to have taken advantage of the incredible car deals this year, I just couldn't justify getting rid of this car yet.
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bk, Sissy Spacek WAS nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for CARRIE. It was her first nomination. She lost to Faye Dunaway in NETWORK, but she was nominated. So was Piper Laurie who lost to Beatrice Straight in NETWORK.
BTW, Sissy did win the National Society of Film Critics Best Actress award for CARRIE.
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Buying my current car, the 2005 Saturn, was undoubtedly my best buying experience. I loved the no-pressure approach at Saturn, and the car has been a dream. Other than the dead battery a year ago February, I have had no problems with it at all.
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DR ELMORE - I vote for George Clooney over Queen Victoria.....kind of like the 2008 Democratic Caucus.
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CARRIE certainly set audiences screaming all over the country....wow!
Best new car buying experience - my current 2004 PT Cruiser, which I purchased in January 2005. The price was exactly right, and my old 1994 Pontiac Grand Am went to my sister.....who sold it to my nephew when she moved to Seattle......who promptly wrecked it.....but he doesn't know how it happened....
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Fat Kat vibes for MR BK and KRITZERLAND.
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I can also tell you what my WORST new car experience was. I bought a beautiful white Plymouth, oh, I'd say maybe in 1989 or so. The dealership filled it up with gas, and my partner and I at the time headed home, stopping off at the grocery store en route. When we came out of the grocery store, we smelled the unmistakable smell of gasoline, but I assumed it was from some other car in the lot. When I cranked up the car, I noticed that my gas tank was sitting on 1/3 full. I had heard of BAD gas mileage, but this was the pits! I drove RIGHT BACK to the dealership, and lo and behold, there was no top on the gas tank! It had been left off at the factory and hadn't been discovered since they never kept more than a gallon or so of gas it in at one time. Unbelievable.
And that car ended up being a lemon with tons of problems happening with it within a year or so of purchase. I think I kept that car the least of any car I've ever owned.
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No UPS deliveries as yet, so I'll be having a day off unless JENNIFER'S BODY and THE MARINE 2 arrive today. I'm expecting GLEE as well, but I'll do the Blu-rays first to get them out of the way. Then I can luxuriate for a couple of days with GLEE. All of them come out today.
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Page Two Dance!!!
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I have a bunch of stuff on my DVR, so I think if I have a day off, I'll be trying to watch all these things and clear off the DVR. I have A STUDY IN TERROR which I'll definitely watch this afternoon. CHANGELING which will be tonight's movie, and I'll finish THE OPPOSITE SEX which I started last night. All in HD, of course.
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The nice thing about having a business manager is that they are all good car experiences. We say this is what we want, he does all the negotiating. When we wanted a Corolla Sport, he went to his car broker. The car was delivered to the house. The toughest was our new Prius, because they were much in demand and The Lovely Wife was very particular in the colour she wanted. We had to wait about six months.
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I am taking my little buddy on another Adventure today. He wants to bring his older brother -- the one with Aspergers. Pray for me.
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Prayers for DR LAURA.
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Thanks. The older brother is a challenge.
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The movie times are hellish for a person getting off work at 4:30, and the next showing of UP IN THE AIR is 7 pm, too late for us two fogeys. So, we're seeing Young Victoria at 6 pm. We'll have a little smackerel before the film and I will pick up the tickets on my way down to Lincoln Center today. I am looking forward to it, but that means, DR JRand59, I will have to see UP IN THE AIR on my own. Perhaps I will do that on New Year's Eve. Charlotte will be in Boston seeing a rock concert.
DR Ben, we need to set up a time for a visit to see your tree and decor.
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I watched RIDING HIGH last night on TCM. A Bing Crosby/Frank Capra movie I had never seen. Pretty good movie, although the songs were sort of blah, as was the leading lady Colleen Gray... A remake of Capra's BROADWAY BILL - and I guess Mr Capra made a deal with Harry Cohn his old boss to re-use the racing footage from the 1934 movie in the 1950 movie to keep the costs down.
Either way - it had some fine moments.
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I am so sorry to hear about the RAGTIME closing and I worry about FINIAN'S RAINBOW; we're back down to 52% capacity last week. I'm hoping that this week we're selling out, but I've heard nothing about sales. I will see the show tomorrow afternoon since Joshie should be making his conducting debut. I need to call him and confirm that.
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Queen Victoria - we are not amused.
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DR Laura - prayers for you on you outing today.
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TOD - buying my current car, a 2005 Pontiac Vibe, in August 2005. I'd leased my 2 previous cars and I was so glad to be back on the road to ownership, achieved this past February when I used some retirement pay-out money to pay off the loan.
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TOD:
I've never really been a "car person". As long as the vehicle gets me to where I'm going in relative comfort and with minimal expense, I'm happy.
I'm still driving my 2000 Honda Accord LX, which only has about 27,000 miles on it. Just had the timing and other belts replaced, and the mechanic tells me that, with the way I drive, if I take care of the car, it should last me the rest of my life.
Works for me.
;D
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Worst car experience: every used car we've ever owned.
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I am so sorry to hear about the RAGTIME closing and I worry about FINIAN'S RAINBOW; we're back down to 52% capacity last week. I'm hoping that this week we're selling out, but I've heard nothing about sales. I will see the show tomorrow afternoon since Joshie should be making his conducting debut. I need to call him and confirm that.
Ditto! I'm disappointed folks aren't sttriving to see something of real quality. RAGTIME is one of the greatest musicals of the last 15 years, and FINIAN'S RAINBOW's raves should have insured it the same kind of sellout status that HAIR and WEST SIDE STORY enjoyed when they opened last year. Very disappointing that the public isn't buying in droves.
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Now I guess I'll head down to see if the UPS man sneaked up to the door without my knowing. If he didn't, I'll get ready for my day off by revisiting another MENTALIST episode and then start thinking about what's for lunch.
WBBL.
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I am so sorry to hear about the RAGTIME closing and I worry about FINIAN'S RAINBOW; we're back down to 52% capacity last week. I'm hoping that this week we're selling out, but I've heard nothing about sales. I will see the show tomorrow afternoon since Joshie should be making his conducting debut. I need to call him and confirm that.
Ditto! I'm disappointed folks aren't sttriving to see something of real quality. RAGTIME is one of the greatest musicals of the last 15 years, and FINIAN'S RAINBOW's raves should have insured it the same kind of sellout status that HAIR and WEST SIDE STORY enjoyed when they opened last year. Very disappointing that the public isn't buying in droves.
I've always liked RAGTIME. It's one of my favorite shows.
I saw it at the Shubert in Los Angeles before it went to NY.
It would be nice if they made it into a movie.
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I'm so-o-o-o glad Richard and I got to see Ragtime - the closing notice makes me sad.
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Good morning to all!
A very sunny, yet very COLD day here in NY.
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Congratulations to BK on the new car. It looks like a beauty. Thanks for posting the photos.
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Many thanks to Cillaliz, DakotaCelt, Jane, and Sam for the birthday greetings that you posted last night.
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~PRAYERS~ for Laura DR - whether she needs them or not. ;D
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DR Ben -- you and Anthony were right in my neighborhood yesterday when you ate at Eisenberg's! I wish I knew in advance -- I would have come by to wish you both happy holidays and happy new year in person!
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I am very saddened by Ragtime's imminent closing.
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Vibes for DR Laura.
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It appears I did not get what I wanted for my birthday yesterday, and I am quite disappointed.
I wanted one of those push button sky apartments like George and Jane Jetson had.
Press the button and voila! the bed is made.
Press the button and voila! breakfast is ready.
Press the button and voila! the house is completely cleaned, the groceries materialize, and the laundry is cleaned, folded, and put away.
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Alternatively, I would have also been happy with one of those Star Trek replicator gizmos and a transporter. But nope. Didn't get those, either.
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Perhaps my expectations were too high.
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Nah! I've just been continuing this posting frenzy long enough to be able to say
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CRANBERRIES!!!
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And with that, a new page.
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And the word of the day is: PAVONINE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: GOOSE NEVER BE A PEACOCK
Is this one of the cut songs from WHOOP UP?
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In 2003 I bought my first ever brand new car, a Honda Element. They were just hitting the market. It's a great car and over the past 7 years of operation, it has way over 100,000 miles on it. I have one more year of payments on it. I'm considering a hybrid in the next few years, but in the meantime, the Element is still going strong. That's the thing about Honda's, if you keep up on the maintenance, they will run forever.
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As some of you may remember, we bought a new Chevy Cobalt in February. It was an easy-peasy deal, no real haggling aside from the trade in value of my old Subaru, which they upped by over a thousand once I started to stand up to leave. ;)
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In other exciting news, I believe my "nuggets of wisdom" (a euphemism, to be sure) are out of me, but I am still very tender. In fact it occurred to me that off and and on for the past several years I would occasionally get a bit tender in my left kidney area, something I always ascribed to too much caffeine. It was more of a tingling-numb sensation than real pain, but now I'm wondering if perhaps I've been dealing with smaller "nuggets" for years without ever realizing it.
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Hello, gang...
Best new car experience was November, 2003 - I bought my current automobile, a Honda Civic Hybrid -- they were all but giving them away, in those days. I got a super deal, paid cash, and a year later, having put over 30,000 miles on it, I was offered what I had paid for it. The summer of $4 a gallon gas brought some interesting offers, too -- I have consistently gotten 50+ mpg, and now have over 150,000 miles on it - and nary a problem. Not ever.
Yesterday i took my disabled cousin Tina (Morey Orloff's daughter) to Reno for her birthday - a friend from Winnemucca was in Reno with her daughters and new granddaughter. Grueling doesn't cover it - I picked her up from her assisted living facility at 6:45 am, shlepped her (and her dog - she won't leave the building without the dog...) to LAX, parked, got her and said animal (a really sweet terrier - last year I outfiitted her with a 'Service Dog' vest, which allows us to take her everywhere, courtest Americans With Disabilities Act of 1991) through the tightened security. We sat waiting for our plane, while large bomb-sniffing canines and their handlers circled round and round the terminal. Long long long day... meet and greet, sit and visit, go to lunch -- with the dog, sing Happy Birthday to YOU -- deal with Tina's several melt-downs, shlep through Babies R Us and buy gifts for the new baby (I insisted the dog stay in the car for this - another melt-down...), back to the airport, security, no bomb sniffers in Reno airport, cuz after all - RENO?? Plane ride back to LAX, wait on the tarmac for a parking place, deplane, shlep through LAX to the car, drop Tina in her facility at 10:30 pm, and stay at Rikki's, cuz it was only 20 minutes further. How time flies...
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Good health news from DR JMK!!! :D
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Belated birthday greetings for Julie!
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And today, 4 goose carcasses go into a pot...
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DR PennyO - you earned another star in your crown yesterday!
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DR PennyO - what a saint you are. What a day that was - for all of you!!! :o
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Hilarious:
Romeo & Juliet: As You Misremembered It (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121975740&sc=fb&cc=fp)
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to Maya - I wish she'd come back to these here parts one of these fine days.
SO DO I!
(http://www.peopleplatters.com/images/platters/birthdays/8x8-maya-th.jpg)
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I'm up, I'm up, and would have certainly slept a little later save for the phone ringing at ten to nine - you guessed it, the co-author of the long musical. I didn't take the call and when I listened to the message it was to tell me he'd re-sent some pages. What is with people? He couldn't e-mail me? I've told everyone on the team that I am not taking any calls or answering any e-mails about the show this week - period.
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MattH - While I was writing the notes, I thought to myself, myself you should go to the imdb and look up Carrie because maybe Sissy was nominated. And then, being senile, I forgot to do it, so thanks for setting the record straight and it's good to know she got up, and frankly I would have given her the Oscar over Dunaway, and I certainly would have given Piper Laurie the Oscar over Beatrice Straight's one scene performance. Miss Laurie was, in fact, absolutely brilliant as Mrs. White.
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I found my garage door opener so I'm going to go back to the car dealer and have him show me how to pair it with the car so I can just open the garage door without the remote. I also forgot to get copies of the car reports, which I'd like for my records.
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VIBES THE NEW YEAR BRINGS KRITZERLAND LOTS OF GOOD AND SUCESSFUL RELEASES,
AND VIBES THE KITTY IS SOON REPLENISHED!!!
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PRAYING FOR DR LARA!
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Oh Penny, what a trip. you are so very good to your cousin.
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VIBES FINIAN’S RAINBOW HAS A VERY, VERY LONG RUN ON BROADWAY!!!
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Jose I haven’t tried peanuts from the Virginia Diner. I can’t remember if we tried the peanut soup. I think we did but haven’t ordered it since. I like the peanut butter straw candies. If I could get a small sized bag I would order it. Once I made the mistake of getting the tin, which was way too much for me to eat by myself.
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DR Jane - did you get shelled or unshelled peanuts?
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There's a wind in my willows.
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DR Jane - did you get shelled or unshelled peanuts?
Chocolate covered peanuts - unshelled - that's the expensive kind
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DR Jane - did you get shelled or unshelled peanuts?
shelled, lightly salted, as pictured... http://www.thepeanutshop.com/
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Michael, I am very much of the same persuasion. My car has never been an extension of my personality or my penis. Eventually, I'd like to get another Prius or hybrid...but it will take a few years...or an unexpected windfall...
TOD:
I've never really been a "car person". As long as the vehicle gets me to where I'm going in relative comfort and with minimal expense, I'm happy.
I'm still driving my 2000 Honda Accord LX, which only has about 27,000 miles on it. Just had the timing and other belts replaced, and the mechanic tells me that, with the way I drive, if I take care of the car, it should last me the rest of my life.
Works for me.
;D
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It's why I kept my last car for eleven years - I just loved it - but the writing was on the wall and I just could not justify sinking one more penny into it.
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My car has never been an extension of my penis. Eventually, I'd like to get another Prius
Good thing, or you'd need to get a PriAPus. ;)
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My trousers are vermilion.
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My trousers are vermilion.
They say you're Castillian
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please pray we are not snowed in the next 2 days. it is extremely important i don't miss my physical therapy appointment tomorrow or my visit with the surgeon on thursday. i tried getting in to see the surgeon today & couldn't.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And it's cold (again) in New York City today.
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~~~~~MOBILITY AND ACCESSABILITY VIBES FOR DR JANE~~~~~~
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As for RAGTIME... I'm gonna try to see it tonight. I was hoping to catch it next week, but... :-\
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OH!
And there are a LOT of people in NYC today, this week. -And it seems like most of them don't mind standing in line outside in the cold for an hour or two.
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Why do my friends call me 'Lillian'?
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~~~MEDICAL & WEATHER VIBES~~~
FOR DR JANE!!!!!!
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jose & daw, thank you.
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Why do my friends call me 'Lillian'?
They say by the end of the week, you're leaving to start a boutique.
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VIBES to DR Jane
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Why do my friends call me 'Lillian'?
You're Frances' mother?
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Vermilion O'Toole was played by Yvonne DeCarlo in BAND OF ANGELS.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....wrong movie......I wonder who played Vermilion?
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thank you matthew. it is nice you have had more time to post.
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For those who might be interested, the Kennedy Center Honors are being broadcast this evening.
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Belated birthday greetings for Julie!
Thank you!
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You're Frances' mother?
I try not to talk about it too much.
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Wow - what a day DR Penny had yesterday! Lots of extra credits and good karma for you!
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DR Ben -- you and Anthony were right in my neighborhood yesterday when you ate at Eisenberg's! I wish I knew in advance -- I would have come by to wish you both happy holidays and happy new year in person!
Miss Julie, are we neighbors? We are just a walk up the street from Eisenberg's. I've been in Chelsea for 27 years now. I'm on the west side between 5th and 6th Avenues. I moved here before it was cool and trendy and it was still affordable. Some people used to say I lived in the Village but technically it's above 14th Street and west of 5th so it's Chelsea.
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For those who might be interested, the Kennedy Center Honors are being broadcast this evening.
I have the DVR set to record.
The honorees are Mel Brooks, Dave Brueck, Grace Bumbry, Robert DeNiro, and Bruce Springstein.
Thanks for the reminder, DR DAW.
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~~~~~MOBILITY AND ACCESSABILITY VIBES FOR DR JANE~~~~~~
From me, too.
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For those who might be interested, the Kennedy Center Honors are being broadcast this evening.
Much better than The Jackson Family Honors from a few years ago.
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Oh...it was the lovely Ann Sheridan in TAKE ME TO TOWN.....
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DR Ben -- you and Anthony were right in my neighborhood yesterday when you ate at Eisenberg's! I wish I knew in advance -- I would have come by to wish you both happy holidays and happy new year in person!
Miss Julie, are we neighbors? We are just a walk up the street from Eisenberg's. I've been in Chelsea for 27 years now. I'm on the west side between 5th and 6th Avenues. I moved here before it was cool and trendy and it was still affordable. Some people used to say I lived in the Village but technically it's above 14th Street and west of 5th so it's Chelsea.
Are you on West 22nd Street, or further south?
I'm a bit east of there -- 22nd and 2nd.
I am frequently near you because I go to the Metroploltan Room a lot.
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thanks julie.
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DR Jane - vibes that you can keep your appointments this week!
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thank you ginny.
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Yes DR PENNYO has received a star in her crown.
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Why do my friends call me 'Lillian'?
It is easier to remember than "singdaw."
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The dealer guy programmed the garage door remote so I can now open the garage door from a button in the car, so that's good. The only thing that's going to take me some time now is that when you pair the iPhone with the car, there's no way to get the address book into the car system - it has to do with the way the iPhone software is set up - but I read up on it online and there are workarounds but they are complex, and since I really don't need all that many phone numbers in the car, I'll just do it by voice and it goes pretty fast. I already did about five yesterday and it only took a couple of minutes.
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I am also sad about RAGTIME closing. :(
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Oy and vey. I just received a press announcement that yet another BD version of GISELLE is due. There have already been two. Now I love Adolphe Adam as much as the next guy (I think the next guy is either Elmore or Daw ;) ), but how many times must I write a review of this piece? :)
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I'm watching a DVD - the concert version of Wonderful Town. The conductor, musicians, soloists, and chorus members all seem to be having a great time.
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VIBES THE NEW YEAR BRINGS KRITZERLAND LOTS OF GOOD AND SUCESSFUL RELEASES,
AND VIBES THE KITTY IS SOON REPLENISHED!!!
~~~DITTO AND DITTO!!~~~
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MattH - While I was writing the notes, I thought to myself, myself you should go to the imdb and look up Carrie because maybe Sissy was nominated. And then, being senile, I forgot to do it, so thanks for setting the record straight and it's good to know she got up, and frankly I would have given her the Oscar over Dunaway, and I certainly would have given Piper Laurie the Oscar over Beatrice Straight's one scene performance. Miss Laurie was, in fact, absolutely brilliant as Mrs. White.
I certainly agree about Piper Laurie. In fact, I remember that Oscar night clearly and how absolutely shocked I was when Straight won the award.
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It is still very cold outside. Doesn't feel much over 40, to be honest. Glad I was inside for the afternoon.
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The MENTALIST revisit for today was the one where the four National Guard friends begin dying one by one by fire. Love the scene where Rigsby, under the influence of pain killers, confesses to Grace how much he loves her.
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I was watching an NCIS episode from season 6 while I ate lunch. It was the one where Cristian Clemanson plays the accountant for a crime boss whose crew is being eliminated one by one. Always enjoyed Gibbs and company when they work against another US agency, in this one, the CIA.
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Then I watched A STUDY IN TERROR. I hadn't seen it in decades, so it was great fun to revisit it. Love John Neville and Donald Houston as Holmes and Watson, and Robert Morley plays Mycroft. This was obviously made cheaply, but it held my interest completely and wasn't as grisly as MURDER BY DECREE, both of them pitting Holmes against Jack the Ripper.
Columbia sent an open matte transfer to TCM for broadcast. A pity.
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Next I finished THE OPPOSITE SEX which I had started last night. The color on the HD version actually didn't turn out to be any better than that on the DVD-R copy I burned last year. The Metrocolor has faded, so it looks OK but not great.
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I finished my afternoon with today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Kyle and Oliver's first fight since becoming a couple. Kyle will have some crow to eat when he finally wises up and starts seeing people for who they really are.
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Hilarious: Romeo & Juliet: As You Misremembered It (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121975740&sc=fb&cc=fp)
I love this! This is funny! :)
Too bad we didn't know about this when I was in "R&J" this summer.
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please pray we are not snowed in the next 2 days. it is extremely important i don't miss my physical therapy appointment tomorrow or my visit with the surgeon on thursday. i tried getting in to see the surgeon today & couldn't.
~~~NO SNOW AND EASY TRANSPORTATION VIBES FOR DR JANE!!~~~
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We're about to leave for a supper visit with my cousin, his wife, and her parents...bye for now!
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I watched RIDING HIGH last night on TCM. A Bing Crosby/Frank Capra movie I had never seen. Pretty good movie, although the songs were sort of blah, as was the leading lady Colleen Gray... A remake of Capra's BROADWAY BILL - and I guess Mr Capra made a deal with Harry Cohn his old boss to re-use the racing footage from the 1934 movie in the 1950 movie to keep the costs down.
Either way - it had some fine moments.
I watched the 8:00 TCM film, BROADWAY BILL. It was an okay kind of movie but I kept wishing that Clark Gable had done it instead of Warner Baxter. I then watched the beginning of RIDING HIGH, but I felt like I already went through enough horse drama for one evening.
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In other exciting news, I believe my "nuggets of wisdom" (a euphemism, to be sure) are out of me, but I am still very tender. In fact it occurred to me that off and and on for the past several years I would occasionally get a bit tender in my left kidney area, something I always ascribed to too much caffeine. It was more of a tingling-numb sensation than real pain, but now I'm wondering if perhaps I've been dealing with smaller "nuggets" for years without ever realizing it.
Be ready for everyone you know to tell you to start drinking cranberry juice to prevent kidney stones. But I recall reading recently that it really does not do any good.
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george, right after i read your vibes, the light snowfall we've been having the past hour stopped. :)
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OH!
And there are a LOT of people in NYC today, this week. -And it seems like most of them don't mind standing in line outside in the cold for an hour or two.
I won't be one of them. I had really planned to come up tomorrow to bop around the city for a bit and maybe take in a show, but it's going to be just too, too windy and cold for me and my aging bones. I can handle Philly when it's cold, but not NYC.
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In other exciting news, I believe my "nuggets of wisdom" (a euphemism, to be sure) are out of me, but I am still very tender. In fact it occurred to me that off and and on for the past several years I would occasionally get a bit tender in my left kidney area, something I always ascribed to too much caffeine. It was more of a tingling-numb sensation than real pain, but now I'm wondering if perhaps I've been dealing with smaller "nuggets" for years without ever realizing it.
Be ready for everyone you know to tell you to start drinking cranberry juice to prevent kidney stones. But I recall reading recently that it really does not do any good.
It certainly didn't do me any good. I had my second one about 18 months after the first when cranberry juice was almost the ONLY thing I did drink between the first and second. Also completely changed my diet (since my stone was calcium-based), and that did no good either.
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I forgot to mention that I also watched PREP AND LANDING, the adorable Disney-CGI cartoon special about elves who prep houses for Santa's arrival. Some really cute stuff in this, and it looked great in HD. (I recorded it weeks ago from ABC-HD, but hadn't had time to watch it.)
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The UPS delivery was mid-afternoon, and it contained the remaining discs in Criterion's January release list:
CHE on DVD and Blu-ray (four hour film plus bonuses) which comes out on the 19th of January.
PARIS TEXAS on Blu-ray which comes out on the 22nd of January.
ROSSELLINI'S WAR FILMS (his first three neorealist movies beginning with ROME: OPEN CITY) on DVD coming out January 29th.
So, since all of these releases come out during the second half of January, I went ahead and took my day off. Still waiting on the arrival of those Fox releases for the week.
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I'm hopping off-line now to watch another NCIS episode and then start on CHANGELING. It's a long film, so I doubt I get to anything else this evening.
WBBL.
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When I had my kidney stone, the cranberry juice tasted real good so I forgot about the pain while I drank it, but that was about it.
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Vibes to Jane!
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george, right after i read your vibes, the light snowfall we've been having the past hour stopped. :)
Nice!
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thanks FJL.
george, the snow flurries have returned, lighter than before.
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I survived The Adventure, which was not as harrowing as Penny's adventure.
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OOOOhhhh! I saw BK's new car. Very nice, indeed! He's like a cat in cream sitting in it.
As for replenishing the kitty, I certainly hope that happens soon. Today we replenished our tummies. What a lot of food! BK is right: Genghis Cohen's steamed sole is excellent. (So are their other dishes.)
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I'll let him tell you more, if he chooses.
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No-snow vibes to Jane!
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good new lara.
thank you jeanne
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I will tell another of my car-buying stories. Many years ago, a friend of mine and I both needed new cars. Said friend was a very clever fellow and knew much more about cars than I did. We did some car shopping together and, as we began to narrow down our choices, we found that we both were leaning toward a VW Scirocco. Said friend did some research and soon figured out what the mark-ups were on the cars. He then allowed what he felt was a fair profit for the dealer, and soon knew how much he wanted to pay. We went to our favorite salesperson together. The salesperson about choaked when he saw the price said friend proposed. "No way!" We had to explain that we wanted TWO cars, in different colors so we could tell them apart. "TWO cars?" Yes. One for each of us. We made the deal and got the price. The dealer made it clear that we had to buy two or it was no deal. But that was fine; we really did need two cars.
Granted, it's not a strategy one can use often, but it sure worked for us!
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DD is dying for a walk. You'd think I never walk him. (Twice a day, sometimes three times.)
TTFN.
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When I had my kidney stone, the cranberry juice tasted real good so I forgot about the pain while I drank it, but that was about it.
I believe "My Kidney Stone" is a little known Kander & Ebb gem recorded by Barbra Streisand.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely luncheon with dear reader Jeanne and then some errands and whatnot.
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Good Evening!
Well.. I guess I did have some things to do today... And the day ain't over yet.
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Like what?
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Just put the garage in the car - yesterday the cardboard I used for going in worked perfectly - today I heard a little scraping, so I'm going to use two more large pieces and just basically completely cover the incline and see if that works. Then if it does, the handyman, in essence, can make a large cardboard "mat" that I just pull in and out.
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DR MattH - I thought "Che" ran closer to five hours in total? I know when it was originally presented here in NYC, they presented it with an intermission and a program book. -The film was later released as two separate movies. -Did they include the program book with the screener?
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Just put the garage in the car - yesterday the cardboard I used for going in worked perfectly - today I heard a little scraping, so I'm going to use two more large pieces and just basically completely cover the incline and see if that works. Then if it does, the handyman, in essence, can make a large cardboard "mat" that I just pull in and out.
Even though you may not be hearing any more scraping sounds when you drive your car into your garage, that still means that whatever is scraping against the pavement is still being push/pressed "into" your car. -Which may not be a good thing either in the long run. I'd have someone check to see what exactly is making contact with the ground and proceed from there.
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DR PennyO - WHEW!!!!!
But that's one of those "You're A Wonderful Person" Whew's. :)
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Your "no snow for Jane" vibes evidently pushed everything Northward. We're relatively buried under about 6 inches in less than an hour or so--a lot of snow for the Pacific NW!
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Your "no snow for Jane" vibes evidently pushed everything Northward. We're relatively buried under about 6 inches in less than an hour or so--a lot of snow for the Pacific NW!
I just noticed about a half hour ago that there's a bit of snow mixed with the rain!
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Good day one and all....
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whatever is scraping against the pavement is still being push/pressed "into" your car.
That concerns me greatly, too. :(
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I have to say this made the Fargo Forum... A person scanned a picture of the paper. I normally do not go to this blog but a freind on facebook posted the link with the picture
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/fargo_forum_gets_snookered_by_heywood_jablome/#disqus_thread
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i don't want it to look like that here.
i can see snow on the mountains, where i hope it will stay. jmk, sorry the vibes sent it your way. wises & vibes you don't need another emergency trip to the hospital.
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Some facts about white squirrels... (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29qna.html?_r=2&ref=scienceT)
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You're Frances' mother?
I try not to talk about it too much.
Your child is a talking mule?
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In other exciting news, I believe my "nuggets of wisdom" (a euphemism, to be sure) are out of me, but I am still very tender. In fact it occurred to me that off and and on for the past several years I would occasionally get a bit tender in my left kidney area, something I always ascribed to too much caffeine. It was more of a tingling-numb sensation than real pain, but now I'm wondering if perhaps I've been dealing with smaller "nuggets" for years without ever realizing it.
Be ready for everyone you know to tell you to start drinking cranberry juice to prevent kidney stones. But I recall reading recently that it really does not do any good.
Actually it does work, and very well.
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NO-SNOW VIBES
for DR Jane!
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My cousin Anna is working on getting into the fashion industry and she has had some luck in getting into shops and even has a celebrity client. Her mother is my second cousin
Recent article in the GF Herald.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/145805/
and her site is http://www.annahovet.com
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no snow vibes for Jane...
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I loved "The Young Victoria," and I want to read a biography to become more familiar with the royal secession, why her mother and Sir John Conroy kept her away from court beyond the obvious excuse of making her totally relient on themselves, and the politics during her early reign. Emily Blunt is quite wonderful; I have no idea how old she is but she plays the 17 year-old queen-in-turmoil beautifully. The cast is really quite good - Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong are three of my favorites - and the screenplay intelligent and very romantic. The love story of Victoria and Albert is beautifully done, and Rupert Friend, whom I'd never seen before, convinced me he was German. Great scenery and costumes. The use of music is quite witty, like the use of Schubert after Albert tells Victoria he likes Schubert's music, and the use of the waltz after Victoria tells the visiting Albert that she lkes to waltz. It was quite a wonderful film and i want to see it again.
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Elmore,
I also really want to see Young Victoria after I saw the previews at Sherlock Holmes this past weekend. The trailer looks great. I will take your review in serious consideration good sir!
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We are back from a nice visit with my cousin, his wife, and her parents. My mother attended, but my aunt (my cousin's mother) did not.
Rob and I are now watching the Kennedy Center Honors.
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Emily was in Devil Wears Prada...
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We are back from a nice visit with my cousin, his wife, and her parents. My mother attended, but my aunt (my cousin's mother) did not.
Rob and I are now watching the Kennedy Center Honors.
Oh good, let me know which one of them wins!
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My cousin Anna is working on getting into the fashion industry and she has had some luck in getting into shops and even has a celebrity client. Her mother is my second cousin
Recent article in the GF Herald.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/145805/
and her site is http://www.annahovet.com
Congrats to your cousin Anna, Dakota!
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LOL, DR TCB - I think they're all winners already!
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tcb & dakota, thank you. so far we are ok.
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dakota, congratulations to your cousin. there are a few things i would wear, if i were 10 or more years younger. ;)
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We are back from a nice visit with my cousin, his wife, and her parents. My mother attended, but my aunt (my cousin's mother) did not.
Rob and I are now watching the Kennedy Center Honors.
You may see Rob Berman conducting!
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WOW! The Dave Brubeck Segment!
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Time for me to head out. My friend Margo has gone to the beach with her kids for a couple of days, so I'm feeding her cats and bird. Then, I'm off to my sister's house for some candy cane cocoa (and nothing to put up or put together). :)
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We are back from a nice visit with my cousin, his wife, and her parents. My mother attended, but my aunt (my cousin's mother) did not.
Rob and I are now watching the Kennedy Center Honors.
You may see Rob Berman conducting!
I'll watch for him!
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LOL, DR TCB - I think they're all winners already!
Well, I heard that Grace and Mel are going to mud wrestle for the championship.
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just in on the news, traffic on I-5 southbound to california has been stopped. that is above us. please keep those good thoughts & vibes coming that the snow stays in the mountains.
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just in on the news, traffic on I-5
What about I-5?
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sometimes working with just the left hand is difficult, not sometimes...always. somehow, how i haven't a clue, i posted that before i finished typing.
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DR MattH - I thought "Che" ran closer to five hours in total? I know when it was originally presented here in NYC, they presented it with an intermission and a program book. -The film was later released as two separate movies. -Did they include the program book with the screener?
Yes, each part is more than two hours in length so I guess it IS closer to five hours. It's a thick box set, but I haven't cracked the cellophane on it so I don't know what Criterion has included in it. The two parts are housed in their own separate DVD cases.
As I said earlier, I'm really not ready to dive into these because I'm SUPPOSED to have Fox releases that came out today, but they haven't arrived yet.
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I began my evening watching another NCIS episode from last season. NCIS and the FBI once again working for/against each other in trying to solve a case. These are always fun since NCIS almost always prevails.
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Next I watched CHANGELING. It's a very involving film even if it IS too long. Lots of fun seeing the wonderful Jeffrey Donovan playing a disreputable character. Jolie was very good, and I liked seeing Frank Wood doing an understated performance that was really sweet and endearing. Amy Ryan also had a couple of great scenes. A couple of the actors were familiar faces from guest starring roles on TV, but their names weren't familiar.
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The second NCIS episode of the evning had Gibbs marked as an upcoming victim in a serial killer's agenda. One of the best episodes from last season with a great surprise murderer.
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cool - the entire computer did not lock up when I tried to post huzzah huzzah I am back!!
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I have not caught up but I doid cruise through todays posts
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Congrats to BK on the new ride! I bought a new Ford Taurus station wagon in September of 1995 2 1/3 year old The Vixter rode in a car seat in the back
the car now has nearly 220,000 miles and the Vixter has been old enough to drive it for the past 8 months if she had any interest in obtaining a learners permit
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glad to see you back vixmom :)
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Sympathy and Healing Vibes for JMK
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Awestruck respect for Penny O and Laura
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'night
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Snow stay away from Jane vibes
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I was hoping to bring the Vixter in to see Ragtime sometime in January .,.. I wonder if we could make it in on Saturday...
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Long May She Run Vibes for Finian's Rainbow
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We had a pleasant and uneventful Christmas.
Thank you for the cooking advice Woody (I think it was Woody...)- the prime rib came out beautifully!
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I guess I'll close up shop here and head downstairs and go to bed.
Good night!
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NO SNOW VIBES FOR DR JANE!!!!!
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LONG RUN VIBES TO FINNIAN'S RAINBOW~~~~~~~~
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LONG RUN VIBES TO FINNIAN'S RAINBOW~~~~~~~~
A-men!
And goodnight!
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Oh gee, tomorrow it might snow. Now that's a change, lol. The southern breezes will bring in warm temperatures....up to 29 degrees
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Cranberries!
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Thank you for the nice words for my cousin...
I discovered a new pizza topping in Wisconsin: Macaroni and Cheese!
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Finished watching Inglorious Basterds.
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Had a long telephonic conversation.
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My tape transfer guy is bringing tapes back shortly, and tomorrow I'm picking up tapes for several potential releases - just not sure how that's going to work since CDs will be here in the morning. My helper actually can't join me until noon, so I've left her a message to see if she could just go pick up the tapes in Century City at noon and then come here to ship. Meanwhile, I'd package up all the domestic orders and get all the big boxes done.
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I'm caught up, but I'm tired and have nothing to say
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DH's trivia team for their spring competition always use a movie title....
For some odd reason I keep thinking : Inglorious Beerpigs...
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Good Evening!
Well... I tried to see Ragtime earlier tonight. When I got to the box office, I found out that this evening's performance was Sold Out. Then I went ahead and put my name in the hat - well, bucket - for the ticket lottery. I did not win. So... I'm going to try the lottery again tomorrow afternoon for the matinee. And if I win, then I'll see it. If not, then I'll be on the 5:00 bus back down to Virginia...
I really do hope I get in tomorrow afternoon.
*It will be interesting to see what their gross is for this, their closing week. They were sold out tonight, and, apparently, they had a pretty good up-tick in sales over the past 24 hours. Also, from what I could tell, they also pulled the discount codes for the rest of the week - or that allotment of tickets has already been sold (out).
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Good Evening!
Well... I tried to see Ragtime earlier tonight. When I got to the box office, I found out that this evening's performance was Sold Out. Then I went ahead and put my name in the hat - well, bucket - for the ticket lottery. I did not win. So... I'm going to try the lottery again tomorrow afternoon for the matinee. And if I win, then I'll see it. If not, then I'll be on the 5:00 bus back down to Virginia...
I really do hope I get in tomorrow afternoon.
*It will be interesting to see what their gross is for this, their closing week. They were sold out tonight, and, apparently, they had a pretty good up-tick in sales over the past 24 hours. Also, from what I could tell, they also pulled the discount codes for the rest of the week - or that allotment of tickets has already been sold (out).
Could the closing notice come down? What is the history of that sort of thing?
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I was hoping to bring the Vixter in to see Ragtime sometime in January .,.. I wonder if we could make it in on Saturday...
Buy your tickets ASAP, DR vixmom. Ragtime is also on a special holiday week schedule this week. They added a show last night, Monday, and will be dark New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Then it's just two shows on Saturday, and their closing matinee on Sunday. *And check BroadwayBox.com for the discount code, and, hopefully, it will still be good.
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Good Evening!
Well... I tried to see Ragtime earlier tonight. When I got to the box office, I found out that this evening's performance was Sold Out. Then I went ahead and put my name in the hat - well, bucket - for the ticket lottery. I did not win. So... I'm going to try the lottery again tomorrow afternoon for the matinee. And if I win, then I'll see it. If not, then I'll be on the 5:00 bus back down to Virginia...
I really do hope I get in tomorrow afternoon.
*It will be interesting to see what their gross is for this, their closing week. They were sold out tonight, and, apparently, they had a pretty good up-tick in sales over the past 24 hours. Also, from what I could tell, they also pulled the discount codes for the rest of the week - or that allotment of tickets has already been sold (out).
Could the closing notice come down? What is the history of that sort of thing?
It's been done before. I was thinking that they would at least stay open until January 10 - especially in light of all the other shows closing this Sunday, planned and "unplanned". However, I do know that almost every show on Broadway will be experiencing quite the dip in sales and attendance next week. *Both Lion King and Billy Elliot were offering special staff rates a few weeks back for the second and third weeks of January; and Wicked is even have a "papering" day or two in January and February.
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Dear bk, I always read the posts.
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Hi. ;)
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DR elmore - Emily Blunt is 26, and she's currently engaged to John Krasinski (from "The Office"). -She also used to date Michael Bublé.
Have you seen "A Single Man" yet? It's currently at The Paris, which is always a nice place to see a movie.
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Hi, DR Sam!
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~~~~~CONTINUED CLEAR ROAD VIBES TO DR JANE~~~~~
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10 Words You Need To Stop Misspelling (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling)
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Hi Jose, I was glad to see monkey in the tree.
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When I had my kidney stone, the cranberry juice tasted real good so I forgot about the pain while I drank it, but that was about it.
I believe "My Kidney Stone" is a little known Kander & Ebb gem recorded by Barbra Streisand.
Hmmm... I'm gonna have to email John about this one.
;)
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to quote FJL: I'm caught up, but I'm tired and have nothing to say. 8)
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Hi Jose, I was glad to see monkey in the tree.
So was I. -And I was just glad that the follow up pic to that was not "Monkey and Jojo in The Jefferson Hotel's Security Office". ;)
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Vibes for everyone.
Night.
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DR DakotaCelt - Congrats to your cousin, Anna!
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Sam, not even congrats on a new car?
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That's what I'M talkin' about.
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I have finished addressing lots of UPS slips - double the normal amount I usually have to fill out for a single release, and I've printed invoices for the big online dealer orders.
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Cranberries.
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I'm also very tired. No sleeping in tomorrow, though - CDs will be arriving first thing in the morning.
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The malls and stores in LA don't allow pictures to be taken of displays, trees, Santa, etc.
What's someone going to do, steal an idea ?
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Congrats on the new car bk.
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Well, thank you :)
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Need sleep. Need ice cream. Have none.
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I have ice cream and you're just five minutes away.
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David Pogue, the tech columnist for The New York Times, posted this earlier today on his Twitter feed:
"Even if you're not religious, even though it's 12/29, check this "O Holy Night." Ain't NEVER heard singing like this. http://bit.ly/ZuY2I "
-Even though the audio doesn't always sync with the video and vice versa, it really is quite an amazing and moving rendition.
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And I just finished watching "The Kennedy Center Honors" too. Yes, classy as always. *Although, some of Angela Gheorghiu's Italian diction was a bit too modified to my ears in some places.
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And it was also nice to see a lot of familiar faces singing and dancing in the background during the tribute to Mel Brooks. :)
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And now it's onto "Tabatha's Salon Takeover"... OY! But that's a very good, and fabulous "Oy!" - with a <snap>. ::)
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OK.... I'm outta here...
Goodnight.