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Title: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 12:08:26 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes had letters, the letters made words, the words made sentences, the sentences made paragraphs, and the paragraphs made notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently reading their old letters.
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 12:10:37 AM: And the word of the day is: HADAL!
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 12:32:11 AM: BK, that's cool that your cousin Dee Dee saved the letters for all these years...and it's amazing that you wrote in your book about the very thing you wrote in the letters!
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 07, 2010, 03:23:47 AM: Good morning, all! I am up early to finish up the cello parts. I may have to make an emergency trip to my HMO this morning to deal with my quarterly premium that hasn't yet landed. I will know no more about it until the offices open around 9 am.

The good news is that my neighbor above me has been away for the past few days and I'm sleeping rather well, although I'd just as soon go back to bed at the moment.

To work!
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Post by: Michael on January 07, 2010, 04:16:13 AM: Quote from: bk on January 07, 2010, 12:10:37 AM
And the word of the day is: HADAL!

Didn't he compose Hadal's Messiah?
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Post by: Michael on January 07, 2010, 04:18:12 AM: I felt like I was in NYC without leaving Florida yesterday.
We had the same high's and lo's temperatures yesterday.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on January 07, 2010, 04:54:34 AM: Quote from: bk on January 07, 2010, 12:10:37 AM
And the word of the day is: HADAL!

And The Song Of The Day Is: HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN
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Post by: Ben on January 07, 2010, 04:55:27 AM: Good morning to no one in particular. It's 7:51am and I'm oatmealed and coffeed and will resume with Mr. Mott (Charles Stewart) and I will listen to Ballroom, which Anthony transferred from tape to CD last night using our new machine. It's much easier than using the old boom box.
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Post by: Ben on January 07, 2010, 04:55:52 AM: Ahh, Mr. Brockman appeared while I was typing/talking to myself.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 05:31:24 AM: DR Jane, last night you were talking about reserving books at your library that have not come out yet.

RE: my library, i do not know how many people are ahead of me. That I will not know, until they receive the book in may. Then next time i take out a book i will get a printout. Our printouts show the books we have on reservation and what place we are. Usually if you reserve a book 4 months in advance you will 1st or 2nd.

But in this case some people might not have realized that the book wasn't coming out yet (in our system it shows as forthcoming in the series) so that might have requested it months ago.

If i were you i'd ask when they were planning to order the book, or else just keep checking back. You are lucky if they haven't taken any reservations yet. Then you can be first! (and i'm sure they will get many copies).
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Post by: John G. on January 07, 2010, 05:33:48 AM: Morning, all. I'm a bit of a pack rat, but letters are surprisingly one of the things I don't horde. The boxes are full of old Playbills, menus, souvenirs from trips, etc.
Can you imagine reaching back 20 years from now and having to use postings and e-mails to conjure the same types of memories? Won't be as rich and rewarding. We tend to cut off e-mails quicker and keep them as short as a tweet or as emotionally empty. I used to write lengthy notes in Christmas cards, but this year I only managed to get two of those in the mail.
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Post by: Kerry on January 07, 2010, 05:44:53 AM: Good Morning. My name is Kerry, and I'm a packrat (Hi, Kerry!)

I save letters, Playbills, ticket stubs, the whole magilla.
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 06:01:54 AM: TOD:

I was very much into letter writing when I was in my teens and twenties and I've saved just about all of them. My favorite letters were from a girl I was sweet on in grammar school who began writing to me once I moved away from Camden after sixth grade. She sent me very funny letters with outrageous envelopes.

I remember the one thing that struck me over and over again about the letters I received was how much people would reveal in writing that they would not say in person. I guess that also holds true to today with on-line exchanges...
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 06:06:01 AM: DR JMK--wow! Very cool house! Nice sized kitchen, a steamroom and a mountain in your back yard!
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Post by: Laura on January 07, 2010, 06:07:30 AM: TOD: I don't believe I really ever received many letters. I did take a trip down memory lane a few months ago -- over the shredder. Got rid of a lot of junk.
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Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 06:48:48 AM: Thursday morning greetings! It's snowing heavily here in SW Ohio and we're in for a significant accumulation. I've rescheduled my non-urgent doctor's appointment and am in for the day.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 06:52:13 AM: Good morning!

19 here this morning, so again no walk as I'm still fighting a congested head and not wanting it to get any worse. No relief from this bitter cold either. The five day forecast in the newspaper has it lingering past those days. Argh!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 06:53:31 AM: A little while ago, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 on Blu-ray arrived, so my work project for the day is set. Doesn't appear mto be overloaded with bonus stuff: a commentary and a couple of other bonus features looks to be all it has. And since the movie is only a little over 90 minutes long, I should be able to handle this all this afternoon and have the evening free.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 06:55:10 AM: Of course, aside from the national championship college football contest, TV tonight is a raft of reruns. Still, I'm looking forward to the MENTALIST rerun which I enjoyed the first time around (as I recall). I may record the BONES rerun tonight to revisit. SUPERNATURAL isn't one of the better episodes tonight, but it does have a nice gay surprise at the end of the show.
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 06:59:10 AM: TOD:

I saved a few personal heartfelt letters written by students I taught who went on to great things and wrote me to thank me for what they learned in my class. I saved a couple of colleagues' letters over the years that were complimentary, too.

I met a dear pen pal in 1974 because both of us were members of the ENTERTAINMENT BOOK CLUB, and we began corresponding about Judy Garland. We wrote over the course of 20 years, and I saved all the letters. Eventually, we both came out to one another as being gay men (though he was actually bisexual marrying two different women in his life but also having affairs with men on the side). Anyway, we have lost touch over the last few years. He was going through some terrible financial crises, and I think he just lost interest in our friendship. But I do occasionally pluck a letter out of the stack and read it just to remember those innocent days of youthful correspondence.
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Post by: JMK on January 07, 2010, 07:04:46 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 06:06:01 AM
DR JMK--wow! Very cool house! Nice sized kitchen, a steamroom and a mountain in your back yard!

That photo of Hood is a bit misleading. My hunch is it was taken by a telephoto lens. That said, the view is astounding--miles and miles of valley and then, waaaaaaay off in the distance, Mt. Hood. ;)

We're going to take the kids there on Saturday. I didn't mention there was one concerning thing about the house--as I stated, the basement is a really weird configuration where you go downstairs to the "main" part of the basement (which has two bedrooms, the "pool" room, with adjoining office and that room with the fireplace you can see). Then you turn a corner, go down two steps and you're in this ornately tiled room that we think they used for exercising. It has the steam room and a huge tiled shower. Then there is yet another set of stairs, rather large actually (as in very, very wide) that go down probably another five feet or so to yet another large room which we think would be the kids' playroom. Off of that room is a sort of finished storeroom with the furnace, etc. But there was water dripping in there and quite a bit had pooled at the lowest point. We had our realtor ask the listing agent and he said the owners were convinced it was due to the "water feature" (read little pond) in the front yard and that they'd have it fixed. But it's still worrisome.
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: JMK on January 07, 2010, 07:06:25 AM: My work project today is DARWIN'S DARKEST HOUR, NatGeo's first foray into telefilms. It has Henry Ian Cusick, Desmond from LOST.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:19:51 AM: I'm heading down now to get cleaned up for my lunch outing today with friends.

WBBL.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 08:02:05 AM: Quote from: JMK on January 07, 2010, 07:06:25 AM
My work project today is DARWIN'S DARKEST HOUR, NatGeo's first foray into telefilms. It has Henry Ian Cusick, Desmond from LOST.

Whatever happened to that Darwin theatrical film that was having trouble finding a distributor in the US--has it been shown anywhere yet?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 08:06:46 AM: There are simply some personal details about people (here and everywhere else) that I am neither curious about nor do I wish to ponder or learn the answers to.

That includes how many pieces of underwear someone has (laundry associations notwithstanding).

Ewwwwwwwwwwww................................
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 08:07:36 AM: I'm awake. TOD - I can barley write an email, let alone letters! I do try and save Playbills and souvenir things, and if you talk about hording, there is that CD collection that always seems to get out of hand.
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 08:15:00 AM: Quote from: bk on January 07, 2010, 12:10:37 AM
And the word of the day is: HADAL!

I have a little hadal
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Then hadal I shall play!

Oh - hadal, hadal, hadal
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Then hadal I shall play!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 08:15:45 AM: (No groaning, please).
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 08:17:15 AM: And if you think the Dreidel song takeoff is lame, you should have seen what I did with Crowded House's "Hey Now" when I considered that "hadal" might be pronounced as "hey-dahl'." (Hadal, Hadal, don't dream it's over....)

Oof-ta.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 08:20:33 AM: It's a very bone-chilling 41 degrees here in Oakland this morning. The air is damp from the fog, of course. And we're at sea level and not really used to dips below 50 on the Fahrenheit thermometer.
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 08:32:01 AM: I am not equipped to be a Siberian Husky. Dixie trekking through the snow is one thing, me, behind her, on the leash is slapstick comedy. Our yard is not flat, no, except for the front yard, which is the LAST place that Dixie wants to run. Maybe she laughs when she sees me sailing downhill into her fence. . .
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 07, 2010, 08:58:49 AM: We finally got the snow that was predicted, looks like about 4 inches so far....still falling.

Squirrels and birds were most grateful for their feeders today.....many more than usual were at the table.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 07, 2010, 08:59:00 AM: And everybody was sharing surprisingly well.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 07, 2010, 08:59:26 AM: I have MANY letters and CARDS from years and years......now and then I look at them - it is most interesting.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 07, 2010, 09:00:01 AM: What a precipitous discovery that your cousin made MR BK.....it is quite interesting and entertaining.....
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Post by: FJL on January 07, 2010, 09:11:17 AM: The person who's supposed to review the tax return I'm doing today is off for three weeks beginning on Monday.

We are still missing some information, so it is a puzzlement.
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 09:12:05 AM: Because yesterday was Epiphany, I am finally allowed to start taking down Christmas decorations. Good thing to do when you're snowbound.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 09:25:46 AM: Quote from: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 09:12:05 AM
Because yesterday was Epiphany, I am finally allowed to start taking down Christmas decorations. Good thing to do when you're snowbound.

How funny. Yesterday, I HAD an epiphany. Sadly, I must continue working for the time being.
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 09:29:45 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 05:31:24 AM
DR Jane, last night you were talking about reserving books at your library that have not come out yet.

RE: my library, i do not know how many people are ahead of me. That I will not know, until they receive the book in may. Then next time i take out a book i will get a printout. Our printouts show the books we have on reservation and what place we are. Usually if you reserve a book 4 months in advance you will 1st or 2nd.

But in this case some people might not have realized that the book wasn't coming out yet (in our system it shows as forthcoming in the series) so that might have requested it months ago.

If i were you i'd ask when they were planning to order the book, or else just keep checking back. You are lucky if they haven't taken any reservations yet. Then you can be first! (and i'm sure they will get many copies).

i go online from my computer to put holds on, and to track them. i'll occasionally check to see if the book is available to place a hold on, nothing else i can do.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 09:32:02 AM: TOD: Yes. I have saved tons of letters and things from the past. My most extensive collection is from my longtime best friend Jim Whaley who died in 1992 but with whom I have letters going back to the early 1970s. Jim had a syndicated show on PBS called "Cinema Showcase". Over the years, he shared many "plums" about folks he met, interviewed or "whatever" in the course of hosting his shows.

I also save my Birthday, Special Occasion and Christmas cards! I often ask myself "Why", but save them I do.
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 09:34:47 AM: Quote from: td on January 07, 2010, 08:32:01 AM
I am not equipped to be a Siberian Husky. Dixie trekking through the snow is one thing, me, behind her, on the leash is slapstick comedy. Our yard is not flat, no, except for the front yard, which is the LAST place that Dixie wants to run. Maybe she laughs when she sees me sailing downhill into her fence. . .

;D are you ok?
Title: Re: WE GET LETTERS
Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 09:40:48 AM: I'm up and the sky is blue and the sun is shining, not necessarily in that order.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 09:41:16 AM: Quote from: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 09:12:05 AM
Because yesterday was Epiphany, I am finally allowed to start taking down Christmas decorations. Good thing to do when you're snowbound.

Was yesterday the actual Epiphany? I've been hearing from a number of people who said that it was on Sunday. But how can that be? AFAIK, it's not a floating holiday.

In any case, I recognize yesterday as the Epiphany and had my Christmas tree and lights on for the one last night of the year. I will start putting things away tonight when I get home from work.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 09:42:59 AM: I have a lot of interesting things saved, including a lot of fan mail from my acting days, especially when I was doing the Dinah Shore series. I also have all my Sondheim notes since 1989, hundreds of them, and correspondence with other musical theater people - Harvey Schmidt, Kander, Strouse, Coleman, and others. I have a few letters from people I was going out with, and stuff like that.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 09:43:07 AM: Post deleted.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 09:43:56 AM: They are calling for snow starting overnight in the Philly area, which means there will be won't enough on the ground by tomorrow morning to keep one at home but enough to make driving a pain.
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 09:44:14 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 09:41:16 AM
Quote from: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 09:12:05 AM
Because yesterday was Epiphany, I am finally allowed to start taking down Christmas decorations. Good thing to do when you're snowbound.

Was yesterday the actual Epiphany? I've been hearing from a number of people who said that it was on Sunday. But how can that be? AFAIK, it's not a floating holiday.

In any case, I recognize yesterday as the Epiphany and had my Christmas tree and lights on for the one last night of the year. I will start putting things away tonight when I get home from work.

The actual day is January 6. Christians celebrate the Feast of Epiphany on the second Sunday after Christmas, whatever the date.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 09:50:24 AM: Apparently LOST fans are annoyed. Obama is considering two possible dates for his State of the Union address. And one of them is feb 2 the premiere date for LOST.

Although the other is january 26th the premiere date for AMERICAN IDOL. So either way some people will be mad. I wonder if Fox would show IDOL and put the speech on Fox news.
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Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 10:10:52 AM: Quote from: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 09:44:14 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 09:41:16 AM
Quote from: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 09:12:05 AM
Because yesterday was Epiphany, I am finally allowed to start taking down Christmas decorations. Good thing to do when you're snowbound.

Was yesterday the actual Epiphany? I've been hearing from a number of people who said that it was on Sunday. But how can that be? AFAIK, it's not a floating holiday.

In any case, I recognize yesterday as the Epiphany and had my Christmas tree and lights on for the one last night of the year. I will start putting things away tonight when I get home from work.

The actual day is January 6. Christians celebrate the Feast of Epiphany on the second Sunday after Christmas, whatever the date.

That's sort of how we're doing it at Fr. Richard's church in Lima. January 6 is Epiphany by the calendar, but we're celebrating this coming Sunday.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 10:20:13 AM: Good afternoon! It's way way way cold here. Tomorrow it's supposed to be -45 windchill during the day. I decided to call my clients scheduled for tomorrow and reschedule them. this is the weather that if you break down in a ditch and run out of gas, you die. I'm not going to risk that happening to someone trying to reach me.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 10:21:32 AM: You've given me a true love
And every day I thank you, love,
For a feeling that's so new
So inviting, so exciting

Whenever you're near
I have Epiphany!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 10:21:41 AM: we had 5.5 inches of snow and 40 mph winds last night. I had to get up very early and blow the snow out of my driveway and about 1/2 block of the street so I could get through to get to my 8:30 AM court hearing. It was worth it. The judge went from telling me my request was unreasonable to agreeing with it 30 minutes later. It was wonderful for my client.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 10:24:10 AM: I have some letters I've saved over the years, but when I moved from the lake to Sioux City I spent hours shredding many many of them. I also shredded my old journals. I read them and decided that I really didn't want anyone to discover all my intimate thoughts by finding a journal of mine. If they aren't close enough to me to know those things then they don't deserve to ever know them
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 10:25:17 AM: Ok, time to think about venturing out into the cold. Oh Joy,.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 07, 2010, 10:30:11 AM: I'm a bit of an archivist of my own life and have boxes and boxes of paper and letters to and from me. I have all my working notes and early hand-written drafts on my scripts (even scraps of odd paper with ideas or sample dialogue written on them), most of my English and Drama school notebooks from High and College. Cards Julieanne and I have given each other over the years. Reviews, newspaper clippings, articles, magazines in which I or my films have appeared.

The notebooks and working drafts are always interesting because I am also a chronic doodler, so there are lots of little faces and figures in the margins of things.

Every so often I go through and purge some of this paper. Keeping like 3 copies of a review instead of five copies, letters that have no real significance anymore...I think I threw out most of the college letters written to me from friends except for one, because his letters were always so off-beat and amusing.

These days I even save hard copies of emails that I want to remember.

I kept a journal during my first to years of college and what was fascinating about going back and reading that was there were incidents I don't have remotest memory of...They had to have happen, because it's there in black and white, mentioning people I don't recall and can't even conjure up a mental image of.

I also kept a journal during the filming of DRAGONHEART.
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Post by: JMK on January 07, 2010, 10:30:26 AM: It is very windy in Portland as well. Trees are down all over the place--very hazardous driving.
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 10:44:21 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 10:21:32 AM
You've given me a true love
And every day I thank you, love,
For a feeling that's so new
So inviting, so exciting

Whenever you're near
I have Epiphany!

I think that just caused the 4.1 earthquake in the Bay Area
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Post by: MBarnum on January 07, 2010, 10:52:06 AM: Wow, no wind at all in Salem, JMK. I am glad we missed it.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 07, 2010, 10:54:24 AM: I had saved all correspondence and cards but threw a lot of it out, back in the early 90s. I really wish now that I had saved the birthday and Christmas cards, at least.

I do save all cards now, however, and will never again throw them out.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 07, 2010, 10:56:20 AM: BK, that is wonderful that you kept your old fan letters. One day you will have to post some of them. It would be fun to know what people wrote. Who knows, maybe some of those fans are HHW lurkers now.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:03:17 AM: Good Morning! Good Afternoon!

I'm up, I'm up... And I'm going to the ballet to tonight. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:05:13 AM: PAGE THREE NYCO MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM DANCE!!

(http://www.nycballet.com/uploadedImages/Company/Repertory/Rep_Notes/midsummer.jpg)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:13:15 AM: At the ballet...

At the ballet...

At the BALLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET....

(cue Trumpet blaze)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:14:08 AM: bk - That's very cool about Dee Dee and her stash of letters. -There really are no such things as coincidences. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:18:15 AM: OH!

bk - Maybe you could make this forthcoming book an "interactive experience" like those Griffin & Sabine* (http://www.nickbantock.com/Gryphon/Griffin_and_Sabine.html) books. You could place reproductions of your actually letters in envelopes in the book!

*I really did - and still do - love that series. Great art work, and a very mysterious and haunting story, correspondence.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:26:37 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 08:02:05 AM
Quote from: JMK on January 07, 2010, 07:06:25 AM
My work project today is DARWIN'S DARKEST HOUR, NatGeo's first foray into telefilms. It has Henry Ian Cusick, Desmond from LOST.

Whatever happened to that Darwin theatrical film that was having trouble finding a distributor in the US--has it been shown anywhere yet?

You mean "Creation" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/) with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany? If so...

I believe it ran for a week at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas here in NYC late last fall in order to qualify for the various awards. -It's due for a wide(r) U.S. release later this month.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:53:15 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 08:15:45 AM
(No groaning, please).

How about "throwing of rotten fruit and vegetables" then?
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 12:02:50 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 10:20:13 AM
Good afternoon! It's way way way cold here. Tomorrow it's supposed to be -45 windchill during the day. I decided to call my clients scheduled for tomorrow and reschedule them. this is the weather that if you break down in a ditch and run out of gas, you die. I'm not going to risk that happening to someone trying to reach me.

I cannot imagine choosing to live in a place like this...EVER!! :o
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 12:03:19 PM: "I Am Not Equipped To Be A Siberian Husky" will not be the title of my autobiography.
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 12:03:26 PM: So...

~~~Stay Warm and Safe Vibes for Cillaliz and Anyone Else Living in the Cold!!~~~

;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 12:22:29 PM: DR MBarnum - If you're looking for something new but still familiar to you, you may want to check out this CLIP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCzzGWge9kI) from a production of Handel's Guilio Cesare that was presented at Glyndeborne back in 2005 (and then subsequently at Lyric Opera of Chicago).

The director, David McVicar, set the opera during late 19th century colonial Egypt... And staged it as a Bollywood movie! -And, yes, there is dancing!

The whole production is available on DVD if you are so inclined.

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 12:33:16 PM: And now...

THE MOST USELESS MACHINE EVER!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4)
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 12:33:53 PM: here's something we hope you'll really like!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 12:35:07 PM: Quote from: JRand59 on January 07, 2010, 08:58:49 AM
We finally got the snow that was predicted, looks like about 4 inches so far....still falling.

Squirrels and birds were most grateful for their feeders today.....many more than usual were at the table.

I'm wondering just how much snow we'll actually end up getting here in NYC later tonight and tomorrow morning. The forecast has been changing as the hours creep apace.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 12:48:26 PM: In other news...

My radio went off - actually went "on" - at 7:00am like it usually does. Usually, I just end up listening for a while then drift back off to sleep. However, sometimes I end up listening and listening and eventually turning on the lights and putting my feet on the floor. This morning was one of those mornings.

I had toyed with the idea of heading down to the new Lincoln Center Atrium to take advantage of their new Day-Of Ticket program. Their new discount ticket booth opened today, and they're running a special "20 for 20" promotion to kick things off. Any tickets being sold at the booth will be $20 for the first 20 days of business. I had signed up for their Atrium Tix program, and received an email last night informing what would be available today: Big Apple Circus, South Pacific and NYC Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I really wasn't in the mood to go to the circus... And I've seen this production of South Pacific at least three times... And I really wasn't sure I'd be in the mood for the ballet... So..

But since I was up and awake this morning, I decided to at least go down to the new Atrium to see what the crowd was like. When I got down around 8:20, I didn't see anyone standing outside in line. And when I stepped into the Atrium, there were only about four or five other people in there. A woman asked me if I was there for the tickets, and I said "... Yes.", and she directed me to a podium where a staff member was handing out numbered bracelets. -I ended up with #26. Since they would not start lining up people until 11:30 - the box offices opens at Noon - I went ahead and ran some errands...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:02:36 PM: After running some errands and having breakfast with my friend, Brendan, I headed back up to the Atrium to get in line for the ticket distribution.

The Lincoln Center staff did a great job of trying to make sure that everything ran as smoothly as possible. Extra security guards were directing people where to go. Staff from the Executive Offices were greeting the First Day ticket buyers, myself included. And they even had a brass trio providing some fun jazz and Dixieland selections to keep our toes tapping while we waited in line.

Of course, since it is New York City, there were a few complainers and out-and-out crazies in the line. I got into an interesting "discussion" with one woman who kept bitching about people cutting in front of her.

-Well, if you're number 42, and she's number 35, she should be in front of you.
"But she wasn't here when they called the group."
-It doesn't matter. That's why Lincoln Center numbered the bracelets.
"Well, it's just not fair. I got here first."
-Actually, no you didn't. She arrived before you earlier this morning if she has a lower number than you.
"Was I talking to you? I mean, this really isn't how this should be done. And my friend here (point), and this gentleman here (point) also think that people should not be cutting in line of front of us."
-There are plenty of tickets available. You're far enough at the front of the line that you're bound to get a ticket, so just be thankful that Lincoln Center started this program.
"It's just not fair. I mean I'm not even getting these tickets for myself. I'm getting them for some friends who are coming in from out of town later."
-Well, that's very nice of you to...
"Don't talk to me like that! Don't patronize me!"

Bitch, bitch, bitch. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

The gentleman in front of me asked me why I kept trying to explain things to her, to calm her down. I told him I was just trying to make sure that things were being done the way that Lincoln Center meant them to be run. We ended up having a good laugh about it all.

The box office window opened at Noon, and at around 12:15, I walked away with a decent rear orchestra seat for tonight's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. -I believe this will be the first Balanchine ballet I've seen live, in person!

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:08:55 PM: Post-Script #1:

Behind woman #42, there were two older women trying to figure out where in line they should be. One of them had #27 - the number after mine. So...

In full view of #42, I pulled up the divider(?), and made way for #27 and her companion to move over... In front of me. :)

*Then after a few more minutes of waiting, #27 let me move in front of her once the line started moving.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 01:10:13 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:26:37 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 08:02:05 AM
Quote from: JMK on January 07, 2010, 07:06:25 AM
My work project today is DARWIN'S DARKEST HOUR, NatGeo's first foray into telefilms. It has Henry Ian Cusick, Desmond from LOST.

Whatever happened to that Darwin theatrical film that was having trouble finding a distributor in the US--has it been shown anywhere yet?

You mean "Creation" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/) with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany? If so...

I believe it ran for a week at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas here in NYC late last fall in order to qualify for the various awards. -It's due for a wide(r) U.S. release later this month.

Thanks, DR Jose--I've been wondering about that one...
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:10:53 PM: It was beautiful eariler today, but now the snow clouds are moving in. It's always a toss-up here whether we will get icy precipitation or not. SInce tomorrow is my grocery store day, of course I hope we DON"T get any, but time will tell.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:11:44 PM: Post-Script #2:

I also made sure to Thank the Lincoln Center staff members who were there this morning on my way out. During the course of the Thank You's, I happened to run into the woman who actually "built" the Atrium. She was the one in charge of the fund-raising and planning and conversion of the space. She also filled me in on the other upcoming improvements to the Lincoln Center Plaza. I'm really looking forward to the new underground walkway and taxi-plaza that's due to open in a few weeks.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:12:39 PM: I can feel a change in the air, too. It was a dry cold all week, but there's a dampness in the air now that is MOST uncomfortable. Oh, how I hope that the snow stays away! (sleet and ice as well).
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:14:09 PM: Before I left for lunch, I had time finally watch Tuesday night's NCIS: LA. It was an OK action drama. These people in trouble always want to try to solve problems with these dangerous crime lords or syndicates on their own instead of relying on the help of these agencies. Foolish!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:15:38 PM: When I got back from lunch, I began watching CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2. It's a very predictable slapstick family comedy. Not much amusing about; almost all the big gags are telegraphed long before they land. Good cast but only a very few moments made me snicker or stuck any kind of emotional chord within me.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:16:57 PM: I listened to the director's commentary. It's Adam Shankman (HAIRSPRAY) who has a very easygoing style and his comments were free wheeling, too. Naturally full of praise for everyone.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:18:20 PM: There were three featurettes as additional bonus items (none very long) and two trailers for the movie. None of the bonuses were in HD, but they put this on a single layer Blu-ray disc, so I wasn't surprised.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 01:19:13 PM: I do want to watch UGLY BETTY tonight (recorded from last night) and I noticed I had gotten the DVR to record Buster Keaton's COLLEGE which I don't think I've ever seen all the way through. That may be my evening of viewing tonight.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 01:23:53 PM: There's a a song running through my head....has been for days.

It's Leslie Bricusse's "I Think I Like You" from "Doctor Dolittle" which I saw on the FMC over the holidays.

Nice song....but enough is enough.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 01:26:18 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:02:36 PM
After running some errands and having breakfast with my friend, Brendan, I headed back up to the Atrium to get in line for the ticket distribution.

The Lincoln Center staff did a great job of trying to make sure that everything ran as smoothly as possible. Extra security guards were directing people where to go. Staff from the Executive Offices were greeting the First Day ticket buyers, myself included. And they even had a brass trio providing some fun jazz and Dixieland selections to keep our toes tapping while we waited in line.

Of course, since it is New York City, there were a few complainers and out-and-out crazies in the line. I got into an interesting "discussion" with one woman who kept bitching about people cutting in front of her.

-Well, if you're number 42, and she's number 35, she should be in front of you.
"But she wasn't here when they called the group."
-It doesn't matter. That's why Lincoln Center numbered the bracelets.
"Well, it's just not fair. I got here first."
-Actually, no you didn't. She arrived before you earlier this morning if she has a lower number than you.
"Was I talking to you? I mean, this really isn't how this should be done. And my friend here (point), and this gentleman here (point) also think that people should not be cutting in line of front of us."
-There are plenty of tickets available. You're far enough at the front of the line that you're bound to get a ticket, so just be thankful that Lincoln Center started this program.
"It's just not fair. I mean I'm not even getting these tickets for myself. I'm getting them for some friends who are coming in from out of town later."
-Well, that's very nice of you to...
"Don't talk to me like that! Don't patronize me!"

Bitch, bitch, bitch. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

The gentleman in front of me asked me why I kept trying to explain things to her, to calm her down. I told him I was just trying to make sure that things were being done the way that Lincoln Center meant them to be run. We ended up having a good laugh about it all. :)

This woman might have been the kind of person to whip out a pistol and shoot at anyone trying to correct her.

Be careful.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 01:26:38 PM: Hee hee hee, DR Jose...

I hope you made it obvious to Ms. #42 that you were Twittering about her... :D
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 01:28:38 PM: Well, time to pack up my Charlie Brown Xmas tree and my Jack O'Lantern and head for home...
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 01:32:33 PM: Certainly the new book will have at least two photo sections, and I'll probably at the very least, copy one or two of the letters.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:34:50 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 01:26:18 PM

This woman might have been the kind of person to whip out a pistol and shoot at anyone trying to correct her.

Be careful.

If anything, she probably would have swiped me with her huge hand bag.

If she could lift it up.
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Post by: FJL on January 07, 2010, 01:40:35 PM: Jose - She probably twittered to her friends about you.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:43:52 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 07, 2010, 01:26:38 PM
Hee hee hee, DR Jose...

I hope you made it obvious to Ms. #42 that you were Twittering about her... :D

Quote from: FJL on January 07, 2010, 01:40:35 PM
Jose - She probably twittered to her friends about you.

Well...

As she told the Lincoln Center staff member who was handing out the optional(!) survey and advance email-notice cards, "I have a computer, but I don't use it."
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 01:47:10 PM: Back from the tape transfer place. A little disappointing in that one project's tapes were not what they were supposed to be, and another was useless, although I'll probably be getting that score from the composer himself, so that will probably happen at some point. But two scores are now definite, I think, ultimately depending on their length, but I'm hoping we'll be fine with them.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 01:54:00 PM: Quote from: FJL on January 07, 2010, 01:40:35 PM
Jose - She probably twittered to her friends about you.

All three of them.

And two of them probably stopped listening to her years ago anyway.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 02:03:37 PM: I see somewhat disappointing news about UGLY BETTY's ratings from last night. Although it was definitely better than its Friday night scores, it wasn't a major bump in ratings and didn't come close to matching the ratings for the other comedies which preceded it.

Perhaps people will need time to find the show or be reminded that it's now on Wednesday. But, unless it improves more than the 1 million additional viewers it gained last night, it's a goner by spring.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 02:05:47 PM: Now I guess I need to hop off-line and write up today's work project. Then I'll head back down to spend an evening with shows on the DVR. I haven't skimmed through today's soaps either, though I don't think my boys were on either of them.

WBBL.
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 02:17:01 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 12:03:19 PM
"I Am Not Equipped To Be A Siberian Husky" will not be the title of my autobiography.

Co-author?
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 02:19:49 PM: Just smoothed out yesterday's writing, which I thought was pretty good, actually. Then I wrote a little over a page, getting me into the next sequence. I'm now in 1971 and by the time I finish this chapter I'll probably be over eighty pages into the book. This could be a VERY long book, but I think that once I get past these initial important jobs, it will go much faster, as I'll just be doing the important stuff after this.
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Post by: Laura on January 07, 2010, 02:31:21 PM: Drunk Duane called again today.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 02:49:19 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:18:15 AM
OH!

bk - Maybe you could make this forthcoming book an "interactive experience" like those Griffin & Sabine* (http://www.nickbantock.com/Gryphon/Griffin_and_Sabine.html) books. You could place reproductions of your actually letters in envelopes in the book!

*I really did - and still do - love that series. Great art work, and a very mysterious and haunting story, correspondence.

I've read those too. But they are very confusing!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 02:51:06 PM: Well the fudge i made yesterday actually turned out quite well. I think it was the instructions. Someone had posted a recipe for maple fudge. But then some other people wrote comments (telling exactly how long to boil, and how to tell if it is done). Those comments really helped.

I wish i had a recipe for another kind of fudge i love. But i'm not sure of the exact name. I thought it was maple. But maybe it's what people call sugar fudge.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 02:52:13 PM: I think i am going to try to make a different kind of fudge tomorrow with the rest of my can of evaporated milk (since i don't want to waste it). Fudge can freeze. So i will either be making butterscotch fudge (since i have a bag of butterscotch chips) or chocolate fudge (i have some milk chocolate).
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 03:21:50 PM: Post deleted.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 03:22:06 PM: Craisins!
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 03:31:47 PM: Figs!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 03:33:50 PM: Where was I?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 03:34:39 PM: OK...

I need to finish up some work here, and then head back down to Lincoln Center for tonight's New York City Ballet performance.

Laters...
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 03:44:00 PM: Back from a lunch at Hugo's. Jammed at two-thirty. I guess everyone is indeed not working and all taking lunch at Hugo's. They tell me prime lunch now is from one-thirty to three-thirty.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 04:06:41 PM: Okay, I'm just going to say page four? This will not do, oh, no, this will not do and I'd recommend getting off this page and getting a few pages beyond it or things could turn really ugly around these here parts. And I say that in the nicest possible way.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 04:12:24 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 02:03:37 PM
I see somewhat disappointing news about UGLY BETTY's ratings from last night. Although it was definitely better than its Friday night scores, it wasn't a major bump in ratings and didn't come close to matching the ratings for the other comedies which preceded it.

Perhaps people will need time to find the show or be reminded that it's now on Wednesday. But, unless it improves more than the 1 million additional viewers it gained last night, it's a goner by spring.

Well, if they don't improve the story-telling, it's time "should" be up.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:21:41 PM: Whew, I am home. I've been out in this crazy deep freeze 8 different times today and at this point feel like I've been hit bu a truck. The wind is still near 40 mph. I realized how silly it was to tell everyone else they don't need to go to work and then have Edith and I go out into the mess. So, I brought home several cases I need to do research and writing on and have closed the office for tomorrow. I can work from here and with this insane weather it's just safer
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:22:17 PM: Today the roof on Petsmart collapsed from the snow as did the roof at a school in a nearby town
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:22:38 PM: tomorrow I am going to sleep in
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:23:04 PM: Tonight I may just say hell with the diet and bake some chocolate chip cookies
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:23:23 PM: Post deleted
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:23:43 PM: Post frozen
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:23:57 PM: tongue stuck to frozen post
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:24:22 PM: Brain no longer functioning normally ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:25:16 PM: Quote from: Laura on January 07, 2010, 02:31:21 PM
Drunk Duane called again today.

Sounds like he likes you better than Mary
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 04:25:33 PM: Cranberries!!!
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 04:26:50 PM: lol cilla. good call staying home.

i hope no one was hurt when the roofs collapsed. the schools have been closed-yes?
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 04:26:51 PM: More snow is falling.
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 04:27:18 PM: Dixie Bell came in her door covered with snow and promptly shook it onto me.
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 04:27:38 PM: I have just had a nice hot shower.
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 04:28:05 PM: Dixie Bell must think I need to be Scandinavian.
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 04:35:44 PM: i had a big day. this afternoon we went to costco, and this morning i went wit keith & sherlock back to the hiking trails. :)

i admit i was a bit nervous about going & almost backed out a couple of times. my love of hiking combined with clear skies & low 50's temps, i couldn't resist. we planned the hike to avoid all but two of the creek crossings, and the stones were flat & dry. keith protected me from the few dogs we saw. it felt great to be there, like visiting with an old friend. we were a bit somber when we walked past the spot of my accident. with all the soft trails along there i had to get knocked down where the ground was hard. i also think it was slightly downhill making the impact worst.
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Post by: Laura on January 07, 2010, 04:40:46 PM: I'm glad you got to go outside and hike a bit today, Jane. It must have felt good.
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 04:49:11 PM: it was, scary & wonderful. i was frightened of being knocked down by a dog before the accident, you can imagine how i feel now. i can trust keith to watch out for me. it will be better once i finally have use of my right arm, though i have no idea when that will be.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on January 07, 2010, 04:56:21 PM: Hopefully SOON
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 05:08:01 PM: I've written close to seven pages so far - may write another couple later, but need a break and then need to finish the liner notes. Just finished writing about my first car and getting my first two-bedroom apartment.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 07, 2010, 05:14:43 PM: What is with my cell phone? DR fjl called me, and I was waiting for the phone call, but I never heard the damned phone. Now he's not answering his phone.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 05:18:45 PM: Damn them, damn them all to hell. I need to go sit on my couch and relax for at least an hour before I try to do anything else.
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 05:19:41 PM: Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on January 07, 2010, 04:56:21 PM
Hopefully SOON

if only :( at least i can use my hand & move the lower part of my arm. my exercises involve passage movement, meaning i get movement by other means than simply moving my right arm, some other, gentle, force must do it. does what i just said make any sense ;D
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 05:20:22 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on January 07, 2010, 05:14:43 PM
What is with my cell phone? DR fjl called me, and I was waiting for the phone call, but I never heard the damned phone. Now he's not answering his phone.

I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
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Post by: KevinH on January 07, 2010, 05:22:21 PM: TOD- I've probably saved most of the letters I've ever received. I guess they go back to about 1967--those would be letters from my pen pal in England. I often wonder whatever happened to him.

On one of my recent trips to visit my family in Buffalo I took some old letters written by my late mother and grandmother. I think everyone enjoyed hearing them read out loud.
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Post by: KevinH on January 07, 2010, 05:23:39 PM: DR elmore---I read something about Finian's moving to another theatre--can you enlighten us?
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Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 05:36:42 PM: TOD - When we cleaned out my mother-in-law's desk in 2007, we found a collection of postcards that we'd sent her from our various travels. The earliest one is Richard's from New York in 1976, followed by one I sent her from Dallas in 1979 (2 years before Richard and I were married). Reading them in chronological order is like a travel biography of our marriage.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 07, 2010, 05:44:32 PM: Quote from: KevinH on January 07, 2010, 05:23:39 PM
DR elmore---I read something about Finian's moving to another theatre--can you enlighten us?

If I knew anything, I would indeed enlighten everyone. I hear that the producers told the cast, when they announced the closing date, that they hoped to close the show and to move it to a smaller house. I do not know what theatres are available or what they have in mind. Logistically, I would think it has to happen soon but no one appears to know any more than that at the theatre. As far as I know, the show is closing on Jan 17 and everything else is gossip. If I hear something definite, I will let you all know. And frankly, I hope it does happen. I think it's too good a show to fold up.
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Post by: TCB on January 07, 2010, 05:45:15 PM: The BCS Championship Game got off to a great start. Audra McDonald did a killer redition of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. Then a very scrufty-looking Josh Groban did a fine version of the STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
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Post by: TCB on January 07, 2010, 05:47:24 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on January 07, 2010, 05:44:32 PM
Quote from: KevinH on January 07, 2010, 05:23:39 PM
DR elmore---I read something about Finian's moving to another theatre--can you enlighten us?

If I knew anything, I would indeed enlighten everyone. I hear that the producers told the cast, when they announced the closing date, that they hoped to close the show and to move it to a smaller house. I do not know what theatres are available or what they have in mind. Logistically, I would think it has to happen soon but no one appears to know any more than that at the theatre. As far as I know, the show is closing on Jan 17 and everything else is gossip. If I hear something definite, I will let you all know. And frankly, I hope it does happen. I think it's too good a show to fold up.

Well, when I was chatting with Cheyenne today, he said.................
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 05:47:27 PM: Oooh! I'd like to see Josh Groban looking scruffy!
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Post by: TCB on January 07, 2010, 05:48:03 PM: Seriously, I think that would be great if the show could be moved - soon!
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Post by: td on January 07, 2010, 05:48:07 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 07, 2010, 05:47:24 PM
Well, when I was chatting with Cheyenne today, he said.................

Pillow talk no doubt. ;)
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Post by: Jane on January 07, 2010, 05:48:19 PM: VIBES FINIAN'S MOVES TO ANOTHER THEATER & DOESN'T CLOSE!!!
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Post by: TCB on January 07, 2010, 05:48:53 PM: Quote from: td on January 07, 2010, 05:47:27 PM
Oooh! I'd like to see Josh Groban looking scruffy!

Well, this was one of his scruftiest.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:49:46 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 07, 2010, 04:26:50 PM
lol cilla. good call staying home.

i hope no one was hurt when the roofs collapsed. the schools have been closed-yes?

I'm sure no one was at that school when the roof fell. I think it was closed, but I don't pay a lot of attention when I know I have to go to work. The Petsmart was closed. The cats were taken back to the Humane Society, the rest of the animals (no dogs) are at animal control until the roads get better and they can transport them to the Omaha store
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:50:25 PM: Quote from: td on January 07, 2010, 04:27:18 PM
Dixie Bell came in her door covered with snow and promptly shook it onto me.

Ah, she's sharing, how sweet ;)
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Post by: KevinH on January 07, 2010, 05:51:38 PM: Thanks, DR elmore--I hope Finian's does move. I'd like to see it again.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:52:32 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 07, 2010, 04:49:11 PM
it was, scary & wonderful. i was frightened of being knocked down by a dog before the accident, you can imagine how i feel now. i can trust keith to watch out for me. it will be better once i finally have use of my right arm, though i have no idea when that will be.

Good to see you're getting back on the horse, so to speak. Sounds like you had a nice hike
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:52:44 PM: CRANBERRIES!!!!!
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 05:54:30 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 07, 2010, 05:48:19 PM
VIBES FINIAN'S MOVES TO ANOTHER THEATER & DOESN'T CLOSE!!!

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:57:45 PM: I just saw the million dollar item on Roadshow. Man, the lady's dad paid $100 for it
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Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 05:58:38 PM: DR Jane - I'm glad to hear you were able to get out on the trail today.
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Post by: FJL on January 07, 2010, 05:59:19 PM: Vibes to Larry
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Post by: FJL on January 07, 2010, 05:59:54 PM: Lovely news, jane. So glad it was a good day
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Post by: TCB on January 07, 2010, 06:00:35 PM: Post Deleted
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 06:02:11 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:57:45 PM
I just saw the million dollar item on Roadshow. Man, the lady's dad paid $100 for it

Wasn't that amazing?? It's every Roadshow goer's fantasy!
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Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 06:08:41 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 07, 2010, 05:45:15 PM
The BCS Championship Game got off to a great start. Audra McDonald did a killer redition of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. Then a very scrufty-looking Josh Groban did a fine version of the STAR SPANGLED BANNER.

Singing was great, but the football not so much. 'Bama has their work cut out for them.
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Post by: TCB on January 07, 2010, 06:18:56 PM: G'night!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 06:37:06 PM: Quote from: George on January 07, 2010, 06:02:11 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 05:57:45 PM
I just saw the million dollar item on Roadshow. Man, the lady's dad paid $100 for it

Wasn't that amazing?? It's every Roadshow goer's fantasy!
Wonder how long it will be before she tries to sell it...
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 06:42:35 PM: I just flubbed a batch of chocolate chips cookies...good grief, I must really be tired, I don't think i've ever done that before
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Post by: Laura on January 07, 2010, 06:51:02 PM: For Cillaliz (if she's interested):

http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/01/07/20100107joe-arpaio-grand-jury.html
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 06:52:13 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 06:42:35 PM
I just flubbed a batch of chocolate chips cookies...good grief, I must really be tired, I don't think i've ever done that before

This is not a good thing!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:06:59 PM: Quote from: Laura on January 07, 2010, 06:51:02 PM
For Cillaliz (if she's interested):

http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/01/07/20100107joe-arpaio-grand-jury.html

Yes I'm interested and it's about time!!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:11:34 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 07, 2010, 04:12:24 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 02:03:37 PM
I see somewhat disappointing news about UGLY BETTY's ratings from last night. Although it was definitely better than its Friday night scores, it wasn't a major bump in ratings and didn't come close to matching the ratings for the other comedies which preceded it.

Perhaps people will need time to find the show or be reminded that it's now on Wednesday. But, unless it improves more than the 1 million additional viewers it gained last night, it's a goner by spring.

Well, if they don't improve the story-telling, it's time "should" be up.

Well, Betty's boy friend is on the way out. That will shake things up somewhat. More about the show in a later post.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:13:06 PM: Is there an echo in here?
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:16:09 PM: I began my evening watching last night's UGLY BETTY. I rather enjoyed the episode. Always love Willhemina's machinations, and it appears Matt and his father will both be gone from the cast soon.

Marc's new boy friend is cute as a button (played by Amanda - Becki Newton's - real-life brother) and I'd love to see them become a funny couple like Mitch and Cam are on MODERN FAMILY.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:16:45 PM: Next I sped through today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE and AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest on either one.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:18:02 PM: Next I watched Buster Keaton's COLLEGE which I had recorded off TCM-HD a few days ago. Not one of Buster's best films. There were some funny stunts - doing a high jump and landing on the top of his head into the sawdust was an amazing shot. But much of it just didn't make me laugh much.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:19:47 PM: Next I watched this week's BONES rerun, the sad story of the Amish piano prodigy caught between his God-given gift and his loyalty to his heritage. A very moving episode.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:20:55 PM: I ended my evening rewatching another MENTALIST episode from season one. This was the one about the death of a man in witness protection. Patrick's sparring with a retired crime boss was the highlight of the episode.
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Post by: Laura on January 07, 2010, 07:26:45 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:06:59 PM
Quote from: Laura on January 07, 2010, 06:51:02 PM
For Cillaliz (if she's interested):

http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/01/07/20100107joe-arpaio-grand-jury.html

Yes I'm interested and it's about time!!

We've noticed that he's kinda been laying low for the past couple weeks.
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Post by: John G. on January 07, 2010, 07:29:29 PM: Vibes for a Finian move, for sure.
And warm vibes for all dealing with the cold. I may have to start wearing yet another layer of clothing in the house to stay warm. And I already have on three or four. The fire in the fireplace this afternoon went out too quickly. And I could only eat so much of the winter vegetable soup I made. Now "Another Winter in a Summer Town" is playing on the stereo, and it's just, well, cold. So, stay warm, all.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:29:49 PM: Quote from: Laura on January 07, 2010, 07:26:45 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:06:59 PM
Quote from: Laura on January 07, 2010, 06:51:02 PM
For Cillaliz (if she's interested):

http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/01/07/20100107joe-arpaio-grand-jury.html

Yes I'm interested and it's about time!!

We've noticed that he's kinda been laying low for the past couple weeks.

Hmmm, am curious to see what hapens with this
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Post by: Laura on January 07, 2010, 07:30:31 PM: Then I'll post links about anything updates I see.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:31:44 PM: Quote from: John G. on January 07, 2010, 07:29:29 PM
Vibes for a Finian move, for sure.
And warm vibes for all dealing with the cold. I may have to start wearing yet another layer of clothing in the house to stay warm. And I already have on three or four. The fire in the fireplace this afternoon went out too quickly. And I could only eat so much of the winter vegetable soup I made. Now "Another Winter in a Summer Town" is playing on the stereo, and it's just, well, cold. So, stay warm, all.

When it's really cold, a fireplace will suck the heat right out of the house. You have to be careful about that. I really need new windows. Hopefully I can get them next summer
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 07:32:45 PM: Time for me to head home...actually, I'm going to Costco first (which I was planning on doing before, but I didn't). I had lunch with a friend today and she gave me her Costco book of coupons and one of them was for dryer fabric softener sheets! What a coinkydink! Just what I need! Now, I won't need to buy them again for another five years!!

;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:33:13 PM: Quote from: Laura on January 07, 2010, 07:30:31 PM
Then I'll post links about anything updates I see.

thanks. Godbehere was sheriff when I was there. I used to love walking into the Madison Street Jail and seeing "GODBEHERE" on the wall
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 07:35:33 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:31:44 PM
Quote from: John G. on January 07, 2010, 07:29:29 PM
Vibes for a Finian move, for sure.
And warm vibes for all dealing with the cold. I may have to start wearing yet another layer of clothing in the house to stay warm. And I already have on three or four. The fire in the fireplace this afternoon went out too quickly. And I could only eat so much of the winter vegetable soup I made. Now "Another Winter in a Summer Town" is playing on the stereo, and it's just, well, cold. So, stay warm, all.

When it's really cold, a fireplace will suck the hear right out of the house. You have to be careful about that. I really need new windows. Hopefully I can get them next summer

I'm actually supposed to get my fireplace cleaned tomorrow morning (the HOA wants everyone to get theirs cleaned at least every two years), sometime between 9 am and noon. I've only used it twice in three years, but there could be animals or bugs in the chimney. :P
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:36:23 PM: oh, I guess Agnos was Sheriff for part of the time. Interesting, from Godbehere to Agnos(tic)
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Post by: George on January 07, 2010, 07:36:49 PM: Until later!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:38:10 PM: Have fun at Costco, George ;)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:39:39 PM: Though I have no discs pressing to get done, I know I'm going to be getting that SIMPSONS Blu-ray set next week (and FAME is coming out which I may or may not get to do), so I think tomorrow I'll start on CHANTAL AKERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES, five films of the French director in the latest Criterion Eclipse line. That's going to take me a good two days to finish and probably three days.
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Post by: Ginny on January 07, 2010, 07:40:38 PM: Signing off to watch the second half of the BCS championship game. I'm not sure I'll make it to the end, but we're snowed in, so why not stay up late?

'night!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 07, 2010, 07:41:08 PM: Looks like I'm going to head downstairs now, do one last push on the treadmill, and then go to bed.

Good night!
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 08:02:22 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 03:22:06 PM
Craisins!

Liasons
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 08:03:23 PM: Cooked dinner for the DP and I this eve. Shake and Bake pork chops (which I had never done Shake and Bake before), Rice-a-Roni (using Olive Oil instead of butter) and steamed string beans in a bag. Very good dinner.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 07, 2010, 08:09:41 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 07, 2010, 04:49:11 PM
it was, scary & wonderful. i was frightened of being knocked down by a dog before the accident, you can imagine how i feel now. i can trust keith to watch out for me. it will be better once i finally have use of my right arm, though i have no idea when that will be.

I'm glad it went okay.

Do all the dogs walk without leashes when people hike?

I guess it's sort of remote. but I know i hate it when people have their dogs loose on the bike path (it's a walking path too).
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Post by: Kerry on January 07, 2010, 08:11:26 PM: Happy-almost-Friday!
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 08:50:12 PM: First time I've checked back here in a couple of days. Thanks for the warm welcomes, all. I'm just now starting to play catch up as college makes me very busy.

That last sentence didn't sound right, but I know I can't write as eloquently as BK. :P
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 08:53:11 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano
Welcome to newest DR Basil!!

Do you like ice cream?

I'm not sure if that's supposed to be rhetorical, but yes, I do enjoy my ice cream. Especially with butterscotch sauce.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 08:56:11 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam
Hello, Basil. Glad you're among us. What's your handle at FSM? Are you "Basil" there, too?

Yes, I go by the handle "Basil" there as well. I was previously "Blue_Kirby2". Great to see you here.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 08:57:59 PM: Quote from: Jane
WELCOME BASIL!!!

It is a pleasure to meet you.

Be sure to stop in on your birthday.

Hm? Did you find out my birthdate from somewhere, or something? ;D

...Now that I'm thinking about it, I forgot I had mentioned my birthdate already on my very first post. Silly me.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 09:12:34 PM: Listening to our new master, which sounds amazing - this had a previous CD release, but this sounds 1000 times better, plus we've got about ten minutes of bonus material.
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 09:29:07 PM: Hmmm, my Honda Element is named Basil :) Welcome to the fold, DR Basil.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:44:10 PM: Quote from: bk on January 07, 2010, 09:12:34 PM
Listening to our new master, which sounds amazing - this had a previous CD release, but this sounds 1000 times better, plus we've got about ten minutes of bonus material.

Sounds fantastic. Can't wait for the first Kritzerland release of the big 1-0!
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:45:26 PM: Quote from: bk
Back from lunch and shall now write. A package that was supposed to be here today won't be here until tomorrow because UPS screwed up (what else is new). Also, I've now heard the film tracks in question, and right now I'm of the opinion they're just not in good enough quality to make a two CD set that costs 29.98. We're going to try one other thing and see if I'm happy, otherwise, it will be the LP presentation in great sound and four or five bonus tracks from the film itself.

Aw man, and here I was anticipating a fantastic 2 CD set. I guess it shall be a fantastic 1 CD set instead. :)
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:46:22 PM: First ten posts. Fantastic!
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:47:54 PM: I hope that DR DAW is okay, wherever he may be. My best wishes go out to him.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:49:15 PM: By the way, I keep thinking that D(ear) R(eader) means Doctor. Doctor Basil... nah, I'd like my major to be in computer systems technology.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:49:46 PM: Where the heck is page eight?
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:49:57 PM: Cranberries?
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:50:55 PM: Post deleted.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:51:57 PM: I've been tired all week and nearly falling asleep in class (which is bad). I need to get some more sleep.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:54:36 PM: And I got a CD in the mail today - Wind / A Whale for the Killing by Basil Poledouris. It was supposed to be here before Christmas as it was a gift from a person I know on FSM, but naturally the post offices were flooded with mail.

However, there's a glitch between tracks 4 and 5 (a two-second gap of silence mistakenly inserted between two tracks that are supposed to join together seamlessly), and now the CD is being repressed by the manufacturer. Thus I have to get a replacement copy.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:56:16 PM: Come on, page 8!!
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:56:23 PM: Blah.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:56:41 PM: Son of a biscuit eater.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:56:51 PM: Cranberries.
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Post by: Basil on January 07, 2010, 09:57:06 PM: PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!! YAY!

And now I go to bed.
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Post by: Matthew on January 07, 2010, 09:57:24 PM: Wussberger-ing early (for the west coast that is) see you all on the morrow.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 11:21:46 PM: Basil is catching on quick.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:22:19 PM: Good Evening!

I went to the ballet.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:22:30 PM: I loved the ballet.
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Post by: bk on January 07, 2010, 11:22:35 PM: The film tracks tape I got was just pretty bad - I didn't want the composer turning over in his grave, which he would have. But our bonus tracks, which are the original film tracks of six cues, sound great.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:23:40 PM: Then I went to my favorite restaurant for a post-ballet dinner. I had a great new entrée: Mushroom Spaetzle with Dachsneider (cheese) and White Truffle Oil. DEE-LISH!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:24:22 PM: And for dessert I had a Baked Ricotta "Cake" with an Almond Tuile and Cranberry-Orange Compote. Again, DEE-LISH!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:24:47 PM: Oh.. And a glass of a very nice Madeira with my dessert.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:27:11 PM: And when I asked for my check, there wasn't one. "Thank You for coming in tonight, Jose."

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:28:49 PM: And then I walked up Broadway for about 50 blocks before I hopped on the D Train at 96th and CPW. And now...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:30:17 PM: DR Matthew - Liaisons.

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:30:43 PM: DR Cillaliz - Stay safe, and get some rest!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:31:32 PM: DR Jane - Walks are good regardless of the path or your speed. Just enjoy the stroll.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2010, 11:32:21 PM: And...

Now...

Since I've been up since 7:00am...

And it's now 2:30am...

Well...

Goodnight.
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Post by: George on January 08, 2010, 12:01:53 AM: Quote from: Cillaliz on January 07, 2010, 07:38:10 PM
Have fun at Costco, George ;)

I did. :D
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Post by: George on January 08, 2010, 12:03:43 AM: After Costco, I came home and cleaned up my living room (a bit) so that the chimney sweep can have easier access to my fireplace. ::)

;)