Jennifer in Canada is laughing at meActually it is very mild here this week. Today it will be mid 30s.
And the word of the day is: MORCEAU!
I awoke from a hideous dream about our house (not this house, but it was our house, if you know what I mean) about to be swept away by a huge flood and we were desperately trying to get as much out of the house as we could before it was too late. I am struggling not to take this as a sign regarding the "troubles" I mentioned the other day.
That's fun.
And here's the ALW classic "Zoom the Spaceman wishes Matthew a super-happy birthday"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjuF9gVHYM
And here's the ALW classic "Zoom the Spaceman wishes Matthew a super-happy birthday"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjuF9gVHYM
John, I'm setting aside time today to burn your CDs and get them off to you.Thank you.
Here is one of the knitting projects I have going. It's a sampler scarf and I'm learning a lot of new stitches, most recently cables, which are not as difficult as they look:That's beautiful.
Here is one of the knitting projects I have going. It's a sampler scarf and I'm learning a lot of new stitches, most recently cables, which are not as difficult as they look:That's beautiful.
Watching the second half of "Marie Antoinette" this morning. Great performances and certainly a great looking movie, but I'm not won over by it.
Seems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)
I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi.
Great news about Once.Watching the second half of "Marie Antoinette" this morning. Great performances and certainly a great looking movie, but I'm not won over by it.
Is this the Norma Shearer one or the one that Coppola's daughter(?) made?
On my way to the market, I stopped in the restaurant where Charlotte is waiting tables and we set a date for ONCE: next Friday night, March 2. I came home, bought the tickets and we're in the center orchestra in Row L, on the aisle. i am so excited to be seeing this again!
Lovely photos DR GINNY.
Today is being spent watching the Downton Abbey Christmas Episode and waiting patiently to hear from that blasted eBay seller.
I like your thinking.Here is one of the knitting projects I have going. It's a sampler scarf and I'm learning a lot of new stitches, most recently cables, which are not as difficult as they look:That's beautiful.
Thanks, DR John G! Now, I'll have to buy a coat to go with it...
DR Druxy,
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DR Druxy,
It will, I believe, continue to decline. Why? Because soap opera or not, they miscalculated in thinking they'd get the Glee audience. Glee appeals to a much wider group because it's not specifically about one musical being prepped for Broadway, it's about school.
I have made acauldron of chili. Because I like beans, It's full of dark and red kidney beans and smells quite deelish.
On the SMASH front, seeing it again last night after missing last week made me realize that I would continue to watch it. I'm enjoying it. Last night was full of soap opera twists: stolen notebooks, eavesdropping on confessions, the beginning of a blackmail subplot. I wanted to yell at the composer, just as I did at BK, I told you to fire that assistant! I like the cast, so far it reflects for me a usual backbiting backstager - and my worst experience of that was the Houston Grand Opera in 1991 - and I'm having a good time.
Congrats to DR CILLA LIZ on her sparkling new flute!!
It sounds as if the book is moving along quite well.....I like the title very much.
It will, I believe, continue to decline. Why? Because soap opera or not, they miscalculated in thinking they'd get the Glee audience. Glee appeals to a much wider group because it's not specifically about one musical being prepped for Broadway, it's about school.
I have to disagree that Glee is about school. At least no school I've ever experienced. That's one of the reasons why I don't watch it. It's unrealistic and it makes people believe that music just "happens". And it's so stereotypical of what does NOT happen in high school.
One of my Adele variations, this one about Jeremy Lin stealing Adele's thunder in the news last week, (that had been in the comments section) got put in an actual official New York Times Artsbeat blog article by their reporter Jennifer Schuessler.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/readers-deliver-more-lin-ericks/?pagemode=print
(You have to scroll just a little at the link. it's the fifth item down.)
One of my Adele variations, this one about Jeremy Lin stealing Adele's thunder in the news last week, (that had been in the comments section) got put in an actual official New York Times Artsbeat blog article by their reporter Jennifer Schuessler.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/readers-deliver-more-lin-ericks/?pagemode=print
(You have to scroll just a little at the link. it's the fifth item down.)
Here's a fun feature. Pix of the "Downtown Abbey" cast in costume and in real life:
http://www.papermag.com/2012/02/downton_abbey_stars_out_of_cos.php/
I think O'Brien and Mrs. Hughes were the big surprises for me.
A few of them had.Here's a fun feature. Pix of the "Downtown Abbey" cast in costume and in real life:
http://www.papermag.com/2012/02/downton_abbey_stars_out_of_cos.php/
I think O'Brien and Mrs. Hughes were the big surprises for me.
Ethel had a couple of big surprises for me. ;D
One of my Adele variations, this one about Jeremy Lin stealing Adele's thunder in the news last week, (that had been in the comments section) got put in an actual official New York Times Artsbeat blog article by their reporter Jennifer Schuessler.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/readers-deliver-more-lin-ericks/?pagemode=print
(You have to scroll just a little at the link. it's the fifth item down.)
Congrats, Fred!
That was fun.One of my Adele variations, this one about Jeremy Lin stealing Adele's thunder in the news last week, (that had been in the comments section) got put in an actual official New York Times Artsbeat blog article by their reporter Jennifer Schuessler.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/readers-deliver-more-lin-ericks/?pagemode=print
(You have to scroll just a little at the link. it's the fifth item down.)
Congrats, Fred!
Thanks, George!
I got rid of my smoke detector because it went off every time I started cooking!
Good morning, all! I want to finish up these taxes this morning and spend part of the afternoon cooking. I haven't decided what I want to cook yet, but my initial thoughts are chili or a huge amount of vegetable beef soup.
The only dream I remember from last night is one that could be about either the Appalachian Christmas show or the brilliant new musical ONCE, which I am eagerly wanting to see again. My whole memory of the dream is a rehearsal in whch everyone is playing an instrument.
Good morning, all! I want to finish up these taxes this morning and spend part of the afternoon cooking. I haven't decided what I want to cook yet, but my initial thoughts are chili or a huge amount of vegetable beef soup.
The only dream I remember from last night is one that could be about either the Appalachian Christmas show or the brilliant new musical ONCE, which I am eagerly wanting to see again. My whole memory of the dream is a rehearsal in whch everyone is playing an instrument.
Does this mean you will be asking John Doyle to direct the APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS?
I will also say that Marilyn Maxwell looks a LOT older than Jerry, despite being only five years older than he is.
Here's a fun feature. Pix of the "Downtown Abbey" cast in costume and in real life:
http://www.papermag.com/2012/02/downton_abbey_stars_out_of_cos.php/
I think O'Brien and Mrs. Hughes were the big surprises for me.
I got rid of my smoke detector because it went off every time I started cooking!
And here's the ALW classic "Zoom the Spaceman wishes Matthew a super-happy birthday"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjuF9gVHYM
I got rid of my smoke detector because it went off every time I started cooking!
Mine does that but I just take it down and take out the battery. I've pretty much had to do that at every place I've lived...I'm used to it now.
And here's the Reader Wrap that I think looks like rainbow sherbet:
What "herbs" has Jack been selling to the lawmakers of Indiana? I just heard a news report about an Indiana legislator who is decrying the "radical" Girl Scouts for promoting abortion. He's also stating that the fact that Michelle Obama is Honorary President should "give people pause." Oy and vey.
Seems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)
I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi.
And here's the Reader Wrap that I think looks like rainbow sherbet:
What is a Reader Wrap? I really like it, I just don't know what it is.
We've been entertaining backyard company this morning. Funny, we didn't see many squirrels in the yard while this guy was here!
Here is one of the knitting projects I have going. It's a sampler scarf and I'm learning a lot of new stitches, most recently cables, which are not as difficult as they look:
Here's a fun feature. Pix of the "Downtown Abbey" cast in costume and in real life:
http://www.papermag.com/2012/02/downton_abbey_stars_out_of_cos.php/
I think O'Brien and Mrs. Hughes were the big surprises for me.
I especially enjoyed the before & after dog photos. ;)
Seems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)
I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi.
If you people would just watch the blind auditions of THE VOICE, you would be already set when SMASH comes on. I don't watch SMASH, but I have really gotten hooked on THE VOICE.
DR TCB a reader wrap is just what it sounds like, something you wrap yourself in while you read.
DR Ginny are you making a short wrap? It is very pretty. Is it for you? I don't think I could wear something like that with all the dog hair in this house.
What "herbs" has Jack been selling to the lawmakers of Indiana? I just heard a news report about an Indiana legislator who is decrying the "radical" Girl Scouts for promoting abortion. He's also stating that the fact that Michelle Obama is Honorary President should "give people pause." Oy and vey.
Does he back up his statements with proof or examples? ::)
Like DR Doug R, my old fire alarms would go off every time I used my oven and I would wind up having to pop the battery, hopefully remembering to put it back in place. This past fall I wised up and bought new detectors that were not so sensitive to moderate heat. During all the cooking On Christmas Day there wasn't a peep from them. I also like how the units easily screw off the base (easy to change batteries) and that they have a built in emergency light.
And now...off to sing Carmina Burana! :)
I am happy to learn today that my friend Ben Hope, who was the Joseph character in our May reading of the Appalachian Chrtistmas piece, has been cast in the Broadway production of ONCE to cover several roles
I got rid of my smoke detector because it went off every time I started cooking!
Still proofing after all these years. Going very slowly and methodically. Finding only a few em dash things and only a handful of bad across-the-page hyphens, all easy to fix. However, amusingly, I thankfully caught a whopper of a mistake in the very first paragraph of the prologue. It just goes to show that you can have three sets of eager eyes proofing (not including mine own) and all sets of eyes somehow missed this huge whopper of an error. In the paragraph I say it was 1993 and that I'd just pulled out from The Shores, where I'd been living since 1998. How could everyone, including me, miss that over and over again. It should have obviously said 1988.
Seems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)
I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi.
If you people would just watch the blind auditions of THE VOICE, you would be already set when SMASH comes on. I don't watch SMASH, but I have really gotten hooked on THE VOICE.
From just about every thing I've read about THE VOICE I gather that it's not as bad as AMERICAN YODEL (the opinion piece in last week's EW was a love letter to the show.). But in any case, these talent competition shows aren't my cup of tea.
Those are lovely knitting projects, Ginny!
And here's the Reader Wrap that I think looks like rainbow sherbet:
What is a Reader Wrap? I really like it, I just don't know what it is.
DR TCB a reader wrap is just what it sounds like, something you wrap yourself in while you read.
DR Ginny are you making a short wrap? It is very pretty. Is it for you? I don't think I could wear something like that with all the dog hair in this house.
I may need to make myself one if the office is still as cool as I remember it being. Although I prefer the summery color black.DR TCB a reader wrap is just what it sounds like, something you wrap yourself in while you read.
DR Ginny are you making a short wrap? It is very pretty. Is it for you? I don't think I could wear something like that with all the dog hair in this house.
DR Jane, this one will be about 60" long when it's finished. It's for me - I wanted something in summery colors because I get cold with all the air conditioning.
DR TCB a reader wrap is just what it sounds like, something you wrap yourself in while you read.
DR Ginny are you making a short wrap? It is very pretty. Is it for you? I don't think I could wear something like that with all the dog hair in this house.
DR Jane, this one will be about 60" long when it's finished. It's for me - I wanted something in summery colors because I get cold with all the air conditioning.
I like SMASH
I like SMASH
I do, too, DR Cillaliz - even skipped CASTLE last night to see SMASH in real time.
Mlle. is now officially banned in France. Guess there will be no revivals of "Mlle. Modeste" and no one can sing "Dites-Moi" with its "chere mademoiselle" lyric anymore. And Mlle. from Armentieres doesn't parlez-vous any more.
I like CASTLE too
And here's the ALW classic "Zoom the Spaceman wishes Matthew a super-happy birthday"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjuF9gVHYM
That was cool!
I am not sure that Matthew's DP is going to be too thrilled having Zoom flying over their bed tonight.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, DR's TCB, Cillaliz and KevinHSo, how are you celebrating, Matthew?
I like SMASH
I do, too, DR Cillaliz - even skipped CASTLE last night to see SMASH in real time.
I like CASTLE too
I wouldn't even think of watching something else. In fact, we will be watching it tonight.
Still proofing after all these years. Going very slowly and methodically. Finding only a few em dash things and only a handful of bad across-the-page hyphens, all easy to fix. However, amusingly, I thankfully caught a whopper of a mistake in the very first paragraph of the prologue. It just goes to show that you can have three sets of eager eyes proofing (not including mine own) and all sets of eyes somehow missed this huge whopper of an error. In the paragraph I say it was 1993 and that I'd just pulled out from The Shores, where I'd been living since 1998. How could everyone, including me, miss that over and over again. It should have obviously said 1988.
I like CASTLE too
I wouldn't even think of watching something else. In fact, we will be watching it tonight.
But can't you record more than one thing at a time? DR Ginny doesn't have a PVR/DVR I don't think. So she can only watch one!
Plus since you're watching it tonight you didn't actually watch it yesterday :)