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Well, you've read the notes, the notes laughed and were happy, and now it is time for you to post until the laugh and be happy cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: HIRTELLOUS!
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BK, that was a lovely tribute to Sheriff John.
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From yesterday...
~~~Continued Vibes of All Kinds for Cillaliz's Friend Sharon!!~~~
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Yesterday, I ushered for a local Sweet Adelines women's barbershop chorus and their show was pretty cute with a lot of good singing. I was actually in the Puget Sounders Barbershop Chorus, the local counterpart to the local Sweet Adelines, when I going to a local two-year college, but when I transferred up to Western Washington University, I had to drop out. I never rejoined when I graduated and came back home. I discovered performing in theater and never looked back.
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Good morning, all.
Nice memorial for Sheriff Joe, bk.
Off to a long day. Bells this morning at church, followed by a book signing at an outdoor food event, which should be fun given the temperatures are likely to be only in the 60s or 70s today.
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Good morning, all! I slept later than I meant to, and I really want to burrow into a sheltered area and sleep for several months. Instead, I will shortly head down to Toyland. I will work there until nearly 1pm and then head to Carnegie Hall for this Miami University concert.
That's all I have planned today, and that's enough.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Successful Vibes for tonight's show, BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Good morning!
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Sunday morning greetings! Soon I must get myself ready for the final day of Middfest 2012. I'll be in the Language & Literature Center until about 2:30 and then sit in on "conversations" about fashion, Monet's garden, and the French dictionary. When the exhibits close at 6pm, I need to retrieve my baskets and tablecloth from the lit center.
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DR Elmore, I'm looking forward to a full report on the Miami concert. Richard received info about it from the Glee Club and we'd love to be there. If they invite Glee Club alums up to sing with them at the end, try to visualize Richard on the end trying not to be seen during "Johnny Schmoker."
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Show vibes to BK!!!
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Show vibes to BK!!!
Ditto!
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good morning to all
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break a leg for tonight's show
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Everybody is BUSY today....that's nice!
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Very good notes today MR BK - I enjoyed reading about Sheriff John and your KABC special!
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Good morning, all.
Had a very full, active day yesterday during which I didn't get everything I was involved in done to my satisfaction. But today is ketchup.
I got a pretty solid night's sleep but don't feel as rested as I could have due to getting to bed so late. Still need to normalize my hours a little.
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I wish I could remember who in Columbus, Ohio might have been a local equivalent of Sheriff John. I know that a couple of the shows we watched were local, and I'll bet every town of any decent size with a TV station had its own local shows of this ilk back then. That would be a rich bit of local cultural history to tap into.
My earliest memory of a kid's show is Ding Dong School, watched on our first television in 1952, along with Howdy Doody which I see started way back in 1947. Then Romper Room, and Captain Kangaroo who I think was our main man for quite a while. A couple of these, I think, started local in Chicago or wherever, and eventually got picked up in other parts of the region or went national.
I salute Sheriff John who was a wonderful presence in Benjamin Kritzer.
That 45 is great, and I hope the KABC show was duly recorded...?
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VIBES for a great show tonight!
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Greetings from Toyland!
All is quiet here. Except for the barking dog in the office across the hall.
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This afternoon I'll take a little trip back in time, to my favorite (for better or for worse) Hollywood eating jernts. If anyone doesn't know the geography, everything in these postings existed within a ten or twelve block stretch, the exceptions being only a couple of things on Sunset two blocks away. The same type of boundary was applied to Beverly Hills. Amazing places, both, but Hollywood took the cake.
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Sorry to hear the sad news about Sheriff John. Growing up, my wife was a big fan.
In Seattle, we had "Sheriff Tex".
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I haven't seen DR. NO in several years.
The thing I really liked about it was the music. In fact, when it first came out, I immediately bought the LP.
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When DR. NO came out, the publicity set off every alarm for my parents and I wasn't allowed to go see it. I can't remember if I went to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE when it was new, so it's just possible that GOLDFINGER was my first Bond, and that impact was something I'll never forget. At that point I probably saw second-runs of the first two films, but everything about GOLDFINGER rang bells. I bought the LP, and wore it out in the first year.
According to the IMDb, GOLDFINGER was released nationally in January 1965. I don't remember when, or which theater I first saw it in, but on one of those New Year's Eves, the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale (my avatar on HTF) ran it all night, and I sat there through three showings of it, happier than the proverbial pig in the proverbial shit.
The next one, THUNDERBALL, to me, will always mean Christmas Day 1965, and one of my favorite Christmas memories. It had opened that week at one of the new theaters in town, and seeing it late in the afternoon on that day -- in a filled theater where I found other people I knew in attendance -- it was just as special to me as GOLDFINGER had been. THUNDERBALL has its critics, but to me it will always be magic.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was equally thrilling, and I know I drove myself to that one three or four times with various friends along. Those were just thrilling movies then. I keep saying "thrilling", but there's no other word for it.
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/gateway.jpg)
(I most definitely wasn't allowed go see that one, which opened at my tender age of 11 just after we'd moved down there.)
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In Detroit, our "Sheriff John" was "Sagebrush Shorty."
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I'm off to Middfest for the afternoon - bye for now!
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And the word of the day is: HIRTELLOUS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: HAIR
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I realize that this status changes every few hours, but my 2-person stage play, NELSON AND JEANETTE is currently the #3 ranked Kindle book on Amazon in Playwriting, and #23 in paperback books in the Playwriting category.
:)
http://www.amazon.com/Nelson-Jeanette-Hollywood-Legends-ebook/dp/B0099XUEPA/ref=kinw_dp_ke
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How wonderful that you have that and those memories!
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Page 2 Sheriff John Laugh and Be Happy Dance!
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I've got about half of the ROBERTA finale assembled. I'll do the rest tomorrow. I'm off to Carnegie Hall.
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I guess DR Elmore knows how to get to Carnegie Hall.
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Me, I know how to properly listen to great recordings of great music. Put them on the "good" system, sit down, shut up, and pay attention.
I'd heard DAVID AND BATHSHEBA twice in the car, and just now heard it right.
WOW.
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Bruce I enjoyed your tribute to Sheriff John very much.
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Such a special, special record & autograph to have.
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Show vibes to BK!!!
DITTO!
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I realize that this status changes every few hours, but my 2-person stage play, NELSON AND JEANETTE is currently the #3 ranked Kindle book on Amazon in Playwriting, and #23 in paperback books in the Playwriting category.
:)
http://www.amazon.com/Nelson-Jeanette-Hollywood-Legends-ebook/dp/B0099XUEPA/ref=kinw_dp_ke
Congrats!!!
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I'm up, I'm up. Tossed and turned a bit throughout the night and was up briefly at six-thirty, but I think I got my eight hours in. I shall jog shortly.
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DR Chas I enjoyed your walk down memory lane. For me Hollywood was just a place to visit occasionally or to go the Chinese Theater.
Until reading your posts I don't think I truly appreciated the large selection of theater's we enjoyed.
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Thank you, DR Jane.
Also just listened to a few tracks of THE KING AND I with Herbert Lom. Hey, he does well!
The extra Muriel Smith tracks sound like fun, too. Will have to try GOLDEN CITY some other time.
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congratulations DR DRUXY!
Thanks for the stories DR CHAS SMITH.
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When DR. NO came out, the publicity set off every alarm for my parents and I wasn't allowed to go see it. I can't remember if I went to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE when it was new, so it's just possible that GOLDFINGER was my first Bond, and that impact was something I'll never forget. At that point I probably saw second-runs of the first two films, but everything about GOLDFINGER rang bells. I bought the LP, and wore it out in the first year.
According to the IMDb, GOLDFINGER was released nationally in January 1965. I don't remember when, or which theater I first saw it in, but on one of those New Year's Eves, the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale (my avatar on HTF) ran it all night, and I sat there through three showings of it, happier than the proverbial pig in the proverbial shit.
The next one, THUNDERBALL, to me, will always mean Christmas Day 1965, and one of my favorite Christmas memories. It had opened that week at one of the new theaters in town, and seeing it late in the afternoon on that day -- in a filled theater where I found other people I knew in attendance -- it was just as special to me as GOLDFINGER had been. THUNDERBALL has its critics, but to me it will always be magic.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was equally thrilling, and I know I drove myself to that one three or four times with various friends along. Those were just thrilling movies then. I keep saying "thrilling", but there's no other word for it.
(I most definitely wasn't allowed go see that one, which opened at my tender age of 11 just after we'd moved down there.)
I saw "From Russia With Love" at the Carolina Theater in Greenville SC. It was a very special theater and most of my favorite movie memories were experienced there (not all, but most).
For "Goldfinger", I associate it with Christmas 1964. It was playing at the Carolina in December that year...I saw it one Saturday and knew I wanted to see it again and again...but it was nearly Christmas and I needed to spend money on gifts rather than pleasure. One day, however, my father got a "business" Christmas card (he was in home remodeling at that time) and enclosed in the card were two theater passes for the Carolina Theater. He gave them to me! I saw "Goldfinger" on two more Saturdays on those passes, sitting through it twice on each occasion! The soundtrack was one of my favorite listens at that time, too. I can't say I wore it out, but it got played and played and played.
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I think I've let the IMDb confuse me on this. December 1964 makes total sense for me having seen GOLDFINGER in first run, too, even though the IMDb states that only NYC and LA had it prior to January 1965. That can't be right. I had to have seen it a short time prior to the New Year's Eve that my local theater ran it all night -- which had to be Dec. 31, 1964.
(Just thinking out loud here, actually. Sorry! Carry on.)
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Thank you, BK, for the Sheriff John memories. It sounds like he was a wonderful man.
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As I mentioned last night, the Northwest lost one of my childhood legends in July when J. P. Patches (Chris Wedes) passed away from cancer. His show ran on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958 thru 1981, making it one of the longest running kid's programs in the nation. I watched him as a kid, I watched him as a teenager, and when I went away to college I found that there was a whole group in my dorm who still watched his show faithfully every day. He was as kind and as gentle in "real" life as he was on the show, and he never seemed to understand what a huge impact he made on so many children. Birthdays? Oh yes, he looked into his ICU2 TV and told us who was having a birthday, and where the extra present was hidden. I truly loved J. P. Rest in Peace.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/JPPatches.jpg)
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Good morning, all! I slept later than I meant to, and I really want to burrow into a sheltered area and sleep for several months. Instead, I will shortly head down to Toyland. I will work there until nearly 1pm and then head to Carnegie Hall for this Miami University concert.
That's all I have planned today, and that's enough.
I hope you plan on coming back home after the concert!
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When DR. NO came out, the publicity set off every alarm for my parents and I wasn't allowed to go see it. I can't remember if I went to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE when it was new, so it's just possible that GOLDFINGER was my first Bond, and that impact was something I'll never forget. At that point I probably saw second-runs of the first two films, but everything about GOLDFINGER rang bells. I bought the LP, and wore it out in the first year.
According to the IMDb, GOLDFINGER was released nationally in January 1965. I don't remember when, or which theater I first saw it in, but on one of those New Year's Eves, the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale (my avatar on HTF) ran it all night, and I sat there through three showings of it, happier than the proverbial pig in the proverbial shit.
The next one, THUNDERBALL, to me, will always mean Christmas Day 1965, and one of my favorite Christmas memories. It had opened that week at one of the new theaters in town, and seeing it late in the afternoon on that day -- in a filled theater where I found other people I knew in attendance -- it was just as special to me as GOLDFINGER had been. THUNDERBALL has its critics, but to me it will always be magic.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was equally thrilling, and I know I drove myself to that one three or four times with various friends along. Those were just thrilling movies then. I keep saying "thrilling", but there's no other word for it.
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/gateway.jpg)
(I most definitely wasn't allowed go see that one, which opened at my tender age of 11 just after we'd moved down there.)
I loved WHERE THE BOYS ARE. I loved Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis. George Hamilton, and Jim Hutton. Great movie, then.
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I realize that this status changes every few hours, but my 2-person stage play, NELSON AND JEANETTE is currently the #3 ranked Kindle book on Amazon in Playwriting, and #23 in paperback books in the Playwriting category.
:)
http://www.amazon.com/Nelson-Jeanette-Hollywood-Legends-ebook/dp/B0099XUEPA/ref=kinw_dp_ke
Druxy, is there an audiobook verson of LOBARD?
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Page two? Two pages?
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Speaking of two, back from the two-mile jog and a walk to the bank to get some cash.
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Page two? Two pages?
Hey! I'm working on it!
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I'll admit, it is a slow afternoon.
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But I blame Jose.
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I'm sure that most everybody is off watching pro football.
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Start of the second quarter: The Seahawks 6, The Cardinals 0
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When DR. NO came out, the publicity set off every alarm for my parents and I wasn't allowed to go see it. I can't remember if I went to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE when it was new, so it's just possible that GOLDFINGER was my first Bond, and that impact was something I'll never forget. At that point I probably saw second-runs of the first two films, but everything about GOLDFINGER rang bells. I bought the LP, and wore it out in the first year.
According to the IMDb, GOLDFINGER was released nationally in January 1965. I don't remember when, or which theater I first saw it in, but on one of those New Year's Eves, the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale (my avatar on HTF) ran it all night, and I sat there through three showings of it, happier than the proverbial pig in the proverbial shit.
The next one, THUNDERBALL, to me, will always mean Christmas Day 1965, and one of my favorite Christmas memories. It had opened that week at one of the new theaters in town, and seeing it late in the afternoon on that day -- in a filled theater where I found other people I knew in attendance -- it was just as special to me as GOLDFINGER had been. THUNDERBALL has its critics, but to me it will always be magic.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was equally thrilling, and I know I drove myself to that one three or four times with various friends along. Those were just thrilling movies then. I keep saying "thrilling", but there's no other word for it.
(I most definitely wasn't allowed go see that one, which opened at my tender age of 11 just after we'd moved down there.)
For "Goldfinger", I associate it with Christmas 1964. It was playing at the Carolina in December that year...I saw it one Saturday and knew I wanted to see it again and again...but it was nearly Christmas and I needed to spend money on gifts rather than pleasure. One day, however, my father got a "business" Christmas card (he was in home remodeling at that time) and enclosed in the card were two theater passes for the Carolina Theater. He gave them to me! I saw "Goldfinger" on two more Saturdays on those passes, sitting through it twice on each occasion! The soundtrack was one of my favorite listens at that time, too. I can't say I wore it out, but it got played and played and played.
Great story Ron!
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As I mentioned last night, the Northwest lost one of my childhood legends in July when J. P. Patches (Chris Wedes) passed away from cancer. His show ran on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958 thru 1981, making it one of the longest running kid's programs in the nation. I watched him as a kid, I watched him as a teenager, and when I went away to college I found that there was a whole group in my dorm who still watched his show faithfully every day. He was as kind and as gentle in "real" life as he was on the show, and he never seemed to understand what a huge impact he made on so many children. Birthdays? Oh yes, he looked into his ICU2 TV and told us who was having a birthday, and where the extra present was hidden. I truly loved J. P. Rest in Peace.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/JPPatches.jpg)
:)
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One more post.
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Page three!
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We were going to go rent a movie but we couldn't find anything we wanted to see. Instead we stayed home and took a nice walk down our road and along the irrigation ditch.
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Page three? Three pages? What in tarnation is going on here? Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Had some good news about Sharon. She is off dialysis (sp?) but for a good reason. She still can't have visitors and will probably be in the hospital for 3 months. I've started talking about doing a fundraiser for her once we are sure she is out of the woods. She still needs a couple more surgeries to get all the infection, but at least the news is better today
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Break a leg and good show vibes to BK~~~~~~
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I haven't called her husband, but heard that he is returning calls. He's taking care of the horses, but her dog is really beside himself missing her. One friend is thinking about going to visit her dog the way she came to visit the friend's dogs.
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I looked and looked for my favorite Thomas Kincaide painting online last year, but he did so many that I got lost in the search.
Anyway, it was called Sweetheart Cottage
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/sweetheart-cottage-2.jpg)
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So....what do I know....saw a really cool William Steele house today that had an open house. It was amazing and in fabulous shape. Some friends of mine were actually there looking at it when I stopped by the open house. It would be perfect for them, but don't know if they want to spend that much money.
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~~~~~~~~~~Break a leg vibest to BK and company for the Marvin Hamlisch Show."~~~~~~~~~~
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Had some good news about Sharon. She is off dialysis (sp?) but for a good reason. She still can't have visitors and will probably be in the hospital for 3 months. I've started talking about doing a fundraiser for her once we are sure she is out of the woods. She still needs a couple more surgeries to get all the infection, but at least the news is better today
That is good news. I will keep her in my prayers.
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And I am home! It's been a long but good day. Because of some parade today that had traffic completely screwed up, it took me nearly an hour to get to Carnegie Hall, so I missed the first quarter of the program. I sat down at 2:25 and heard the Wind Ensemble perform three numbers befre intermission. I missed the Collegiate Chorale and the Jazz Ensemble. The second half od the concert featured the two glee clubs and the orchestra, which plays much better today thanit played forty years ago. In the seven years I was in Oxford, OH, there was never aharp in the orchestra. Today, there were two, and i was impressed. The men's and women's glee clubs each sang three numbers and one with the orchestra before they joined forces with the orchestra to perform a new arrangement of the Alma Mater.
There was a reception after the concert at Randolph's in the Warwick Hotel beginning at 5:30. I decided the day was long enough and headed home. Time for dinner and to chill out.
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Good news about Sharon! I hope they can get it all.
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Thoughts prayers and vibes for Sharon friend of DR CILLA LIZ.
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Had some good news about Sharon. She is off dialysis (sp?) but for a good reason. She still can't have visitors and will probably be in the hospital for 3 months. I've started talking about doing a fundraiser for her once we are sure she is out of the woods. She still needs a couple more surgeries to get all the infection, but at least the news is better today
Excellent news! I'm sure the fundraiser will be greatly appreciated.
VIBES THE SURGERIES DO NOT INCLUDED REMOVING ANYMORE LIMBS!!!!
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I haven't called her husband, but heard that he is returning calls. He's taking care of the horses, but her dog is really beside himself missing her. One friend is thinking about going to visit her dog the way she came to visit the friend's dogs.
That is an a very good idea. Maybe people can organize and walk the dog if her husband can't do it right now.
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I looked and looked for my favorite Thomas Kincaide painting online last year, but he did so many that I got lost in the search.
Anyway, it was called Sweetheart Cottage
Pretty.
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So....what do I know....saw a really cool William Steele house today that had an open house. It was amazing and in fabulous shape. Some friends of mine were actually there looking at it when I stopped by the open house. It would be perfect for them, but don't know if they want to spend that much money.
Do you have a link for it?
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And I am home! It's been a long but good day.
:)
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I looked and looked for my favorite Thomas Kincaide painting online last year, but he did so many that I got lost in the search.
Anyway, it was called Sweetheart Cottage
Pretty.
I always wished I could find that cottage in real life. I have no idea if it existed anywhere but in Mr. Kincaide's mind.
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It does look like a too good to be true location. :)
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Well, the Seahawks managed to pull off a win 16 to 12.
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I looked and looked for my favorite Thomas Kincaide painting online last year, but he did so many that I got lost in the search.
Anyway, it was called Sweetheart Cottage
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/sweetheart-cottage-2.jpg)
And the original is available (Original oil on canvas) for only $100,000.00
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It does look like a too good to be true location. :)
And yes, it existed only in his imagination.
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Ask Sandy Claws for it DR TCB.
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Ask Sandy Claws for it DR TCB.
Unfortunately, I am a little past my prime to still find a rich Sandy Claws.
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Ask Sandy Claws for it DR TCB.
Unfortunately, I am a little past my prime to still find a rich Sandy Claws.
I think Eartha Kitt found the last one.
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Getting ready for my trip to Philadelphia and then NYC. Tomorrow at this time I'll be at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia to see Barbra!
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Break legs tonight, BK and company!
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Enjoyed reading your tribute to Sheriff John, BK!
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Getting ready for my trip to Philadelphia and then NYC. Tomorrow at this time I'll be at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia to see Barbra!
Give Barbra my love!
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Getting ready for my trip to Philadelphia and then NYC. Tomorrow at this time I'll be at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia to see Barbra!
Are you driving?
SAFE & EASY TRAVELING AND HAVE A GREAT TIME!
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Well, Middfest 2012 is history and we did NOT win the trip to Paris :'(
I did have a delightful afternoon, though. Helped at the Language & Literature Center from noon to 2, when Richard showed up. We went to the food tents and I had quiche for lunch and we split a cream puff. Then he went to look at exhibits and I went to hear a new acquaintance give a great lecture on French fashion through the ages. She's a retired professor who taught courses on apparel studies, fashion history, and history of furniture and interiors at Youngstown State.
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After the fashion lecture, my friend Judy talked about Monet's garden and then a University of Cincinnati professor talked about the Jesuits who created French/Native American dictionaries in the 18th century. Then it was time to take apart the Language & Literature display and attend the raffle drawing. The winning ticket was drawn by Rolf Stang, our Gustave Eiffel reenactor. It was too cold to stay for the closing festivities, so I came home and ate pizza with Richard.
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Well, Middfest 2012 is history and we did NOT win the trip to Paris :'(
Wow, I am glad I didn't start packing.
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Well, Middfest 2012 is history and we did NOT win the trip to Paris :'(
Wow, I am glad I didn't start packing.
Well, Ginny, I guess we still have London.
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Well, Middfest 2012 is history and we did NOT win the trip to Paris :'(
Wow, I am glad I didn't start packing.
Well, Ginny, I guess we still have London.
***sigh***
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Sigh.... hello
Today has been a weird day. Can't really pinpoint why, but it is.
That's all I have.
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I'm watching the Lifetime re-make of STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The jury is still out...
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That is good news about pet sitter Sharon.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Elmore, thanks for the report on Miami @ Carnegie Hall - sounds like a great event!
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I'm watching the Lifetime re-make of STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The jury is still out...
I think it is on here tomorrow on our new station Lifetime Canada. But I do not think I will watch it.
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Is anyone else planning to watch the new show that starts this week (I think on Thursday) Beauty and the Beast? I am.
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I did not know that CBS had pused back their Sunday night line-up by half an hour. Glad those shows are also on Canadian stations. Who wants to stay up till 11:30m to watch THE MENTALIST. I know people can PVR stuff ... but still.
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Me, I know how to properly listen to great recordings of great music. Put them on the "good" system, sit down, shut up, and pay attention.
I'd heard DAVID AND BATHSHEBA twice in the car, and just now heard it right.
WOW.
I've seen the film several times. I first owned the bootleg LP of the score, and then came the CD version of that boot. Next came Intrada's release of most of the score in mono from archival sources.
But...until today...I'd never HEARD it the way it deserved to be heard. The Kritzerland release of the complete score in stereo is a revelations. Well done to all involved. It's extremely beautiful and moving.
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I'm watching the Lifetime re-make of STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The jury is still out...
I think it is on here tomorrow on our new station Lifetime Canada. But I do not think I will watch it.
I have no interest in watching it.
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'night
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I'm watching the Lifetime re-make of STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The jury is still out...
I have read nothing but raves about Queen Latifah's performance.
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Come on, where is everyone?
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It is 7:30 n the Left Coast and I am alone here!
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Thank goodness BK has a show tonight.
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I will do whatever I can do.
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If I am going to do this kind of thing on my laptop in bed, I am going to have to buy one of those bed tables.
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I guess I can try to get us to the next page.
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Well, tonight Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints broke the 52 year old record for the number of games in a row with a touchdown pass -- 48 consecutive games.
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Well, tonight Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints broke the 52 year old record for the number of games in a row with a touchdown pass -- 48 consecutive games.
I suppose if anyone else cared about this, they would be watching the game rather than reading my posts.
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I wonder where Jose is tonight? Perhaps he is already in bed. ::)
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Sorry, DR TCB, college football is my game...
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And George must be ushering some show tonight.
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Just watched the scene where they take Shelby off life support...
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Sorry, DR TCB, college football is my game...
I know, but it was still impressive.
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Just watched the scene where they take Shelby off life support...
I don't remember that scene, but maybe I am thinking of the play.
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Why doesn't our 1 Guest post?
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I hope the show goes well tonight. As if there is any doubt.
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Damn! I keep forgetting to ask elmore what the next show is that will be recorded.
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'night!
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Had some good news about Sharon. She is off dialysis (sp?) but for a good reason. She still can't have visitors and will probably be in the hospital for 3 months. I've started talking about doing a fundraiser for her once we are sure she is out of the woods. She still needs a couple more surgeries to get all the infection, but at least the news is better today
That is good news. I will keep her in my prayers.
Thanks!
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Good news about Sharon! I hope they can get it all.
Thanks Elmore
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Had some good news about Sharon. She is off dialysis (sp?) but for a good reason. She still can't have visitors and will probably be in the hospital for 3 months. I've started talking about doing a fundraiser for her once we are sure she is out of the woods. She still needs a couple more surgeries to get all the infection, but at least the news is better today
That is good news. I will keep her in my prayers.
Thanks!
That's great news.
Am starting to catch up from the back in reverse order.
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Thanks JRand and Jane and everyone else concerned about Sharon. Jane, I also hope that she won't lose any more limbs, but I don't think so. I was told they need to do more work where they operated before. It's a nasty thing and if you don't get it all you have to keep going back. Hers started with the same step bacterial that causes strep throat. I dont' get how or why some people get this and others don't, but I'm reading more and trying to understand.
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So....what do I know....saw a really cool William Steele house today that had an open house. It was amazing and in fabulous shape. Some friends of mine were actually there looking at it when I stopped by the open house. It would be perfect for them, but don't know if they want to spend that much money.
Do you have a link for it?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/19-38th-St-Sioux-City-IA-51104/87122991_zpid/ (http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/19-38th-St-Sioux-City-IA-51104/87122991_zpid/)
We all think the price is high for the area
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RESTAURANTS and other eateries
Musso and Frank – After living there for a while I finally ventured in to see what it was all about, and entered a whole different world. But not a strange world; somehow this had always existed for me. It was a world come true. It was a Saturday afternoon and very few people were in there. I sat at the counter and ordered eggs with (probably) ham, and had a Manhattan, followed by coffee. I was blown away by the white linen place settings at the counter. And of course the old-time waiters. I loved every last thing about the place.
Diamond Jim’s – Oh, what a loss. What an incredible place. This one was gone maybe a year or two after I arrived, but there was at least one other I knew about (on Wilshire, west of the 405 - ?) that I got to a couple of times. I think I first ordered eggs in here, too. No, I know what it was -- a spinach omelet with extra spinach on the side. And a Manhattan. (Yes! It’s true.) As I recall, the place had a waiter vibe similar to Musso and Frank.
Hamburger Hamlet (No. 10) – Another incredible loss. There are too many reasons I loved the Hamlet to try to list, so just a few highlights. My favorite burger in the whole world, if it still existed as prepared by them, would be the #11/#32. I believe the low number series was the half-pound burgers, and the 30’s were the quarter-pound. The large one was the first thing I had upon ignorantly wandering into the place on that short visit in summer 1971. Fairly simple, really, just a medium-rare (it was always perfect—always!) patty with cheese (probably American), chopped raw onions, and what they called “Russian” dressing but it was really Thousand Island. I’ve since found that a lot of places call it Russian, that wasn’t unique to them. And fries. That’s it. But their beef and charbroiling (I think) was incredibly perfect for my taste.
Saw lots of famous faces in that location. I fondly remember the day I was sitting at the counter around the “corner” (it was a “J”-shaped counter and I was at the tip of the “J”) from Eddie Egan – he’s the actual cop in The French Connection, who played his own boss to Gene Hackman. He was living out there then, getting more acting parts. He was sitting at the counter chain-smoking cigarettes and chain-drinking coffee while reading a handwritten letter over and over. I so wanted to speak with him for a moment -- but I didn’t feel right about it, and didn’t. Now I kind of wish I had.
Watched the 1973 Academy Awards broadcast in the bar there (the one for which Brando didn’t show up to accept his Oscar?), over my #11 and drinking a (you guessed it) Manhattan. I believe I was having that one on the rocks.
Took me a while, but I just recalled the names – Harry and Marilyn Lewis – the couple who started Hamburger Hamlet and created its vibe with the faux-Shakespearean theme that permeated everything. It was a little heavy-handed, even back then, but I’d welcome it all back in an instant. I haven’t begun to communicate why I found this such an all-around great place.
BTW, I didn't just love store no. 10. Other favorites were Sunset Blvd. (west end of the Strip), Westwood (next to the Bruin), and whichever street that was in Beverly Hills. I'm afraid you're doomed to hearing more from me on this subject whether you want to or not.
More eats to come...
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Busy day. It was cold here with weather in the 50s and a chilling breeze, so, of course, we had to sit outside to sign books. We sold a case of books, which was nice. But I was glad to get indoors where it was warm.
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Am enjoying the nostalgia posts from bk and ChasSmith.
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We're here all week!
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I'm watching the Lifetime re-make of STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The jury is still out...
I think it is on here tomorrow on our new station Lifetime Canada. But I do not think I will watch it.
I have no interest in watching it.
I don't have any interest in watching it either. I really loved the first Steel Magnolias, have no desire to see another
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Break a leg and good show vibes to BK~~~~~~
~~~DITTO (if it's not too late)!!~~~
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Had some good news about Sharon. She is off dialysis (sp?) but for a good reason. She still can't have visitors and will probably be in the hospital for 3 months. I've started talking about doing a fundraiser for her once we are sure she is out of the woods. She still needs a couple more surgeries to get all the infection, but at least the news is better today
Very good news about Sharon!
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And George must be ushering some show tonight.
Yes I was...and then I went out for dinner. I'm home now ketchuping on posts.
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Watched a fun flick tonight: "Our Man in Havana." It was no "The Third Man," but the combination of Carol Reed and Graham Greene was solid, and the cast, especially Ernie Kovaks, seemed to be enjoying themselves throughout.
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The show was pretty amazing - an evening filled with highlights. I'll go into detail in the notes, but I was VERY happy.