Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on October 26, 2012, 12:19:24 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of ribs and Friday, and now it is time for you to post until the Friday cows come home. They don't want to know from ribs.
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And the word of the day is: PARTURIENT!
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And a very happy haineshisway birthday to former dear reader Jed, married to occasional dear reader Ann.
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happy good morning to all.
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it's windy and rainy here in south florida
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Good morning, all.
Still having to deal with computers that have horrible keyboards. So, I'm going to buy another today Best Buy has a good deal on a Toshiba, so I'm paying half of what I paid the last one for a laptop that has twice as much memory and more features.
Book signing tonight at my favorite sushi bar and Japanese restaurant. Should be a fun party.
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Just make sure you don't get Windows 8. From what I hear it will be worse than Vista ever was.
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TOD:
DVD: The Trouble with Tolstoy, Yankee Doodle Dandy
CD: The Girl Most Likely To, Queen of the Mist
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No Windows 8. I tested that at work and know it's going to make a lot of people unhappy. But the Best Buy store is having a launching party for it.
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John G - I was thinking that a tablet would be mainly of use when travelling and would save me taking my laptop around.
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I’ve just received DIAL M FOR MURDER from Amazon.com but for the first time in years I got caught by Customs. Goods of a value over the equivalent of about $24 are subject to tax. The package value was $31.47 including postage so I was landed with an additional charge of about $19, most of which was the Post Office handling charge, making it a very expensive BD indeed. Annoyingly a few days after I ordered it, Warner Bros announced a UK release date of Nov 12. So there was no need to import it at all. >:(
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TOD:
Blu - DIAL M FOR MURDER (see above).
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;D
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Morning.
Happy Friday.
Yea for the weekend. ;D
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LATE AGAIN. :-[
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A tablet is great replacement for a laptop when you're traveling (unless you have real work that must be done like at a conference). It's small and easy to use and excels in doing things like checking e-mail, surfing the net, using social media, etc. The problem comes when people interpret ease of use with a tablet to mean that it can replace a laptop or a PC for real, dedicated work. I can't do the daily work I do on a tablet, even if it has a keyboard. It would be excruciating to try and manipulate all the data I handle day to day using an iPad or one of the other tablets. I need a dedicated PC with a real keyboard and a monitor and real software programs, not a bunch of apps that approximate programs that run on a PC. Things seem to be changing from month to month but I don't see PCs or Macs (at least in business situations) going away any time soon.
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DR Cillaliz, if you don't want to watch political ads why not just PVR/DVR your shows and fast forward thru the commercials?
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Also, DR Cillaliz, re: the new/fired cat sitter.
You had mentioned that you knew many people who had used her and said she was great. Did she clean/reorganize for these people? Did none of these people have cats that needed meds?
I think she meant well. So I could see why people might like her if there were no problems. But not calling you ... and you coming back to a hysterical cat. Not good. She is experienced. She should have known better.
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Happy Birthday to Jed!
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It's Friday. I think every bone in my body knows it's Friday at last.
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Doug R, I need something I can write with, more than anything. As a result, the keyboard on the nook was a nightmare (and it kept changing the spelling of words it didn't recognize). It took three times as long to get a sentence typed. A friend loaned me her notebook, but typing on it also presents its challenges.
If you don't need to write as much, a tablet would probably be really good.
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A tablet is great replacement for a laptop when you're traveling (unless you have real work that must be done like at a conference). It's small and easy to use and excels in doing things like checking e-mail, surfing the net, using social media, etc. The problem comes when people interpret ease of use with a tablet to mean that it can replace a laptop or a PC for real, dedicated work. I can't do the daily work I do on a tablet, even if it has a keyboard. It would be excruciating to try and manipulate all the data I handle day to day using an iPad or one of the other tablets. I need a dedicated PC with a real keyboard and a monitor and real software programs, not a bunch of apps that approximate programs that run on a PC. Things seem to be changing from month to month but I don't see PCs or Macs (at least in business situations) going away any time soon.
Thanks Ben that's helpful. I certainly wouldn't expect a tablet to take the place of what I can do on a laptop.
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Doug R, I need something I can write with, more than anything. As a result, the keyboard on the nook was a nightmare (and it kept changing the spelling of words it didn't recognize). It took three times as long to get a sentence typed. A friend loaned me her notebook, but typing on it also presents its challenges.
If you don't need to write as much, a tablet would probably be really good.
Thanks for the advice John G. I wouldn't expect or want to do a lot of writing on a tablet but I think it will be useful for surfing the internet and checking email when travelling or away, rather than using my phone or laptop and as I like gadgets it will add to my collection
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MBarnum, the Indian food at lunch let me to watch Monsoon Wedding again last night. Great movie. Definitely not Bollywood, more like a Punjabi Robert Altman.
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Also, a tablet is MUCH cheaper to use than a phone when you're traveling. You can usually find wi-fi easily and you don't incur those dreaded roaming charges or other unexpected financial problems you might encounter when using a phone to check e-mail or surf the net.
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Friday morning greetings! I slept like a rock for 9 hours last night and what woke me up was my aching legs. Too much sitting yesterday. I imagine Mom and Dolores are pretty wiped out today.
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The conversations going on here about tablets are both very accurate, based on Richard's experience, and helpful as we explore him buying me an iPad this Christmas as I did for him last year. He concurs with DRs Ben and John G about productivity using the tablet. At last week's conference, I sat with a woman using a keyboard case like the ones described in THIS ARTICLE (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403253,00.asp). We think we'll invest in one of these to share, assuming we can find one that works with both iPads.
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FRIDAY!!!
Very excited about the premiere of the new Outside the Box.....sounds like a perfect time/place for the PREMIERE. I hope you have a red carpet!!!
DR CILLA LIZ - great new avatar....whew! What a story. I hope Miss Callie is doing better today.
Yesterday sister Molly and husband Austin visited for awhile with one of their doggies....Lulu....a miniature Boston terrier....who is VERY FAT....didn't get pictures darn it! Precious looked her over and then went and hid until Lulu went home. I am thinking maybe her former owners got a new dog and that's when she was given the heave ho.....
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I am starting my new schedule this week....which means I work only on Saturday!!!
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Anton Walbrook!!!!
I finally tracked down an affordable copy of the GASLIGHT Dvd that includes the 1940 English version of Gaslight with Walbrook and Diana Wynard.... Diana isn't so hot....but Anton is very watchable as the villain of the piece.
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Anton Walbrook!!!!
I finally tracked down an affordable copy of the GASLIGHT Dvd that includes the 1940 English version of Gaslight with Walbrook and Diana Wynard.... Diana isn't so hot....but Anton is very watchable as the villain of the piece.
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I much prefer the British version to the U.S. one. I don't know why, other than I cannot abide Charles Boyer! That last bit came as a bit of a shock to me earlier this year when I saw, for the first time in my life, "Back Street". There was no reason I could imagine for poor Margaret Sullivan to subject herself to that doltish boor. Ditto Joan Fontaine in "The Constant Nymph" (also seen this year for the first time). I loved the movie but found Boyer totally unworthy of the adoration of either Fontaine or Alexis Smith.
I guess I'm just fickle.
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Page Two Anton Walbrook Dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4CKeHHbU0
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"Dere vill be noooooooo pervormennnsssssssss ov duh RRRed Chews donight!!!"
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Diana Wynyard is wonderful (IMO) in "Cavalcade". Her Bella in "Gaslight", for me, is very watchable, but she doesn't quite measure up to Ingrid Bergman's performance. I think the reason is that Wynyard approaches the character as a shy, mousy type given to overdramatic hysterics. Bergman could never be mistaken for shy or mousy in "Gaslight", but she takes a demure approach and her breakdowns are more psychologically complex.
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And the word of the day is: PARTURIENT!
And The Song Of The Day Is: THE STORY GOES ON
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Anton Walbrook!!!!
I finally tracked down an affordable copy of the GASLIGHT Dvd that includes the 1940 English version of Gaslight with Walbrook and Diana Wynard.... Diana isn't so hot....but Anton is very watchable as the villain of the piece.
I didn't realise the DVD had been discontinued. I saw the play once - Patrick Hamilton is one of my favorite authors (Hangover Square is brilliant). I like both versions of the film although, of course, the Anton Walbrook version is closer to the play.
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FRIDAY indeed!
Home tomorrow, with MUCH I will ketchup on.
For now, it will be great to see BK this evening and the little Twilight Time session will be a welcome calm ending to a hectic week.
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Diana Wynyard is wonderful (IMO) in "Cavalcade". Her Bella in "Gaslight", for me, is very watchable, but she doesn't quite measure up to Ingrid Bergman's performance. I think the reason is that Wynyard approaches the character as a shy, mousy type given to overdramatic hysterics. Bergman could never be mistaken for shy or mousy in "Gaslight", but she takes a demure approach and her breakdowns are more psychologically complex.
Exactly......I like Walbrook over Boyer by a mile and of course...Lansbury.....but Bergman certainly deserved her Oscar for her "Paula".....which I think is an improvement as a name over Bella.
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Anton Walbrook!!!!
I finally tracked down an affordable copy of the GASLIGHT Dvd that includes the 1940 English version of Gaslight with Walbrook and Diana Wynard.... Diana isn't so hot....but Anton is very watchable as the villain of the piece.
I didn't realise the DVD had been discontinued. I saw the play once - Patrick Hamilton is one of my favorite authors (Hangover Square is brilliant). I like both versions of the film although, of course, the Anton Walbrook version is closer to the play.
I orderd the Region 1 dvd available now and it did NOT contain any extras....so I sent it back....and found a USED copy on EBAY for about $12. The same is going on Amazon.us at over $40!!
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FRIDAY indeed!
Home tomorrow, with MUCH I will ketchup on.
For now, it will be great to see BK this evening and the little Twilight Time session will be a welcome calm ending to a hectic week.
Exciting....of course we need photographic evidence!
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I went ahead and sent in my letter to direct Angel Street this July....we shall see what happens. I almost didn't do it....but I certainly don't want it to be messed up....and if I miss my chance to be in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE....well, that's life!
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Today the mailman brought:
Rains of Ranchipur/7 Cities of Gold/Blue Angel
Johnny X
The Geisha Boy
all CD's from Kritzerland.
Also the Criterion Edition of Lonesome that DR JOHN G was talking about earlier......
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Mom just called, sounding way more chipper than I feel...
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FRIDAY indeed!
Home tomorrow, with MUCH I will ketchup on.
For now, it will be great to see BK this evening and the little Twilight Time session will be a welcome calm ending to a hectic week.
I think BK will finally be meeting former DR MattH who is a reviewer with Home Theater Forum.
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Today the mailman brought:
Rains of Ranchipur/7 Cities of Gold/Blue Angel
Johnny X
The Geisha Boy
all CD's from Kritzerland.
Also the Criterion Edition of Lonesome that DR JOHN G was talking about earlier......
I found all three of the movies in the Lonesome set to be fascinating. Hope you enjoy them.
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Mom just called, sounding way more chipper than I feel...
Hope you feel better soon then.
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Matt's here???
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Great Filichia on Friday.
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Mom just called, sounding way more chipper than I feel...
Hope you feel better soon then.
Oh, I don't feel bad, DR John G, but thanks for the wish. What I need most is a walk, which I think I'll do in the basement today instead of venturing out to the Y in the rain.
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Great news DR GINNY.....every GOOD day is a GOOD day!
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Today the mailman brought:
Rains of Ranchipur/7 Cities of Gold/Blue Angel
Johnny X
The Geisha Boy
all CD's from Kritzerland.
Also the Criterion Edition of Lonesome that DR JOHN G was talking about earlier......
I found all three of the movies in the Lonesome set to be fascinating. Hope you enjoy them.
I have always wanted to see BROADWAY.....or what's left of it.....I am glad you mentioned it the other day.
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MBarnum, the Indian food at lunch let me to watch Monsoon Wedding again last night. Great movie. Definitely not Bollywood, more like a Punjabi Robert Altman.
For some reason I just couldn't get into Monsoon Wedding. I might have to give it another try one day.
I am eager to see THE LIFE OF PI, which has a cast of Bollywood actors in it, although I think (?) it is a British film.
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BK, if you see former DR MattH, tell him hello from all of us! And that we miss him!
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I am having me a 3 day weekend starting today. I have not yet decided how to occupy my first day, but as of now I am still in my pajamas and bathrobe.
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TOD:
DVR:
Last night's THE OFFICE
DVD:
Jeff Richards and a very, very young Richard Chamberlain (4th billed) in THE SECRET OF THE PURPLE REEF.
I tell you, Jeff Richards is so dreamy. I might have to watch him in ISLAND OF THE LOST WOMEN afterwards.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/CODE-TWO-orig-1953-LC-2-Jeff-Richards-Elaine-Stewart-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$(KGrHqRHJFQE88fB,pYTBPSGTTCS)w~~60_3.JPG)
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MBarnum, the Indian food at lunch let me to watch Monsoon Wedding again last night. Great movie. Definitely not Bollywood, more like a Punjabi Robert Altman.
For some reason I just couldn't get into Monsoon Wedding. I might have to give it another try one day.
I am eager to see THE LIFE OF PI, which has a cast of Bollywood actors in it, although I think (?) it is a British film.
I think it might be because it's not a Bollywood movie. You may want it to be something it's not. Or that Altman style of interweaving stories could turn you off.
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I was going to run out and get my new laptop over lunch, but it's raining so hard that I figure I can wait. And if not today, then tomorrow.
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Two visitors have come and gone and I'm waiting for the Pool Man who can hopefully fix the remote control, which has been malfunctioning for three weeks now.
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From DR Matthew:
Rice is easy to cook, 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, stirring so it doesn't stick, then cover and let simmer for 15 minutes or until it's the consistency you want it.
Wild rice needs more liquid and cooks much, much longer.
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DR Jed,
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF3cjRW12KUcvgaUDbGGoekCE5EsfIowMcWjR7MxEQzj3sQX229w)
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I am thinking maybe her former owners got a new dog and that's when she was given the heave ho.....
>:(
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Mom just called, sounding way more chipper than I feel...
LOL :)
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MBarnum, the Indian food at lunch let me to watch Monsoon Wedding again last night. Great movie. Definitely not Bollywood, more like a Punjabi Robert Altman.
For some reason I just couldn't get into Monsoon Wedding. I might have to give it another try one day.
I am eager to see THE LIFE OF PI, which has a cast of Bollywood actors in it, although I think (?) it is a British film.
Watching the previews for this last night I noticed it is "based" on the book. I'm expecting a number of changes, which is fine with me.
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Matt's here???
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The things one learns from FB. Tom Skerritt is currently at our Medford airport.
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I think I'm starting to feel better. I wonder if the mild temperatures have anything to do with it. Today it is almost 70F. Hurray!
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I am worried about Halloween. It is supposed to be very rainy next week. I really hope it can be mild and not raining at 6pm on Halloween.
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The title of notes makes me want ribs too. I love ribs!
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I think I'm starting to feel better. I wonder if the mild temperatures have anything to do with it. Today it is almost 70F. Hurray!
It rained last night and is damp today. I definitely don't feel as good as I did yesterday.
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I am worried about Halloween. It is supposed to be very rainy next week. I really hope it can be mild and not raining at 6pm on Halloween.
Vibes the weather is nice!
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Matt's here???
He's part of the HTF contingent.
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Matt's here???
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The Home Theater Forum is a website where DVDs and Blu-ray discs are reviewed. Former DR MattH is one of their reviewers. HTF has a contingent of site owners/moderators/reviewers in the LA area all this week for meetings with reps of studios who produce the product they review. This evening, Nick Redman will meet with them to discuss Twilight Time. The itinerary, according to the site, has been filled with meetings, presentations, trips, dinners, etc. This also included a day at Disneyland.
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DR JOHNG are you buying a MAC or will you have the new Windows 8?
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JRand, I'm getting a Toshiba with Windows Home Premium 7. It's about $425 plus all the taxes and everything. 4G of memory, film editing options, advanced photo equipment. And a good keyboard. THe keyboard is probably my favorite aspect of it.
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Remote control is fine again. He switched "channels" - he felt that someone with nearby pool suddenly put their remote on our channel and it confused our remote. It's all good.
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Had a chicken, bacon, and avocado melt - very nice.
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Now I must go to the mail place and then I have to visit an agent friend and then someone is coming over at two-thirty, then I have to call an actor to see if we can work out his schedule for Outside The Box.
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Hello, everyone! I got to DC around 11:30 yesterday morning to discover that the Capitol Hill Suites at present have no business center with computer access. Since I didn't take my laptop, I couldn't check in on the HHW goings on. By 5:00 yesterday, I'd been through all of the cartons of music for ROBERTA in the Jerome Kern Collection, I photocopied two scores I needed for the files, the copyright libretto for the show titled GoWNS BY ROBERTA, and looked at the copyright libretto for JUBILEE, which included the cut songs "Waltz Down the Aisle" and "Yours" and was missing "Mrs & Mrs Smith," "Just One Of Those Things," and "Swing That Swing."
Then, librarian Loras Schissel and I hit a Mexican restaurant for a wonderful dnner and large margaritas. I got back to the hotel around 7:30, watched an episode of THE MENTALIST and passed out around 9pm.
This morning I looked at the show music files for CHEE-CHEE, ROBERTA (film songs) and GOWNS BY ROBERTA (Broadway songs), photocopied the five songs from CHEE-CHEE, said goodbye toeveryone nd got to Union Station around 10:30, exchanged my ticket for the 11:02 train to New York, and got home about an hour ago.
I got an email from New World Records enclosing a review. Nigel Simeone gave the Herbert songs a fantastic and intelligent review in the new issue of the International Record Review that shows how condescending and ridiculous Steve Suskin of Playbill.com and Richard Traubner of the American Record Guide are as reviewers and what a large amount of gall they have to consider themselves music critics.
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Congrats on the review, Elmore. I'm hoping Santa brings Eileen this year for Christmas. It's on the list.
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Very productive trip DR ELMORE.....
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JRand, I'm getting a Toshiba with Windows Home Premium 7. It's about $425 plus all the taxes and everything. 4G of memory, film editing options, advanced photo equipment. And a good keyboard. THe keyboard is probably my favorite aspect of it.
Ah very nice. I noticed at WalMart today, there was only ONE computer on the shelves.....which usually happens when there is a turnover in the Windows OS.....and I haven't heard very good reports on Windows 8.
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Now I must go to the mail place and then I have to visit an agent friend and then someone is coming over at two-thirty, then I have to call an actor to see if we can work out his schedule for Outside The Box.
Celebrity lives are very interesting.
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Welcome home, DR Elmore! I'm glad you're there before the weather gets bad...
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No rehearsal tonight. THE STARS are coming in on Sunday to watch a run thru.....and then they will be joining us next week for rehearsals, etc.
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Matt's here???
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The Home Theater Forum is a website where DVDs and Blu-ray discs are reviewed. Former DR MattH is one of their reviewers. HTF has a contingent of site owners/moderators/reviewers in the LA area all this week for meetings with reps of studios who produce the product they review. This evening, Nick Redman will meet with them to discuss Twilight Time. The itinerary, according to the site, has been filled with meetings, presentations, trips, dinners, etc. This also included a day at Disneyland.
Is Matt really there or are you guessing he is?
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A Very Happy Birthday to (former) DR Jed!! ;D
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Today the mailman brought:
Rains of Ranchipur/7 Cities of Gold/Blue Angel
Johnny X
The Geisha Boy
all CD's from Kritzerland.
Also the Criterion Edition of Lonesome that DR JOHN G was talking about earlier......
I received all those CDs today, as well! I also received (but from Amazon), the Blu-ray release of "Hysteria." I can't wait to watch this and see Kim Criswell in action! ;D
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I’ve just received DIAL M FOR MURDER from Amazon.com but for the first time in years I got caught by Customs. Goods of a value over the equivalent of about $24 are subject to tax. The package value was $31.47 including postage so I was landed with an additional charge of about $19, most of which was the Post Office handling charge, making it a very expensive BD indeed. Annoyingly a few days after I ordered it, Warner Bros announced a UK release date of Nov 12. So there was no need to import it at all. >:(
Interesting. I don't think that I've EVER had to pay customs for anything that I've ordered on-line from out of the US.
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE 4 DANCE!!
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A (non-Wednesday) Question for BK:
I'm curious. On the three-movie Friedhofer CD, why did you decide to put three soundtracks together on one release? Since one of the soundtracks is one full CD, why not have the other two on their own CD? Not that anyone would mind, I'm sure...getting three soundtracks for the price of one, but I'm just curious.
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Hello, everyone! I got to DC around 11:30 yesterday morning to discover that the Capitol Hill Suites at present have no business center with computer access. sSce I didn't take my laptop, I couldn't check in on the HHW goings on. By 5:00 yesterday, I'd been through all of the cartons of music for ROBERTA in the Jerome Kern Collection, I photocopied two scores I needed for the files, the copyright libretto for the show titled GoWNS BY ROBERTA, and looked at the copyright libretto for JUBILEE, which included the cut songs "Waltz Down the Aisle" and "Yours" and was missing "Mrs & Mrs Smith," "Just One Of Those Things," and "Swing That Swing."
Then, librarian Loras Schissel and I hit a Mexican restaurant for a wonderful dnner and large margaritas. I got back to the hotel around 7:30, watched an episode of THE MENTALIST and passed out around 9pm.
This morning I looked at the show music files for CHEE-CHEE, ROBERTA (film songs) and GOWNS BY ROBERTA (Broadway songs), photocopied the five songs from CHEE-CHEE, said goodbye toeveryone nd got to Union Station around 10:30, exchanged my ticket for the 11:02 train to New York, and got home about an hour ago.
I got an email from New World Records enclosing a review. Nigel Simeone gave the Herbert songs a fantastic and intelligent review in the new issue of the International Record Review that shows how condescending and ridiculous Steve Suskin of Playbill.com and Richard Traubner of the American Record Guide are as reviewers and what a large amount of gall they have to consider themselves music critics.
Congrats on the intelligent review, Larry!
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JRand, I'm getting a Toshiba with Windows Home Premium 7. It's about $425 plus all the taxes and everything. 4G of memory, film editing options, advanced photo equipment. And a good keyboard. THe keyboard is probably my favorite aspect of it.
Ah very nice. I noticed at WalMart today, there was only ONE computer on the shelves.....which usually happens when there is a turnover in the Windows OS.....and I haven't heard very good reports on Windows 8.
When I bought my computer, I paid for the XP downgrade. I have the Vista disc, if I ever want to upgrade to that. I don't know when I'll need a new computer, but I'm sure that whenever that happens, I'll just get whatever OS is available...hopefully, that won't happen for a very long time.
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A (non-Wednesday) Question for BK:
I'm curious. On the three-movie Friedhofer CD, why did you decide to put three soundtracks together on one release? Since one of the soundtracks is one full CD, why not have the other two on their own CD? Not that anyone would mind, I'm sure...getting three soundtracks for the price of one, but I'm just curious.
We just wanted it to be value for money.
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Back from a really fun meeting with agent Martin Gage of The Gage Group. I've known him for forty years. I promised him a year ago when he saw Lost and Unsung that I would give him There's Mel and then I just kept forgetting about it, so today I brought him that and Album Produced By. We had a nice chat and by the end of it, he signed me on as a client, for mostly directing, but he'll handle any writing deals should any come up and he'll get my books out to some film and TV people (especially the Hofstetter books). So, I have an agent for the first time since David and my agent left William Morris about eight years ago. He also has a huge client list, so we bandied about some names for Outside The Box. He's going to call one actor in particular about one of the episodes we're shooting next.
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Back from a really fun meeting with agent Martin Gage of The Gage Group. I've known him for forty years. I promised him a year ago when he saw Lost and Unsung that I would give him There's Mel and then I just kept forgetting about it, so today I brought him that and Album Produced By. We had a nice chat and by the end of it, he signed me on as a client, for mostly directing, but he'll handle any writing deals should any come up and he'll get my books out to some film and TV people (especially the Hofstetter books). So, I have an agent for the first time since David and my agent left William Morris about eight years ago. He also has a huge client list, so we bandied about some names for Outside The Box. He's going to call one actor in particular about one of the episodes we're shooting next.
BK, that is fantastic news!
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Back from a really fun meeting with agent Martin Gage of The Gage Group. I've known him for forty years. I promised him a year ago when he saw Lost and Unsung that I would give him There's Mel and then I just kept forgetting about it, so today I brought him that and Album Produced By. We had a nice chat and by the end of it, he signed me on as a client, for mostly directing, but he'll handle any writing deals should any come up and he'll get my books out to some film and TV people (especially the Hofstetter books). So, I have an agent for the first time since David and my agent left William Morris about eight years ago. He also has a huge client list, so we bandied about some names for Outside The Box. He's going to call one actor in particular about one of the episodes we're shooting next.
Congratulations, BK!! And good luck!!
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If you happen to see Matt tonight, please tell him that we miss him and we would love to welcome him back home.
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It's almost QUITTIN' TIME!
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I'm ready to call it a week!
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I have tried to paste and copy the review from the pdf I was sent, and I can't accomplish it. I wish I had more computer skills than eBay and eMail.
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Also, DR Cillaliz, re: the new/fired cat sitter.
You had mentioned that you knew many people who had used her and said she was great. Did she clean/reorganize for these people? Did none of these people have cats that needed meds?
I think she meant well. So I could see why people might like her if there were no problems. But not calling you ... and you coming back to a hysterical cat. Not good. She is experienced. She should have known better.
Well, i think what she does is take care of cats for the people she cleans for. She didn't say that she had given meds before, but she led me to believe it was not a problem
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DR Cillaliz, if you don't want to watch political ads why not just PVR/DVR your shows and fast forward thru the commercials?
I do sometimes. Our political ads started 6 months before the caucuses, so in about June or July of 2011. They really haven't stopped completely since then. You can't DVR everything all the time I'm sure it's the same or even worse for DR Ginny.
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FRIDAY!!!
Very excited about the premiere of the new Outside the Box.....sounds like a perfect time/place for the PREMIERE. I hope you have a red carpet!!!
DR CILLA LIZ - great new avatar....whew! What a story. I hope Miss Callie is doing better today.
Yesterday sister Molly and husband Austin visited for awhile with one of their doggies....Lulu....a miniature Boston terrier....who is VERY FAT....didn't get pictures darn it! Precious looked her over and then went and hid until Lulu went home. I am thinking maybe her former owners got a new dog and that's when she was given the heave ho.....
Miss Callie is doing quite well now. I have to admit I'm pretty concerned about traveling at this point. I have had trouble in the past with both a live in cat sitter and boarding one of my cats. Now, I've had this problem. I'm not very trusting about leaving them with anyone
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About to watch the Cincinnati Bearcats play the Louisville Cardinals in Louisville, where it's raining and in the 40s :P
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I am very glad to be home tonight knowing I don't have to get up first thing in the morning
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DR Cillaliz, it sounds to me like you need a relaxing weekend.
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Well, it's time for me to head out. I'm working concessions for a show downtown and it should be fun.
Have a good rest of the evening, all!
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FRIDAY!!!
Very excited about the premiere of the new Outside the Box.....sounds like a perfect time/place for the PREMIERE. I hope you have a red carpet!!!
DR CILLA LIZ - great new avatar....whew! What a story. I hope Miss Callie is doing better today.
Yesterday sister Molly and husband Austin visited for awhile with one of their doggies....Lulu....a miniature Boston terrier....who is VERY FAT....didn't get pictures darn it! Precious looked her over and then went and hid until Lulu went home. I am thinking maybe her former owners got a new dog and that's when she was given the heave ho.....
Miss Callie is doing quite well now. I have to admit I'm pretty concerned about traveling at this point. I have had trouble in the past with both a live in cat sitter and boarding one of my cats. Now, I've had this problem. I'm not very trusting about leaving them with anyone
One of my biggest deterrents to getting a cat, aside from the fact my eyes itch & my shoulder doesn't want to change a kitty litter, is house sitter's for them. More & more there seem to be professional pet sitters, many whom are retired. Maybe you can find someone like that.
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Also, DR Cillaliz, re: the new/fired cat sitter.
You had mentioned that you knew many people who had used her and said she was great. Did she clean/reorganize for these people? Did none of these people have cats that needed meds?
I think she meant well. So I could see why people might like her if there were no problems. But not calling you ... and you coming back to a hysterical cat. Not good. She is experienced. She should have known better.
Well, i think what she does is take care of cats for the people she cleans for. She didn't say that she had given meds before, but she led me to believe it was not a problem
Well, it probably looked easy enough to do when watching an expert.
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I am very glad to be home tonight knowing I don't have to get up first thing in the morning
Nice.
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DR Cillaliz, it sounds to me like you need a relaxing weekend.
I do!
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DR Cillaliz, it sounds to me like you need a relaxing weekend.
I do!
:)
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Tonight I made liver and onions and mashed potatoes for dinner. It was really good
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That is a meal I used to love.
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Now I put caramelized onions in the potatoes instead of the liver.
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Yes, MattH is here. Just met him. Was he on HHW, or whar?
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That's some fantastic news from BK!
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Yes, MattH is here. Just met him. Was he on HHW, or whar?
Yes and we miss him!
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DR Cillaliz, if you don't want to watch political ads why not just PVR/DVR your shows and fast forward thru the commercials?
I do sometimes. Our political ads started 6 months before the caucuses, so in about June or July of 2011. They really haven't stopped completely since then. You can't DVR everything all the time I'm sure it's the same or even worse for DR Ginny.
Actually I PVR everything I watch. Even if it's Dancing With the STars or Amazing Race (that i watch when they are on). I start 15 minutes after the shows start and see no commercials (not that we get political ads).
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We rarely watch commercials.
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I’ve just received DIAL M FOR MURDER from Amazon.com but for the first time in years I got caught by Customs. Goods of a value over the equivalent of about $24 are subject to tax. The package value was $31.47 including postage so I was landed with an additional charge of about $19, most of which was the Post Office handling charge, making it a very expensive BD indeed. Annoyingly a few days after I ordered it, Warner Bros announced a UK release date of Nov 12. So there was no need to import it at all. >:(
Interesting. I don't think that I've EVER had to pay customs for anything that I've ordered on-line from out of the US.
When I've ordered from amazon.com they pre-charge the customs charge (which is only about $1 for $20). But I have had to pay customs if someone has sent me something valued over $60. That is totally annoying especially if it's a gift. The worst part is that most of it is the post office handling charge. I find this ridiculous. So if the charge was $7 customs you'd have another $13 in handling fees.
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Yes, MattH is here. Just met him. Was he on HHW, or whar?
Yes and we miss him!
Yes as DR Jane said he was posting here everyday for many years. Then just left. :(
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I am not looking forward to 5 straight days of rain.
I wonder if i just feel better when it's warm and sunny out.
It was nice wearing a t-shirt outside.
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I wanted to scream at a motorist today.
I was at the mall and trying to get out of my parking spot.
I always back out very slowly because I know drivers are stupid.
So I"m backing out super slow. I back out a tiny bit then look both ways. I back out a tiny bit more and look both ways. When I"m about 1/4 of the way out a car honks and zooms by. Okay fine the guy honked. Dumb on his part. But anyways. So i keep going. I'm a bit more out and a freaking idiot zooms by without honking or anything.
Are people stupid? Does she want me to hit her? If someone is backing out of a parking spot THEN WAIT 2 SECONDS till they are out. I honked at her. BUt was fuming mad. I don't know how these people don't get hit. Because I am pretty sure that nobody else is backing out slowly like me.
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Last week BK and I saw two (2) outstandingly idiotic drivers-- one on the way to Smoke Haven, the other on the way back. It was beautiful. Details later. Got to run.
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I wanted to scream at a motorist today.
I was at the mall and trying to get out of my parking spot.
I always back out very slowly because I know drivers are stupid.
So I"m backing out super slow. I back out a tiny bit then look both ways. I back out a tiny bit more and look both ways. When I"m about 1/4 of the way out a car honks and zooms by. Okay fine the guy honked. Dumb on his part. But anyways. So i keep going. I'm a bit more out and a freaking idiot zooms by without honking or anything.
Are people stupid? Does she want me to hit her? If someone is backing out of a parking spot THEN WAIT 2 SECONDS till they are out. I honked at her. BUt was fuming mad. I don't know how these people don't get hit. Because I am pretty sure that nobody else is backing out slowly like me.
I also back out slowly because I can't see the oncoming cars. They should be watching for you as well, they just don't want to stop and wait for you. When I was hit in a parking lot the insurance company told me more accidents happen in lots, at least in our town, than anywhere else. My personal experience doesn't agree but obviously it happens a lot.
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Last week BK and I saw two (2) outstandingly idiotic drivers-- one on the way to Smoke Haven, the other on the way back. It was beautiful. Details later. Got to run.
;D
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Jennifer, that's why I rarely back out of spaces any more. If possible, I find where there are two spaces, one in front of the other, and drive through so I can pull straight out.
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I do the same whenever I can. It is easier on my neck & back as well.
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I've been watching the moon rise through the clouds.....simply beautiful.
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'night
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Jennifer, that's why I rarely back out of spaces any more. If possible, I find where there are two spaces, one in front of the other, and drive through so I can pull straight out.
I started doing that after my friend Betty was almost run over in a grocery parking lot by someone backing out of their space.
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I have a back up camera in my car and had one in my Prius too, I can't imagine not having it now, it helps with the people walking behind me in parking lots.
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Cincinnati and Louisville are tied, 24/24, with just over 11 minutes to go - c'mon, Bearcats!
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'night!
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I went ahead and sent in my letter to direct Angel Street this July....we shall see what happens. I almost didn't do it....but I certainly don't want it to be messed up....and if I miss my chance to be in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE....well, that's life!
I was offered the male lead in that show, but I turned it down to take a paid gig in a dinner theater production of CHAPTER TWO. Sometimes money proceeds art.
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MBarnum, the Indian food at lunch let me to watch Monsoon Wedding again last night. Great movie. Definitely not Bollywood, more like a Punjabi Robert Altman.
For some reason I just couldn't get into Monsoon Wedding. I might have to give it another try one day.
I am eager to see THE LIFE OF PI, which has a cast of Bollywood actors in it, although I think (?) it is a British film.
Watching the previews for this last night I noticed it is "based" on the book. I'm expecting a number of changes, which is fine with me.
I wonder if the tiger is a Bollywood actor?
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The things one learns from FB. Tom Skerritt is currently at our Medford airport.
He lives in Seattle.
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Hello, everyone! I got to DC around 11:30 yesterday morning to discover that the Capitol Hill Suites at present have no business center with computer access. Since I didn't take my laptop, I couldn't check in on the HHW goings on. By 5:00 yesterday, I'd been through all of the cartons of music for ROBERTA in the Jerome Kern Collection, I photocopied two scores I needed for the files, the copyright libretto for the show titled GoWNS BY ROBERTA, and looked at the copyright libretto for JUBILEE, which included the cut songs "Waltz Down the Aisle" and "Yours" and was missing "Mrs & Mrs Smith," "Just One Of Those Things," and "Swing That Swing."
Then, librarian Loras Schissel and I hit a Mexican restaurant for a wonderful dnner and large margaritas. I got back to the hotel around 7:30, watched an episode of THE MENTALIST and passed out around 9pm.
This morning I looked at the show music files for CHEE-CHEE, ROBERTA (film songs) and GOWNS BY ROBERTA (Broadway songs), photocopied the five songs from CHEE-CHEE, said goodbye toeveryone nd got to Union Station around 10:30, exchanged my ticket for the 11:02 train to New York, and got home about an hour ago.
I got an email from New World Records enclosing a review. Nigel Simeone gave the Herbert songs a fantastic and intelligent review in the new issue of the International Record Review that shows how condescending and ridiculous Steve Suskin of Playbill.com and Richard Traubner of the American Record Guide are as reviewers and what a large amount of gall they have to consider themselves music critics.
Great news, elmore. Congraulations on your successful trip and your rave review.
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I’ve just received DIAL M FOR MURDER from Amazon.com but for the first time in years I got caught by Customs. Goods of a value over the equivalent of about $24 are subject to tax. The package value was $31.47 including postage so I was landed with an additional charge of about $19, most of which was the Post Office handling charge, making it a very expensive BD indeed. Annoyingly a few days after I ordered it, Warner Bros announced a UK release date of Nov 12. So there was no need to import it at all. >:(
Interesting. I don't think that I've EVER had to pay customs for anything that I've ordered on-line from out of the US.
(That's because you don't live in England.)
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Back from a really fun meeting with agent Martin Gage of The Gage Group. I've known him for forty years. I promised him a year ago when he saw Lost and Unsung that I would give him There's Mel and then I just kept forgetting about it, so today I brought him that and Album Produced By. We had a nice chat and by the end of it, he signed me on as a client, for mostly directing, but he'll handle any writing deals should any come up and he'll get my books out to some film and TV people (especially the Hofstetter books). So, I have an agent for the first time since David and my agent left William Morris about eight years ago. He also has a huge client list, so we bandied about some names for Outside The Box. He's going to call one actor in particular about one of the episodes we're shooting next.
Fantastic!
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FRIDAY!!!
Very excited about the premiere of the new Outside the Box.....sounds like a perfect time/place for the PREMIERE. I hope you have a red carpet!!!
DR CILLA LIZ - great new avatar....whew! What a story. I hope Miss Callie is doing better today.
Yesterday sister Molly and husband Austin visited for awhile with one of their doggies....Lulu....a miniature Boston terrier....who is VERY FAT....didn't get pictures darn it! Precious looked her over and then went and hid until Lulu went home. I am thinking maybe her former owners got a new dog and that's when she was given the heave ho.....
Miss Callie is doing quite well now. I have to admit I'm pretty concerned about traveling at this point. I have had trouble in the past with both a live in cat sitter and boarding one of my cats. Now, I've had this problem. I'm not very trusting about leaving them with anyone
Maybe I should send Betzy your phone number. Since she no longer speaks to me, I doubt she will ever cat sit for me again - if I ever go anywhere again.
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I wanted to scream at a motorist today.
I was at the mall and trying to get out of my parking spot.
I always back out very slowly because I know drivers are stupid.
So I"m backing out super slow. I back out a tiny bit then look both ways. I back out a tiny bit more and look both ways. When I"m about 1/4 of the way out a car honks and zooms by. Okay fine the guy honked. Dumb on his part. But anyways. So i keep going. I'm a bit more out and a freaking idiot zooms by without honking or anything.
Are people stupid? Does she want me to hit her? If someone is backing out of a parking spot THEN WAIT 2 SECONDS till they are out. I honked at her. BUt was fuming mad. I don't know how these people don't get hit. Because I am pretty sure that nobody else is backing out slowly like me.
Yes, the driver probably did want you to hit them. As I found out last year, if you are backing up, regardless of any other circumstances involved, the accident is your fault!
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Back from a really fun time at the HTF event - saw our very own dear reader ChasSmith, Nick Redman and his ever-lovin' Julie Kirgo, Nick's Twilight Time partner Brian, and I met Ron Epstein who runs the HTF and a lot of really nice folks. Here's a big surprise though: former dear reader MattH was apparently there when I arrived - I don't know if this is coincidental or not, but before he could be pointed out to me he bolted and left, presumably to catch a flight home. So, I had no chance to pass on your well wishes, nor do I think he would have cared to hear them from me - which is, on the face of it, kind of nauseating but not unexpected.
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We are looking forward(?) to having rain on Halloween. Kids who live in the Pacific Northwet are used to having rain on Halloween.
I worry more about Halloween on the East Coast. The keep referring it to the Perfect Storm.
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Back from a really fun time at the HTF event - saw our very own dear reader ChasSmith, Nick Redman and his ever-lovin' Julie Kirgo, Nick's Twilight Time partner Brian, and I met Ron Epstein who runs the HTF and a lot of really nice folks. Here's a big surprise though: former dear reader MattH was apparently there when I arrived - I don't know if this is coincidental or not, but before he could be pointed out to me he bolted and left, presumably to catch a flight home. So, I had no chance to pass on your well wishes, nor do I think he would have cared to hear them from me - which is, on the face of it, kind of nauseating but not unexpected.
That is kind of what I figured would happen.
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After the Twilight Time talk Chas and I went next door where it was the first night of Monsterpalooza, a horror thing that happens every year. We got in for half price because it was so late. First I ran into the Outside The Box editor who was there with film composer Claudio Simonetti. Then we found dear reader Druxy and said hi. We traversed the room and then went back to say goodbye to Druxy when I ran into the wonderful Bert I. Gordon. I haven't seen him in a couple of years - we had a chat and we decided to go his favorite Chinese restaurant soon - Genghis Cohen, of course.
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Well, my work here is done.
G'night!
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Back from a really fun time at the HTF event - saw our very own dear reader ChasSmith, Nick Redman and his ever-lovin' Julie Kirgo, Nick's Twilight Time partner Brian, and I met Ron Epstein who runs the HTF and a lot of really nice folks. Here's a big surprise though: former dear reader MattH was apparently there when I arrived - I don't know if this is coincidental or not, but before he could be pointed out to me he bolted and left, presumably to catch a flight home. So, I had no chance to pass on your well wishes, nor do I think he would have cared to hear them from me - which is, on the face of it, kind of nauseating but not unexpected.
That is kind of what I figured would happen.
Silly, silly, silly (that is three sillys).
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Back from a really fun time at the HTF event - saw our very own dear reader ChasSmith, Nick Redman and his ever-lovin' Julie Kirgo, Nick's Twilight Time partner Brian, and I met Ron Epstein who runs the HTF and a lot of really nice folks. Here's a big surprise though: former dear reader MattH was apparently there when I arrived - I don't know if this is coincidental or not, but before he could be pointed out to me he bolted and left, presumably to catch a flight home. So, I had no chance to pass on your well wishes, nor do I think he would have cared to hear them from me - which is, on the face of it, kind of nauseating but not unexpected.
There's an old saying that if you think the worst of someone that is surely what you'll get.
Since you didn't see or meet him, and he did not see or meet you, I recommend you give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he would have been delighted to meet and speak with you.
I'm fairly certain this was not personal. He didn't think he'd be able to attend the Twilight Time gathering because of his evening flight, but he later found he could stay for some of it. Unless someone said he saw you and didn't want to meet you, which would be totally unlike him, please accept that his flight plans precluded your meeting.
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You know, I'd like to think that, and I'm sure he had to catch his flight, but according to dear reader ChasSmith we walked right by him when we arrived. I don't think it was much of a secret I was going to be there. Frankly, I would like to have talked to him and passed on the well wishes, but alas that was not to be.