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Well, you've read the notes, the notes went round and round and round, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they currently no longer believe the MOOyan calendar.
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And the word of the day is: FROUNCE!
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And here are our three new releases! They'll be live for ordering at six, but if you want them sooner you know what to do.
Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere limited edition soundtrack release – two great scores on one great CD:
HUD
Music Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein
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THE LONELY MAN
Music Composed and Conducted by Nathan Van Cleave
THE MAN WITH THE BARBED WIRE SOUL
Based on the 1961 novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry (The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment), Hud featured a powerhouse cast – including Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and Brandon de Wilde. With a great screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., direction by Martin Ritt, and striking black-and-white photography by the brilliant James Wong Howe, Hud leaps off the screen from first frame to last. Bosley Crowther’s review in The New York Times was typical, trumpeting Hud as the year’s “most powerful film.” The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won three – for Best Supporting Actress (the superb Patricia Neal), Best Supporting Actor (Melvyn Douglas) and Best Cinematography (James Wong Howe).
Elmer Bernstein’s score for Hud runs approximately six minutes, making it one of the shortest film scores ever. But what a six minutes it is – in fact, it’s perfection and just right for the film. Bernstein recorded his six minutes twice: once with a 12-piece ensemble, and then, a week later, re-orchestrated (by Bob Bain) for three guitars. Presumably the revision was at Ritt’s request for a smaller and even more intimate sound – which really was the right choice. The music is sparse, yes, but it’s potent every time it appears. There’s also some source music in the film – car radios, jukeboxes, records.
For this first ever release of the score to Hud, we present not only the film version of the score, but also the alternate version scored for chamber orchestra, as well as some source music cues. It was a wonderful discovery to find it on the session masters housed in the Paramount vaults, and the tapes were in excellent condition.
In looking for something to pair with Hud, we found a truly beautiful score by Nathan Van Cleave for the 1957 western The Lonely Man. Starring Jack Palance and Anthony Perkins (with a great supporting cast of character actors including Elisha Cook Jr., Robert Middleton, Neville Brand, Claude Akins and Lee Van Cleef), The Lonely Man is a stark and somber western about a former gunslinger and his attempts to do something for the son who hates him and from whom he’s been estranged for years. Well directed by Henry Levin (April Love, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Where the Boys Are, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm) and stunningly photographed in VistaVision and black-and-white by Lionel Lindon, The Lonely Man may not be well known today, but it’s a solid film and one well worth seeking out.
Nathan Van Cleave’s score is a major discovery, as you’ll hear on this CD. Van Cleave had been at Paramount for years, orchestrating some of their biggest hits. But he was also an expert composer, and over the years he turned in wonderful scores for such films as The Colossus of New York, The Space Children and Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and provided music for such classic TV shows as The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, Have Gun – Will Travel, Perry Mason and I Spy.
For The Lonely Man, Van Cleave came up with a beautiful main theme, for which Jack Brooks provided lyrics; Tennessee Ernie Ford sings the song in the film. The score has real depth and its secondary themes are dramatic, elegiac and poignant, giving the film a strong spine. The Lonely Man is a world premiere release on CD and is presented complete from tapes housed in the Paramount vaults. A few cues were taken from the music stem. We hope you’ll enjoy discovering this really terrific music.
Hud/The Lonely Man is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.
CDs will ship the second week of February. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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Here's release number two:
Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere limited edition soundtrack release – two great scores on one great CD:
HOT SPELL
Music Composed and Conducted by Alex North
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THE MATCHMAKER
Music Composed and Conducted by Adolph Deutsch
How many women star in their first movie at age fifty-four – and win an Oscar for doing so? Well, that’s what happened to Shirley Booth when she made her film debut for Paramount, reprising her Tony Award-winning role in William Inge’s Come Back, Little Sheba. Booth had already had a hugely successful theatre career and stage work is what she preferred, making only a total of five films before going on to become a TV star in the hit series Hazel. She made her final two films in 1958 and both of them are represented on this world premiere CD release.
Hot Spell had a powerhouse cast; in addition to Booth, the film starred Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, Earl Holliman and Eileen Heckart. The film’s screenplay by James Poe is clearly in Tennessee Williams and William Inge territory. Booth has a field day with her role – delusional, flighty, and eternally optimistic in the face of the drama around her. Quinn is powerful in his role as someone who doesn’t want to be clung to and whose mid-life crisis results in tragedy for everyone. MacLaine was wonderfully fresh and unique at this point in her career – there wasn’t anyone else quite like her working in movies – and Holliman and Heckart both shine.
The score for Hot Spell was by the brilliant Alex North. By that point in his career, North had been composing for Hollywood films since 1951, when he came out swinging with three incredible scores – The 13th Letter, A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman (he received Oscar nominations for both Streetcar and Salesman). North’s Hot Spell score is all yearning, delusion and heartbreak. His music brilliantly illuminates the drama and the characters – their hopes, their dreams, their heartaches. Thanks to North and the actors (as well as the excellent writing and directing), what could have easily devolved into a melodramatic potboiler becomes a compelling character-driven drama.
Shirley Booth’s other star turn that year was the polar opposite of Hot Spell: the delightful film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s popular stage success, The Matchmaker. Paramount brought it to the screen, starring Booth as Dolly Gallagher Levi, Paul Ford as Horace Vandergelder, Anthony Perkins as Cornelius, Shirley MacLaine as Irene, and Robert Morse reprising his stage role as Barnaby. The screenplay was by the great John Michael Hayes (Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much) and the film was directed by Joseph Anthony, who, the year before, had brought the play The Rainmaker to the screen for Paramount. Of course, it would be just a few years later when The Matchmaker would undergo yet another transformation, this time being turned into a big, splashy hit Broadway musical, Hello, Dolly!
Helping the fun immeasurably is the score by Adolph Deutsch, which captures the homespun Americana beautifully. His music includes quotes from traditional music of the era (“Buffalo Gals”), but is also filled with his own wonderful, melodic themes. Deutsch wittily underscores the monologues of various characters delivered straight to the camera, or budding love, and Dolly’s machinations to bring everyone together in blissful happiness – including her own. Adolph Deutsch was a really unsung film composer, especially considering the large number of huge hit films he worked on. Although his name is not that well known today, he wrote some absolutely stellar scores during his long career, including the music for such all-time classics as They Drive by Night, High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, The Mask of Dimitrios, Father of the Bride, Tea and Sympathy, Some Like it Hot and The Apartment.
So, two great Golden Age scores – one steamy and tragic, one charming and delightful – by two great composers: Alex North and Adolph Deutsch.
Hot Spell/The Matchmaker is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.
CDs will ship the second week of February. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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And release number three - an Encore Edition so if you have the two CD set from two years ago, you don't need this one.
IF YOU’VE GOT A TASTE FOR TERROR… TAKE CARRIE TO THE PROM
Kritzerland is proud to present a very special limited edition soundtrack CD – an Encore Edition for:
CARRIE
Music Composed and Conducted by Pino Donaggio
In 1976, director Brian De Palma had already established a reputation as a cult director of such films as Greetings, Hi, Mom, and more importantly, Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, and Obsession. But it was his film of Stephen King’s classic, best-selling first novel, Carrie, that would catapult him into major director status. Many directors have tackled Stephen King, including King himself, all to varying degrees of success, but Carrie is the film that leads the pack.
De Palma got everything right – the casting (an amazing group of actors, including Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, P.J. Soles, and Betty Buckley), the adaptation by Lawrence D. Cohen, the art direction (Jack Fisk and Bill Kenney), camerawork (Mario Tosi), editing (Paul Hirsch) – everything just came together magically and perfectly. The film works so well because there is not only great horror (as to be expected), but also a large helping of emotion and pathos (thanks to Sissy Spacek’s affecting and brilliant performance as Carrie). There is a depth to the characterizations that elevate the film way beyond a simple scary movie. The film also has a sly sense of humor and it’s just fun in a way horror films seldom are – thrills, chills, laughs, and one of the most amazing jump-out-of-your seat scares in the history of cinema.
Horror films are rarely nominated for Academy Awards, but Carrie was one of the exceptions with Sissy Spacek getting a Best Actress nod and Piper Laurie getting one for Best Supporting Actress. Over the years, the film has never lost on iota of its popularity, thanks to numerous releases on every home video format, most recently on Blu-ray.
Of all the decisions De Palma made, one of the most important was choosing Pino Donaggio as composer. De Palma had used Bernard Herrmann on two of his films – Sisters and Obsession, but Herrmann had passed away in 1975. In 1976, Donaggio only had one major film to his credit, but his score to that film was masterful – Nicholas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now. However De Palma came to choose Donaggio, it was a perfect marriage of composer and film. Donaggio’s score hits all the right notes – he brings out every emotion and all the subtext, with great suspense and horror music, plaintive and yearning music for the character of Carrie, two songs for the prom sequence (with lyrics by Merritt Malloy) that help make that sequence so magical and memorable, and light and infectious music for the calisthenics sequence and the scene at the tux shop. It is, in fact, a perfect score, a masterpiece of film scoring, with unforgettable themes that capture every nuance of the film.
United Artists released the soundtrack album on LP. It was an odd presentation in that almost all of the music was from the film’s second half, save for the main title sequence (which was repeated verbatim at the end of the album). The album ran thirty-five minutes. That LP was released twice on CD – first by Ryko (with dialogue snippets included to pad out the running time), and then by Varese Sarabande (with the dialogue snippets gone). Ryko used the album master, and the Varese was a clone of the Ryko release (the pop songs used in the film were not available to them or to us).
For this very special Encore Edition, we are pleased to present what was CD 1 of our previous 2-CD release (the second CD was simply the third release of the LP tracks and we are not including that disc in this 1-CD release) – the complete score to Carrie – every note of great music, in film order, remixed from the original sixteen track session tapes housed in the MGM vaults. We also found two instrumentals of the songs, which we’ve included as bonus tracks.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.
CD will ship the second week of February – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early).
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BK, those sound like some wonderful scores. I need to balance my checkbook so I'll order the new 2-score CDs later today. :)
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Morning all.
That is all.
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good morning to all
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When was this thing supposed to happen?
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I have to agree with BK about the over promoting of the film version of Les Miz. From what I have experienced in the past when a film gets too much promotion there is usually something wrong.
Also not mentioned in BK review is that a lot of the songs have been truncated for the film version. I never been a Les Miz fanatic as I think the score is not one of the greats for reasons I have mentioned here before
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We're still here.
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Good morning, all.
Vibes for Vixmom, Cillaliz and Mikey -- and everyone.
Running late today. And it's cold here. I imagine it is most everywhere else. So, stay warm.
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;D
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Good morning.
Good holiday cheer.
Off to work today and tomorrow and then 3 days off. Yea. ;D
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Mega vibes everyone. ;)
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TOD:
I will probably be renting one of more of these for weekend viewing:
ARBATRAGE
THE WORDS
KILLER JOE
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Friday morning greetings! Snowy and blowy here in SW Ohio today. We have a dusting of the white stuff, but traffic seems to be moving OK on Central Avenue, which I can see from here at my desk. I've even seen school busses, so Middletown must be in session today.
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Good morning!
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Good morning, all.
Coffee! If you please.
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CD's ordered.....but only two of them.....money being what it is right now.
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Temps in the 20's, snow on the ground and the roads, and lots of wind....I guess it's not the end of the world, it's winter time.
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I enjoyed reading MR BK's thoughts on Les Miz......if it ever opens, I will probably see it.....
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Temps in the 20's, snow on the ground and the roads, and lots of wind....I guess it's not the end of the world, it's winter time.
In Cincinnati, you'd think they were the same thing! When there's snow in the forecast, the supermarkets are mobbed and the bread and milk shelves are bare.
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I've never been a LES MIZ fanatic either, and I came to getting to know the thing way later than BK or anyone else did, and I only did so by playing keyboard in the "school version" -- which turned out to be version enough for yrs truly, thank you very much. (I think there are three keyboard books in the Broadway version and two in this one? Whatever it was, they only had me so I had to pick and choose, and there was never a dull moment.)
Anyhoo, I came to like and appreciate most of it, but I never got over finding certain passages overlong and tedious, although that could very likely be attributed to the production I was subjected to. I've never gone to see another one. Haven't even watched the televised one(s) except for snatches here and there. I take comfort in knowing that, should I eventually want to properly immerse myself in it, there's no end of resources out there.
So am I interested in this film? I might have been, at least enough to go see it once in a theater, had we not already been through this grotesque show of over-promotion, and (of course) had I not heard the reports of people I trust. I probably will stick my head in and see if I want to watch it, as it doesn't cost me a cent now to see anything now at the local plex since a close friend is one of the managers. I can sample or sit through any damned thing I want, as often as I want. As for when this might happen, who the hell knows! -- for all the previewing, I don't think I've heard a peep as to when it will finally get here.
On top of everything else, I'm sorry to hear about the audio quality and balance. As I'm understanding it from what BK describes ... I HATE THAT in films and recordings.
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Good morning, all! I slept very late, and now that I'm moving, I'm not sure what I will do today.
I need to make a bank trip, stop at a market, and spend the rest of the day tidying up. The apartment is quite a mess. I'l put on some holiday music for company.
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Here are some photos of the appliance reveal yesterday. The guys from Lowe's were most helpful and efficient.
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Mac OS 10.6.8 fallout - my printer and my computer are no longer on speaking terms. Have to get that resolved today...
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DR JRand, your sister looks very happy with her new appliances. I know how exciting it is to get ONE at a time - can't imagine having all new ones all at once!
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Looks like a job well done, DR Jrand62!
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DR Ginny, just keep that white stuff over there in the great Midwest, if you don't mind. (Thanks in advance.) :)
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Nice photos,. Jrand!
Trivia: The Dryer and The Washing Machine were characters in CAROLINE OR CHANGE, and had memorable musical numbers.
Indeed, here's the cast list. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=11975
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***Thinking very good thoughts for Cillaliz***
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Great photos, JRand. She seems really happy.
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***Thinking very good thoughts for Cillaliz***
Same from here
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TOD:
DVD: A Cat in Paris, A Christmas Story, The Thin Man
CD: Various and sundry Christmas albums, a Johnny Mathis disc on which he sings a lot of Broadway.
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CDs ordered!
(Oy! DR Jrand62 properly balances his checkbook like the world wasn't ending sometime today. I, on the other hand, have been spreading it around like the Russians were in Jersey.)
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***Thinking very good thoughts for Cillaliz***
Same from here
And here!
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The three titles have been announced - it took quite awhile because it was - three titles. Now we can only pray we get a LOT of orders.
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
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And the word of the day is: FROUNCE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: RIBBONS DOWN MY BACK
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The weirdest thing just happened (which I think happened one other time as well):
I typed the above post, hit "post", and found myself at a login screen. Entered name and password, and got a message to the effect that I can't post here. Then I clicked on my usual bookmark, found I was still logged in (of course), and all was well.
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So, it's like 9 a.m. where Cillaliz is, right? Now she just has to wait.
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So, it's like 9 a.m. where Cillaliz is, right? Now she just has to wait.
I'm thinking it's 8:00 where she is, but I might be wrong. Where exactly is she?
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But whatever time it is there,
VIBES to CILLA!!!
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She's in Iowa. It's 8 a.m. here where I am -- Phoenix.
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She's in Iowa. It's 8 a.m. here where I am -- Phoenix.
My mistake! I was thinking Idaho. :o
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I'm sure she'll let us know before anyone -- even her mother.
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So, DR ChasSmith never got his bacon cheeseburger yesterday. :(
Isn't that sad?
Today, however, I will be in the vicinity of a Shake Shack. I haven't had one of their incredible burgers in several months. (It really is a good thing I don't live close to one.) They don't do bacon, but the quality of everything (except for their surprisingly average fries, which is why I don't waste any stomach capacity on fries) more than makes up for that.
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TOD
Blu-ray: "A Turtle's Tale; Sammy's Adventures" which I bought because it has the most fantastic 3D effects ever!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continued Vibes for DR cillaliz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good Weekend Vibes for All! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!
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TOD
Blu-ray: "A Turtle's Tale; Sammy's Adventures" which I bought because it has the most fantastic 3D effects ever!
I'll eventually get around to ordering that, DR Doug R.
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Loved Peter Filichia's column today. I almost bought the book he talks about for a friend of mine for Christmas. Now I plan to buy her a copy and pick up one for myself.
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Enjoyed the radio show.....DR MBARNUM have you listened to it yet? The subject is a friend of yours.
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Fun snap shots, DR JRand! Just like a Westinghouse magazine advertisement
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Thanks for the comments on the photos......yes she loved them.....they are very nice.
Dryer is scratch and dent - washer was a return because "customer did not like" - but they had both been checked and refurbished....so we got both of them for the price of one of them. The dent in the dryer faces the wall, so it is not even visible....
Would like to have afforded a higher end range, but there were no S/D ones available.....and no S/D fridges either.....
I guess I am too much of a bargain shopper.
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Fun snap shots, DR JRand! Just like a Westinghouse magazine advertisement
Just like....except the fridge door opens!
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Enjoyed the radio show.....DR MBARNUM have you listened to it yet? The subject is a friend of yours.
Thanks for reminding me, DR JRand. I do need to listen to that. Charles is a very nice guy and also, very, very talented...as of course, was his mom.
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Fun snap shots, DR JRand! Just like a Westinghouse magazine advertisement
Just like....except the fridge door opens!
LOL!
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Thanks for the comments on the photos......yes she loved them.....they are very nice.
Dryer is scratch and dent - washer was a return because "customer did not like" - but they had both been checked and refurbished....so we got both of them for the price of one of them. The dent in the dryer faces the wall, so it is not even visible....
Would like to have afforded a higher end range, but there were no S/D ones available.....and no S/D fridges either.....
I guess I am too much of a bargain shopper.
Me too. It is always hard to pay full price when you know you can get it cheaper.
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Nice photos,. Jrand!
Trivia: The Dryer and The Washing Machine were characters in CAROLINE OR CHANGE, and had memorable musical numbers.
Indeed, here's the cast list. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=11975
Perhaps ours can audition for a community production of the show!
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TOD:
CD:
I am hooked on a new favorite singer by the name of Victor Turpin. He is from Columbia and now resides in Los Angeles. He is also a budding actor (he was the guy in that St. Patrick's Day clip I posted yesterday). I have been playing his CD everyday for the last week. He has the kind of deep singing voice that I love.
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Time to make the
donuts gingerbread!
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And if you would like to hear (and see ;) ) Victor Turpin (be carefull, he is shirtless in part of this music video), just click on this youtube video to see one of his songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZJvSsbJ4I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZJvSsbJ4I)
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Page 3 Painting dance.
My sister Paula illustrates where my latest painting will hang at the new house.
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I liked your elf video from yesterday DR MBARNUM.
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Filichia column is GREAT!
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They have made three arrests in the Indianapolis south side house explosion that killed two neighbors......
They arrested the homeowner, her live in boyfriend, and his brother.....
Microwave was connected to the gas fireplace - timer activated by remote control by the brother from his van later in the day after gas from the fireplace had filled the house.....while the other two were at a local casino....
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Charges include murder......
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That is a beautiful painting, DR JRand! I did not even know you painted. I would like to see more!
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Charges include murder......
Kind of shocking that they thought they could get away with something like that. Don't they ever watch any of those CSI type shows?!
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Ah yes MOST EXCELLENT Filichia on Friday.
http://www.kritzerland.com/filichia.htm
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Here's an update from my cousin who lives in Japan:
"Well, we made it to the 22nd..."
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Charges include murder......
Kind of shocking that they thought they could get away with something like that. Don't they ever watch any of those CSI type shows?!
They were desperate and certainly thought all evidence would be destroyed.....the blast leveled at least two homes and 33 other homes in the subdivision have to be razed.....
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Here's an update from my cousin who lives in Japan:
"Well, we made it to the 22nd..."
Just giving us a false sense of security.
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I used three of my paintings in BLITHE SPIRIT a couple of years ago...
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My paintings are always "after" something......including film posters and photos.....
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
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Aw, I'm sorry, Cillaliz. But now that you have interviewed once, I bet they will remember you for the future.
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There are lots of actors on this site. I'm sure they will all tell you to try again.
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
Great thinking! But you know......MANY times for one reason or another, the first choice doesn't work out.... Just sayin'
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I was very pleased with the elimination on Project Runway All Stars last night.....although they should have sent BOTH of the bottom two home as far as I am concerned.
Hopefully the one who was kept won't be around much longer.
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TOD:
CD:
I am hooked on a new favorite singer by the name of Victor Turpin. He is from Columbia and now resides in Los Angeles. He is also a budding actor (he was the guy in that St. Patrick's Day clip I posted yesterday). I have been playing his CD everyday for the last week. He has the kind of deep singing voice that I love.
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You are the only person I know who judges a book and a CD by its cover!
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It's really ok. I am a little disappointed, but not too much. I really do love my clients and I would have missed them....and Edith! I'm kind of surprised I"m not more upset about it.
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
This means you are meant for better things in the future.
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There are lots of actors on this site. I'm sure they will all tell you to try again.
Well, the difference is the work that this position does as opposed to the work other judges do. There are very few associate district court judges, so the openings don't come around very often and probably won't again for years. There are occasionally district court judge openings, but they do lots of divorces, probate and civil cases, stuff I'm not really interested in. That's why I say I'm not sure I would apply. They judges encouraged me to apply in the future, it just depends what the job involves before I would consider it
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Good thinking.
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
This means you are meant for better things in the future.
Precisely!!!
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DR CILLA LIZ - I think you would find the press conference from the Marion County Prosecutor very interesting if it's online anywhere....I will look for it.....
The homeowner and her live in boyfriend have also been charged in conspiracy because they tried to do the same thing the weekend before.....but were unsuccessful.....
This link might work
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/monserrate-shirley-mark-leonard-robert-leonard-arrested-in-deadly-indianapolis-home-explosion
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W I D E S C R E E N
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DVD - The Edgar Ulmer Collection.....most entertaining....especially the interview with Ulmer's daughter explaining how she finally came into possession of the elements of THE DAUGHTER OF DR JEKYLL.
Her father had had a partial interest in the film when it was released by Allied Artists.....whose library eventually came to be owned by Warner Bros.....and she would get reports now and then that NEW PRINTS were being struck and freight for transportation had to be paid up until the late 1990's....so her share of the JEKYLL profits were about $8 or $9 per year....
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Interesting JRand. Pretty stupid criminals, but interesting :)
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That is a beautiful painting, DR JRand! I did not even know you painted. I would like to see more!
Yes. More, please.
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It's really ok. I am a little disappointed, but not too much. I really do love my clients and I would have missed them....and Edith! I'm kind of surprised I"m not more upset about it.
That's a great attitude to have. I would like to learn how to have it.
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It's really ok. I am a little disappointed, but not too much. I really do love my clients and I would have missed them....and Edith! I'm kind of surprised I"m not more upset about it.
That's a great attitude to have. I would like to learn how to have it.
Likewise!
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Holy MOOley -- the Kritzerland CDs from just a couple of days ago are here! :) :) :)
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It's really ok. I am a little disappointed, but not too much. I really do love my clients and I would have missed them....and Edith! I'm kind of surprised I"m not more upset about it.
That's a great attitude to have. I would like to learn how to have it.
If this had been my dream job and not something I hadn't even thought about applying for before December 1st, when I first heard about it, I'm sure I wouldn't feel this way. Or if I didn't have a practice that I do enjoy....etc.
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Okay, off to run me some errands and have me some Shake Shack -- at their lovely Westport, CT location which is large, attractive, comfortable, with lots of parking and practically no lines! :)
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Okay, off to run me some errands and have me some Shake Shack -- at their lovely Westport, CT location which is large, attractive, comfortable, with lots of parking and practically no lines! :)
I wanna go!
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I'm up again - got another couple hours of sleep. Have printed out all the orders thus far and hope for LOTS more.
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Nice paintings. I wish I had talent in that area, but I'm hopeless.
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I agree that Cilla has better things waiting - that's what this sort of thing usually means.
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Waiting for the local dealer.
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TOD:
CD:
I am hooked on a new favorite singer by the name of Victor Turpin. He is from Columbia and now resides in Los Angeles. He is also a budding actor (he was the guy in that St. Patrick's Day clip I posted yesterday). I have been playing his CD everyday for the last week. He has the kind of deep singing voice that I love.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H3gKt7T0L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
You are the only person I know who judges a book and a CD by its cover!
Well, in a strange about face, I happened to hear Victor Turpin as a singer before I ever saw what he looked like. It is true! LOL!
I only saw him in the flesh, so to speak, when he appeared on the sitcom HAPPILY DIVORCED the other week. I saw the credits and realized that he was the singer I was so fond of.
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
This means you are meant for better things in the future.
Precisely!!!
And if I might add, the work that you are currently doing is very important and I love your devotion to it.
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Their loss, DR Cillaliz. Your attitude is great!
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This is sad news:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/nyregion/spencer-cox-aids-activist-dies-at-44.html?_r=0
In summer 1988, Spencer was my intern at The Drama Book Shop. He was funny, sassy, energetic, and through him I met Anthony Rapp and playwright Jonathan Sherman, who had gone to school with him. On his last day of work, before he went back to Bennington, I took him to see the John Waters film "Hairspray." I lost touch with him although I knew he'd become an AIDS activist. What's sad is to have thought someone was dead only to learn that they were still alive and you might have spent time with them before their end.
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DR ELMORE did you know Schorling Schneider an actor who lived in NYC for many years.....he was also an AIDS activist particularly with Equity.....
He was also instrumental in helping establish the VITA program for Equity....the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
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Nice paintings. I wish I had talent in that area, but I'm hopeless.
Thank you - I am sure you recognize the inspiration for the FACE painting.....
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Happy "end of all things" day...and happier "new beginnings" day!
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DR Elmore - sorry to hear about your former intern...
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DR ELMORE did you know Schorling Schneider an actor who lived in NYC for many years.....he was also an AIDS activist particularly with Equity.....
No, DR JRand62, I didn't. I had several friends from the Book Shop and Men's Chorus who were heavily involved with ACT UP. I have a memory of talking on the phone to Spencer around 1990-1992, when I learned that he was positive - someone from the Book Shop might have told me - but we lost touch after that, and I had honestly thought for the past 10 years or so that he had died.
After a while, you just assume that someone you knew was positive has passed on if a space of time has gone when you hear nothing from them, although in Spencer's case, if I had been au courant on the AIDS issue, I would have known he was still around. Between 1982 and 2012, I've lost too many friends to that damned plague. We living must tell their stories, sing their praises, and insure that they are not forgotten or overlooked.
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Sorry to read about your friend's death, Elmore.
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The End of the World people are now saying "It's not midnight yet." So, I wonder if after midnight they'll just come up with their next excuse.
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Dealer has come and gone.
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In about thirty minutes I'll head over to the editing room. Then I'll be back here by two for caramels delivery.
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The End of the World people are now saying "It's not midnight yet." So, I wonder if after midnight they'll just come up with their next excuse.
I would like to know what time zone they refer to! I have to plan.
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BK, those sound like some wonderful scores. I need to balance my checkbook so I'll order the new 2-score CDs later today. :)
The two new CDs have been ordered!
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Thoughts and prayers for you and his friends and family.....
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The End of the World people are now saying "It's not midnight yet." So, I wonder if after midnight they'll just come up with their next excuse.
I would like to know what time zone they refer to! I have to plan.
GMT - Greenwich Mountain Time
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The End of the World people are now saying "It's not midnight yet." So, I wonder if after midnight they'll just come up with their next excuse.
I would like to know what time zone they refer to! I have to plan.
GMT - Greenwich Mountain Time
But I'm supposed to have dinner after that.
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Wouldn't the joke be on the Mayans if the world has actually already ended? It might take millions of years to actually kill everything off.
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!!!!! 5 !!!!!
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And the laundry is finished!
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News Headline!
"WORLD ENDS IN TACOMA. NO ONE NOTICES!"
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She's in Iowa. It's 8 a.m. here where I am -- Phoenix.
My mistake! I was thinking Idaho. :o
Phoenix is in Idaho? No wonder my friend in Sun City is so unhappy!
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
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I'm ready for something with gin in it.
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I have to agree with BK about the over promoting of the film version of Les Miz. From what I have experienced in the past when a film gets too much promotion there is usually something wrong.
Also not mentioned in BK review is that a lot of the songs have been truncated for the film version. I never been a Les Miz fanatic as I think the score is not one of the greats for reasons I have mentioned here before
Also, the recording is only being released as a single CD. I got an announcement e-mail from dresscircle.co.uk and they had this notice in their e-mail:
We know of no plans for a full recording to be made available in the near future. This is the highlights CD.
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And if you would like to hear (and see ;) ) Victor Turpin (be carefull, he is shirtless in part of this music video), just click on this youtube video to see one of his songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZJvSsbJ4I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZJvSsbJ4I)
Very nice! And he's a pretty good singer, too.
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Shameless act of self-promotion. A friend sent me this photo of my book as present among her presents.
(http://www.savorsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/FOOD-LOVERS.jpg)
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DR John G - I think you have your Christmas card photo for next year!
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Gingerbread cut out, baked, cooled, and packed in a tin - check!
Shortbread cut out, baked, cooling, and waiting to be iced and decorated tomorrow - check!
Have I earned some sitting & knitting time?
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Wow - I just learned on Facebook that someone from my former workplace for whom I had ZERO respect is retiring at the end of the month!
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This is sad news:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/nyregion/spencer-cox-aids-activist-dies-at-44.html?_r=0
In summer 1988, Spencer was my intern at The Drama Book Shop. He was funny, sassy, energetic, and through him I met Anthony Rapp and playwright Jonathan Sherman, who had gone to school with him. On his last day of work, before he went back to Bennington, I took him to see the John Waters film "Hairspray." I lost touch with him although I knew he'd become an AIDS activist. What's sad is to have thought someone was dead only to learn that they were still alive and you might have spent time with them before their end.
Larry, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.
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DR John G - I think you have your Christmas card photo for next year!
Agreed! That's a great picture. :)
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Wow - I just learned on Facebook that someone from my former workplace for whom I had ZERO respect is retiring at the end of the month!
And how does that make you feel?
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Wow - I just learned on Facebook that someone from my former workplace for whom I had ZERO respect is retiring at the end of the month!
And how does that make you feel?
Well, not like going back, but hopeful that they'll hire someone who's not such a twerp.
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Nice photo DR JOHN G.
LOL DR GINNY - I think you should go to the party and make comments under your breath as the proceedings unfold.
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
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Tonight at 10:50 p.m. on Antenna TV - The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - THE JAR!!!
I meant to type Greenwich MAYAN Time in my other post.....but I didn't so the joke wasn't there.
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DR Elmore, that is a shame about your former intern. :-\
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I think everyone should see SANTA CLAUS!!!
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
I have not seen this classic either, but I do love that eyeball that looks like a martini olive.
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
I have not seen this classic either, but I do love that eyeball that looks like a martini olive.
Here's looking at you, kid!
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I was wrong -- SO WRONG -- about Shake Shack not doing bacon. You can get it on anything. But not only that, the SmokeShack (which includes it) is to die for: "cheeseburger topped with Niman Ranch all-natural applewood smoked bacon, chopped cherry pepper and ShackSauce".
Scroll down for menu:
http://www.shakeshack.com/location/westport/
I ate one of the above (single), and one double cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, onions. Impossible to say that one is better than the other. This is bliss. And if I hadn't had to get back on the road because of extremely heavy traffic and obligations this evening, I would have eaten a third something or other like the glutton I am.
While I was eating, a Pat La Frieda truck (meat purveyor to the ye gods) made a delivery. I wanted to hold up that truck.
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
There are no words...really, no words! :-X
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Nice photo DR JOHN G.
LOL DR GINNY - I think you should go to the party and make comments under your breath as the proceedings unfold.
Apparently, the party was today and one of my FB friends posted a photo. I was not invited...
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Oh even more of a reason to attend....that's what I always say!
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DR JRand, your sister looks very happy with her new appliances. I know how exciting it is to get ONE at a time - can't imagine having all new ones all at once!
DITTO!
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I'm sure she'll let us know before anyone -- even her mother.
;D I hope so.
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The dent in the dryer faces the wall, so it is not even visible....
When I got my new washing machine & dryer I was doing the paperwork to purchase the floor model for the washer when the saleswomen took the time to verify I had noticed all of the scratches and dents. I was so busy looking at the top of the machine I hadn't noticed the large area of dents and scratches in the bottom front of the machine. It was going to be far too visible from where I am sitting right now & so I passed on the good deal.
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Six!
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Page 3 Painting dance.
My sister Paula illustrates where my latest painting will hang at the new house.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/PutnamPlayhouse/DSC00622_640x480_zpsbe7fe5e2.jpg)
It looks perfect there. You are multi-talented.
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Here's an update from my cousin who lives in Japan:
"Well, we made it to the 22nd..."
:)
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Charges include murder......
Kind of shocking that they thought they could get away with something like that. Don't they ever watch any of those CSI type shows?!
They were desperate and certainly thought all evidence would be destroyed.....the blast leveled at least two homes and 33 other homes in the subdivision have to be razed.....
Desperate..... interesting. Does this mean they kind of had a good reason to murder the neighbors.
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
As always your attitude is excellent. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't pick you.
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There are lots of actors on this site. I'm sure they will all tell you to try again.
;D
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It's really ok. I am a little disappointed, but not too much. I really do love my clients and I would have missed them....and Edith! I'm kind of surprised I"m not more upset about it.
That says a lot.
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DR JRand, your sister looks very happy with her new appliances. I know how exciting it is to get ONE at a time - can't imagine having all new ones all at once!
DITTO!
Ditto, too!!
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DR CILLA LIZ - I think you would find the press conference from the Marion County Prosecutor very interesting if it's online anywhere....I will look for it.....
The homeowner and her live in boyfriend have also been charged in conspiracy because they tried to do the same thing the weekend before.....but were unsuccessful.....
This link might work
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/monserrate-shirley-mark-leonard-robert-leonard-arrested-in-deadly-indianapolis-home-explosion
I get it now, desperate for money. They didn't plan to kill anyone. Isn't that called manslaughter?
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My interview went really well this morning, but they didn't pick me. They picked the woman who doesn't live around here. So, that means that I'm going to get a nice vacation next week and will work on moving forward with some changes around the office that Edith and I have been discussing. I'm really ok with this. The whole process was really a good thing for me. It made me think about where I am, what I'm doing and how successful I am right now. I was encouraged to apply for a judicial position in the future. Don't know if I'll do that or not. I guess time will tell,
This means you are meant for better things in the future.
Precisely!!!
And if I might add, the work that you are currently doing is very important and I love your devotion to it.
Ditto!
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What's sad is to have thought someone was dead only to learn that they were still alive and you might have spent time with them before their end.
I'm doubly sorry for your loss.
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Happy "end of all things" day...and happier "new beginnings" day!
:)
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Shameless act of self-promotion. A friend sent me this photo of my book as present among her presents.
Nice pic. The cover of your book always puts me in the mood for good Mexican food, or should that be Tex Mex food :)
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DR John G - I think you have your Christmas card photo for next year!
Good idea.
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Gingerbread cut out, baked, cooled, and packed in a tin - check!
Yum!
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
There are no words...really, no words! :-X
LOL DR George, which may be why I didn't dare open it (sorry DR MBarnum).
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http://www.jibjab.com/originals/2012_the_end_is_here?utm_campaign=YIR+2012+URL+Copy&utm_medium=Share&utm_source=JibJab
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DR elmore I saw this on FB & think you will appreciate it even if you don't have a dog.
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/198455_408015479273185_1303634198_n.jpg)
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LOL Jane that's great!
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Well, my mood has gone from "I'm ok" to being ticked off to hurt and all over the map today. I went shopping for something for mom and ran into one of the commissioners, she told me I was their first choice from the first ballot all the way through (this was the round of 16 interviewees). She said some very nice things and made me feel really good.
Then I got an email from one of the judges' court reporters telling me she hopes I apply for a district court judgeship or a federal judgeship. I don't want either of those jobs and told the judges that. So I'm beginning to think that they decided I'd try for a higher position later. I guess I wasn't speaking English when I told them I didn't want to be another judge I wanted to be this judge.
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Back from the editing room, picking up some packages, and no important envelope (different important envelope - the old important envelope is not an issue anymore, because its contents are now being paid direct into my account, which is much easier), then taking possession of ten boxes of Jane Lanier's caramels (she recommended them to be in the refrigerator until given out. I then had a visit from muse Margaret's husband, and I gave him a box of caramels to take home. The eight other boxes are now in the fridge, with the ninth box out and ready for my taste bud delectation.
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I had a quesadilla and a cup of soup for lunch.
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Edith and I did have a good talk this afternoon. We're going to make some changes in what we do, I'll stick to immigration for sure, but may be making some other changes to get some more lucrative cases. But for now I'm on vacation
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Then I went to transfer the compressed and uncompressed files to the computer and they weren't on the hard drive. In fact, the entire Quick Time folder was missing, so something obviously went awry. I had him You Send It the compressed, in case I want to show it at the partay, and next Wednesday we'll put it on the hard drive again.
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Thanks for all your support today. The funny thing is it really is for the best. I just don't like the way it happened.
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Well, my mood has gone from "I'm ok" to being ticked off to hurt and all over the map today. I went shopping for something for mom and ran into one of the commissioners, she told me I was their first choice from the first ballot all the way through (this was the round of 16 interviewees). She said some very nice things and made me feel really good.
Then I got an email from one of the judges' court reporters telling me she hopes I apply for a district court judgeship or a federal judgeship. I don't want either of those jobs and told the judges that. So I'm beginning to think it wasn't just that the woman who got it goes hunting and fishing with the judge in charge of the whole process but that they decided I'd try for a higher position later. I guess I wasn't speaking English when I told them I didn't want to be another judge I wanted to be this judge.
The compliments that hurt. I'm sorry.
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Edith and I did have a good talk this afternoon. We're going to make some changes in what we do, I'll stick to immigration for sure, but may be making some other changes to get some more lucrative cases. But for now I'm on vacation
Wishes and vibes you will be glad you didn't get the job!!!
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Thanks for all your support today. The funny thing is it really is for the best. I just don't like the way it happened.
At least you had time for your first reaction before hearing why you didn't get it.
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Thanks for all your support today. The funny thing is it really is for the best. I just don't like the way it happened.
At least you had time for your first reaction before hearing why you didn't get it.
Well, I don't really know why I didn't get it. I've heard a couple different things, but that's really irrelevant. The fact is I didn't. I do really believe it's for the best and I'll be fine with it as soon as I get done being ticked off :)
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That Jib-Jab thing is really helping me no be ticked off.
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DR Cillaliz, I didn't want to be a downer earlier, but wanted to tell you not to be surprised to be blindsided by these kind of feelings later. In December of 2000 I applied for, and didn't get, a branch manager position. Thought I was fine with it until spring of the following year when I was passed over for a position I really didn't want, but at that time I mourned heavily over the branch manager position.
Be kind to yourself and enjoy your vacation!
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Oh, I knew I was putting on a brave face for part of the day. I wanted to personally tell the people who supported me so I did that. I knew once the day was over, my brave face would give way.
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http://www.jibjab.com/originals/2012_the_end_is_here?utm_campaign=YIR+2012+URL+Copy&utm_medium=Share&utm_source=JibJab
That was very funny, TCB!
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I also must admit I was kind of pleased to hear that lots of lawyers are really upset that she is the new judge. A lot of people said she was impossible to work with as a lawyer and they can't believe that she got the job. Catty I know, but sometimes catty feels good
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Ok, I'm off to visit the new coffee house/bar/art space/music venue that a friend opened a couple weeks ago. Tomorrow I have two parties to go to so I'll be seeing lots of people. It should be a good time.
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Thanks for all your support today. The funny thing is it really is for the best. I just don't like the way it happened.
At least you had time for your first reaction before hearing why you didn't get it.
Well, I don't really know why I didn't get it. I've heard a couple different things, but that's really irrelevant. The fact is I didn't. I do really believe it's for the best and I'll be fine with it as soon as I get done being ticked off :)
True you don't really know, only what was mentioned. It was enough though to tick you off ;)
With everything that disappoints there is a normal emotional process to go through & that is ok. I have no doubt you will be fine. It is always nice to have a place to vent express your feelings. :)
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That Jib-Jab thing is really helping me no be ticked off.
;D
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I also must admit I was kind of pleased to hear that lots of lawyers are really upset that she is the new judge. A lot of people said she was impossible to work with as a lawyer and they can't believe that she got the job. Catty I know, but sometimes catty feels good
Sometimes it really does :)
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Ok, I'm off to visit the new coffee house/bar/art space/music venue that a friend opened a couple weeks ago. Tomorrow I have two parties to go to so I'll be seeing lots of people. It should be a good time.
Have fun.
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Groan, it is snowing again. This morning we walked down to the mailbox with shovel in tow. Keith did more of the road this time, completely shoveling one tire track for the car, and then we drove the car on the road twice. The first time for a trip to the market & then Keith went back down to get the mail.
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Oh my goodness! :o
(http://por-img.cimcontent.net/api/assets/bin-201212/3125136350a6f176b77c603a16cea19a.jpg)
Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20121221/US.Indianapolis.House.Explosion/)
FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2012 file photo, debris is scattered about the neighborhood the day after two homes were leveled and numerous neighboring homes were damaged from a massive explosion that sparked a huge fire and killed two people in Indianapolis. Nearly three dozen homes were damaged or destroyed, and seven people were taken to a hospital with injuries. Prosecutors have charged a homeowner, her boyfriend and his brother with murder after causing the massive house explosion. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger, File).
I hadn't seen any pictures of what actually happened.
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TOD:
CD:
I am hooked on a new favorite singer by the name of Victor Turpin. He is from Columbia and now resides in Los Angeles. He is also a budding actor (he was the guy in that St. Patrick's Day clip I posted yesterday). I have been playing his CD everyday for the last week. He has the kind of deep singing voice that I love.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H3gKt7T0L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
This guy must have had Vixmom do his website. I tried reading his bio, and I couldn't understand one word!
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Oh my goodness! :o
Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20121221/US.Indianapolis.House.Explosion/)
FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2012 file photo, debris is scattered about the neighborhood the day after two homes were leveled and numerous neighboring homes were damaged from a massive explosion that sparked a huge fire and killed two people in Indianapolis. Nearly three dozen homes were damaged or destroyed, and seven people were taken to a hospital with injuries. Prosecutors have charged a homeowner, her boyfriend and his brother with murder after causing the massive house explosion. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger, File).
I hadn't seen any pictures of what actually happened.
After reading how it was set no wonder so much damage was done. :(
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Thanks for all your support today. The funny thing is it really is for the best. I just don't like the way it happened.
At least you had time for your first reaction before hearing why you didn't get it.
Well, I don't really know why I didn't get it. I've heard a couple different things, but that's really irrelevant. The fact is I didn't. I do really believe it's for the best and I'll be fine with it as soon as I get done being ticked off :)
Sorry!
I don't get why you didn't get the job if you were their first choice. That doesn't make much sense.
At least if you knew you were the second choice it would make more sense.
Hopefully you get a better explanation.
But at least now you and Edith can do more great work. And knowing you were the first choice should make you feel great. They loved you!
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I went over to my sister's house earlier so I could watch the finale of Dexter. And I had to pick up my niece from school/daycare after school. Only as I was turning onto my sister's street did I realize I didn't bring my purse. Just put all my stuff into a bag with a zipper. I had everything but the little purse with the key to my sister's house. :(
Luckily there was a spare key I could pick up only 7 minutes away. But it still added 20 minutes.
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And the weather wasn't too great today. Although it was much better than what they had been expecting.
It snowed overnight and during the morning. They rained all afternoon/evening. So the roads were clear of snow. Just wet. Hopefully all that water will melt with salt and not freeze.
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DR Jennifer it is called the Buddy system. The lead person had a friend....... She must have had some qualifications that made it more difficult to refuse her. To really understand DR Cilla needs a transcript of the conversations. ;)
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I went over to my sister's house earlier so I could watch the finale of Dexter. And I had to pick up my niece from school/daycare after school. Only as I was turning onto my sister's street did I realize I didn't bring my purse. Just put all my stuff into a bag with a zipper. I had everything but the little purse with the key to my sister's house. :(
Luckily there was a spare key I could pick up only 7 minutes away. But it still added 20 minutes.
Will you be keeping the key on your key chain from now on?
How far away from your sister do you live? I can't remember.
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Listening to what will be one of our two January releases - incredible score by one of my favorite underrated composers.
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Off to the theater! Also, it's the beginning of a 4-day weekend! We get Monday off from work, as well as Tuesday. :D
Until later!
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Nice you get such a long break!
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DR ELMORE did you know Schorling Schneider an actor who lived in NYC for many years.....he was also an AIDS activist particularly with Equity.....
No, DR JRand62, I didn't. I had several friends from the Book Shop and Men's Chorus who were heavily involved with ACT UP. I have a memory of talking on the phone to Spencer around 1990-1992, when I learned that he was positive - someone from the Book Shop might have told me - but we lost touch after that, and I had honestly thought for the past 10 years or so that he had died.
After a while, you just assume that someone you knew was positive has passed on if a space of time has gone when you hear nothing from them, although in Spencer's case, if I had been au courant on the AIDS issue, I would have known he was still around. Between 1982 and 2012, I've lost too many friends to that damned plague. We living must tell their stories, sing their praises, and insure that they are not forgotten or overlooked.
My deepest sympathies, elmore. I, too, lost a great many wonderful and talented friends.
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
I just watched the trailer, and I now remember seeing the previews at my local theatre when I was a kid. None of my friends or I had any desire to go back the next Saturday for the matinee, I think we opted to go to whatever movie they were showing on Friday night.
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TOD:
CD - THIS CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol. 3, a HOLIDAY INN soundtrack that I think came with the DVD, which seems to have an alternate take or two, and I just got to CAREER (great score!!! -- I'm sorry to say I've never seen the movie).
DVD & BLU holiday stuff - WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS STORY (and the documentary ROAD TRIP FOR RALPHIE), NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, SANTA CLAUS (the 1959 Mexican film that everyone but me has seen), and the recently acquired BING CROSBY and BELL TELEHPONE HOUR specials.
BLU - BELOVED INFIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I have never heard of the 1959 Mexican movie, SANTA CLAUS.
Wow, DR TCB, even as a kid you never saw this kooky classic? Well, this trailer will give you an idea of what you have missed....or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9vA7s7oO8
I have not seen this classic either, but I do love that eyeball that looks like a martini olive.
A martini olive (and the martini) could only improve that movie!
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Should I watch Life of Pi or the new Eyetalian Blu and Ray of the extended Once Upon a Time in America, which contains a little over twenty minutes of new footage, making the running time four hours and twenty minutes, I think - something like that. I think we know Mr. Leone was smart enough to know his film could and should never be that long. He knew he was pushing it at the almost four-hour mark. Not every scene shot is meant to be in a film.
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Nice photo DR JOHN G.
LOL DR GINNY - I think you should go to the party and make comments under your breath as the proceedings unfold.
Apparently, the party was today and one of my FB friends posted a photo. I was not invited...
I was told by one of my former co-workers that no former employees were invited to the lunch -- and that included me.
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Should I watch Life of Pi
I've read the quality of the 3D in this is excellent. Might you prefer to see it at a 3D theater first?
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Nice photo DR JOHN G.
LOL DR GINNY - I think you should go to the party and make comments under your breath as the proceedings unfold.
Apparently, the party was today and one of my FB friends posted a photo. I was not invited...
I was told by one of my former co-workers that no former employees were invited to the lunch -- and that included me.
Were you planning on going?
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ROCK OF AGES is opening at The Venetian in Las Vegas. What a shame that this piece of crap is replacing a truly incredible production of PHANTOM.
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Page 8!
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Back from Costco, on my first-ever run for K-Cups! (Kirkland brand, breakfast blend, $38 for 100 -- a real bargain compared to the little 12-packs I've seen in other stores.)
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Was Costco crazy? I wouldn't want to go just before Christmas. We will make our next trip after the 1st, mostly because that is when the coupon book begins & there a a couple of good coupons in it ;)
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Also brought back a head of lettuce and a bottle of Thousand Island. Time for sitting back and pigging out on an old-fashioned refreshing wedge salad as I settle into a movie (probably BELOVED INFIDEL).
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Was Costco crazy? I wouldn't want to go just before Christmas. We will make our next trip after the 1st, mostly because that is when the coupon book begins & there a a couple of good coupons in it ;)
I got there half an hour before they close, so got a parking space about 10 spaces from the front door, and experienced no crazies at all! Just lucky timing.
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Excellent timing!
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Last night we intended to watch one of the movies we recorded during the day only to find out the snow on our satellite dish prevented anything from recording. :(
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DR Jane: I keep forgetting to ask, and just now remembered --
How long is all of that driveway? Is there some reason you don't use a snow-blower or something to alleviate the need for shoveling those huge areas?
I think in these terms because my driveway is a horror in winter. It's a couple of hundred feet long (don't know exactly), and hilly. When we get any real snow covering, my neighbor very kindly plows the whole length of it. I then run the snow-blower up and down once just to clean up where necessary, do the whole turnaround area at the house and garage, and that pretty much limits shoveling to just around the house.
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Actually, I'm thinking it's more like 300 feet long. I really should find out after all these years!
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Catching up with the 2012 Michael Buble special. The Bing Crosby duet is a strange use of technology. It could have used more of a laugh track. It makes Bing Crosby seem as if he's not a nice person.
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DR Jane: I keep forgetting to ask, and just now remembered --
How long is all of that driveway? Is there some reason you don't use a snow-blower or something to alleviate the need for shoveling those huge areas?
I think in these terms because my driveway is a horror in winter. It's a couple of hundred feet long (don't know exactly), and hilly. When we get any real snow covering, my neighbor very kindly plows the whole length of it. I then run the snow-blower up and down once just to clean up where necessary, do the whole turnaround area at the house and garage, and that pretty much limits shoveling to just around the house.
The driveway is about 400 ft (top section flat, rest is a hill) and the road is a half mile. Keith did 2 hours of shoveling because he shoveled single tracks for the car. The snow was too slushy & would have clogged the blower. The road, also a hill, has areas that get icy so it is best to shovel tracks and/or sections of the road to be safe. We could wait it out but we get restless. I don't shovel, except maybe the steps, or use the snow blower since my shoulder was messed up.
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Actually, I'm thinking it's more like 300 feet long. I really should find out after all these years!
LOL Maybe you don't want to know.
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I don't really care about 3D movies - not in the past, not now.
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Interesting the two houses we owned with very short driveways were in California homes that never saw snow.
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I don't really care about 3D movies - not in the past, not now.
Understandable.
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'night
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Interesting the two houses we owned with very short driveways were in California homes that never saw snow.
Our driveway is short, but steep, and today it's a little icy. That's why both of today's newspapers are still at the bottom.
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Got it, DR Jane. That all makes sense. The slushiness is the worst thing to have to deal with when it comes to cleanup. Heavy and horrible, nothing remotely fun about it.
Not that ice is any picnic! But at least you can put sand and/or salt down and get moving on it soon enough.
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Did a stupid thing tonight. Lost my work badge. I was unloading books in the car and I remember it getting in the way. The next thing I knew, the badge was gone. I drove back and looked around but couldn't find it. I think it's $100 to get it replaced, plus it'll be a headache trying to get on campus Monday morning. >:(
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Another downer: We ordered another case of books with two-day delivery and, two days later, the books didn't arrive. And we have a signing tomorrow with only about one case of books. Given the response this one is getting, I think we could have been able to sell an extra half case tomorrow. I've sold many this past week to people wanting last-minute gifts, and that's what several have mentioned they were planning to do tomorrow.
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DR CILLA LIZ - I think you would find the press conference from the Marion County Prosecutor very interesting if it's online anywhere....I will look for it.....
The homeowner and her live in boyfriend have also been charged in conspiracy because they tried to do the same thing the weekend before.....but were unsuccessful.....
This link might work
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/monserrate-shirley-mark-leonard-robert-leonard-arrested-in-deadly-indianapolis-home-explosion
I get it now, desperate for money. They didn't plan to kill anyone. Isn't that called manslaughter?
That's called stupidity.
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Larry L. King, of "Best Little Whorehouse Fame," has died.
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DR John G, sorry about your misfortunes today.
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DR John G, sorry about your misfortunes today.
Thank you. A rerun of "The Bishop's Wife" and some sort of cocktail will ease all woes.
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Tomorrow is my last day at home to prepare for Christmas. I have to decorate the shortbread cookies I baked today and deck the
hall dining room for Christmas dinner. I'm kind of looking forward to a little "vacation" before the holiday, even if it is just in Lima, OH. The highlight will be taking Sunday dinner to great niece Rachel's family!
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'night!
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Well, I am now scheduled for an appointment with the University of Washington Spinal Clinic on January 17. They called me.
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http://www.jibjab.com/originals/2012_the_end_is_here?utm_campaign=YIR+2012+URL+Copy&utm_medium=Share&utm_source=JibJab
That was very funny, TCB!
I wish I could take credit for it, but I am afraid not.
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I also must admit I was kind of pleased to hear that lots of lawyers are really upset that she is the new judge. A lot of people said she was impossible to work with as a lawyer and they can't believe that she got the job. Catty I know, but sometimes catty feels good
Nothing wrong with catty.
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That's good, TCB. Unless you were expecting the call before your surgery some months ago.
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Should I watch Life of Pi or the new Eyetalian Blu and Ray of the extended Once Upon a Time in America, which contains a little over twenty minutes of new footage, making the running time four hours and twenty minutes, I think - something like that. I think we know Mr. Leone was smart enough to know his film could and should never be that long. He knew he was pushing it at the almost four-hour mark. Not every scene shot is meant to be in a film.
Watch LIFE OF PI. I am anxious to know what you think.
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There is a helicopter hovering over my house. That can't be good this time of night.
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DR Jennifer it is called the Buddy system. The lead person had a friend....... She must have had some qualifications that made it more difficult to refuse her. To really understand DR Cilla needs a transcript of the conversations. ;)
dr Jane, there is no transcript
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TOD:
CD:
I am hooked on a new favorite singer by the name of Victor Turpin. He is from Columbia and now resides in Los Angeles. He is also a budding actor (he was the guy in that St. Patrick's Day clip I posted yesterday). I have been playing his CD everyday for the last week. He has the kind of deep singing voice that I love.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H3gKt7T0L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
This guy must have had Vixmom do his website. I tried reading his bio, and I couldn't understand one word!
I am hurt - I thought it was one of my better efforts
Victor seemed to liek it
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Nice photo DR JOHN G.
LOL DR GINNY - I think you should go to the party and make comments under your breath as the proceedings unfold.
Apparently, the party was today and one of my FB friends posted a photo. I was not invited...
I was told by one of my former co-workers that no former employees were invited to the lunch -- and that included me.
Were you planning on going?
I was thinking about it.
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Had a great time tonight. Justing Kisor trio, lots of friend, some good food and a couple beers. Just what the doctor ordered. Tomorrow I have two parties. One in the afternoon, one in the evening. I've got to get my shopping done on Sunday!
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DR Jennifer it is called the Buddy system. The lead person had a friend....... She must have had some qualifications that made it more difficult to refuse her. To really understand DR Cilla needs a transcript of the conversations. ;)
sometimes it is also because the people granting the job think they know better than the applicant what the applicant's true desires are. The fact that they keep mentioning higher judge ships makes me think that they found our dear Cilla to be "over qualified" for the job and that she would be bored and leave the position for a better one after a short time leaving them the chore to replace her
In other words - our Cilla was too damn good for them!!
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DR Jennifer, the commission interviewed 16 people and nominated three of them. That was the group that had me as number one. The judges selected the person who got the job. That's where I didn't come in first.
Thanks everyone for your support, but I think we can stop talking about it now
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DR Jennifer it is called the Buddy system. The lead person had a friend....... She must have had some qualifications that made it more difficult to refuse her. To really understand DR Cilla needs a transcript of the conversations. ;)
sometimes it is also because the people granting the job think they know better than the applicant what the applicant's true desires are. The fact that they keep mentioning higher judge ships makes me think that they found our dear Cilla to be "over qualified" for the job and that she would be bored and leave the position for a better one after a short time leaving them the chore to replace her
In other words - our Cilla was too damn good for them!!
You got that right!
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Back from Costco, on my first-ever run for K-Cups! (Kirkland brand, breakfast blend, $38 for 100 -- a real bargain compared to the little 12-packs I've seen in other stores.)
WOW!!! That is a great price -- I have not seen those yet - I have been happy paying $36.99 for 80 Donut House brand cups but your deal sounds much better! Please let me know how they taste!
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There is a helicopter hovering over my house. That can't be good this time of night.
Do you know where Sandra is?
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Catching up with the 2012 Michael Buble special. The Bing Crosby duet is a strange use of technology. It could have used more of a laugh track. It makes Bing Crosby seem as if he's not a nice person.
According to his kids he wasn't
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Did a stupid thing tonight. Lost my work badge. I was unloading books in the car and I remember it getting in the way. The next thing I knew, the badge was gone. I drove back and looked around but couldn't find it. I think it's $100 to get it replaced, plus it'll be a headache trying to get on campus Monday morning. >:(
It may have gotten caught by the books - did you check to see if it is stuck in one of them?
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Badge FINDING VIBES for JohnG
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Um. I thought I did.
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Well, I am now scheduled for an appointment with the University of Washington Spinal Clinic on January 17. They called me.
VIBES that they will be able to help
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Well, I am now scheduled for an appointment with the University of Washington Spinal Clinic on January 17. They called me.
VIBES FOR A GOOD APPOINTMENT!!!!
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Um. I thought I did.
LOL
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Another downer: We ordered another case of books with two-day delivery and, two days later, the books didn't arrive. And we have a signing tomorrow with only about one case of books. Given the response this one is getting, I think we could have been able to sell an extra half case tomorrow. I've sold many this past week to people wanting last-minute gifts, and that's what several have mentioned they were planning to do tomorrow.
I could sign my copy and send it back to you
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Another downer: We ordered another case of books with two-day delivery and, two days later, the books didn't arrive. And we have a signing tomorrow with only about one case of books. Given the response this one is getting, I think we could have been able to sell an extra half case tomorrow. I've sold many this past week to people wanting last-minute gifts, and that's what several have mentioned they were planning to do tomorrow.
I could sign my cioy and send it back to you
I think its spelled Koi
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But why would JohnG want an autographed goldfish?
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
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When I came home from work tonight there was a fire marshall truck blocking the road and I could see lots of flashing lights up the road - in front of myhome
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I usually send them via email. That seems to work very well.
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Oh My Vixmom, is everything ok?
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I parked and went over to the marshall and asked what was happening
"It's a car accident lady, you gotta turn around"
"It looks like its at my house - is everyone OK?"
"What's your address?"
I told him --
"OK I'll move so you can go around me, a lady lost control of her car and hit your fence. The cop is still there you can get a police report"
So I was let down the street and was able to get into my driveway
The ambulance was just leaving and the flat bed truck was loading the car - the whole front end of which was strewn across my street, my sidewalk, my yard....
The fence is bent up and the grass has some deep gashes in it
When the last guy went through the fence (about 5 years ago) my Mom wanted me to replace the cyclone fence with pretty plastic fence or wooden one -- since we had already had 2 other people through the fence before THAT I said nope - cyclone keeps the cars OUT
Once again the fence prevented a car from being in my living room
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I usually send them via email. That seems to work very well.
I need to wrap it and have it under the tree at my Mom's house on Sunday for the gift exchange
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Thanks for the nice thoughts. The badge is gone. I quadruple checked. Maybe somebody turned it in to a store in the plaza. Will check tomorrow, if I have time.
Until then, good night, all.
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Hello, everyone.
Oh, dear. Close call, Vixmom. I'm glad none of you were hurt.
I hope the driver damaged something you didn't want anyway but will be reimbursed for just the same.
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TCB, I'll be interested to hear what the spine clinic says. I'm glad you've got the appointment.
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I have a friend who is very skilled at turning adversity into opportunity. It's not luck. He's very persistent and somehow ends up receiving far more than I would have ever guessed.
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Back from Costco, on my first-ever run for K-Cups! (Kirkland brand, breakfast blend, $38 for 100 -- a real bargain compared to the little 12-packs I've seen in other stores.)
That is a good price. I usually buy mine from Amazon, but I don't get that good a price. I would like to upgrade to a Keurig vue.
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Hi, Tom.
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Catching up with the 2012 Michael Buble special. The Bing Crosby duet is a strange use of technology. It could have used more of a laugh track. It makes Bing Crosby seem as if he's not a nice person.
A lot of people said that he wasn't a very nice person.
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Back from Costco, on my first-ever run for K-Cups! (Kirkland brand, breakfast blend, $38 for 100 -- a real bargain compared to the little 12-packs I've seen in other stores.)
That is a good price. I usually buy mine from Amazon, but I don't get that good a price. I would like to upgrade to a Keurig vue.
We saw a lady demonstrating the Vue at Bed Bath and Beyond last weekend - much more expensive for both the machine and the cups and neither of us found the coffee to be any hotter or better brewed
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That's good, TCB. Unless you were expecting the call before your surgery some months ago.
No, my regular doctor sent a referral up there last week when I saw him. He can't believe that there isn't anything that can be done about the spinal stenosis in my lower spine. He doesn't want me to spend the rest of my life taking pain pills. I agree with that, but at some point you have to say "No" to anymore surgeries. I will go up there, see what they have to say, and then I will have to decide my future.
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Finished Life of Pi and watched the first forty minutes of the "restoration" of Once Upon a Time in America.
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Another downer: We ordered another case of books with two-day delivery and, two days later, the books didn't arrive. And we have a signing tomorrow with only about one case of books. Given the response this one is getting, I think we could have been able to sell an extra half case tomorrow. I've sold many this past week to people wanting last-minute gifts, and that's what several have mentioned they were planning to do tomorrow.
I could sign my copy and send it back to you
I think its spelled Koi
I have no idea what you are talking about.
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I ordered one on Monday and it was delivered on Tuesday.
Y O U R W E L C O M E !
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Another downer: We ordered another case of books with two-day delivery and, two days later, the books didn't arrive. And we have a signing tomorrow with only about one case of books. Given the response this one is getting, I think we could have been able to sell an extra half case tomorrow. I've sold many this past week to people wanting last-minute gifts, and that's what several have mentioned they were planning to do tomorrow.
I could sign my copy and send it back to you
I think its spelled Koi
I have no idea what you are talking about.
;D
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Hi, Tom.
Hello, Jeanne.
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Did I drive everyone away?
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I ordered one on Monday and it was delivered on Tuesday.
Y O U R W E L C O M E !
Show Off!!
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Did I drive everyone away?
How was your lunch with Sis? Where did you go?
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I ordered one on Monday and it was delivered on Tuesday.
Y O U R W E L C O M E !
Show Off!!
;D ;D ;D Sorry, I was just being Koi.
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Did I drive everyone away?
How was your lunch with Sis? Where did you go?
We had a very good time. We went to Ben Dew's Clubhouse, which is about half way between both of our houses.
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I ordered one on Monday and it was delivered on Tuesday.
Y O U R W E L C O M E !
Show Off!!
;D ;D ;D Sorry, I was just being Koi.
good thing there's a no groaning rule on HHW!!!
:-*
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Vixmom, that noodles and ham dish, you use a large sour cream?
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Did I drive everyone away?
How was your lunch with Sis? Where did you go?
We had a very good time. We went to Ben Dew's Clubhouse, which is about half way between both of our houses.
I am glad to hear that ! It is nice to know you are getting out and about a bit
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Vixmom, that noodles and ham dish, you use a large sour cream?
depends on the size of the casserole -- I usually use a 9 inch square casserole dish and a quart of sour cream
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Did I drive everyone away?
How was your lunch with Sis? Where did you go?
We had a very good time. We went to Ben Dew's Clubhouse, which is about half way between both of our houses.
I am glad to hear that ! It is nice to know you are getting out and about a bit
Yes, and I drove myself to lunch.
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Vixmom, that noodles and ham dish, you use a large sour cream?
depends on the size of the casserole -- I usually use a 9 inch square casserole dish and a quart of sour cream
Oh, a 9 inch square. I don 't think I have one that size. I was going to use a 9 X 13.
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Oh, oh, I think vixmom fell asleep!
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Oh well, I think my work here is done.
G'night!
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I think we're gettin' to three hundred postings today - my kind o' day
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Ten pages - can't make any spurious comments about THAT.
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Vixmom, that noodles and ham dish, you use a large sour cream?
depends on the size of the casserole -- I usually use a 9 inch square casserole dish and a quart of sour cream
Oh, a 9 inch square. I don 't think I have one that size. I was going to use a 9 X 13.
It's not a hard and fast recipe - it varies depending on how much ham and noodles you have available - I night use 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 quarts of sour cream for that size
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Did I drive everyone away?
How was your lunch with Sis? Where did you go?
We had a very good time. We went to Ben Dew's Clubhouse, which is about half way between both of our houses.
I am glad to hear that ! It is nice to know you are getting out and about a bit
Yes, and I drove myself to lunch.
HOO and Ray!
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Oh, oh, I think vixmom fell asleep!
went to make a cuppa
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Ten pages - can't make any spurious comments about THAT.
what did you think of Life of Pi?
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300
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well it's been tomorrow for over two hours time to sleep
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I'll talk in the notes - I liked it very much.
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well I will have to read that when I wake up --- I've been up for 20 hours now and need to be up in 6 - so good night !!
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ROCK OF AGES is opening at The Venetian in Las Vegas. What a shame that this piece of crap is replacing a truly incredible production of PHANTOM.
The national tour of RoA is coming to Olympia next month. The ushering and concessions are all filled up.
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I don't really care about 3D movies - not in the past, not now.
I know some people who get headaches and can't watch them, but I've never had a problem. I like 3-D movies...just not the extra cost.
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Did a stupid thing tonight. Lost my work badge. I was unloading books in the car and I remember it getting in the way. The next thing I knew, the badge was gone. I drove back and looked around but couldn't find it. I think it's $100 to get it replaced, plus it'll be a headache trying to get on campus Monday morning. >:(
$100?? :o Yikes!
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Well, I am now scheduled for an appointment with the University of Washington Spinal Clinic on January 17. They called me.
Good luck, Tom!
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I parked and went over to the marshall and asked what was happening
"It's a car accident lady, you gotta turn around"
"It looks like its at my house - is everyone OK?"
"What's your address?"
I told him --
"OK I'll move so you can go around me, a lady lost control of her car and hit your fence. The cop is still there you can get a police report"
So I was let down the street and was able to get into my driveway
The ambulance was just leaving and the flat bed truck was loading the car - the whole front end of which was strewn across my street, my sidewalk, my yard....
The fence is bent up and the grass has some deep gashes in it
When the last guy went through the fence (about 5 years ago) my Mom wanted me to replace the cyclone fence with pretty plastic fence or wooden one -- since we had already had 2 other people through the fence before THAT I said nope - cyclone keeps the cars OUT
Once again the fence prevented a car from being in my living room
Good job, cyclone fence!!
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SOOOOOO
I ordered an Amazon gift card in a snowflake tin with free next day delivery from Amazon on Sunday
it did not arrive Monday OR Tuesday
I checked ordered status on Tuesday night and found my order had been cancelled because they were out of snowflake tins
SOOOOO I ordered a gift card ina different kind of box with free next day delivery - it did not arrive -
tonight I discovered that it was in the FEDEX facility on Long Island but was just not delivered - I tried to get a human being on the phone for over an hour but I was continuously disconnected
this was a gift for my SIL and we are seeing them Sunday so now I must see if I can get the card locally and I am going to ahrv an extra one as I am sure I will not be able to return it --- this makes me quite annoyed
I need BK over here to speak strongly to people ( assuming HE could actually get through to a human being)
I usually send them via email. That seems to work very well.
I need to wrap it and have it under the tree at my Mom's house on Sunday for the gift exchange
My sister bought and printed out Amazon gift certificates that she gave to me. You should be able to do that, too...I don't know how, but it's possible.