Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on February 14, 2013, 09:22:37 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had both turn and tide, and now it is time for you to post until the tide-turning cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: NUQUE!
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The first after BK. Well, I never...........
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well now you hvae!
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Vibes for BK and TCB
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falling asleep
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They just broke into the regular newscast to report that a meteor crash landed in Russia. I wonder if this is the asteroid that was supposed to barely miss the earth tonorrow?
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Pretty scary if our scientists miscalculated by 76,000 miles. And about 12 hours off.
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Now the Russians are saying that they shot a rocket that blew up a meteorite in the skies over northern Russia. Maybe it was a piece that broke off the asteroid?
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Well no one here to hash over UFO theories.
G'night!
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Spent a lovelier than lovely night in SF with an old flame. The weather was great, the lamb shanks at Tommy Joynt were exquisite and the company was divine. There was a lot of talking going on. Best day in a long time.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Good morning, all!
I was up early to head down to Toyland earlier than usual: my accountant meeting is at 11:00am, and I want to recopy all of my taxcharts and photocopy the set for the accountant. Also, once i'm sown there, I can get some other work accomplished as I wait.
I just watched the footage on CBS THIS MORNING of the cruise ship passengers arriving from their vacation from hell. I'm happy I wasn't one of them: I would have been the first passenger thrown overboard for everyone's sanity.
BK, I'm happy to hear that you're now recovering from your cold. Take zinc and vitamin-C.
TOD
DVD: 2nd half of ANNA KARENINA
CD: the Hi-Lo's, new Chandos SLEEPING BEAUTY ballet, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Guy Haines, Liz Callaway
VCR: pure unadulterated filth
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Good morning, all.
A decent night's sleep seems to have been had, for a change, thank the Ye Gods.
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Friday at last!
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TOD
Sadly, nothing. One of those weeks.
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And the word of the day is: NUQUE!
That's what I did to some leftovers last night.
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Well, today's another one - won't be around much.
GET WELL and FRIDAY vibes to all!
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;D
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Good morning.
Goof morning.
I am late to leave for work.
;D
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Great vibes for everyone.
;D
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Glad Mr BK is feeling better. Loved reading the Toni story and info.
I would like to see a picture.
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It is a cool Friday here - and snow if predicted today and tomorrow. We shall see what happens.
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DVD - Skyfall
CD - Breakfast on Pluto
I have only read ONE of the James Bond novels.....so I don't know if the backstory of Bond in SKYFALL is from Ian Fleming - I doubt it......I didn't like it much as the setting for the last third of the film.....kind of James Bond meets STRAW DOGS.....but I like Daniel Craig. And then of course there was the sassy black girl stereotype, played as it always used to be, by a pretty and untalented actress, who I guess is now a regular in the series.....as is another favorite actor Ralph Fiennes.
ANYWAY.....my favorite Craig Bond film is still GOLDENEYE.
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Friday morning greetings! After 2 pretty busy days away from home, I'm enjoying a relaxing morning with coffee and my new uncracked iPad Mini. If it's not snowing later I may do one errand, but nothing too elaborate.
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good morning to all
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Good morning, all.
More get-better vibes for BK, TCB and anyone else in need.
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TOD:
DVD: Mad Men, Season Five; Hot in Cleveland, Season Three
CD: Mystery of Edwin Drood (original)
Car CD: Casual Vacancy, Disc 5 of 15
MP3: Encores' Pipe Dream, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
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They just broke into the regular newscast to report that a meteor crash landed in Russia. I wonder if this is the asteroid that was supposed to barely miss the earth tonorrow?
The asteroid is still due to pay a close visit to us today. Might be a good idea to hide under the table.
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Greetings from Toyland!
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TOD:
WEEDS, The Final Season
Amazon screwed up my order, so I won't have THE SESSIONS, SKYFALL or ARGO until early next week.
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Good morning! LOL, Larry, I watched the passengers get off last night. It sounded like some of them had running water and could flush but most couldn't. A part of me says I wouldn't have wanted to be on that ship, another part of me thinks after the danger of the fire was over, it would have been an adventure to talk about for years to come
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DR Elmore, I just addressed the express mail to you, it will go to the post office with some other outgoing express mail this morning
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I have only read ONE of the James Bond novels.....so I don't know if the backstory of Bond in SKYFALL is from Ian Fleming - I doubt it......I didn't like it much as the setting for the last third of the film.....kind of James Bond meets STRAW DOGS.....
I've not read any of the books either. I also agree about the last part of the film. The setting and action were the antithesis of what a James Bond film has traditionally been and so I found it disappointing.
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TOD:
DVD: BLACK ZOO. No one does crazy like Michael Gough - although I think Elisha Cook Jr, in his one scene, did his best to try and outdo Gough in the over-acting stakes.
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DR Elmore, I just addressed the express mail to you, it will go to the post office with some other outgoing express mail this morning
Thank you, dear!
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A good reason to be nice to fans
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A good reason to be nice to fans
Some Broadway actors, many of them tv and film stars, were terrible. Others - I can think of Rebecca Luker and Cheyenne Jackson, for two - are quite wonderful to people at the stage door.
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It might be $$ in the bank!
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Here is a live blog that will follow the asteroid as it flies by at 2:25 p.m. this afternoon.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/02/live-blog-asteroid-2012-da14-has-close-call-with-earth/
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Here is a live blog that will follow the asteroid as it flies by at 2:25 p.m. this afternoon.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/02/live-blog-asteroid-2012-da14-has-close-call-with-earth/
I keep wondering if it will hit a satellite. No one has said anything about that, but they keep saying it's going to be closer than some satellites so it must be intersecting their orbits
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In other science news: Never trust an atom....they make up everything!
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In other science news: Never trust an atom....they make up everything!
!!!!!!!!!! Oy !!!!!!!!
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I am now killing time until my tax appointment. Sigh . . .
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And the word of the day is: NUQUE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: HOW'D YOU LIKE TO SPOON WITH ME
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OK, I've balanced my checkbook, synched my iTunes with my new iPad, shopped online for knitting needles, and updated my FictFact, so it's time to get offline and get on with my day.
Bye for now!
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TOD:
DVD: BLACK ZOO. No one does crazy like Michael Gough - although I think Elisha Cook Jr, in his one scene, did his best to try and outdo Gough in the over-acting stakes.
DR JRand was kind enough to send me a copy of THE BLACK ZOO...what a fun film that was!
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TOD:
In the mail I got a Bollywood film that co-stars Mighty Gill. Well, Mighty messaged me today that he is not in that film due to a disagreement with the director. For some reason they left his name in the credits, though. :(
So...will likely watch whatever it was that Netflix sent me in the mail this week.
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Mighty Gill page 2 dance
(http://www.bollywoodhunts.com/user_folder/45109/4/Big/3.jpg)
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Mighty.
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A good reason to be nice to fans
Some Broadway actors, many of them tv and film stars, were terrible. Others - I can think of Rebecca Luker and Cheyenne Jackson, for two - are quite wonderful to people at the stage door.
Most actors try to be friendly and polite to their fans. Sometimes, however, fans can be a bit "demanding".
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Mighty Gill should be in every movie.
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Taxes are over, and I did much better than I feared! I owe the state and IRS a bit but not so much as last year.
So, I can now get a bit of work accomplished on ROBERTA.
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I'm up after at least ten hours of blessed sleep. Groggy and hoarse but I think I'm feeling a bit better this morning. We shall see as the day progresses.
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I'm up. Stuff to do at home today and then a production of Promises Promises to see this eve. I'm really excited to see this, I hope it's good!
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Good morning. I have had my blood drawn for my cholesterol test.
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BK, are you taking Guaifenesin? It would help break up that phlegm so you can cough it out easier.
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DVD - Skyfall
CD - Breakfast on Pluto
I have only read ONE of the James Bond novels.....so I don't know if the backstory of Bond in SKYFALL is from Ian Fleming - I doubt it......I didn't like it much as the setting for the last third of the film.....kind of James Bond meets STRAW DOGS.....but I like Daniel Craig. And then of course there was the sassy black girl stereotype, played as it always used to be, by a pretty and untalented actress, who I guess is now a regular in the series.....as is another favorite actor Ralph Fiennes.
ANYWAY.....my favorite Craig Bond film is still GOLDENEYE.
Ralph Fiennes plays a pretty and untlaented actress in SKYFALL? Damn!
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And the word of the day is: NUQUE!
I think that is what I am not getting.
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And the word of the day is: NUQUE!
I think that is what I am not getting.
LOL.
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Three!
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Mighty Gill should be in every movie.
My exact feeling! LOL!
For now, however, EK JIND EK JAAN seems to be his main film, in a secondary role. But as you can see by this clip, he makes an impression...especially when he takes a milk bath :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgesCnEHc4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-u4BeZgyLw
Stay Rihanna Cover by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nicolette Robinson
Bruce, in case you forgot Nicollete is Maureen Baum's daughter.
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There are not enough milk bathing in movies today.
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And I am home! Now I have to box up all of my tax receipts and paperwork and file them away.
As I typed this. I heard the tax commercial where the man says he helped a lady who hadn't filed her taxes in eight years. Yeah, sure, and how much did she owe the IRS when it was over?
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Thank you DR TCB.
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Best day in a long time.
:)
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Good morning. I have had my blood drawn for my cholesterol test.
VIBES FOR EXCELLENT RESULT!!!
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I'm not feeling great today.
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We're OK. The asteroid just missed us!
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I'm taking Mucinex for the breaking up of the phlegm - it's always worked well.
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Back from picking up sheet music, delivering sheet music to the scanning person, soup and sandwich, and the return of the carpenter ants. I've already booked another appointment for Monday - happily a one year warranty.
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I'm not feeling great today.
Vibes you feel better soon. I'm headed home early because my allergies are completely out of whack.
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I'm not feeling great today.
I'm sorry, Jane. Is it because of the new med for your bones?
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I'm not feeling great today.
Vibes you feel better soon. I'm headed home early because my allergies are completely out of whack.
Thank you. Keith took me for a walk today or I never would have gone on my own. It is warmish & sunny out :)
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I'm not feeling great today.
I'm sorry, Jane. Is it because of the new med for your bones?
This morning I wasn't sure. I had a bad night which isn't unusual for me and was shivering because I was cold which gave me a mild migraine. After moving around in the mornings I usually feel better and I don't so I'm now convinced this is a reaction. I ache, especially by back and there isn't any relief from it. The heating pad should have eased the feeling if it was normal back pain.
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If this is as bad as it gets I will consider myself lucky.
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More ants? I think it is a BIG movie!!!
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Vibes for DR Jane!
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Listening to the raw tapes of our next cast album release - sounds great raw and will sound brilliant when we master it. I don't think there's much secret that it's A Time for Singing.
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Listening to the raw tapes of our next cast album release - sounds great raw and will sound brilliant when we master it. I don't think there's much secret that it's A Time for Singing.
Cool!
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~~~Continued Feel Better Vibes for Jane!!~~~
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A good reason to be nice to fans
Some Broadway actors, many of them tv and film stars, were terrible. Others - I can think of Rebecca Luker and Cheyenne Jackson, for two - are quite wonderful to people at the stage door.
Most actors try to be friendly and polite to their fans. Sometimes, however, fans can be a bit "demanding".
Oh, I'm sure that's true. The actors in the story just sent back a friendly form letter and boy did that pay off.
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Ok everyone....get better right now!!! I mean it!!!
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And if you respond to a softer message.....vibes that you are feeling better very soon
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Why are we only on poge 3?
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I haven't felt up to snuff today. I blame the asteroid and the meteorite
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It's been snowing off and on all day, but it's the kind of snow that melts as it hits the ground. Now that's pretty useless, it may as well be raining
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I have to be on the road by 8:00 tomorrow morning to go to the funeral.
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I am watching the weather from a station that is literally about 10 blocks from my house. He said there is blue sky....not at my house....what is he taking....he's even outside.
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When I came home my cable wasn't working right. I thought maybe the asteroid really did hit a satellite, but when I called the cable company they said it's just routine maintenance. I liked my story better. It's back on now
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Hey I got us to page 4
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Larry, expected delivery is by noon tomorrow
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LOL, there is a snow storm heading our way Wednesday night, all day Thursday and into Friday. Looks like I may not have been able to go on the trip anyway. Or maybe I would have been stuck 1/2 way there. So glad I don't have to worry about it
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I've e-mailed John Morris, the composer of A Time for Singing, and someone wrote me on Facebook and is putting Shani Wallis in touch with me. Always nice to have the personal touch in the booklet. And I've got John Ford's film of How Green Was My Valley right here on Blu and Ray so that may be tonight or tomorrow's viewing.
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It was a cozmic coincidence, man
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Continued health vibes for DR Jane and BK!
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Vibes for DR Jane!
Thank you. I'm still no worse than I was :) I finished reading a book sitting up in bed using the heating pad and had some relief.
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My home town had a meteorite hit back in 1879. Here are some pieces of it for sale. I have a piece somewhere
http://www.meteoriteguy.com/catalog/estherville.htm (http://www.meteoriteguy.com/catalog/estherville.htm)
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DR Jennifer I need a book to read and Barnes & Noble is offering "The Raven Boys" for $2.99. I noticed you gave it an excellent review. Is it something I might want to read, as in easy & engrossing, when I don't feel well?
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My home town had a meteorite hit back in 1879. Here are some pieces of it for sale. I have a piece somewhere
http://www.meteoriteguy.com/catalog/estherville.htm (http://www.meteoriteguy.com/catalog/estherville.htm)
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~~~Continued Feel Better Vibes for Jane!!~~~
Thanks. :)
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I can't believe that one of the busses of people from the ship broke down.
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And if you respond to a softer message.....vibes that you are feeling better very soon
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I haven't felt up to snuff today. I blame the asteroid and the meteorite
Maybe your body was telling you to cancel the trip yesterday.
BACK UP TO SNUFF VIBES!!
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I am watching the weather from a station that is literally about 10 blocks from my house. He said there is blue sky....not at my house....what is he taking....he's even outside.
;D
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Continued health vibes for DR Jane and BK!
Thank you.
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I can't believe that one of the busses of people from the ship broke down.
Those poor people.
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Why do I not know "It's a Time for Singing"???
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It's the musical version of the novel/film, How Green Was My Valley
A Time for Singing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_for_Singing)
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It's the musical version of the novel/film, How Green Was My Valley
A Time for Singing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_for_Singing)
Really. It sounds good.
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Larry, expected delivery is by noon tomorrow
If it isn't, i'm blaming the asteroid! It's hard to blame Jose when he's E&T. Again.
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LOL, there is a snow storm heading our way Wednesday night, all day Thursday and into Friday. Looks like I may not have been able to go on the trip anyway. Or maybe I would have been stuck 1/2 way there. So glad I don't have to worry about it
That happened when my dad died six years ago; if I hadn't changed my flight, I would never have got to Ohio in time to see him alive or to bury him. I changed the flight from Wednesday to Sunday, and there were blizzards closing the airports on Tuesday.
When I first started working in New York for a cruise line entertainment group around 1983, we had several kids who were stuck for days in the Denver airport.
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I can't believe that one of the busses of people from the ship broke down.
No! I didn't hear that. They are cursed!
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It's the musical version of the novel/film, How Green Was My Valley
A Time for Singing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_for_Singing)
Really. It sounds good.
It's quite beautiful.
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From DR Matthew:
Last nights Modern Family was kinda boring
Are you referring to the Valentine's Day episode? If so we enjoyed that one, which we watched last night, and found the week before to be on the boring side.
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Today, I just received two operas on DVD...Il Postino (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0093OFLNU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) with Placido Domingo, and The Enchanted Island (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008ROGZUK/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). I came across "Il Postino" on PBS' website and watched quite a bit of it online (you can watch the whole thing!) and really liked it. So, I bought it. :D
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At the time I was looking at "Il Postino" on Amazon, there was a link to "The Enchanted Island," and that just sounded intriguing. Here's the synopsis on Amazon:
"A Showcase for and a love letter to a century of amazing music" is how the creator of The Enchanted Island, Jeremy Sams, described this spectacular operatic pasticcio of music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell and others. Premiered at the Metropolitan in New York on New Year's Eve 2011, it stars Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese and Placido Domingo, and is conducted by William Christie.
With a story based on Shakespear's The Tempest and a Midsummer Night's Dream, it was not the work of a contemporary composer, but instead, drew on works by figures of the Baroque era Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, Campra, Ferrandini, Leclair and Rebel. Devised by the British writer, librettist and translator, Jeremy Sams, the piece revived the 18th century tradition of the plasticcio, taking arias from a variety of different sources and setting them to a new libretto.
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Larry, do you happen to know anything about "The Enchanted Island"?
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I'm rapidly fading. I had hoped DR Jennifer was here to respond to my question. I'm going to need something to read very soon.
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Larry, do you happen to know anything about "The Enchanted Island"?
It was put together by Jeremy Sams for the Met.Ithink he selected the arias with the cast and then wrote lyrics to fit his scenario. I saw the broadcast and liked a lot of it very much. some of its designs and changes are amazing. Placido Domingo has a great cameo as Neptune. I have to say, though, that much as I like baroque music, I can't take countertenors in large doses!
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!!!!! 5 !!!!!
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Feel better vibes to DR Jane!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And DR Cillaliz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And BK!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Larry, do you happen to know anything about "The Enchanted Island"?
It was put together by Jeremy Sams for the Met.Ithink he selected the arias with the cast and then wrote lyrics to fit his scenario. I saw the broadcast and liked a lot of it very much. some of its designs and changes are amazing. Placido Domingo has a great cameo as Neptune. I have to say, though, that much as I like baroque music, I can't take countertenors in large doses!
I wish I had known about these when they were on. I could've recorded them and my sister's boyfriend would've been able to make an actual hi-def Blu-rays for me. That's what's funny about the "The Enchanted Island" reviews on Amazon...all four of the one-star reviews are about there not being a Blu-ray available.
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DR Jennifer I need a book to read and Barnes & Noble is offering "The Raven Boys" for $2.99. I noticed you gave it an excellent review. Is it something I might want to read, as in easy & engrossing, when I don't feel well?
I am a huge fan of Maggie Stiefvater the author. I loved this book. But I really don't know if you would like it. Read the synopsis and see if it sounds like something you'd like. I think it is a 1 day only sale. Sorry i wasn't on earlier to give you some info.
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DR Jane, I will say that $2.99 is an excellent price for that book. She is a NY Times best selling author and her books are usually $12+. The book is YA. But she is a really good writer. One of my favorites. But I have some people who did not like this book at all.
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Feel better vibes to DR Jane!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And DR Cillaliz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And BK!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you.
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DR Jane, I will say that $2.99 is an excellent price for that book. She is a NY Times best selling author and her books are usually $12+. The book is YA. But she is a really good writer. One of my favorites. But I have some people who did not like this book at all.
I like YA and it did kind of appeal to me. I need something that will keep me focused right now. I'll order it and give it a try.
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DR Jane, I will say that $2.99 is an excellent price for that book. She is a NY Times best selling author and her books are usually $12+. The book is YA. But she is a really good writer. One of my favorites. But I have some people who did not like this book at all.
I like YA and it did kind of appeal to me. I need something that will keep me focused right now. I'll order it and give it a try.
Even if you don't like it. IMO she is a really good writer. One of the best YA writers around.
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I've e-mailed John Morris, the composer of A Time for Singing, and someone wrote me on Facebook and is putting Shani Wallis in touch with me. Always nice to have the personal touch in the booklet. And I've got John Ford's film of How Green Was My Valley right here on Blu and Ray so that may be tonight or tomorrow's viewing.
Looking forward to that release.
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Thanks. I'm going to rest and read now.
I'm rapidly fading. I should be back in awhile.
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Finally catching up on this week's "Downtown Abbey."
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I've e-mailed John Morris, the composer of A Time for Singing, and someone wrote me on Facebook and is putting Shani Wallis in touch with me. Always nice to have the personal touch in the booklet. And I've got John Ford's film of How Green Was My Valley right here on Blu and Ray so that may be tonight or tomorrow's viewing.
Nice! I don't suppose that there's any possibility for signed booklets?? Or would that be too much of a hassle to arrange?
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Oh, bother! On my knitting discussion site I've just learned that the company from which I ordered a set of needles this morning has been the source of some recent credit card irregularities. Supposedly, the breech has been addressed, so I guess I'll just monitor my account even more closely than usual and hope for the best.
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Oh, bother! On my knitting discussion site I've just learned that the company from which I ordered a set of needles this morning has been the source of some recent credit card irregularities. Supposedly, the breech has been addressed, so I guess I'll just monitor my account even more closely than usual and hope for the best.
That is a bother.
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George and Ginny may find this interesting, George, especially.
I just had a chat with an on-line librarian. I had a question about a book and there is a link in the NY Public Library site to chat live with a librarian 24/7. I clicked and asked my question and had a very nice chat with Lily, from Washington state (she didn't say where in WA, just that she was in WA)! I assumed it was just a local thing and that some NY Public Library employees were sitting in a room after hours in front of a terminal. Nope, it's a country-wide thing and if your local library is closed someone else answers the question. She wasn't able to answer completely for me but she has sent my question on to a NY Public Librarian and they will answer via e-mail. She said there are librarians from all over the U.S. and the U.K. Amazing! When this kind of technology works it's wonderful.
I was looking for a Young Adult book called The Midnight Folk by John Masefield. It's available "by request" only and I wondered if that meant once it's been retrieved from the off-site storage and I'm notified if I could check out the book and take it home. I'm kind of thinking no at this point and Lily, though she wasn't able to find a definitive answer, seems to think that also. But, I guess I'll hear officially sometime in the next day or two from a NY librarian.
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Larry, by some odd twist, I ended up with two Victor Herbert movies on DVD this week, "Naughty Marietta" and "March of the Wooden Soldiers" with Laurel & Hardy. I know the former, but I haven't seen the latter. They play up the Herbert connection on the case. Is it a good representation or is it a typical Laurel & Hardy?
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DR Ben, I did a bit of chat reference before I retired. A lot of the requests were from smart aleck teenagers, but when it was an articulate, polite person (like you!), it was a lot of fun. I'd hoped to freelance with the FC, but they seem to be handling it in-house.
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George and Ginny may find this interesting, George, especially.
I just had a chat with an on-line librarian. I had a question about a book and there is a link in the NY Public Library site to chat live with a librarian 24/7. I clicked and asked my question and had a very nice chat with Lily, from Washington state (she didn't say where in WA, just that she was in WA)! I assumed it was just a local thing and that some NY Public Library employees were sitting in a room after hours in front of a terminal. Nope, it's a country-wide thing and if your local library is closed someone else answers the question. She wasn't able to answer completely for me but she has sent my question on to a NY Public Librarian and they will answer via e-mail. She said there are librarians from all over the U.S. and the U.K. Amazing! When this kind of technology works it's wonderful.
I was looking for a Young Adult book called The Midnight Folk by John Masefield. It's available "by request" only and I wondered if that meant once it's been retrieved from the off-site storage and I'm notified if I could check out the book and take it home. I'm kind of thinking no at this point and Lily, though she wasn't able to find a definitive answer, seems to think that also. But, I guess I'll hear officially sometime in the next day or two from a NY librarian.
I've heard of that and I pretty sure that our Central Reference librarians participate in that program. We don't, however, have anyone named Lily working in the library system, so she's not from here.
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Interesting DR Ben.
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Within 10 minutes after I paid for a book my library sent me an email a book on my hold list is available. Amazing how this happens all the time.
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LOL, there is a snow storm heading our way Wednesday night, all day Thursday and into Friday. Looks like I may not have been able to go on the trip anyway. Or maybe I would have been stuck 1/2 way there. So glad I don't have to worry about it
That happened when my dad died six years ago; if I hadn't changed my flight, I would never have got to Ohio in time to see him alive or to bury him. I changed the flight from Wednesday to Sunday, and there were blizzards closing the airports on Tuesday.
When I first started working in New York for a cruise line entertainment group around 1983, we had several kids who were stuck for days in the Denver airport.
The only time I was really stuck in an airport was when I went to London with a student group. On our way home there was a ground crew strike and our flight was delayed an hour at a time for 13 hours. We were stuck at Heathrow the whole time. It wasn't like days on end but it felt like it. Of ourse ee missed all our connecting flights. We got to New York and had to wait hours only to find out someone had booked us at the other airport, got in cabs to race to the other airport (can't remember whether it was JFK-LaGuardia or vis versa). Anyway, our cabs actually got in a fender bender with each other. But we got to the airport. I think we made the flight, but I don't remember. Then we had a three hour drive from minneapolis home.
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I know I've had flights cancelled and delayed due to weather, but luckily it's never been when I was half way somewhere or on the way home
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Jeremy Sams is the very talented composer of Hyde Park on Hudson, my favorite score of 2012.
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Finished watching a silly thriller, and shall now watch some art. Feeling as I have all day - a little better. Still feel "heavy" in my head and nose.
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I remember Keith leaving the boys and I at the Newark airport and rushing home before a storm hit. I can't remember how long we were there but that I wisely purchased food to munch on before everything sold out. We arrived in LA in the wee hours of the morning. Our good friend's lived in Torrence at the time which is close to the freeway. We stopped for pizza on the way to their house since Bryan & Craig slept through dinner when the airline served it at the usual time in the flight instead of immediately after take off.
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Larry, by some odd twist, I ended up with two Victor Herbert movies on DVD this week, "Naughty Marietta" and "March of the Wooden Soldiers" with Laurel & Hardy. I know the former, but I haven't seen the latter. They play up the Herbert connection on the case. Is it a good representation or is it a typical Laurel & Hardy?
Herbert's daughter and executor hated the Laurel & Hardy movie, but I'm sure she detested even more the Disney film version. She sold to MGM in the 1930s film rights to SWEETHEARTS, NAUGHTY MARIETTA, EILEEN, and THE ROSE OF ALGIERS, but only the first two got made. I have a CD of the MGM orchestra and singers performing the songs from THE ROSE OF ALGIERS as an "audition" for, I'd guess, Louis B. Mayer. The score is fantastic.
So, back to BABES. It's a funny movie but it bears as much resemblance to the stage show as I do to Eleanor Roosevelt. I like it, especially because the monsters are really frightening, but it's a little too sugary, although the cast is great. The original musical is a fast paced comedy about child abuse and murder, with a giant spider who nearly kills the babes, fairy tale and Mother Goose characters, demonology, and sex. The show needs a frightening gothic edge and Disney fails in that respect, along with the demonology, the spider, the murder, the sex, and the child abuse.
The Wikipedia synopsis of the 1903 plot is pretty accurate. The plot in the Bloom-Vlastnik book 101 Musicals is completely wrong, and I sent Ken Bloom an accurate synopsis for the book that he overlooked or misplaced. In 1903 there was no Forest of No Return; that's a Disney title. It was The Spider's Den. Curiously, the information about Old Mother Hubbard is a throwaway line over what a nasty creep Uncle Barnaby is in the first scene.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta)
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Bruce I'm glad you feel better.
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HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY is a favorite film of mine, so I will definitely be ordering A TIME FOR SINGING.
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Larry, by some odd twist, I ended up with two Victor Herbert movies on DVD this week, "Naughty Marietta" and "March of the Wooden Soldiers" with Laurel & Hardy. I know the former, but I haven't seen the latter. They play up the Herbert connection on the case. Is it a good representation or is it a typical Laurel & Hardy?
Herbert's daughter and executor hated the Laurel & Hardy movie, but I'm sure she detested even more the Disney film version. She sold to MGM in the 1930s film rights to SWEETHEARTS, NAUGHTY MARIETTA, EILEEN, and THE ROSE OF ALGIERS, but only the first two got made. I have a CD of the MGM orchestra and singers performing the songs from THE ROSE OF ALGIERS as an "audition" for, I'd guess, Louis B. Mayer. The score is fantastic.
So, back to BABES. It's a funny movie but it bears as much resemblance to the stage show as I do to Eleanor Roosevelt. I like it, especially because the monsters are really frightening, but it's a little too sugary, although the cast is great. The original musical is a fast paced comedy about child abuse and murder, with a giant spider who nearly kills the babes, fairy tale and Mother Goose characters, demonology, and sex. The show needs a frightening gothic edge and Disney fails in that respect, along with the demonology, the spider, the murder, the sex, and the child abuse.
The Wikipedia synopsis of the 1903 plot is pretty accurate. The plot in the Bloom-Vlastnik book 101 Musicals is completely wrong, and I sent Ken Bloom an accurate synopsis for the book that he overlooked or misplaced. In 1903 there was no Forest of No Return; that's a Disney title. It was The Spider's Den. Curiously, the information about Old Mother Hubbard is a throwaway line over what a nasty creep Uncle Barnaby is in the first scene.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta)
Thank you, Eleanor. Looking forward to watching it -- as soon as I finish season five of mad men.
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'night
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Feel better vibes to all who need them. I'm fine. Just tired after a long day, and I know tomorrow will be another long day
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Did anybody here watch GLEE this week?There was a fun COMPANY number including 'Getting Married Today' or hatever that song is called. Very enjoyable number.
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Did anybody here watch GLEE this week?There was a fun COMPANY number including 'Getting Married Today' or hatever that song is called. Very enjoyable number.
I haven't watched it yet...but I was planning on watching it tonight. I'm off now to feed a friend's cats. Then, I'll watch it when I get home.
Until later.
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TOD:
DVD: BLACK ZOO. No one does crazy like Michael Gough - although I think Elisha Cook Jr, in his one scene, did his best to try and outdo Gough in the over-acting stakes.
DR JRand was kind enough to send me a copy of THE BLACK ZOO...what a fun film that was!
I thought he liked you?
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Did anybody here watch GLEE this week?There was a fun COMPANY number including 'Getting Married Today' or hatever that song is called. Very enjoyable number.
Just listened to it on YouTube. It's a really good rendition of the song and more people probably were introduced to it through "Glee" than in the show's 43-year history.
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hello all
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Hello Vixmom
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I took my van to the body shop this morning - they tell em that it may be done by Monday night - looks like they are going to try and pop the dent out and repaint the bumper estimated costs of $710 - $500 of which will comeout of my pocket
at least it is a no fault claim so it should not effect my rates
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Howdy Cilla! Are you planning on treating all of us to Drood , one by one? :)
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I am glad BK is feeling better
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LOL Vixmom.
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JRand - I could not fidna model # on the ION but it is quite a bit larger than I had imagined itr to be
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It is really new - there was sticker on it that it was manufactured in July of 2012
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I'm thinking that maybe I should have been a ticket broker...not treating this time at the insistance of the purchaser, and with the bounty you sent me, I'm not so sure I "treated" you either ;D
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It was not in its original packing though, and there wads no owners manual - but it has a cord to plug it in and a battery .
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it hjas built in wheels and a handle for moving it easily. The IPOD pops right in and the sound was great!
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Hi, DR Vixmom!
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I'm thinking that maybe I should have been a ticket broker...
You are a kind and generous lady !
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Hi there Ginny!
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We just finished watching the Kander & Ebb tribute on LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - best hour of TV I've seen in a long time!
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Are you entirely well yet?
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I'm thinking that maybe I should have been a ticket broker...
You are a kind and generous lady !
Thanks....see above I added on to this post
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We just finished watching the Kander & Ebb tribute on LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - best hour of TV I've seen in a long time!
was it on PBS?
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I'm thinking that maybe I should have been a ticket broker...not treating this time at the insistance of the purchaser, and with the bounty you sent me, I'm not so sure I "treated" you either ;D
:D :-*
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Are you entirely well yet?
Getting there - still coughing quite a bit.
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I have been cruising the web to try and find civil war music that I could download into my IPOD to play at the Chili contest next week
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Better call it a night. I have to figure out what to wear to the funeral....something that's appropriate and fits me. Not an easy combo
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I have gotten my 6'4" actor friend to agree to come as Lincoln and I will be wearing my victorian style hoopskirt and cameo brooch
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We just finished watching the Kander & Ebb tribute on LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - best hour of TV I've seen in a long time!
was it on PBS?
Yep. It was on the Cincinnati & Dayton stations at 9, but we wanted to see CSI:NY, so we caught it on Kentucky Educational Television at 10.
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I have been cruising the web to try and find civil war music that I could download into my IPOD to play at the Chili contest next week
Akoshan Farewell..it's not old, but it was used in Ken Burns' Civil War so everyone will connect it to the Civil War
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Actually, the tune may be traditional, not sure
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hmmm I shall have to see if it is going to be shown on my local PBS station
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'night!
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LOL, there is a snow storm heading our way Wednesday night, all day Thursday and into Friday. Looks like I may not have been able to go on the trip anyway. Or maybe I would have been stuck 1/2 way there. So glad I don't have to worry about it
That happened when my dad died six years ago; if I hadn't changed my flight, I would never have got to Ohio in time to see him alive or to bury him. I changed the flight from Wednesday to Sunday, and there were blizzards closing the airports on Tuesday.
When I first started working in New York for a cruise line entertainment group around 1983, we had several kids who were stuck for days in the Denver airport.
Vibes of comfort for elmore on this anniversary. It is always tougher when the anniversary is near a holiday. My Mom was killed on the Sunday before Martin Luther King's birthday. The actual holiday changes date year to year, but the holiday always brings back memories.
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Night
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I have been cruising the web to try and find civil war music that I could download into my IPOD to play at the Chili contest next week
Akoshan Farewell..it's not old, but it was used in Ken Burns' Civil War so everyone will connect it to the Civil War
That's the song I was thinking of originally but I discovered it is "new" song that was written for the Ken Burns series
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZASM8OX7s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZASM8OX7s)
Akoshen Farewell
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I am watching the BBC news now and the horsemeat story is on now
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Yup, 1982, but does it matter? It sounds Civil Warish
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((((Elmore))))
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM80_377AF4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM80_377AF4)
Then there's Johnny Cash sings Civil War songs
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIVIFLo0uE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIVIFLo0uE)
Mitch Miller When Johnny Comes Marching home
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Now I really need to get to bed
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Back from rehearsal, dead tired. Well, not "dead" tired, but, you know. Tomorrow is our one blessed day off between now and opening next weekend, and while I'll be working on the score, I so look forward to the day at home.
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Just finished typing up a recipe for ice cream made with Girl Scouts' Thin Mints. Now, it's all I want. And I don't have any Thin Mints in the house.
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That's very exciting news about A TIME FOR SINGING. I know nothing at all about it, and can't wait to hear it. I still need to pick up the new Blu-ray of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, so it's doubly exciting to have them both on the horizon.
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I watched the first half of How Green Was My Valley on Blu and Ray. I think I'll finish tomorrow because I still want to have one more night of going to bed very early.
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I've seen the film a few times, but not in many years, like, since I lived in L.A. I remember one time was in the late '70s during a Filmex at Century City, probably in one of those all-night classics marathons.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-u4BeZgyLw
Stay Rihanna Cover by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nicolette Robinson
Bruce, in case you forgot Nicollete is Maureen Baum's daughter.
Didn't Maureen Baum write THE WIZARD OF OZ?
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It's been years since I've seen the movie of "How Green Was My Valley." I also remember a Masterpiece Theater version that I saw when I was a kid. That actually was my introduction to the story, and I remember loving it.
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Has anyone here actually gone to the imdb page for Outside the Box and clicked on ten stars at the top - because all it takes is five people doing that for that to show up, and I'm having a problem processing how this here board could not have at least five people who've done that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2579770/reference
You can also click on each season (under "season") and do ten stars for each specific episode. You can also write a review of the show on the main page and for each episode. The main page is the important one, though.
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I tried clicking on it the first day, but got no response to the click. Same thing now.
You just click on the star like usual, right? Even though there's no results showing there yet?
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OY!!! I wasn't signed in. It works fine.
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Got all the episodes and the main page starred.
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Has anyone here actually gone to the imdb page for Outside the Box and clicked on ten stars at the top - because all it takes is five people doing that for that to show up, and I'm having a problem processing how this here board could not have at least five people who've done that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2579770/reference
You can also click on each season (under "season") and do ten stars for each specific episode. You can also write a review of the show on the main page and for each episode. The main page is the important one, though.
Done.
But what is this website?
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e5d4663d4d/outside-the-box-episode-one
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I posted one episode there and I then actually looked at the site and loathed it and posted no further ones.
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Listening to the raw tapes of our next cast album release - sounds great raw and will sound brilliant when we master it. I don't think there's much secret that it's A Time for Singing.
Apparently it was a secret to me. And I assume we aren't talking of THE RIFLEMAN episode of the same way.
Is this the original Broadway cast?
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Has anyone here actually gone to the imdb page for Outside the Box and clicked on ten stars at the top - because all it takes is five people doing that for that to show up, and I'm having a problem processing how this here board could not have at least five people who've done that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2579770/reference
You can also click on each season (under "season") and do ten stars for each specific episode. You can also write a review of the show on the main page and for each episode. The main page is the important one, though.
nothing happens when iclick on the stars
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Has anyone here actually gone to the imdb page for Outside the Box and clicked on ten stars at the top - because all it takes is five people doing that for that to show up, and I'm having a problem processing how this here board could not have at least five people who've done that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2579770/reference
You can also click on each season (under "season") and do ten stars for each specific episode. You can also write a review of the show on the main page and for each episode. The main page is the important one, though.
nothing happens when iclick on the stars
You need to be signed in.
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Good night, all.
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Yes, you have to be signed in. Which I always am, so I never think about it. But the other day I was on the smartphone, and tonight was the first time I'd gone to IMDB on the new machine, and that's one site I'd totally forgotten about signing into yet. I say again: Oy!
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Has anyone here actually gone to the imdb page for Outside the Box and clicked on ten stars at the top - because all it takes is five people doing that for that to show up, and I'm having a problem processing how this here board could not have at least five people who've done that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2579770/reference
You can also click on each season (under "season") and do ten stars for each specific episode. You can also write a review of the show on the main page and for each episode. The main page is the important one, though.
apparently I had to click the episodes in order to make the main page clickable
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Has anyone here actually gone to the imdb page for Outside the Box and clicked on ten stars at the top - because all it takes is five people doing that for that to show up, and I'm having a problem processing how this here board could not have at least five people who've done that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2579770/reference
You can also click on each season (under "season") and do ten stars for each specific episode. You can also write a review of the show on the main page and for each episode. The main page is the important one, though.
nothing happens when iclick on the stars
You need to be signed in.
oh - I wasn't a member