HA!
Do have a nice trip DR ELMORE - to the theatre, I mean.
I have a plot in a cemetery called Sugar Grove. My great grandfather donated the land and built the church that is on it many, many years ago....at the beginning of the 20th century - so his descendants can be buried there if they wish. I have many relatives there. It is very peaceful with lots of trees and grass and flowers.
He would have turned 58 in May, and this is just a cruel loss of someone who did so much good. RIP, Dr. Nero.
http://www.danburycatclinic.com/about/
TOD:
My wife and I plan to be cremated and interred together in the mausoleum at Hillside in Los Angeles.
It's the one behind the Al Jolson statue, which seems fitting since I wrote a play about him.
Hopefully, that won't be any time soon.
And the word of the day is: GEST!
I recently acquired the UK Blu-ray of Orson Welles's THE TRIAL, a long-time favorite. This disc is a winner. What a pleasure to finally have a GREAT transfer of one of the films that have suffered so horribly in home video, and even revival house prints, for all these years.
Before watching it, I took out my Roan Group gold plated laserdisc to see what it looked like now, because I hadn't watched it since long before having an HD screen. For a laserdisc, it's certainly still serviceable. Some of them are still perfectly watchable, upscaled to HD, and others just aren't, so it's a crapshoot. But the several Roans I have are so beautifully presented and collectible that I'm still hanging on to every one of 'em.
But I was very pleasantly surprised to find a special bonus on this one: liner notes by one DR Druxy!
TOD:
My wife and I plan to be cremated and interred together in the mausoleum at Hillside in Los Angeles.
It's the one behind the Al Jolson statue, which seems fitting since I wrote a play about him.
Hopefully, that won't be any time soon.
I do have a lot of family, including my parents, at Hillside.
Was it here that someone mentioned the woman who had her own memorial the other day, so she could see who would show up at her funeral, then st up at the end of teh service?
Here's the article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303284/Chinese-student-Zeng-Jia-hosts-FUNERAL.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
(Chinese student hosts her own FUNERAL because she didn't want to miss out on ceremony)
TOD:
My wife and I plan to be cremated and interred together in the mausoleum at Hillside in Los Angeles.
It's the one behind the Al Jolson statue, which seems fitting since I wrote a play about him.
Hopefully, that won't be any time soon.
I do have a lot of family, including my parents, at Hillside.
Maybe when we're all there, we can have a party.
::)
Was it here that someone mentioned the woman who had her own memorial the other day, so she could see who would show up at her funeral, then st up at the end of teh service?
Here's the article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303284/Chinese-student-Zeng-Jia-hosts-FUNERAL.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
(Chinese student hosts her own FUNERAL because she didn't want to miss out on ceremony)
Was it here that someone mentioned the woman who had her own memorial the other day, so she could see who would show up at her funeral, then st up at the end of teh service?
Here's the article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303284/Chinese-student-Zeng-Jia-hosts-FUNERAL.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
(Chinese student hosts her own FUNERAL because she didn't want to miss out on ceremony)
Ruth Fertel, who started the Ruth's Chris Steak House chain, threw herself a New Orleans funeral party before her death, so that she could be there to enjoy it. She was dying from cancer at the time, but that was a good day for her, I'm told, and she enjoyed the heck out of it. I like that attitude.
you know you are officially a grown up when you hear a friend is getting a whole new septic system and you are envious!
Did you read about the family that got kicked off a plane because they objected that the movie in flight was PG-13 and their kids shouldn't be watching? The flight's response was to stop in Chicago, en route from Baltimore to Denver, if I recall correctly, and then boot the entire family off. I think charges are also going to filed against them. Meanwhile, they're talking about suing the airline.
so we decided he can be kept on a shelf in a jar of popcorn. I can be kept with a tin of Lindt chocolate or with the Haagen-Dazs.
Was it here that someone mentioned the woman who had her own memorial the other day, so she could see who would show up at her funeral, then st up at the end of teh service?
Here's the article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303284/Chinese-student-Zeng-Jia-hosts-FUNERAL.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
(Chinese student hosts her own FUNERAL because she didn't want to miss out on ceremony)
I hope I missed reading the part where the mourners knew she was really alive.
The production was dreadful!
Amateurish of the worst sort. The conductor has delusions of adequacy, and really let a potentially good orchestra down.
We left at intermission. And I am home.
From DR John G:QuoteDid you read about the family that got kicked off a plane because they objected that the movie in flight was PG-13 and their kids shouldn't be watching? The flight's response was to stop in Chicago, en route from Baltimore to Denver, if I recall correctly, and then boot the entire family off. I think charges are also going to filed against them. Meanwhile, they're talking about suing the airline.
I thought that they were let go after a few minutes of questioning. I'm sure the other passengers were pretty pissed off being diverted so such a stupid reason. The poor flight attendants who where no longer getting paid couldn't have been happy.
I remember complaining about a comedy routine I found inappropriate for my children. Personally I found it offensive to me as well. That was in the days when we watched a big screen at the beginning of the row of seats. Since it was a stand up comic all I had to do was pull the ear plugs on my kids. You can't easily shut their eyes to violence on the screen.
Now, off to start taxes.
Now, off to start taxes.
I've got to get serious about taxes too!
From DR John G:QuoteDid you read about the family that got kicked off a plane because they objected that the movie in flight was PG-13 and their kids shouldn't be watching? The flight's response was to stop in Chicago, en route from Baltimore to Denver, if I recall correctly, and then boot the entire family off. I think charges are also going to filed against them. Meanwhile, they're talking about suing the airline.
I thought that they were let go after a few minutes of questioning. I'm sure the other passengers were pretty pissed off being diverted so such a stupid reason. The poor flight attendants who where no longer getting paid couldn't have been happy.
I remember complaining about a comedy routine I found inappropriate for my children. Personally I found it offensive to me as well. That was in the days when we watched a big screen at the beginning of the row of seats. Since it was a stand up comic all I had to do was pull the ear plugs on my kids. You can't easily shut their eyes to violence on the screen.
I didn't read the story, but I think if I were a passenger and had a vote, I would have chosen to turn the movie off rather than be diverted to another airport.
DR FJL, I feel so sad reading your post. :(
Why don't you just abandon TB and find other boards where people aren't so cruel.
Now, off to start taxes.
I've got to get serious about taxes too!
From DR John G:QuoteDid you read about the family that got kicked off a plane because they objected that the movie in flight was PG-13 and their kids shouldn't be watching? The flight's response was to stop in Chicago, en route from Baltimore to Denver, if I recall correctly, and then boot the entire family off. I think charges are also going to filed against them. Meanwhile, they're talking about suing the airline.
I thought that they were let go after a few minutes of questioning. I'm sure the other passengers were pretty pissed off being diverted so such a stupid reason. The poor flight attendants who where no longer getting paid couldn't have been happy.
I remember complaining about a comedy routine I found inappropriate for my children. Personally I found it offensive to me as well. That was in the days when we watched a big screen at the beginning of the row of seats. Since it was a stand up comic all I had to do was pull the ear plugs on my kids. You can't easily shut their eyes to violence on the screen.
I didn't read the story, but I think if I were a passenger and had a vote, I would have chosen to turn the movie off rather than be diverted to another airport.
According the the article I read the mother requested the movie screen by them be turned off. The people around them said it was fine with them. There wasn't anyway to turn it off. I guess the parent's complained but accepted the ruling. About an hour later the pilot diverted the plane due to a problem with a passenger. The family were shocked to find out, when they exited the plane, they were the problem passengers.
My mom and dad called to talk business. that's actually always fun. Really!!
From DR John G:QuoteDid you read about the family that got kicked off a plane because they objected that the movie in flight was PG-13 and their kids shouldn't be watching? The flight's response was to stop in Chicago, en route from Baltimore to Denver, if I recall correctly, and then boot the entire family off. I think charges are also going to filed against them. Meanwhile, they're talking about suing the airline.
I thought that they were let go after a few minutes of questioning. I'm sure the other passengers were pretty pissed off being diverted so such a stupid reason. The poor flight attendants who where no longer getting paid couldn't have been happy.
I remember complaining about a comedy routine I found inappropriate for my children. Personally I found it offensive to me as well. That was in the days when we watched a big screen at the beginning of the row of seats. Since it was a stand up comic all I had to do was pull the ear plugs on my kids. You can't easily shut their eyes to violence on the screen.
I didn't read the story, but I think if I were a passenger and had a vote, I would have chosen to turn the movie off rather than be diverted to another airport.
According the the article I read the mother requested the movie screen by them be turned off. The people around them said it was fine with them. There wasn't anyway to turn it off. I guess the parent's complained but accepted the ruling. About an hour later the pilot diverted the plane due to a problem with a passenger. The family were shocked to find out, when they exited the plane, they were the problem passengers.
That makes it sound even more ridiculous. Children should not be forced to watch a movie that is not suitable for them. The plane should have a way to turn it off for them.
And how ridiculous that they accepted the decision but were still kicked off.
My mom and dad called to talk business. that's actually always fun. Really!!
I wish my children thought I was fun. :)
My mom and dad called to talk business. that's actually always fun. Really!!
I wish my children thought I was fun. :)
Jane - Yikes, why didn't someone just throw a coat over the screen? That might have been a little easier than diverting the plane.
My mom and dad called to talk business. that's actually always fun. Really!!
I wish my children thought I was fun. :)
Last week I asked my niece if she wanted to play a fun game called Sort My Socks.
I told her it was really fun. She said she didn't think it would be fun since she doesn't like sorting her own socks at home. But she sorted mine anyways. :)
My mom and dad called to talk business. that's actually always fun. Really!!
I wish my children thought I was fun. :)
Jane, when you're in your 80's and 90's, assuming you're still spouting advice like you are now, your kids will most likely be so thrilled you;re around to be there at all, you will be amazed. (if not, they're ungrateful ----- LOL )
A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled serial killer who specializes in torture and pain.
Alex Cross
QuoteA homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits .... who specializes in torture and pain.
Has anyone seen "Alex Cross"? This is the movie the parent's complained about. I couldn't find any news agreeing or refuting the parent's claims that they were polite & reasonable.
They'll listen, but it doesn't mean they'll follow it :)
For DR Jane and DR Cillaliz and anyone else with a nook.
I just saw this posted on facebook. 50% off a ton of popular ebooks for NOOK. This weekend only.
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Cilla or anyone who knows stuff like this, I'm wondering, have you ever heard any "rule" like this:
One of the cyber stalkers is an attorney and it looks like they've been trying to be careful that the stalking posts didn't cross any criminal boundaries, so the stalkers are of course hoping it's all civil. Strangest example: there have been actual postings of obits and death statements about me. A cop told me after I read him oine of them that simply by having added "just kidding" to an otherwise horrifically descriptive post about me (naming me) as having been found dead in my Manhattan apartment, a public posting which otherwise could have caused enough concern form an investigation - simply by the poster having added two words "JUST KIDDING" which he did - was possibly seen as just a joke instead of being meant as a threat.
That's the rule of thumb I was told by this cop on the phone when i read him the posting, when a lawyer is doung the stalking! but doesn't this suggest that someone could say the most terrible thing and add "in my opinion" or "just kidding" and get off free.
Although, come to think of it, "in my opinion" pretty much gets someone off from defamation , deosn;t it?
For DR Jane and DR Cillaliz and anyone else with a nook.
I just saw this posted on facebook. 50% off a ton of popular ebooks for NOOK. This weekend only.
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My parents' advice sounds much more sage now that i'm in my 50's than it did to me in my 30'. They've gotten so much smarter. :)I have a blast with my parents now. They make me laugh a lot, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not so much
Really, though, they are much more fun with fewer of life's pressures on them. I think having only one "home" to deal with has been good for them, top.
My parents' advice sounds much more sage now that i'm in my 50's than it did to me in my 30'. They've gotten so much smarter. :)I have a blast with my parents now. They make me laugh a lot, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not so much
Really, though, they are much more fun with fewer of life's pressures on them. I think having only one "home" to deal with has been good for them, top.
I've been really out of sorts and wasn't sure I wanted to say anything about it, but it's looking so definite that I'll say it here. Gabe's mom has a boyfriend. So she has asked my nephew for a divorce. I tried to be big about it and stay her friend on FB, since we've done so many things together in the past etc, but it's broken my heart and I just can't do it.
I've been really out of sorts and wasn't sure I wanted to say anything about it, but it's looking so definite that I'll say it here. Gabe's mom has a boyfriend. So she has asked my nephew for a divorce. I tried to be big about it and stay her friend on FB, since we've done so many things together in the past etc, but it's broken my heart and I just can't do it.
Oh Cilla, I'm very sorry. I would think she would understand if you don't want to see her on FB with her boyfriend, at least for awhile until the hurt isn't so bad.
TOD- I want a funeral or a memorial service. There are many times I've gone to someone's service and have been reunited with relatives I don't see regularly or friends I don't see regularly. If I can bring together the people I love, then I think that would be a good thing
TOD- I want a funeral or a memorial service. There are many times I've gone to someone's service and have been reunited with relatives I don't see regularly or friends I don't see regularly. If I can bring together the people I love, then I think that would be a good thing
I think a gathering of some sort can be very beneficial for the living. I didn't understand this until I was older.
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
I couldn't believe it when I saw the title of the notes today. It's just one of those weeks when it seems like it's all around us.
Late yesterday afternoon I got gut-punched as I listened to a phone message from a gal we know who rescues cats and who had been the source for one of the little critters right here in this household. Our beloved vet, Dr. Thomas Nero, had died on Thursday. This was incomprehensible. Several close friends and I, cat owners and faithful clientele of Dr. Nero, feel as though this is hitting us more strongly than if we'd heard one of our own doctors had died so suddenly and unexpectedly. We didn't know him personally to any degree, but just being around him, chatting with him about various interests, and of course entrusting him with the care of our beloved animals had always been a privilege.
He was an exceptional doctor, and the clinic and boarding facility he founded some twenty years ago is considered the very best around. He had just moved the practice into a larger facility a couple of blocks down the road from the original site, and when I heard this I jumped in the car and went down to see if anyone was there. It was my first time in the new place, and it was just gorgeously designed.
An assistant said they don't know a hell of a lot about what happened, but he had been out somewhere, had possibly seemed disoriented to someone or other, and later was found unresponsive somewhere nearby. He had no partners in the practice, so it is probably going to be up to his wife to decide what happens with the business. We can only hope for another highly respected doctor to take it over and continue the mission of highest quality cat care in the area.
He would have turned 58 in May, and this is just a cruel loss of someone who did so much good. RIP, D.r. Nero.
http://www.danburycatclinic.com/about/
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
TOD:
My wife and I plan to be cremated and interred together in the mausoleum at Hillside in Los Angeles.
It's the one behind the Al Jolson statue, which seems fitting since I wrote a play about him.
TOD:
My wife and I plan to be cremated and interred together in the mausoleum at Hillside in Los Angeles.
It's the one behind the Al Jolson statue, which seems fitting since I wrote a play about him.
Hopefully, that won't be any time soon.
I do have a lot of family, including my parents, at Hillside.
Not much happening today but at long last the weather is getting a bit warmer. I've even been able to sit in the sun for a while. Soon be time to start gardening.
Was it here that someone mentioned the woman who had her own memorial the other day, so she could see who would show up at her funeral, then st up at the end of teh service?
Here's the article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303284/Chinese-student-Zeng-Jia-hosts-FUNERAL.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
(Chinese student hosts her own FUNERAL because she didn't want to miss out on ceremony)
Hello! I picked up my blu-ray of Hello, Dolly! from UPS and am watching it now. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are! Not to mention the spectacular singing by the leading lady.
Now, off to start taxes.
I've got to get serious about taxes too!
DR FJL I think it is wonderful you are enjoying your parent's so much. You are lucky to have this experience with them.
I've been really out of sorts and wasn't sure I wanted to say anything about it, but it's looking so definite that I'll say it here. Gabe's mom has a boyfriend. So she has asked my nephew for a divorce. I tried to be big about it and stay her friend on FB, since we've done so many things together in the past etc, but it's broken my heart and I just can't do it.
I've been really out of sorts and wasn't sure I wanted to say anything about it, but it's looking so definite that I'll say it here. Gabe's mom has a boyfriend. So she has asked my nephew for a divorce. I tried to be big about it and stay her friend on FB, since we've done so many things together in the past etc, but it's broken my heart and I just can't do it.
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
I would feel the same way you do. I am only thinking that since she is Gabe's mother you don't want to alienate her. You also have that "hide" option in case you want to spy on her for any reason ;)
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
Hello! I picked up my blu-ray of Hello, Dolly! from UPS and am watching it now. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are! Not to mention the spectacular singing by the leading lady.
Who is in that movie?
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
Of course your friends, too! I never had much support from my family, so I see that as something to really cherish. I didn't mean to overlook your friends.
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
Of course your friends, too! I never had much support from my family, so I see that as something to really cherish. I didn't mean to overlook your friends.
As far as I'm concerned, the people of HHW are as much my family as the blood relatives.
The cast of "Les Miz."Hello! I picked up my blu-ray of Hello, Dolly! from UPS and am watching it now. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are! Not to mention the spectacular singing by the leading lady.
Who is in that movie?
Hello! I picked up my blu-ray of Hello, Dolly! from UPS and am watching it now. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are! Not to mention the spectacular singing by the leading lady.
Who is in that movie?
There's a movie of Hello Dolly!? Do the actors sing "live"?
Cillaliz, sorry to read about your problems and the problems of Gabe's parents.
Fred, I'm so sorry you're going through all this. At least you have Skip and a supportive family. People can be so cruel!
Hey, what about my friends, don;t forget my friends. or do you know something? :)
Of course your friends, too! I never had much support from my family, so I see that as something to really cherish. I didn't mean to overlook your friends.
As far as I'm concerned, the people of HHW are as much my family as the blood relatives.
:DI would feel the same way you do. I am only thinking that since she is Gabe's mother you don't want to alienate her. You also have that "hide" option in case you want to spy on her for any reason ;)
Already did my spying :)
The cast of "Les Miz."Hello! I picked up my blu-ray of Hello, Dolly! from UPS and am watching it now. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are! Not to mention the spectacular singing by the leading lady.
Who is in that movie?
Hello! I picked up my blu-ray of Hello, Dolly! from UPS and am watching it now. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are! Not to mention the spectacular singing by the leading lady.
Who is in that movie?
There's a movie of Hello Dolly!? Do the actors sing "live"?
No, but it will open in theaters on Christmas Day.