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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 26, 2013, 11:51:28 PM

Title: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 26, 2013, 11:51:28 PM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of both home and improvement, and now it is time for you to post until the improved cows come home.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2013, 11:52:01 PM
And the word of the day is: SENTIENT!
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2013, 11:55:02 PM
Here's the new Kritzerland release - available for preorder in the morning - we'll actually have CDs on Thursday, the fastest turnaround ever.


Kritzerland is proud to present a limited edition soundtrack CD release – three complete great film scores in one two-CD set, for the price of one CD:

BLACK WIDOW, THE STAR CHAMBER and THE DRIVER

Music Composed and Conducted by Michael Small

The Driver.  The Star Chamber.  Black Widow.  Three very different films from one studio, Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by three very different filmmakers, connected by one very gifted composer – Michael Small.

Michael Small began his film music journey in 1969.  However, Small’s breakthrough film happened two years later when Alan Pakula hired him to score his first film as a director, Klute. The marriage of director and composer on Klute was absolute perfection and Small’s score was unique, original, and immediately put him in demand.  From there, he went on to write incredible scores for some classic 1970s films, including Pakula’s Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing and The Parallax View, The Stepford Wives, Night Moves, The Drowning Pool, Marathon Man, and Audrey Rose, with each score unique, original, and filled with the Michael Small sound, which was unlike any other composer working back then.  In the midst of all that wonderful work, he wrote three of his finest scores, and those are the three scores represented in this two-CD set: The Driver (1978), The Star Chamber (1983), and Black Widow (1987), for directors Walter Hill, Peter Hyams, and Bob Rafelson.   They are a perfect neo-noir musical trilogy.

Black Widow is a terrific thriller starring Theresa Russell and Debra Winger. The acting is superb, the photography of Conrad Hall is amazing, as always, and the production design of Gene Callahan is stunning.   Michael Small’s score is as entrancing, captivating, alluring, and dangerous as the Black Widow of the title.  It has all the hallmarks of a classic Michael Small score and is one of his best.

The Star Chamber, directed by Peter Hyams and featuring a stellar cast, including Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, and Sharon Gless, became kind of a cult film thanks to cable TV and home video and is generally well thought of today.  Once again, Michael Small provides a terrific score, beginning with its classic Small main title, majestic-yet-ominous, strings, woodwinds and piano doing an uneasy dance against a steady rhythmic pulse, a perfect beginning for the music and drama to follow.

Walter Hill’s The Driver is a quintessential 1970s movie – it looks, smells, feels and sounds like the 1970s.  If anyone is unsure of this, the fact that Quentin Tarantino has referenced it in two films and thinks it’s one of the coolest movies ever made cements its reputation and is probably one of the key reasons the film has just been remade. The cast couldn’t be better – Ryan O’Neal as the The Driver, Bruce Dern as The Detective determined to catch “the cowboy who’s never been caught,” and beautiful Isabelle Adjani as The Player.  And Michael Small as The Composer.

Small’s score for The Driver is, like the film, lean, cool, stylish and, yes, unique.  Small uses electronics sparingly amidst the strings, reeds, and brass, and plays off The Detective’s line about The Driver being “the cowboy who’s never been caught,” with the use of a twangy country-western guitar that occasionally insinuates itself into the music.   

All three scores were previously released by Intrada – Black Widow as a standalone and The Star Chamber and The Driver together on one CD.  For this release, all three have been remastered by Mike Matessino, carefully removing numerous small dropouts and ticks and pops, most especially on The Driver.  Black Widow and The Star Chamber are in stereo, while The Driver is in mono.  With The Star Chamber and The Driver about to make their debut on Blu-ray, we thought the timing was perfect to make these three large Small scores available again in a two-CD value-for-money set.  If you have never heard this music, you owe it to yourselves to grab this – there has never really been anyone quite like Michael Small.

BLACK WIDOW/THE STAR CHAMBER/THE DRIVER is limited to 1000 copies only.  The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the first week of July, but preorders placed at Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks early (we’ve been averaging four weeks).  To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

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Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 12:43:46 AM
I just ordered the CD.  I didn't want to wait until the morning and miss out because when I wake up, I plan to stay upstairs in my bedroom and watch TV up there...I have several shows to watch on that DVR. :)
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Post by: Ben on May 27, 2013, 02:14:12 AM
Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Ben on May 27, 2013, 02:15:56 AM
How long will the others sleep?

Which train will we take back to Penn Station?

What will we eat before we leave?

Will we have room for food in our luggage (Rose trys to give us food to take back to Manhattan)?

Those are the questions of our lives.
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Post by: Michael on May 27, 2013, 03:49:55 AM
good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on May 27, 2013, 03:51:13 AM
i am working today. don't mind making extra $$. Don't think it will busy
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Post by: Doug R on May 27, 2013, 04:41:00 AM
I must admit i don't remember any of the music but BLACK WIDOW, THE STAR CHAMBER and THE DRIVER were all crackingly good films!
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Post by: Doug R on May 27, 2013, 04:41:39 AM
Despite being a holiday I'm off now to do the voluntary job.
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Post by: FJL on May 27, 2013, 05:17:28 AM
Chas - Thanks for that comment.    The Liberace museum closed to the public a few years ago.  They seem to say in articles still that they l hope to reopen somewhere on the Strip, but they haven't announced anything on that.

I find it hard to believe some hotel on th Strip wouldn't love the traffic the musuem would bring. 
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 05:30:02 AM
Chas - Thanks for that comment.    The Liberace museum closed to the public a few years ago.  They seem to say in articles still that they l hope to reopen somewhere on the Strip, but they haven't announced anything on that.

I find it hard to believe some hotel on th Strip wouldn't love the traffic the musuem would bring. 

especially now that the HBO movie has been made - I remember Liberace from my youth  but most people under 40 probably never heard of him
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 05:30:37 AM
I dinpt mean to leave last night I guess the day caught up tp me and I fell asleep
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 05:46:34 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 05:47:24 AM
Greetings from Buffalo International Airport ( I think it's still international--I know there used to be flights to Canada from here, but not so sure now).
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 05:48:58 AM
My two brothers, sister-in-law, niece, nephew and his wife came to Kate's house yesterday for pizza and chicken wings and to celebrate nephew Matthew's 27th birthday.
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 05:49:54 AM
My brother and niece stayed till after 11 pm so there was no chance of my posting last night.  I left for the airport at about 7:45.
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 05:51:23 AM
I normally don't get the insurance for a rental car, but this time I decided to get that partial coverage for $9 a day (it covers the car itself, no liability).  I'm glad I got it--there was a scrape on the side front.   I have no idea how it happened. 
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 05:52:16 AM
I recorded Smash --hope to watch it later.
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Post by: Druxy on May 27, 2013, 05:52:41 AM
Did anybody watch the finale of SMASH last night?
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Post by: Jennifer on May 27, 2013, 06:22:27 AM
Did anybody watch the finale of SMASH last night?


Me!
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 06:23:51 AM
DougR, I cannot tell you how great the music is to all three films - check out the samples.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 06:24:15 AM
I'm up, I've announced, I'm going to go back to bed until the home improvement people arrive.
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Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 06:34:37 AM
Monday morning greetings!  Richard and I are going to Cincinnati this afternoon to hear our friend Rick play the carillon in Mariemont.  We'll pick up a picnic lunch at Izzy's, our favorite Cincinnati deli.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 06:39:47 AM
Good morning, all.

Wow.  I was permitted to sleep in two days in a row!?

Must be a sign of the end times.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 06:49:31 AM
DR Ginny, I just drove through Mariemont on my visit there.  Then I went out to Terrace Park, a few miles east, to see the house my parents lived in  for about 15 years beginning in 1969.  It was one of more modest houses there when they bought it for $24,000, but a lovely house in the most lovely of neighborhoods.  It has changed hands a couple of times since they sold it, and the last owners completely changed it.  The original foundation and fireplace are still there, but they made a whole outlandish McMansion out of it, and it's now for sale and listed at $569,000. 

Boy, did they ever not know what they had.  Terrace Park was always lovely, and they were so fortunate to have bought that house back then.  If they had just hung on to it, because now it is Super Lovely, and only for those who are in the market for million dollar homes.  But what a place.  Just beautiful.

And I always loved visiting there, and going to Mariemont, too, if for nothing more than to see a movie or have a meal.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 06:52:13 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, the CD is ordered.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 06:53:28 AM
I will undoubtedly recognize the music for THE DRIVER, but I only saw those other two films once each, so they will be a rediscovery on all counts.

Really looking forward to that Blu-ray of THE DRIVER.  It's a very special film for me.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 06:54:53 AM
(And to pick up goodies at Graeter's.)
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 06:55:11 AM
Good morning, all! I stayed up too late and, since i had no reason to get out of bed, slept in. Now that I am bathed, dressed, and on my first cup of coffee I am pondering what needs to be done. The first step is to clean off my work table so I can go through the ROBERTA full scores for corrections. I've managed to land two small jobs for June - one for a UCLA student orchestra and one for a Jerome Moross score - so that I can relax a bit over the foundation stress.

So, second cup of coffee, my meds, and my work table.
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Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 07:00:10 AM
DR ChasSmith, nice story about your recent travels in and around Cincinnati.  I love Mariemont and will have a hard time staying away from Graeter's this afternoon!
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 07:09:04 AM
Second cup of coffee, and then I must get me moving.  The back deck must be cleaned for the second time in one week, due to the incredible amount of debris from the 48 hours of rain and wind we had up through Saturday night.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 07:19:43 AM
La de dah dee DAH DAH! as Madame Rose would say.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 07:19:56 AM
DR TCB and DR CILLA LIZ - separated at birth?
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 07:20:30 AM
I hear there is a church on Long Island where the women are taking over.....it sounds like Cat Women of the Moon....and you know how that turned out!
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 07:31:16 AM
Nice story DR CHAS SMITH.....I live within a mile of the two houses I grew up in between ages 2 and 8....so I drive by them almost every day.....  Not much improvement....there....or there...
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Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 07:38:43 AM
The 2 houses I grew up in are in a (now) very dangerous part of Detroit.  I only visit there via a Facebook group  :'(
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 07:54:57 AM
Good Morning All,

Had a great memorial weekend with my family.  Celebrated my handsome son Matt's 27th birthday.  He restrung my acoustic guitar for me. Now my playing should sound much better.

We had pizza and cake and hot fudge and ice cream and had many laughs.

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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 07:55:32 AM
I did record Smash.  Will try to watch it soon.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 07:57:09 AM
So, four people here have actually read the new book.  About seven others have the book and are doing exactly what with it?  I am endlessly baffled.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 07:58:30 AM
Good Morning Bk,

I just finished the first Chapter of your Book Murder at the School Musical.

I really enjoyed the part about the Book Fair.  I can so relate to Adriana's love of the Classics.

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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 08:01:23 AM
We just had ourselves another kernel panic.  It's definitely something to do with the damn printer.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:02:05 AM
A tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my favorite Books and also the movie with Gregory Peck.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:04:35 AM
Getting back to the topic of the day.  I dont think I have seen any Japanese movies that are my favorites.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:05:26 AM
Bk, What's a kernel panic?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 08:11:07 AM
A tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my favorite Books and also the movie with Gregory Peck.

I love "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn!" What a great novel. I do not remember Gregory Peck in the film.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 08:12:15 AM
Good morning, all.

Slept long and loved it.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 08:13:29 AM
It's when an Apple computer shuts down all by itself because it perceives something bad - I've read about it and apparently there is some incompatibility that arises occasionally between the computer and the HP printer I have.  It's really annoying.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:15:07 AM
Yes Elmore, I agree.

Yes and everytime the movie is shown on tv I try to watch it.  I never tire of it and find new meaning and lessons.  

Gregory Peck was perfect for the role of Atticus and the little girl was tremendous.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 08:16:14 AM
Workers have arrived.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:16:43 AM
Thanks for explaining Bk.

I find all that so hard to understand.  Just call Be Adriana.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 08:16:51 AM
Good Morning Bk,

I just finished the first Chapter of your Book Murder at the School Musical.

I really enjoyed the part about the Book Fair.  I can so relate to Adriana's love of the Classics.



Glad someone is reading it.
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:17:49 AM
My brother Kevin begins his whirlwind Barbra Concert on Thursday.  Please everyone wish him a safe and wonderful trip.
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Post by: Matthew on May 27, 2013, 08:19:18 AM
Good morning.  I'm up too early on a holiday Monday.  But I guess there is much work to be done around here before I head out to play around a little before the last 2 1/2 weeks of non-stop activity at school.  My couch and kitchen table are being delivered this week, so I HAVE to make sure my living room is clear. 
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Post by: Kate on May 27, 2013, 08:19:41 AM
Yes Bk I'll let you know when I finish it.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 08:23:18 AM
TOD:

The original Shall We Dance
Tokyo Story, Good Morning and most anything by Ozu
High and Low, Dodesukaden and most anything by Kurosawa
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 08:32:28 AM
Yes Elmore, I agree.

Yes and everytime the movie is shown on tv I try to watch it.  I never tire of it and find new meaning and lessons.  

Gregory Peck was perfect for the role of Atticus and the little girl was tremendous.

Are you confusing "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" and "To Kill A Mockingbird"?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 08:32:37 AM
Am I?
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 27, 2013, 08:32:42 AM
And the word of the day is: SENTIENT!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  FEELING GOOD
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Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 08:49:24 AM
Ben, great review, as always.  Like you said though, it is tough for that show to be much darker than it is already.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 09:03:53 AM
The Damned Printer -- my favorite Moliere amusement.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 09:05:16 AM
Leaf blower fueled up.  Back deck blown off and straightened up.  Storm debris blown out of the yard.  By God, I believe my work today is done.
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Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 09:07:35 AM
T.O.D.


RODAN
GODZILLA
GODZILLA VS. RODAN (THE BATTLE FOR JAPAN)
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 09:09:37 AM
Workers are basically just walking around, measuring, making notes - I'm not sure exactly how much actual work will get done today.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 27, 2013, 09:15:28 AM
George-

Did You Get My Address?
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Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 09:21:05 AM
Legal Question..........................


Now that the jury has had a mistrial on the sentencing phase of the Jodi Arias trial; does the new jury have to hear all of the evidence from the initial trial, in order to vote for Death or Life in Prison?
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 09:26:14 AM
From DR TCB
Quote
That means the movie features Michael Douglas, Billy Joel, and Matt Damon?

Exactly how I read it.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 09:29:10 AM


Will we have room for food in our luggage (Rose trys to give us food to take back to Manhattan)?

Those are the questions of our lives.

 ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 09:31:36 AM
DR Ginny, I just drove through Mariemont on my visit there.  Then I went out to Terrace Park, a few miles east, to see the house my parents lived in  for about 15 years beginning in 1969.  It was one of more modest houses there when they bought it for $24,000, but a lovely house in the most lovely of neighborhoods.  It has changed hands a couple of times since they sold it, and the last owners completely changed it.  The original foundation and fireplace are still there, but they made a whole outlandish McMansion out of it, and it's now for sale and listed at $569,000. 

Boy, did they ever not know what they had.  Terrace Park was always lovely, and they were so fortunate to have bought that house back then.  If they had just hung on to it, because now it is Super Lovely, and only for those who are in the market for million dollar homes.  But what a place.  Just beautiful.

And I always loved visiting there, and going to Mariemont, too, if for nothing more than to see a movie or have a meal.

What a shame they simply didn't update your home.
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Post by: Matthew on May 27, 2013, 09:32:01 AM
The "Aspects of Love" station on Pandora has played both the Broadway and Film versions of the final scene of Evita and is now playing "Welcome to Kanagawa" from Pacific Overtures.  I'm glad that Pandora doesn't discriminate.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 09:32:58 AM
Good Morning All,

Had a great memorial weekend with my family.  Celebrated my handsome son Matt's 27th birthday.  He restrung my acoustic guitar for me. Now my playing should sound much better.

We had pizza and cake and hot fudge and ice cream and had many laughs.



Sounds like an extra nice day.  Happy 27th birthday to Matt.
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Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 10:13:12 AM
This is very unusual, but really really good.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=513762012004599

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Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 10:15:09 AM
What a horrible headline on AOL News.....

Are New Yorkers Ready For Another Hurricane?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 10:24:58 AM
What a horrible headline on AOL News.....

Are New Yorkers Ready For Another Hurricane?

Bring It On!

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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2013, 10:35:09 AM
I'm home. The drive home from the airport wasn't bad at all.  Maybe most people on the road got an earlier start (or later).
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 10:42:06 AM
I have yet to do a jog because I have literally been on the phone with HP for over an hour now.  The scanner wasn't working - this guy has had me uninstall so many HP things it's not even funny- one file after another, shutting down the computer over and over again, now trying to do a firmware download that is taking forEVER, then we still have to install the drivers and everything.  It could be another damn hour.  I wish I'd never called.
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Post by: Matthew on May 27, 2013, 10:49:29 AM
I don't understand how hardware just STOPS working, really.  One day it works, the next day it doesn't.  And tech support is usually useless.  Sorry, bk, that you have to deal with this. 
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Post by: MBarnum on May 27, 2013, 10:55:58 AM
TOD:

I love all things Japanese! And of course movie wise I enjoy all things from Toho studios, but for the TOD I am going for American films with Japanese themes...so...


SAYONARA


JAPANESE WAR BRIDE


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Post by: MBarnum on May 27, 2013, 10:56:37 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Japanese_War_Bride_VideoCover.png)
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Post by: MBarnum on May 27, 2013, 10:58:32 AM
I have been scarce around these here parts, if anyone has noticed. Have been having a very, very productive 4 day weekend working on Bollywood related writing projects and am finally seeing some progress! Whew...but it makes the days go by so fast that before I know it I have neglected not only HHW but just about every other part of my life!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 27, 2013, 11:00:38 AM
I picked up a fun looking dime store novel from the 1960s..."There were two kinds of love, innocent and wanton...but Teresa never thought to choose between them."

How could I resist a book with this kind of introduction! (not that I'll likely get it read anytime soon.)
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 11:31:42 AM
To MBarnum's list I would add:

THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA,

THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, and

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.          :o      (Oy!  Sorry!  Shame on me!)      :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 11:35:44 AM
TOD:

I love all things Japanese! And of course movie wise I enjoy all things from Toho studios, but for the TOD I am going for American films with Japanese themes...so...


SAYONARA


JAPANESE WAR BRIDE



But you didn't post the photo of yourself as Madame Butterfly!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2013, 11:37:02 AM
To MBarnum's list I would add:

THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA,

THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, and

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.          :o      (Oy!  Sorry!  Shame on me!)      :)

Two of my favorite un-PC films!
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Post by: Donald on May 27, 2013, 11:44:12 AM
Happy Memorial Day everyone....the newest edition of the Broadway Radio Show is up on the site.  This time we look at 4 intriguing Off-Broadway musicals:  February House, Dogfight, Murder Ballad, and Giant.  Lots of interesting music, especially Michael John LaChuisa's latest for Giant, which is not his typical work at all.  Enjoy!!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 11:48:23 AM
I certainly enjoy SAYONARA very much....and also I like BRIDGE TO THE SUN with Miss Carroll Baker, and although it is based on a true story...it is not exactly a study in fact....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 11:49:07 AM
and=as

But my typing error will stand as it causes much amusement among the populace.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 11:49:32 AM
Congrats to DR MBARNUM on his writing progress.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 12:42:42 PM
I have been scarce around these here parts, if anyone has noticed. Have been having a very, very productive 4 day weekend working on Bollywood related writing projects and am finally seeing some progress! Whew...but it makes the days go by so fast that before I know it I have neglected not only HHW but just about every other part of my life!
It has been noticed, but glad it's been productive.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 01:31:38 PM
Started watching "Teahouse of the August Moon" yesterday, but Brando and the tired sitcom feeling of it made me shut it off.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 01:31:51 PM
Four!
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 01:33:28 PM
Not getting anything done today, but watching another Busby Berkeley movie, In Caliente.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 01:51:00 PM
THREE hours on the phone with these idiots.  And I'm beginning to think if he'd just had me go to system preferences and scan from there it would have worked just fine.  What was in my dock was the old scan - I think that appeared again when we replaced the hard drive and I had to put everything back from the back-up.  I could have just taken that out of the dock and been done and all he had to do was remind me about the print and scan thing in system preferences.  But, no, we had to uninstall and then nuke every last mention of HP anywhere - that alone took ninety minutes.  Maybe it's good we did it and did everything from scratch, but ultimately all I did was download the printer drivers from apple (that took an hour) and then everything was fine, including scanning from the system preferences thing.  What he wasn't able to do was do the firmware update because the HP site is screwed up.  When that is done and we download THAT software, then updates will be automatic, I'll have the scan thing in my dock and we'll be all set.  But the fact is, I don't need the firmware update to print and scan now.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 01:51:21 PM
I did do a three-mile jog and I did have a sandwich, but what a waste of three damn hours.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 01:52:14 PM
Meanwhile, there's plastic all over the living room in preparation for the work on the first set of windows, which should happen in the next couple of hours when they return with all their supplies.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 02:00:12 PM
La de dah dee DAH DAH! as Madame Rose would say.

(TCB asks)

Who is Madame Rose?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:01:15 PM
This is very unusual, but really really good.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=513762012004599



I saw this while you were cruising, very cool.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:01:43 PM
I'm home. The drive home from the airport wasn't bad at all.  Maybe most people on the road got an earlier start (or later).

:)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:03:15 PM
I have been scarce around these here parts, if anyone has noticed. Have been having a very, very productive 4 day weekend working on Bollywood related writing projects and am finally seeing some progress! Whew...but it makes the days go by so fast that before I know it I have neglected not only HHW but just about every other part of my life!

Congrats on the progress!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:04:31 PM
THREE hours on the phone with these idiots. 

Poor baby!!!!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: MBarnum on May 27, 2013, 02:18:03 PM
Oh yes, BRIDGE TO THE SUN...love that movie, also. Thanks for the reminder, DR JRand!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 02:19:15 PM
What a horrible headline on AOL News.....

Are New Yorkers Ready For Another Hurricane?

Bring It On!







I can see you there at the Jersey Shore, decked out in your Brunhilde outfit, complete with horns.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 02:25:54 PM
The Damned Printer -- my favorite Moliere amusement.




I thought that was the William Peter Blatty sequel.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:26:58 PM
Keith has been scanning in old photos.  Here is one of DR Penny & me from 1971.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/947080_10200990797119562_551809745_n.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 02:30:27 PM
We are back from a lovely afternoon in Mariemont, OH, where we listened to our friend Rick play this carillon.  He is the organist at the church we used to attend in Cincinnati and he and another church organist do an entire summer season of recitals here.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/969380_10151646850535049_1882534927_n.jpg)

Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 02:33:59 PM
I certainly enjoy SAYONARA very much....and also I like BRIDGE TO THE SUN with Miss Carroll Baker, and although it is based on a true story...it is not exactly a study in fact....


I believe BRIDGE TO THE SUN was part of NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.  I enjoyed the film, and Miss Baker, but I didn't think the film was exactly a factual look.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 02:34:09 PM
We parked right across the street from the carillon, in front of THIS HOUSE (http://www.sibcy.com/m/Mobile.aspx?mls=1354914&b=1&p=0) that's for sale.  We figured you could probably get it for half a mil.  Richard says this is the perfect example of location, location, location.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 02:35:54 PM
I picked up a fun looking dime store novel from the 1960s..."There were two kinds of love, innocent and wanton...but Teresa never thought to choose between them."

How could I resist a book with this kind of introduction! (not that I'll likely get it read anytime soon.)


Isn't wanton a type of soup?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:37:12 PM
We parked right across the street from the carillon, in front of THIS HOUSE (http://www.sibcy.com/m/Mobile.aspx?mls=1354914&b=1&p=0) that's for sale.  We figured you could probably get it for half a mil.  Richard says this is the perfect example of location, location, location.


You were in a nice area.  The photo of the church is beautiful.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 02:40:21 PM
Not a church, DR Jane.  It's a free-standing bell tower in a city park.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 02:41:02 PM
DR Jane - I love the photos Keith is scanning and you're posting!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:53:48 PM
Not a church, DR Jane.  It's a free-standing bell tower in a city park.

Oh, it is still beautiful.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:54:45 PM
DR Jane - I love the photos Keith is scanning and you're posting!

Thank you.  Penny and I were 22 in that photo taken in front of our apartment.  All our friends hung out at our place instead of their parent's houses where they still lived. :)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:56:25 PM
For those who aren't on Facebook with me this is the photo that caught Bruce's attention yesterday.  It was taken in our senior semester of high school.

(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/935204_10200983470496401_2092083946_n.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:56:50 PM
Oh good, that didn't put us into widescreen.

Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 02:58:02 PM
We had no idea this photo existed until a few years ago when a classmate gave it to us at one of our class gatherings.  How kind of him to take the photo and to keep it all these years.  Best of all give it to us when we can truly appreciate it.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 03:39:32 PM
Keith isn't the only one scanning in old photos.  Here is the darling daughter at her absolute cutest.

(http://i42.tinypic.com/2rh5wmw.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 03:40:05 PM
And here is the darling BK at HIS cutest.

(http://i43.tinypic.com/27x2hee.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 03:41:37 PM
What lovely photos we are seeing today!

DR TCB Madame Rose is the mother of Gypsy Rose Lee....
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 03:41:55 PM
Nice shirt!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 03:43:00 PM
I certainly enjoy SAYONARA very much....and also I like BRIDGE TO THE SUN with Miss Carroll Baker, and although it is based on a true story...it is not exactly a study in fact....


I believe BRIDGE TO THE SUN was aprt of NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.  I enjoyed the film, and Miss Baker, but I didn't think the film was exactly a factual look.

It claimed to be.....although it was set in the 1940's and Carroll persistently wore clothes from 1962.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 03:44:06 PM
Page Five New Edition Dance

(http://bridgetothesun.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BookCoverImage.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 03:46:47 PM
What a horrible headline on AOL News.....

Are New Yorkers Ready For Another Hurricane?

the answer is "NO!"
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 03:47:23 PM
This is very unusual, but really really good.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=513762012004599



that is pretty cool'
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 03:49:53 PM
Keith has been scanning in old photos.  Here is one of DR Penny & me from 1971.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/947080_10200990797119562_551809745_n.jpg)

lovely!  Love the maxi skirts!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 03:52:43 PM
We parked right across the street from the carillon, in front of THIS HOUSE (http://www.sibcy.com/m/Mobile.aspx?mls=1354914&b=1&p=0) that's for sale.  We figured you could probably get it for half a mil.  Richard says this is the perfect example of location, location, location.


dang and Here I left my wallet in my other handbag
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 03:56:00 PM
wow BK tour daughter looks just like you!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 03:57:05 PM
DR Jane - I love the photos Keith is scanning and you're posting!

Thank you.  Penny and I were 22 in that photo taken in front of our apartment.  All our friends hung out at our place instead of their parent's houses where they still lived. :)

22!  You looked about 14!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 03:57:16 PM
What street was the Jane and PennyO photograph taken on?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 03:57:36 PM
I think something was dangling in my last post.  I hate when that happens.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 04:00:28 PM
I am sitting on the bench in the backyard  and I was enjoying the quiet and the birds and then some idiot decided to take out his motorcycle and the neighborhood is overrun with the  vroom  of his overloud pipes
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 04:00:55 PM
I have accomplised nothing at home all weekend
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 04:02:00 PM
If anyone drops by unexpectedly I shall have to grab my bag and keys and run out of the house announcing i was just on my way somewhere
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 04:02:32 PM
or I can hide  behind the couch and be very very quiet until they go away
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 04:08:17 PM
Had a little work session with Tessa Grady - she's going to do a great job reading the Hofstetter books.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 04:08:54 PM
As predicted, no actual work done today - just preparing the living room for what will begin to happen tomorrow at eight.  I guess no sleeping in for the next two weeks.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 04:09:16 PM
It has been a nice quiet day today around these here parts....and it was most welcome.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2013, 04:10:12 PM
Lovely weather.....
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 04:20:58 PM
Great photos, all. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 04:21:35 PM
Got most of the introduction to the cookbook done. I may leave off for awhile, write some other stuff and then come back to it.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:21:42 PM
Keith isn't the only one scanning in old photos.  Here is the darling daughter at her absolute cutest.


Awwww.  Her hair is long and pretty here.  Does she still wear it long?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:22:15 PM
And here is the darling BK at HIS cutest.


Almost as cute as you were in high school.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 04:22:25 PM
Just relaxing until rehearsals begin at seven-thirty.  The joke is we did this sched to accommodate our MD because of his daytime sched.  But he forgot it was a holiday weekend.  We could have done rehearsal at our usual time.  Oh, well, It will take up most of the evening, up until ten.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:23:02 PM
Keith has been scanning in old photos.  Here is one of DR Penny & me from 1971.


lovely!  Love the maxi skirts!

Funny, I don't remember calling them maxi skirts.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 04:28:31 PM
As I remember it, in the 70's we had minis, midis and maxis.... maybe it was  NY thing?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 04:29:14 PM
well teh sun is moving westaward and it is getting cooler out here  gurss I shoudl go inside and be productive
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:30:52 PM
What street was the Jane and PennyO photograph taken on?

3107 Canfield, almost behind Hami.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:31:31 PM
DR Jane - I love the photos Keith is scanning and you're posting!

Thank you.  Penny and I were 22 in that photo taken in front of our apartment.  All our friends hung out at our place instead of their parent's houses where they still lived. :)

22!  You looked about 14!


Older than I looked when I got married-lol
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:31:46 PM
I think something was dangling in my last post.  I hate when that happens.

;D
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 04:32:40 PM
As I remember it, in the 70's we had minis, midis and maxis.... maybe it was  NY thing?
I remember my sisters using the same terms. That was in Kentucky. (Maybe it was a Lutheran thing, Vixmom.  ;)   )
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 04:33:23 PM
Six!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 04:33:25 PM
As I remember it, in the 70's we had minis, midis and maxis.... maybe it was  NY thing?

It could have been an LA thing and I was oblivious or have forgetten.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 04:51:41 PM
vixmom and george - I've left instructions about posting an event to the calendar - give it a try.  Also, I think I've enabled the posting of attachments, so give that a try, too.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 05:09:08 PM
What a great flurry of pictures!  Very nice!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 05:14:32 PM
On the news, they asked this little girl if she knew the meaning of Memorial Day.  She said, "It is when we celebrate the day the soldiers died. " Well..................
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 05:22:41 PM
Okay, here's one from a lifetime ago. 

At Van Nuys Airport.  I think this was the day I'd just flown my first solo.

(Not to be confused with the day I sang my first solo.)

(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/C-150.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 06:01:50 PM
Just fired up the grill for some haloumi, corn on the cob and roasted red pepper. Fine dinner.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2013, 06:10:19 PM
Okay, here's one from a lifetime ago. 

At Van Nuys Airport.  I think this was the day I'd just flown my first solo.

(Not to be confused with the day I sang my first solo.)


What a wonderful photo of a good looking guy on a very special day. 
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Cillaliz on May 27, 2013, 06:27:31 PM
Chas - Thanks for that comment.    The Liberace museum closed to the public a few years ago.  They seem to say in articles still that they l hope to reopen somewhere on the Strip, but they haven't announced anything on that.

I find it hard to believe some hotel on th Strip wouldn't love the traffic the musuem would bring. 

I went to Liberace's house in Vegas.  It was with a group and was a number of years ago.   It looked like this when I was there with furniture and everything.
http://www.bobsliberace.com/houses/las_vegas_2.html (http://www.bobsliberace.com/houses/las_vegas_2.html)

Click on the links in the story to go from room to room
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Cillaliz on May 27, 2013, 06:28:49 PM
Did anybody watch the finale of SMASH last night?

I did
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Cillaliz on May 27, 2013, 06:30:49 PM
Legal Question..........................


Now that the jury has had a mistrial on the sentencing phase of the Jodi Arias trial; does the new jury have to hear all of the evidence from the initial trial, in order to vote for Death or Life in Prison?

They have to hear whatever the two sides think they need to hear to decide life and death.  It won't be all of the previous evidence but it will be a couple weeks at least
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: MBarnum on May 27, 2013, 06:43:24 PM
Love, love, love the old photos!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 07:50:35 PM
What lovely photos we are seeing today!

DR TCB Madame Rose is the mother of Gypsy Rose Lee....


That was who I thought you were talking about, but I guess I just didn't understand your earlier reference.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 07:52:46 PM
Keith has been scanning in old photos.  Here is one of DR Penny & me from 1971.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/947080_10200990797119562_551809745_n.jpg)

lovely!  Love the maxi skirts!


All the hippie women wore them.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2013, 08:32:40 PM
Got through several movies today, which was fun. And a little writing, not too bad. But I'm fading fast. Good night, all.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 08:40:29 PM
Okay, here's one from a lifetime ago. 

At Van Nuys Airport.  I think this was the day I'd just flown my first solo.

(Not to be confused with the day I sang my first solo.)

(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/C-150.jpg)


Was Orville taking the photo?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2013, 08:44:30 PM
About the same time DRs Penny and Jane were wearing maxi-skirts, I was wearing mini-skirts (and LOTS of hair!):


(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/382586_10151647823935049_1769210422_n.jpg)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Matthew on May 27, 2013, 08:51:12 PM
Back from a lovely day with a good pal of mine.  Now to start clearing the living room as the couch comes on Friday!!  OY
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 08:51:29 PM
Just fired up the grill for some haloumi, 




Is that what I had to pay my wife after the divorce?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 08:59:10 PM
Hey Matthew, how is the new place?
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 08:59:44 PM
As I remember it, in the 70's we had minis, midis and maxis.... maybe it was  NY thing?
I remember my sisters using the same terms. That was in Kentucky. (Maybe it was a Lutheran thing, Vixmom.  ;)   )

:)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 09:04:41 PM
I am afraid I am not being very talkative tonight.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 09:09:21 PM
vixmom and george - I've left instructions about posting an event to the calendar - give it a try.  Also, I think I've enabled the posting of attachments, so give that a try, too.

tried - unsuccessfully :(
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2013, 09:10:18 PM
I have to get up n 6 hours so goodng=ight
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2013, 09:10:58 PM
Just fired up the grill for some haloumi, 




Is that what I had to pay my wife after the divorce?

No.  That was the alumni.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 09:14:12 PM
Great photos today!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Cillaliz on May 27, 2013, 09:27:06 PM
Fun photos today.   
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: TCB on May 27, 2013, 09:27:25 PM
Okay, here's one from a lifetime ago. 

At Van Nuys Airport.  I think this was the day I'd just flown my first solo.

(Not to be confused with the day I sang my first solo.)

(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/C-150.jpg)


And yes, very handsome!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Cillaliz on May 27, 2013, 09:29:42 PM
The skies cleared this afternoon so I fixed the lawn mower handle mowed the yard.  I did some other yard work and called it a day.  it's supposed to rain all week.  Not like sprinkles, but major rain.  We've had a lot already.  Anyway, if I didn't do the lawn today, I have no idea when I'd be able to do it.   I'm glad that's done....for a few days
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Matthew on May 27, 2013, 09:42:42 PM
Hey Matthew, how is the new place?

So far, so good, DR TCB.   Still have unpacking to do.  But I like it, love the location, the DD loves being the ONLY dog now, it's a great experience so far!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: Matthew on May 27, 2013, 09:42:57 PM
Page 7 new place dance!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 09:59:08 PM
vixmom and george - I've left instructions about posting an event to the calendar - give it a try.  Also, I think I've enabled the posting of attachments, so give that a try, too.

I just attached a picture to a post.  I'll try the calendar, next.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 10:00:50 PM
vixmom and george - I've left instructions about posting an event to the calendar - give it a try.  Also, I think I've enabled the posting of attachments, so give that a try, too.

I just attached a picture to a post.  I'll try the calendar, next.

Nope...still can't post to the calendar.  I get the message:

Quote
An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you cannot post new topics in this board.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 10:12:16 PM
I just ordered the CD.  I didn't want to wait until the morning and miss out because when I wake up, I plan to stay upstairs in my bedroom and watch TV up there...I have several shows to watch on that DVR. :)

Well, I spent most of the day up in my bedroom watching TV. :D I only left for a little shopping trip.  I needed some body wash and kitty litter...and I stopped at Taco Del Mar for a Mondo Burrito.  Yummy!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 10:14:26 PM
Did anybody watch the finale of SMASH last night?

I recorded it but haven't watched it, yet...I plan to, when I ketchup with today's posts, and after I finish the third episode of "Antiques Roadshow" in Seattle.
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 10:14:39 PM
Good Morning All,

Had a great memorial weekend with my family.  Celebrated my handsome son Matt's 27th birthday.  He restrung my acoustic guitar for me. Now my playing should sound much better.

We had pizza and cake and hot fudge and ice cream and had many laughs.

Happy 27th Birthday to Kate's DS (and Kevin's DN) Matt!! ;D
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 10:22:10 PM
George-

Did You Get My Address?

Yes, Arnold, I did. :)
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: George on May 27, 2013, 11:16:27 PM
Keith has been scanning in old photos.  Here is one of DR Penny & me from 1971.


Loved the pictures, Jane and ChasSmith!
Title: Re: HOME IMPROVEMENT
Post by: bk on May 27, 2013, 11:19:29 PM
Had a fun rehearsal, then went and got a Subway Club - more food than I usually eat but I was too hungry to care.