Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? :)
Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? :)
Who says it is not socially acceptable?!?!?!
DR ChasSmith - what are you going to do with the King, once you find him?
I don't recall having a "flying" dream in quite a while. I love the idea of surreal clarity.
I did spend an overnight on Catalina Island growing up, as part of Indian Guides.
Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? :)
But since I'm declaring it to be unlike "regular" cake, I guess the question stands! :)
I'm the only person I know who has never seen SOMEWHERE IN TIME.
King Cakes are, apparently, different from bakery to bakery.
Enjoyed seeing the Player's Director page with BK on it (and that other Kimmel).
I was intriuged by one of the other actors on that page, Damu King. Looked him up and he has been in a ton of stuff, so how did I ever not notice that name?
I presume his name is pronouced 'da'moo' and not 'dam u'
...unless you are mad at him.
We finally watched 12 YEARS A SLAVE last night.
It is an excellent picture, but difficult to watch.
As good as it is though, I don't know if it will pass the test of time.
50 years from now, will viewers still want to see it, like today we still want to see other Best Pictures (e.g. GRAND HOTEL, GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, ALL ABOUT EVE, ON THE WATERFRONT, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, etc.)?
The same goes for SCHINDLER'S LIST.
We finally watched 12 YEARS A SLAVE last night.
It is an excellent picture, but difficult to watch.
As good as it is though, I don't know if it will pass the test of time.
50 years from now, will viewers still want to see it, like today we still want to see other Best Pictures (e.g. GRAND HOTEL, GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, ALL ABOUT EVE, ON THE WATERFRONT, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, etc.)?
The same goes for SCHINDLER'S LIST.
Forrest Gump goes at the top of my list of those winners we already don't want to see again.
And I am home from physical therapy; it did not go well tpday, and I'm rather depressed about it.Sorry to hear that.
National Grammar Day?
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Back, with basically NO change in prescription, though we're going to try a different contact lens in one eye.
I'm definitely on the road to eventually needing the cataract surgery, but I've known that, and it should be a few years hence. Everyone I know who's had it has reported it to be effortless and loves the results, including my dad at nearly 80 years of age. But like a bottle of $2.99 Paul Masson, I won't do it before it's/its time.
Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph
And I am home from physical therapy; it did not go well tpday, and I'm rather depressed about it.
Has any DR heard of or tried oil pulling?
http://www.fashionlush.com/wtf-is-oil-pulling-why-im-hooked/
I love Sandra Boynton! ;D
Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph
Hoo and Ray! I really want to see this!
DR Ginny - I hope that your optimism about the end of Winter 2013-14 proves to be founded! :)
Re: DEAD OF NIGHT
While they may not be in the same tier as DoN, I have an affection for the Amicus Productions movies that were made in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" with Peter Cushing and a very young looking Donald Sutherland, and "Torture Garden" with Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing and Jack Palance as a collector of Poe (!). If you haven't seen these movies, they are well worth a look-see. The other Amicus movies that are "worthy" portmanteaux are the ones that were based on "Tales From The Crypt" (1972) and "Vault of Horror" (1973) stories and are so-titled. True popcorn flicks!
To BK re: your first paragraph of today's notes-- "RADAR instead of Reader"
Dear Bruce: (1) Are you familiar with, or have you read, Georges Perec's 1969* novel known in English as "A Void" in which the letter E is not used? I recall that it took many years for this novel to appear in an English translation, due to many things, but I understand that it was difficult to not only maintain the lack of the letter E but also to retain the word play and multiple meanings that were inherent in the original French; and, (2) As a writer yourself, would you be able to (or even want to) create a literary work avoiding a letter or containing some word games, etc?
*Ironic that the novel's original publication date coincides with your remembrance of Blimpie's
Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph
Hoo and Ray! I really want to see this!
I'm count on you, DR George, for a DVD!
Re: DEAD OF NIGHT
While they may not be in the same tier as DoN, I have an affection for the Amicus Productions movies that were made in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" with Peter Cushing and a very young looking Donald Sutherland, and "Torture Garden" with Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing and Jack Palance as a collector of Poe (!). If you haven't seen these movies, they are well worth a look-see. The other Amicus movies that are "worthy" portmanteaux are the ones that were based on "Tales From The Crypt" (1972) and "Vault of Horror" (1973) stories and are so-titled. True popcorn flicks!
I love the Amicus anthologies!
OOOO, OOOOOO
I just remembered another fun made-for-TV anthology movie, Dan Curtis's "Trilogy of Terror" in which Karen Black is the main character in each of the stories based on works by the great writer and friend of DR Druxy, Richard Matheson.
Re: DEAD OF NIGHT
While they may not be in the same tier as DoN, I have an affection for the Amicus Productions movies that were made in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" with Peter Cushing and a very young looking Donald Sutherland, and "Torture Garden" with Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing and Jack Palance as a collector of Poe (!). If you haven't seen these movies, they are well worth a look-see. The other Amicus movies that are "worthy" portmanteaux are the ones that were based on "Tales From The Crypt" (1972) and "Vault of Horror" (1973) stories and are so-titled. True popcorn flicks!
I love the Amicus anthologies!
OOOO, OOOOOO
I just remembered another fun made-for-TV anthology movie, Dan Curtis's "Trilogy of Terror" in which Karen Black is the main character in each of the stories based on works by the great writer and friend of DR Druxy, Richard Matheson.
Trilogy of Terror rocks.
Someone at IF/THEN has a great sense of humor!
Re: DEAD OF NIGHT
While they may not be in the same tier as DoN, I have an affection for the Amicus Productions movies that were made in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" with Peter Cushing and a very young looking Donald Sutherland, and "Torture Garden" with Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing and Jack Palance as a collector of Poe (!). If you haven't seen these movies, they are well worth a look-see. The other Amicus movies that are "worthy" portmanteaux are the ones that were based on "Tales From The Crypt" (1972) and "Vault of Horror" (1973) stories and are so-titled. True popcorn flicks!
I love the Amicus anthologies!
They're loads of fun! Another one that is fun is non-Amicus but very much in their vein, and which you may have seen, is "Tales That Witness Madness" with Jack Hawkins.
And the word of the day is: COCKALORUM!
If you've never seen a Mario Bava horror movie, I highly recommend his portmanteau film, "Black Sabbath", which is comprised of three effective stories. One of the stories stars Boris Karloff.
And I am home from physical therapy; it did not go well tpday, and I'm rather depressed about it.
At my last eye exam (in recent weeks), not only did my prescription change (requiring expensive new progressive lenses), but I also learned that I will have to have cataract surgery, most likely sooner rather than later. The conventional wisdom had been that you should put it off as long as possible, but apparently that may be changing.
At least it is now a conventional, outpatient procedure.
Oh, I loved ASYLUM! Been many years since I have seen it!
Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph
Hoo and Ray! I really want to see this!
I'm count on you, DR George, for a DVD!
Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.
Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph
Hoo and Ray! I really want to see this!
I'm count on you, DR George, for a DVD!
Oooh, are we putting in requests already? I'd love one.
Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.
Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.
Except that it's not really a Disney-fied version of "The Snow Queen," at all. The story is completely different. It's now billed as "inspired by 'The Snow Queen'."
Yesterday Chas posted"Vixmom, it just happens that I carry a li'l memory around with me about the February 1993 bombing of the WTC. It was a day I took off work to drive friends and self out to a then-new CompUSA store near a large mall -- was it Hempstead? Valley Stream? I forget, but I guess it had to be out toward Vixville USA. Anyhoo, the bombing had happened that morning, and all day long we kept listening to WCBS (traffic and weather on the eights) and eyeing the WTC from a distance -- it was an overcast but sharp, clear day, and the skyline and twin towers were etched so beautifully, and it all looked so calm from out there on the expressways and bridges."
I remember this day as well - I was working at my other office, one of the six people killed was a pregnant woman, she was at the same stage of pregnancy as I was at that time - and I very much identified with her and the double loss suffered by her husband and family
and I have officially given up coffee for Lent---
I generally drink 6 -10 cups a day between the time I get up and the end of the work day..
I may have been too ambitious in my choice....
Laura - I like your quote!
Now, here's the kind of review I like - even though the other one was a great review it wasn't well written and was what I call a list review and written by someone who is not really a reviewer or writer. Here's one by someone who has actually been reviewing for a long time for various publications - the fact that it's a rave is icing, but the fact that it actually has some thought behind it is even better.
http://www.edgelosangeles.com/entertainment/theatre/Reviews//155341/the_prince_and_the_showtune:_a_tribute_to_harold_princee
and I have officially given up coffee for Lent---
I generally drink 6 -10 cups a day between the time I get up and the end of the work day..
I may have been too ambitious in my choice....
Is it possible to just cut that in half or forth? I don't believe Lent is about causing physical problems. You shouldn't ignore caffeine withdrawal. IMHO it should be done slowly.
Six (6) to ten (10) cups?? :)
Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? :)
Now, here's the kind of review I like - even though the other one was a great review it wasn't well written and was what I call a list review and written by someone who is not really a reviewer or writer. Here's one by someone who has actually been reviewing for a long time for various publications - the fact that it's a rave is icing, but the fact that it actually has some thought behind it is even better.
http://www.edgelosangeles.com/entertainment/theatre/Reviews//155341/the_prince_and_the_showtune:_a_tribute_to_harold_princee
Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? :)
Since when was it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast?
I'm the only person I know who has never seen SOMEWHERE IN TIME.
I am in the same boat, DR ChasSmith.
Six (6) to ten (10) cups?? :)
well I have one in the morning while I am getting ready then one in the car o the way to work and then I fix one as soon as I get to the office at 9... then about every hour , hour and a half or so I have another cup
I switch to tea when I get home , there i have a proper brown betty teapot so I can have a real cuppa
Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? :)
Since when was it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast?
Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.
DR CILLA LIZ...LOL.....I guess I forgot about the television part when I mentioned TITANIC yesterday....
But I also forgot something occupied a lot of my time last year.....the Jodi Arias trial.
and I have officially given up coffee for Lent---
I generally drink 6 -10 cups a day between the time I get up and the end of the work day..
I may have been too ambitious in my choice....
Is it possible to just cut that in half or forth? I don't believe Lent is about causing physical problems. You shouldn't ignore caffeine withdrawal. IMHO it should be done slowly.
well I haven't given up tea or coke or chocolate :)
DR CILLA LIZ...LOL.....I guess I forgot about the television part when I mentioned TITANIC yesterday....
But I also forgot something occupied a lot of my time last year.....the Jodi Arias trial.
Oh, yes, there was Jodi. I was just wondering today what ever happened to her. Have they done the retrial of the death phase or did she work out a deal?
I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
My six-year old self was quite scared of the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White, thank you very much! :)
I am looking forward to seeing Frozen when my library gets it.
My nieces love it.
I know a lot of people are loving it. But I had no idea it was a tween thing like Wicked.
Now, here's the kind of review I like - even though the other one was a great review it wasn't well written and was what I call a list review and written by someone who is not really a reviewer or writer. Here's one by someone who has actually been reviewing for a long time for various publications - the fact that it's a rave is icing, but the fact that it actually has some thought behind it is even better.
http://www.edgelosangeles.com/entertainment/theatre/Reviews//155341/the_prince_and_the_showtune:_a_tribute_to_harold_princee
I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
My six-year old self was quite scared of the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White, thank you very much! :)
ME TOO!!! But nothing scared me as much as Flying Monkeys
I understand that clergy from some churches are now taking their mission on the road, offering "ashes to go" at local malls.
Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty" was a great villain.
I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
My six-year old self was quite scared of the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White, thank you very much! :)
ME TOO!!! But nothing scared me as much as Flying Monkeys
I was a warped child. I wanted a flying monkey for a pet. I thought they were wonderful.
I understand that clergy from some churches are now taking their mission on the road, offering "ashes to go" at local malls.
while in NYC today I saw a priest standing on the sidewalk and offering ashes to passersby, several of whom took him up on his offer
Finished with my viewing, which I'm calling Frozen Gravity.
Finished with my viewing, which I'm calling Frozen Gravity.
There used to be a Blimpie's here in Tumwater, but it closed a few years ago. I really liked them. I wonder if there still are any in the area.
Has any DR heard of or tried oil pulling?
http://www.fashionlush.com/wtf-is-oil-pulling-why-im-hooked/
~ ~ ~ Physical Therapy Vibes ~ ~ ~ for DR elmore3003!!
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and someone also sent me a picture from a work Christmas party from the early 90's... my, how I have changed, I wonder if anyone here will even be able to spot me
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Oh, here's George. Hello, George.
Good night.
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Has any DR heard of or tried oil pulling?
http://www.fashionlush.com/wtf-is-oil-pulling-why-im-hooked/
Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph
And, sometimes those movies that will live "forever" don't win...or are even nominated for Best Picture.
I did not like the book Bid Time Return or the film Somewhere In Time; the time travel concept seemed to me too close t the concept of the wonderful Jack Finney novel Time and Again, which was published six years earlier.
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