Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on March 07, 2014, 12:12:46 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes mentioned Studio Ghibli, and now it is time for you to post until the anime cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FROWARD!
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Great news about the new CD, BK! Can't wait to hear the new song!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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And the word of the day is: FROWARD!
My dyslexic fingers often type the word this way when I mean the opposite of backward. Happens all the time.
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Good morning, all.
Coffee, baby. Coffee.
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I have never seen a Studio Ghibli film -- or any anime at all.
I have also never seen House of Cards. But since Kevin Spacey is one of those who(m) I could listen to reading the proverbial phone book, and more and more people are talking about it, now including BK, I believe attention must be paid.
Oy. I need more hours in the day. Better yet, I think, a second life. One isn't nearly enough. Yes, that would be the ticket. There needs to be two of me.
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Delighted to hear what the next album will be. That's a great surprise.
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Fantastic news about the new album - can't wait!
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Good morning, all! I'm on my usual pattern of one night of lousy sleeping, a groggy day and then a good night's sleep, etc. God alone knows how this will be affected by the time change this weekend. I hate it. I will shortly run to the pharmacy to pick up my meds, then head to the market. At some point I will be getting a phone call from the Man from Philadelphia, which could go on for too long since he loves to talk.
I know too much about Mr Spacey and his behavior to want to see him in anything. Still, The Ref is my favorite Christmas movie and he's quite good in it.
I am loving the reports on Li'l Abner and looking forward to more.
TOD:
DVD: Still waiting on the two Netflix items
CD: Roberta, Kismet, Guy Haines, Tchaikovsky ballets
VCR: nada
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Vibes for a bearable phone call, DR Elmore!
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good morning to all
i hope all is well with everyone
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and life goes on.
The Shiva reminded me of Grand Hotel. People come. People Go. Then always the same (Variation on the line)
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Congrats and vibes for the new Sandy album!
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Friday morning greetings! More book selling for me today...
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TOD - no time for viewing/listening this weekend, but I do have a media-related question. How do I dispose of videotapes that we've recorded off-the-air? When Rob was a kid he taped a lot of Star Trek episodes and has now given me the green light to dispose of them. Commercial videotapes can be donated to the book sale (but we're finding that they don't sell well...), but these home-recorded ones can't be sold. I hate to just put them in the trash, but I've read that recycling is expensive. Thoughts?
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More vibes of comfort to Mike's family.
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Good morning, all.
More vibes for Mike and his family.
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I hadn't though of recycling, Ginny. So I don't really know. I'd have probably put them in the trash.
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TOD:
DVD: Fruitvale Station, We Want the Light
CD: Little Me, Schubert
Car CD: Disc 17 of 18 of Fosse
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Good news about the new CD!
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How about a mash-up musical of Li'l Abner and 1984?
"If I had Big Brother ..."
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DR GINNY these people recycle, but it costs some money.
http://www.greendisk.com/
Also it seems a lot of schools like to take video tapes and record over them for classes.....or some schools anyway....maybe someone in your area has such a program.
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I think I have to restart my computer.
BookFace will not load in FireFox for me this morning.
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
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DR John G. - in answer to your question from yesterday... I took a peek at the trailer for the new Annie. I have to say, it is not to my taste. All up-to-date, with quick editing, modern pop culture references, and just a general coarseness.
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I hadn't though of recycling, Ginny. So I don't really know. I'd have probably put them in the trash.
I'm responsible for at least a few very large trash bags worth of VHS tapes sitting in the landfills today.
The stuff might be recyclable in some way, but even though I participate in normal recycling at home and consider myself a halfway decent citizen as regards such things, as soon as it becomes a challenge or a hassle or an expense....sorry, the sh stuff goes into the trash.
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TOD:
RUSH
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
PHANTOM LADY
THE BLUE DAHLIA
And, I'm still working on Season Three of MAVERICK.
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So, time change this weekend. Spring Forward, people!! :)
You know, it just doesn't feel like it's time for that when there's still what looks like a solid foot of frozen snow on the ground everywhere around here.
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With regard to Animation:
I have yet to see FROZEN, but the truth is that I have tired of animated movies altogether. There are just too many or them now.
And, I used to love animated features.
Back in the day, if we got 1 or 2 animated features a year, that was a lot. And, more often than not, these movies were "special".
Now, it seems that we get, at least, one animated movie every month. They are no longer "special".
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Two (2).
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I hadn't though of recycling, Ginny. So I don't really know. I'd have probably put them in the trash.
I'm responsible for at least a few very large trash bags worth of VHS tapes sitting in the landfills today.
The stuff might be recyclable in some way, but even though I participate in normal recycling at home and consider myself a halfway decent citizen as regards such things, as soon as it becomes a challenge or a hassle or an expense....sorry, the sh stuff goes into the trash.
Yep, that's kind of where I am, DR ChasSmith. I just want them off the family room hearth!
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DR GINNY these people recycle, but it costs some money.
http://www.greendisk.com/
Also it seems a lot of schools like to take video tapes and record over them for classes.....or some schools anyway....maybe someone in your area has such a program.
Thanks, DR JRand. GreenDisk has come up in all my research, but seems kind of complicated. I do have a lot of teacher friends, so I'll ask around.
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I wonder if I should go see my friends' BAREFOOT IN THE PARK tonight.
It'll get me out of the house. :)
And tomorrow night's sold out.
Decisions, decisions.
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DR John G. - in answer to your question from yesterday... I took a peek at the trailer for the new Annie. I have to say, it is not to my taste. All up-to-date, with quick editing, modern pop culture references, and just a general coarseness.
I watched it later as well. I was surprised by a few things. I never think of Annie as a purely kids' musical. This is definitely just for kids, and a little too precious and self-consciously cute for my tastes. But I was also surprised at how good the star's singing voice was.
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With regard to Animation:
I have yet to see FROZEN, but the truth is that I have tired of animated movies altogether. There are just too many or them now.
And, I used to love animated features.
Back in the day, if we got 1 or 2 animated features a year, that was a lot. And, more often than not, these movies were "special".
Now, it seems that we get, at least, one animated movie every month. They are no longer "special".
Amen. The early Pixar movies were also genuinely funny. The latest ones try way too hard.
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Morning, all!
Mike: shiva can be a very mind-numbing experience, but I hope that it was also a healing one.
TOD:
On ye olde iPod: 1957 Rabbi Soloveitchik lecture series: "Man and His Social Institutions."
DVD drive: Bill Cosby (we haven't had time to change it out - too busy cleaning the living room for my mother-in-law's visit when the new arrival comes)
YouTube playlist: Bunch of Israeli political junk
On the nightstand: Cycles of Time by Robert Penrose
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Back from Round One of errands.
Has anyone ever ordered from this site:
http://www.pristineclassical.com
I am having a bitch of a time trying to checkout and nothing works. Also, I cannot find in ther "Help" page a cockamamie email address. Ridiculous.
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For anyone who's interested in trying anime, start with Kiki's Delivery Service - it's wonderful and has a brilliant score - BUT it must be watched in Japanese with English subtitles. The dub completely subverts everything about the film, has additional music (heaven forbid there should be silence) and is appalling.
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Oh, and I'm up and have been up since six, just staying in bed wishing I were asleep.
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Happy Friday, all!
TOD: On its way from Netlfix for me is "20 Feet from Stardom". Looking forward to it.
Quiet day here. Mostly domestic stuff I've put off since i got home. I wish this place would clean itself. :D
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TOD:
DVR:
Recoreded some oldies off of TCM, including a movie titled HULLABALOO
CD:
Sukhvir Sukh's just released first CD. I have been listening to it constatly for about a month now. I just love it.
DVD:
Will be babysitting little Harper and Cole and think it is high time they are introduced to some musicals. LIL ABNER might just be a good one for this...also thinking of FLOWER DRUM SONG. My friend Marge's son watched it with me years ago when he was about 4 years old and he loved it...he kept singing (or trying to sing) 100 MILLION MIRACLES over and over, for days afterwards.
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HOUSE OF CARDS does sound like a good show...and people at work have been trying to get me to watch DOWNTOWN ABBEY...and I have still not seen a single episode of MAD MEN.
There really are a lot of good quality shows airing, but, as DR ChasSmith mentioned, it is so hard to find the time to devote to all of them.
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Of course, since SEAN SAVES THE WORLD...which was finally getting good, HAPPILY DIVORCED, and SOUTHLAND have all been cancelled, and I stopped watching CHICAGO FIRE, I do have room to add a few new series...on the other hand, the extra time not watching TV shows has helped me move further on getting some work done on my Bollywood book projects.
If I would get rid of television completely, I might also get some work done on interviews that have been sitting around for years now, waiting to be transcribed.
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HOUSE OF CARDS does sound like a good show...and people at work have been trying to get me to watch DOWNTOWN ABBEY...and I have still not seen a single episode of MAD MEN.
There really are a lot of good quality shows airing, but, as DR ChasSmith mentioned, it is so hard to find the time to devote to all of them.
Mikey, it's DOWNTON ABBEY, but I would love to see DOWNTOWN ABBEY; it sounds like a sequel to GOING MY WAY, which, I'm sorry to disappoint you, is not about cruising or hitchhikers.
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The returning Rob Stevens just posted a lovely review of our Hal Prince Kritzerland show:
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Rob_Stevens/reviews/_2014/showtune.php
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I was hoping Rob would get around to us. He was a very early champion of my musicals in the early 70s.
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Very nice, gents.
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Here's what we'll be springing our clocks forward to tomorrow night:
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Feel like Spring yet?
Hey, check out that green mold on the dark side of the moon house...
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Finally, one must always keep a clear path to one's generator...
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Now how's all that for ugly?
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Woops, they're a little dark. It is, actually, slightly brighter than that out there today. Just slightly.
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Forgot one. Looking through the window screen, the ice and snow on the roof and in the gutters...
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HOUSE OF CARDS does sound like a good show...and people at work have been trying to get me to watch DOWNTOWN ABBEY...and I have still not seen a single episode of MAD MEN.
There really are a lot of good quality shows airing, but, as DR ChasSmith mentioned, it is so hard to find the time to devote to all of them.
Mikey, it's DOWNTON ABBEY, but I would love to see DOWNTOWN ABBEY; it sounds like a sequel to GOING MY WAY, which, I'm sorry to disappoint you, is not about cruising or hitchhikers.
My boss also thought it was Downtown.
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The returning Rob Stevens just posted a lovely review of our Hal Prince Kritzerland show:
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Rob_Stevens/reviews/_2014/showtune.php
Nice review.
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The returning Rob Stevens just posted a lovely review of our Hal Prince Kritzerland show:
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Rob_Stevens/reviews/_2014/showtune.php
Very nice!
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
No. Just...no.
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So, time change this weekend. Spring Forward, people!! :)
You know, it just doesn't feel like it's time for that when there's still what looks like a solid foot of frozen snow on the ground everywhere around here.
Great. I have to work concessions on Sunday at noon, which means I really need to get there by what my body will say is 11:00 am.
:P
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For anyone who's interested in trying anime, start with Kiki's Delivery Service - it's wonderful and has a brilliant score - BUT it must be watched in Japanese with English subtitles. The dub completely subverts everything about the film, has additional music (heaven forbid there should be silence) and is appalling.
I have several friends who absolutely refuse to ever watch the American dub of ANY Japanese anime film.
I bought DVDs to the original Japanese TV show, "Space Battleship Yamato," known in and edited for the US as "Star Blazers." The original is so much better.
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Spring will be here soon DR CHAS SMITH!!!
And I think there are MUCH worse ways to spend an evening that seeing BAREFOOT IN THE PARK....if the leads are charming, you are half way home. The old folks are also pretty funny.
I played the man upstairs once, and the play certainly is an audience pleaser.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OplchnM49pw/TzzVHm7ms0I/AAAAAAAABNI/vayEQ-oFtNU/w640-h480-no/Cory+%2526+Victor.jpg)
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Page Three Barefoot Dance.
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The stock, made of cauliflower, shredded cabbage, tomatoes, onion, bay leaf, salt and pepper is simmering away while the beef bones are simmering in another pan for more stock as I need it. It's time to peel the potatoes and drag out another large pan.
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
Tell me where to send the corpses that are piling up.
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Hello All:
Beautiful day here in West Seneca, NY. Very sunny!
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TOD;
DVD;
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
CD PLAYER IN KITCHEN:
THE JESUS RECORD, RICH MULLINS AND A RAGAMUFFIN BAND
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LIBRARY PICKS THIS WEEK ARE:
DVD'S:
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN ( I LOVED IT)
CRACKS
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
MEATBALLS
THE GHOST WRITER
THE DEER HUNT
WE'RE THE MILLERS
BOOKS;
MOTHER ANGELICA'S PRIVATE AND PITHY LESSONS FROM THE SCRIPTURES
MEDITATIONS OF MARY
BLESSED AMONG WOMEN
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I noticed the movie MARTY is on Saturday at 8:00PM TCM.
I have seen it several times and really love it.
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I really enjoyed BAREFOOT IN THE PARK with Jane Fonda, and Robert Redford!!!
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On your list, Kate, is one of my recent favorites, "Miss Pettigrew." Great fun.
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Back from an omelet and some tap tap tapioca pudding. Waiting for the helper, then some errands, then I'm in for the rest of the day and evening.
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Spring will be here soon DR CHAS SMITH!!!
And I think there are MUCH worse ways to spend an evening that seeing BAREFOOT IN THE PARK....if the leads are charming, you are half way home. The old folks are also pretty funny.
I played the man upstairs once, and the play certainly is an audience pleaser.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OplchnM49pw/TzzVHm7ms0I/AAAAAAAABNI/vayEQ-oFtNU/w640-h480-no/Cory+%2526+Victor.jpg)
DR Jrand63 has played 'em all! :)
But I'm going to wait and see BAREFOOT IN THE PARK next weekend. I hear this production is wonderful, but I think I needs me a sit-at-home-and-watch-movies night. Have to think about what that's going to be, which I will mull over whilst running out and stocking up on a few foodstuffs.
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Speaking of playing 'em all, where has TCB been? Hope all is well!
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Oh, Downton!
Well, I guess I will now stop hearing Petula Clark singing in my mind everytime I thought about the show.
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There is a new Bollywood horror film on DVD...ADVENTURE OF HAUNTED HOUSE...but I'll be darned if I can find anywhere to buy it.
Just looking at the cast, I can tell it is a good movie.
(http://gallery.oneindia.in/ph-big/2012/05/adventure-of-haunted-house-completion-party_13379346534.jpg)
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/monsters_zps721468f9.jpg)
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I agree what has been said about dubbed movies, although sometimes it's fun to hear at what lengths the producers go through to "match" the original actors' voices. Has anyone seen Schwarzenegger's 1969 movie, "Hercules in New York"? His part is hilariously dubbed and nothing like the sound of his actual voice. If you've seen many foreign pictures from the 1960s and 1970s, you know that some of the same voice actors come up again and again. I saw many a Japanese movie dubbed into English, in which it seemed like it was Paul Frees talking to Paul Frees talking to another Paul Frees. I believe he was Toshiro Mifune's "official" English/American voice for a couple of films.
I always try to see the movie in its original form if possible and have learned to tolerate subtitles. Even the TOHO Godzilla films play differently in the original Japanese. On a related note, I also only listen to opera in the language it was originally written in. Somehow it sounds better to me.
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Love your photo, DR Jrand63!
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From DR Vixmom:
Vixter's nametag read "Arwyn" one of the characters in the Lord of the Rings movies
See Bruce, not Goth. DR Vixter is a beautiful elf princess.
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and life goes on.
The Shiva reminded me of Grand Hotel. People come. People Go. Then always the same (Variation on the line)
Interesting comparison. One needs something to distract themselves during times like this. I hope you are doing ok.
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The missing Netflix discs and the failed shipment did ot show up today, so the asshole manager of the Planetarium Station will get a bad critique from me to the US Postal site. I suspect the followup will be that i never receive another piece of mail in decent condition, but this situation is ridiculous.
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Sorry DR elmore. Did you manage through your conversation with the Man from Philadelphia?
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So, I just sent this to USPS.com:
Our regular carrier is off with an injury, I believe, and the mail’s been a mess all week: I should have received two Netflix items on Wednesday and they have never shown up, yesterday there were tw items in my postbox, a catalogue for someone else and a delivery attempt notice. Now, the wrong item makes me suspect my two Netflix items are sitting in another postbox or in another building, but I am most concerned about the delivery attempt of tracking number 95001214402140------79, according to the USPS.com site, 4:34pm. I was home, since i am currently crippled, and the postman never rang my apartment to notify me of a delivery! When I discovered this around 5:30, since the post’s been arriving very late in the afternoon, I called the Planetarium Station and spoke to an unfriendly gentleman who said he was the manager. He was neither helpful nor interested in the situation, so i then went to USPS.com and requested a delivery of the package today. Well, it never showed up. What the hell?
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This morning Redbox offered us a first option on Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Keith quickly reserved it. We now have it in our possession to watch tonight. I think popcorn is also in order.
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DR elmore vibes you receive a reasonable response and they find your missing items.
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Sorry DR elmore. Did you manage through your conversation with the Man from Philadelphia?
It never happened.
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This is a review that might (mind you, I said "might") entice me to see this movie...well, maybe not, but it's a pretty funny review:
The 300 sequel is Zack Snyder's greatest intellectual masterpiece (http://io9.com/300-rise-of-an-empire-is-like-shakespeare-for-the-inte-1538992740).
;)
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Sorry DR elmore. Did you manage through your conversation with the Man from Philadelphia?
It never happened.
I hope this is a good thing.
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I feel for you, DR Elmore. It is unnerving to think that your mail and packages could be getting delievered to wrong places, or just not at all!
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We would like to know where our missing UPS package is. While we would like it to arrive it isn't urgent.
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We would like to know where our missing UPS package is. While we would like it to arrive it isn't urgent.
At least there's a tracking number for it. I've had lost USPS packages that can't be tracked.
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I feel for you, DR Elmore. It is unnerving to think that your mail and packages could be getting delievered to wrong places, or just not at all!
I'm irritated because I do not like situations where the inmates are running the asylum. It's bad the post office manager is a fool, but some of the workers are worse. My carrier is a good guy, but while he's away, I'm suffering from fools.
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This morning Redbox offered us a first option on Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Keith quickly reserved it. We now have it in our possession to watch tonight. I think popcorn is also in order.
I am looking forward to seeing this movie. Loved the books but did not get the chance to see this in the theatre.
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We would like to know where our missing UPS package is. While we would like it to arrive it isn't urgent.
At least there's a tracking number for it. I've had lost USPS packages that can't be tracked.
But it isn't the correct tracking number. It is for the package that was delivered in Arizona.
I did sent a flat rate priority mail package which was delivered today. Those come with tracking numbers which I like.
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This morning Redbox offered us a first option on Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Keith quickly reserved it. We now have it in our possession to watch tonight. I think popcorn is also in order.
I am looking forward to seeing this movie. Loved the books but did not get the chance to see this in the theatre.
Since I didn't read the book I will not be able to judge the movie in comparison.
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My initial email from UPS said the package would arrive on the 4th.
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I feel for you, DR Elmore. It is unnerving to think that your mail and packages could be getting delievered to wrong places, or just not at all!
I'm irritated because I do not like situations where the inmates are running the asylum. It's bad the post office manager is a fool, but some of the workers are worse. My carrier is a good guy, but while he's away, I'm suffering from fools.
The Postal Service lost a package that I was expecting last summer from Astoria, NY. The tracking number would only show that it was delivered, but I never got it. It wound up in Jersey City, NJ. When I tracked down the manager in New Jersey, I was told that the USPS would place a tracer on the package. The Post Office then blamed the shipper, but I already had credible information that it was the Post Office's fault. Needless to say, the package was lost somewhere in New Jersey and the tracer did nothing.
The year before that, I had been expecting a package of vintage NY Metropolitan TV Guides to add to my collection. There was several hundred dollars worth of TV Guides. However, all the precautions taken by the shipper came to naught. The package was delivered but was empty with USPS tape all over the box. There was a Postal Inspector notice on the box stating something to the effect that while the USPS is very sorry that the package was damaged during shipment, it was pleased to complete the delivery!
I am sorry to say, but the only reliable tracking numbers are (always) FedEx and (98% of the time) UPS. I've had items delivered to me successfully before the Postal Service even updated the tracking number information. From my experience, I've learned that if it's late in the day, the package may be marked as delivered even though it may not show up until the next day.
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The returning Rob Stevens just posted a lovely review of our Hal Prince Kritzerland show:
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Rob_Stevens/reviews/_2014/showtune.php
Congrats to BK and DR ryacko!
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About UPS having accurate tracking numbers, how the heck did two people get the same one! Of course the number is only tracking the one that was actually delivered. While they sent me, at the request of the business I ordered from, an updated email it does not tell me where my package is or exactly when I might expect it.
The business will re-send the items if they don't arrive.
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Well, I must be off. My mom called, asking if I was coming over for dinner. I said, "Sure." So, it's dinner time!
Be back later!
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Speaking of playing 'em all, where has TCB been? Hope all is well!
Where, indeed?
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We use express mail from the post office and so far have not lost a package. Last summer I ordered something for my mom and it was delivered to someone in Kansas. The post office did track it down, retrieve it and it was eventually delivered to my mom in Iowa.
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I ordered a couple books for them this week and Fed ex took them to the wrong town. They were contacted and the books were delivered today. Amazon did an insert telling them their additional packages would be delivered later. Neither they nor I have ordered anything else. Interesting.
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Let us know if they receive the additional packages-lol
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Mom said she's keeping them
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I did check and I wasn't billed for anything else
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We would like to know where our missing UPS package is. While we would like it to arrive it isn't urgent.
At least there's a tracking number for it. I've had lost USPS packages that can't be tracked.
But it isn't the correct tracking number. It is for the package that was delivered in Arizona.
I did sent a flat rate priority mail package which was delivered today. Those come with tracking numbers which I like.
Maybe your package was delivered to someone in Arizona. My package to my mom was delivered to someone in Kansas..
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About UPS having accurate tracking numbers, how the heck did two people get the same one! Of course the number is only tracking the one that was actually delivered. While they sent me, at the request of the business I ordered from, an updated email it does not tell me where my package is or exactly when I might expect it.
The business will re-send the items if they don't arrive.
I think it was misdelivered to Arizona
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Re: HOUSE OF CARDS season two
Right now it is only on netflix (came out Feb 14th). Season two has not been released on dvd yet and i don't see a release date anywhere. Does anybody have any idea when it might come out?
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I think at this point UPS will not be making a delivery today.
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About UPS having accurate tracking numbers, how the heck did two people get the same one! Of course the number is only tracking the one that was actually delivered. While they sent me, at the request of the business I ordered from, an updated email it does not tell me where my package is or exactly when I might expect it.
The business will re-send the items if they don't arrive.
I think it was misdelivered to Arizona
Yet, from what I can gather there was also a delivery intended to Arizona. We just received the same tracking number. It is very strange.
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When I was in high school we had a reading class where we leaned a speed reading technique. Your eyes hit two spots on a line and you went down the page. I could read very fast with really good comprehension, but it wasn't enjoyable. You don't really read you sort of just absorb.
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About UPS having accurate tracking numbers, how the heck did two people get the same one! Of course the number is only tracking the one that was actually delivered. While they sent me, at the request of the business I ordered from, an updated email it does not tell me where my package is or exactly when I might expect it.
The business will re-send the items if they don't arrive.
I think it was misdelivered to Arizona
Yet, from what I can gather there was also a delivery intended to Arizona. We just received the same tracking number. It is very strange.
Sounds like a good story. I would be very surprised if they issued the same number to two people.
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Starting "Fruitvale Station." Excellent performances, but the drama is really heavy. May have to watch the ending tomorrow.
Even my trauma books seem more inviting.
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I finished the Fosse bio in the traffic this afternoon. Excellent detail of his movies and shows, both hits and misses.
I was especially interested in the author's discussion of "Star 80," a movie I've seen twice and respect, but it's so intense I had a hard time watching it. I find it even more fascinating after learning Fosse's thought process behind it, but the analysis also made me never want to see it again.
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When I was in high school we had a reading class where we leaned a speed reading technique. Your eyes hit two spots on a line and you went down the page. I could read very fast with really good comprehension, but it wasn't enjoyable. You don't really read you sort of just absorb.
My version of speed reading is self taught and came naturally while I was engrossed in my books.
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About UPS having accurate tracking numbers, how the heck did two people get the same one! Of course the number is only tracking the one that was actually delivered. While they sent me, at the request of the business I ordered from, an updated email it does not tell me where my package is or exactly when I might expect it.
The business will re-send the items if they don't arrive.
I think it was misdelivered to Arizona
Yet, from what I can gather there was also a delivery intended to Arizona. We just received the same tracking number. It is very strange.
Sounds like a good story. I would be very surprised if they issued the same number to two people.
That is what they told the person who called asking where our order is. He thought it was very strange as well. I could have called today and he would have re-sent the order but I wanted to give UPS time to deliver it on Monday.
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I might see if the guy can call UPS again and ask where it is.
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Of course it could be true, too. That's always a possiblity
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Finished "Fruitvale Station." Extremely powerful and painful to watch.
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Five!
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
DARN! You already have one? NOW what am I going to get you for your birthday?
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
DARN! You already have one? NOW what am I going to get you for your birthday?
Not the altar boy collection. Please.
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The returning Rob Stevens just posted a lovely review of our Hal Prince Kritzerland show:
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Rob_Stevens/reviews/_2014/showtune.php
Lovely review RY and BK!
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From DR Vixmom:
Vixter's nametag read "Arwyn" one of the characters in the Lord of the Rings movies
See Bruce, not Goth. DR Vixter is a beautiful elf princess.
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
DARN! You already have one? NOW what am I going to get you for your birthday?
Not the altar boy collection. Please.
Maybe they're a bunch of catlicks ;)
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Great pun, sir.
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And, as we all well know, there is no groaning here at HHW. :)
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Tonight I heard pianist Stephen Hough play the Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Paganini. Delightful!
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The Prokofiev symphony which followed, while it had its moments, was not my favorite.
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Fran Drescher IS Cinderalla, the Musical.
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/drescher_zps6cb73fc6.jpg)
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Someone has put the Virginia Woolf "cast album" in its entirety on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmzSmFmjOY
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Fran Drescher IS Cinderalla, the Musical.
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/drescher_zps6cb73fc6.jpg)
Where did that picture of Fran come from?
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Finished with my viewing - four more episodes of House of Cards about which more later.
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Hello, everyone.
Now what were all those posts I had in mind?
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Bruce, I'm very pleased to hear you're doing a CD of your songs. I know that Sandy likes your songwriting very much and I'm sure it'll be a delight.
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Read a very moving article about a father and his autistic son.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/reaching-my-autistic-son-through-disney.html?hp
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The article explains how the son loved Disney films and this became a sort of portal to the outside world.
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Re recycling tapes, many community recycling organizations now have websites that tell you how to recycle various items. I've referred to LA's several times.
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Or, since the tapes can be reused, could you just sell them very, very cheaply at the book sales? I like Jrand's idea of offering them to schools.
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The perfect gift for the person who has everything:
The Taxidermy Mice Chess Set!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/micechess_zpsed4ceee6.jpg)
No. Just...no.
I agree with George.
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/monsters_zps721468f9.jpg)
Singdaw's new 'hood sans snow.
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What happened to TCB? He was here for five seconds, then gone.
TCBeeeeeeee, where arrrrre you?
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Sorry to read about all the delivery mishaps. We had terrible mail service when I lived in Virginia. I would get my neighbors' mail all the time--same number, different street. One year there was a big inspection at the regional postal center. THREE bills failed to arrive at all--and that's just from the mail I was expecting. God knows whatever else was missing. I think someone "cleaned up" the postal center. I tried phoning the post office, but received no satisfaction whatsoever. I was just told repeatedly that it wasn't the mail carrier's fault, which of course I'd never claimed. I was just trying to report the problems. A few months later I learned that our area was given a commendation for the best postal service in Virginia!!!
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Delivery vibes to DRs Jane and Elmore.
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Page five? Really?
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Most unseemly.
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TOD:
ELEVENTH HOUR
MURDER, MY SWEET
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Page five? Really?
I'm doing my bit.
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Bruce, when you've finished with HOUSE OF CARDS you should watch HOUSE OF CARDS (British version). Ian Richardson is wonderful.
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Good night.
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Page six? Really?
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On my DVR: I've just watched last week's episode of "Almost Human" and am now watching this week's season finale. After that will probably be "Glee."