Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on March 24, 2014, 12:28:06 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a front curtain, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently waiting for the curtain to rise before they'll even think about coming home.
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And the word of the day is: PHILATELY!
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good morning (very early)
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TOD
I think it is simply economics and unions.
At one time one needed stagehands to raise and lower curtains via ropes. But when the were able to raise and lower them via electricity you still need to pay stagehands even though they didn't do anything.
I also miss curtains in movie theaters.
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My dog is sleeping. So why can't I?
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I guess I'll listen to the BBC news
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Good morning, all! I slept rather well, but my muscles ache, my nose won't stop running, and I can't stop sneezing. I believe I will cancel my physical therapy and leave the house only for an emergency. I also believe that I am over the Daylight Savings Time hump.
DR JohnG, I must say I agree with you about Kevin Smith. I loved CLERKS and CHASING AMY, but I felt MALL RATS didn't rate so high. I doubt i've seen a Kevin Smith film since then. I feel the same about Todd Solondz; I loved WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, and hated everything after that.
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Good morning. Spending another day with visiting in-laws.
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TOD:
The demise of the front curtain does not bother me.
One probably has to be over 50...or older to even remember there was once a front curtain.
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Good Morning on a Monday!
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Good morning, all.
Is it Monday?
Wait. I can answer that!
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I wonder if the people who did away with the show/front curtain did so because they thought it was perceived as "old fashioned." And they want their theatre to be oh so now, so with it, so au courant.
Fie on them, I say.
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So, let me get this straight.
We are looking to get 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow night through Wednesday morning?
How many times has this winter said it's leaving the building? I am really getting tired of these farewell concerts.
I'm thinking about the precedents I've known for late winter storms. The "Storm of the Century" in '93 was March 12-15. The "April Fool's Day Blizzard" was in '97. Other than that, just a few small but very irritating things have popped up late. But then there have been some winters which you KNOW are over -- early -- like 2010, in which March was clear and we just knew it was done right then. You could feel it. For total aggravation, I nominate this one to the history books.
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I'm up - barely - and ready to announce and go back to bed.
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CD ordered.
My, I'm fast!
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Around 3:00 this morning, I heard a crack that I thought was a mousetrap killing a mouse. Nope. It was more of my bathroom ceiling falling to the floor. It's swept up and thrown out.
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I agree with your winter sentiments, DR ChasSmith. It is snowing here right now, as a matter of fact.
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Oy, DR elmore3003. :P
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Here is a photo of DR elmore3003's bathroom before the ceiling fell in:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/richmondpalace_zpsc3e9bf59.jpg)
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I can attest to that Sing Sing. I've seen his bathroom. It was elegance defined.
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This is most unseemly. DR Elmore should be leaving the tidying up to the servants.
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TOD:
Yes! Curtains! In playhouses and movie theaters alike.
I have a busy day ahead of me; otherwise, I would rant till hell won't have it again.
Let's just say that it touches a nerve (as do the appropriate passages in the Kritzer novels, and as does any discussion of same), and I am serious when I say I feel very very strongly about it.
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Much as I do not wish to go, I must step out to run an errand.
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Good morning, all.
Stay safe and upright, all you who have to brave the elements today.
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Elmore, don't get me started on Todd Solenz. I did like a few moments of Happiness, but I more disturbed by it. And that's what he wanted. But Palindromes? Horrible.
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TOD: I grew up in Louisville where we had curtains at the movie theater, but not at the live theater. Whoever designed the two stages at Actors Theatre of Louisville did not include space for a curtain or shape the theaters to accommodate them.
I love curtains in both.
My favorite curtain moment was when I went to Road Warrior for the first time. The beginning of the movie is a snippet from Mad Max, shot in black and white and on a small scale. The curtain opened up to only that point. When the apocalypse happens and the movie blows up to full widescreen glory, the curtain shot back at that moment. Whoever choreographed that curtain created an effect that has remained with me for 30+ years.
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I wonder if the people who did away with the show/front curtain did so because they thought it was perceived as "old fashioned." And they want their theatre to be oh so now, so with it, so au courant.
Fie on them, I say.
Personally, I think it was a financial decision.
If you don't have a curtain, you don't have to pay somebody to pull it. And, if it's an electronic curtain, you don't have to buy or maintain the apparatus.
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More vibes for Cillaliz. I don't like it when those things linger, so I hope you get over your malady quickly.
George, the concert and meeting Ann Hampton Callaway sound like the makings of a great evening. Glad you got to enjoy it.
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I am very sorry for your loss, Ryacko. My thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
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Forgot to mention thanks to DR George for the description of the concert - sounds like a fantastic evening.
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Home from errands. I ache all over.
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Home from errands. I ache all over.
Thankfully, you can now take a hot bath and soak in it for a while.
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Hello All:
TOD:
As a young girl i remember a heavy curtain at THE SENECA THEATER in Buffalo.
I guess today it would be considered dated. Yet,if done the right way with a more lighter fabric, I think I would like it!
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I like a curtain at the theatre. I don't think I've ever been to a movie theatre with a curtain.
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Home from errands. I ache all over.
Thankfully, you can now take a hot bath and soak in it for a while.
With plaster still falling from the ceiling, I'm leery about relaxing too much in my bathroom.
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Feel better and no emergency vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Travel vibes + for DR ryacko.
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Well I guess I am in the minority in these here parts about Miss Cate Blanchett.....but that's okay....I'm probably in the minority on many matters.
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Hmmmm......I have the original OEJ release....should I get the new one as well?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......I know I shouldn't dawdle.
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It's interesting how some things you order AFTER other things arrive BEFORE the things you ordered first.....
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I like Theatre Curtains....and I agree with DR DRUXY, it is probably a financial issue.....or DR SINGDAW may also be right that they all want to be IN THE KNOW and OF THE MOMENT.
NOTHING gets older fast than the latest and most up to date ANYTHING.
NEVER have your photograph taken in the latest fad style.....unless you want to be very amused in a very short time.
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DR John G. - that guy in the background doesn't look like any bookseller or librarian that I have known. :)
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DR John G. - that guy in the background doesn't look like any bookseller or librarian that I have known. :)
You've been hanging out at the wrong bookmobiles, Plump Jack.
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And the word of the day is: PHILATELY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A
LETTER.
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I wonder if the people who did away with the show/front curtain did so because they thought it was perceived as "old fashioned." And they want their theatre to be oh so now, so with it, so au courant.
Fie on them, I say.
It may be because opening a curtain is an aptitude...and once the really great curtain openers retired/died, the aptitude was seemingly lost.
It takes a sense of timing and a smooth delivery to properly open a curtain.
Perhaps today's backstage crew lacks that capability.
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If I was DR Elmore I would wear a helmet when using the bathroom. Be careful!
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Mirror fence changes with the seasons...
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/mirrorfence_zps535d8169.jpg)
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Here's an example of what I hate: when I first posted the CD cover for DEAREST ENEMY last September on Facebook, a producer in San Francisco commented on my post: "very excited for this." Well. it's six months later, and the jerk still hasn't made any comment to me about it. He may hate it, and that's fine, but for someone who was very excited, he sure cooled down fast.
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Monday afternoon greetings! After a night of insomnia (worrying about Mom), I slept in until I had to hustle to make my 11am appointment with the new cardiologist. It was just a follow-up after he changed some meds last month and I don't have to go back for 3 months.
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I can attest to that Sing Sing. I've seen his bathroom. It was elegance defined.
It's my photo on the wall that makes it so elegant...
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~ ~ ~ SLEEP, HEALTH, AND WORRY-BE-GONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Ginny.
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If I have to choose a runway fashion design to wear, I choose this:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/runway_zpsa5d8ccbe.jpg)
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I wonder what that outfit looks like in puce or cerese, Billybong.
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Vibes for Ginny and her mom.
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Vibes for Ginny and her mom.
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DR SINGDAW you really need different shoes with that outfit. Those draw attention to your feet.
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Thanks for the Mom vibes. I suspect she's stewing about my being gone for a week soon, among other things.
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I'm up, I'm up - I was up at six, went back to bed and fell asleep around seven-thirty. Very groggy but work session begins in fifteen minutes so I'd best degroggify.
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DR Dan thank you for the photos of adorable Minny the Cat.
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TOD: CURTAINS and lack thereof in theaters
I remember the very first movie I saw in the theater was CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and that was the old theater in Whitestone, NY. There was a curtain and there were also short subjects prior to the main feature.
Echoing DR John G.'s comments, the first movie showing that used the curtain to great effect was the 1978 SUPERMAN. That movie has a prologue in standard ratio showing the 1930s comic book and then when the opening titles begin and fly in, the curtain was brought back to reveal the widescreen.
In 1977, when I saw STAR WARS in its opening weekend, the theater curtain helped make the experience very special too.
My two favorite Broadway experiences with curtains were ANNIE and DEATHTRAP. In the latter, we all knew that it was a mystery, but the curtain heightened that sense since we did not see the set design until it was time.
The ultimate curtain though had to be the one at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL. Every time I've been there in the past, the curtain hid all of the surprises that were to come, the short subjects, the cartoons, and of course the Rockettes. If I'm remembering it correctly, the curtain was drawn only far enough to reveal whatever the size of the screen needed to be for the short subjects and was pulled back further for widescreen and then all the way for the stage show.
I guess we are living in the age when it's been curtains for curtains.
Here's the pertinent clip from "Racketeer Rabbit": http://youtu.be/l9heYnC-CX0
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DR George, cheating to sleep isn't permitted ;) I do take something once in awhile but it isn't as strong as a sleeping pill. If I can't sleep again tonight I plan to cheat.
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I wonder what MR BK will do with the extra Pappy Yokum?
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DR Dan thank you for the photos of adorable Minny the Cat.
You're welcome! Minny is such the ham. Here he is on his favorite chair:
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Here's Minny realizing that painting is best left to those with opposable thumbs:
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Re CURTAINS
I also remember the effective use of the curtain and the area immediately in front of it when I saw Dame Edna on (or off, don't recall which) Broadway. As we were allowed in to find our seats, in front of the curtain was a tiny screen, reminiscent of a home movie projector screen, on which was shown a "documentary" about Dame Edna. The effect was either that it was a home movie or that we were watching an extension of "her" TV appearances on a "small" screen.
Don't know if anyone saw Elvis Costello and his initial run of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook. At the theater I attended, the curtain was used to hide the spinning wheel, the vintage TVs and the Go-Go cages. When we were allowed to fill our seats, the theater's sound system played polka music, which really confused us and set us up for almost anything. The opening act performed in front of the curtain. The opening of the curtain was for the main show and star revealing the items on stage that didn't make sense at first.
During one of my breaks between treatments/hospitalizations last year, my friends treated me to the IMAX presentation of "The Wizard of Oz" for its 75th birthday, a bit early yes, but very magical because at the theater I went to, there was a curtain. There was of course the usual coming attractions for 3D, etc. However, as soon as the theater went darker that extra bit just before the main feature is shown, the curtain was pulled in to make the screen appropriately smaller for a 1939 movie. I'm sure this was all computerized. The curtain moved as the very first notes of the overture began as if to emphasize the specialness of what was being shown.
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TOD - If there IS a curtain, I think it's much more dramatic and elegant for it to rise vertically rather than open from the center. Don't ask me why.
My high school had an asbestos - yikes! - fire curtain that hung in front of everything else. It had a contemporary graphic depiction of the arts and the name of the school, if I remember correctly.
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George, the concert and meeting Ann Hampton Callaway sound like the makings of a great evening. Glad you got to enjoy it.
Thanks, John...me, too. :D
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Forgot to mention thanks to DR George for the description of the concert - sounds like a fantastic evening.
Thanks, Jingaling, it was!
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Hmmmm......I have the original OEJ release....should I get the new one as well?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......I know I shouldn't dawdle.
I'm wondering about that, too. What to do...what to do??
;)
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If I have to choose a runway fashion design to wear, I choose this:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/runway_zpsa5d8ccbe.jpg)
What the heck is the point of this?? :o
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Nice kitty, Dan.
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Nice kitty, Dan.
Thanks. He's been a good friend during some tough times. It can be difficult not to anthropomorphize, but at times I can almost believe that there's a person inside that fur coat.
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Which theater was THE WIZARD OF OZ in, DR Dan? That's a rare privilege, having a theater that not only still has its curtain, but a projectionist who knows how to present a movie and takes the trouble to do so.
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Topic of the Day: The Washington Center for the Performing Arts has a grand drape. It's green and beautiful. It was not used last night, I assume, because of the symphony orchestra chairs on stage out past the proscenium. Otherwise, it's used quite frequently for shows at WCPA. It can be opened either by raising it up or parting it from the middle. It's quite versatile.
As for curtains for movies, I haven't seen one since I saw Star Wars in its re-release at the Cinerama in Seattle.
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TOD - If there IS a curtain, I think it's much more dramatic and elegant for it to rise vertically rather than open from the center. Don't ask me why.
I agree that the more "professional" (or is it just a choice?) vertically rising/descending curtain is impressive and dramatic.
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This has been a rather bad day. My eyes hurt, I am very sleepy, and I feel like garbage.
I am waiting on the postal carrier. As soon as they've come and gone, I am taking a hot bath and going to bed.
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Good morning, all! I slept rather well, but my muscles ache, my nose won't stop running, and I can't stop sneezing. I believe I will cancel my physical therapy and leave the house only for an emergency. I also believe that I am over the Daylight Savings Time hump.
Good idea to stay home and I'm sure your PT guy doesn't mind either ;)
Congrats on getting over the Daylight Savings Time hump.
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Good morning. Spending another day with visiting in-laws.
Have an enjoyable visit.
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I had a wonderful work session with Lloyd Cooper, then spent an hour entering all the final Red Gold fixes, which were done on Grant's final design copy, into the original Word document because my publisher doesn't seem to be able to do normal things. So, they do all the eBook stuff from the Word doc, which means, of course, it will look nothing like the book, which seems weird but that's how they've done all my books. I'm going to check on Kindle/Amazon and see what would happen if I submitted a PDF to them personally.
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TOD:
The demise of the front curtain does not bother me.
One probably has to be over 50...or older to even remember there was once a front curtain.
While I found it strange at first I quickly stopped missing the curtain. I would bring it back just to cover the commercials we are now forced to watch, unless we arrive late.
Wait, we are talking about the theater, not movies. That's what I get for posting before reading the notes.
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Around 3:00 this morning, I heard a crack that I thought was a mousetrap killing a mouse. Nope. It was more of my bathroom ceiling falling to the floor. It's swept up and thrown out.
:(
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This is most unseemly. DR Elmore should be leaving the tidying up to the servants.
I agree!!!
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TOD: I grew up in Louisville where we had curtains at the movie theater, but not at the live theater. Whoever designed the two stages at Actors Theatre of Louisville did not include space for a curtain or shape the theaters to accommodate them.
I love curtains in both.
My favorite curtain moment was when I went to Road Warrior for the first time. The beginning of the movie is a snippet from Mad Max, shot in black and white and on a small scale. The curtain opened up to only that point. When the apocalypse happens and the movie blows up to full widescreen glory, the curtain shot back at that moment. Whoever choreographed that curtain created an effect that has remained with me for 30+ years.
How very creative and fun :)
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Home from errands. I ache all over.
Thankfully, you can now take a hot bath and soak in it for a while.
With plaster still falling from the ceiling, I'm leery about relaxing too much in my bathroom.
I had a feeling you were going to say this.
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DR John G. - that guy in the background doesn't look like any bookseller or librarian that I have known. :)
You've been hanging out at the wrong bookmobiles, Plump Jack.
I agree since I married a hunky librarian/book seller.
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~ ~ ~ SLEEP, HEALTH, AND WORRY-BE-GONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Ginny.
Ditto!
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DR Singdaw that mirror fence looks great, at least in the photo. Walking in front of it would likely ruin the look.
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Nice kitty, Dan.
Thanks. He's been a good friend during some tough times. It can be difficult not to anthropomorphize, but at times I can almost believe that there's a person inside that fur coat.
I've had cats that always knew when I needed comfort without my calling them.
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TOD:
I have never given any thought to it one way or the other. As long as what is on stage is good, is all that matters to me.
However, I do like the look of the curtains that some theatre here still have.
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I got my tax returns back this weekend, and I am a happy boy!
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Bruce "Sherlock" is a keeper. We recently borrowed the DVDs of the full seasons that included the one hour unaired pilot as part of season 1. It is interesting to watch that and see the difference in quality between the two and the changes that were made.
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Page 4 Tax Refund dance
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I got my tax returns back this weekend, and I am a happy boy!
Congrats! I still have to do mine. Since I always get money back (well, I do, so far), you'd think that I'd want to get it done as soonly as possible.
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I just read the following headline:
"Relatives of passengers on board missing flight MH370 grieve after learning via text message that the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean".
Text message! OMG
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DR John G. - that guy in the background doesn't look like any bookseller or librarian that I have known. :)
You've been hanging out at the wrong bookmobiles, Plump Jack.
"Plump Jack"? Is this a new nickname for "singalong"?
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Watch your phraseology!
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We need to watch last nights "The Good Wife" before I read any spoilers in the news, which I almost did today.
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DR John G. - that guy in the background doesn't look like any bookseller or librarian that I have known. :)
You've been hanging out at the wrong bookmobiles, Plump Jack.
"Plump Jack"? Is this a new nickname for "singalong"?
It's actually the name of a fairly expensive wine from California, one I cannot afford.
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Season 4 of Downton Abbey has finally come in at the library. Time for me to catch up with the rest of you.
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We need to watch last nights "The Good Wife" before I read any spoilers in the news, which I almost did today.
Yes...I don't watch the show, but I read a headline and a bit of an article that spilled the beans. ;)
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We need to watch last nights "The Good Wife" before I read any spoilers in the news, which I almost did today.
Yes...I don't watch the show, but I read a headline and a bit of an article that spilled the beans. ;)
Followed by spoiler ::)
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We need to watch last nights "The Good Wife" before I read any spoilers in the news, which I almost did today.
Yes...I don't watch the show, but I read a headline and a bit of an article that spilled the beans. ;)
Followed by spoiler ::)
I found the stories on that episode to be particularly grating. Especially as a spoiler.
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I love the cupcakes!
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We need to watch last nights "The Good Wife" before I read any spoilers in the news, which I almost did today.
Yes...I don't watch the show, but I read a headline and a bit of an article that spilled the beans. ;)
Followed by spoiler ::)
I found the stories on that episode to be particularly grating. Especially as a spoiler.
Then maybe I won't even read them after I watch the show. I hope you had already seen it.
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DR singdaw, do you have a nice church hat to go with those shoes?
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Off to watch "The Good Wife"
'night
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I'm off to my sister's.
Until later.
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do you have a nice church hat to go with those shoes?
But of course!
Well, I don't know if you can call it exactly a church hat, but.... it goes with the theme. ;D
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I picture the DD of DR Laura, the E&T DR Sandra, wearing something more along these lines:
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I guess I'm taking the night off from the paper. Feels good.
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Attention! Vixmom is on the deck!
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On this date in 1981, Ted Koppel's "Nightline" premiered. Insomniacs rejoiced.
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On this date in 1721, J.S. Bach published the Brandenburg Concerti, all 6 of 'em!
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Love the hats.
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I could watch the entire season of Downton, if I didn't have to work in the morning. Ah, well, I'll finish it at the end of episode five.
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Good night, all.
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On this date in 1878, the British ship Eurydice sank. The British said, Oh, frigate!
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Attention! Vixmom is on the deck!
but sleepi g s0tired
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gpp night
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gpp night
That's easy for you to say.
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Page five? Really?
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Back from a fun dinner.
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Back from a fun dinner.
[wagging cigar] Better than a dun finner! ;)
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Where in tarnation IS everyone? The weekend is OVER.
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Don't make me start bitch-slapping.
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Finished with my viewing.
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Don't make me start bitch-slapping.
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Don't make me start bitch-slapping.
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I gotta tell you.
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More slapping . . .
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Bowtie, anyone?
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GOOD NIGHT EVER'BODY
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I picture the DD of DR Laura, the E&T DR Sandra, wearing something more along these lines:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/ediblehat1_zps85e33677.jpg)
That's fantastic! ;D
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Does anyone know about how long it takes to get the rights for a play? Theater Artists Olympia wants to do a play, starting at the end of April. I just submitted our application and now we wait...but for how long? Hopefully, not too long.