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Title: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 12:00:10 AM
Well, you've read the hotes - you've read the HOTES???  What in tarnation are HOTES???  What the slip of a finger can do to cause confusion.  Why is it skirting the issue and a slip of a finger - why all these clothing allusions?  In any case, you've read the HOTES and now it is time to post until the house cows come home.  Or is it the home cows come house?
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Post by: TCB on September 08, 2004, 12:13:49 AM
Why is A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME under SMALL CHANGE????
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 12:14:33 AM
Nice to see you made 200 before the New Hotes went up.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 08, 2004, 12:15:33 AM
It took me a while to find today's discussion area!

I shall sign off with another garden photograph. Yes! Still Colin's garden. the playground of Magnus & Fosca.
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Post by: TCB on September 08, 2004, 12:16:37 AM
Wait a darn minute, now it has reversed itself!  I am not well............ I need sleep!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 12:20:00 AM
Whew!  I'm glad I copied my post in progress before I hit Post... and looked at the clock... :)  So... Without any further a-doo...

Good Evening!

Not much to report today.  I basically rode the Metro and/or the bus and ate.  -Not on the bus or Metro mind you - eating that is.  I would have a little something there, a little something from some other there, and so on and so forth as I walked around the various neighborhoods I found myself in.  Note to self - and DRs - Having foods from four different cuisines/nationalities in a relatively short time span may sound appealing, but...  <burp>

But, all in all, it was a nice day - hot, but nice.  I didn't really get anything accomplished except for sending out some mail, but then again, there was nothing I really needed to accomplish today.

OH!  I did have quite the "human observation" today on the Metro ride into town.  Seems a woman got sort of dumped at the station - she got on with her "man", but just as the doors were closing he got off the train.  She stayed.  In the doorway.  As the doors closed on her arm.  "Ouch!"  She then proceeded to let the doors close on her a few more times as she yelled at the guy who was trying to make his way off the platform.  -Actually, she caused enough of a delay, that the train ended up having to wait at the next intersection since the traffic signals had already timed out and were letting the car traffic go by.

Well, there was a gentleman sitting across from her.  He just kept looking at this woman.  -And I just happened to have a seat with both of them in my direct view.  After a few stops, the man asked her if he she needed some help.  Apparently, she was counting out change from her purse.  Well, after some brief exchanges, the man asked her where she was headed.  She said Santa Monica.  Then he offered to ride with her and pay her fare home since he lived in Santa Monica too.  Eventually, the man asked, "So, what are you looking for in your life?  Are you busy right now?"  He was trying to pick her up!!!!

Then he started going on about the court case he was dealing with currently - something about social security, veterans affairs, and disability benefits - legal blindness I believe.  Then she asked, "Do you know anything about probate?"  She apparently was dealing with a bunch of legal stuff of her own - she lost her house, her truck, and she was on her way to meet her sister who was going to loan her some cash.

Well, the man still offered to help her get to Santa Monica.  "I'm just looking for someone to have in my life right now.  Maybe you could be that someone special to me."  He then continued on with some of his legal troubles.  They she chimed in, "So where in Santa Monica do you live?  Do you live in a nice place?"

Yadda-yadda...  They eventually traded phone numbers... And the train pulled into Union Station... And, consequently, my story ends there.  But I will say I was tempted to follow them for another stop or two once they transferred trains.

Oh, and, yes, they were talking loud enough for most everyone on the train to hear them - I was three row behind and to the right of them.  In fact, some of the riders who were closer to them changed seats during the commute and conversation to move further back in the train.  It was scary, interesting, kind of pitiful and fascinating all at once.  Here was a woman - who was most likely in her mid-40s, and not really aging that gracefully - who had sort of gotten dumped at the train station.  Here was a legally blind man who happened to end up sitting right across from this woman.  Put them on a train, and Voila!!!  I smell a screenplay!!!!!  Panni? ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 12:33:36 AM
Good Morning!

I was going to see the Disney shorts that were being shown at the Arclight earlier tonight - it was the opening of the L.A. Short Film Festival.  However, once I got to the theatre and grabbed a festival program, I noticed that the tickets for the Disney program were priced at $25.00.  Hmmm... And that since it was the opening night of the festival, there was some sort of presentation beforehand, and a Q&A sessions afterhand.  Well...  I decided to pass.  Ah, well...  The Disney shorts they were showing are included in the latest series of Disney DVD "tins", so, I can catch them there.  However, there is one "program" of shorts later in the week that features mini-musicals and music-related short films, and I may the $10.00 to see those.

So, instead of seeing the movies, I decided on the spur of the moment to ride the 180 Bus from Hollywood and Vine all the way to Pasadena.  Don't ask me why, but I just did.  I spent about an hour and twenty minutes on the bus, but the time went fast for me.  It was a sight-seeing excursion for me.  The people-watching on the bus was OK, but nothing compared to my earlier experience on the Metro train.

I didn't end up riding the bus to it's last stop - which I could have.  Instead, I de-bussed in Old Pasadena and walked around the area some more - checking out some of the sights and smells on the side streets.  -Thus my culinary and gustatory adventure... <burp>

Once I finally made it back to the homestead, I ended  up just laying around for a bit - resting up I guess.  And now...

Goodnight.
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 12:40:49 AM
 I smell a screenplay!!!!!  Panni? ;)

In today's marketplace, only if he winds up kidnapping her or worse.
(Once in my young actress days, I wound up getting into a long conversation with a man who called in the middle of the night and, without waiting for me to say hello, went into a long romantic monologue to (he thought) his girlfriend. Eventually, I got to speak and told him he had the wrong number... But we started to chat about this and that and actually wound up going out for coffee the next day. This was in the good old days in Toronto, when you could do things ilke that without fearing for you life.)
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 12:46:13 AM

bk - EXCELLENT VIBES THAT ALL GOES WELL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS!


[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]GOOD MOVING VIBES![/move]

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]GOOD MOVING VIBES![/move]

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]GOOD MOVING VIBES![/move]
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 12:48:34 AM
Beautiful garden, Tom.

Now that I'm totally awake, I should go to bed. Good-night.
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:28:04 AM
Matt H GOOD VIBES FOR A SAFE NIGHT!

Sigerson Holmes a belated Happy Birthday and it is good to have you back.

Colin’s garden is beautiful.

Our strongest and most excellent vibes and xylophones to Grant Geissman!  I enjoy his song every week, except during reruns.

Bruce, the absolute best moving vibes to a happy new home.

Jose, what a story.  In your short time in L.A. I’m sure you have spent more time seeing the sights of Old Pasadena than I did in the year I worked in Pasadena.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 04:23:55 AM
What beautiful photos, Mr TomovOZ!  Lovely!

And Jane posted some beautiful photos yesterday as well.  I love all the photos here!

I am ALMOST inspired to get a digital camera!  

Oh my....well my question for MR BK ASK BK DAY FOR TODAY is:

Since you are preparing even as I type to MOVE....when was the last time you moved?  Would you say you have acquired a "bit" more stuff since then, a "lot" more stuff since then, OR "too much" stuff since then?
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 04:24:14 AM
Don't forget to take a last walk around the neighborhood.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 04:25:03 AM
Moving always made me feel kind of funny....like for YEARS or so I could just walk into a house...and now THAT VERY SAME HOUSE....I couldn't enter it without knocking....and maybe not even then.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 04:25:43 AM
Last rehearsal tonight before opening tomorrow.  *Sigh*

Oh well....we can only do what we can do.

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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 04:26:57 AM
Here I am in all my glory as Rick Steadman aka THE NERD!  8)
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 04:53:24 AM
JRand, that is quite a picture. So good of you to share your nerdiness with the whole world (or at least the HHW world)  ;)

Back to the early morning routine. It is raining buckets here this morning. A colleague just came in soaked from the knees down. Umbrellas only protect so much (unless you have Wellies on your feet and shins).

No questions this morning. Anthony is working on the pictures and I shall post a few over the next few days. We have pictures of cows, horses, people eating deep-fried food, some lovely sculptures, and more.

I must get back to work (and I must listen to Donald's new show if there is one) since being gone for a week makes the work pile up on your desk. Funny how that happens.
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 04:56:22 AM
Hi, Tom. I just came back from a trip and you're about to go on a trip but you'll be gone longer than I was. Hugs to Francois (and anyone else you deem huggable) on your sojurn!
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Post by: beckon on September 08, 2004, 05:39:17 AM
Ask BK:

Since you seem to be having so much stress lately with the house and everything, what do you like to do to relax?  Also, do you have any hobbies?

POSITIVE VIBES TO YOU
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 08, 2004, 06:00:06 AM
BK, I'm actually relieved to hear that the issue you'd been skorting was only about your home/house/abode.  I was beginning to worry that it was health related (knock wood--or formica.)  In any case:

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! !  HAPPY HOUSE VIBES FOR BK ! ! ! ! ![/move]

And remember, any place you hang your bologna is home.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on September 08, 2004, 06:01:02 AM
Jrand... since your HHW pic looks more like Ms. Farmer (and before that Ms. Funicello) which one are you in the picture of the play you posted?

I'm home at the moment... the subways aren't running because the tracks are flooded.  It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't a Wednesday, but I have 60 people to pay today... if any of them made it in.  I will probably end up taking a car service or taxi (at the company's expense).  I'll report later.
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Post by: td on September 08, 2004, 06:09:15 AM
Wait a darn minute, now it has reversed itself!  I am not well............ I need sleep!

Do you need some chicken soup?  Someone to tuck you in?
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Post by: Noel on September 08, 2004, 06:21:18 AM
Flooded subways are delaying Joy's going to work.  Me, I'm staying home all day.  Much sogginess, as the surprise rain came rather forcefully through the window.  The subways, you know, are 100 years old this fall.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 06:22:29 AM
Oh, I empathize over the conundrum of house hunting/moving. During my last long term relationship, my partner decided he really couldn't be comfortable in my house as it was mine and not ours, so we started on the lengthy process of finding a place that could be ours. We settled on a condo fairly close to where I'm now living except the condos weren't built yet. It was going to be at least a year before we could leave, but we put in the down payment, etc. and proceeded getting this house ready to sell. During that year as we waited for the condos to be finished, he and I decided to part ways (his decision really, very complicated), and since I was perfectly happy here with all the space (the condo would have been downsizing by about 1,000 square feet from the space in the house I live in now), I backed out of the deal. This past July, I've been in this house 22 years.

I've often wondered if I would have been happier there: no yard or outside upkeep, everything newer and presumably in better condition. Yet, having a house meant I could be more private, turn up surround sound as loud as I wished without fear of disturbing others.

I guess I'll never know now.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 06:24:20 AM
I do think the Best Song Emmy race is between "Manly Men" and "It's a Jungle Out There (Theme from MONK). I have to say I prefer Newman's song personally, but I wish Grant the best of luck anyway.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 06:27:50 AM
Well, we got through the midnight storm OK with just a few downed limbs in the yard, but another torrential rain is forecast here for today, so once again the day should be very interesting.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 06:30:36 AM
And thanks to DRs Panni and Jane for their good wishes. There were tornados all in the area yesterday (about 20 at last count though they were category 0 and category 1 tornados - dangerous enough to upend weak trees and cars but nothing like those monsters famous in the midwest). Several school systems in the area have canceled classes or are going in two hours late due to this violent weather.
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Post by: Stuart on September 08, 2004, 06:39:45 AM
I do think the Best Song Emmy race is between "Manly Men" and "It's a Jungle Out There (Theme from MONK). I have to say I prefer Newman's song personally, but I wish Grant the best of luck anyway.

Just a regular question, not necessarily an "Ask BK" question, but how is a song from a series in its first year of eligibility up against a song from a series in its second (or third?) year of eligibility?  I know the Emmy's have some odd nominating processes, but is this really valid?

And good homestead vibes to you BK.

And I, too, am impressed with the level of photography on this here site.  The Tomovoz garden pics and the Jane hike pics from yesterday were all splendid.
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 07:13:50 AM
Since we're almost there (almost 40 minutes between posts - to quote DR Panni, skammen), here's another push
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 07:15:41 AM
What does skammen mean? It sounds Scandanavian to me but I doubt that it is? I just found out. It means shame though I'm still looking for the language of origin.
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 07:17:53 AM
The Web sites have umlaats and other scandahoovian (a Minnesota-type reference) accoutrement so maybe it is.

Ahh, Page 3. I'm listening to Donald's Turn Back the Clock show. It's Robert Preston and Ben Franklin in Paris.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 07:24:00 AM
I can answer your series theme song question. Randy Newman's "It's a Jungle Out There" theme song for MONK was not installed until the show's second season.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 07:28:25 AM
DR WEL....I am the one on the right,  in the bowtie and white shirt.  My friend Willem Cubbert seated on the left is played by actor Keith Bodnarick.   I look like neither Annette Funicello or Frances Farmer, that is true - so I can understand the confusion.
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 07:32:17 AM
Love The Nerd pic JRand54!

Yesterday I had thought of two good questions to ask BK but then I thought "I will wait until it is Ask BK day" to ask the questions. Well, here is the day and I can't for the life of me remember what the questions were!

So instead I will send excellent vibes for house selling, leasing, and moving!
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 08:12:02 AM
Well, you've read the hotes - you've read the HOTES???  What in tarnation are HOTES???  What the slip of a finger can do to cause confusion.  Why is it skirting the issue and a slip of a finger - why all these clothing allusions?  In any case, you've read the HOTES and now it is time to post until the house cows come home.  Or is it the home cows come house?
This makes pantaloons and party hats HOTE couture.  Right?
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 08:20:58 AM
Dear BK: With your moving to a new home, what is to become of the beloved She of the Evil Eye?  Will you be packing her up and taking her with you?  Or will you be finding out if she has a sister?
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 08:23:34 AM
A question for all the DRs:

What story (from life or fiction) do you think should be written as a musical?

And who would you like to write the musical?
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 08:24:31 AM
Good moving vibes to BK!

Well it looks like I will be ordering my new bed from waterbeds.com.  They have been very kind and are just figuring out how much the shipping will cost.  It's unfortunate because all of these places do free shipping in the US.  So my other choice if their shipping fee is outrageous, is to free ship it to someone as a go between.
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 08:29:40 AM
Okay we won't talk about TAR until DR Mbarnum watches it.  But what did you guys think about what Diane did on BB last night?  I thought it was brilliant! :)
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 08:29:56 AM
Answering my own question, I think the life of Charles Lindbergh would be the basis of a good musical...or three!  There's the cross-Atlantic flight, the kidnapping, and the involvement with the America First movement prior to WWII.  Loads of material.

(I've heard of a version of the kidnapping as a musical, but let's face it, anyone who casts Charles and Bruno with the same actor has some concept problems.)

I think I'd like the third story to be the focus (lots more conflict), with the team behind Ragtime doing the honors (McNally, Flaherty & Ahrens).
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 08:35:14 AM
I always thought THE ODD COUPLE could make a funny musical with Charles Strouse doing the music.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 08:35:48 AM
Coming later today: another George Eads picture.
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 08:36:42 AM
Ben - "Skammen" is Swedish. In fact, there is a motion picture by that very title done my close personal friend, Mr. Igmar Bergman (Iggy to me).
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Post by: Noel on September 08, 2004, 08:42:55 AM
Linbergh's life has been made into two musicals that I know of.  One, with music by Kurt Weill, is about the flight across the Atlantic.  The other is called, I think, The Baby Case, and is by someone from Philadelphia.  Like many a miserable musical that starts with some overly dramatic real human tragedy (the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, never found) - it's unintenionally risible.  In the extreme.

It would be interesting to see how audiences today would react to Lindbergh's political urging that we NOT involve ourselves with stopping the Nazi menace.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 08:48:17 AM
Hmmmmmmmm I know that DRJMK has completed a musical based on the life of Frances Farmer and another well known singer-actress.....so THAT'S been done.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm......"The Manchurian Candidate" might make an interesting musical...

And I guess a musical about Annette with music (already composed & new) by the Shermans would be GREAT!
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Post by: Michael on September 08, 2004, 08:51:24 AM
Quick note from work.

No power at my house. My housing development is a mess. It looks like a tornado went through there.

We have electricity, but our server is down  so no cash drawers, computers to run the show.

When electricity returns lots of catching up and photos to post.

See you all soon
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 08:53:28 AM

Oh my....well my question for MR BK ASK BK DAY FOR TODAY is:

Since you are preparing even as I type to MOVE....when was the last time you moved?  Would you say you have acquired a "bit" more stuff since then, a "lot" more stuff since then, OR "too much" stuff since then?

My last move was when I bought this house six years ago.  I have definitely acquired more stuff since then, but I've also slowly been getting rid of some of it in preparation for the move.  Mostly CDs and DVDs and the like.  Fortunately, whichever house I end up in will house everything I've got.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 08:55:12 AM
Don't forget to take a last walk around the neighborhood.

That I probably won't have to do since I will most likely be living two blocks north of here, potentially on the same street.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 08:56:26 AM
Ask BK:

Since you seem to be having so much stress lately with the house and everything, what do you like to do to relax?  Also, do you have any hobbies?

POSITIVE VIBES TO YOU

I watch movies to relax, I go out to eat to relax, and thankfully I've had to create What If while all this was going on - which was a nice diversion.  
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 08:56:48 AM
What does it mean in a listing for a house in Studio City, when it says South of the Boulevard?
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 08:57:43 AM
What does skammen mean? It sounds Scandanavian to me but I doubt that it is? I just found out. It means shame though I'm still looking for the language of origin.

Swedish.  The title of an Ingmar Bergman film.
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Post by: Noel on September 08, 2004, 08:58:54 AM
Ask BK:
How often do you play your piano?
And what sort of things do you play?
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 09:00:28 AM
Dear BK: With your moving to a new home, what is to become of the beloved She of the Evil Eye?  Will you be packing her up and taking her with you?  Or will you be finding out if she has a sister?

She of the Evil Eye will be coming to the new house, hopefully on the day I move in.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 09:02:04 AM
What does it mean in a listing for a house in Studio City, when it says South of the Boulevard?

South of Ventura Blvd. which used to be the most desirable place to live in Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino and Tarzana.  It's still desirable in all those places except Studio City, where it doesn't matter anymore because Studio City is where people want to live, families mainly, because it's the best school district in the valley.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 09:03:56 AM
Ask BK:
How often do you play your piano?
And what sort of things do you play?

Until I began the adaptation of Nudie, and the Meltz and Ernest film, I really didn't play the piano all that much.  In the last couple of months I've had to play it a lot because of the revue.  Once I'm all done futzing with that, I probably will do it only occasionally again.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 08, 2004, 09:06:39 AM
Thank goodness!  It's a relief to learn that DR MattH is high and dry.  Frances really packed a punch!

But Holy Toledo, BK-man!  SELLING YOUR HOUSE??

That's HUGE!  

I hope you get the rental of your choice!

I am back at work off a four-day weekend.  I spent that weekend cleaning out closets, assembling CD towers, loading same with DVDs and CDs (and going from an alphabetical system to a system that arranges titles by composer/artists), cleaning out more closets, arranging books and stuff on the shelves that had been emptied of DVDS/CDs, getting my car tuned up, going to therapy (and OUCH OUCH OUCH, she's getting r-o-u-g-h!), making piles of things to get rid of, etc., etc., etc.  It was liberating and cathartic!

It has been exceedingly HOT in the Bay Area...FOR the Bay Area, that is.  My place has a full western exposure and all the windows face west, so I get the brunt of heat on days like these.  The apartment turns into an oven.  Of course, that's why I bought an a/c 8 years ago and that's what kept me cool and sane.  The bedroom, however, is not where the a/c is but is where the computer is, so I didn't go online but a few times all those four days.  I slept in the living room every night but last night when it turned a bit cooler.

So I'm back at work...it's Wednesday...and everything feels and acts like MONDAY!  WHY IS THAT???!!!???

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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 09:18:29 AM
~~~BEST MOVING VIBES FOR BK!!~~~

A general Ask Anyone a Question question:  why do some people (a Gypsy reference) pronounce the word "realtor" as "ree-li-ter"?  It is "reel-ter" not "ree-li-ter."  I've never understood this.  And why does no one pronounce the first r in February?  It's only ever heard as "Feb-yoo-airy."  Just curious. ::)
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Post by: Stuart on September 08, 2004, 09:22:42 AM
~~~BEST MOVING VIBES FOR BK!!~~~

A general Ask Anyone a Question question:  why do some people (a Gypsy reference) pronounce the word "realtor" as "ree-li-ter"?  It is "reel-ter" not "ree-li-ter."  I've never understood this.  And why does no one pronounce the first r in February?  It's only ever heard as "Feb-yoo-airy."  Just curious. ::)

Barbiturates is another word where people have problems with all the "r's."

The pronunciation of February is a pet peeve of mine.  I have been shocked by the people I have heard mispronounce it.

But the one that gets me is that a graphic designer I work with pronounces "picture" as "pitcher."  Can you believe??
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 09:29:17 AM
And then there's also "prerogative."  "It's a woman's per-ogative" is the only way I've ever heard it pronounced...not pre-rogative.
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 09:31:54 AM
A friend of mine pronounces "supposedly" as "supposably."  And my niece's grandmother actually says "basketti" instead of "spaghetti."  Then there's always "libary."
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 09:32:11 AM
And one for Mahler!
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 09:48:16 AM
Just booked the moving company even though we don't know exactly when the move will take place.  However, they're coming tomorrow to box up all the CDs, books and DVDs plus all the junk in the garage, so all that will be left is the big stuff the day of the move.  I did not want to deal with boxing up over 5000 CDs and 2000 DVDs - not my idea of a good time.  
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 10:03:43 AM
There is an early episode of Friends when the downstairs neighbor dies and leaves all his possessions to Rachel and Monica where Joey muses on the pronunciation of supposedly. It's a cute moment.

I, being born in the second month of the year, and being the anal retentive type that I am, always have and always will pronounce my natal month as February.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on September 08, 2004, 10:47:39 AM
I made it to work.  What normally is an hour and ten minutes when I can sit back and read was the subway ride from hell... three hours.  If it was not the day I have to pay everyone I would not have bothered, but most of those factory workers live from day to day... and on what we pay them (no - I have no control over that) I don't know how they do it.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 08, 2004, 11:00:21 AM
Some favorite pet peeves of mispronunciation of mine:

The mispronouncing of "eclectic" with emphasis on "ec" -- as in "ek' lek tic".   It should be  "e 'klek tik".

And what's the damage with "jewelry"?  I keep hearing folks say "jew uhl er ee" as if the word had four syllables!

Tsk!

:)

And don't get me started on "I could care less."  This, obviously, means someone does CARE a bit.

The phrase should be...ALWAYS..."I couldn't care less."

It has NO MEANING in any other form.

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Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 08, 2004, 11:03:02 AM
There is an early episode of Friends when the downstairs neighbor dies and leaves all his possessions to Rachel and Monica where Joey muses on the pronunciation of supposedly. It's a cute moment.

That was a good one.  He was musing over the non-word "supposably" when the actual word wouldn't come to him.


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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 11:07:59 AM
Matt H I’m glad you made it through the storm okay.  Continued good fortune for today.  
At the time I think you made the right decision staying put in your own home.

JRand I had the same thought as WEL but decided the guy with his pants unzipped, vs the guy with the bandage must be the nerd. ;D

Ben & Panni, thanks for the vocabulary lesson.

Michael Shayne I’m pleased your home is still standing.   :)
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 11:10:09 AM
RLP, I agree, however, I could care less just flows better than I couldn’t care less.  ;)

Bruce-good idea getting some of the packing done now, and letting the movers do the packing.  Are you going to watch so everything makes it into the boxes?  I doubt your CD collection will be as interesting to packers as our boy’s baseball card and comic collections were.

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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 11:20:08 AM
Can someone please stop me from hurting the waterbed man.  He said he was going to give me a quote if I told him which mattress I want & my address.  I gave him 2 mattresses that I was choosing from and my address.  And he had the nerve to email me back asking if I could give him the mattress I want and address.

I GAVE HIM MY ADDRESS.  

AND I TOLD HIM 2 MATTRESSES.  CAN'T HE GIVE ME A QUOTE FOR EACH???
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:23:49 AM
Another picture and short article about THE NERD can be found here!  8)

http://www.bannergraphic.com/ (http://www.bannergraphic.com/)
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 11:24:44 AM
Pronunciation peeves:

Foilage (for foliage)
Ashphalt (for asphalt)
and, yes,
Drownded
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 11:25:27 AM


Jennefier, you would think two quotes wouldn't be too difficult.  I don't even know how to respond to the missing address.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:25:37 AM
DRJENNIFER - he is a man who asked a specific question and you gave him an answer he wasn't expecting....  What can I say?
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 11:33:52 AM
Nice article and picture, JRand.


The line "The nerd himself, Rick Steadman, is played by Jack Randall Earles"

made me think of "The Kid Herself" (A Flora the Red Menace (off-Broadway version) reference).

Is it okay to say "best wishes" for a rehearsal? Note, I'm not saying it - I'm asking it.
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 11:35:15 AM
One of the women from the first season of The Apprentice was on a talk show earlier this year and said that she was "casted" in the show...for whatever reason she was "casted."  She said it again in an on-line interview that I read and it even corrected her saying "you were cast because...(whatever)" and she said "Yes, they casted me..."
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:39:12 AM
Thanks DiT - I will take all the good wishes/vibes I can get.  The Nerd himself....I guess that makes me the titular character, a part usually played by Jayne Mansfield.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:40:09 AM
DRGEORGE I have heard a lot of people use "casted" that way as well.  It does no good (usually) to correct said person.
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 11:40:29 AM
Pronunciation... My DD spent a great deal of time with her grandmother - my mother - whom she adored. As I've posted before, my mother was a larger than life Hungarian Auntie Mame with a thick Hungarian accent. Up until a few years ago, DD, when speaking of facial hair over a man's lip would pronounce it as MOOSETASH. That's because she learned to say it as a tyke from my mother the Magyar. I never had the heart to correct her. It was so sweet.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:42:18 AM
A house is NOT a home....

Did I miss the posted photo of the Miss Allison Hayes abode, or am I being pushy?
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 11:43:08 AM
DR TomFrom Oz I love those garden photos!

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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 11:46:15 AM
http://i23.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/c1/b1/b5_1.JPG
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 11:47:24 AM
Best of vibes to the titular character and the entire cast of

(http://i23.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/c1/b1/b5_1.JPG)



The Nerd
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Post by: Ben on September 08, 2004, 11:48:49 AM
D-I-T, great image! I love the tag line.

"Your wife's BEST friend"
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:51:29 AM
LOL....I hope you can hear me laughing!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 11:53:17 AM
I have a friend who once in awhile has to “itch” herself.  I cringe every time she says it.

JRand I can’t read the section about you.  I keep getting a black band across the middle of the page.  
Regarding your response to Jennifer- ;D
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 11:54:57 AM


Jennifer, you would think two quotes wouldn't be too difficult.  I don't even know how to respond to the missing address.

Well it turns out he doesn't think my city is a real city. So that was the problem with the address.

He wrote back after saying, "we need the name of city, D.D.O means nothing to us".

I'm not sure how you get quotes from UPS,  Maybe I am wrong and you need to find a city that actually appears in their system.

But I suspect the guy is just unintentionally giving me a hard time.  I mean I know D.D.O is an abbreviation.  But I didn't just make it up to bother him. :)

That is what everyone uses when sending mail.

Anyhow you'd think a postal code would be enough.

Anyhow2, I told him the full name was Dollard Des Ormeaux and that it was a suburb of Montreal. That seems to have appeased him for now.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 11:56:05 AM
Hmmmmmmm....DRJANE....hmmmmmmm

maybe try accessing it directly at

www.bannergraphic.com rather than using the link...but who knows?
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Post by: Elan on September 08, 2004, 11:56:12 AM
Of course, regional pronounciation makes things fun. The missus, a native New Englander, has learned never to say "roof" or "broom" around me, unless she wishes to undergo much gentle mocking ("what's a 'brum'?"). Then again, I refer to the hahrible hurricane in Flahrida, which must ruin lots of ahranges (and makes my fahrhead hurt just thinking about it), so I guess I really shouldn't.

And if you wanna get snotty, you can sneer at those who pronounce the word "forte" (as in someone's strong suit) with two syllables.
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 11:59:25 AM
Words, words, words!  (Oh, a My Fair Lady reference!)

Words, words, words. (Oh, a Hamlet reference!)

My Joe has some problems with pronunciations, which drives me absolutely buggy.  Pacifically, I get almost afffixiated.

But still, he knows nuclear from "nucular", something George W. Butch hasn't yet mastered.

And of course, ever since newscasters got redfaced at their inability to distinguish U-ranus from Ur-anus, everyone has decided that Urine-us is more acceptable.

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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 12:05:51 PM
Okay just to be a smartass, I went to ups.com and put in D.D.O, which was accepted. :)
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Post by: Elan on September 08, 2004, 12:09:01 PM
[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page 4 dance![/move]
Sorry, couldn't help it...
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 12:16:27 PM
Although I am a stickler for all things linguistic, I have learned to accept, over time, individuals' idio-sin-crazies.

My main peeve now is people who should know better.  I mean journalists and television documentary writers, whose grammatical lapses would have my junior-high teachers rolling in their graves.  When I am listening to a learned-sounding commentator come out with "The significance of all these discoveries are... ", I cannot but correct him out loud, which is annoying to Joe, I'm sure.

And when a screen-writer (DR's Panni and Pogue will certainly agree) puts his own lack of knowledge of English into the mouth of a supposedly well-educated character, I cringe, I cringe.  Ah yes, just last week I shouted, "Maybe the Star Trek writer didn't know the difference, but why didn't Patrick Stewart correct him?"

Pedantic?  Not me.  It's just that, if I and my classmates in Oklahoma could master the difference between lie and lay at the age of twelve, why can't a middle-aged professional wordsmith?
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 12:17:16 PM
DANSSSSSSSSSSSSE, ELAN!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 12:20:55 PM

My main peeve now is people who should know better.  I mean journalists and television documentary writers, whose grammatical lapses would have my junior-high teachers rolling in their graves.

And when a screen-writer (DR's Panni and Pogue will certainly agree) puts his own lack of knowledge of English into the mouth of a supposedly well-educated character, I cringe, I cringe.  Ah yes, just last week I shouted, "Maybe the Star Trek writer didn't know the difference, but why didn't Patrick Stewart correct him?"


That last one really gets to me!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 12:22:10 PM
JRand I was doing okay until I scrolled down at which point the black band appeared again.  Now it appears immediately.  I tried.

Jennifer-LOL
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Post by: Emily on September 08, 2004, 12:24:26 PM
Moving Vibes to BK: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jennifer, just hope that the guy doesn't put Montreal as the city.  DDO and other suburbs often have streets that are named the same as those in MTL proper.  

Case in point: there are something like 8 different (and FAR apart) Victoria Streets on the Island... all of which are in different cities/boroughs/neighbourhoods/etc.
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 12:26:23 PM
DR Jennifer,
Yes, I thought Diane's plan (which worked without a hitch) was pretty good...even though the result has my beloved Karen in a bad spot!  :'(

DR JRand54, great photos and nice article! Jack Randall Earles!

BK, a lot of my interviewees live in Studio City...and I thought it was an adorable place myself! Are you anywhere near Moorepark?
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 12:29:01 PM
Aha, I remembered my BK question!

BK, did you ever listen to radio station KLAC from  around 1954 up to around 1958 or 1959? If you did then you may have heard Ms. June (ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE) Kenney as she did many of the commercials there along with her job as secretary and fill-in receptionist at the station, while at the same time juggling her film and television career!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 12:32:42 PM
I cannot say a thing about pronounciations as in our family we would say "warsh" for wash! My mom says it is because we have an Oregonian accent! LOL!

I do get a kick out of people pronouncing Oregon as Or-E-gone, rather then Ory-gun. Although it doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes just to bug my friends I will say Or-E-Gone.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 12:36:01 PM
I live south of Moorpark.  I'm sure I listened to KLAC, probably closer to 1958, though.
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 12:38:45 PM
DW BK:

When we bought our new house and sold our old house five years ago, our realtor (two syllables) said he had read a study that the three most stressful times in a person's life were 1) the death of a loved one, 2) divorce, and 3) buying or selling a house.  Of course, he left out number 4) directing a musical, but I guess most people have opted out on that one.  You have two out of four this year.
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 12:45:08 PM
DR MBarnum:

I used to spend my summers in Oregon.  I would inform my friends in New York I was going to the West Coast.  In the fall, they would ask, "How was California?"

But then again, when I lived in Wisconsin, East Coast people referred to it as "out west" and West Coast people called it "the East Coast".

Now that I'm on Long Island, "out west" is Manhattan.

One is reminded of Tony Curtis in The Mirror Cracked picking up a telephone in England and yelling "Get me the Coast!"
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 12:46:50 PM
Oh well, DRJANE....you know the details.  I am in a show and tickets are on sale!  Anything else is superfluous.

Don't forget MBARNUM, June was standoffish and didn't talk too much about her movie career when she was working at the station....and she starred in Attack of the Giant Whatknots!
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 12:56:00 PM
DR Jennifer,
Yes, I thought Diane's plan (which worked without a hitch) was pretty good...even though the result has my beloved Karen in a bad spot!  :'(

It's funny, but I've actually started liking Karen this past week.  Once I found out she was actually throwing the HOH comps and that her strategy involved being kind to everyone (including adria and marvin) i started to respect her gameplay more.

And I've pretty much hated diane, until now.  But she made a smart move.  Granted she was only thinking of herself (since if Cowboy or Drew had won veto she would have gone up), but still it was a great plot.

My only question now is why don't they just tell Karen she is going home. I really don't get why they are too chicken to just be honest.

Also, who do you think Drew will take to the finals (since it seems he has promised both CB and Di). I actually think he will throw the final HOH since he knows both with take him to the finals.
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 12:57:37 PM
Jennifer, just hope that the guy doesn't put Montreal as the city.  DDO and other suburbs often have streets that are named the same as those in MTL proper.  

Case in point: there are something like 8 different (and FAR apart) Victoria Streets on the Island... all of which are in different cities/boroughs/neighbourhoods/etc.

Well they do have the postal code. So that should help!

Okay the guy finally got back to me.

It turns out both mattresses are the same price to ship. Who would have known? :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 01:02:53 PM
Good Afternoon!

Well, I guess the heat is finally starting to get me.  I seem to have routined into my usual summer heat routine - sleep later, get up late.  Ah, well... And it is hot outside today - 96 according to the latest weather report - at least the humidity is relatively low.  -At least in comparison to the usual humidity level in Richmond this time of year.  But this mini heat wave is supposed to be over by the weekend... In any case...
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 01:04:33 PM
I cannot say a thing about pronounciations as in our family we would say "warsh" for wash! My mom says it is because we have an Oregonian accent! LOL!

I do get a kick out of people pronouncing Oregon as Or-E-gone, rather then Ory-gun. Although it doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes just to bug my friends I will say Or-E-Gone.

They say "warsh" in the Ottawa Valley of Canada, too.

And Canadians pride themselves on saying Tyoozday. For many, "Toozday" is a pet peeve.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 01:06:15 PM
DR Michael Shayne - Good to see you posting.  Hopefully, the mess in your neighborhood is more cosmetic than actual damage.  -Have you had to deal with your refrigerator yet? ;)
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Post by: Matthew on September 08, 2004, 01:09:08 PM
So, am I just really far behind?  As I was searching iTunes for Susan Eagan's new CD, I ran across a CD called "Everyone Has A Story"... after some research, I noticed that BK produced that CD.  What label was this for and how old is this recording?  I thought I was up on all things BK, obviously, I'm not!  So that's my question for the day!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:09:24 PM
DW BK:

When we bought our new house and sold our old house five years ago, our realtor (two syllables) said he had read a study that the three most stressful times in a person's life were 1) the death of a loved one, 2) divorce, and 3) buying or selling a house.  Of course, he left out number 4) directing a musical, but I guess most people have opted out on that one.  You have two out of four this year.

Moving great distances has been compared with the emotional stress of a death.  When the boys were 4 and 7 we moved to a new state.  Within a couple of months of the move, and just a week apart, their babysitter (a teenager & son of a good friend in the previous state) and my mother died.  Triple the fun!  The four year old had some real issues with death for a number of years.

Don't forget, we are now on our 9th home. ::)
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Post by: Stuart on September 08, 2004, 01:10:26 PM
It's funny, but I've actually started liking Karen this past week.  Once I found out she was actually throwing the HOH comps and that her strategy involved being kind to everyone (including adria and marvin) i started to respect her gameplay more.

And I've pretty much hated diane, until now.  But she made a smart move.  Granted she was only thinking of herself (since if Cowboy or Drew had won veto she would have gone up), but still it was a great plot.

My only question now is why don't they just tell Karen she is going home. I really don't get why they are too chicken to just be honest.

Also, who do you think Drew will take to the finals (since it seems he has promised both CB and Di). I actually think he will throw the final HOH since he knows both with take him to the finals.

I am not at all happy about this turn of events.....I can't tell you how much I was praying for Diane to lose the veto competition.  Okay, maybe praying is the wrong word.  Hoping, I guess.

Thing about Karen going home is that it may not be a done deal quite yet....
After all, Diane's guilt may get to her....she did the thing she said she would do, which was to get Drew off the block.  But she could ostensibly vote to keep Karen in the house, with Drew voting to keep Cowboy in the house.  This would then let Nik evict her own half-brother.  (And let's face it....they don't seem to have gotten too close....)

We shall see tomorrow night.  (Is it me or have Julie Chen's blouses gotten a bit....hmmmm.....slutty?)
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 01:14:31 PM
Well for $95 US including shipping, I will soon be the proud owner of a new waterbed mattress!  Hooray.

This isn't exactly on topic, but the guy asked me which type of charge card I wanted to use.  Nobody says that here! :)
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Post by: Stuart on September 08, 2004, 01:14:34 PM
Favorite "mispronunciations" that I use when the Dear Partner and I are alone:

sketty (for the long pasta)
Liberry (where they have books)
sammich (for a filling between two pieces of bread)
othen (the thing that heats up your food.  This one dates back to the time I was 4 or 5.)

I NEVER say Feb-yoo-ary, not even in jest.

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Post by: Stuart on September 08, 2004, 01:18:06 PM
I. Pet peeve
  A.  Mispronunciation
     1. Yiddish division:

Kvell.  Do you see a vowel between the K and the V????  It's not "Kah-vell,"  it's KVELL.

Kibbitz.  Again, it's not Kah-BITZ.  It's kibbitz.

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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 01:18:09 PM
I am not at all happy about this turn of events.....I can't tell you how much I was praying for Diane to lose the veto competition.  Okay, maybe praying is the wrong word.  Hoping, I guess.

Thing about Karen going home is that it may not be a done deal quite yet....
After all, Diane's guilt may get to her....she did the thing she said she would do, which was to get Drew off the block.  But she could ostensibly vote to keep Karen in the house, with Drew voting to keep Cowboy in the house.  This would then let Nik evict her own half-brother.  (And let's face it....they don't seem to have gotten too close....)

I guess you didn't like the turn of events cause your people are going to get evicted. :)

Is it just me or do you think the producers wanted Diane to win the veto?  I mean by letting people share their tools, it almost guaranteed she would win.

And there is no chance Diane will change her mind.  Think about it.  She needs to evict Karen, that way she breaks up the Jen/Karen team.  And Jen can't win HOH on Thursday.  It would be totally stupid for Diane to keep Karen now.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 01:18:15 PM
DR MattH - Wow, I really do seem to have missed all the "weather" back east - again.

And I guess I could say the same thing to DRs WEL, Danise, Michael Shayne, Noel, Joy, elmoore...

DRY VIBES TO THE EAST COAST HAINSIES AND KIMLETS!!!!
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 01:20:14 PM
Oh and if anyone wants a good laugh.  When the waterbed guy was going over my address from his email records he said "city, is D. D. O, right"?

:)
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 01:22:56 PM
My dear late mother had terrible trouble saying "California." Hard to believe, eh?

She said, "Cali - phone - ya." Could not get that "r" in there to save her life.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 01:23:12 PM
DR Jrand - Nope, you haven't missed a post with a pic of a house... Sorry...  Next week is when I'm planning on checking out more of downtown L.A. and some of the Hollywood neighborhoods, so...
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:24:28 PM
KLAC-I’m sure I listened to that station.

MBarnum we quickly learned the “correct” way to pronounce Oregon after we moved here.  I still think the Californian way is prettier.  There is commercial at the movie theater for a hotel up the mountain.  Obviously the owners, who moved here from California, haven’t learned the correct pronunciation of Oregon. The first time the commercial aired the audience broke out into a scornful laughter.

When we moved to Massachusetts the appliance guy was setting up the washing machine and kept telling me the hose was shot.  I kept saying it looked fine to me.  He finally picked up the hose and demonstrated it was too short.  ;D

JRand I did get to see the picture of you watching an apple turn brown.

Jose, good question about the refrigerator and I hope Michael remembered to empty it.  How could I forgot about that.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 01:28:49 PM
FINALLY!!!

After auditioning for five previous shows this calendar year, the sixth seems to have been the charm. I got the call today that I have been cast as Colonel Gillweather in a local production of SOMETHING'S AFOOT. Rehearsals start tomorrow night. I'm very pleased and looking forward to finally getting to do this very fun show.
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:29:36 PM
Well for $95 US including shipping, I will soon be the proud owner of a new waterbed mattress!  Hooray.

This isn't exactly on topic, but the guy asked me which type of charge card I wanted to use.  Nobody says that here! :)

Congrats-and what do they say there?  Unless you mean he said "which type" instead of which "credit card".  If that is the case, then it is just that particular person.
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 01:31:01 PM
So, am I just really far behind?  As I was searching iTunes for Susan Eagan's new CD, I ran across a CD called "Everyone Has A Story"... after some research, I noticed that BK produced that CD.  What label was this for and how old is this recording?  I thought I was up on all things BK, obviously, I'm not!  So that's my question for the day!

Jose, I don't remember the details of how it all happened, but HERE (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005R62E/qid=1094675021/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl15/104-9646719-5753563?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) is the link to amazon.com's listing of "Everyone Has A Story."  If I remember correctly, BK produced it as a one-off project.  Here's the picture of the cover:

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005R62E.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:31:40 PM
Matt H. [size=10] :)[/size]

Have a great show.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 01:38:36 PM
Thank you in advance DRJOSE.

Congrats to MATTH!

DRJANE- then you have seen everything!
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 01:41:18 PM
Favorite "mispronunciations" that I use when the Dear Partner and I are alone:

sketty (for the long pasta)
Liberry (where they have books)
sammich (for a filling between two pieces of bread)
othen (the thing that heats up your food.  This one dates back to the time I was 4 or 5.)

Well, that's a different story.  Dear Partners alone tend to speak their own language, do they not?  We eat hang-a-boogers with 'shrooms, and we take a chowder to get clean.  That's jest a jest.  Read BK's Daily Hotes and you will see many, how shall I say, malapropisms?
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Post by: Jay on September 08, 2004, 01:50:37 PM
My dear late mother had terrible trouble saying "California." Hard to believe, eh?

She said, "Cali - phone - ya." Could not get that "r" in there to save her life.

Not to worry.  We've got a Governor who can't pronounce the name of the state, either.
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 01:51:04 PM
Other words that have crept into our Private Language:

matzi swenya, hoy, hoy = you're being a pig, from Joe's grandmother;  I think it's Slovak, but I'm not sure.

shnooterlumpa = handkerchief, a child's word in Alsacian, from my French friends.  Literally "snot rag".
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 01:52:55 PM
Not to worry.  We've got a Governor who can't pronounce the name of the state, either.

Speaking of which, when was the last time you heard any politician pronounce the first n in government?  I know, I know, GWB thinks it's two syllables.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 01:57:46 PM
So it was the mustache!


Congrats, Matt!!!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:58:35 PM
A photo of Budapest to brighten the day.
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 01:58:47 PM
DRWFO - there are those who think it is pronounced "giverment."
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 01:59:51 PM
One of Keith at the beautiful Chain Bridge.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 02:00:08 PM
In our house, it's "maple syrum." It all goes back to when we were watching a movie with Gord's mom - I think it was Captain Newman, MD - and she talked about some poor soldier being given "truth syrup."

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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 02:05:35 PM
What a great, clear picture of Keith, DR Jane. Great camerawork!
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 02:07:02 PM
And here, as promised, is a George Eads picture. Again, sorry for the poor quality. The show has very dark cinematography, and the calendar pages aren't on high quality paper either (it's recycled paper actually).


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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 02:07:43 PM
I. Pet peeve
  A.  Mispronunciation
     1. Yiddish division:

Kvell.  Do you see a vowel between the K and the V????  It's not "Kah-vell,"  it's KVELL.



I've heard "kwell." And a lot of Torontonians say "lux," not "lox."
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Post by: Noel on September 08, 2004, 02:12:13 PM
I'm told there are actually people who - wait for it - pronounce Mary, merry and marry
exactly the same!

Can you believe it?
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Post by: Jrand74 on September 08, 2004, 02:12:47 PM
Lovely photos DRJANE....now we need a DRLAURA photo!

Of course George Eads is not bad to look at either!
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Post by: Noel on September 08, 2004, 02:14:14 PM
a lot of Torontonians say "lux," not "lox."

Interesting.  You'd think, since they're so near to Nova Scotia...
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Post by: Noel on September 08, 2004, 02:19:47 PM
I've always thought the life of Fatty Arbuckle might make a good musical.

Of course, some think the two Wild Party musicals have something to do with him, but I don't see that at all.
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 02:41:07 PM
What about MERRICK: The Musical!! (with two exclamation points...because he was that important!!) ;D

For those of you who don't know, I'm referring to David Merrick (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=21600), the producer of so many theatrical productions, both musical and non-musical.  It could be written by several people...each taking a part of his life and musicalizing or dramatizing it and putting it all together, much like students at Oxford did with The Challange (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=1353) after Stephen Sondheim became their first visiting professor.  They each took a part of the story of the Minotaur and wrote their scene.  Then it was all put together into one story.  I thought that the score (based on the CD) was very well done, IMHO (In My Humble Opinion, in Internet lingo).
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Post by: TCB on September 08, 2004, 02:42:32 PM
If I was allowed to post from work (which I am not), I would send submit this post.
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This is just too too too (that is 3 toos) amazing!  I can hardly believe it is true, but it must be, so there you are.

I have spoken several times, at this site, about my close and personal friend, Sharry.  Known locally as The Legend (a nickname given to her by her third husband, Aesop), Sharry has, over the years, played most of the great leading female roles around here from Mama Rose to Peter Pan to Fanny Brice.  Last year, she was my Dolly in, of course, MAME.

Well, Tuesday morning, Sharry called me from work to inquire as to the name of my close and personal friend (my words, not his), Bruce Kimmel.  When I told her Bruce’s name, she said, “I knew it!”

As luck would have it, Sharry  and her husband, Micheal, while visiting her sister and brother-in-law in California, decided to celebrate the brother-in-law’s birthday by going to see a woman they had met 10 years before while she was in FORBIDDEN BRAODWAY, perform in a new review, called (wait for it)………….. WHAT IF!  The performer was Susanne Blakeslee.

During the course of the evening, they sat behind a very delightful gentleman from Florida who was visiting LA to avoid the hurricane.  His name was Michael Shayne.  After the fabulous production, they stayed and chatted with Susanne and the entire cast, and then asked an absolutely charming man who was standing there if he would mind taking their picture. His name, as you may have figured out, was Bruce Kimmel.  She was so thrilled to talk to the man who had produced some of her favorite CDs of all time, as well as the director of what she called a truly superb evening of theater.  She even got to have her picture taken with THE Bruce Kimmel!!!

“WHAT IF… is a show that could run forever,” said the often critical, Legend.  Her only regret was that she couldn’t go back and see it again and again.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 08, 2004, 02:50:11 PM
Golly Gosh TCB. If there is a hurricane in Tacoma, maybe I'll be sitting in front of you next week in London when I am watching "The Woman in White".
I may also take up the chance to see a production of "Purlie".  I'm sure I should be attempting some connection there  with the purly-whites.
So pleased Tom that you are NOT posting from work.
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 03:01:00 PM
TCB, that's just pretty darned cool!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 03:05:24 PM
Congrats DR Matth! I know you will have fun!!

Budapest is such a beautiful place! I had lunch at Novak's in Albany on Monday with my friend Mark...mmmmmmmm, it was sooooooooooo good! Real Hungarian food and the Hungarian owner always comes out to your table to make sure you are enjoying your food!

(We both had the pork stuffed cabbage by the way).
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 03:08:45 PM
I forgot to mention, Tomovoz, how wonderful your backyard is! Wow! I think when you come to the Pacific Northwest of the USA I might need to have Colin landscape my back yard!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 03:10:57 PM
Emmy-winning vibes and xylophones to our very own Mr. Grant Geissman.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 03:12:52 PM
This is just too too too (that is 3 toos) amazing!  I can hardly believe it is true, but it must be, so there you are.

This is a word that I don't use very often. But all I can say in response, is


Cool!
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 08, 2004, 03:31:49 PM
More from "our" garden.  Another hibrid warratah.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 04:06:02 PM
Thanks for the pictures, Tom.

They're stunning.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 04:06:25 PM
Yes, we need more vibes and xylos for our very own Grant Geissman.

Back from the gym.  Biked twenty-five miles in forty-five minutes.

Everyone Has a Story is the Adryan Russ songbook - she came to me and asked me to do it and I said "yes" because she's a dear friend.  It's on the LML label.
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Post by: Jennifer on September 08, 2004, 04:07:27 PM
DR Jane, even though I knew what he meant when he said "charge card", we don't say that here.  We say which type of credit card.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 04:15:48 PM

          Vibes, Xylos and Strums to Mr.



(http://www.grantgeissman.com/images/page_header2.gif)

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Post by: Danise on September 08, 2004, 04:22:00 PM
Evening all!

Hang in there Matt!   Just when you thought it would be safe to put the batteries and the peanut butter away, here comes Ivan the Terrible!

We are already getting reports at work to start to be on the lookout in case he decides to pay us a visit early next week.  Ugggh!  IVAN GO HOME!  Dry vibes to everyone affected by these storms!  Think Sunshine!

I just took my fish back down to work today and now it looks like I will have to bring him back home on Friday.  Poor baby.  He is a well traveled fish.  

Good luck Bruce and good vibes to you about the house!

Matt,  I understand how you feel.  You all know how much I hate the house I’m in but it’s paid for.  The thought of having to take out a mortgage for another house scares me.  But I want a different place!  Sometimes it is so hard to know what to do.  

22 years in the same house!  I’m at 24 going on 25.  And counting.  Funny about the condo thoughts because I’ve been looking at them for the same “no yard or outside upkeep, everything newer and presumably in better condition” reasons.  I think they would be to small and I have the dogs to think about.  I don’t think they would allow dogs the size of B & B.  That I could not abide.

Tom, I love the garden pictures.  I never really thought to even want to visit OZ but after seeing the pictures of the birds and the flowers that you put up here on the board, I am really starting to want to take a trip down that way.  Someday.   Before or after the new house, I can not say.   ;)  If I could only win that blasted lotto!


You are going to take pictures of London to post, aren’t you?  And if you happen to get a photo of a certain favorite actor of mine (who happens to be in Woman In White), you will share it with me, won’t you please?  And if you happen  to bump into a certain other favorite of ours, you will share any stories/photos of him also?  

Jrand, I like your Nerd photo.  I’d like to see more of roles you’ve played.  

I’m so glad you’re not going to leave She of the Evil Eye behind, Bruce.

 Jennifer, best of luck with your waterbed.  I used to have one.  Loved it but I don’t know how good it was for my back.  

Gee, this is getting long.  Guess I should post it and go back and read on from where I left off.

I will say that we didn’t talk about mispronounced words today at work but we did talk about the difference between Pop and Soda and a slice, a section or a plug of a tangerine.  What are your choices?  Pop or Soda?  Slice, section or plug?














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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 04:38:00 PM
Wheww! Caught up on all the posts since noon - or whenever I posted last.

Congrats, Matt H!

Lovely pictures of the old hometown, Jane.

I did something I rarely do - watch TV during the day. I saw most of (missed the beginning) THE CARPETBAGGERS on Turner. I didn't realize I'd never seen it. What fun! And that great fight between George Peppard and Alan Ladd! Wow.
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 04:39:14 PM
And i'm always amazed by what a tiny world it is, as illustrated by TCB's WHAT IF? story.
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 04:42:59 PM
Thanks Panni.  I was thinking I should modify them to, appropriately, read Pest and Budda.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 08, 2004, 04:53:37 PM
Break a leg, Matty!

Congrats on your casting coup!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 05:05:02 PM
TCB-great story! :)
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Post by: Danise on September 08, 2004, 05:28:13 PM
DR Michael Shayne—I sincerely hope that you didn’t come home to Tara and find it “Gone With The Wind”.  

Thank you, JoseSPiano, for the good weather vibes.  We need them!

Has anyone heard from DR Elmore lately?  I do hope he is doing well.  Good vibes for good health to him!
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 06:25:19 PM
Danise, soda and slice.  
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 06:34:48 PM
Ah, it must be the shank of the evening - that time when hainsies/kimlets are supping and bathing their toenails.  Let's hope we reconvene soon.
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 06:54:43 PM
Bruce you could have answered Danise’s question.  You could have engaged me in a conversation prompting more posts.  I think you must be exhausted.  :o I would be doing all you have been doing lately-plus the stress of selling your house.  Best of luck with the closing.

Have you ever had green eggs?  I didn’t have ham but I had green eggs for dinner.  And they were very tasty. :)
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 06:57:05 PM
And you just left while I was posting.;D
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 08, 2004, 06:59:23 PM
Jane,

Why were the eggs green?
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 07:15:08 PM
I added the chopped avocado too soon, before scrambling the eggs enough.  I prefer more of a separation of flavors but it was very good, and rather pretty.
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Post by: Jane on September 08, 2004, 07:23:30 PM
The last few weeks we have been very worried about our Bogie.  Before I left for Portland the results of his blood work, especially for his kidneys, didn’t look very good.  The doctor said to just re-check it in 3-6 months.  Right!  We re-checked it last week and it was worse, confirming what we knew in our hearts.  Bogie is in the beginning stages of kidney failure.  The other vet at the office suggested we do Chinese herbs and acupuncture and re-check it in 3-6 months.  “No need to treat it until he shows symptoms”.  Oh, and when I took him in for the blood work they talked me out of testing his thyroid.

Today he switched to the cat specialist.  She is farther away but worth it.  He now has a medication and a special diet to try.  In November we shall do a complete blood work up on him, including the thyroid which must be watched from now on.  The cat doctor is optimistic the diet will improve the situation.  The idea is to keep him at this stage and slow down the progress of the disease.  If we do so we could have him another 4 years.  The idea is to find out NOW what works for him, not just wait until the symptoms appear.  At least she is offering us options.  

Needless to say these last weeks have been a repeat of what we went through with Echo.  The big difference, he is 14 years old, not only 9 years like Echo.  The possibility of four more years is a very nice thought and a better prognosis than for Echo.  Very scary is the fact Bogie tends to get serious urinary infections and I know we could loose him in a heartbeat.  But then we never expected to have him this long and he feels fine now and Echo still runs and plays.  


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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 08:23:41 PM
Linbergh's life has been made into two musicals that I know of....It would be interesting to see how audiences today would react to Lindbergh's political urging that we NOT involve ourselves with stopping the Nazi menace.
That is why I find the America First involvement so interesting.  It makes Lindbergh a tragic hero of near-classic proportions.

(A college prof. of mine suggested that Nixon was a classic American tragic hero, but that never really fit, to my mind.  To be a tragic hero, doesn't one first have to be a hero?)
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Post by: td on September 08, 2004, 08:25:13 PM
DEAR ESTEEMED BK:

Did you ever have the opportunity to meet and chat with Ben Bagley?
Do you have any favorites among the multitude of albums said Mr. Bagley produced?
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Post by: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 08:26:11 PM
All the THIN MAN films are being shown on TCM tonight. I'm recording the last four that I didn't already have a DVD copy of. Once I get them on the hard drive, I'll compare the sharpness of these copies with the laserdiscs of them I have and copy from the best source. I'm disappointed that Warners hasn't put the other ones on DVD yet but have done TARZAN, Marx Bros., and are planning MISS MARPLE for next year. I've read nothing about any more THIN MAN films on DVD.
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Post by: td on September 08, 2004, 08:28:24 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Well, bully and congrats, MATTH! ! ! ! ! ! ! [/move]

So, with no further ado, here's what I will be doing this coming weekend:
From The Open Stage Theatre Company:
Our first Play-In-A-Day event
From Saturday evening September 11th through Sunday September 12th

Open Stage Theatre seeks inventive creative Writers, Directors and Actors to work for this intensive, one-of-a-kind theatrical event in which participants write, direct and perform 10-minute plays in just 24 hours.

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!!

Here’s how it works:
Saturday evening; all project participants come to the Open Stage Theatre to meet and greet, and form creative teams.
Overnight, playwrights create short plays (10 pages max!!) designed specifically for the event.  We’ll be ready to work in the space or writers may choose to work from home instead.
Sunday morning; Directors and Actors convene to begin rehearsing the plays.  After an initial read-through the writers will go home to sleep.
Sunday evening the shows will have a brief technical rehearsal and at 6:30 pm patrons will begin to arrive for the 7 o’clock show!
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 08:32:27 PM
... if I and my classmates in Oklahoma could master the difference between lie and lay at the age of twelve, why can't a middle-aged professional wordsmith?
Because they never could get lied often enough?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 08, 2004, 09:15:05 PM
FINALLY!!!

After auditioning for five previous shows this calendar year, the sixth seems to have been the charm. I got the call today that I have been cast as Colonel Gillweather in a local production of SOMETHING'S AFOOT. Rehearsals start tomorrow night. I'm very pleased and looking forward to finally getting to do this very fun show.

Congrats, DR Matt!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 08, 2004, 09:26:37 PM
DR Jane, I am so sorry to hear about Bogie. I know how much your pets mean to you and it must be heartbreaking for you to see them become ill, I know it was for me with Buford.

Will be sending many positive vibes and thoughts your way.
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 09:41:38 PM
I went to the Mall for a late-night See's chocolate fix. Shot it straight between my toes.
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Post by: Sandra on September 08, 2004, 09:47:52 PM
Pop or Soda?  Slice, section or plug?

Carbonated beverage and carpel (just to be difficult).

The presentation went pretty well, considering I didn't even think about it until last night.

I think my Career Exploration class would have made a great musical. I can just picture it.
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Post by: Sandra on September 08, 2004, 09:49:18 PM
Then there's always "libary."

You should hear how my dad pronounces it.
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 08, 2004, 10:27:58 PM
Not to worry.  We've got a Governor who can't pronounce the name of the state, either.
Which is still an improvement over what that state had!
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 10:48:47 PM
Time to get to a new...
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 10:49:07 PM
...PAGE
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Post by: Panni on September 08, 2004, 10:53:31 PM
...And now we do the Page Seven Dance...

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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:00:25 PM
DEAR ESTEEMED BK:

Did you ever have the opportunity to meet and chat with Ben Bagley?
Do you have any favorites among the multitude of albums said Mr. Bagley produced?


I had quite a long chat with him on the phone once, back in the Bay Cities days.  He seemed very nice - I don't remember what the chat was about.  I've enjoyed a few of his albums - the material is always fun, but I'm not-so-enamored of the sound or the arrangements.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 11:01:31 PM
Good Evening!

Well, I decided earlier tonight to finally buy a new mouse for my laptop.  As you may recall, I had left my other mouse at Kinko's last week.  No big loss since that mouse was already starting to die it's inevitable slow death.  So, I headed out to Best Buy to get a new one earlier tonight - well, actually, a certain DR dropped me off at the store on his way to a certain cultural event - which I'm sure certain DR will report/review at a later time.  Well...

Who knew there were so many choices now?  Good, old-fashioned wheel mouses.  Optical mouses.  Mouses with two buttons.  Mouses with four buttons.  Mouses with six(!) buttons.  Travel mouses with retractable cords.  Wireless mouses.  PS/2 and/or USB compatibility.  Etc., etc., etc.... (Ah, a King & I reference!)  I just wanted something plain jane (or plain dick, if you prefer, hmmmm... ;) ), so I settled on a basic Microsoft model - optical with two buttons and a wheel.

When I got to the register, the cashier noted that it's an "open box" item meaning that someone has returned the item, and that the item was put back on the shelf for re-sale.  And that it was in saleable condition.  (Ay, there's the rub.)  Well, since it was the last one on the shelf, I decided to take it anyway.  Additionally, I ended up getting an "open box" discount.  Nice.

Well, once I got it back home, I realized that I can't hook it up to my laptop.  The culprit: a piece of plastic has broken off in the USB connector.  Ah, well...  So it was back to Best Buy.  Walking back to Best Buy.  Walking very fast back to Best Buy since the store was closing at 9:00, and I had discovered the problem at 8:30.

I made it back to the store in record time with about 10 minutes to spare before they started closing up.  -And I wasn't even breathing that hard. ;)  Well... There was a line at the Return/Exchange counter, and the two people currently being helped apparently had some "problem returns".  So, I finally get to the register around 9:10.  I return the defective item, get a new one - which happened to cost a few dollars more.  I make sure the new one is all right - I open the package and check the connectors before walking out of the store.  So...

Well, I get back home, hook it up... And it's working.  Almost.  The wheel is not working properly.  It only wants to scroll "down" and not "up".  I tried futzing with various settings, but nothing seemed to help.  Ah, well... So, it looks like I'll be making one more trip back to Best Buy tomorrow.

I guess I am a bit frustrated, but at least the mouse is functioning basically for now, so...  At least I got my exercise!!

So, that's what I've been doing the past couple of hours.   ;D

*Hmmm... I just re-read what I just wrote, and I started changing my verb tenses.  I think.  Well... Hope I did not confuse anyone.
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Post by: George on September 08, 2004, 11:17:10 PM
Ahh, the joys and frustrations of modern technology...you can't live with it and you can't just chuck it out the window.  When I scroll up with the wheel on my mouse at home, it sticks at one spot.  I'm assuming the same spot as it goes around.  It's a pain, but it still works, so I'm not ready to buy a new one...yet.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: Michael on September 08, 2004, 11:23:40 PM
I woke up suddenly about ten minutes ago to find I have electricity. I love it. And what was the first thing that I did? I came here. Well I have lots to tell and lots to pictures to post but that will be later today and attatched to tomorrows bk's notes. Now I have to start catching up on my reading of a week's worth of notes and postings.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: Michael on September 08, 2004, 11:49:03 PM
Well I haven't got around to emptying the refrigerator yet. But will do it right now. And talking of mispronouncing words isn't "refrigerator" one of them? (It is also a common misspelled word) Come to think of it so is common a misspelled word.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: Michael on September 08, 2004, 11:50:15 PM
I hate it when people say "revert back". I have read it in print. I have heard journalist say it. They all should no better. Especially those editors.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: Michael on September 08, 2004, 11:51:07 PM
One last post before going back to bed.  Going to empty the "ice box". All that food gone to waste!
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:52:15 PM
Everybody's in bed, apparently.  We are surrounded by WUSSBURGERS.  Well, I'm here and I'm posting.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:52:35 PM
I cannot be stopped.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:52:49 PM
I'm on a roll.  A kaiser roll.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:53:11 PM
Have you ever seen me on a kaiser roll?  I'm cute, especially with a little mustard.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:53:23 PM
Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:53:33 PM
I am my own frenzy.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:53:59 PM
Sad to be all alone in the world.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 11:54:22 PM
Not a good night to catch up on the news from back home in Richmond...  The damage estimates for the Shockoe Slip area of Richmond are currently at at least $2 million dollars, and will inevitably climb much higher as the safety and insurance inspectors continue their work - and that's just in one six-by-six block area!...  -Two of my favorite restaurants are among the casualties...  Some of the stories of the business owners are truly heart-breaking...  They had at least one tornado in nearby Bowling Green, and more torrential rain earlier tonight... And depending upon the path Ivan takes over the next few days... Ah, well...

On the "light side" of things, there was an observation in the local Weekly paper about how Richmond has made the national news at least three times in the past year... Isabel, the Broad Street Fire, and the recent Gaston-related flooding.  Ah, well...

Again, let's just all send Good Weather Vibes to the East Coast in general.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:54:32 PM
I'm looking forward to picking up season three of Alias - haven't been able to find it at my local "used" store - which should have them in soon.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:55:05 PM
New notes up in five count them five minutes.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:55:53 PM
I shan't post anymore until the new notes are up - except one, to say:
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:56:09 PM
And one for Mahler.
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 08, 2004, 11:56:18 PM
OH!  But in brighter news, my roommate just informed that a "really hot" guy has moved in next door.  :D
Title: Re:A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 11:58:30 PM
Did you suggest air conditioning?