Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on November 08, 2004, 12:03:40 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know the what, when, where, and why of the notes (the four Ws), and now it is time for you to post until the lively and sparkling cows come home.
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(using a fabulously fake French accent...)
What is zees? To hate somezeeng, and then to lauve it? Nevaire! My opinionz are alwayze correct, and I nevaire have to change them!
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I honestly can't think of any movies, plays, or musicals that ever turned me around from hate to love. I suspect there have been some that I was either too young or mature to fully appreciate at the time and have since come to admire (though none come to mind).
However, I know one movie where it worked the other way. In college, The Lovely Wife (then only The Lovely Girlfriend), Julieanne, and I went to see WHERE'S POPPA? one weekend when staying with the folks in Cincy (actually Northern Kentucky). We thought this movie was hysterical! The next night we dragged my reluctant parents to see it. I don't think they were as taken as we were with it, but we still thought the movie a laugh riot.
Anyway, a few years ago, The Lovely Wife and I caught the flick on the tube. Man, were we disappointed. It seemed so laboured and desperate and UNfunny. A real chore to get through. It just didn't work at all anymore.
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Whoops and oops.
Somehow, I let an anniversary go by without realizing it. I mean, I knew it was around this time, but I forgot to check my notes for when.
It was on November 5th last year that der Brucer and I arrived at our new home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware!
And what a year it has been. Just on the personal front, I've gone through a major depression, getting a job, losing said job, battling with der B's family about whether coleslaw has shredded carrot in it or not, the death of one dog, the adoption of another, and our involvement with Animal Rescue (which has added a sixth dog to the pack family).
Not to mention getting to meet, in person, Jenny, Penny O, and Jose.
I don't know about any of you, but I'm quite exhausted!
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Good Morning!
Well...
I didn't sleep the night before I headed out to LA...
I didn't sleep the night before I headed back to Virginia...
I didn't sleep the night before I flew out to Houston...
And, now... Hmm... -And "Prick Up Your Ears" just started on Showtime... Hmm...
Of course, I have yet to finish packing up all the odds and ends, so...
Hmm....
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As for today's topic, the only thing that comes to mind if Stephen Sondheim's Passion. The first time I saw it, I truly did not like it. I felt cheated. I felt angry, in fact. Well... A few weeks later, I went back to see it again, and I was totally overwhelmed by it. However...
The disclaimer here is that the first time I saw the show, it had just started previews. I believe I had seen the third public performance. However, when I went back to see it again, there had been some major revisions and improvements, so...
Yes, Passion, is certainly not to everyone's liking, but it eventually became one of mine.
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Oh... And I guess I could apply today's topic to some of the books I read in high school. The books I had to read. The ones that were on the "required Summer reading" lists. Yes, I will admit it, Cliffs Notes were my friend. Years later - after college actually - I gave "Catcher in the Rye" another chance... :)
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Hmmmmmmmmmm....well DRJOSE what my new job started out to be and what it is now are two different things. I was assistant to someone - but now I am assistant to someone else. And this someone else is a person I just cannot work with. There is also the fact that I am attempting to do something with NO training and well.....it is pretty boring....so....
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The first time I saw INTO THE WOODS, I did not like it at all. I didn't understand it, and I didn't like some of the music. I thought, never again. Of course, then I bought the CD - listened to it...listened to it again. And then I worked on a production of it.
And now it is a favorite of mine - from beginning to end. It is the SAME show, but I had to think about it and not try to come to it from any expectations I had had the first time.
COMPANY is still my favorite Sondheim show but WOODS and FORUM are very close seconds.
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Good Morning!
Yes... I'm still up... And, yes, I still have to pack up my odds and ends...
Guess that means it's time to head out for breakfast!
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Hainsies (and Kimlets),
Word from one of our early morning denizens. Dan-in-Toronto has been hit with a virus of the computer kind and won't be around until it's fixed.
He wanted me to let you all know in case you wonder what happened to him.
I'll have to think about the TOD. Back later.
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Good morning, all! I definitely have a rotten cold, and I'm staying in today. I want to shake it before the get-together on Wednesday. No Typhoid Mary here, I hope!
I can only think of two things I've disliked at first and now admire/appreciate:
Joseph Heller's CATCH-22 took me three attempts over a period of 3-4 years to break into the book's attitude and fall in love with it.
Alban Berg's WOZZECK forever seemed to me a lot of instruments playing badly while people shrieked wrong notes over them. I'd follow it with a score and think,"how the hell do you know they're playing a wrong note?" I saw a production at the Met around 2 years ago, and everything meshed. What a glorious, intense work!
I'm sure there are others as wel, not to mention pieces I once liked and no longer care much for, but right now I can't think of any. It's something to ponder today between ginger tea and vitamin C.
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The first time I saw GTTW I thought it would have been better broken into fifteen minute segments surrounded by soap commercials. However when I saw it a few years later I loved it and I have since seen the film at least a dozen times and read the book twice. I am looking forward to the deluxe DVD release tomorrow with the new interview with Olivia.
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I've noticed that some of the headlines for obituaries for Howard Keel shorthand it to "Dallas star dies at 85". IMHO (in my humble opinion) UGGGH. While Dallas certainly was a cultural phenomenon, I hope that he is remembered more for his wonderful body of film work than for Dallas. Just my opinion :-)
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Hmmm...I also can't think of a book, movie or play with which I went from hate to love, but I can think of an actress--Kirstie Alley. I absolutely hated her when she first started on Cheers. I found her and her character to be insufferably unfunny and useless as a foil against Ted Danson, and I began to believe that her continued presence would drag the show down. But lo and behold, as the seasons went on, the writers made her character more and more vulnerable and Alley eventually won me over. Unfortunately, she hasn’t made the best choices in projects over the years, but I’ve come to appreciate her as an actress. (She was terrific in a TV movie years back in which she played the overprotective mother of an autistic young man.) Hopefully, her Fat Actress series on Showtime will put her back on the map.
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Anybody else enjoy "HUFF" last night?
der Brucer (finally getting some value out of SHO)
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The first time I saw GTTW I thought it would have been better broken into fifteen minute segments surrounded by soap commercials.
Gidget Takes The World?
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A Pearl of Wisom from a Belgian Blog (http://maarten.typepad.com/brusselsblog/2004/11/thou_shalt_not_.html):
In my opinion, free speech is something absolute. "Thou Shalt Not Kill" or "All infidels must die" both deserve equal protection. Mind you, as speech. Not as actions. I firmly believe that if everybody is free to shout out his opinions as loudly as possible, it becomes a whole lot easier to spot the dangerous people.
der Brucer
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BK wrote:
I have no idea what Ron Liebman did with the part
and the answer is: scared you to death. The scene where Roy Cohn gets his dire diagnosis from an old man doctor (played on stage, of course, by a woman) and threatens to ruin him if he ever tells anyone was the single scariest scene I've seen in a theatre. Part of is has to do with, well, yelling. Liebman spoke very loudly at many times throughout the play. In anger, his voice would bounce off the walls of the Walter Kerr theatre and reverberate in your spine. It literally affected my breathing. I felt glued to my seat, and, at the end of the three hours I felt like I was getting off a roller coaster and wanted to get right back on again.
I totally agree with BK's assessments of the actors. Joe Mantello and Stephen Spinella had a goofy lovable charm about them - sometimes annoying, but not so constantly as Schenkman and Kirk. You were so taken with their humanity, it was easier to accept those annoying moments.
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Two of my favorite musicals failed to enrapture me when I first heard their recordings - Threepenny Opera and Once On This Island. I recall thinking, during OOTI's finale, "Why We Tell the Story" that I didn't know why they were telling the story.
Then, working on a production, I came to believe Once On This Island to be the very best of musicals that debuted on Broadway in the 1990s.
But that's not exactly the question of the day, since it didn't involve SEEING OOTI and not appreciating it. I know that I've grown in fondness, upon repeated viewings, for two of Woody Allen's best, Annie Hall and Hannah & Her Sisters.
Given the price of theatre tickets, it's rare I give a stage work a second chance. (But note, I saw Follies three times and Last 5 Years twice!)
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The topic of the day: I mentioned RGTIME last week as a book I couldn't finish and then went back to and appreciated after I saw the film.
However, the biggest turnaround for me was NASHVILLE. I didn't like it at all when I first saw it. Bored me to tears and though I liked Ronee Blakely's original songs in the picture (and Keith Carradine's "I'm Easy" which went on to win the Oscar), the rest of the movie seemed rambling and without point. Years later, I rented the video and was bowled over by the experience. Of course, by then I had read Pauline Kael's rapturous review of the film and had also read others' opinions on it. Also, by this time, I had seen many other Robert Altman films and had gotten much more accustomed to his techniques.
I think it's a masterpiece and clearly his best film.
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Fall has finally arrived in this part of the South. Not supposed to get out of the high 50s all week, but the clear, crisp, beautiful days are just a joy to experience. Hard to find words to describe how beautiful it is today.
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I am obsessed with soup right now. All I want is Hot and Sour.
Does anyone know if they sell this at the grocery store?
Or can everyone tell me what their favorite soups are (and some I can get at the grocery store).
Soup is the only thing that makes me feel better right now.
And unfortunately the choices are: chicken noodle cup-a-soup, cream of mushroom, cream of celery, or minestrone.
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DR MattH, you might have gotten Fall, but we've unfortunately gotten Winter. It's very cold here. :(
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Has anyone seen the ShowTime series, Dead Like Me.
They are starting to air Season One on The Movie Network starting tonight. And I was just wondering if it's any good.
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My my, Saturday's postings were an interesting lot.
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The friends and fans of Annette Funicello are raising funds for neurological research by auctioning some things on EBAY.
If you are a fan here is the link to the items. They are reasonable and interesting.
I am not a member of the group - I may buy one of the calendars, but I thought a couple of HHW-ers might be interested. ;D
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZfffacQ2dauctionsQQsoreco (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZfffacQ2dauctionsQQsoreco)
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As far as the TOD, I don't know if I have ever made the 180 degree turn from "hated it!" to "loved it!" However, there are a couple of instances where I have gone about 90 degrees from "hated it!" to "I don't really hate it/sorta like it/not crazy about it, but can enjoy it."
Top of this list would be SOUTH PACIFIC which I found dull as dishwater as a child, and now....appreciate. I like much of the score, though those militaristic book scenes in Act II can still cause a snooze-fest at my house.
(Similarly, CAROUSEL falls into this category. I find this show to be R&H at their most treacly. The 90s RNT/Lincoln Center production did an awful lot to show me what this show is really about, though it will never be one of my favorites.)
Can't think of any others right off the bat right now.
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Today's topic can, of course, work in reverse - as Pogue posted earlier - things you loved and now can't stomach.
I will be leaving shortly for the dentist.
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DR Stuart, both shows you mention are two I would mention. My feelings about South Pacific changed after I did a wonderful summer stock production too many years ago (about 25). And my feelings about Carousel changed, as did yours, with the Lincoln Center production. I loved it and now see how it can be quite wonderful
One of my reversals is with a book. I read Patricia Nell Warren's The Front Runner in college and thought it was one of the best books I ever read. I sobbed at the ending and couldn't wait for Paul Newman and Jan Michael Vincent to play the leads in the film (they were some of the names batted around at the time). I picked it up again many years later and couldn't get through it. I was in the right frame of mind, I guess, in college because I couldn't re-read this book for love or money. The other books she wrote after The Front Runner (I can't remember the titles) also leave me cold now and I remember loving them (not quite as much as Front Runner but still enjoying them).
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And one for Mahler.
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This one's easier for me, seeing as I am still in my youth. Or what was it that Bruce called me? A young snot. Anyhoo, in middle school, they made us read Athol Fugard's Valley Song. Needless to say, I didn't "get it." After I arrived at college, I tried reading it again, and was wowed. But I guess that the middle school/college shift is a cheat.
The other way around: I am struggling with Into the Woods.
When I was younger (there it is again) I loved the show. Lots of kids did. I, of course, prided myself on seeing its inner meaning, or some dreck like that.
Maybe it's the fact that the show is done so often. Maybe I've seen one too many bad productions... In any case, I just don't really like the show that much anymore.
By the way, on the subject of Athol Fugard, I saw his new play Exits and Entrances at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood over the weekend. I would recommend it strongly to anyone in the LA area.
Now I am off to my Acting class.
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DRBEN - I read THE FRONTRUNNER as well - and remember Paul Newman and Richard Thomas being two of the names being connected with the project. I don't think I have re-read it since, and don't think it would hold up....unlike something like Mary Renault's THE CHARIOTEER.
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Here is an interesting Poll published in July, 1958, TEEN magazine:
Five Top Male Vocalists
Ricky Nelson
Elvis Presley
Pat Boone
Johnny Mathis
Tommy Sands
Five Top Female Vocalists
Patti Page
Debbie Reynolds
Teresa Brewer
Gale Storm
Doris Day
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Okay, I am now officially on my way to the dentist. Nice to see the Return of Brandon.
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I should pick up a copy of THE CHARIOTEER (admitting that I have never read it).
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Hmmm...thanks for the link JRand54, I might be getting me an Annette Funicello 2005 calendar!
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36 posts by 2:30 EST? Shame... SHHHHAAAAMMMMME!!!
Right now I am taking a break from researching (i.e. randomly entering key words in online scholarly-like article databases) for the history paper from hell. It is indeed that bad and that boring. Sigh.
As for the TOD, (and strangely enough very relevant given the topics of the last few days) the first time I heard the OBC from RENT I hated it. Then it started to grow on me and now I can tolerate it despite its many flaws. Whodathunkit?
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The other night, a former student of mine presented me a CD of the highlights of a certain long-running musical that will hit the silver screen in December of this year. While the disc SOUNDS lovely, the singing, while decent, is not musical theatre quality, IMHO. As I listened to the disc, I eventually bought into the idea that this movie is targeting a different audience than that of the live theatre. The trailor looks great, and while there is no singing on the trailor, I've been impressed with the physical part of the movie. I won't say anything else here so not to spoil it for people. Drop me a line if you want my more detailed opinion!
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DRMATTHEW I am seeing a tour of said show on Sunday and like you, think the trailer for the Movie Version makes it look very interesting. Time will tell! Hopefully it won't be Moulin Rouge'd!
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Yes MBARNUM the calendars look like fun!
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Nobody wants to talk soup? :'(
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My teeth are lively and sparkling, with no new cavities (I've only had two cavities in the last forty years). He does, however, have to refill two cavities from my childhood that have gone bad. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
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DRJENNIFER I love cream of celery soup!
When I was little Chicken Noodle was my favorite! I don't like crackers in my soup, and I like to eat it with a BIG spoon!
If you have never tried cream of celery - I recommend you sample it!
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MR BK your teeth look lively and sparkling!
Oh, I am back in the job market. YIKES!!
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Things I once loved and now detest: Martin & Lewis films. I was a big, big fan as a child - mostly because Dean was so handsome, had such a good voice, and was so cool and laid back with all of Jerry's craziness.
Now, Jerry's antics are a total turnoff, and Dean has lost his luster in my eyes.
That's the primary reason why I can't summon much enthusiasm for bk's Jerry Lewis-a-thon on DVDs. His persona both in tandem with Martin and solo is just of no interest to me at all.
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I have my semi-annual check-up at the dentist on the 23rd of this month. Rarely is there anything wrong, but I still don't like going.
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Wish I could offer some opinions of DEAD LIKE ME or HUFF, but I've never seen any episodes of the former and watching promos for the latter didn't spur me enough to want to check it out.
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Nobody wants to talk soup? :'(
DR Jennifer, I would recommend that you avoid cream soups of any sort. In your case this would not be because of the kashruth, but simply because you should avoid all dairy products when troubled with a cold. Dairy products have a way of increasing the production of phlegm, which I would imagine you would want to avoid.
I myself have never been crazy about soup in general. However, when I desire soup, I usually desire soup with stuff in it, even if it's just a matzah ball or two. However, I really do not care for what in my house was called lukshen soup, which is known as chicken noodle soup. Unless the noodles are wide, but even then I could take it or leave it. Those noodles that are like chopped spaghetti (aka sketty) are annoying, in my eyes. Campbell's, take heed!
Chicken rice soup, however, is a favorite, as far as canned soup goes.
And I never liked tomato soup much. Until the Dear Partner showed me that it is far, far better when made with milk, and with what amounts to practically an entire sleeve of saltines crushed into it, giving it the consistency of bisque. And accompanied with grilled cheese sandwich(es).
(In my childhood home, if we ever had tomato soup -- which I can't recall ever having -- it was most assuredly made with water, so as not to confuse us as to what dishes to use for dinner. Unless we were having fish, which was always a dairy meal, and with which we invariably were served canned creamed corn. I recently read the ingredients of a can of creamed corn, and there is no cream or other dairy product in it. Therefore, we now let it accompany Thanksgiving turkey -- and other meat meals -- which it always did in the Dear Partner's Roman Catholic childhood home.)
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HHW's major Wussburger here, delurking for a bit.
DR Elmore: You mention that you worked on the first recording of Maury Yeston's "New Words". What recording was that, pray tell? The first time I heard in on a recording was Andrea Markovici's New Words album. However, I am proud to say that the first time I actually heard the song it was sung by Maury himself in the Lehman Engel workshop, right after he wrote it.
Also, did you ever get to question André DeShields about his Peter Pan appearance?
TOD? I must think.
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Oh DRSTUART I forgot about chicken and rice! And you are correct about cream ofs and DRJENNIFER'S cold.....
Chicken and rice....now I want some!
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When I was a kid, tomato soup was the only soup I'd eat. Now, just about any soup is fine with me. As I continue to fight gaining inordinate amounts of weight, I find that a bowl of soup satisfies cravings very well. My local grocery store cans their own brand of soup, and they have one called "Tomato Garden" that I could literally eat gallons of, a rich tomato soup with loads of veggies in it. It's the most delicious canned soup I've ever eaten.
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In re: Starve/Feed a Cold/Fever
Well, I always like what Allan Sherman said, "I could never remember whether it was 'starve a cold and feed a fever' or 'feed a cold and starve a fever'. So I fed them both."
Also, "My mother always told me to eat up my food, because there were children starving in China. So I figured the more I ate, the more I could somehow save those starving children."
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Nobody wants to talk soup? :'(
If we are talking store-bought soup, I say you can't go wrong with Progresso. I love just about everything they make with the one small exception of their Italian Wedding soup (it just don't taste like any homemade wedding soup I ever had.)
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Soup:
Although I was always Mom's boy, and my brother was Dad's boy, my father and I had the same taste in food. We both did love us our Split Pea Soup, which neither my bro nor Mom could stand. When Mom was going out, she'd put up a pot for the two of us right before she left so she didn't have to smell it.
Now my Joe likes just about any kind of soup--except split pea. So he always gets a can of whatever, and I add some ham to the Progresso SP. But it ain't as good as Mom's, even though she hated disliked it.
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Has anyone actually eaten animal crackers in their soup?
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What's wedding soup?
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Sure. Shirley Temple.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! ONWARD AND UPWARD VIBES FOR DR JRAND ! ! ! ! ![/move]
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We go for Progresso in most. Exept College Inn Chicken Broth, and Bookbinder's New England Clam Chowder.
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What's wedding soup?
It's usually a beef broth soup that at least contains meatballs and a couple of different greens like spinach or escarole. But I've had it packed to the brim with other ingredients such as chicken, pasta, carrots and potatoes. Sometimes some grated cheese on top. Yummmm.
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Page Three Soup-A-Baloo!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/soupdance.bmp)
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Great page three photo!
The cast for the PHANTOM tour we are seeing includes Gary Mauer as Erik and Rebecca Pitcher as Christine. Any DR's ever see or work with either of them. It seems that Mrs Mauer also travels with the troup and plays Christine at specific performances. Since we are seeing a Sunday matinee, we may get to see a Mr and Mrs!
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DR Jennifer, I would recommend that you avoid cream soups of any sort. In your case this would not be because of the kashruth, but simply because you should avoid all dairy products when troubled with a cold. Dairy products have a way of increasing the production of phlegm, which I would imagine you would want to avoid.
Thanks, I did not know this. I have never actually tried cream of celery soup by itself (so not sure if I would like it).
But you guys reminded me of a few kinds of soup I love.
First is clam chowder. I think I may go and get some.
I also used to love chicken and rice when I was little. And chicken gumbo. Do they still make that?
Hmmm, clam chowder has milk in it, doesn't it? :(
I also feel like wonton (and I know they sell this at the grocery store). And i'm still craving Hot and Sour. So maybe I can go to the restaurant and pick some up.
So far today I've had chicken noodle cup-a-soup. And grapefruit juice. And clementines. And ice cream. But I'm really not very hungry. Although for some reason I am craving tuna casserole (which I haven't had in probably a year). So I will make that tonight!
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Good Afternoon!
I'm home! Well, almost. I'm at my parents' house in Fairfax right now, and I'll be heading down to Richmond after rush hour.
Getting out of Houston turned out to be a not so pleasant experience for a bunch of in the show. Almost all of us were dropped off at the same time, and all of us were on the same airline (one of the sponsors of the theatre). Well...
-What's the point of those self-serve check-in desks when you still have to wait for a live person to check your ID and tag your luggage?
-Said airline also didn't have a bunch of us "in the system" since the tickets were booked through the theatre. They had to dig up my booking via my name, social security number and my frequent flyer number. The joys of e-tickets!
-A lot of us were also hit with fees for having luggage over the current weight limit. Mind you, none of us were hit with the fees coming into Houston - and I know I actually had less in my checked bags going back! So, when I told the lady who was checking me in that I was not charged when I flew into Houston, she promptly came back with, "Well, you know, I could actually go ahead and charge you NOW for both ways!" -And the exclamation point (!) was in her voice. It was only $25.00, but still... some people got hit with two $25.00 fees, one for each piece of checked luggage.
-And continuing about the weight limit issue... One of the ladies in the cast noticed that depending where she placed her bag on the scale, the weight difference was quite noticable. From 61 lbs. to 43 lbs.! In other words, from $25.00 to $0.00. The guy checking her in then kept insisting that he had to go by the first weight that came up on the scale. WHAT?!?!?!?! I tried to stay until a supervisor came by, but since my flight was starting to board... I can't wait for the update.
-Going through security was also a chore! "I'm sorry, you're only allowed two carry-ons. Period!" So, they were making people - everyone, not just those in my group - stuff their lunch bags(!) into their other bags. They were even counting bags of food just bought as a "third piece" WHAT?!?!?!? Then, apparently, there have been some updates to the TSA screening rules since we flew in five weeks ago. All shoes had to be taken off. No exceptions. And if you refused or questioned, then you were pulled aside for the extra security check. I almost got very upset with the TSA official... I always wear sneakers with no metal in them, and I've NEVER had to take them off. Ever! But now?!?!? And then one of the ladies who had her dog with her, was asked to take all collars and leashes off her dog and put them through the x-ray machine, and then walk through the metal detector carrying her dog. Now, that's sort of understandable, but, again, she did not have to go through that going in. And then the TSA agent who was in charge of putting the items onto the moving belt into the x-ray machine did not want to touch the plastic bin with the collar and leash in it! "I don't do dogs!" WHAT?!?!?!? Well, since I was next in line, I put them on the moving belt. -Of course, technically, I could have been pulled over right then and there for doing that since I was now "interfering" with the security screening, but if the TSA agent is not going to do her job, and hold up the line...
*After getting through the security screening, we all wondered if their was some sort of bump up in security measures post-election. -Or maybe it was just because we were flying out of Bush. :-\
Thankfully, after all that check-in and screening trauma and drama, the rest of my trip back home went rather smoothly. My plane was boarding as soon as I got to the gate. I ended up with a row all to myself. I got a nice nap on the plane. My bags were among the first ones to come around the carousel at baggage claim. And best of all, when my sister-in-law came to pick me up at the airport, my niece and nephew were in tow. And my nephew has been singing me the new songs he's been learning in kindergarten ever since we left the airport! -He's actually next to me now drawing pictures of airplanes, airports and sharks(!?!?)... oh, and still singing! It's good to be home!
-Of course, my two-year old niece is still afraid of me, but, hopefully, she'll start to grow out that. Soon. ;)
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Oh... By the time our vans left the hotel, we were actually short one member of the cast. We tried calling her room. We knocked on her door. We called again. We knocked again. Hmm... *Unfortunately(?), the cast member in question almost missed a matinee since she slept through all her alarms. It wasn't until some others got someone at the front desk to let them into her room, and there she was.... still asleep. So...
God, I hope you made it!
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WFO: I believe elmore is referring to the Liz Callway version I recorded for Unsung Musicals. Have no idea if Andrea's was before or after, but ours was the first time the song had appeared on CD fully orchestrated.
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Whew! DRJOSE.....what an ordeal!
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And it is a gem, MR BK! Everyone who hears it wants a copy of the CD!
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OH... And while waiting for my luggage, I received a call from the contractor for Hallelujah, Baby! It seems that Mr. Laurents is requesting the orchestra be there for all the tech run-thrus - four extra rehearsals. "Extra Christmas money!" ;) We shall see... I guess this means they'll be doing some more work on the show after it closes(ed) up at George Street.
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Hmmm... I just checked the TSA website, and found this:
You are NOT REQUIRED to remove your shoes before you enter the walk-through metal detector. However, TSA screeners may encourage you to remove them before entering the metal detector as many types of footwear will require additional screening even if the metal detector DOES NOT alarm.
Now, I'm pretty sure... well, I'm damn sure(!) the TSA agent told all of us that is was now mandatory to take our shoes off! He even mentioned that it was now listed as part of the procedures on the website. He was even sprouting codes numbers, etc. SHEESH!!!
NOT!! >:(
I suspect a letter may be forthcoming...
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My teeth are lively and sparkling, with no new cavities (I've only had two cavities in the last forty years). He does, however, have to refill two cavities from my childhood that have gone bad. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
I've never had a cavity. All three of my younger brothers have had one or two, and a filling, but not me. Even my current dentist could not believe that I've never had a cavity. I guess eating all that ice cream when I was a kid was a good thing then. :P
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Oh, I am back in the job market. YIKES!!
DRJRand54, what happened? Would that I could offer such an entertaining and erudite Allison Hayes fan work but I fear, much as I'd like to, I have naught to offer but sincere wishes that good things happen to you and soon.
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Cavities were not as prevalent once we entered the seventies. I don't know what happened, whether it was the water or just people taking better care, but when I was a kid, everyone had cavities, and lots of 'em.
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Cavities were not as prevalent once we entered the seventies. I don't know what happened, whether it was the water or just people taking better care, but when I was a kid, everyone had cavities, and lots of 'em.
I know part of it was the introduction of flouridated water and better toothpastes on the market. In my case, our family dentist would always check me twice since I was the oldest of four boys. All three of my younger brothers would have a cavity, but my teeth were always cavity-free. Who knows?!?!?
-And with amount of sugar I know I've eaten... Hmm...
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Good morning, all! I definitely have a rotten cold, and I'm staying in today. I want to shake it before the get-together on Wednesday. No Typhoid Mary here, I hope!
Hey Typhoid Mary, DR elmoore3003! I better see you this week in NYC! That's an order! -I don't want have to start using my "adult voice"... Unless, of course, you're into that kind of thing.
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DR Elmore: You mention that you worked on the first recording of Maury Yeston's "New Words". What recording was that, pray tell? The first time I heard in on a recording was Andrea Markovici's New Words album. However, I am proud to say that the first time I actually heard the song it was sung by Maury himself in the Lehman Engel workshop, right after he wrote it.
Also, did you ever get to question André DeShields about his Peter Pan appearance?
DRWilliamFOrr, I believe I worked on the first recording of the song. It was
sung by Miss Liz Callaway, for Mr Bruce Kimmel's recording "Unsing Musicals."
I'm very proud of my work on it and grateful to Bruce for hiring me! Wasn't this the recording that featured the debut of Mr Guy Haines who graciously stepped in to replace an indisposed singer? It's been such a privilege to see him grow as an artist. I can't speak of Mr Haines' feelings about being called in on such notice, but I do remember how prepared he was, how pleasant the session was after the ordeal with the indisposed singer, and what a joy it was to be in on the emergence of a new talent.
I haven't seen Andre since the meeting. He was off to Chicago for the TAN MANHATTAN rehearsals, but I hope to ask him about it at some point. Thanks for reminding me.
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OH... And while waiting for my luggage, I received a call from the contractor for Hallelujah, Baby! It seems that Mr. Laurents is requesting the orchestra be there for all the tech run-thrus - four extra rehearsals. "Extra Christmas money!" ;) We shall see... I guess this means they'll be doing some more work on the show after it closes(ed) up at George Street.
From what I've heard about the workshop in New York, I'd call that optimism!
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Ciao, bambini! I'm back from Roma! What a swell time I had. Met people from all over the world. Saw some incredible places.
Got to speak lots of languages. (My new aim is to learn Itlian. I found I understood quite a bit - now I just have to learn to speak it.) Did a presentation which was well received, listened to lots of stuff. have been invited back (perhaps to Florence next time!)Last night I did not sleep at all -- all these images and ideas were keeping me awake. Right now i'm in Budapest. The shuttle got lost, so i had a nice tour of the city. Just had dinner. (Oh - it's 11:25 - that's a surprise!)
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Ciao, bambini! I'm back from Roma! What a swell time I had. Met people from all over the world. Saw some incredible places.
Buon giorno, cara Panni!
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My new aim is to learn Itlian.
Do you know the great Ruth Draper monologue "The Italian Lesson"?
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What to say of soup? I'll avoid speaking of Soupy Sales.
I'll cheerfully admit New England clam chowder is better than Manhattan clam chowder. However, if someone's looking for a soup without milk, then you have to go with Manhattan (it's in a sort of tomato-y broth).
In high school, when we were doing Carousel, I threw a huge cast party that lasted until dawn. And what did we serve? Why, New England clam chowder of course. Many cans of Campbell's' many gallons of milk. Just how many cups galloped down our gullets, we couldn't say oursel's.
I like bisques and fish soups, and always think of the hysterical Chris Durang/Sigourney Weaver waltz, The Bouilliabaisse Machine, whenever I'm eating Bouilliabaisse. The quickest and cheapest warm food near work is hot and sour soup from some hole-in-the-wall on Eighth, corner of 49th. I have that more often than anything.
Now that the weather's turned cold, it's impossible to find gazpacho, which is one of my favorites. I've seen several recipes... Did you know shreaded bits of bread is a primary ingredient?
Sometimes I'll drop a bouillion cube in a cup and pour on boiling water and stir. Oh, the gourmet that is me!
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Do you know the great Ruth Draper monologue "The Italian Lesson"?
No, i don't. Right now I'm not sure of my name.
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No, i don't. Right now I'm not sure of my name.
Perhaps some kind soul will send it to you on CD when you return from Hungary, Europe.
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LOL DRPANNI.
Thanks DRELMORE - the good vibes are appreciated.
And speaking of monologues, or well....songs of the type....I will always treasure I Brought My Harp to the Party, but Nobody Asked Me to Play!
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No, i don't. Right now I'm not sure of my name.
He touched me.
I simply have to face the fact : he touched me.
Control myself and try to act as if I remember my name.
But he touched me.
He touched me and suddenly nothing is the same.
And to think, the lyricist once dated my mother!
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And then the TSA agent who was in charge of putting the items onto the moving belt into the x-ray machine did not want to touch the plastic bin with the collar and leash in it! "I don't do dogs!"
Jose, your such a gentleman! Had I been with you, the airport would be echoing with 'THAT'S ALL RIGHT, HONEY - NO SELF-RESPECTING DOG WOULD DO YOU!"
der ungentlemanly Brucer
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Panni was the toast of Italy. Since we haven't heard otherwise, I'll assume she was whole wheat.
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Exept College Inn Chicken Broth, and Bookbinder's New England Clam Chowder.
Better yet:
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der Brucer (with apologies to Panni's yard-mate)
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Boy, are some of us in trouble, or what?
US Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-11-01-brazil-pets_x.htm)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian legislator wants to make it illegal to give pets names that are common among people.
Federal congressman Reinaldo Santos e Silva proposed the law after psychologists suggested that some children may get depressed when they learn they share their first name with someone's pet, Damarias Alves, a spokeswoman for Silva, said last week.
"Names have importance," Alves said. The congressman "wants to challenge people's assumptions that it's acceptable to give animals human names," she said.
If the law is passed, pet stores and veterinary clinics would be required to display a sign noting the prohibition of human first names for pets.
Brazilians who break the law would be subject to fines or community service.
der Brucer (can we give people pet's names - "Puff, meet my parner, Rover")
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Good vibes of all kinds to JRand54!
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DR Jennifer, I like all types of soup, especially when I am sick...most partial to split grean pea soup, oyster stew, and veggie soups...particularly if they are homemade!
Hope you feel better soon!
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PLEASE BE FULLY CLOTHED WHEN SHOWERING!
From FNC (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137865,00.html):
The Human Rights Commission of News Brunswick ruled that Brigette LeBlanc's rights were violated when she was forced to use a separate changing room. The ruling means that coed hockey team players can't be segregated, but includes the caveat that boys must wear shorts at all times and girls must wear shorts and T-shirts.
der Brucer
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Things I once loved and now detest: Martin & Lewis films. I was a big, big fan as a child - mostly because Dean was so handsome, had such a good voice, and was so cool and laid back with all of Jerry's craziness.
Now, Jerry's antics are a total turnoff, and Dean has lost his luster in my eyes.
That's the primary reason why I can't summon much enthusiasm for bk's Jerry Lewis-a-thon on DVDs. His persona both in tandem with Martin and solo is just of no interest to me at all.
With any luck, when you reach your senior years you will be able to rediscover the remembered joys from your youth (ooh, a Proust reference).
der "Hey, pull my finger" Brucer
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TOD: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
I was bored to tears, and nearly asleep, when I first saw it: and yes, it was on a huge, curved screen.
I was bored to tears the second time I saw it, on a flat screen, but still in a theater.
I was bored by the first videotape as well as the laserdiscs.
I wasn't bothered or bored by the first dvd (MGM), but the Warner release, for some reason, wiped all of my boredom and angst away.
I think it is a fine piece of cinema. Now I find that it is one of my most watched dvds.
It only took three decades for me to warm up to it.
Just think, in less than thirty years, I might even like EYES WIDE SHUT!
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Evening all!
Does anyone know of a production of “Oz” that needs a Tin Woman? I think I could win the part without even trying! Oh, my aching aches! Maybe a good “stiff” drink would loosen me up?
I called about renting a chipper/shredder. The next step in the process. Either that or hauling it all down to dump.
DR Jose, I also enjoy all of your food, travel and show stories. I wish your travels would bring you to the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, we could do lunch or maybe dinner.
SWW—about the dogs doing the dishes. So you discovered that little trick as well. We haven’t had to wash a dish since we got our dogs! :-X Just kidding guys. They might lick the plate but it gets washed in very hot and soapy water, I swear! ;D
Soup. I didn’t like it very much as kid but have learned to love it. I make my own Ham and Bean soup. I love mushroom soup (and use it in many, many recipes). French Onion is another favorite. Tomato, Collard Green, chicken noodle, vegetable and vegetable beef rank among my other top favorites. Home made where ever possible.
This must be teeth week. I have to go on Thursday morning to have a filling redone myself. Darn them. Darn them all to heck.
DerBrucer, I wish I had a penny for every time my Dad “pulled” that old joke on me! LOL! That and 52 Pick up. :)
Vibes to Jrand! Vibes to DR Elmore! A round of vibes to everyone on me!
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Must also be a day for aches & pains and staying home, which I did today with a very sore back. Anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants were prescribed and seem to be helping. And, Danise, I don't even have the satisfaction of having chopped down a tree!
DRelmore - Hope you're feeding that cold - soup is especially good and this group has lots of good suggestions. One of my favorite canned soups is Progresso Tomato Rotini, which they seem to have taken off the market - story of my life.
Job-hunting vibes to JRand and continued safe travels to Panni.
TOD - I experience the dislike/like phenomenon most often with books (disliked Madame Bovary in college, loved it 20 years later). Most recently, I tried several times, when it was popular to readCold Mountain, but could not get into it until after seeing the movie. I "read" most of it with my ears (audiobook, while driving), but at the end wanted to actually read the ending slowly. There are many books that I get through by listening that I think I would abandon easily otherwise. Any other book listeners out there?
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DRelmore - Hope you're feeding that cold - soup is especially good and this group has lots of good suggestions. One of my favorite canned soups is Progresso Tomato Rotini, which they seem to have taken off the market - story of my life.
Ron Raines' wife tells me that everyone she knows has got a bad cold right now. Since I couldn't get a flu shot this year, I'm hoping what I've got passes without turning into the flu. Between the surgery and the flu, I'd be living in the bathroom and that's too gross to contemplate.
For dinner, I ordered from Artie's Deli a quart of matzoh ball soup with noodles and a quart of mushroom barley. I had a bowl of matzoh ball soup with a tuna salad sandwich and a handful of Vitamin C (rosehip, 1000 mg/tablet). I'll have a few cashews, dried apricots and dried dates before I sleep. I meant to reschedule my first therapy appointment tomorrow, but I called too late, so I have to be at therapy tomorrow morning at 8:30. I'm about ready for bed, but I'll check back in before I turn out the lights.
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I don't really like soups...other than chili (if that counts). I also don't listen to talking books. I can't keep track of what's been happening if I listen to a book being read. I like being able to look right up and re-read a paragraph or a word that I missed. When I'm at work, I have the freedom to listen to recordings, but I'll always choose my CDs of musicals over spoken word, any day. And I have a lot of musicals! ;D
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As for musicals that I didn't like at first listen (based only on the recording, of course) was The Hired Man. I have the original London recording (produced, but not written by Andrew Lloyd Webber) and just didn't care for it the first time I heard it. I put it away for about three years and told myself that I just had to listen to it again to make sure that I really didn't like it. Well, I put it on one day and actually listened to it. I didn't just have it as background music or worked while I listened and I instantly loved it. I don't know what happened in those three years or if something at that time just hit me right, but I love the recording. I now also have the complete, live concert recording that has most of the original cast. That's also very good!
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As for liking something earlier in my life and then not liking it later...that doesn't happen with me (from what I can remember). Once I like something, it ususally stays liked. ;)
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I just had a lovely conversation with Tony Walton, who begins tomorrow rehearsals for Noel Coward's AFTER THE BALL, based on LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN, for the Irish Rep. 10 of the cast are from WHERE'S CHARLEY?, and I told him it sounds like a reunion on which I want to be involved. They're doing itr with only piano, so there's no role for me, but I can't wait to see it.
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Good to see you, Danise. Hope you feel better soon.
Soup: I like soup. I like to make soup, especially when it's cold (which is not often).
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I am obsessed with soup right now. All I want is Hot and Sour.
Does anyone know if they sell this at the grocery store?
You can certainly get the ingredients.
Trim the fat off of a 2 oz. boneless pork chop and slice it into thin shreds. Soak 2 dried Chinese mushrooms in
1/2 cup warm water for about 10 minutes, until soft, then drain, reserving the liquid. Stem the mushrooms, discard the stems, and shred the caps.
Bring 3 cups chicken stock and the water the mushrooms soaked in to a boil in a large saucepan. Add 3 T cider vinegar (the sour), 2 t soy sauce, and 1/2 t cayenne (the hot) to the broth and simmer for 5 minutes. Stirring the pot, add the pork strips and cook for about 2 minutes, until the pork is cooked through. Add 1/4 c shredded bamboo shoots and 2 coarsely chopped water chestnuts, along with the mushroom strips, and simmer for a couple more minutes before adding 1/2 lb firm bean curd that has been cut into 1/2-inch dice.
Bring the soup back to a simmer. Make a slurry of 2 T cornstarch and 1/2 c cold water, stir into the soup, and bring everything back to a boil, stirring until thickened. Finally, while still stirring (but using a fork to stir at this point), add a lightly beaten egg, and salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Serve and be humble in accepting your glowing reviews.
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One of my reversals is with a book. I read Patricia Nell Warren's The Front Runner in college and thought it was one of the best books I ever read....I picked it up again many years later and couldn't get through it.
Another member of the community that der Brucer and I have met. Last time we saw her, she was pushing for after school activities for gay students. We wrote a check.
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Charles Pogue guess I had better not watch WHERE’S PAPPA again. Keith and I also thought it was hysterical. So often movies just aren’t as good as I remember them. If I could put my brain into gear I might possibly name a few.
The first time I attempted to read A TALE OF TWO CITIES I couldn’t get into it. The second time I picked it up I didn’t put it down until I had finished reading it.
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George did you find Ebony? I’m only up to page three. I hope since then you have posted good news.
Ben when I first read the words “hit” my heart skipped a beat. I’m sorry and relieved at the same time it is only a virus in DiT’s computer. I sure hope it didn’t do much damage.
Hi M Brandon.
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td, 2001: SPACE ODYSSEY still bores the Hell of me. Once in the theatre was enough for me. And any snippets I've caught of it on TV over the years have not convinced me to change my mind and give it another look. BORING!!!
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What's wedding soup?
What I've seen served as Wedding Soup is more commonly known as Stracciatella, or Chicken Soup with Eggs and Cheese.
Beat 2 eggs in a small bowl until they are just blended, then mix in 2 T freshly grated Parmesan cheese (not the stuff in the green can, ever!), 2 T finely chopped flat leaf (Italian) parsley, and a grating or two of fresh nutmeg (a pinch of pre-ground nutmeg in a pinch, but that stuff belongs in a green can, too).
Bring a quart of chicken stock to a bubble in a large saucepan over high heat, then, stirring with a whisk, pour the egg mixture into the stock in a steady stream. Keep stirring for a couple of minutes. The eggs will form tattered ribbons in the soup, same as they did in the Hot and Sour Soup I served up for Jennifer. Serve at once, and receive accolades in the same manner as Jennifer was instructed to do.
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Me too Charles.
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JRand-good vibe jobes!!
DERBRUCER-scary but funny. I can’t imagine passing such a law. G-d I hope I’m wrong.
Ginny-wonderful avatar!! Good healing back vibes.
Elmore, Jennifer and anyone else with a cold, try taking zinc.
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It was a perfect autumn day here so I leisurely did errands in town and walked in the park. I should have taken my camera it was so beautiful. We have a very small Japanese Garden which is brilliant in the fall. I shall try to capture it with my camera tomorrow.
Goodnight.
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Had dinner with our very own Tammy Minoff. Went to Stanley's. The waitress came and Tammy wanted pasta so I strongly recommended she have my fave, the garlic chicken pasta. She ordered it. I decided to be a good boy and I ordered the Chinese Chicken Salad. Our waitress kept asking if I wanted it first and I kept saying no, bring it with the pasta. We couldn't understand why she went on about it - until, that is, she brought the food. She'd totally misunderstood, and brought both of us the garlic chicken pasta AND one Chinese Chicken Salad. I really cannot comprehend how she misunderstood, since my order was so clear, but I was nice and didn't say anything and then ate way too much food instead of being a good boy. Oh, well.
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Tonight I watched a movie that I loved the first time I saw it and I still love it--Georgy Girl. I never seem to think of it when I'm making a top ten list, but it's a definate favorite.
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Oh, yes, brisk weather is upon us. It's going to be downright chilly here during the next few evenings. Finally had to break down and turn on my heat.
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td, 2001: SPACE ODYSSEY still bores the Hell of me. Once in the theatre was enough for me. And any snippets I've caught of it on TV over the years have not convinced me to change my mind and give it another look. BORING!!!
Thank you for that, DR Charles! For so long, I had thought that there was something WRONG with me, for everyone of my circle of friends were wildy enthusiastic about it, and at the time, to me it just sat there like so much cold fish. . .
Now, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is one movie that I haven't changed my mind about. . .didn't like it the first time, saw it recently on dvd and still was not impressed in the least. Don't get me wrong, I love soap operas on the big screen (my GONE WITH THE WIND arrived earlier today!) but, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER still does nothing for me.
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I've never cared for SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER either. I did like GEORGY GIRL when I saw it back in the 1960s, but honestly, I don't think I've ever watched it again.
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Cavities were not as prevalent once we entered the seventies. I don't know what happened, whether it was the water or just people taking better care, but when I was a kid, everyone had cavities, and lots of 'em.
Ah, but when we were kids the Commies were still trying to fluoridate the water, an activity fought tooth and tooth by the pro-dentist John Birch Society. Once the Commies won and the water was fluoridated, both they and the JBS evaporated, leaving a cavity in our political system.
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I believe that BK has stated that he never really liked GONE WITH THE WIND (If I'm wrong, correct me), but are there any other fans of it on this most popular of websites other than ME? ? ?
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Had dinner with our very own Tammy Minoff. Went to Stanley's. The waitress came and Tammy wanted pasta so I strongly recommended she have my fave, the garlic chicken pasta. She ordered it. I decided to be a good boy and I ordered the Chinese Chicken Salad. Our waitress kept asking if I wanted it first and I kept saying no, bring it with the pasta. We couldn't understand why she went on about it - until, that is, she brought the food. She'd totally misunderstood, and brought both of us the garlic chicken pasta AND one Chinese Chicken Salad. I really cannot comprehend how she misunderstood, since my order was so clear, but I was nice and didn't say anything and then ate way too much food instead of being a good boy. Oh, well.
No, BK, I wouldn't have been quite so nice. You HAD been clear, and if there was any misunderstanding it should have been taken care of when the order was placed, and the initiative on making it clear should have been taken by the waitress. You ordered 1 (one) garlic chicken pasta, and 1 (one) Chinese chicken salad, not two of each.
That being the case, I would have explained the misunderstanding politely and asked the waitress to take one of each duplicate plate back to the kitchen. As it is, you were forced to pay double the bill over what you had initially planned on. At the very least, I'd make sure someone in management knew that a mistake had been made, and one that was decidedly not in your favor.
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I'd do the Chicken dance, but I don't know the steps.
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Good Evening!
Whew! I need some sleep!!!! Ah, well...
I pulled into Richmond around 9:20, and stopped by Ukrop's to pick up some dinner and some water for tomorrow's trip up to NYC. Then once I got home, I brought my luggage in, heated up my dinner, and ate said dinner. Then I went through my mail. Four weeks of mail! Not too bad, just time consuming - but not too many credit card offers this time. However, I guess all my magazine subscriptions are due for renewal soon.
Then Steve called me around 10:45... He was having a late supper after his rehearsal tongiht... And it seems one of his wisdom teeth has broken off/apart... Ugh!... He was, in his words, "not a happy camper"... Ah, well... Well, he called back about five minutes ago, and he feels better now, and he somehow managed to "clear" the problem... :o In any case, we'll be heading up to NYC tomorrow morning regardless... We better be! >:(
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-Good Tooth Vibes All Around
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I've always liked 2001, but it's form is, well, different. I didn't understand why until someone suggested it was more like a piece of music, only visual. The analogy makes sense to me.
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When I pulled into my parking space in the back and looked at my back door, I almost thought I had the wrong place. A new screen/storm door! Yeah! And then once I opened the screen/storm door, I encountered the newly adjusted and re-hung back door! Yeah! Then I headed into the bathroom where I almost jumped for joy when I saw the new floor, the new sink, the new vanity and some new paint! YEAH!! -And, boy, what a difference it makes when you don't have to worry if you're going to step through the floor!
And my roommate cleaned the apartment!!
Will wonders never cease?!?!?
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From dislike to like, my own switch comes from the Tolkein books of The Lord of the Rings, which I found insufferable, to Jackson's films, which are magnificent. There is an arguement to be made, of course, that what is on the screen is technically not Tolkein any more, but merely an interpretation, but so what.
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Well... I need to unpack/pack/repack now... And I'm also trying to figure out if it's cold enough for me to take out the comforter from the closet... Hmm... Well, more like if I have the energy to do so. *Oh, and can tell with the new doors on the kitchen, I can already tell the kitchen and back part of the apartment feels warmer already! No more pesky drafts!!
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Der Brucer and I had a magnificent dinner tonight at Cafe Zeus. He had the Cream of Crab soup, followed by the Venison Chops. I started with the Feta Cheese wrapped and seared in Filo, with a red pepper puree, followed by a Veal Porterhouse that must have been a full inch and a half thick.
The bonus was that on Mondays if you get one entree, the second is free! Talk about a bargain!
Of course, this means that no self-respecting vegetarian will ever want to shake our hands again, but it was worth it. 8)
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She only brought the duplicate of the pasta. Only one Chinese Chicken Salad, but it was huge. I left some of the pasta behind and Tammy and I split some of the chicken salad and left the rest.
No, I have never cared for Gone With the Wind. I really don't even understand it, frankly.
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Has anyone purchased from the Pottery Barn?
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And we'll be off again tomorrow, taking pictures of puppies.
Today we went to check on a cage. Actually, it is more of a pen, made of galvanized pipes and chain link. It looked to measure at least six feet square, and maybe four and a half feet tall, with no roof. If we bring a dog in for rescue that needs to be separated from the others, it'll come in handy.
At least, I think der B intends it for dogs. If he's thinking in kinky terms, the "crate" we have now (three by four by four and a half, with a wire roof) is more confining, and therefor better. Only Fletcher, who thinks of it as his "room" already, would probably get upset if we were to borrow it. ::)
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I love soup. Soup is great. (Oh, an Arthur reference.) My favorite is gazpacho. And gazpasta, which is really more a soup-based salad.
Today in my Children's Literature class, we acted out scenes from Alice in Wonderland. I was the Dormouse at the mad tea party.
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Has anyone purchased from the Pottery Barn?
Yes.
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...I'll check back in after I do the luggage shuffling...
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She only brought the duplicate of the pasta. Only one Chinese Chicken Salad, but it was huge. I left some of the pasta behind and Tammy and I split some of the chicken salad and left the rest.
No, I have never cared for Gone With the Wind. I really don't even understand it, frankly.
Even so, you still got charged twice for a dish you only ordered once. Much as I'm regularly on the side of waitstaff, clerks, and other service people, in this case the waitress was in error. The second plate should have been sent back, and you shouldn't have been charged for it.
A similar error occured at the end of tonight's repast. Nia, our waitress, had forgotten to subtract the cost of the second entree, as per the Monday special. A simple reminder from der B resolved the problem.
Of course, being friends with the restaurateurs and staff helps. In this case, der B had earlier discussed with Nia the monologues in For Colored Girls (she's done the show before), and Charles and John, the chef and his partner, regularly give us a special discount on the wine we like. (In that case, they're trying to divest themselves of the rest of their stock, because it's an odd cellar that no one but der B and I know about and order. Still, the added discount is nice.)
As for GWTW, your not understanding why you don't like it, and frankly not giving a damn, is quite understandable. I don't care how many times they restore it, the film keeps fading on me.
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Today in my Children's Literature class, we acted out scenes from Alice in Wonderland. I was the Dormouse at the mad tea party.
AHA! Caught sleeping in class again, were you?
;D ;)
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I just ordered a nice 5x8 area rug for my den. It will really warm up the room nicely, I think.
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Not quite the right size for our crate, but it sounds good for you.
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I've got DVDs to catch up on. If I wussburger and don't get back, that's me asleep on the couch. Toodles.
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Boy are we going to have a partay starting at midnight.
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Wow, I totally forgot - I just passed my new plateau - 7,000 posts, which is amazing and frightening at the same time.
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I'm back...
I sort of made record time with my luggage shuffling. I even got all of my clothes put away that needed putting away. I made sure to do laundry my last day in Houston so all my clothes are clean! -My momma raised me right! ;) And I even got my comforter out of the closet, slipped it in the duvet cover and it's already for me to slip under in a few...
-And if I've forgotten anything, I'll just buy it at Macy's! ;D
Actually, part of the reason I like to going to NYC in Fall and Winter is that "fashion" is not that high a priority. Staying warm and dry is. So... But I did pull out some long sleeve shirts and a pair of slacks... We'll see... And the only show we'll be seeing - at this point and time - is the final dress of Cinderella at City Opera... And we'll be seeing it with a bunch of school kids, so...
OK - I'm babbling, babbling like a runaway brook...
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Let the par-tay begin!!!!
Laters...
*And if I don't check in in the morning... See you from New York City!
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I was just about to ask MR BK if he found a rug!
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Well.....it is official - my sister Molly and her husband of six years Jason are splitting up. They met online - Jason came down from Vancouver, to visit in July, 1997, and Molly went up to see him and his family that December. Then Jason returned in February, 1998, and they were married in March.
I still remember going up to the bus station with Molly to meet him. He had a small suitcase and a big knapsack.
He is returning to Canada - this time Toronto - on Friday, November 19, and Molly asked me today if I would drive him to the bus station that afternoon. I said yes.
Jason has become like a brother to me (and I have four others) - and I know he and Molly both have made this decision together. But I am just very sad. MR BK described the "going away" feeling so well in BENJAMIN KRITZER, and that's the way I feel now.
Jason of course says he will stay in touch and come to visit us. But I really have a feeling that when he gets on that bus to Toronto, we will never see him again.
It's going to be almost unbearably sad - and I am just a brother-in-law. All he is taking with him is his small bag and his knapsack.
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That night six years ago - after we picked Jason up at the Bus Station, we stopped by the house and looked at some pictures. :'(
Molly and Jason a few days before their wedding.
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Sorry to hear about the break up. Hopefully, he'll at least stay in touch with you.
Partay begins in fifteen count them fifteen minutes.
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we're having a party?
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I was just about to go to bed!