Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on November 19, 2004, 11:59:08 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you will now pursue the trivia, and you will now post until the trivial cows come home.
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Of ALL of the Unseemly Trivia Contests, I think I've correctly answered ONE...maybe two. But that's it! And I never won the prize. As for today's contest, I have absolutely no idea. So, since I have to get up very early in the morning and I'm quite chilly (not having the heat turned up to even 60° F does that to me), I'm going to head to bed...after I brush my teeth. So, good night all, and good luck with the contest!
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Well, my brain hurt just reading the trivia question, so I'll let some other whiz kid figure it out. Favourite painters, paintings, and museum are easier.
I'm a big fan of Frazetta, naturally. My tastes run more to illustrators as opposed to real artiste-type of painters. Along with Frazetta, I like N.C.Wyeth, Leyendecker (I have spelt that right?) Maxfield Parrish. One of my favourite artists who work mostly in pen and ink was Joseph Clement Coll.
My favourite painter is probably Turner. His stuff is fabulous!
Fav museums...The British Library (where else can you see the Magna Carta and Scott's diary, etc, etc.) The National Gallery and its companion the National Portrait Gallery. I quite liked St. Paul's much more than I thought...Lots of famous British folk are entombed there. I also like the Museum of London and the Churchill War Rooms...the underground bunker where he lived, slept, and conduct most of the war are fascinating. And the Tower of London and Theatre Museum in Covent Garden. I always was very fond of the Art Museum in Cincinnati in Mt. Adams.
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Worn out - but I sent in a guess.
Painters and paintings....so many choices.
I love the Guggenheim in NYC and National Museum in DC.
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Good morning, all! I'm listening to a pirated CD of my 2002 Rodgers show, DEAREST ENEMY, and wishing my Dear Friend BK was still recording so I could beg him to record this score.
Speaking of BK, I finished WRITER'S BLOCK last nigh. I'm not ready to post any review, since I'm still mulling over it, but it is such fun.
Today we're talking 'bout deviled crabs. Spoo, I meant paintings. I, too, am a fan of Turner's, but I've always been crazy for the baroque pastry-school-of-painting-and-eroticism in 18th Century France, particularly Boucher and Fragonard, and I think Chardin's 18th Century realism is wonderful, too. I think John Singer Sargent is my favorite American painter, and in the new 21st Century, I prefer commercial art to "serious" art." I'd rather have a good children's book illustration or a Broadway poster (not the current crop!) than a contemporary paining. Well, I might not turn down a Hockney.
My favorite museum in New York is the Frick. Beautiful home, beautiful collection. I'm also crazy about the Morgan Library, but mostly for its great Gilbert & Sullivan collection of music, art, and ephemera.
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Favorite museum: The Frick in New York, hands down.
Favorite painter: Vermeer. Each painting of his that I have seen seems pregnant with an untold story full of romance and fascination. The tiny number of his extant works only adds to the sense of intrigue surrounding his oeuvre.
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DR Jane, thanks for the TivoCanada hack info. :)
It is very odd to me that you cannot get Tivo in Canada. But anyhow, I don't need info on Tivo (since it's not available). I'm looking to find out about dvd recorders.
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Don't get me wrong, I love the demo CD of Bus and Truck. I'm just finding the format a little...well...anacronistic.
Let's face it, CDs are a fairly new technology, coming into the market only about 20 years ago. For a demo recording made in 1969, it would be more accurate to have a bootleg tape.
Unfortunately, the tape wouldn't have been on a cassette as we know them now. Again, they didn't exist back then. It would have been on a reel-to-reel tape, one of those bulky items I associate these days with the technonerds and swinging bachelors of the 1960's, preferably to be played on a reel-to-reel tape player with a brushed aluminum and walnut exterior.
Eight-track tapes were never a recording medium, intended more for commercial recordings to be played in pickup trucks.
This CD anachronism glitch can be resolved, of course. Everyone who has a copy, please get out a pen, preferably one of those Bic ballpoints that loved to leak all over the place, invariably getting on your clothes and impossible to get out unless you knew the ink disolved in hairspray. Got the pen in hand? Good! Now, write across front of the paper disc insert the words "Bootleg Copy." And circle those words.
Anachronism all gone!
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Late esterday, JRand posted the following:
Not for the Faint of heart - Miss Julie London blows a take.
http://www.kittyville.com/wayout/julie.html
I can't resist responding:
Someday she'll sing a song
And blow a line
The key is set all wrong
Far from devine
That's when her language turns
To turpentine
This girl of thine.
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
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LOL SWW - and how!
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MUSEUMS: The Art Institute of Chicago, with it's amazing collection. The National Archetecture Museum, a work of art in itself. (Which reminds me, der B, we should try to schedule a museum day with the grandlads soon. William is old enough to enjoy a museum at last, and Alex will get more out of a trip to DC this time. Maybe we can leave their parents at home!)
Artists: Caillebotte, Homer, Parrish, we've enjoyed special showings of works by all of them. It's a habit we got into, when travelling for political conventions, to try to take in a museum if possible. Of course Calder, but he's technically a sculptor.
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Mondrian.
Kandinsky.
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Speaking of blown takes:
In the film of "Billy Rose's 'Jumbo'", Doris Day sings that old standard "Why Can't I?" with Martha Raye.
In the lyrics, which include, "every stallion has his filly, and ever nanny goat has her billy", she continues with the "male-female" comparison:
"Ducks have drakes
and lambs have ewes..."
Obviously, that should be "Rams have ewes," but DoDo sings "lambs" and it got by the likes of Roger Edens who associate-produced the film.
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The trivia question -- just trying to decipher the clue in terms of what it's asking is headache-inducing.
My compliments to whoever figures it out!!!
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Fingers crossed.
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I must confess, I am not really in to painters or paintings, although I do enjoy some of the work of Sherwin-Williams. As for museums, I tend to prefer the historical or the theatrical, over the fine art. Now, give me a couple of days in the Smithsonian, I would enjoy that.
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JRand54, good vibes for Holly's vet visit...hope it turns out to be nothing serious!
Also, thanks for posting the Julie London blown take! I hope she didn't used that kind of language around hubby Jack Webb!
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LOL...where do you think she learned it, MBARNUM?
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For my second Bollywood movie of the week I chose something contemporary. EK SE BADHKAR EK is a brand new 2004 comedy....and it is quite funny! I must say that Bollywood comedies really are quite enjoyable...or at least those that I have seen so far!
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We attempted to watch HOUSE last night but couldn’t get a decent picture. Instead we popped in our recently arrived DVD from Netflix, GIFT OF LOVE.
It was a beautifully written Hallmark movie based on a true story of a young man far more generous than I would have been. A very interesting and moving story and presented in an intelligent manner. I’m pleased to call the screenwriter I admire a friend, our own Panni.
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td, sweet story about the little pup. I will be watching for the continuing saga.
Panni, Danise has been trying to post a picture and telling us the file is full for two days now.
Charles Pogue and the Lovely Wife, good travel vibes and have a great time.
JRand good pet vibes for Holly.
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Thanks for the Holly vibes DRJANE & MBARNUM.
Hopefully MRBK will able to post photos of his new artwork acquisitions later today.
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S. Woody is thinking too much, methinks. However, there is nothing anachronistic about a demo recording for a musical of the sixties - they all did them and they usually had covers just like this one. They were, of course, on LP, but like the label (Bayview?) that has been putting out these types of demo recordings, a CD transfer now would be nothing unusual.
I've received on trivia guess thus far and I'm shocked that we already have a winner. But keep the guesses coming (if one person can figure it out, so can others) because if there are multiple correct guesses, we put all the winners into our haineshisway.com electronic hat and we randomly pick a High Winner.
I also had two wonderful e-mails awaiting me this morning: One from elmore, who had lovely things to say about Writer's Block, and one from Marcy, the Marketing Lady, who absolutely loved the book. I am, needless to say, jiggy, oh, yes, I am jiggy. I would post their thoughts but they included (naturally) spoilers galore - hopefully they can both write something for us to read (an amazon review) that will be spoiler-less, as their comments were wonderful. elmore especially had an interesting bit of psychoanalysis about the plot which I'd never thought of but which makes total sense to me. It was funny.
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Now, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? She of the Evil Eye came a half-hour earlier than usual and I was not prepared and had to dress in a hurry. But I'm not leaving before I was going to leave and she can give me the Evil Eye all she likes.
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Off to rehearsal - pray for Rosemary's Baby!
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The door bell is ringing must go or I would answer today’s question. I also must brave the cold and frost to walk Echo. I have way too much to do today.
You are welcome JRand.
I couldn’t open the Julie London blooper. From what I could tell I’m not sure I want to.
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Well, I had looked forward to starting WRITER'S BLOCK today, so I'm not even going to attempt to figure out the Trivia Question. I'm assuming DR JRand got the answer, and many, many congratulations to him!! :D
After reading for awhile and making some phone calls, I'm going to put in a DVD movie, the first in about a week. I'm planning now for it to be WALK ON THE WILD SIDE.
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And speaking of art museums (musea) I'm about to head over to the Museum of Modern Art - it's reopening today -- can't wait to see the Mondrians, Van Goghs, wanna see the Pollacks. Wanna see the BUILDING!! I expect the crowds will be ginormous, but it's staying open until 10 pm so I think I'll get in. It's for FREE today - used to cost about $12 as I remember, but going to be $20 from now on. Still, small price for a heck of a daylong experience!
Been working my little hynie off on JEWISH THIGHS for my off-Broadway opening. Still have no press person. Suggestions?? I'm almost ready to hire someone.
Jose, I'm so glad you said YES!!
Off I go now to MOMA!
(Back in LA again Wednesday through Sunday...)
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Wherever you are!
As for painters, paintings and musuems... The Art Institute of Chicago is my favorite. I could literally spend hours and days there - and I have. The variety is varied, and the collection is arranged "densely" for lack of a better word. There is lots of art on the walls. Lots to look at. Lots to ponder. My initial attraction to the AIC was Seurat's "La Grand Jatte", but there are so many other jewels in the collection. I'm especially fond of that French street scene by Caillebotte that "greets" you when you enter the French galleries.
My tastes run towards the 20th Century: Monet, Manet, Renoir, Picasso, Magritte, Dali, Rousseau, etc. However, over the past few years, I've begun to have a deeper appreciation of the more "classic" painters: Vermeer, Rembrandt...
I do like both the East and West wings of the National Gallery of Art that are in DC, but for some reason, everytime I step in there, I always feel like I have to see everything in there. Consequently, I end up rushing through the collection - and sometimes I even end up rushing my companion(s) as well. Not good.
And if I may... The last time I was at the AIC there were two works in the 20th Century gallery that intrigued and puzzled me. The first was a "display" of a small jar (like a small mason jar) that had a row of pennies next to it. Apparently, the piece was representative of the artist's life. Each penny represented one year in the life of the artist - there was a penny from the year he was born up until his current age. -And the piece would be updated each year at the artist's birthday. Hmm...
The other piece was a pile of wrapped hard candies piled in a corner. According to the artist's note, it was in honor and representative of a friend of his who had died of AIDS. And the viewers were allowed to pick a piece of candy from the pile as they walked by it, viewed it. The candy would be replenished as needed. Hmmm...
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I'm on my way, but I shall return in a few hours, so keep the home fries burning, won't you?
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In other news... Last night, I fell asleep on the sectional couch downstairs. The curved sectional couch. Needless to say, my back is just not feeling right right now. My parents have a whirlpool tub upstairs, and if the Advil doesn't kick in soon, I may just start filling up the tub. I actually slept rather well, but waking up was an experience. :-[
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...I also got the revised - and, hopefully, final - orchestra/tech rehearsal schedule for Hallelujah, Baby! yesterday. Depending how things go, it does look like I'll be able to pop up to NYC for the book signing. <fingers and toes crossed> We have three days in a row, and then we're off for three days, and then we're back through opening. We shall see...
However, after looking more closely at the performance schedule, I was a little puzzled by our Christmas week schedule. Since Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, we're dark Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Friday and Saturday). So, the week before that, we're having a show on the Monday before Christmas (Mondays are normally the day off), which means we have 10 days in a row (12 performances) with no day off. And one of those days in the official Opening Night. The kicker is that we have an evening performance on Sunday, December 26, but then we're off that Monday. ?!?!?
And then we have a show on New Year's Eve, and then two on New Year's Day. -I guess they won't be so free-flowing with the champagne this year at the cast party. ;) And then January has a few 12:00noon performances, and some more shifted dark days.
However, after thinking about, it's the "typical" Arena schedule. It's kind of crazy for most of the run, then it settles into a normal schedule for the final two weeks. One nice adjustment they made is that when there is an Opening in one theater (there are two theatres in the Arena complex), the other theatre is dark. Makes it so much easier on everyone involved - and for parking too!
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I and The Lovely Wife loved the Bus & Truck Demo Tape. There is something quite lovely about simple piano accompaniment. And that Guy Haines, what a voice!
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And speaking of art museums (musea) I'm about to head over to the Museum of Modern Art - it's reopening today -- can't wait to see the Mondrians, Van Goghs, wanna see the Pollacks. Wanna see the BUILDING!! I expect the crowds will be ginormous, but it's staying open until 10 pm so I think I'll get in. It's for FREE today - used to cost about $12 as I remember, but going to be $20 from now on. Still, small price for a heck of a daylong experience!
Been working my little hynie off on JEWISH THIGHS for my off-Broadway opening. Still have no press person. Suggestions?? I'm almost ready to hire someone.
Jose, I'm so glad you said YES!!
Off I go now to MOMA!
(Back in LA again Wednesday through Sunday...)
I wanna see the new MOMA!!! I wanna see the MOMA too!
And it looks like Jewish Thighs will be fitting in perfectly with my spring schedule... things are just falling into place, and falling into the right places...
...And my friend, Michael, called me the other night to tell me that's he definitely making the move to NYC this spring, and was wondering if I knew anyone who needed a roommate... Hmm... ;)
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I wanna see the new MOMA!!! I wanna see the MOMA too!
And it looks like Jewish Thighs will be fitting in perfectly with my spring schedule... things are just falling into place, and falling into the right places...
...And my friend, Michael, called me the other night to tell me that's he definitely making the move to NYC this spring, and was wondering if I knew anyone who needed a roommate... Hmm... ;)
Bingo, Bebe!!!
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We attempted to watch HOUSE last night but couldn’t get a decent picture. Instead we popped in our recently arrived DVD from Netflix, GIFT OF LOVE.
Nurse Jane, can that be by the same screenwriter I know and love? I just ordered it from Netflix.
DRMBarnum, that Bollywood comedy you displayed: is that your John Abraham?
I listened this morning to this demo I was sent, "Bus and Truck." It's one of the best demos I've ever heard for a new show, and several of the songs have great potential: I could swear that I was hearing Mary Martin singing "I Hate You." Fantastic(k)! I drove the Real Estate office next to my recording project office crazy, playing it over and over.
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Catching up with posts from yesterday. Great stories about Cy Coleman. If I can find it, I'll play the Randy Graff CD sometime today, it's in a box. In the meantime, the record player is playing a rather scratchy Original Bway cast of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
The following story is an example of just how this site becomes part of your everyday thinking:
When I prepare my students for a concert or a program, I make them a recording of the songs as I would like them to practice them so they can practice on days I'm not there. So, yesterday, I brought the CD with the songs into each classroom and we listened to the tracks together. In the first class, which was Kindergarten, one of the students said "Is that you singing?" (granted they hear me sing every week in class) So, without thinking, I said "No, it's my friend, Scott Toffee" I mentioned that Scott and I have been singing together for years and have taken on the vocal quality of each of our voices.
That worked so well in Kindergarten, I used it in each class. I think I may have stumped 75% of the student body. To bring my point home, "Scott" and I are going to record a duet and I'll play it for the students.
Maybe Scott will be famous someday!!! :)
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I've been trying to post a review on Amazon.com and failing, I think.
DRJRand54, your review is wonderful!
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S. Woody is thinking too much, methinks. However, there is nothing anachronistic about a demo recording for a musical of the sixties - they all did them and they usually had covers just like this one. They were, of course, on LP, but like the label (Bayview?) that has been putting out these types of demo recordings, a CD transfer now would be nothing unusual.
Now I can pretend I'm another dear reader, because I was very clear in my post in saying that CDs didn't exist in 1969, oh no, and never did I suggest that a CD transfer couldn't be made today, which is a horse of a different color.
Just pulling your leg. ;D
PS, BK: For some reason, I'm the one reading Writer's Block, and not Der Brucer. Ususally, he's the one who reads mystery novels, and I leave them alone. Go figure!
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I've been trying to post a review on Amazon.com and failing, I think.
DRJRand54, your review is wonderful!
Earlier, I was just trying to get ON to Amazon.com and failing. I kept getting the message, "The requested URL could not be retrieved." When I did get on, all of my "Saved Items--To Buy Later" were gone. :o I hate it when that happens! It's happened before. At least it's not my whole computer! :-\
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I clearly remember having written before about the museum at the camp at Dachau, but I can't remember who I wrote it for, or why. Simply re-printing what I wrote is thus out of the question, and I need to think about how to write about that experience if I write about it again.
It was definately not about art.
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Haven't read the notes.
Haven't read the posts.
We're getting ready to see Ragtime at our niece's high school. Reportedly, Baldwin High School is the first h.s. to be given the rights to do the show. (Jason might corroborate this.) They have a very good reputation in music and theatre, so I have high hopes.
Laura, our niece, isn't in the pit, because they already have a flute--the word flautist has always bothered me. Makes me think of annoying gastric problems.
Perhaps I will post some pictures of Laura and her boyfriend. In any case, a full report tomorrow.
Proceed apace.
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-Currently watching "The Hot Dog Show" on PBS. Very informative and fun. And I now have a few more places to add to my Culinary/Travel To Do/To Eat list. ;)
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Bill Orr: Thank you for the gift!! I can't wait to find the time to read it. :-)
Is your niece's school doing RAGTIME or RAGTIME SCHOOL EDITION? I'm fairly certain other high schools have attempted to do the full, Broadway version of RAGTIME. It's been available for licensing for several years now, so I think it's safe to say they're not the first high school to do it. Maybe in Long Island, though...
There is a high school in L.I. (Trinity High, I think) that has been our test site for a lot of our "new" material for young performers, including LES MISERABLES SCHOOL EDITION and MOBY DICK: THE MUSICAL!
I'm off in a bit to see Cherry Jones in DOUBT. Before that, my friends from work are treating me to dinner at a Cajun restaurant in midtown. Very exciting...the birthday celebrations continue!
Last night, during the third act of AIDA ('round about 10:30), a fat Italian man from New Jersey sat down in the area where I was working and struck up a conversation with me. I didn't mind - it passed the time - but then he started telling me about how he doesn't tip waiters in restaurants, or anyone else for that matter, regardless of the service he receives. He likened it to throwing away money. This from a man who seconds earlier had told me his house was worth over $800,000 and he had spent $55,000 on his daughter's wedding. Anyway, we got into a discussion about how waiters and service-based workers depend on tips to complete their salary - that waiters make $2.50 an hour and need those tips to make a living. He said that if waiters needed the money that the restaurants should pay them a regular salary instead of ripping his hard-earned money out of his pocket. By this time it was the third intermission and people were walking around our area, so I said in my best stage voice (meaning as loud as I possibly could), "Well, as a person who depends on tips in order to pay my rent and put food in my mouth, I think it's shameful that you don't tip for the services you receive and I respectfully disagree with your philosophy." He replied, "Well, you would - you're on the other side of the table. Why don't you get a REAL job?"
Now, Dear Readers, I am a lot of things, but lazy is not generally one of them. I work - hard. I put in 40 hours a week at a desk job dealing with idiots who don't read a contract thoroughly enough to realize they have to sign it before it's valid. I fight with our library on a daily basis to find out where that last shipment of ANNIE librettos has gone and why Joe Blow at Pissant High School didn't receive his reference recording of BENDIGO BOSWELL. And then there are all the drama queens IN the office to deal with. And then to walk from one job straight to the other and sit through a five-hour opera listening to redneck cheap jerks telling me to get a real job?? Well, that I just couldn't handle. He was apparently smarter than I gave him credit for because he took the hint that I was about to come across that table and wring his fat neck - he got up to go "pull the car around" a full 45 minutes before the show ended. What a prick. Apparently he's not the only one with this view on tipping, either. We each walked away with five bucks in our pockets for the three hundred bags and coats we handled last night. Shame on them. Skammen!
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I forgot to talk about art I love. I really love the Renaissance painters and sculptors - Michaelangelo and Da Vinci and then the baroque painters, too.
That said, I think the painting that sticks most firmly in my mind is Picasso's GUERNICA. He captures the horror, the bombast, the shock, and turmoil of war in that picture better than anything else I can think of, and that picture affects me in very visceral ways.
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Well, that I just couldn't handle. He was apparently smarter than I gave him credit for because he took the hint that I was about to come across that table and wring his fat neck - he got up to go "pull the car around" a full 45 minutes before the show ended. What a prick. Apparently he's not the only one with this view on tipping, either. We each walked away with five bucks in our pockets for the three hundred bags and coats we handled last night. Shame on them. Skammen!
DRJason, there's an old Italian word for this person: schmuck.
If he was talking to you about the enormous tub of butter he sits in in New Jersey, rather than listening to Verdi's glorious music, there's another word in English: asshole.
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DRMBarnum, that Bollywood comedy you displayed: is that your John Abraham?
Sadly I have no more John Abraham movies left to watch. This movie stars my #1 favorite contemporary Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty. He did play John Abraham's older brother in the film Lakeer, however.
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Sunil Shetty [/move]
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Well.. Let's see... It's just about 5:00pm EST... My parents left this morning around 6:30am(!) to hit some of the sales today at various stores. And they're still not back yet!?!?!?
So much for coming up here to spend time with my folks...
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Actually, it's OK. It's been a very gray, drizzly and rainy day here, so it's been a good day for doing nothing. At least I have the wireless high speed cable modem here!
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Woops, that picture turned out HUGE!
I just came back from the Salem Public Library where I borrowed the dvd of Akira Kurosawa's 1947 film A WONDERFUL SUNDAY. I will try to watch that tonight!
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I'm back for a few minutes. Just wrote a long post and tried to post a photo, but got the error message and lost the entire post.
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Woops, that picture turned out HUGE!
That's okay! ;)
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I'm off in a bit to see Cherry Jones in DOUBT. Before that, my friends from work are treating me to dinner at a Cajun restaurant in midtown. Very exciting...the birthday celebrations continue!
I'm probably posting this too late for Jason to see it, but speaking of birthday celebrations and Cherry Jones, tomorrow (Sunday, November 21) is Cherry Jones' birthday! She'll be 48 (according to the Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=47147)).
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Love Cherry Jones. Happy Birthday, Cherry!!
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elmore, don't give up on amazon. It seems to be working fine now. I think Jrand can tell you how to click on something to see all the reviews you've written, but had the new one "taken" it would probably be up already, since the new stuff seems to go up within minutes. I'd advise writing your review as a Word document, then just cut and paste it into their form - that way if something goes wrong you haven't lost your review.
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elmore, don't give up on amazon. It seems to be working fine now. I think Jrand can tell you how to click on something to see all the reviews you've written, but had the new one "taken" it would probably be up already, since the new stuff seems to go up within minutes. I'd advise writing your review as a Word document, then just cut and paste it into their form - that way if something goes wrong you haven't lost your review.
I had written a fab review, and I can't remember a single word of it! It was a rave, I tell you, a rave! Well, tomorrow's another day . . .
I'm off to see the new Almodovar film. Ta!
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Damn them, damn them all to hell. Just heard from the framers - only one of the two pictures is ready, the other will be ready Monday afternoon - that, of course, is the one I want most. But, Mr. Bakalor hasn't purged our photos yet, and until he does we will most likely not be able to post photos.
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Wow, DR Jason that story is incredible. But I'm confused. Did the rest of the people not realize that they were supposed to tip you? I think there are some things that people KNOW require tips (waiters, valets ...). But I can't believe EVERYONE was disrepectful last night on purpose.
Btw, how can that guy get away with never tipping anyone? I can't imagine that he could show up at the same restaurant twice without people talking. That is totally crazy for him to have that much money, and go around without giving tips. I could even maybe understand if he just tipped 10% or some cheapo amount. But not tipping at all? Wow.
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No more wire photos!
Surprisingly enough and to my astonishment we finished 3 of the 4 numbers on the schedule today. We finished two, the pianist was 30 minutes late, so we did the third one. I will stage the finale tomorrow. Lovely cast of people, NOT one dancer among them, but everybody tries and modification was the word of the day. And after all, it's NOT a dance show....hehehehe.... Christopher Durang's MRS BOB CRATCHIT'S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE. If you're expecting a ballet - you're in the wrong theatre, nutcracker!
DR ELMORE - thanks so much for the music. It arrived today and is resting in a safe place. I owe you one - or two!
DRJOSE - sometimes when I slept on the sectional, the two pieces would separate and I ended up on the floor!
I got my copy of EYES WITHOUT A FACE today - so I will be watching that tonight.
I am with you DRJASON. I always leave a tip - depending on the service I get, of course - and the circumstances..... It obviously made that guy feel important to let you know about his wealth and possessions, none of which amount to much in the end.
Yes - you can edit your reviews on Amazon, by going to one of yours and clicking on the "See all my reviews" button. All of your reviews come up, and then you can click "edit" or "delete".
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Wow, DR Jason that story is incredible. But I'm confused. Did the rest of the people not realize that they were supposed to tip you? I think there are some things that people KNOW require tips (waiters, valets ...). But I can't believe EVERYONE was disrepectful last night on purpose.
Btw, how can that guy get away with never tipping anyone? I can't imagine that he could show up at the same restaurant twice without people talking. That is totally crazy for him to have that much money, and go around without giving tips. I could even maybe understand if he just tipped 10% or some cheapo amount. But not tipping at all? Wow.
As for not tipping...
I've met some people who assume that if someone is working at the Met - or the Kennedy Center, the Waldorf-Astoria, etc. - that everyone there must be making a nice wage. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
However, most of the time, "not tipping" is just a sign of rudeness and inconsiderateness.
And as DR Jason's post indicated, there are people who go to the Metropolitan Opera because they do not like opera. ?!?!?! For some people, it's basically an opportunity to see and be seen. The furs, the suits, the shoes, the gowns, the jewels are the primary reason for going out. Not the music. Tipping doesn't even come into the picture for them, no matter how many coats and bags they check.
I have a friend who comes from a "wealthy" family, and they sort of have automatic renewals when it comes to their Metropolitan Opera subscriptions. Unfortunately, most of the current family does not like going to the opera. Fortunately, however, they give away their tickets to those who do love the opera. -And, as a bonus, they actually have the tickets that qualify for a partial tax deduction!
Oh, and they tip too!
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I haven't read the posts yet, but here are some new home environment pics which I tried to post last night, but couldn't for some reason...
Part of the living room...
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Other side of LR....
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The neat side of the office...
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The messy side of the office (which looks better now)...
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Abie resting in the office after a hard day of watching me unpack....
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Hmm... DR Panni was able to post pics... I guess the upload folder was cleaned out... Or maybe it only works for Hungarians?!? ;)
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Well, let's see. Here is a photo of Richard Valley and his ever-lovin' Tom. I personally went in and nuked about twenty photos, so maybe that's why it's working, or maybe Mr. Mark Bakalor cleaned it out.
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They have returned! And it looks like the trunk of the van is quite full!
What's for me? Whaddya get me, huh?
;)
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Just ate some shrimp and cocktail sauce. At the birthday bash they had lots of food, but eating Thai food at noon was not so appetizing to me. I basically had a little salad and a little Pad Thai.
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and a little Pad Thai.
Pad Thai?
Must be what we call "pâté" in French! :D
Very nice house, DR Panni!
Nonchalant reclining Abie made me smile :)
I guess, if I were a dog, THAT would be my favourite activity!
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Ah yes.....4E's birthday....I forgot. Who was there? What was talked about? Were there any Allison photos or posters on display? I know 4E at one time had a three-sheet of ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU!
So excited and envious of DRCHARLES and MRS and the trip to London. Just got over DR PANNI in Rome!
BTW DR PANNI there is room on your shelf for an Emmy Award I see!
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This morning I went on a guided birdwalk and saw 43 species, but took no pictures. Isn't that exciting??
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For those ALIAS fans ABC is moving the show to Wednesday nights (I'm assuming at 9pm):
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/nov19_alias-ap.html
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Ratings check.
Apparently last week's TAR (Amazing Race) got 12 million US viewers. While HOUSE got 7.05 million US viewers.
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About tipping: the one time that I went to New York (December 1995), the organizer of the tour told us that no matter how bad our service was, we WERE to tip! He said that most waitpersons were probably out-of-work actors and needed the money. IF there was any kind of a problem, we were to let the managment know...but to still tip the staff. When we went on a tour bus around the city, even the tour guide told us that and said something like "Tipping is not a city in China."
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I'm now going to watch "Longtime Companion" that I got from Netflix! I've never seen this all the way through.
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We're getting ready to see Ragtime at our niece's high school. Reportedly, Baldwin High School is the first h.s. to be given the rights to do the show. (Jason might corroborate this.) They have a very good reputation in music and theatre, so I have high hopes.
I know that Pittsburgh's own Academy of the Performing Arts, a high school, did RAGTIME last spring.
JRand! EYES WITHOUT A FACE! Je l'aime! I watched it twice when it came in from Netflix! (Of course, it had been recommended by our very own BK).
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I'm now going to watch "Longtime Companion" that I got from Netflix! I've never seen this all the way through.
See if you can spot a performer who has recorded for Varese Sarabande under the production of BK.
He's also married to someone who has also recorded for Varese under the production of BK.
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See if you can spot a performer who has recorded for Varese Sarabande under the production of BK.
He's also married to someone who has also recorded for Varese under the production of BK.
He's married? To whom??
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DRGEORGE that movie has an ending that is so emotional that I cannot think about it without tearing up....honest and real....and so horribly STILL true.
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Getting ready for EYES....hmmmmm....yes it was the recommendation here at HHW that encouraged me to get it - for $17.22 at DDD!
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Panni, I very much love your art deco like chair!
And you office looks very much like mine...papers everywhere!
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I'm now going to watch "Longtime Companion" that I got from Netflix! I've never seen this all the way through.
I'm with JRand on the ending too... No matter how many times I've seen the movie, the ending still gets to me. And it's also one of those movies where if I happen to catch it while flipping channels, I end up sitting down and watching it again.
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See if you can spot a performer who has recorded for Varese Sarabande under the production of BK.
He's also married to someone who has also recorded for Varese under the production of BK.
Not another trivia question!?!??!!?
:P
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I just clipped Freddy's claws whilst reading posts at HHW. Freddy used to act like he was being murdered when I would clip the claws...but know he takes it very well! I am so proud of him.
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OH, I just read that Doris Day's son, Terry Melcher, passed away. He was a record producer and also the producer of his mom's TV show THE DORIS DAY SHOW.
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Not another trivia question!?!??!!?
:P
Yeah, but this one's practically a give-away on THIS site. :P
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Has anyone else heard a rumor that a new musical will be done based on the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake breast-baring incident during the Super Bowl?
It's supposedly going to be called....
"Quo Bodice"
:D
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(Yes, DR Whomever, it was a joke)
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Dr MBarnum - I keep meaning to mention that the Byrd Theatre in Richmond will be screening a classic Bollywood movie sometime in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, I can't remember which one it is - I keep forgetting to jot the title down every time I pass by a poster. Hopefully, I'll remember this week too.
I also tried checking the theatre's website, but the event is not listed there yet. However, it's a pretty decent website if you're interested in old movie houses/palaces.
http://www.byrdtheatre.com
And there's also some good general info at:
http://www.cinematreasures.org/theater/334/
-And the Cinema Treasures website is worth a browse on it's own too.
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So far only one count them one trivia guess. After all this time of wanting the trivia contest back, I'm shocked, do you hear me, shocked. I'm also shocked at the blatant disappearance of WEL, who has been in absentia quite a bit of late.
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And you office looks very much like mine...papers everywhere!
It usually doesn't look quite this bad -- this is moving mess.
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Nurse Jane, can that be by the same screenwriter I know and love? I just ordered it from Netflix.
:D You bet!
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See if you can spot a performer who has recorded for Varese Sarabande under the production of BK.
He's also married to someone who has also recorded for Varese under the production of BK.
M A R R I E D ??????
Say it is not so! :D
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It usually doesn't look quite this bad -- this is moving mess.
Moving mess?
Moving mess?
That mess does not move me a bit!! :)
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Well, BK should have told us that he has his own Center now!!
How could he keep that secret!!
May 18 & 20-22, 2005 - Peter Nero and the Philly Pops. Brent Barrett in Concert with Debbie Gravitte, Rebecca Luker and Ron Raines. Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA. For tickets call 215-893-1999 or visit www.phillypops.com
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OH, I just read that Doris Day's son, Terry Melcher, passed away. He was a record producer and also the producer of his mom's TV show THE DORIS DAY SHOW.
That is very, very sad.
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Jason unfortunately nothing can be done about jerks like the one you met. For the most part I tend to be a good tipper. One area I tip more generously than I use to be is at a counter when I purchase something small. I remember the day Craig returned home from working at the candy store and someone had tipped him a dollar. His excitement was contagious and I give more than my leftover change. I will admit sometimes I don’t have small bills.
Jason for coats is there a tip jar?
Panni I thought you were Superwoman with your house so in order, until you showed the messy side of the room. ;D Nice place.
BMarnum, you have trained Freddy well.
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Just came back from the IMAX theater in Fort Lauderdale where I saw The Polar Express. A compact 90 minutes of enjoyment. O think I have enjoyed animated films more than live action films the last few years. Writers and directors please take notice!
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I must go out for a bit - let's have some more art discussion, shall we?
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I didn’t know Terry Melcher co-wrote one of my favorite songs, KOKOMO.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/10233883.htm
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The answers to the Trivia just came to me. One of the clues was the clincher.
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Did you know that Terry Melcher owned the house where Sharon Tate and the others were murderd by Charles Manson's gang. There was story going around that Melcher or even Doris Day herself were the actually targets. Manson fancied himself as a singer/composer and as a record producer Melcher turned him down. Manson wanted to kill him and or Doris Day to get revenge. But he didn't realize that Melcher no longer lived there but had rented out the home to Roman Polanski.
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Michael Shayne read the link I posted which mentions that and says Manson did know where Melcher moved to.
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Penny next time I’m in NY we shall go to museums. It seems odd the entire time I was there I didn’t walk into a single museum. Do churches count?
Jose maybe we can go to the National Gallery of Art if you are in DC when I’m in Bethesda or you will join Penny and me in NY if you have moved there by then. I bet elmore will want to go too. Anyone else?
I don’t have a favorite artist. There are many I don’t like. I was very fond of the Toledo Art Museum and tried to go once a year when we lived outside of Detroit. When we were in Paris I thought the Louvre and Museé d'Orsay were great.
It has been awhile and I’m not an expert on Monet so there may be errors in this story. While in Paris, I believe at the Louvre, we went into a very large room in the basement to see the exhibit of Monet’s ponds. I could have spent hours in there, four walls containing scenes which, if connected would have made one large painting. The paintings came to life before my eyes. As with most people in there I kept moving around the room, alternating between standing and sitting. We were very lucky it wasn’t crowded that day.
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Good evening! I've enjoyed all the pictures lately, especially Jane's lovely park and Panni's beautiful new home.
DR Jason - Happy belated birthday!
I, too, finished reading Writer's Block last night and found it very intriguing. It reminded me of one of those puzzles we had as kids that was a picture of one thing on a piece of paper and, when you folded it just right, it became a picture of something else. The demo CD is a delightful bonus feature.
Art-wise, I've collected images of women reading for many years. Some of them are on the website I maintain for my book group at www.orgsites.com/oh/joyluckclub (http://www.orgsites.com/oh/joyluckclub). Guess my collection started with a print of Fragonard's Young Girl Reading, which I bought at the National Gallery. I like Mary Cassatt and Renoir and Vermeer.
Much different and more contemporary, I'm very fond of Mark Tobey's city paintings, with his signature "white writing." His Broadway Melody, at The University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, was the topic of a (bad) analysis I wrote for a college paper. I've just recently discovered that he and I share a birth date (60 years apart).
Favorite museums: Detroit Institute of Arts, where I spent many hours as a teenager (oh, the Diego Rivera mural!), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. DR Charles Pogue, you might be interested to know that the Cincinnati Art Museum is now FREE to all at all times, thanks to a generous gift from the Rosenthal Foundation.
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I spent most of the afternoon in town today. Just before returning home I picked up food to go at a new Chinese restaurant in town. To our great relief we enjoyed our dinner very much. This may sound like a boring any day event to most of you. But for us, after six years of living here, we finally have a Chinese restaurant we will return to after sampling their food. :D
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Ginny did you notice, I mentioned a museum in Ohio, not the DIA? I did see many a nice exhibit at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Art for those who wouldn't know).
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Evening folks!
I have been a very, very, very bad girl. I went to the mall and I spent like there was no tomorrow.
Then I came home and used my DeepDiscount DVD code, (SUPERSALE) and bought and bought and bought.
Man, am I tired. Spending money is hard work. :D
I am pleased to say the major bulk of my holiday gift buying is done.
As far as art goes, I can't really say anything. I know what I like but I really don't know much about it. Some of the "Masterpieces " look like junk to me. :D
Nice place you've got there, Panni!
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Jane - It can be very difficult to find good Chinese food, I think. Some of it is really BAD. I have to watch out for MSG, too, which gives me a sick headache. Glad you have found a place you like.
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DR ELMORE - thanks so much for the music. It arrived today and is resting in a safe place. I owe you one - or two!
Well, DRJRand54, you're quite welcome! I'm sorry it took so long.
When a certain star was doing THE RINK, after shows she'd hang out at the West Bank, a restaurant at Manhattan Plaza (43rd and 9th), so stoned that she'd stay way past closing, as she was friendly with the owner, keeping the staff on call until she left. They said she never left a tip and they all loathed her.
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LONGTIME COMPANION is one of the all-time great dramas and for me a guaranteed tear-jerker. A beautiful, emotionally devastating film.
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Oh, I forgot to tell you about the lovely birds I saw today. I wish I had my camera with me.
They were some kind crane.
You should have seen the dance they were doing. And they had the funniest cry. Like an off key saxophone.
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Well, DRJRand54, you're quite welcome! I'm sorry it took so long.
When a certain star was doing THE RINK, after shows she'd hang out at the West Bank, a restaurant at Manhattan Plaza (43rd and 9th), so stoned that she'd stay way past closing, as she was friendly with the owner, keeping the staff on call until she left. They said she never left a tip and they all loathed her.
And I'd be willing to bet it wasn't Chita Rivera.
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I can't believe I never got around to a DVD film today. I was two episodes from finishing the FRIENDS set, and then I had reading, and some saved TV shows on the DVR, and phone calls, and rehearsing, and, well, it's just been a busy day.
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Penny next time I’m in NY we shall go to museums. It seems odd the entire time I was there I didn’t walk into a single museum. Do churches count?
Don't feel bad, Jane. I didn't go to any museums either. I would like have gone to the Natural History Museum and if I ever go back I will make it a point to visit it.
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I've just returned from Almodovar's new film BAD EDUCATION, which I enjoyed immensely. It reminded me in many ways of WRITER'S BLOCK, twists, turns, a little Hitchcock and a score that reminded me at times of Bernard Herrmann. Quite a wonderful film.
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Thanks Ginny. With all my allergies MSG doesn't bother me at all, or I don't notice the difference. Keith on the otherhand gets very stuffed up from it. He seems fine so I guess they don't use much there.
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Gee, Jason, I'm really sorry to read about what you had to put up with that jerk.
I find tipping a bit confusing because I never know when or if I should should or how much I should to not seem cheep but then I don't want give away the bank either.
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Forgot to say Happy Birthday to Cherry Jones - loved her in Cradle Will Rock!
I'm about to call it a night. Today was my Saturday to work and the library was very busy. Kids doing school reports on California, North Carolina, and (my favorite) the preteen who had to have a 200-page biography of "anybody." When we couldn't locate the bio of Lucy Lawless she wanted, she changed her topic to Charles Schulz. Also, a woman called for books on fixing your own water heater, but she didn't know if it's gas or electric. Hate to think how that might turn out!
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Well, DRJRand54, you're quite welcome! I'm sorry it took so long.
When a certain star was doing THE RINK, after shows she'd hang out at the West Bank, a restaurant at Manhattan Plaza (43rd and 9th), so stoned that she'd stay way past closing, as she was friendly with the owner, keeping the staff on call until she left. They said she never left a tip and they all loathed her.
Well, this is definitely not charitable to make those nasty comments about.... Jason Alexander! Really! :D
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Ok, I must be tired. I can't spell worth a hoot, even I cab't make heads or tails of the post I made about tipping and I posted something and it's not here.
Time to say good night.
Have a good evening all!
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I did manage to squeeze in a dvd today.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I rank Robert Wise very high on my favorite directors list.
Mind you, I still haven't seen ROOFTOPS, but, tonight I have witnessed AUDREY ROSE.
Everyone is entitled to a flop every once in a while, but whatever drew Wise to this story? This is the same man who directed the moving and spine-tingling THE HAUNTING. With AUDREY ROSE, he tackles reincarnation and it takes a lifetime for anything thing truly interesting to happen.
Can't fault the actors, Marsha Mason, as always, is a fine actress.
Anthony Hopkins foreshadows his SILENCE OF THE LAMBS characterization.
Still the film sits there like so much fish!
And, Wise, who worked so well with children in THE SOUND OF MUSIC couldn't get a believable vocal performance of the young actress in this. There are a few moments when she physically makes the right choices, but, it's little wonder Susan Swift rarely worked after this.
Maybe some other DR has seen this and has another opinion. . .
Oh, TOD-wise, there are beautiful paintings on the ceilings of the apartment in the film.
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I've just returned from Almodovar's new film BAD EDUCATION, which I enjoyed immensely. It reminded me in many ways of WRITER'S BLOCK, twists, turns, a little Hitchcock and a score that reminded me at times of Bernard Herrmann. Quite a wonderful film.
Ain't Gael Bernal a terrific actor and so nice on the eye?????
He's also faboo in Motorcycle Diaries which I recommend to all!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305558/
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[quote author=Jane
It has been awhile and I’m not an expert on Monet so there may be errors in this story. While in Paris, I believe at the Louvre, we went into a very large room in the basement to see the exhibit of Monet’s ponds. I could have spent hours in there, four walls containing scenes which, if connected would have made one large painting. The paintings came to life before my eyes. As with most people in there I kept moving around the room, alternating between standing and sitting. We were very lucky it wasn’t crowded that day.
Monet's pond - October 2004
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Thank you Tomovoz. You were at the ponds, not just the paintings-beautiful. My next trip to France.
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Who has gone out with friends or family where they paid and left the tip, and then you had to sneak back and leave an additional tip? I have done that too many times. Usually because I didn’t feel the tip was enough, but on several occasions out of embarrassment for the small tip in relationships to the obnoxious demand for service above and beyond the call of duty. Obnoxious is the key word here.
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Jeu des Pommes in Paris. You fee like you've died and gone to Impressionist heaven.
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Thanks for renting GIFT OF LOVE, Jane and Larry. It's no masterpiece, but it has some sweet moments.
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I am SO sleepy!!!!
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Jeu des Pommes in Paris. You fee like you've died and gone to Impressionist heaven.
Panni, I believe you mean Jeu de Paume, since it has nothing to do with apples nor jus de pommes!
http://www.museums-of-paris.com/musee_fr.php?code=396
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Who has gone out with friends or family where they paid and left the tip, and then you had to sneak back and leave an additional tip? I have done that too many times. Usually because I didn’t feel the tip was enough, but on several occasions out of embarrassment for the small tip in relationships to the obnoxious demand for service above and beyond the call of duty. Obnoxious is the key word here.
I do it all the time, Jane!
Lately, with all the rigamarole involved in getting Mum, her straightened leg, walker and wheelchair into a van to go out, it's become easier for me to just take the bill, calculate a fine tip and hand it over to the server myself whilst everyone else is making their way back to the van.
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Jeu de Paume.... Continued.
We're SO cultural here! LOL!
http://www.metropoleparis.com/2000/542/542paume.html
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Mind you, I still haven't seen ROOFTOPS, but, tonight I have witnessed AUDREY ROSE.
AUDREY ROSE makes ROOFTOPS look like WEST SIDE STORY!
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I just discovered something truly wonderful!
I took a bunch of cds to the trading post this afternoon, where I picked up an Ella & Louis cd, Paul Simon's remastered THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON, The Wolfman Legacy Collection, John Badham's DRACULA and the aforementioned AUDREY ROSE.
Well, one of the other things I found was an Australia pressing of a Janis Ian compilation entitled UP TIL NOW (in the used bin, for $5.00).
I just now opened it up to read the liner notes, and lo, and behold - page two contains the following, in black marking pen:
To Michael (via Bill) Janis Ian
WOW!
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...but then he started telling me about how he doesn't tip waiters in restaurants, or anyone else for that matter, regardless of the service he receives. He likened it to throwing away money....He said that if waiters needed the money that the restaurants should pay them a regular salary instead of ripping his hard-earned money out of his pocket....
It's a sad fact of life, that a lot of jerkholes out there think that service people are in those jobs because they're dumber than the people using the services. Been there, been sha! upon, lots of times. These people never seem to understand that, if the restaurateurs were to pay their staff that "regular salary," they, the customers, would never be able to afford their dinners, at least not at the prices they are used to.
Since you're also a clerk in the non-tipping areas, you're obviously aware of how this attitude applies in those businesses.
I got this kind of attitude a lot, before I retired. After twenty-three years, I was going through a final burn-out. And there's nothing that can be done about these jerkholes, because they will never learn that they couldn't survive without us.
Skammen is right.
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Thanks for renting GIFT OF LOVE, Jane and Larry. It's no masterpiece, but it has some sweet moments.
DRPanni, I'm no masterpiece either, just a classic ruin.
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Jeu de Paume.... Continued.
We're SO cultural here! LOL!
http://www.metropoleparis.com/2000/542/542paume.html
In my younger days I thought it was JUs de Pomme
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AUDREY ROSE makes ROOFTOPS look like WEST SIDE STORY!
Really? ? ? Now I simply have to see ROOFTOPS! ;)
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By the way, DRPanni, I saw no photos of the guest room?
How did I do that?
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Panni, I believe you mean Jeu de Paume, since it has nothing to do with apples nor jus de pommes!
Merci, Francois! Je pense that my mind is in one of the moving boxes that hasn't been unpacked.
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By the way, DRPanni, I saw no photos of the guest room?
How COULD I forget?! Coming up.
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In my younger days I thought it was JUs de Pomme
But it IS jus de pomme and here Game of Palm (paume) of the hand! :D
That's so confusing right!
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Rooftops in musicals: America in West Side Story and There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This in Sweet Charity
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But it IS jus de pomme and here Game of Palm (paume) of the hand! :D
That's so confusing right!
But Jus de Pomme is "Apple Juice". Why is a museum called that?
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Rooftops in musicals: America in West Side Story and There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This in Sweet Charity
What about STEP IN TIME in Mary Poppins?
Over 8 minutes of the most exhilarating dancing on rooftops!
Never surpassed! :D
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But Jus de Pomme is "Apple Juice". Why is a museum called that?
Michael, do check the link! :)
You'll get the answer!
It is JEU -- not JUS! -- de PAUME -- not pomme!
:D
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For DR Elmore - the guestroom (Abie's the guest at the moment)...
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Michael, do check the link! :)
You'll get the answer!
It is JEU -- not JUS! -- de PAUME -- not pomme!
:D
Okay I misunderstood. I just wanted to say when I was younger I thought that was the name of the musee. And could not understand why a building would be called Apple Juice. Of course later I found out it was Jeu de Paume!
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Maybe Robert Wise should've had Marsha Mason dance on the rooftop.
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(http://www.swingshiftontap.com/newsletter/images/sweetcharity.jpg)
How's that for a PAGE SIX DANCE?
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Maybe Robert Wise should've had Marsha Mason dance on the rooftop.
Maybe Robert Wise should have retired from film making after the Andromeda Strain and not have made Two People, The Hidenberg, Audrey Rose, Star Trek: The Boring Picture and Rooftops
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Okay I misunderstood. I just wanted to say when I was younger I thought that was the name of the musee. And could not understand why a building would be called Apple Juice. Of course later I found out it was Jeu de Paume!
I'll drink to that! Some jus de pomme, of course! :D
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Maybe Robert Wise should have retired from film making after the Andromeda Strain and not have made Two People, The Hidenberg, Audrey Rose, Star Trek: The Boring Picture and Rooftops
I like THE HINDENBERG AND STAR TREK. :-\
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For DR Elmore - the guestroom (Abie's the guest at the moment)...
So, ok! I'm not looking! I'm not looking! ;D
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I like THE HINDENBERG AND STAR TREK. :-\
So?
Who said you had "good tastes"?? :o ;)
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Maybe Robert Wise should have retired from film making after the Andromeda Strain and not have made Two People, The Hidenberg, Audrey Rose, Star Trek: The Boring Picture and Rooftops
Well, maybe he needed the money!
He was the director but, did he write those movies?
Did he really choose those movies too?
Hmmm.... so many questions, so little time! :)
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So?
Who said you had "good tastes"?? :o ;)
Hmmm. . . .now, I'll never tell. But I can assure you, I taste neither like a musty museum or apple juice. ;)
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Well, maybe he needed the money!
He was the director but, did he write those movies?
Did he really choose those movies too?
Hmmm.... so many questions, so little time! :)
Nobody said he was a WISEman. :o
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Hmmm. . . .now, I'll never tell. But I can assure you, I taste neither like a musty museum or apple juice. ;)
I'll let TCB answer that! :D
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Hmmm. . . .now, I'll never tell. But I can assure you, I taste neither like a musty museum or apple juice. ;)
How about.... a musty juice or an apple museum?
Nah! :)
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Nobody said he was a WISEman. :o
His wife.... maybe?!
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Francois, je t'aime!
Bon soir, toute le monde!
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I need to go to Trader Joe's and the grocery store and the postoffice--- none of which i want to do and have managed to avoid all day.
I had a job interview today that went well, and it's a job I think I'd like, so keep your fngers crossed. Unfortunately I won't know anything for at least a week. Meanwhile, there's no payvheck coming in. I'll have to check withthe the temp law place on Monday and see if I can find a temporary legal position--the oay should be better than the Gap-- I hope.
Don't get me started on paintings and museums. There are WAY too many favorites. I grew up reading art books and admiring painters and illustrators, so I had/have a fairly vast knowledge and exposure to many types of art. I have been lucky enough to see most of my favorite paintings in person. Serendipity has played a great part in this. Some of these works have made me cry because they were so wonderful. There's a favorite Manet in London that i haven't seen yet and a few Childe Hassams in Boston that I plan on seeing in the next year or so.
Once I see Bruce's collection, my life will be complete.
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It's raining in the City of Studio. The first rain in my new abode. Very cozy. I think it's time I called it a day - early, I know. But when I took Abie out just now, I discovered that I had left the car unlocked and my keys in my front door. Methinks I need some rest.
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Good job vibes to DRKERRY.
Good cat, Freddy!
Rooftop dances? "Why Can't You Behave" in KISS ME KATE!
I found EYES WITHOUT A FACE to have some of the most poetic and disturbing images I have seen in a long time.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.....the Indianapolis Museum of Art is not very big. It has some nice things - but most of the exhibits are traveling things. I think it is eclectic by nature and not by choice.
Like DRJOSE I love the National Museum in DC. They have a wonderful collection of impressionists. It is amazing to stand in front of a Monet or Manet and just realize you are sharing space with it. It was at the National that I also saw the ONLY daVinci I am likely to see in my life. It was nearly metaphysical to stand near it....a very small landscape.
For museums alone, as I have said before - the theatre collection at the Museum of the City of New York is just breathtaking. It is a rotating collection. I saw some original costumes from Mary Martin's Peter Pan and South Pacific....and Yul Brynner's King and I (which makes me think of the K/I 'what if' in WRITER'S BLOCK).
I think it was MATTH who mentioned GUERNICA. I also love that whole school of Spanish painting....Moorish or Toledo....not sure at the moment of the name of it....
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WOW td....and Janis Ian inscription once removed!
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It's raining in the City of Studio. The first rain in my new abode. Very cozy. I think it's time I called it a day - early, I know. But when I took Abie out just now, I discovered that I had left the car unlocked and my keys in my front door. Methinks I need some rest.
Twice this week I forgot to lock my car door! I hate it when that happens. :-\
Well, I must confess that I didn't watch "Longtime Companion," as I had announced earlier that I would. As soon as I turned on the TV, I watched a bit of the tape in my VCR and saw that there were two episodes of "South Park" and an episode of "Reno 911" that I hadn't seen. I watched those to get them out of the way, so I wouldn't be distracted with "LC." Anyway, while watching "SP" & "Reno 911," I made myself some dinner (a rice and chicken frozen dish...delish) and piddled about. By this time, it was almost 8:00 and I remembered that the re-broadcast of last night's "Star Trek: Enterprise" was being shown! I forgot to turn on my VCR last night. After that was over, I went next door to my sister's and had pumpkin cheesecake. NOW I'm home and I'm GOING to watch "Longtime Companion" that I got from Netflix because I've never seen it all the way through.
As for the Topic of the Day: I got a D+ in Art Appreciation in college. 'Nuff said. ::)
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I have a friend who comes from a "wealthy" family, and they sort of have automatic renewals when it comes to their Metropolitan Opera subscriptions. Unfortunately, most of the current family does not like going to the opera. Fortunately, however, they give away their tickets to those who do love the opera. -And, as a bonus, they actually have the tickets that qualify for a partial tax deduction!
A primo reason for keeping those opera tix...They've got primo seat locations! Imagine what you'd have to pay a scalper for those tix. The good news is that your friend's family has learned what the word "generous" means.
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Who has gone out with friends or family where they paid and left the tip, and then you had to sneak back and leave an additional tip? I have done that too many times. Usually because I didn’t feel the tip was enough, but on several occasions out of embarrassment for the small tip in relationships to the obnoxious demand for service above and beyond the call of duty. Obnoxious is the key word here.
I usually have to do this when I dine out with my parents. My mom has a bad habit of leaving just the minimum when she offers to pay for the meal - which, nowadays, is not often. Even my brothers get into the act now - we all check the total, and then we all end up leaving a little extra for our server. Sometimes, all four of us end up leaving a little extra! Lucky server! -And if I happen to know our server is an actor/actress... :D
However, in my mom's defense, she does tip generously when the service has been impeccable. I just get a little uncomfortable when the tip that is left on the table is less than the minimum wage the server would have been paid for the time we spent "with" him/her. Myself, if I'm eating at a diner type place, I always tip at least $2.00 if my tab is under $5.00, and at least $3.00 if my tab is under $10.00.
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In other news, I'm kind of feeling headachey and nauseous right now. -It couldn't have been the Cookies 'n' Cream Ice Cream I had earlier... Or it could just be my body's way of telling me to get to bed soon.... Nah...
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Jane - It can be very difficult to find good Chinese food, I think. Some of it is really BAD. I have to watch out for MSG, too, which gives me a sick headache. Glad you have found a place you like.
MSG has a bad rap, imo. It is intended to be a flavor enhancer, and works wonders...when used in moderation. Unfortunately, as with that other flavor enhancer, salt, there are those who use it with a heavy hand. Most Chinese restaurants will omit MSG if asked. If they don't, don't go back and tell people (including the management) why.
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OH... and tonight's Saturday Night Live had to be one of the worst ones I've ever seen. I kept flipping back and forth between SNL and the Discovery Channel just in case there happened to be one good skit. But from moment one, it was just plain bad. The opening monologue bombed, even the TV Fun House cartoon was not funny.
West Coasters you have been warned!
-On a related note, I happened to come across some program on the Independent Film Channel last night, something called "Dinner for Five"- I think. Basically, it was five industry people - actors, directors, writers - just talking about random topics while eating dinner. There was even a waiter walking through the shot every now and then. Well, SNL happened to come up. Molly Shannon was on the show last night and she commented - in response to a comment made by someone else at the table - that SNL only seems to work when the people on the show bring their own stable of characters for the writers to work with and work around. It's when the writers have to create everything for the actors/actresses/comedians/comediennes that the show, in the words of one of the panelists, "sucks". Makes sense to me.
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Who has gone out with friends or family where they paid and left the tip, and then you had to sneak back and leave an additional tip?
A: Hi! B: Hello! C: Good Evening!
A friend of ours from Laguna Beach was scheduled to appear on a local cable show to promote a Log Cabin event. Since the cable show was being taped close to where der B and I lived, in Long Beach, he and his mate invited us to join them at the taping and to have dinner with them at a restaurant of our choosing. The dinner was good, our host's tip was not quite so. He left a ten per cent tip, a true no-no in our book (service has to be truly wretched to get less than 20% from us, and we don't blame the server for screw-ups in the kitchen). So, yes, we had to go back to correct the tip.
Given our host's Laguna Beach house, which was a case of the duo buying the lot with one house on site, tearing down that house and building a second house to spec from scratch, I can't believe the behavior was based on a lack of funds. Nor can it have been on a lack of knowledge about tipping. This was simply a case of bad manners, from a man whose manners are normally impeccable.
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I kept flipping back and forth between SNL and the Discovery Channel just in case there happened to be one good skit.
I LOVE the skits on the Discovery Channel! They are the BOMB!
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I'm back, and to prove it I'm here.
So, today we had a gloriously glorious sunny day - beach weather really. Tonight, I went to the screening room I occasionally go to to see a movie (Kinsey). After the movie we're told there will be another surprise feature. But, I turned on the heater in the Jacuzzi before I left so that when I got back by ten I could go directly into it. So, I'm ready to leave and I open the door and it is pouring rain (and I mean POURING rain). So, I stayed and watched about eighty minutes of the surprise feature - eight minutes was all I could take of Beyond the Sea. It's one of the oddest movies I've ever sat through - so misbegotten on so many levels. Obviously, Mr. Spacey decided to do his film in a highly stylized fashion (go-go boots and hip-huggers) and it just defeats the story he's trying to tell. In every scene of the film you can figure out the "influence" - what movie he wants to emulate. Sometimes All that Jazz, sometimes Fellini, sometimes Young Girls of Rochefort and on and on. Well, you know what - give me The Jolson Story any day. I would have enjoyed seeing a straightforward biopic, but I guess that's not possible these days. Anyway, more in tomorrow's notes.
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OK... I give up!... Uncle!... Basta!... -At least for tonight...
Goodnight.