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Title: I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: bk on November 21, 2004, 11:59:27 PM
Well, you've read the notes, you've stuffed yourselves silly with the notes, you've yammified the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the turkey cows come home.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 12:11:02 AM
Good Morning!

I can't remember the exact year it happened, but the most memorable Thanksgiving I've had was the one when I first cooked a good part of the meal: the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and baked yams (may have been sweet potatoes).  I wasn't planning on cooking the meal that year, but I just happened to get up early that day, and once I walked into the kitchen I just started banging the pots and pans.  -Hmm..not sure if that is the most appropriate turn of phrase, but I'll leave it for now.

I've always wanted to do one of the Gourmet Magazine Thanksgiving feasts, and, hopefully someday I will.  I have some friends in NYC who have a "Gourmet Thanksgiving" each year - although sometimes they don't have it on Thanksgiving.  They're sort of a dinner club, and each person cooks up one of the components of the meal.  And I think they do the same thing at Christmas.

... And Goodnight.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Tomovoz on November 22, 2004, 12:13:05 AM
So what's thanksgiving?
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 12:42:17 AM
Thanksgiving is when we thank the Lord for the turkey on our plate, instead of the turkeys we have to deal with during the other 365.

Memorable Thanksgiving dinners can be absolutely wreched, not just grand.  Der B and I have found ourselves stuck more than once locating a restaurant that was serving dinner.  Our habit of eating late hasn't helped on these occasions, because even the restaurants that were serving anything at all were closing early.

The problem is more about how Thanksgiving is a family holiday, where everyone is expected to gather around the table with their sibs and the rest of the blood ties and have a magnificent meal.  That's fine and good, but when the family is hundreds of miles away, or when the blood ties are knottier than anyone can stand, then the holiday backfires.

Fortunately, back in Long Beach some of the gay bars regularly set up some kind of buffet.  There was one year when most everything had been put together at our local watering hole, the Crest.  They had turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed taters, stuffing, the regular works.  There was something missing, however.  Der B got this funny look on his face, signaled to me, and we trotted across the street, to where the supermarket was remarkably still open.  We loaded ourselves up with pre-made pies and took them to the buffet, adding that final touch that had somehow been forgotten.

Sometimes, when you can't have family with you, it's necessary to invent one.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Tomovoz on November 22, 2004, 12:48:38 AM
I didn't really expect anyone to answer that question.
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Post by: PennyO on November 22, 2004, 03:45:02 AM
Mornin', Woody!
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Post by: PennyO on November 22, 2004, 03:54:59 AM
Jose! You're up too!
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Post by: PennyO on November 22, 2004, 03:57:15 AM
The MOMA was so great! I stood in line for over an hour, then went up to the fifth floor - yipes! a whole room of Cezanne! I all but burst into tears. Whatta ride! Picasso, Seurat, Klee, Miro, Kandinsky, Brach, EVERYONE! I'll be back. Found out that Friday nights are going to be free nights. I'll be back A LOT.
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Post by: PennyO on November 22, 2004, 03:58:00 AM
Back later, I think I'll go have a nap...
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 05:27:10 AM
As far as what Pepsi Holiday Spice is and what it contains, DRs SWW and Jose pretty much covered that last night.  As far as how it actually tastes, I would say that it reminds me of Mountain Dew Red or of a slighty stronger tasting Dr. Pepper.  I could detect the spice flavorings, but Pepsi's citrisy taste overpowers them.  It's not bad--I'll probably try it again (though earlier in the day)--but it's not my idea of what spiced cola would taste like.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 06:12:16 AM
Funny you should suggest I watch television outside of the elevator ride to Ripley-Greer, for last night I actually watched a whole television program.  It had an actor I usually like, Austin Pendleton, play a character based on Stephen Hawking.  Except everything about it was stupid.  You knew "who done it" and there was no suspense.  The detectives made speeches, self-righteously describing what the villain had done.  Not sure why this was supposed to be entertaining.

Many weeks ago, as an insert in a magazine, the pilot of House arrived in my home environment.  Now, I've never been a fan of doctor shows, but the premise that Dr. House doesn't ever want to be in the same room with a patient seemed to indicate a willingness to buck cliché.  Imagine my disgust when the show concluded with the ultimate cliché, a bunch of smiling kindergartners hugging their teacher in a hospital room.

Reminder: I'm a notoriously slow reader.
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Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 06:13:42 AM
And I thank the DRs for the beverage responses.  I had no idea there were free radicals roaming around my body.  Abbie Hoffman?  Jerry Rubin?  Stokely Carmichael?  It's kind of sickening, actually.
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Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 06:26:35 AM
Used to be, my father would host many a relative when he had a large house, with cots turning all sorts of rooms into bedrooms.  I think the food at Thanksgiving was basically the same, but nobody left the following day, so there's been the big question of what second big meal could be served Friday night.  One year, it was decided that everybody should cook something having to do with their ethnic origin.  Do you see a problem with this?  The idea would work for a set of friends, but we're relatives - not a great wide variety of ethnic origins there.  I think I baked an apple pie, using Rome apples from my home state.  My father, who never cooks, managed to make matzoh-bri, which has to be the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in a pan.  Joy made an Italian salad.  (Ah, Italy, the land of salads!)  My cousin who'd been a naval officer resurrected a recipe he knew from his days on the Theodore Roosevelt.  It was, I think, cream chipped beef, but I was most alarmed that his preparation involved several packages of Stouffer's frozen chipped beef.  How that's considered "cooking" I'll never know.  An uncle (by marriage) claimed that his family had once lived in Sweeden and made some Swedish meatballs.  Luckily, another cousin's wife was part Japanese, so there were some excellent dumplings to chew on.  Memorable...is all I can say about that meal.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 06:46:21 AM
My favorite Thanksgiving meal is just what we have every year.  My family gathers at the house of my sister (the one who is not a former chef), who cooks and cooks and cooks some more.  My sister puts tons of food on the table--corn, peas and carrots, brussel sprouts, broccoli, candied apples and yams, a couple of different mashed potatoes (plain, cheese and garlic), cranberry sauce, that green bean casserole with the crunchy topping, spanakopita (I have no idea how this came into tradition), a mushroom casserole, corn biscuits, crescent rolls, huge bowls of stuffing, wonderful home-made gravy and one big mama turkey.  This is supplimented with bottles of beaujolais nouveau, white zinfandel and sparkling cider, along with chocolate milk and iced tea for the kids.  

After we manage to get everyone and all the food at the table, we say grace, clink all our glasses together in toast and then dive in.  For the first serving, everyone grabs some turkey and stuffing and whatever side dish is nearby or is their favorite.  For the second go-round, we go for more turkey and stuffing and whatever sides we missed the first time.  Afterwards, the men folk waddle to the living room to watch the games while the wimmin clear the table (sorry--that's just the way it works out in my family.  I offer to help every year but I'm always told to get out of the way.)  Eventually, dessert is served.  We never do anything elaborate--pumpkin and coconut custard pies, maybe a cheese cake, with ice cream and/or whipped cream, served with coffee.  

And now I am hungry.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 06:49:38 AM
And I thank the DRs for the beverage responses.  I had no idea there were free radicals roaming around my body.  Abbie Hoffman?  Jerry Rubin?  Stokely Carmichael?  It's kind of sickening, actually.

And what's worse is that the Abbie Hoffman free radical is wearing a shirt made from the American flag!  
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 06:55:30 AM
Nice review on Amazon, DRelmore.  And I like the subtitle you've given WRITER'S BLOCK.....

Thanksgiving dinners are pretty much the same, but one I remember very clearly in from 1957 (before many DR's were born)....my cousin Eugene was home from the Navy on leave.  He was on an aircraft carrier, and he wore his uniform.  And he had just bought a brand new 1958 Chevrolet!

He took a lot of us for rides around the block in the car.  He was scheduled to go back in mid January.

On New Year's Day - he was in a car accident and killed.....my first brush with mortality.  And some strange new feelings about the wonderful holiday we had just had - and that something like that could happen.  Made me appreciate getting together with family and friends - and I always try to talk to everybody because you just never know....
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 07:07:07 AM
The Dirk Bogarde version of A TALE OF TWO CITIES is on TCM today at 1:30 est.  
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 08:02:57 AM
Argh! I was looking for a hard to find video tape of the film HARD DRIVIN (a.k.a. THUNDER IN CAROLINE) starring Race Gentry and Connie Hines, on Ebay. Well, I spot one...a former rental in good condition at a starting bid of $9.98 + 4.99 postage. So in my excitement I make a bid. Well, then I scroll down a little further and find the same doggone movie for $2.00 Buy-it-Now and only $1.99 postage! Argh!

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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 08:04:18 AM
JRand54, that is very sad about your cousin Eugene...and I imagine that would certainly make an impression on a child.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 08:35:13 AM
Good morning.  The sky is blue, not a cloud in sight.  
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 09:12:49 AM
Good morning.  The sky is blue, not a cloud in sight.  

You say that as if it's a good thing.  Here we are, gearing up/getting in the mood for Thanksgiving and you speak of cloudless blue skies like it's Memorial Day or something.

The spectacular tree outside my window is utterly bare, but, surrounding it, on one of the islands of Broadway, are trees so yellow they camouflage the cabs.  It's an exciting to see a new store about to open up across the street, Garden of Eden, the gourmet grocery.

I'm staring at lyrics, but my eyes hardly focus and my mind's feeling strangely numb.  One member of the Generation F'd cast has sent me 13 stanzas.  It's too much to pick from.  Then, on Such Good Friends, I finally started on the 11 o'clock number, which means I've gotten a start on all the planned songs.  I recognize that the fuel for the procrastination is that I'm close to finishing a draft, and once I finish the draft, that means I'll have to show it to people, which means that the arduous task of taking in all their reactions and rewriting absolutely everything will soon begin.

Or, not so soon, if I can delay the finish a little more.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 09:32:32 AM
I see it's going to be one of THOSE Mondays.  The sky is blue, not a post in site.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 09:46:46 AM
Yes, not many posts to read today...and it is very boring at work...as for today's topic...many, many wonderful thanksgivings...these days I go to my nephew John's wife's family's home in Corvallis for Thanksgiving...they are such nice people and I absolutely adore the grandparents!!! And oh the food...just wonderful. This will be my first Thanksgiving with diabetes so I won't get to enjoy the food as much as I have in the past...so I will just settle for enjoying the wonderful company!

But...in days past...I love the turkey and gravy, and mashed potatoes, and cranberrie sauce, and veggies, and especially the pies.

My sweet niece Katie is going to try to make a sugarless pumpkin pie so that I can enjoy dessert! She is such a great niece!!! Well...there I am very thankful.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 22, 2004, 10:22:11 AM
My favorite Thanksgiving was any of the many that my mom cooked over the years. She was  truly a talented cook.

It is raining today, which is always a nice thing in the desert.

I could tell you all about my day so far, but I think you'd fall asleep.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 10:27:37 AM
MBARNUM at least the one you bid on is an official "rental" release.  Is your $2 one a dupe?  Just say it is.  
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 10:27:48 AM
MR BK check your email.
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Post by: George on November 22, 2004, 10:35:25 AM
Argh! I was looking for a hard to find video tape of the film HARD DRIVIN (a.k.a. THUNDER IN CAROLINE) starring Race Gentry and Connie Hines, on Ebay. Well, I spot one...a former rental in good condition at a starting bid of $9.98 + 4.99 postage. So in my excitement I make a bid. Well, then I scroll down a little further and find the same doggone movie for $2.00 Buy-it-Now and only $1.99 postage! Argh!

I HATE (yes, HATE) it when that happens!!

As for memorable Thanksgiving Days, as I wrote yesterday, I don't like turkey.  Thinly sliced on a sub sandwich, yes.  But carved off of the dead bird right in front of me, no.  I don't know why, I just don't.  I'm weird that way. ::) So, Thanksgiving is not really a day that I look forward to.

Of course, there have been some wonderful desserts on Thanksgiving Days of yore.  Okay, that's one good thing about it.  And the Macy's Parade.  I like watching the clips from the shows and the not-always-synched-up lipsynching.  Now CBS shows the parade and has musical excerpts!  
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 10:40:06 AM
Well, I just don't know about these Mondays.  People just disappear into the woodwork.  Come out of the woodwork I say.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 10:41:32 AM
Here is a photograph of my meeting with our Japanese lurker, Hisaka.  In this photograph, Hisaka and her friend and I are being photographed by our waiter.  I'm the one in the baseball cap, and Hisaka is to my left.
Title: Re:I YAM WHAT I YAM
Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 10:42:37 AM
Here is a photgraph of Hisaka and myself.  I'm the one in the baseball cap.
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Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 10:52:02 AM
Run that by me again.  Hisaka's the one not wearing the baseball cap?
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 10:53:01 AM
DL Hisaka is very cute...I hope that she will post sometime!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 10:56:50 AM
and what is worse, DR JRand54, is that I bid on the tape in the hopes that Race Gentry will someday answer my letter requesting an interview...said letter I mailed to him 3 weeks ago...but, then I have been waiting 4 months to hear back from Diane McBain and Edd Byrnes!

Which reminds me that Sara Shane (now residing in Australia) has not yet responed to my first two e-mail interview questions. I hope she received them...she said that she would respond...maybe I should e-mail her back.
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Post by: Stuart on November 22, 2004, 11:08:35 AM
Here is a photograph of my meeting with our Japanese lurker, Hisaka.  In this photograph, Hisaka and her friend and I are being photographed by our waiter.  I'm the one in the baseball cap, and Hisaka is to my left.

I hate to be anal about this particular subject, but actually, BK, based on the subsequent photo (the two-shot, in which I figured DR Hisaka is the one without the baseball cap), your description of the three-shot should be:

"Hisaka is on my right, or the reader/viewer's left."

I apologize again for being so persnickety but when you live with someone who sometimes has trouble with his left and right, I try to get as precise as possible.

(And, if need be, you may bitch-slap me at some time in the future.)
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Post by: Stuart on November 22, 2004, 11:11:48 AM
Have I mentioned that I am quite excited about seeing Miss Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman this evening?  Her opening act will be none other than the latest incarnation of those stereotypes of gay icons, the Village People!

How excited am I??
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 11:24:23 AM
The sky is cloud, not a blue in sight.  How did that happen?  And might I ask where in tarnation IS everyone?  There will be a formal bitch-slapping shortly, and we will be naming names.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 11:24:35 AM
We should all have a lurker as fetching as Dear Lurker Hisaka.
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Post by: Panni on November 22, 2004, 11:45:32 AM
The sky is not blue and I am not wearing a baseball cap. I am, however, Japanese. You heard it here first.

There is a tribute to Cy Coleman by Michael Feinstein in today's LA Times.

BTW - I had no idea, until I read an obit, that Mr. Coleman had a 4-year-old daughter. At 75. Talk about embracing life! Sad for the little girl, but lovely for him.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 22, 2004, 12:05:10 PM
I'm well out of the woodwork, but I'm having a horrible Monday....first, I had physical therapy and my arm screamed for a while. Next, even though the sky is blue and there's not a cloud to be seen anywhere, there is a breeze and something in the breeze has affected my allergies and my eyes are watering and my right eye, especially, is giving my fits with burning and itching and watering.

And on top of that...or, rather between...my nose is all stuffed up and I hate not being able to breathe normally.

Poopy days and Mondays alway get me down...and today is also a poopy day.

Who the heck is that in the photo with DR Hisaka?  The one with the baseball cap?  Anyone know?

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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:27:12 PM
I think BK said it was the waiter, RLP.

Race Gentry who went on that February beach party with Allison Hayes and their friends Mark Damon and Beverly Tyler!

DR STUART be sure to buy the souvenir book so you can post pictures of the latest VP!  Cher....well... we will look at a picture of her, too, if we must.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:28:01 PM
I have to go to rehearsal in a bit - BUT I am sure things will pick up around here at HHW as the day wears on.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:32:34 PM
Fun for all:

In my next post will be a photo....let's have a caption contest!  
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 12:32:54 PM
The sky is not blue and I am not wearing a baseball cap. I am, however, Japanese. You heard it here first.

Turning Japanese?  I think I'm turning Japanese.  I really think so!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:34:09 PM
[font="courier new"]Caption this Photo![/font]
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:35:10 PM
I will start:

"What do ya mean 'I'm wearin' the dress backwards?'"
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 12:35:32 PM
Dan (the Man)  I haven’t checked if TIVO recorded WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS.  I’m looking forward to watching it.



This is really creepy.  I can’t imagine why anyone would do this to their baby? http://www.lighterside.com/website/store/search.asp?UID=2004112212190207&keyword=NT-35981&quick_search.x=15&quick_search.y=11
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 12:37:17 PM
Originally Bruce said Hisaka’s friend would be with her.

Hisaka is very cute and I too hope she joins us.
Bruce the photo of the two of you is great.

RLP-FEEL BETTER VIBES!
Oh, have you ever slammed a needle into your finger before giving a cat fluids?  That is what I did this morning.  The good news is it didn’t hurt, at the time, and I don’t feel so bad about doing that to Bogie anymore.

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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 12:38:16 PM

I’m enjoying the Thanksgiving stories, and JRand yours was especially touching.

I can’t think of a memorable Thanksgiving.  The tradition we began with our children is we each choose a favorite dish we want.  I think one year we had three different types of potato dishes.  We have tried the turkey substitutes but they taste like cardboard.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 12:38:51 PM
I am currently listening to:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/marthaR.jpg)

Martha had pipes!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 22, 2004, 12:40:17 PM
[font="courier new"]Caption this Photo![/font]

"Whaddaya mean they want Martin for the part????"
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:42:38 PM
LOL RLP or even...."Russell"....
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:44:13 PM
DtM - there are several videos of Martha's appearances on Tv (and her own short-running show) - and she is great.  If you haven't seen her episode of the Judy Garland Show, check it out!  They are such a lot of fun together!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:44:45 PM
Thanks DR needle stuck JANE - yes it was very memorable.  
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 12:52:25 PM
This is really creepy.  I can’t imagine why anyone would do this to their baby? http://www.lighterside.com/website/store/search.asp?UID=2004112212190207&keyword=NT-35981&quick_search.x=15&quick_search.y=11

Probably the same people who would do this to their dog:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/dogteeth.jpg)

It shure is funny, though.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 12:53:51 PM
LOL - at first I thought DRSTUART had posted a Cher photo!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 01:02:10 PM
Off to rehearsal....back laterz!
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Post by: Stuart on November 22, 2004, 01:17:31 PM
[font="courier new"]Caption this Photo![/font]

"Can I do a guest shot on McHale's Navy while I am here in Hollywood?  Sure!  Now, who's the star in that show?"
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 01:21:18 PM
Good Afternoon!

Must be the Monday for weird Mondays.. Mine so far has been... eh...  Whatever...  Nothing bad. Nothing good.  Just Nothing.  Eh...

The sky is definitely not blue here in Richmond, and the whole sky looks like one big cloud right now.  And the rain and drizzle has been off and on all day.  I think.  However, I think I will soon bundle up a little bit - it's only in the mid-60s today - and go for a walk, and then treat myself to dinner somewhere.  I'm just not in the mood to cook (still - ??).

In any case...
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 01:22:31 PM
[font="courier new"]Caption this Photo![/font]

"Why, sure, Jerry!  I'ld be glad to do the Ford 50th Anniversary Special.  And I know the perfect number to sing during my--WHAT!?!?!?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 01:22:52 PM
Caption:  "You could have told be that BEFORE I sat down!"
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 01:25:40 PM
Caption:  "What?!?!?!  What do you mean there's no bustle in this dress?!?!?!?"

???
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 01:32:16 PM
And finally (for now)...

Caption:  "Oh, Madge, don't worry about.  She's been a total dear.  Such a nice pussy cat.  She just spends her days sitting here on the couch.... (!?@&?#?!!) Oh.. Oh.. That was nothing... Madge, can I call you right back?..."

-Or something like that... I need to go for a walk.  Need to get the blood circulating.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 22, 2004, 01:39:51 PM
What a busy Monday this has been, and it ain't over yet. I still have rehearsal to get to in a couple of hours. Yikes!
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Post by: Matt H. on November 22, 2004, 01:40:50 PM
No Thanksgiving food stories from me. I've had wonderful, terrific dinners on Thanksgiving, but I can't think of a single one that has stood out from the rest, even the ones I've prepared. They all just sort of blend together in my head.
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 02:10:22 PM
Another reason to eat chocolate. :D
http://www.nbc17.com/health/3940070/detail.html

Too bad chocolate won’t help my thumb which is still bleeding from my carelessness this morning.   ;D
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 02:18:32 PM
Yesterday I read an article regarding the number of people who want to move to Canada since the election.  Many want to move for the health care system.  Last night we watched THE BARBARIAN INVASION.  If the health care system in Canada is truly represented in this movie these people are in for a shock.  

I hope our Canadian DR’s have seen this movie and can comment.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 02:20:28 PM
My goodness, what a slow Monday this is here at haineshisway.com.  I had some pizza slices for lunch.  Not what I felt like but it was convenient.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 02:31:31 PM
If you did not feel like pizza, what did you feel like?
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Post by: Panni on November 22, 2004, 02:40:12 PM
A pear.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 02:41:11 PM
I received a dozen (or so) Bollywood movies in the mail last week (I have been shopping again!) and I must be more careful as I bought one DVD that I already had.

Before I realized my mistake I popped the movie into the player yesterday to watch as it looked like a good Sunday afternoon spook movie, and as it was starting I had a strange case of deja vu. Oh, well. ...

DRJRand54 I may send it to you for your viewing enjoyment if you would like...it is from the early 60s...creepy black and white Bollywood remake of REBECCA.
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Post by: George on November 22, 2004, 02:46:06 PM
Today for lunch I had a sub sandwich from Blimpie's that I got yesterday (two for the price of one every Sunday!).  It's their Ultimate Club (http://www.blimpie.com/menu/eatintakeout.php).  And since I didn't have any pickles, tomatoes, mayo or mustard put on it, the bread was not soggy!  I did reheat the bacon for about 10 seconds and it was fine.  That was my lunch today.
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Post by: Michael on November 22, 2004, 03:13:16 PM
Which reminds me that Sara Shane (now residing in Australia) has not yet responed to my first two e-mail interview questions. I hope she received them...she said that she would respond...maybe I should e-mail her back.

My grandmother's name was Sarah Shayne. Close.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 22, 2004, 03:23:13 PM
DR Jane:  If you have a bottle of saline solution (the kind you get for soft lenses), you might try squirting some solution directly into the needle hole that is bleeding.  Use up the bottle...or at least 8 oz.  If it stings, so much the better.  You may have introduced some bacteria from that needle unless you sterilized it first.  If even the REMOTEST amount of swelling ensues, get to a doctor pronto.

I once waited 24 hours after getting a cat bite before seeking treatment...spent three days in a hospital bed on IV, only to be operated on because the IV fluids could not reach the infection.

Don't let it get away from you!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 03:42:19 PM
So what's thanksgiving?


A celebration of the triumph of immigrant Anglo-Saxons over indigenous northeastern persons.

der Brucer

TOD

As a treat for one thanksgiving my mother prepared. especially for me, a roast duck. As the duck was roasting my cousin was plying me with glasses of Muscatel (the gourmet vaiety that comes in gallon jugs). Dinner was served, the duck was presented, and made a nice pillow as I fell face down in my plate. End of memory!
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Post by: td on November 22, 2004, 03:45:23 PM
I am currently listening to:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/marthaR.jpg)

Martha had pipes!

Speaking of pipes, I came home from work to find a Netflix delivery of SHIRLEY BASSEY live in Atlantic City!  She's got the pipes, too.  And that tangerine deeply cut dress shows us just what Ms. Bassey is made of!   ;D  What a fun concert!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 03:45:40 PM
My cousin who'd been a naval officer resurrected a recipe he knew from his days on the Theodore Roosevelt.  It was, I think, cream chipped beef, but I was most alarmed that his preparation involved several packages of Stouffer's frozen chipped beef.  

Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast, fondly remembered by Naval Gormands as "Shit on a Shingle".

der Brucer (who hates very intensly dislikes the stuff!)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 03:52:48 PM
Oh, have you ever slammed a needle into your finger before giving a cat fluids?  That is what I did this morning.  


Oh-oh!

"By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes."

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 03:58:39 PM
Memo for our Voracious Aficionado:

(Extract from the LA Times (http://www.calendarlive.com/music/classical/cl-ca-barber21nov21,2,5719018.story)):

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A coda for Samuel Barber
The American composer, whose romantic, lyrical work fell out of favor during the country's embrace of 12-tone and avant-garde music, is being rediscovered by performers and audiences.
By Scott Timberg
Times Staff Writer

Nov 21 2004

On Saturday, Los Angeles Opera will give the first of seven performances of "Vanessa," Barber's 1958 portrait of a pathological woman — to be sung, in her company debut, by soprano Kiri Te Kanawa — who has brooded for years inside a Northern European country house. It will mark the first time the company has performed Barber's work.

And L.A. Opera is far from alone. According to the American Symphony Orchestra League, Barber will be performed 106 times by the nation's 100 largest orchestras this season; there will be more than a dozen performances of his Violin Concerto alone. Over the last three seasons, he's been performed almost as much.

Those numbers place him second only to Aaron Copland among American composers, which surprises league spokesman Jack McAuliffe. "I don't know if I would have mentioned him," McAuliffe says. "He doesn't have the charisma or visibility of a Copland or Bernstein or Gershwin. He's kind of a sleeper."

...


I hope we shall be treated to a full report!

der Brucer
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 04:01:46 PM
DR Jane:  If you have a bottle of saline solution (the kind you get for soft lenses), you might try squirting some solution directly into the needle hole that is bleeding.  You may have introduced some bacteria from that needle unless you sterilized it first.  If even the REMOTEST amount of swelling ensues, get to a doctor pronto.

I once went 24 hours after getting a cat bite...spent three days in a hospital bed on IV, only to be operated on because the IV fluids could not reach the infection.

Don't let it get away from you!


Thank you.  I did this while testing the fluid flow  :-[ ;D.  It is Bogie who should be concerned about an infection from me since I didn’t change the needle.  In the beginning I pricked myself a few time, nothing like this aggressive stab, and one of the gals at the vet’s said she has done that a number of times and not to worry.  Nothing happened.

I did spend a week in the hospital after a dog bite to my right hand.  It has never been the same since.  I’m sorry you needed an operation.  On my birthday the doctor told me I wouldn’t need an operation and I wouldn’t loose my hand.  That was the best birthday present I ever received.  I hope your hand didn’t hurt as much as mine did.

Hmm, I think I should remember that tip about saline solution.  I really am a klutz.  ::)


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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 04:11:57 PM

 We have tried the turkey substitutes but they taste like cardboard.


You mean they tastle as bad as they look?

TOFURKEY
(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/5613952/74190811.jpg)
der Brucer (who shall hazard a guess that Jane is not a big Turducken fan)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 04:21:11 PM
The Daily Levity

From an Internet Friend who Cares!

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Subject: DR. PHIL'S INNER PEACE

I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me and we all could use more calm in our lives. By following the simple advice I heard on  a Dr. Phil show, I have finally found inner peace.  

Dr. Phil proclaimed: "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you've started."

So I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, so, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a  bottle of Merlot, a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey's, a bottle of Kahlua,  a package of Oreos, the remainder of both Prozac and Valium prescriptions, the rest of the cheesecake, some saltines and a box of chocolates.

You have no idea how freaking good I feel.
 
Please pass this on to those you feel are in need of inner peace.

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 04:21:31 PM
Good Evening!

Back from my walk, and during my walk in the rain...

DR MBarnum - Here is the Bollywood movie that will be screened here in Richmond at the Byrd Theatre next weekend.  It's called Veer-Zaara, directed by Yash Chopra.

(http://www1.yashrajfilms.com/images/saathiya/hpcrops/imgveer.jpg)

It's apparently some new epic film.  And in a twist, the music was composed many years ago, but the composer has since died.  The director discovered some unused music by this composer and was able to score his film with it.  So...

Here's the website for the movie and production company.  *And I also noticed that they sell Bollywood movies and soundtracks too. ;)

Yash Raj Films (http://www.yashrajfilms.com)

(http://www1.yashrajfilms.com/images/veer_zaara/ecards/rightimg.jpg)
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 04:26:43 PM
I have done my errands, picked up what needed picking up, and now I am home for the rest of the evening and perhaps will watch one of these new-fangled DVDs I've got.  Right now I'm watching Blind Beast, a wacky Japanese film from 1969, but that's very short.  After that, I could watch this new-fangled DVD of Mr. Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander.  But, which version to watch?  The 350 minute TV version or the 188 minute theatrical version.  The thought of watching a six-hour version is a bit too much.  Or, I could tear into this new-fangled DVD set which I was sent entitled The Ultimate Matrix.  It includes 10 DVDs - all three films and about 100 hours of supplements.  I've never seen the second two movies, so I suppose I could just start with them - or not.
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 04:29:14 PM
You mean they tastle as bad as they look?

Worse! ;D
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 22, 2004, 04:29:33 PM
Just received my copy of
"Ragtime" from Amazon. Looking forward to seeing it again. Must check and see if "Daniel" is available too - IMHO a better book and a good movie.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 04:29:37 PM
Thanks for the info on the movie Jose. I have not heard any reviews of that one yet, but I have heard the soundtrack on Raaga.com internet radio...I wasn't too impressed with the soundtrack...but the film might be  good.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 22, 2004, 04:31:14 PM
I have done my errands, picked up what needed picking up, and now I am home for the rest of the evening and perhaps will watch one of these new-fangled DVDs I've got.  Right now I'm watching Blind Beast, a wacky Japanese film from 1969, but that's very short.  After that, I could watch this new-fangled DVD of Mr. Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander.  But, which version to watch?  The 350 minute TV version or the 188 minute theatrical version.  The thought of watching a six-hour version is a bit too much.  Or, I could tear into this new-fangled DVD set which I was sent entitled The Ultimate Matrix.  It includes 10 DVDs - all three films and about 100 hours of supplements.  I've never seen the second two movies, so I suppose I could just start with them - or not.

Or you may want to watch BEES SAAL BAAD and see how ghostly spooky it is!
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 04:32:37 PM
MBarnum we received a package from FedEx today while I was in the shower-received your message from Keith-Hi. :)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on November 22, 2004, 04:37:03 PM
...we received a package from FedEx today while I was in the shower

Just hope Norman Bates doesn't get a job with FedEx 8)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 04:41:42 PM
Memo for our Voracious Aficionado:

(Extract from the LA Times (http://www.calendarlive.com/music/classical/cl-ca-barber21nov21,2,5719018.story)):

I hope we shall be treated to a full report!
...

On Saturday, Los Angeles Opera will give the first of seven performances of "Vanessa," Barber's 1958 portrait of a pathological woman — to be sung, in her company debut, by soprano Kiri Te Kanawa — who has brooded for years inside a Northern European country house. It will mark the first time the company has performed Barber's work.
...

der Brucer

I believe this is the same production that was produced at the Washington Opera - now the Washington National Opera - during the 2002-2003 season.  -Which, in turn, was imported from some European opera house...

-now checking Los Angeles Opera's website (ftp://http://www.losangelesopera.com/production/index.asp?productionid=181)-

Well, it looks like it's a new production for LAO, but most of the principals from WNO are reprising their roles in LA.  Of note is Rosalind Elias as the Baroness who created the role of Erika in the original production of Vanessa in 1958.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 04:59:28 PM
Very well, it's show and tell time, art-wise.  Here is the first - we surmise that this was used as a paperback cover (given the space at the top), but we're not sure.  Nonetheless, a girl in cut-off jeans was used for something.  Photos, of course, don't do these things justice.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 05:01:28 PM
Here's art number two - the babe.  This was used as a paperback cover for a Dell paperback circa 1957.  I love this piece - while it is a babe, which was definitely "the style" back then, it's execution is totally unlike any other girl art of the era - more Andy Warhol than what they were doing then.  Again, the photo is but a mere shadow.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 05:02:01 PM
And the paperback itself.
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 05:02:38 PM
DERBRUCER   ;D There is a movie I have never seen and plan to keep it that way.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 05:03:41 PM
Finally, art number three - and the best of the bunch.  By the amazing Walter Baumhofer, this was a story illustration for the March 1945 issue of Redbook - I'm still on the prowl for the mag.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 05:04:10 PM
A closer view.
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 05:21:27 PM
Nice Bruce.  Where are you going to display them?  Hmm, did you tell us and I wasn't paying attention.  If so, sorry.
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Post by: Danise on November 22, 2004, 05:32:55 PM
Hi Folks.

Well today was a day.  It was NOT a bus day, I can tell you that.  As we were coming down the off ramp of the interstate, a car ran a stop sign right in front of us.  Of course, the bus driver slammed on the brakes.  That threw everyone forward.  

One lady was thrown to the floor and wrenched her back.  I was sitting sideways going through my purse and have to admit my neck is a bit stiff but I’m fine.

At least we had it better than some others today.

A tour bus had a car pushed underneath it by another speeding car. The person in the car that was pushed under the bus died.  We could see the accident from our window at work.  

I feel so sorry the person’s family.  Kinda like Jrands story only it wasn’t a family member.

Then another person who works on our floor told us that HIS bus T-boned a car that pulled in front of their bus this morning as well.  I don’t know if anyone was hurt in that accident.  

All in all I can only say, what a day!
 
Jennifer, I understand how you feel about Wide Screen.  I’m not savvy enough to under stand why they can’t get the whole picture on the screen.  We can put a man on the moon for crying out loud.  But I did buy the WS version.  

MBarnum and anyone else who is interested--There is a new collection called The Original Television Christmas Classics.  It costs around thirty dollars but has Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town, Frosty The SnowMan, The Little Drummer Boy and Frosty Returns.  It also has a bonus Music CD from the shows.  I agree $14.99 is a bit much to put out for a half hour show.

I am still looking for the 2nd Little Drummer Boy show and Nester: The Long Eared Christmas Donkey.  I’m also adding the Mr. Magoo special (which I had forgotten about until you guys mentioned it) to the list as well.

Jane, The Little Drummer Boy is at least a one hankie show for me.  Well, it was when I was kid.  You’ve gotta see it!

Quote
Dan (the Man)
HHW God   
Re:FLASHBACK
« Reply #118 on: Yesterday at 09:43:00pm »    
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My favorite Christmas special of all time is A Charlie Brown Christmas.  I was a huge Peanuts fan when I was a lad and I loved all the Charlie Brown TV specials.  Ironically, though, I missed the first showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas because my family was out shopping for and buying an artificial Christmas tree.  But I did see it the following year, and every year since.  The same Christmas tree has been used almost every year since, too.

What is kind of a shame about Christmas specials is that they're not that special anymore.  Because of the existance of VCRs, marketed videos and DVDs, kids and families can watch shows like ACBC, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas over and over again, whenever they like.  These shows were major events for me as a child.  Big bowls of popcorn were made.  Cushions were pulled up closer to the TV than normally allowed.  Grownups let themselves be "shushed" if they talked too loud.  And you had to pay attention, cause if you missed that first terrifing peek of the Abominable Snow Monster, you didn't get to see it for another year.  And when it was over, all you could really do was sort of bask in it and replay it the best you could in your mind.

Nowadays, it's nice that we have these shows at our fingertips, ready to view at any time at our convience with no annoying commercial breaks.  But at the same time, there's something within me that yearns for simpler times, when ACHB was truely a Christmas special and not just another DVD amongst many others crammed into my video bookcase.


I agree with you as well, Dan The Man, 100% but the networks have a habit of cutting scenes from these beloved shows to make more room for the dreaded commercials.  They don’t care it they run over with a sports program, i.e.  “We now join our regularly scheduled program already in progress” and that ticks me off.  

It’s for those reasons I’m motivated to buy them.     I want to preserve the whole show for my viewing pleasure and if or when I ever have occasion to share them with a child, I want them to be able to see them as I saw them.  Whole and uncut.   And I do try to make an event out of them.  

I fully plan on watching the collection I mention on Thanksgiving evening.  The “official” start of the holiday season with my bowl of popcorn in my hand.  That’s if I roll off the couch and waddle to the kitchen after eating the Thanksgiving day meal.  LOL!

I bought a bottle of that Pepsi Holiday Spice and couldn’t really tell anything different about it.  It was kinda like a Dr. Pepper.  Nothing really that new or exciting about the taste.  At least not in my humble opinion.

My, I am a Chatty Cathy tonight but I am tired.  I did a LOT yesterday.  
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Post by: Kerry on November 22, 2004, 05:38:38 PM
MusicGuy is reading his copy of "Writer's Block," loves it and wishes it weren't going by so quickly.  Bruce, you need to write a really LONG book.

Afterg ettting new bookcases and unloading boxes of books and LP's that have been packed away foryears, I have every inch filled. and kept tryiong to convince MusicGuy that we didn't need more bookcases (mainly because I need the wall space for all my paintings and photos).

I keep thinking there were one or tow things missing but figured i'd overlooked them.  I found another carton of LP's and 6, count 'em 6 boxes of books.   And a a lot of them are big books.  Even weeding out at this point is as useful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

I need DR Laura to come over with her whip and force me to get rid of things.


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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 05:41:08 PM
The beach girl is displayed in the living room.  The Baumhofer is in the dining room, and the paperback babe is in the bedroom where she belongs.
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Post by: Danise on November 22, 2004, 05:50:07 PM
I also wanted to say welcome to Dear Lurker  Hisaka.  You need to join us!  

Nice pictures, BK.  

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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 06:12:32 PM
Danise I believe your city needs good bus vibes.  I hope you feel okay tomorrow.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 06:25:13 PM
And what's worse is that the Abbie Hoffman free radical is wearing a shirt made from the American flag!  
What's wrong with that?  It provides fiber, doesn't it?
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 06:37:00 PM
Well, I just don't know about these Mondays.  People just disappear into the woodwork.  Come out of the woodwork I say.
Huh?  I'm retired, and between part-time jobs.  And I've been very out for some time.

 ;)
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 06:51:02 PM
I just remembered a detail about the family Thanksgiving dinners when I was growing up.  The turkey, when we were hosting the family, was always done on the rotisserie on the grill outside.  The weather in SoCal allowed that.

This, of course, meant that the stuffing was always done outside of the bird.  What with the bird turning round and round, even with the best trussing the bread would have tumbled out at some point.  On the other hand, this meant that it didn't take forever to cook the bird, and that the oven could be used for other items...such as the stuffing, the sweet potatoes, and so on and on.

The pies were always cooked in advance.  Mom was a good pie-maker, something that earned her points with Grandpa.

The television might have been on for the games, but the men in the family were more into talking, particularly after Grampa had lung cancer.  There was only enough room at the main table for the adults, so we did have one card table set up for us kids and one set up for dishes of food.  And I recall that there were always a couple of dishes that would be new, or different at least.  Part of this was because a cousin of my Dad's had moved west from Delaware, and he and his family immediately became part of our circle.  Of course, they brought their own dishes which became part of the meal, and that launched the idea that nothing had to be set in stone.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 06:53:58 PM
Would scrapple make the good meat for a stuffing, I wonder?  I've used sausage before.
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Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 06:56:20 PM
I've a wobbly table and it's most distressing.  You can't stick a matchbook underneath the leg, because that wouldn't be big enough.  I can't put a marble down on the table without it falls off.

Say, what's this in the mail?  Why, there's a personal inscription on the title page!  And, I'll be hornswoggled if it isn't exactly the right size to hold up that table.

What to do?  Read book?  Balance table?  Read book?  Balance table?
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 07:02:29 PM
And, bringing us up to this year's Thanksgiving dinner...

The Smithfield Ham, which I have named Amanda, is now soaking in the sink, leaching out salt even as I write.  Unfortunately, der B and I didn't think ahead and did not take a picture of it before I scrubbed off the mold.

Sorry about that, I'm sure you all would have loved to see it.   :-\
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Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 07:04:34 PM
Speaking of a Turkey Dinner, just got back from a Turkish dinner with my aunt and uncle.  They were just in Atlantic City, winning money at the casino when the owner of the casino filed for bankruptcy.

It's not that the casino was empty.  Running a casino (or three) is widely known as a no-lose business.  The games always pay off a good percentage to the house.  You'd have to be some sort of an idiot to lost money running a casino.  Or three.

Of course, thanks to the power of television, America thinks differently.  Viewers consider Donald Trump a good businessman, savvy and tough.  They're fooled by a "reality show" that has nothing to do with reality and they've enjoyed Trump read lines written for him by a non-WGA writer.  Fooling America he can do.  Turning a profit running casinos is too hard for him.

Gee, reminds me of another chief executive.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 07:04:38 PM
Have I mentioned that I am quite excited about seeing Miss Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman this evening?  Her opening act will be none other than the latest incarnation of those stereotypes of gay icons, the Village People!

How excited am I??
The Villiage People will be the ones on stage who haven't had plastic surgery, I presume.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 07:12:48 PM
[font="courier new"]Caption this Photo![/font]
Ethel auditions for the role of Party Line Snoop on Dirty Laundry.
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 07:16:36 PM
I've a wobbly table and it's most distressing.  You can't stick a matchbook underneath the leg, because that wouldn't be big enough.  I can't put a marble down on the table without it falls off.

Say, what's this in the mail?  Why, there's a personal inscription on the title page!  And, I'll be hornswoggled if it isn't exactly the right size to hold up that table.

What to do?  Read book?  Balance table?  Read book?  Balance table?

LOL

So did your aunt & uncle get any money, at least their initial investment?  
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Post by: Michael on November 22, 2004, 07:18:08 PM
Well I just finished Writer's Block in one sitting. Couldn't put it down. Recommend it to all that enjoy mysteries.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 07:31:26 PM
Me, I finished Writer's Block in three bites, like a Nathan's hot dog.

(See, I was paying attention!)

I figured out the who, but not the why or how it was pulled off.  Points to the author for that.

I did catch one anacronism, but it wasn't one that would be obvious to very many people, and I simply accepted it as part of this book's "universe," as it had no real impact on the storytelling.
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Post by: Noel on November 22, 2004, 07:40:02 PM
Yes, they cashed their chips.  Trump's other debtors will see him in court.  My uncle said he usually watches NBC news but caught the Trump bankrupcy story on CBS.  He surmises the Brokaw newscast didn't run the story.  It wouldn't be in NBC's interest to do so.
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 07:40:45 PM
Wish I could begin WRITERS BLOCK.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 07:42:22 PM
I need to lay down for a bit.  Dinner has me quite stuffed.  

Boneless chicken breasts fried with a panko crust
Smashed Yukon Gold potatoes with a mushroom gravy
Zucchini strips.

Yum!
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Post by: Jane on November 22, 2004, 07:43:30 PM
Hasn't Trump filed for bankrupcy before?  I have no idea why people find him so interesting.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 22, 2004, 08:08:52 PM
I was so underwhelmed with the second MATRIX movie that I skipped the third one altogether.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 22, 2004, 08:12:48 PM
They took publicity photos tonight, so the run through was disrupted and it was harder to focus on the matter at hand. I know they're necessary, but with rehearsals being curtailed for the holidays, we needed a good one tonight before this long break (until Saturday). We didn't get it. [sigh]

Some of us are getting together tomorrow to run scenes. I don't like leaving things to chance.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 22, 2004, 08:13:52 PM
At least over the next few days I will be able to resume WRITER'S BLOCK and also see some DVD films and some of the stuff I've been recording since Sunday.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 22, 2004, 08:14:47 PM
Guess I'm going to call it a night. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of his evening.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 22, 2004, 08:19:50 PM
DR Jane, I have not seen that movie (Les Invasions Barbare).  What did they say in it about health care?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 08:25:25 PM
I agree with you as well, Dan The Man, 100% but the networks have a habit of cutting scenes from these beloved shows to make more room for the dreaded commercials.  They don’t care it they run over with a sports program, i.e.  “We now join our regularly scheduled program already in progress” and that ticks me off.  

DR Danise, do you remember the infamous Heidi incident?  Way back in 1968, NBC cut away from the final minutes of a tight football game to air a TV movie version of Heidi.  Viewers were not happy and a network never again cut away from a football game.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 08:29:58 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Pepsi Holiday Spice Update ... Pepsi Holiday Spice Update ... Pepsi Holiday Spice Update  ...[/move]

I went to get a sandwich at Wawa today and planned to pick up a bottle of PHS to go with it.  They were sold out.  On the way home I stopped at another Wawa and a 7-11, but PHS was sold out at both places.  Amazing.  Or maybe not.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 08:43:20 PM
DR Danise, do you remember the infamous Heidi incident?  Way back in 1968, NBC cut away from the final minutes of a tight football game to air a TV movie version of Heidi.  Viewers were not happy and a network never again cut away from a football game.
It's been written into the contracts that they cannot cut away, because of Heidi. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063051/trivia)  Boys in tight fitting uniforms are more important than little girls in dirndls, don't'cha know.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 08:45:58 PM
The question is why can't you start the book, dear Jane?

Glad people seem to be enjoying the book!  Any anachronism is indeed part of the universe of the book and, unless I'm not aware of one that wasn't, were all intentional.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 08:49:08 PM
And since this is not one of those board where such anachronisms are ripped to shreds, enough said.

Although it was fun spotting it.   ;D
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 08:49:16 PM
I keep thinking these are the POPEYE notes!

Thanks for the captions!  Hehehehe.

What terrifically terrific painting DRBRUCE.  Wow....I think I like the "Redbook" illustration most of all, and that little gal looks a bit like Daisy Mae in the other picture.  And of course the blonde that died like she lived, hard and fast....whooooooo....she would be right at home on the cover of a Duran Duran album!

I think I will watch CIRCUS WORLD with Mr John Wayne tonight.  GRAND PRIX is wrapping up right now on TCM.  Another of my favorite of the big in screen size movies.

Oh, I think Amazon is having a 30% off sale on the Criterion collection.  My sister came by today (did I tell you that Jason has delayed his departure until December 11?) and what should catch her eye but the EYES WITHOUT A FACE DVD.....she immediately asked to watch it....and so off it went down the street.   Better that she watch it now than when she is living alone!

DRDANISE watch out if the bus driver looks at you tomorrow and says: "Room for one more, honey!"
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Post by: td on November 22, 2004, 08:49:33 PM
I was so underwhelmed with the second MATRIX movie that I skipped the third one altogether.

ditto
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 08:50:16 PM
Yes DRMBARNUM I would love to see that Bollywood mystery!
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 08:52:00 PM
If anyone has ANY questions about the book, please e-mail me - I love discussing this one and unlike the Kritzer books we can't discuss it out loud.  Shayne wrote me some interesting observations, so I love to hear what you all think.  And do write an amazon review if you have time, but be REALLY careful of spoilers.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 08:53:20 PM
I keep thinking these are the POPEYE notes!

Just so ya know, Popeye officially adopts Swee-Pea on Thursday.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 08:54:43 PM
I have my ASK BK question ready now and I hope I don't forget it before Wednesday.....

DRMATTH break a leg on your opening.....be sure to send us a link for the photos.

Yes we at last today finished the choreography for MRS CRACHIT - I had a lovely square dance hand-over-hand during the finale, and the director said...."Gee, I always thought this could be like ....well remember when all the cartoon characters came out on stage in a line singing on the Bugs Bunny show?  Kinda like that...."  Hmmmmmmm.....well, a nice diagonal line crossing sequence ending with a kick line, hands out - left, right, and scooooooooooooooop......  And then they stood there and all I could think of to say was...."I hope I get....I hope I get.....how many people does he need....."  So I sang that everyone joined in and we finished that number from A CHORUS LINE.....    Oh well....it's an ending!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 08:58:39 PM
Good Evening!

Well... Let's just say that I'm looking forward to the first orchestra rehearsal next Thursday.  I just can't seem to get my mind and body in gear to do much of anything right now.  -And the abysmally gray weather today did nothing to help my "motivation".  But tomorrow is another day...

 :P
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 09:06:44 PM
DR JRand - How close are you to Ft. Wayne, IN?  Apparently, both Richmond, VA, and Ft. Wayne, IN, are dealing with some sort of natural - or supernatural - phenomena.  There is an area on the north side of town that's been experiencing these "booms".  They're loud enough to be a shock, and they even cause shaking houses and such.  So far, there's been no damage reported, but they've still found no source of the "booms".  They have yet to be caught on tape, but all the news outlets in town now have news trucks out in the area hoping to catch a "boom" on tape, audio and otherwise.  And, apparently, Ft. Wayne is dealing with the same thing right now.

They've had a town meeting.  They've called in the US Geological Survey.  They've called in the military - sometimes they do test flights of aircrafts in the area, and they've caused sonic booms, but not this time.  They've even called in the ATF.  Who knows?!?!?
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Post by: Panni on November 22, 2004, 09:58:48 PM
Great paintings!

Well, i bought my third rug for the office (returned the other two) - and although I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by this one, I think I'll keep it. It fits the space and does the job of muting the noise of my office chair rolling back and forth. And I'm tired of lugging carpets.
I also did a big shopping for a Thanksgiving feast, had a phone meeting and continued clearing the office. Tomorrow I have another meeting - this one not on the phone. But I can walk to it, as the producer happens to live on this very street.
May I add that I'm VERY tired.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 10:13:30 PM
During my walk earlier this evening, I happened to give a closer look at the McDonald's that seems to have gotten remodeled in record time over the past two weeks.  -Alas, the rain has slowed down the progress of the sidewalks and landscaping, but inside, everything looks done.  It's looks pretty nice.  New drink area.  New sitting areas.  And, there's even a fake but working fireplace!  Cozy!
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Post by: Panni on November 22, 2004, 10:59:37 PM
My desk is very nice and clean -- because everything that was on it is on the floor. I'm too zonked to finish cleaning tonight. Tomorrow, if i get up early, I can take about an hour to tidy, then I have to get ready for my afternoon meeting (which needs much preparation). Sigh.
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Post by: bk on November 22, 2004, 11:24:40 PM
Denizens!  That's what we need - denizens.  Last week we had denizens and the denizens done disappeared.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 11:24:57 PM
Here, Abie!  Help Panni clean her office!  See all those papers?  Can you make them into interesting stacks?  Good dog!



 ;D 8) ::)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 22, 2004, 11:29:38 PM
I'm tired... I'm sleepy... Which is a good thing tonight...

Goodnight.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 11:29:50 PM
Denizens?  I'm in the den!

So is Fletcher, who for some reason is on a blanket on the floor instead of sleeping with der B.  When I finally go to bed, he'll probably follow me and decide to cuddle.  Of course, Buster will want to cuddle, too.  (He's currently on the couch in the living room.)  Bonnie will follow, of course (couch potato #2).  And Zeus is already on my bed.

This is one crowded household.  It's a good thing we love dogs.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 22, 2004, 11:43:13 PM
Good vibes for DRPANNI's meeting.

I keep forgetting to say - apropos the notes - I enjoy the DVD of LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING very much.  As MRBK notes, a good cast, lovely color, and music to die for!

Jennifer Jones was never more lovely or vulnerable IMO - and William Holden was perfectly cast as the war correspondent, Mark Elliot.  The book by Han Suyin goes into great detail - and if you love the movie, read the book.  But it must be seen in widescreen....otherwise in the last few shots NO BUTTERFLIES!!!
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 22, 2004, 11:45:45 PM
And...

Anyone who has met der Brucer and myself will agree, neither of us is at all effeminate.  All the same, we're easily spotted as a couple anyplace we go.  We had another example of that on Saturday, while we were out shopping.

Der B needed a new desk chair, since the one he brought with us from Long Beach had collapsed beyond usability, and none of the other chairs in the house seated him the way he wanted.  So, while exploring a different WalMart, this one a Super WalMart in Camden, near Dover, he checked what they had in the way of office/desk chairs.

They had exactly what he wanted, but there was a catch.  The stock of chairs, in boxes, was way up high, much higher than I could reach, and we weren't going to try having one of us climb on the other's shoulders.  Fortunately, one of the store staff spotted that we needed help, and went to get a ladder.

Box and chair delivered to ground level, he turned to us and asked "So, which one of you is the Professor?"

"He is," I replied.  "I'm the cook."

The staffmember grinned and said "I kind of figured that with you two."

He went one way, we were going in another, when I commented to der B, "I just had a Gilligan's Island moment there.  What would he have said if I'd told him you're the Professor and I'm Mary Ann?"

Der B was walking in front of me, but I could tell he was rolling his eyes.
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Post by: George on November 22, 2004, 11:53:44 PM
After I left work tonight, I went to Taco Del Mar for their Super Veggie Burrito (and it's double punch Monday!).  Quite delish, as always.  Then I went to Costco and picked up a 3-CD set of Big Band Christmas music.  I also got a box of 45 bows and 500 feet of ribbon for Christmas packages.  It's not that I have 45 packages to wrap, but the American Cancer Society Relay For Life team that I'm on is going to wrap gifts at Barnes and Noble in a week and a half.  B&N doesn't supply bows (and we've decided not to use ribbon...takes too long).  The gift-wrapping is by donation and the American Cancer Society gets all the money!

Anyway, after that, I went to my sister's (she bought the ribbon from me...I don't need it) and she, my niece and I played a new (to us) game called Set.  You have to match cards based on the shape (oval, diamond or squiggle), color (green, red or purple) and whether it's a solid color, striped or just an outline of the shape.  You can also make a set if all three elements are different.  It can be quite challenging or easy.  But fun.  Not as fun as Phase 10, but still a game that we'll play again.
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Post by: George on November 22, 2004, 11:55:56 PM
BK, those are great paintings.  I don't know if this has been asked (or answered) before, but if you have both the original artwork and a copy of the book, do you display them together?  I'm sure that it's quite nice if they can be together...if that's what you like.

That was my evening.  I'm signing off.  I've decided (quite on a whim) that I'd like to try to be in bed before midnight.  I never get enough sleep and I want to get out of the (very old) habit.  So, good night all! (even though it's pretty close to the changing of the topic ::))