Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on February 19, 2005, 12:01:09 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know all the breaking news, the breaking news knows all of you, and now it is time for you to post until the breaking news cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ERSATZ!
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ersatz...I confess, I'm going to have to look that one up.
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ERSATZ, baby, ERSATZ!
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Hmm...I've read the definition found at dictionary.com...interesting word. Having trouble finding a way to use it in a sentence, however...
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Breaking News!
DRANN - the twitch has nothing to do with the nose and everything to do with the upper lip....give a try!
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That is so ERSATZ.
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And what is the Food for the Day?
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Doing the racoon? Isn't that unconstitutional?
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN not THE SOCKS OF THE FISHERMAN, but THE SHOES, THE VERY SHOES, MIND YOU (and AUNTIE MAME reference) is just now coming on to be followed by THE WINDOW. My favorite part of said FISHERMAN is the Alex North Score.
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I'll be horn-swoggled. We've actually got us some denizens and not ERSATZ denizens either.
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Of course, I totally forgot today is FOOD DAY!
The food of the day is: CHINESE FOOD.
Everyone must eat at least one Chinese dish (get your minds out of the gutter, you people). Then we must have a full report and description of said dish. Multiple dishes are fine, too.
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I'm dong the FRUG right now. It's so ERSATZ.
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I'm going to have to think about my first TV and stereo. I'm sure I have some memories buried, but I'll be horn-swoggled if I can think of them. Maybe some sleep will help. Good night, folks. :)
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Welcome six GUESTS. We're talkin' about - what are we talkin' about? I can't even remember the topic of the day. How ERSATZ!
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Good Morning!
Hmmm...First TV...First stereo...
I remember my first, my very own cassette/radio player - nine-years old, living in Seattle, Radio Shack - went through "C" batteries very fast.
I remember my first CD player - 16 years old, living in Arlington, VA, Sony, 5-disc changer. I still have it, but the laser needs to be aligned, and since the repair would cost as much as a new one...
As for a TV... I don't think I've bought one for myself. My parents had one of those big console deals, black & white, that I loved. ?? And my parents also had a Panasonic record/cassette/radio system that I more or less made my own when we lived in Seattle. I even had it when I was in college.
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Sleep is for fools and simpletons.
My first TV was a black-and-white Zenith, I believe. As told in Kritzerland, my brother and I shared the TV in our room. First solo TV was probably some tiny little color set in my first apartment.
First stereo was, of course, my Columbia House Stereophonic Record Player
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Chinese food sounds marvelous. I might have to get creative, though, and make some myself, since I can't currently afford any takeout. I think I have a mix for orange chicken in the cupboard somewhere...hmmm...
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Ohh.... Chinese Food! In Bed?!?!?
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Well... Since it's three hours later here on the East Coast...
OH!....
I was listening to the news earlier, and heard that the Los Angeles area is due for a few more days of heavy rain.
~~~~SAFE AND DRY VIBES!~~~~
And, now....
Goodnight.
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Chinese Food - you must get someone to show you the "signing" for that song, MR BK - it is as charming as the song itself. I plan to do it sometime, but haven't found the right moment yet.
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We don't need a few hours of rain, let alone a few days of rain. This is totally ERSATZ, if you ask me.
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It is, of course, pouring once again.
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My first, first television that I bought myself was a 1969 Model Panasonic 19" color portable set. It was great....not really portable it weighed quite a bit. But it had a good picture, was easy to tune, and had a nice "wood" grain finish.
Lasted many years, and of course all the time I owned it, we only had five broadcast stations. It cost $299.99. I brought it home late on a Saturday night, and when it came on, who should be singing but Mr. Johnny Cash!
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My first TV was a little black and white portable that cost me about $62 bucks (why that figure sticks in my head I have no idea). I bought it the summer between my freshman and sophmore year in college with part of the money I made working summers at American Book Company in Cincinnati, packing books (text books).
It was somewhere between a 9" or 12" screen (I honestly don't remember...12 sounds to big and 9 too small...Could there have been 10 or 11" screens?). It was not only black and white in picture colour but also black and white in model colour.
I bought it because I got tired of going over to the Med Center during my freshman year to watch old movies (in the dorms they usually watched the Tonight show...or something else I didn't want to see). It was a pretty good little TV actually and in the dorm tower I could pick up stations in Lexington from as far away as Louisville or Cincinnati. When I was home in Cincy, I could pick up Dayton and occasionally Louisville (this was all pre-cable, folks, we're talking sheer antenna power). I had that TV up until the time I moved out here to californ-eye-a. Much of my movie education was done on that telly.
My first stereo was an all-in-one grey thing where the speakers and turntables snapped out of a main frame. I believe it was a high school graduation present, as was an AM/FM radio I got (which is still in the garage and still works just fine). The stereo had three speeds and I carried it around with me through all my acting journeys across the country. I think I had it up until about ten years ago when I finally gave it to the Good Will. But it was still in pretty good condition.
I too must be hieing myself hence to the Bur of Bank for a short while, but given BK's description of the Ray Courts show I wonder if this ERSATZ venue is not spelling the death-knell for the show...Did the memorabilia dealers not too as well the last time and choose not to show. Or will they be there tomorrow Or is it simply this ERSATZ time-frame?
When is that new show coming to the Bev Garland? It might be time to check it out.
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My first phonograph was a Westinghouse automatic portable that I got for my 12th birthday. It was terrific. I loved it and I still have it. It doesn't play too well, but now and then I get it out and put a stack of 45's on it. Records, not bullets.
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My first stereo was probably a "record club" one as well. But by that time it was kind of a component set with a plastic cover and detached speakers. It cost me $19.99 and years of my life! It also included an 8-track player, but I didn't use it much.
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I think the Garland show is two weeks later - it's definitely before I go to NY.
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We got us some postin' goin' on.
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And not even ERSATZ posting.
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Would you like to know who bought my TV and the entertainment center which held it (very nice oak huge 92" wide affair)?
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Clue: It wasn't Mahler.
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Holy moley on rye - page two! How ERSATZ!
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Congratulations on your NEW television equipment!
As a person who watched MUCH television and DVD - it is only right that you have the BEST equipment!
DR CP - you know your phonograph is probably playing away in someone's basement right now - of resting comfortably in the prop department of some local theatre or college!
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Sparkling prize to the first person who guesses who the happy purchaser of my old TV and entertainment center is.
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Hmmmmmmm.....is it your landlord?
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Nope.
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Ah....if it was not, I have my second guess ready....should have been my first guess.
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Was it Mr Grant Geissman?
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Close, but no ceegar.
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I'm shocked Pogue hasn't offered a guess.
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Mr Nick Redman
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I didn't give him a chance.
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All good guesses. All incorrect. All ERSATZ!
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Well then, was it DR CHARLES POGUE?
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Nope.
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Time's up. I will now give the answer:
Miss Tammy Minoff.
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Ahhhhhh.....very nice. That's an awfully BIG tv! And an awfully big UNIT! Whew. I hope she's going to have it professionally moved and installed!
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THE WINDOW in less than two hours.
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How do you dong the frug? Can it be clanged like a bell? I'm doin' the Racoon...I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate.
I forgot to mention my black and white TV was an AMC brand which was the house brand of Shillito's Department Store in Cincinnati. We bought most everything there, because my father was an architect for Federated Dept. Stores (of which Shillito's was one) so we got everything for twenty percent off.
I also had an AMC wristwatch which I got like my sixteenth birthday, which I had and wore until up until the eighties, I believe. When I wore one at all. I've never been much of a jewelry or accoutrements guy.
Here's the real kicker...I just pulled my AMC transitor radio out of my junk drawer in the closet. This was my very first radio. Gotten when i was about eleven or twelve. It's maybe 2" by 4" (little over two, not quite four, I just measured). It still has its snug little leather carrying case with the ear-plug case snapped onto the strap...though the ear-plug is gone. and a little fold-out stand on the back to you can set it upright. But I just put a battery in it and the damned thing still works. The volume knob seems dicey, because you have to put your ear right up to it to hear anything, but the station knob still works and I pulling in identifiable stations. If I had the ear plug maybe I could actually hear it clearly.
Man, this thing used to get a lot of play. I'd fall asleep listening to a show of music and poetry late at night called Moon River on WLW:
Down the valley of a thousand yesterdays
Flow the bright waters of Moon River.
On and down, forever flowing, forever
waiting
To carry you down to the land of forgetfulness,
To the kingdom of sleep...to the realm of...
Moon River,
A lazy stream of dreams
Where vain desires forget themselves
In the loveliness of sleep
Moon River,
Enchanted white ribbon
Twined in the hair of night,
Where nothing is but sleep,
Dream on...Sleep on...
Care will not seek for thee.
Float on...Drift on...
Moon River, to the sea.
Yaaawwwn! Well, that sounds like the call for all Wussburgers...
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The guy who does my installation will remove it from here, bring it to her, and set it up.
I must now toddle off to the bedroom environment to get some shut-eye so I look ravishing for the Ray Courts show.
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I have an ERSATZ DVD of The Window.
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I must be pa-sychic. I had Chinese food for dinner last night. chow mein/fried rice...Orange chicken/b-b-q pork...yeah, the good old 2-item meal at Panda Express or some ERSATZ version of it between my local Ralph's and Blockbuster on Westernand Sunset (actually it's better than Panda Express).
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Please tell Miss Gale Storm hello - she doesn't really know me, but she sent me a nice photo when I sent her an email a few years ago.
NO ONE....NO ONE....NO ONE....has ever sung "Far Away Places" the way she did. Whew! And I loved when she was on Person to Person and went outside and sang a song by the swimming pool. Doesn't everyone have an orchestra out there?
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I must do some work.
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Shillito's....OMG! I like their graphic....but I am not sure how to describe it!
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You'd think BK would have stuck around until we at least made page three. Everybody! Do the Racoon! (that poor Racoon must be getting pretty ragged by now!)
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Long gone. :-\
(http://www.cincypost.com/news/images/shillitos.jpg)
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We're so close - we might as well.
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DR CP I didn't get the leather case with my first transistor radio, and my dog Gretchen the dachsund ate the earphone within a week.
It was red and white....and it was....a Westinghouse!
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I also just found a pair of my grandfather's spats in my junk drawer. I wore them in my first play in high school...a non-musical version of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES. I played Henry Spoffard III. My brother and his friends' nickname for me is still "Henry" to this day.
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I see DR RON, JED, and ANN, they could help us.
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DR CP did your leading lady have a certain animal magnetism?
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JRand54, what is the building?
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The Shillito's at Fountain Park in Cincy.
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Fountain Place that is.
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Okay 45 minutes of work then I have to get to the Kroger store.
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Breaking news. Time to go!
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What do you need help with...an ersatz production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" without music?
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I'm not really here...I'm in bed sleeping.
I'm just dreaming I'm here...and yet...and yet...
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She was actually a girl I had a crush on...But, alas, it was not to be...
And speaking of Lorelei...one of my favourite lines comes from the play (and the movie...Charlie Ruggles delivers it beautifully) NO TIME FOR COMEDY..."She's a Lorelei with an intellectual patter..."
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You mean Fountain Square? But Shillito's wasn't on Fountain Square. I think it was 7th and Race Streets. I thought it was Shillito's but I couldn't tell from the angle.
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Actually, Ron we need no help we made page three all by ourselves. Go back to sleep...unless, of course, you want to hang around till page four. Won't BK be surprised?
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Sad to be all alone in the world. 7:10 am, and I'm the only one here.
DRPogue, 7th and Race is my memory of Shillito's as well; when I was in college, I used to park in their garage. Willis Music wasn't too far from there, and it was the best music store in my limited world at the time. I think the only two Cincinati stores I shopped in were Shillito's and Willis Music.
My first stereo was something blue and clunky around 1961, but I have next to no memory of it. My first tv purchase was from Macy's in 1980, around $90.00. Because I couldn't afford cable then, the reception was pathetic. In 1989 or so, I did STRIKE UP THE BAND in Los Angeles, and I used part of the money to buy a new tv, VCR and cable. The tv died last year after 15 years of great service, and the vcr has been replaced several times.
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Since today's food is Chinese. I do have a question.
Has anyone ever had "Chinese Food In Bed"?
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All my tvs were second hand until last year when I bought my HD Panasonic. As for my record player. I believe the first one I ever bought was one that could have played the short lived sound gimmic Quadafonic sound. I don't think I ever had a LP that actually was recorded that way. It also had 8-Track player that I hated. I think I bought two of them: The Broadway cast of On a Clear Day... and Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Both of them had songs that were interupted while it switch tracks. Ugh!
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Good morning! My, I only slept moderately late and found 3 pages of posts.
"Our First TV" is one of my family's favorite stories. Must have been around 1955, by which time lots of households had them, but my father said we'd never have one of "those things" in our home. After several weeks of his coming home from work and finding my sister (10 years older than I) at one neighbor's watching "American Bandstand" and me at another neighbor's watching "The Mickey Mouse Club," he finally gave in and bought one of those consoles to "keep the girls at home." Guess who became the biggest TV-watcher of all?
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Last night, DR Ann wrote:
"I plan to watch Numbers tonight, but I agree that the concept is wearing thin. I doubt it'll last more than a few more episodes. "
Uh, it's CBS' biggest hit in that time slot since NASH BRIDGES and will undoubtedly be renewed for next season unless the ratings completely collapse once NBC moves LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY into the slot in late March. (NBC is going to run TRIAL BY JURY for two weeks in ER's Thursday spot before moving it to Friday).
NBC's MEDICAL INVESTIGATION, which is the show I've been watching in that slot all season, has been hit hard by NUMBERS' ratings and now will probably not be renewed for next season.
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My folks bought me a black and white portable TV to have in my college dorm room, but I don't consider it my first set because it wasn't bought with my own money.
The first TV I ever bought with my own money was in 1972, an RCA 19" color TV. I was a BIG believer in RCA TV equipment back then. They always seemed to have the best color. The color TV my family had, a 25" Admiral, couldn't compare with the depth of color on my RCA.
Funny, I haven't had an RCA TV in many, many years.
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As for my first stereo, it was a Columbia, and my father gave it to me in payment for accompanying my mother (and saving him from doing it) on a weeklong trip to visit her relatives he couldn't stand. I didn't even know anything about it; I went with my mom because she asked me to, and I noticed there was a big box in the back of the station wagon, but didn't poke around to see what it was. When we got there, my mom told me about the gift, and I spent that LONG week desperately wanting to open the box and set it up to play my Broadway recordings. Guess what I did the second we got back home? :D
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Great that the food of the day is Chinese since that's where my friends and I are headed for lunch! I'm really hoping this place is good since I'd like to have a Chinese place to replace my beloved Chinese buffet near my house which closed. This isn't that close, but if I sarted going there, I'd be close enough to Best Buy to browse around there every Saturday after stuffing my face.
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Well, congrats on the new TV, bk. Yes, I got my friend a DLP model in setting up his home theater last month.
I've been looking at a 52" JVC ILA-HD (which is liquid crystal on silicon) which I plan to get for myself after I have taxes done if the news isn't too bad.
Like bk, the only objection I have with my set as it now stands is the convergance inconvenience. It only takes a couple of minutes (I do manual convergence which is more accurate that the auto convergence), but I find I must do it at least once a week, or the guns drift out of alignment just enough to irritate the heck out of me.
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I have to say that the DLP and LCD TVs that are popular HDTVs now really show up the drawbacks of standard TV transmission. High definition broadcasts and DVDs look wonderful on these sets, but standard analog broadcasts look SO MUCH worse than their digital counterparts on these sets. They really accentuate the artifacts present in standard definition TV transmission.
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Hmmmm. I've been alone here since I first started posting. I DID put on deodorant this morning!
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Thanks a lot to Dear Readers for paying a compliment on my dolls.
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I'm up, I'm up. I only went away last night because AOL went blooey and I got impatient and went to bed.
MattH: When I was checking it out at the store, they only had HiDef broadcasts on the TV, which looked pretty great. Since I rarely, and I mean RARELY watch broadcast TV, this is not a problem for me.
Why am I up so early? Because the fershluganah rain, which has been coming down non-stop for over nine hours, is quite heavy and making way too much noise for a person to sleep. I'm sure there is some fancy flooding going on around our fair city. Can we say ENOUGH?
One thing we know - the rain is most certainly not ERSATZ!
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If this rain doesn't stop, I may MOVE to Japan and see those dolls in person.
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DR JOSE: Thank you for the compliments on my dolls and am very surprised that you know as far as about The Boy’s Day and the food for it.
On The Girl’s Day, we have a special SUSHI which many kind of vegetables seasoned with soy sauce and some ingredients. (this sushi is with NO raw fish, so don’t warry, dear BK, it doesn’t make you vomit on the ground). And also we have special sweets.
As to Origami; I can send you origami stuffs, papers, sets, books and/or any other stuff, if you like. Tell me what you’d like.
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Good morning, dear BK!
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My first TV was a small black and white TV that I had in my bedroom when I was in high school. When I moved away for college, my parents gave me a small color TV. I had that for quite a few years until my sister gave me a 19 inch TV that she got from her (then) sister-in-law. I still have that TV (it's in my bedroom right now). It's a JCPenny brand. It only goes up to channel 46, so I have to watch it through the VCR.
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Sorry, it's rain in Tokyo, too, dear BK.
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I love sushi that's not raw, like shrimp and california roll.
I do not love this rain anymore.
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The TV that I have in my living room was a Christmas gift from my sister. I just realized that I've never bought my own TV...several VCRs over the years, but never a TV. Anyway, it's an Apex with a 27 inch screen...or is it 32 inches (now I'm not sure). It still seems very big, and it's quite heavy. I have two VCRs, a DVD player and a laserdisc player hooked up to it. :)
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Holy moley or rye - page four!
Two people are walking their ERSATZ dogs. Those dogs are sopping wet because the dogs were stupid and forgot to bring their doggie parapluis.
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Hisaka, what was your first TV and stereo?
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Hi folks.
I think I finely have the Wi Fi stuff figured out. In fact, be on the look out for an attempt by me to connect right here to HHW from a REMOTE :o location later on today!
I read what you said DR Jose but after reading everything on the Sans Disk website and the MS site, I learned that you do need an internet provider UNLESS you can find a free IP hot spot. I found a site that lists them and they are so far and in-between that it wasn’t worth even trying to get to one either in NYC or Tampa.
I looked the Muse up and found they have 3 IPs for Wi Fi in the lobby. I went to each of the sites and read about up on them as well. I chose to go with Boingo.
I went with the unlimited service because you get the 2nd month free and that will carry me through the NY trip. Afterwards I’m switching to the Pay As You Go Plan. More expensive but I don’t think I will be using it as often since there is no Boingo server in down town Tampa. If I can ever get any information on the free hot spot they said was going to start I would use that anyway.
Anyway, I shall go to the hot spot that was listed for Brandon today and give it a try. I’m going to attempt to send an e-mail to a few folks and then try to access HHW proper.
I guess that explains why I was E & T last night. I just wanted to get this thing set up and working so I would have it in place for the trip.
BTW, here are some links to what I was reading last night.
http://www.wififreespot.com/
http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/index.html
http://www.starbucks.com/retail/wireless.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1&fav%5Ftest=1
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/pocketpc/ppc/default.mspx
http://www.sandisk.com/retail/c-wifi-sd.asp
http://www2.boingo.com/
I haven’t gotten into the “Numbers” show. Or “Medium” for that matter. I always manage to miss them. I saw where there is going to be a new “Amazing Race”. I might miss about half of those as well but if it’s the same time slot as before, I will manage to catch a few.
I see the weather in NY is still very, very, very cold. Burrrr. I hope I have enough warm clothes if that’s the way it’s going to be when we are there.
SWW—I agree with VixMom. I think we should make a side trip to your kitchen. You make everything sound so good! I should have gotten a hotel with a Kitchenette and we could have gathered there to watch the master at work.
You could have even brought the dogs as far as I would be concerned . I love them and would not have minded a bit. I wish I could take B & B with me.
Hisaka, those were some very lovely dolls.
First TV/Stereo. I honestly don't remember that but I do remember our first color TV. That was in the late 60's. It was a very big deal at the time.
I also remember my first cassette player/recorder. We took it though a local tourist attraction about pirates. That has long since closed. I think I have the only recording of the story of Jose Gasperilla.
Gotta run but I will be in touch…………………………..hopefully. ;) :D
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No food of the day? Or did I miss that?
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Good Morning! Again...
I sort of slept in to this morning, but since I really didn't get to sleep until around 4:00... I actually woke up at 8:00 automatically - I guess I have reset my internal clock - and I almost put my feet on the floor, but... Fast forward about two hours later, and here I am.
;)
It's another bright, sunny, but cold day here. I may workout this afternoon, or I may go ahead and actually take today off like I was contemplating yesterday.
However, I do know I will be cleaning the bathroom in a few. -The last time it was cleaned was when I cleaned it... back in December. So... I also need to get a few loads of laundry done. The domestic life. Gotta love it!
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Like George, I have never actually bought a TV. I've either been with roommates who already had them or gone without or people have given me older TVs. It wasn't a conscious plan, but it has just worked out that way. We probably need a better TV now, less bulky. I'd love to get rid of our bulky entertainment center.
My family's first TV was a bulky Magnavox on wooden legs. Since I was one of the younger kids and sat close to the TV, I was the remote control. "Change it to Channel 32".
Eventually, I was allowed to bring our old b/w set into my bedroom from the basement, and that was quite a luxury at the time. Even though it was like LAVERNE and SHIRLEY, where you had to wear tinfoil and stand in a certain place to pickup certain channels.
My first all-me stereo was given to me when I was 13 or so, and the brand name escapes me, but how I loved that thing! I became a radio DJ in my own room and mind.
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No food of the day? Or did I miss that?
It's Chinese food today. Panda Express is the Chinese that I most prefer. ::)
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I shall be hitting the road shortly for a road trip to NJ with The Gal. Don't laugh. There is much to do in the Garden State. Use of a motorcar for the long weekend is something that must be taken advantage of.
Someone needs to step up to cover my 12.11 posts per day average. :) Or two people could average 6 more posts a day and that would work.
Look forward to reading more about the Courts Show. Scope out James Hong for me! And Alan Sues!
Take care everybody!
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Ah, yes. Chinese Food. Just looked back and saw that. I shall get an egg roll.
With six, you get eggroll.
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DR Hisaka - I would love more origami papers and books, but I need to stop purchasing those for a while. I think I have about 30 different packets of papers in various sizes that I've bought over the past year or two - and that are still unopened! And there is also a small pile of three new books that I bought a year ago that I have yet to try a fold or two from. But once I get through them...
The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, has an origami festival each spring - coming up soon. They have some wonderful displays as well as some hands-on workshops. Last year, while I was folding away at one of the tables, I ended up becoming an impromptu instructor. I showed a family - a mother and her two boys - how to fold a dinosaur and a peacock. During their festival, their bookstore also stocks up on books and papers.
When I'm in NYC, I check out that Japanese bookstore in Rockefeller Center. They have a nice selection of books and paper/washi. *I also make a stop at Minamoto Kitchoan to indulge in some wagashi.
I'm just glad Takashimaya does not carry origami supplies - at least not in the New York City location. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure I'd end up buying something there, and spending way more money on papers and books than I should. But I love window-shopping in that store.
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Oh...
DR Hisaka - So is the sushi for Girl's Day like futomaki?
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DR Danise - Thanks for the WiFi info and the links! Congrats on your new technological advances!
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OK - The clock is about to strike 12, and that bathroom is not going to clean itself, cause if it did...
Ah, well..
Laters...
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Since vixmom posted a picture of John Raitt and Doris Day in The Pajama Game yesterday, it is only fair to give equal time to Karen Ziemba and BK's close personal friend The Sexiest Man Alive.
(http://www.karenziemba.com/photos/25-The-Pajama-Game-sm.jpg)
I'm trying to find a larger version, but for now the thumb-nail will have to do.
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Well, I was up till four-thirty last night because Tewkes is frightened of lightning and thunder. While he doesn't howl or anything, he just shivers and pants (sort of hyperventiliating, I guess) and no amount of holding him or soothing him will make him stop. So he shifts and gets in one's face and pants with his doggie breath and just refuses to settle down. His little heart beats like mad and, what with his heart murmur, you're afraid he's going to keel over.
I shall soon swim over to the Bur of Bank...if it is not under water...and pay my fifteen bucks to see if anyone showed up for the Ray Courts show. They couldn't have picked a worse weekend for it
elmore, I too remember Willis music. They used to have a record department where I could pick up records that no one else carried. I also remember Wurlizter where all us kids had music lessons at one time. I had four years of guitar. I'm terrible and never play though I still have my '58 Gibson guitar in the closest. My guitar teacher would occasionally to play in the band on The Ruth Lyons show.
Oh, great...there was a clap of thunder just now. Tewkes woke up, clamoured off the couch, and is now at the foot of my chair, shivering and pawing at my lap.
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Here we go:
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Still pouring here. I got a couple of pages done this morning, so I shan't feel guilty about being gone for most of today. I shall return after I'm done working with Mr. Grant Geissman. Keep the home fries burning until my returning, you dear, dear people out there in the dark.
And remember: ERSATZ!
And remember: Chinese food!
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According to the Weather Channel you will have HEAVY rain all day today in LA. And the Lord didn't make little green apples.
Thanks for the PG pic DRSWW. I love that show, and that movie. I am not sure how I feel about those BLUE pajamas! The Doris and John pic yesterday reminded me how much I LOVE that costumes in the movie.
Alan Sues! Hahahahah. I loved the LOVE AMERICAN STYLE sketch he did when he was a baker and he had made a wedding cake, then the couple broke up and he had to get them back together so he could get the money....LOL.... And his sportscaster on LAUGH-IN was hilarious.
Saturday! We have snow forecast for tonight!
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I was going by the address for the Shillito's given in the picture - but it was about a building being torn down in 1997, so I don't know for sure.
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Well, after an incredibly healthy breakfast of vanilla pudding sprinkled with coconut, chocolate milk, and pringles no-fat potato chips, I shall bathe, try to get Tewkes to do some business out under the eaves of the house (out of the rain) and hie myself hence to the sodden Bur of Bank and, hopefully, a few celebrities and some show biz memorabilia.
I would much prefer to roll back up in the bedcovers and sleep. But duty calls.
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I'm on my way to the Courts show. I have just noticed that while no water is actually coming into the room, there are ominous signs that near the patio door area where I previously had a leak, that water seems to be coming down the wall, making nice little pockets in the paint. Nothing has burst yet, paint-wise, but if this keeps up it's not going to be pretty. Well, it's not like they haven't known about this since December. And the little plastic stop-gaps they put on the roof are probably not doing the job right now. And, of course, I can't get anyone on the phone until Monday.
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We're off to the show. Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor gloom of night shall keep us from our duly appointed rounds...nor hailstones, tornadoes, hurricanoes, nor hangnails, acid reflux, ennui, wet dogs (now towelled off), cat vomit (and Mosby the Grey Ghost did just vomit)....
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I played the Dictator/Sitcom Character game and I am Bill Gates of Microsoft! Cooool. Though is he a dictator or a sitcom character, or a little of both? :)
George: I made an impulse purchase of all three Star Treks a few weeks ago when Fred Meyer had a 20% off DVD sets sale. I think the clerk was only supposed to let the coupon be for one set, but he said I could get as many as I wanted, so I got all 3 season of Star Trek (I think I paid $60 each for them after the discount) and even the first season of Lost in Space. Don't tell Betsy. (She knows, of course). And am I still on the What If? list?
First TV: well, my Dad was a Sears Manager, so of course everything in our house was Sears. The first tv I remember from my childhood was a mammoth blond unit (Sears Silvertone, of course) with the phonograph built into the top. Long before I was born the needle on the phonograph had disappeared, but I remember to this day putting on old 78s of Edward R. Murrow's "I Can Hear it Now" and playing them with my fingernail. I kid you not. I would put my fingernail on the records and the sound would vibrate out (through my finger? is that possible?). "Oh, the humanity" is forever etched into the muscle memory of my index finger, LOL.
We later got a color tv (Sears Silvertone, of course) in probably about 1964 or so so that my Mom could watch the World Series. I of course claimed it was a birthday present for me, since my birthday usually falls on/around the week of the Series. I remember us all gathering around the set and watching "Dick Van Dyke" (which was in B&W of course) and claiming that we could even see "a little color" in that broadcast. Those were simpler times, to say the least.
My first stereo: Was a Christmas present in probably 1968 or 1969. Can you guess what make? (hint: Sears Silvertone). It was one of those avocado green portable units with the detachable speakers and the turntable that folded up into the main section. Now I was a kid with pretty adult musical tastes (Sergio Mendes, Percy Faith, etc.), so I personally think my parents had very little to complain about. But I did like The Beatles and one of my first 45s was Hey Jude b/w Revolution. The first time I put on Revolution my mother burst into my bedroom and forbade me to ever play "that horrible caterwauling" again.
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A lull.
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How about this parlor game? How many words in the English language follow the form of "lull", i.e.:
a-b-a-a
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Breaking news: I am sick. Blech! And I have a lot of homework I don't want to do.
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Sass
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Breaking news: I just got an error message from HHW that I've never seen before: The last posting from your IP address was less than 5 seconds ago. Try again later.
What is this, IMDb all of a sudden?
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Epee.
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Epee.
Isn't that a foreign language, namely Cockney English for a man urinating? :P
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Yes...the first "P" is not only silent, it's missing.
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Isn't that a foreign language, namely Cockney English for a man urinating? :P
NO!
That's French for "sword"!
Any new names of famous "dead people" who are still alive, JMK? ;)
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I've managed to wake up (sort of), get a haircut, do some shopping, take clothes to a dry cleaning establishment and return home.
The roads are slimy with oily residue brought to the surface by light misting rain. Of course, that leads to slipping, sliding and skidding. I was glad to arrive home in one piece, sans dents, dings or stress.
The rains have been with us several days, and will contiue, apparently, through Tuesday. The "weather" people say the worst of it is ahead of us.
Joy.
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NO!
That's French for "sword"!
I'm sure he knew that...it was a little joke, yes, JMK?
:D :D :D :D :D :D
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I'm sure he knew that...it was a little joke, yes, JMK?
:D :D :D :D :D :D
Oh.... pardon ME for being.... obvious!
I was just being an American ersatz, not trying to break any news! :P
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Good Afternoon!
The bathroom is CLEAN!!!![/b]
...I knew there was no turning back when I started disassembling the shower head!
:o
But I'm glad I got it done. I even wiped down the walls, and cleaned off some of the dust out of various nooks and crannies that were a result of having the floor redone... back last August! I went ahead and did the floor by hand. Just easier that way to scrub up all the scuff marks. The new floor is some sort of linoleum/vinyl deal with a tile pattern embossed in it. I just worked quadrant by quandrant. Can you say, "anal retentive"? It took me little over and hour to do, and I definitely think that that counts as my workout today.
I was thinking of tackling the kitchen floor, but... Tomorrow is another day.
;)
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So, now I'm gonna go ahead and get myself cleaned up in my squeaky-clean shower stall, and head out for a walk. I also think that Steve and I will be heading out for dinner tonight before the recital. Cleaning the bathroom for over an hour is enough domesticity for me today. Oh, and I vacuumed the apartment too!
Well, before I get too comfortable here on the couch...
Laters...
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And the word of the day is: ERSATZ!
A true California Roll contains ersatz crab meat. Accept no substitutes!
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Of course, I totally forgot today is FOOD DAY!
The food of the day is: CHINESE FOOD.
Everyone must eat at least one Chinese dish (get your minds out of the gutter, you people). Then we must have a full report and description of said dish. Multiple dishes are fine, too.
I made Sweet and Sour Chicken for der Brucer and myself just a few nights ago. The chicken, using thigh meat, was deep-fried with a light coating of egg and corn starch. The sauce was wonderful, with pineapple, bell pepper, onion, some vinegar and sugar and katsup. All was yummilicious.
I served it atop simple white rice. (I bet you didn't know rice even had an IQ!!!)
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JMK - I'm the guilty person who still has George's copy of What If. I was trying to get it to TCB so he could see it before sending it out of the Tacoma area. Just as I was about to give up and send it off to you, TCB showed back up. I believe I shall be driving it over to his place at some point soon, as soon as I get his address. Many many apologies for the delay!
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SWW—I agree with VixMom. I think we should make a side trip to your kitchen. You make everything sound so good! I should have gotten a hotel with a Kitchenette and we could have gathered there to watch the master at work.
My problem is that I'm so used to cooking for two that cooking for more throws me off.
And we'd have to have Jose in charge of dessert, because I'm not a baker. (But that's not a problem.)
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Re: cooking for more. My Mom used to tell a very funny story about right after she had married my Dad. My Dad kept raving about some food he was getting in the Army (I want to say it was some kind of potato casserole), and my Mom said, "Well, bring home the recipe and I'll make it for you." So he brought home the recipe and my Mom discovered it was for a Battalion! I seem to remember one of the ingredients was 200 peeled potatoes.
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Thanks for the PG pic DRSWW. I love that show, and that movie. I am not sure how I feel about those BLUE pajamas! The Doris and John pic yesterday reminded me how much I LOVE that costumes in the movie.
Can't make claim to the pic. I've got the glasses, and the beard...and the grey...but I ain't got the brain.
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DR FRANCOIS - how was your vacation!!!
Sorry DR SWW - I didn't flip the page. DR WFO posted the Pajama Game pic with Mr Brent Barrett. You can imagine my embarrassment.
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Sorry DR WFO!
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Welcome back, DR Francois! We have missed you.
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Hisaka I collect doll but none have the same tradition behind them as yours. Thank you for sharing the beautiful stories and photographs.
The weather here the last few days has been beautiful. Yesterday Keith was wearing shorts, yet I’m in my pajamas’ snuggled in bed. Oh well.
Sandra-very good health vibes! I have the luxury of doing very little while I’m sick.
Welcome back François. :)
Elmore-nice story about Charlotte. I know you are one proud Godfather. :D
Vixmom lately my favorite food has been toasted bagels-very settling to my stomach.
I’m fading fast and need a nap and I have only glanced over the posts, returning to yesterdays only to see Hisaka’s dolls.
Before I leave I have been thinking of all of our jobless Dear Readers and wondering how the job searches are going. Please feel free to email and let me know-just in case I’m missing something with my absence.
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While I was growing up, the television in the living room was a black and white Zenith. It was built into a large blonde-wood unit that had dual hinged doors, so we could hide the set if we wanted. I liked it because I could lie on my back in front of the set and change the channels with my toes.
Eventually, Dad decided to upgrade to a color set, so he bought a Heathkit kit and built us one. The diningroom table was filled with the various parts, and we all helped. At least, I think we all helped; I don't really remember my sister taking part during that evolution, the bitch. Mom was very happy when she got her diningroom table back for serving dinner (and less happy when Dad decided to build a set for his own father, but gracious about it).
The old Zenith was moved to the den, where I could watch what I wanted when my shows conflicted with what the rest of the family was watching. This generally meant that my sister would watch The Virginian in color while I watched Lost in Space in b&w, the bitch. But it also meant that I discovered The Avengers long before I could convince the rest of the family of it's value.
Eventually, the tube in the set burnt out. As a science experiment, to show us what a vaccum really was, Dad took the tube out of the set, put the tube in the back yard and threw a rock at it from a safe distance. We were careful to wear shoes in the back yard for some time after that.
As for the cabinet, Dad installed shelves in it, and used it to store his photography equipment. Mom and Dad moved it with them to the Sierra Nevadas after he retired, and he's still using it.
And my sister is still a bitch.
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And, in the category of art for the sake of art, take a gander at this salute to the event in Central Park! (http://www.not-rocket-science.com/gates.htm)
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After catching up on yesterday's posts, I played "Guess the Dictator." It turns out that I'm the Professor on Gilligan's Island.
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DR KERRY email me your picture for your avatar.
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Well, the Chinese buffet was absolutely delicious. The place was called Tin-Tin, and they had the biggest selection of food I've ever seen ata Chinese buffet.
They had butter shrimp which was superb, and I had several beef dishes including beef with rice noodles. Never heard of it before, but it was excellent. My friend picked up the check (a total surprise), but it was a bit expensive for lunch every week. I guess I'll go back to my regular buffet next week, and only go to Tin-Tin when the yen (no pun intended) becomes too great to resist.
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Watched NUMBERS and MONK when I got back home from lunch.
MONK was excellent - funny and the mystery was a good one.
I did not care for NUMBERS at all. The plot was weak (a kidnapping for a mathematical purpose) and the mathematics plug for the episode confused and full of holes in theory. A really bad off-week for the show. Haven't checked its ratings yet, but I suspect they were good.
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Wow! I just got last night's ratings off the internet, and I am SO happy and surprised. MEDICAL INVESTIGATION actually not only won its 10 p.m. time period last night, but had the highest ratings of ANY show last night. Maybe NBC will consider giving it another season. Here's the excerpt ftrom the ratings report:
"At 10 p.m., the completion of the crossover on "Medical Investigation" scored a 7.5/13, the night's best rating and the show's best performance in some time. "Numb3rs," 6.8/12, continued its downward trend for CBS but managed to hold onto second. ABC's "20/20" came in at 6.5/11."
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Did anyone get my reference to Chinese Food In Bed???
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While I was growing up, the television in the living room was a black and white Zenith. It was built into a large blonde-wood unit that had dual hinged doors, so we could hide the set if we wanted. I liked it because I could lie on my back in front of the set and change the channels with my toes.
Eventually, Dad decided to upgrade to a color set, so he bought a Heathkit kit and built us one. The diningroom table was filled with the various parts, and we all helped. At least, I think we all helped; I don't really remember my sister taking part during that evolution, the bitch. Mom was very happy when she got her diningroom table back for serving dinner (and less happy when Dad decided to build a set for his own father, but gracious about it).
The old Zenith was moved to the den, where I could watch what I wanted when my shows conflicted with what the rest of the family was watching. This generally meant that my sister would watch The Virginian in color while I watched Lost in Space in b&w, the bitch. But it also meant that I discovered The Avengers long before I could convince the rest of the family of it's value.
Eventually, the tube in the set burnt out. As a science experiment, to show us what a vaccum really was, Dad took the tube out of the set, put the tube in the back yard and threw a rock at it from a safe distance. We were careful to wear shoes in the back yard for some time after that.
As for the cabinet, Dad installed shelves in it, and used it to store his photography equipment. Mom and Dad moved it with them to the Sierra Nevadas after he retired, and he's still using it.
And my sister is still a bitch.
Don't hold back, Woody. Tell us how you really feel about your sister! ::)
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Did anyone get my reference to Chinese Food In Bed???
I have eaten Chinese food, and I have eaten food in bed, but I have never eaten "Chinese Food in Bed"...although I do own Guy's CD "Haines His Way." ;D
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Well, I am back from the Ray Courts Show. BK & I, as always, amused ourselves, despite a rather lackluster show...
The highlight seemed to be sleuthing through a stack of sheet music. Bruce was intrigued by a piece that had some lovely Li'l Abner artwork on the cover (not from the musical) but at thirty-odd dollars did not bite. We were looking for a copy of "Put Me to the Test" from COVER GIRL, but came up empty. Can anyone help out?
BK introduced me to Charlene Tilton and Linda Purl. We shared some laughs with my pal, Ian Abercrombie (Bk's pix to follow). We chatted with Johnny Crawford who BK knows and whose 1926 Dance Orchestra I have enjoyed on many occasions. He still does not have the along-awaited CD of their work. It's really a nice band and he fronts it with a nice light tenor. Robert Clary collared us and all but dragged us to his stall to look at his cache of recordings and brochures of his rather interesting artwork. For a man of eighty, he was very energetic and well-perserved.
And I badgered BK to finally give Hayley Mills the copy of KRITZERTIME, he brought along. He was very shy about it. This is a man who talks to strangers in restaurants but when it comes to approaching his childhood fantasy heart-throb, he becomes a blushing, stammering little boy, poking his toe in the carpet. But when he summoned up the courage and re-introduced himself from yesterday and presented her with the book, he was rewarded with a hug and a kiss. He'll never wash that cheek again.
I was disappointed in seeing Carol Cleveland. She looked like...alas, middle-aged British matron...not badly perserved, mind you, but not the sex bomb I remember from her Python days.
Several other folks were not aging gracefully. In fact, I think they were decomposing before our very eyes. There was the usual flock of people with dubious celebrity or celebrity so tenuous even when you looked at their photos and stills, you still had no idea who the Hell they were.
And then there were the young'uns...teens and sprites who I guess are on some unheard of cable show on some unheard of cable channel. But you could go down whole aisles and have clear views of only "celebritys" sitting behind tables and mountains of unthumbed, unsigned photos with no bodies browsing or chatting in front of them.
Bk, also introduced me to someone who mis-heard my name as "Mark Chapeau"...so I guess that will be my new stage name.
The dealer situation remained as abysmal as BK described last night. I usually end up buying at least a CD or a piece of sheet music. Nada this time.
The rain going over was insane. It would come down in torrents one moment, rapids of water along the curb, and the next moment stop altogether. The sun was out when I left the show (and we left early for us...12:30) and it was coming down in buckets driving home. And now the sun is out once more.
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Chinese food in bed
Having dinner under covers
We were sweet and sour lovers
As we watched the late night flicks
It was heaven
As we worked our special magic
With those chopsticks
and Chinese food in bed
Eating tons of pork fried rice
and listening to your tapes of Streisand sing
or Grant Geisman* play guitar
It was heaven
And the eggs rolls never ever went too far
It's a silly thing to think of
To dwell on at all
But when I'm alone and
I'm missing you
How I love to think of and recall
Chinese food in bed
It seemed nothing could be better
Staying up with David Letterman
And sharing ribs for two
And though it's over
And though we're apart
There will always be inside my heart
A special place for
Chinese food
and you.
Actually Earl Kluge??
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(http://www.brucekimmel.com/images/abercrombieian.jpg)Ian Abercrombie
He sang on Lerner, Loewe and Lane for which BK produced.
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Well, I was about to report on DRJane being ill this last couple of days, and lo and behold! She's posting. Mirabile dictu! Doctor, she walks!
I know it's Chinese food day, but since I live across from a great Chinese restaurant and eat Chinese food many times a week, I'm having pizza tonight, Then I'm setting up my teacher friend Jeff with Miss Blair from B&N, after Jeff and I see THE BOOGEYMAN, which I am already aware will be a cheesy horror film.
I just caught a bit of The Actor's Studio program with Kiefer Sutherland, who was quite wonderful with the questions and answers. I missed Mr Lipton oozing all over the camera, so that's all for the best.
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BK and Hayley sittin' in a tree.....
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"Put Me to the Test" seems to be in some college collections, but not available individually. If you are lucky, someone may have a copy.
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BK, oh I am glad CP made you give Ms. Mills your book! I would love to have been there to see that!!
Still no Diana McBain???
This time of year doesn't seem to be a good time for the Ray Court's show...lots of people get sick right about now, and I would imagine many celebs decided to stay home out of the rain!
I always come home with a bundle of, not just autographs, but lots of lobby cards and movie stills! I spend way too much money! But boy do I have fun.
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LOL elmore-just don't ask me to move quickly.
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Yes, it's been quite a day.
Frist off: Earl Klugh, wonderful guitarist.
Pogue has given you the particulars of the show. Hayley was very sweet, although I'm sure she was mystified as I tried to explain in my own incoherent way, that she played a part in the book. She's fab, though. And it was great seeing Linda Purl, whom I adore. I really want to work with her again - maybe I'll find a duet for the new GH album.
I do have a few photos to post and shall do so momentarily.
The work session with Grant was great. We worked on seven songs today, all of which are definites (one wasn't, but we both loved it when we played through it - so it has moved to the definite column). We're routined the seven songs and he'll start working on them immediately, while I try to choose the balance.
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I'm blue. In case you didn't guess, it didn't work. Sigh. I took the wi-fi card over to CompUSA (where I bought it) to see if they could help me. The lady said the card itself is working but there is conflict with Internet Explorer. Sigh. Isn't there enough conflict in the world? Why can't they (the programs) just all get along?
I've just finished reseting and rebooting and reloading everything into the PDA. I guess I shall have to go back tomorrow to see if it will work. I don't have a wireless network here at home to check it. Sigh. :(
I am glad to see DR Jane posting! That makes me very happy. :)
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Here is my beloved Hayley, posing with a fan.
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Here is Pogue with the delightful Ian Abercrombie.
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Here is the amazing Yma Sumac.
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BK, did you take those pictures with your phone camera? If so, what kind of phone do you have?
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Here is Mr. Robert Culp, who's really aged in the last year.
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Finally, here I am, stuck on the 101 at Sepulveda. I got on the freeway and then couldn't back off once I saw the line waiting to get on. Turns out there was a huge accident involving a bus about two miles down the road. The traffic was, apparently, backed up to Woodland Hills. Luckily, I was able to get off at Van Nuys Blvd. which was just a half-mile from where I got on. To go that half-mile took fifteen minutes. The reason I took this photograph, however, was not to show me stuck in traffic, but to capture a beautiful rainbow in the sky.
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Danise - no, these were taken with my new Canon Sure Shot. Great camera.
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A very pretty rainbow. Have you ever seen a double bow?
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I am happy to see Miss Busy Jane back here. We always miss Miss Busy Jane when she goes off to do her thing.
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Danise - no, these were taken with my new Canon Sure Shot. Great camera.
I thought they were to good to be a camera phone but I wasn't sure.
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Not busy, not feeling up to snuff. Not that she sniffs snuff. What a horrible habit to have. Yek.
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I forgot to mention the ever-lovely ever-young Miss Patricia Morison was there. I always like seeing Charlene Tilton and her daughter, who are both good friends of our very own Juliana A. Hansen.
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Nice photos BK! And Yma Sumac...how wonderful, and she still looks so mysterious and exotic! I wonder if she can still hit those ear piercing high notes!!!
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Well - thanks for pictures. Yma and Hayley in the same room....the world held its breath!
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My problem is that I'm so used to cooking for two that cooking for more throws me off.
And we'd have to have Jose in charge of dessert, because I'm not a baker. (But that's not a problem.)
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Both works for me!
I understand your problem about cooking for two. It's just Mom and I most (well let's face it)--make that ALL of the time.
Still I would like some of Jose's white cheesecake and one of your delish meals, SWW. Yummers! Someday when I win the lotto, I shall have a very large house with a BIG kitchen and a guest house and I shall invite all of you to come visit and stay for as long as you want.
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Charles I enjoyed your description of Bruce with Haley.
Bruce, very nice pictures.
Danise, have you seen a double rainbow? I have seen a couple but never had a camera available. Thanks for the good vibes while I was away.
White cheesecake almost sounds good-maybe I’m feeling a bit better. Still I’m super tired so goodnight.
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Well - thanks for pictures. Yma and Hayley in the same room....the world held its breath!
When my younger sister, Amy, was little and learning to spell her name, she decided that it simply had to be spelled backwards. Perhaps she thought it looked better, I'm not sure. She was, and still is, an extremely stubborn girl, so for a long time she did just that, and so did we. Thus Yma because her childhood nickname. Later on, in high school, when she decided I was too nerdy to be acknowledged in public, I used to call her that in front of her friends, just to see her reaction...ahh the things sister do to each other ;D
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I haven't been feeling well all afternoon, so now I am drinking some warm milk with honey to try to soothe my jumpy stomach. It seems to be helping.
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Hi, DR Jane! Yes, I have seen a double bow but like you, I never had a camera with me to catch it either.
Hope you feel better sooner than soon!
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When my younger sister, Amy, was little and learning to spell her name, she decided that it simply had to be spelled backwards. Perhaps she thought it looked better, I'm not sure. She was, and still is, an extremely stubborn girl, so for a long time she did just that, and so did we. Thus Yma because her childhood nickname. Later on, in high school, when she decided I was too nerdy to be acknowledged in public, I used to call her that in front of her friends, just to see her reaction...ahh the things sister do to each other ;D
Good tummy vibes, Ann!
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I wrote a couple more pages and am done for the day. I'm now ten pages ahead of where I wanted to be this weekend, so I could conceivably not write at all tomorrow, although I am so enjoying it I might just do a few anyway.
The plan is now for the TV to be delivered tomorrow around three. Very exciting. It is, of course, weather permitting. We actually got a break today, starting at noon. Parts of the Valley still have gray skies, but there was definitely a bit of sun and a patch of blue throughout the afternoon.
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Delivery on a Sunday. Imagine that.
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A page 7 dance for She of the Evil Eye who shall have to DUST the new TV!
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Bk, The Lovely Wife also was witness to the gorgeous rainbow (which she dubbed the "most beautiful rainbow I've ever seen in my life.") and took a couple of pictures of it on her phone camera as well. If she emails them to me I shall be able to post them.
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BK, I went back and re-read the Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills sections in KRITZER TIME just now...and if Hayley Mills (or Hayley Mills) reads them than she ought to be "unequivocally smitten"...They are as delightful and funny as I remember them.
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Is Yma Sumac really Amy Camus?
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Whar'd everybody go? You'd think it was a Saturday night or something.
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Nobody here when I logged in. Oh, well.
I saw only a CSI: MIAMI episode today. Spent a lively hour on the phone with a dear friend, and otherwise that entertained out of town guests.
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I p[icked out THE GREAT ZIEGFELD to watch tomorrow. I did watch the special features on the disc, but will watch the 3+ hour movie tomorrow.
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Looking at the lovely Patricia Morison in films like SONG OF THE THIN MAN and DRESSED TO KILL, one wonders why she didn't have a more important film career. She was gorgeous, had a lovely singing voice, and could act.
The haphazard nature of film stardom is one of the mysteries of the ages.
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Classic kid quote of the day department: We were over at the house where Betsy's parents are staying. They have cable and I was channel-surfing, spending just a second or two on each station to see what was there. Passed a news channel which was broadcasting the Thursday debate between Howard Dean and Richard Perle which took place right here in little ol' Portland. The moderator turns to Howard Dean and says, "Governor Dean, I'd like you to put on your 'future hat' for a moment and--", at which point I change the channel. Zach, my six year old, turns to me in a panicked state and exclaims, "Dad! Turn back, turn back. I want to see what his future hat looks like." Momentary pause. "Dad, what's a future hat?"
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Classic kid quote of the day department: We were over at the house where Betsy's parents are staying. They have cable and I was channel-surfing, spending just a second or two on each station to see what was there. Passed a news channel which was broadcasting the Thursday debate between Howard Dean and Richard Perle which took place right here in little ol' Portland. The moderator turns to Howard Dean and says, "Governor Dean, I'd like you to put on your 'future hat' for a moment and--", at which point I change the channel. Zach, my six year old, turns to me in a panicked state and exclaims, "Dad! Turn back, turn back. I want to see what his future hat looks like." Momentary pause. "Dad, what's a future hat?"
I love this!! ;D
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Anyone know where I can rent an Ark for forty days and forty nights cheap? The torrent continues.
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Hello, I must be going. Its 11:34 inthe PM here. lsat night after picking up the Vixter from my Mom's on my way home from work, I had to get her fed and then off to the father/daughter Girl Scout Dance, wher DH was to meet us. Unfortunately, there was some sort of police activity a the station in Brookyn and he had to catch a subway to Penn, to catch a LIRR train home, of curse the subway connection at Penn was 2 miniuutes behind the train leaving fro Deer Park, so he wasn't going to be there for another hour FORTUNAELT, my neighbor, Mike, from across the street was there with his two girls, and since it was a square dance he took the Vixter into his squar and she took turns dancing with his daughters until DH was able to make it.
Meantime, I left and met two of my girlfriends at a local Japanese Hibachi restaurant, GASHO'S. We ended up at a table with six other women and a very funny chef, we ahd a wonderful time and I ate lovely shrimp and steak and rice and ginger sauce and it was marvelous, and as close as I will get to Chinese food this weekend.
Today was running around getting the errands done sort of day, so we went to to the IHOP for breakfast (our 15 year old waitress does some acting on Broadway and off Broadway as was telling us how she had been in Lion King for a month, but they let her go because she was "too white" and didn't fit in)
and had Quiznos for lunch and pizza for dinner!
We watched our Mulan VHS as the Vixter wants us to rent Mulan 2 from Blockbuster and wanted to renew her aquaintance with the story
Then we played a rounsing game of LOTR Trivial Pursuit (DH picked it up today at Toys R Us for $8.99) and discovered that all three of us know WAY too much about these movies!!
Tomorrow is Sunbday School,church and the birthday party fpr our friend's 2 year old so I don;t expect to be around much tomorrow, talk among yourselves!!
BK congrats on your new TV etc. I cannpot remeber the brands of my first stero, but it was a 16th birthday present and consisted of two speakers and a turntable and I had it until I was about 20 when I repalced it with a system that had a tuner/receiver and casette deck!! My first TV I bought with my own money was a RCA 25" inch color TV I bought at Macy's at a Columbus Day sale in 1977 it cost $299.99 . We replaced it only last year, it had graviatated from being the livingroom TV to the bedroom TV and only picked up about 4 channels but gosh it lasted me all that time! It was still workinmg when we repalced it but I wanted something cable ready and 3easlit connectable to a DVD/VCR
Well its bedtime for me!!
Oh, Ann I am sorry that you are dfeeling under the weather \
~~~HEALTH VIBES~~~~~~~~
for you.
Let me know when you need a bagel refill!!
DR's Ben & Elmore.. thanks for the loan, I know WFO will be very pleased!!!
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Yes, the consarned rain began again about a half-hour ago. It's stopped for now. We really need a few days rest from this onslaught. I can only tell you that if it doesn't stop I'm going out there with the bitch-slap machine.
ERSATZ!
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Good Evening!
Wonderful evening tonight. Dinner at Athens Taverna. Piano recital at VCU - Andreas Haefliger playing Beethoven, Bartok and Brahms. Then dessert at the new French bistro in Carytown, CanCan. Very noisy place, but that's the atmosphere they're trying for, so... The desserts were amazing - a molten chocolate cake that was actually molten(!), and an orange chiffon cake served with blood orange sorbet. And the coffee was superb too! We'll definitely be returning for a proper dinner there. Lunch service started this past week, and brunch begins next week.
Now, I'm home watching SNL.... eh....
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I didn't have time to partake of a Chinese dish today. Mr. Grant Geissman and I had lunch, but he was hurried, so we went to the Sherman Oaks Marie Callendar's, where I had the exact same meal as yesterday - bacon cheeseburger and a salad. The good news is that I did NOT give in to temptation and have the onion rings.
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Since I haven't said it yet...
ERSATZ
...much better now...
;)
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The rain may have stopped in the Oaks of Sherman but not here in the Wood of Holly.
BK, re: your need for up-tempo songs for Mr. Haines...I do hope that one of those up-tempo ditties is going to be Point of No Return.
We've been languishing here on page seven for quite awhile...time to move on, people! Are our Saturday nights that sad and empty that we have nothing interesting or ribald to discuss...or merely so exciting and event-packed that none of us are in, except old duffers like me...
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Harken! That may be the sound of the rain slackening...
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I didn't have time to partake of a Chinese dish today.
I didn't get (actually, take) the chance to go to Panda Express. Last night when I ushered for "The Love List," the house manager was a friend of mine. We talked and agreed to get together today and just spend some time together (no...not like that...just as friends) but he never called me. :( He said that he's house-sitting at two different houses and has gotten rid of his cell phone, so he doesn't have a phone at all yet, otherwise I would've called him. I'm pretty sure that it was today that we were going to get together. Anyway, I was able to watch the last two episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise," so I'm all caught up.
Tomorrow, I'll be ushering for "Say Goodnight Gracie" with Frank Gorshin. It's playing here in Olympia and I get to see it for free! I thought that Jamie Farr was originally supposed to do it here, but Frank Gorshin is playing the role. If it isn't known, the play was written by Rupert Holmes!
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I'm thinking about something sweet. I have a few more calories to play with since I didn't eat the onion rings. I could make some toast and just have that, or I could go get some fat-free candy. Whatever I'm going to do I'd better do while it's not raining.
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I just realized that my housemate's birthday is tomorrow! :o I should at least get him a card. Fred Meyer's open until 11:00. I'll be back later! ::)
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It's the ATTACK OF THE WUSSBURGERS! Or should that be the ERSATZ WUSSBURGERS?
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Has Ann caught up?
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We started out so well today three pages before the dawn...oh, how we languish here on page seven.
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...and languish...
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...and languish...
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DR Danise - Have you downloaded and installed all the necessary updates for your PDA's operating system? I know for a WiFi card to work on mine, I have to update the software as well as "remount" it.
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Will nothing take us over the hump?
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And the rain has started again. Heaven forbid we should have more than an hour of dryness.
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What are we, Seattle all of a sudden?
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Holy moley on rye - page eight! It is now pouring. I wish I could use the word ERSATZ regarding the rain, but I'm afraid it's anything but.
Frankly, at the end of the day, I would not be surprised if it's revealed that the government has been doing some kind of secret testing and that the unusual weather is due to it. Call me paranoid, but this does not make sense. It is, I believe, the heaviest rainy season Los Angeles has ever had.
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Welcome five GUESTS! We're talkin' about Chinese Food, stereos, TVs, rain, and ERSATZ.
I decided to get a small bag of chex mix as my little replacement for onion rings.
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OooooH, chex mix! Yummy!
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Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week...
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What are we, Seattle all of a sudden?
Seattle? Do be foolish. We have had beautiful sunshine all week long.
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That's what I'M talkin' about.
Too many WUSSBURGERS.
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I'm still hungry, but I am done eating until dinner tomorrow.
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I'm back. I went out and bought my housemate a birthday card. Here's the outside:
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I can make it smaller if it's too big! Anyway, here's the inside:
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I just thought it was funny! :)
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Oopss... Just realized I didn't have any Chinese Food today...
But I did eat some food today off of some fine China... Was that close enough?