Sweet potato is not a sweet patootie. You can only put butter on one of those items.
For Word of the Day Afficianados we present:
mal·a·cos·tra·can noun
type of crustacean: a member of a common group of crustaceans that usually have stalked eyes, a carapace, and a tail fan formed from the rear limbs. The group includes the lobster, crab, wood louse, and krill. Subclass Malacostraca.
It's educational and very useful, especially, for me. Thank you DR BEN.
Mid-19th century. Formed from modern Latin Malacostraca , order name, from Greek malakos “soft” + ostrakon “shell.”
mal·a·cos·tra·can adjective
Sweet potato is not a sweet patootie. You can only put butter on one of those items.
Last night's "Will and Grace" -- I find that Ed Byrnes as a new beau for Grace is even LESS interesting than Debra Messing's "Grace," which I thought would be nearly impossible.
Nice bits with Will, Karen and Pastry Chef.
And Jack (Sean Hayes) can milk more comedy out of a partially opened door than anybody on the face of the earth.
I am listening to the excellent CDs that elmore sent me...finished Gay Divorce, listened to the Nelson Eddy Oklahoma, and The Village Light Opera Group's Dearest Enemy. Jubilee up next.
Sweet potato is not a sweet patootie. You can only put butter on one of those items.Not true.
Danise, you love Michael Ball, don't you? ;)
A few minutes ago, I saw Robert De Niro on a tv spot commercial for American Express Card. I disappointed. Is it happened in the US, too? :-[
Ooooohhh..... we get that commercial in France too!That commercial has received some flack here in the States. Some people are very unhappy with it, because they believe it is exploiting the destruction of the World Trade Center for commercial purposes.
I agree with you on that, dear reader Hisaka, but I guess Mr De Niro needs a lot of pocket money and AMEX is pleased to oblige!
One can one's sweet patootie Amex is!! ;)
-- At least, in that commercial, Mr De Niro could be SMILING! He may not have gotten as much money as requested; who knows???
CD in my car: The Best of Marcel Marceau
I decided to order a used copy of DIARY OF A MAD PLAYWRIGHT. I can't believe I haven't read this book.
Did anybody else see the absolutely mind-boggling news article on Tom Sizemore today and how he attempted to beat a random drug test? His "stuntcock" was definitely not ready. :o
I am hungry! And I really feel like eating pizza. I think I may go off my diet tomorrow and make my favorite frozen pizza. McCain's International delight Parisienne pizza. It has chicken and a creamy sauce and is the best frozen pizza i've ever tried.
But that still doesn't help me figure out what to eat now.
It IS exciting to see progress on our building! Thanks for letting me share my excitement here.
By the way, DR Danise would be my nominee for sainthood.
CD: Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites
Oh, silly me! I should have known if I used the term "ballin' the jack" someone would go for the obvious innuendo. For those non-geezers who never heard of "balling the jack"...The last time I did anything like those lyrics describe, I threw my back out.
First you put your two knees close up tight
Then you sway 'em to the left, then you sway 'em to the right.
Step around the floor kind of nice and light,
Then you twist around and twist around with all your might,
Stretch your lovin' arms straight out in space
Then you do the eagle rock with style and grace
Swing your foot way 'round then bring it back,
Now that's what I call "Ballin' the Jack."
Of course, given those lyrics, it still might be describing some bizarre sexual act instead of a dance step.
(And remember when Saturday night was the BEST night of TV with ALL IN THE FAMILY, MARY TYLER MOORE, MASH, BOB NEWHART, and CAROL BURNETT?)
Ahh, Dear François is back. We are amused and happy!
Welcome back, DR Francois de Paris.Thanks! -- (i've posted already a few days ago!. Very discreetly. What do you know... I'm French! ;)
Not too much to add today.
Oh, silly me! I should have known if I used the term "ballin' the jack" someone would go for the obvious innuendo.
DR François said:
"And what makes you ... amused, may I ask dear reader Ben?!"
Why François, just a few days ago, Mr. BK's notes were titled "We Are Not Amused". Or didn't you read the notes young man ;). Besides, a good French man always amuses me. As the song goes "Men from France can cancel a debt, Men in cufflinks make me forget my name" (a William Finn reference) ;D
There is a blond version of Brilliant Brunette as well.
The What If? DVD just did something very peculiar--it kept resetting to the beginning of "Something" after the end. For a minute I thought it was some kind of joke--that they were re-doing the song again, but I checked the time index and it reset from about 20 minutes back to 15. Two times in a row. I finally got it past that index by fast forwarding (at 8x--2x wouldn't work). Did DRs George and/or Ann experience this? I'll look for fingerprints later. :)
DR Ron, does the restaurant (Le Cheval) serve its namesake? :)
(I work at a library...I know these things. ;) )
So, George, how are you and your library getting along with Dynix Horizon now? We're about to pass the 1-year mark (March 18) - we're learning to live with it!
Jane, the shampoo is Bumble and Bumble Gentle Shampoo - nice, if a bit pricey.
Doesn't that sound like a shampoo Dickens would have had Oliver Twist use?
Bruce I have never heard of Bumble shampoo. The name is cute. Does it say it is for colored hair?
...We recommend Sunday shampoo once a week to deeply cleanse and clarify (unless you're freshly colored).
Well, I know that many of you have had a gripe with TV Guide for a few years now...but I am now also going to give up on them. The latest issue has all but done away with the movie descriptions...the did put the evening movie descriptions back into the nightly listings (awhile back they put all of the movie listings/descriptions in the back of the magazine), but there are no descriptions for any movies playing during the late night hours or during the day!
I only buy TV Guide for the movie listings so that I can see what is on TCM for the week, but now it looks like half of the movies will list only a title, but no descriptions.
I guess with so many cable stations the guide is bound ot evolve, and for some people this may work for them, but it just doesn't work for me.
Will just have to look at TCM's website and write down what I want to watch on a list...which is pretty much what I have to do for Encore Westerns and Fox Movies anyhow...so...there you go...my rant.
I actually use the online version of TV Guide - www.tvguide.com. The new format is little busy, but you definitely get movie listings and descriptions, as well as rebroadcast times.
Best of all, it's free. Although, I noticed that there is now a "gold" level or something like that available now.
I have tried that sight, I think at your suggestion in fact, but for some reason it always loads soooooo slooooooow for me, but I may try it again.
I have tried that sight, I think at your suggestion in fact, but for some reason it always loads soooooo slooooooow for me, but I may try it again.TV Guide doesn't load slowly just for you. Whenever I've tried to use it, the shows I've wanted to learn about are already over. :P
I actually use the online version of TV Guide - www.tvguide.com. The new format is little busy, but you definitely get movie listings and descriptions, as well as rebroadcast times.
Best of all, it's free. Although, I noticed that there is now a "gold" level or something like that available now.
What If DVD update: George, it has a couple very minor abrasions, but I think the culprit was a big, honkin' fingerprint that was quite oily and wide (Ann, whom did you watch this with? :) ). I cleaned it off (I may not work in a library, but I have kids, so I am an expert at cleaning fingerprints off DVDs :) ), and played that section again, and it worked fine.