Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on March 10, 2005, 12:00:58 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know all about the derivation of today's title, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home from marrying our women.
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Jose posted towards the end of the previous day's posts...
DR JMK et al...
Have you checked out Mainely A Cappella?
They really do seem to have almost every single available vocal group recording in stock, as well as a great selection of sheet music. And they also carry a lot of the arrangements and recordings from the college groups.
http://www.a-cappella.com
I'd also suggest www.singers.com (http://www.singers.com)
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And the word of the day is: MISCREANT!
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Oh, Sweet Lord of the Apes! I am here. I have heard downtown LA is a bit of a ghosttown, but that would suggest there were even ghosts here. I think I am the only person staying in this hotel. Well, not really, but it is kinda lonesome.
Lunch with BK. An honor and a privilege. Despite the Shakey's debacle, a fine meal of crispy-top pancakes like none I've ever encountered. BK, willing to answer my infinite questions about The Creature Wasn't Nice. A good time was had by all. All of me, at least!
Afterwards, I rode down the 101, and I thought I'd get off on Hollywood Blvd. Get off the highway, that is! Get your mind out of the gutter. I drove down that thing, and well, it ain't exactly majestic. But what can you do? I could have used a better map.
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I missed Shakey's because while shaving at my sister's place in Berkeley, I kid you not, her spigot fell off and water started spraying all over the place, and here I was, nude, half-shaven, trying to shut the water source off, and save her hair dryer and curling iron from destruction. It was comical... Until I missed Shakey's.
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An odd thing: being around at midnight, I was typing in yesterday's discussion, and it would not submit because it had been locked. I am used to being able to write until 3am. Whole new mindset out here, folks.
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But now you get to post in the new notes until three am.
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MISCREANT!
I really should toddle off to the bedroom environment, but I think I'll hang out for another few minutes.
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And we want to marry your women.
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I missed Shakey's because while shaving at my sister's place in Berkeley, I kid you not, her spigot fell off and water started spraying all over the place, and here I was, nude, half-shaven, trying to shut the water source off, and save her hair dryer and curling iron from destruction. It was comical... Until I missed Shakey's.
Oh, c'mon, THAT old chestnut? You could at least have come up with a more original excuse! :D
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I'll do it, too! Just you watch.
I wanted to speak of harmony groups, since I missed out on that. The Four Aces, as some mentioned: One of the all-time greats. If not really as harmonically precise, as say, the Hi-Los, they are more fun. If you want a marvelous album, find their HITS OF BROADWAY LP. They do some really uncommon stuff. A marvelous version of "You Are Beautiful". Great LP. I mean great.
You know who has really great harmonies that really shine on their LPs? The Cowsills. You can't beat family members for harmony. To that end, the country father-daughter duo The Kendalls and the Louvin Brothers have some really mind-bending harmonies.
I think I am done with harmony for now, except to wonder if anyone remembers Les Compagnons de Chanson, a French 8-man harmony group from the 50s that had the original hit with The Three Bells? Good stuff!!!!
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Oh, c'mon, THAT old chestnut? You could at least have come up with a more original excuse! :D
You leave my chestnuts out of it!
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I rather liked the Four Preps and the Four Aces and The Maguire Sisters and the Barry Sisters.
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The reason I made Laurel and Hardy the topic is because I am woefully unaware of their films. I have this humungous box set from England, which has most of their output, so I need to know what I should watch first. Of the films I know, I love Way Out West, and their little song and dance routine is one of the most sublime things ever put on the screen.
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MISCREANT!
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On the way down here, I was a scofflaw and drove in the "diamond lane" to get through San Jose. It was a bad thing to do, but totally exhilirating!
I also stopped to use the restroom at the Madonna Inn near San Luis Obispo. This place is renowned (to my Aunt Bea and Uncle Jim anyway) for having a men's room where the urinal is a big cascading waterfall over rocks. So I had to try it out.
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My goodness, such excretionary elegance!
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This here miscreant knows nothing about Laurel and Hardy. And he'd like to know how Aunt Bea got to see the urinal at the Madonna Inn.
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Laurel and Hardy have never quite done it for me. But I've probably only seen 4 of their movies. I think I don't like the set-up of one dumb but sweet guy who is always screwing things up for
the other guy who ends up mad all the time.
Okay, before folks start wishing I take another prolonged road trip, that is enough posting from me!
Tomorrow I will watch four consecutive basketball games.
JRand, send me your mailing info.
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This here miscreant knows nothing about Laurel and Hardy. And he'd like to know how Aunt Bea got to see the urinal at the Madonna Inn.
Okay, you forced another post out o' me. Uncle Jim was so impressed, he actually called Aunt Bea into the men's room to check it out! The lady at the front desk there told them it happens all the time.
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At three o'clock in the morning, I felt a nibbling at my ear. No, not a nibbling, a full fledged CHOMP. Benny, who has been featured in many a fine photo here at HHW of late, had decided to wake up and be hungry. His brother, Baxter, was hungry as well. To this end, Benny had decided it was time to wake me up.
I set the twosome on the floor, and they followed me out to the dining room. Alas, not only was their puppy chow bowl empty, so was the bin where we've been storing their chow. Down to the basement I went, to refill their bin, and back up to the dining room, where they waited not-quite patiently.
Since I was up, I decided to catch up on the notes and postings here at HHW.
The lively duo is/are now romping around, yipping and wrastling with each other. At nearly four in the morning.
Tomorrow night, they can sleep on der Brucer's bed.
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Tomorrow I will watch four consecutive basketball games.
All I have to say is... GO HUSKIES!!!
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Okay, you forced another post out o' me. Uncle Jim was so impressed, he actually called Aunt Bea into the men's room to check it out! The lady at the front desk there told them it happens all the time.
I thought that had to be what had happened.
Der Brucer and I have spent many a weekend near the Madonna Inn, doing political stuff with Log Cabin. We never actually went in the place, but the stories we've heard... ::) ;)
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All I have to say is... GO HUSKIES!!!
Shouldn't that be... Mush Huskies???
8)
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The pups have settled down, I think. They have chowed, they have visited the corner where we've laid down newspapers, they have wrastled.
If they aren't ready to go back to bed, they can always eat my ear again. I didn't mention before that Benny drew blood when woke me up. Yum! Puppy teeth can be so very sharp! ::)
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I think I am done with harmony for now, except to wonder if anyone remembers Les Compagnons de Chanson, a French 8-man harmony group from the 50s that had the original hit with The Three Bells? Good stuff!!!!
Les Compagnons often accompanied Edith Piaf - (on a version of "Les Trois Cloches" too). "Moulin Rouge" - the film theme is another of their better remembered tracks here in OZ.
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s woody white and der brucer-
do they still have the yum yum martini on the menu at Cafe Zeus?
Have fun at the chocolate festival if you go.
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Ah, Rodzinski, you are in sunny So-Cal. How I envy you.
This week has been brutal on the East Coast.
Look forward to seeing you on Friday. I'm planning to bring Sharon with me.
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Don't forget my Arch Hall, Jr., DR RODZINSKI.
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My two choices for Laurel And Hardy films - and these are shorts I saw in various compilations -
BIG BUSINESS - they are selling Christmas trees and end up tearing down Jimmy Finlayson's house while he destroys their car.
BATTLE OF THE CENTURY - a big pie fight erupts when a pie is delivered to a fighter (Stan) and his manager (Oliver). The reactions of everyone, especially the girl who falls on a pie are priceless.
Good place to start.
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THE MYSTERIANS.....oh....I saw the television promos for this one, and yes it was 1959....and we wanted to see it so much....please please please. It was one of those movies where you kept waiting for something to happen. Nothing much did, but it had some interesting science in it.
We want to marry your women. I don't remember that I thought that was much a threat.
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Good morning, all! I'm listening to Rebecca Luker sing "The Faithful Heart," which is becoming one of my favorite songs, along with Mr Haines' "Look for a Star."
I'm not quite ready for my closeup this morning, and I have to admit that the only Laurel & Hardy film I know is (ready?) BABES IN TOYLAND. I've always wanted to see THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, since it's based on one of my least favorite operas and can only be an improvement.
So, Dear Friend BK, who's this Angus I'm calling and what is his establishment?
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Way Out West and the Christmas Tree are a good start.
I also like the one where the join the French Foreign Legion, and the one where they are piano movers and they have to get it up a huge flight of stairs.
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Larry, the restaurant is Angus McIndoe's.
Here is the Web site & phone number
http://www.angusmcindoe.com/ 212-221-9222
Mr. McIndoe (pronounced MAC-indoo) was the former rmaître d' at Joe Allen's. He opened his restaurant soon after 9/11. Messrs. Broderick and Lane are some of the investors. It's next to the Saint James Theatre on 44th Street. Some information taken from the Reservations page:
RESERVATIONS
If you would like to make a reservation for a date within the next seven days please call us directly at 212-221-9222.
You can make a reservation further than one week in advance by sending us an e-mail to AngusRes2005@aol.com
Please make sure you include all the following information:
Name (last, first):
Date of reservation:
Number of Guests:
Time of Reservation:
Contact e-mail:
Telephone Number:
Notes:
You will receive a confirmation by e-mail the by the end of the next business day - please print this and bring it with you when you come to dine.
To confirm or cancel an online reservation please call us directly at 212-221-9222.
Handy reservation hints...
• If the size of your party changes, please let us know so that we can accommodate you as comfortably as possible.
• If you are running late please call and let us know. We will ALWAYS hold your table if we know you are coming.
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Laurel and Hardy never really did it for me. I know they have a legion of fans (pun intended see http://www.sotd.org/). That's the horse race.
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I like the silent films of L/H best - the sound films have all kinds of takes and making faces....works better in silents.
DR MS are you thinking of BIG BUSINESS when you say The Christmas Tree...because the boys are selling Christmas trees in BIG BUSINESS.
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At three o'clock in the morning, I felt a nibbling at my ear. No, not a nibbling, a full fledged CHOMP. Benny, who has been featured in many a fine photo here at HHW of late, had decided to wake up and be hungry. His brother, Baxter, was hungry as well. To this end, Benny had decided it was time to wake me up.
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The lively duo is/are now romping around, yipping and wrastling with each other. At nearly four in the morning.
Now I ask you, would this cuddling thing CHOMP?
(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/6810903/88547100.jpg)
And along with the "romping" came the trashing of my room, which Peggy views with disgust:
(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/6810903/88547098.jpg)
I might add, that at 5:30 AM, Fletcher woke me up for his breakfast; shortly there arose howls from Woody's bedroom, followed by two large "kersplats", and two puppies came trotting out and went right into the crate looking for their bowl!
der Brucer
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Favorite Laurel and Hardy, huh?
Way Out West
Two Tars
Big Business
Although "The Music Box" is a classic, I always feel like the owner of the piano, and it's just too painfully real.
I guess I identify a lot with the Jimmy Finlayson or Billy Gilbert characters in most of these films.
Whatever the one is where Stan and Ollie are on a high rise construction site. There is a scene where a crab crawls up Stanley's pants leg while he's on perched on a girder that always cracks me up.
Without doing research to find the title, I always loved the one with them in drag playing each other's wives.
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I was sorry to read about Teresa Wright a few days ago. I always really liked her.
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der Brucer
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THE MUSIC BOX is a favorite of mine and the scene where the nurse is pushing the baby carriage while L and H are moving the piano is hilarious!
MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS has some great L and H routines, and SONS OF THE DESERT is pretty good too.
I have not seen many of their silent comedies...maybe I need to check those out.
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Without doing research to find the title, I always loved the one with them in drag playing each other's wives.
"Twice Two"
(Review from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024706/)):
Double Trouble With Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy, 24 March 2000
Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA
A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Short. The Boys have each married the other's twin sister - both of whom have the same personality as her brother. A simple dinner party to celebrate their one year wedding anniversaries turns into a cat fight between the girls - which only proves that you can get double the chaos when it's TWICE TWO.
This is a hilarious little film, one of Stan & Ollie's best. They are perfect playing their female counterparts. Carol Tevis dubs the voice of Mrs. Hardy; Mae Wallace that of Mrs. Laurel.
der Brucer
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Whatever the one is where Stan and Ollie are on a high rise construction site. There is a scene where a crab crawls up Stanley's pants leg while he's on perched on a girder that always cracks me up.
"Liberty" - Silent 1929
Extract from laurelandhardycentral (http://laurelandhardycentral.com/liberty.htm):
STORY: Stan and Ollie are prison escapees. In their haste to change into street clothes, they wind up wearing each other's pants. Every attempt to switch pants winds up with The Boys caught...well, with their pants down. A cop chases them to a construction site, where they escape by riding an elevator to the top floor of a unfinished building. Atop the girders, 20 stories in the air, they finally switch trousers, contend with a crab that has found its way into Ollie's pants, and manage to nearly fall to their death only a few dozen times.
More from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020094/)
a magnificent example of silent comedy, 27 December 2004
Author: tayandbay from United States
"Liberty" was one of Laurel and Hardy's last silent films, and clearly one of their best. Only two years into their long screen partnership, this talented duo had mastered silent comedy art by 1929, and, with this film, rendered a beautifully constructed, excellently paced, skillfully photographed short, packed throughout with incident and wit. Much credit should go to director Leo McCarey (who would later helm classics like "Duck Soup" and "Going My Way") and cameraman George Stevens (who would later direct "Woman of the Year", "Shane", and "Giant"). Part of the brilliance of this film is in the presentation of it's climax, atop an unfinished skyscraper. Yes, Laurel and Hardy were really scrambling around 10 stories over the streets of Culver City, California; but they were doing so on a wooden mock-up assembled on the roof of an already existing structure.
And Jean Harlow had a part!
der Brucer
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THE MYSTERIANS.....oh....I saw the television promos for this one, and yes it was 1959....and we wanted to see it so much....please please please. ...
We want to marry your women. I don't remember that I thought that was much a threat.
Wait 'till Dr. Dobson does the remake with gay invaders threatening: "We want to ravish your men and boys!".
der Brucer (hoping I have not planted a seed)
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Well their gonna need a lot more land to get THAT done.
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A gay blogger reacting to the reports that Al-Qaeda Wanted to Kidnap Russell Crowe:
Dammit, Osama... wait your place in line!
der Brucer
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For a moment I thought the notes said "the Randy Vicar and the Pogue stick." Now that's unseemly.
Sorry, I, too, have never been a big L/H fan.
May I just review the three classic pieces of dialogue I have given you all, freely and with love, to repeat at will:
Udaho
Is this because I'm a lesbian?
Well, he's a teacher, he shouldn't be licking people.
Carpe diem, people--you are properly armed.
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WAY OUT WEST and BABES IN TOYLAND are probably the only two features of theirs that I've seen. I love their short THE MUSIC BOX, absolutely hilarious, but I'm also woefully ignorant of most of their output.
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THE MUSIC BOX won the Oscar for Best Short Film the year it was nominated. A year or two later, TIT FOR TAT was nominated but didn't win. I've never seen it.
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We've gotten our early spring weather back. They had been predicting a return to winter with even some chance of snow here, but it didn't happen, and we have a simply gorgeous day to enjoy - highs in high 50s-low 60s.
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Heads up Jrand!
Fun in Indiana!
From a newsletter (http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/03/030805phelps.htm):
Gay Group Hosts Fred Phelps
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
(Fort Wayne, Indiana) The Equal Rights Coalition will play host to America's most notable homophobe in Fort Wayne on Sunday. The Rev. Fred Phelps, who runs the God Hates fags website and whose followers regularly demonstrate against LGBT rights has agreed to take part in a forum on gay rights.
Members of Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas - most of whom are family members - gained national notoriety when they protested outside the 1998 funeral for Matthew Shepard, the gay college student beaten to death in Wyoming.
The murder led to the play "The Laramie Project" in which Phelps is depicted. The award winning play will run for four days beginning Thursday at the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne.
Phelps and his followers plan to picket the museum and six area churches that he claims are tolerant of gays.
The Equal Rights Coalition has scheduled the forum for 11 a.m. Sunday at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
I'm sure there will no name-calling!
der Brucer
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One of the IDOL write-ups this morning was outraged that Nikko Smith was ejected last night claiming that he was among the four best male singers in the competition.
In what universe? He and Mario have the exact pitch and tone to their voices - very boy band tenor-esque - but apart from Constantine whose voice is very erratic, all of the other five men selected last night have superior voices to Nikko's. I think they did well in the selection of those five.
The women, with less talent to pick from, kept the best voices apart from Mikalah whose selection was my only disappointment last night. But I'm willing to tolerate her presence in the finals since she isn't going to win inevitably, so her ouster is just a matter of time.
I really think it will come down to a Bo-Mario shootout in the finals with Nadia a possible dark horse.
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Der Brucer - the fun in Indiana NEVER ends, as you can tell. There's more than corn in Indiana.
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On the way down here, I was a scofflaw and drove in the "diamond lane" to get through San Jose. It was a bad thing to do, but totally exhilirating!
I also stopped to use the restroom at the Madonna Inn near San Luis Obispo. This place is renowned (to my Aunt Bea and Uncle Jim anyway) for having a men's room where the urinal is a big cascading waterfall over rocks. So I had to try it out.
I understand your Uncle Jim being familiar with the facilities, but your Aunt Bea?
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I had a Benjamin Kritzer experience on Tuesday when I went to visit one of the houses I lived in when I was a kid.....1955-1958.
Here we are in the living room...looking into the dining room...and beyond is the kitchen. Behind me is the door to the master bedroom. My cousin Debra, our realtor is on the left, my mom in the middle, and me myself on the right. ;D
219 St Clair St. Built in 1930 and now selling for $55,000.
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MISCREANT!
Which is what I think of AOL in the morning hours.
elmore, be sure to try to get Angus on the phone and use my name. The very first hainsies/kimlets gathering was held in their upstairs room. If doing it via e-mail, then use my name there, too.
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My favorite John Patrick Shanley movie is JOE vs THE VOLCANO....which here at HHW can be re-titled JMK vs THE VOLCANO.
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Good Morning!
DR PennyO - If you're reading this, please call me on my cell. I'd call you, but part of my cell phone's phone books seems to have vanished - most unseemly.
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If you are not DR PennyO and you happen to have Penny's phone numbers, could you PM me.
Thanks.
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...Nevermind... Found the number...
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Worker is here and making noise behind me. I may toddle on over to my storage facility to look for music right now - don't want to be here until he's a bit further along.
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The last Christmas my Mom was alive and my whole family met in SLC I took Betsy, a 6-month old Gabe and my two nieces to the first house we lived in in SLC in order to take pics of them in front of it. This was Christmas Eve day. Well as we were taking pics, the owner came to the front door and it turned out it was the same family my parents had sold the house to in 1965. So he invited us in to look around. It was a very emotional experience for me. They had done virtually nothing to the house since they had bought it--even the 1957 kitchen "remodel" my Dad had done for my Mom was completely intact. I got really choked up. Luckily I had my video camera with me and I took copious footage. The one thing that struck me in going through the house was how tiny it was. The front room (a Mormon term, LOL) was so small I could literally spread my arms and touch both walls simultaneously. And to think we once had our dining room table AND piano in there was kind of mind-boggling.
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And one for Mahler.
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And one for MISCREANT!
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I'm on my way to storage. I do hope the two boxes I must locate are not at the BOTTOM of a pile - that will be most horrifying.
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der Brucer
ROTFLMAS!!!
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Yesterday, Jose wrote:
-Oh, and when I did The Music Man in high school - I was in the Quartet - I and my fellow School Board Members were made honorary members of S.P.E.B.S.Q.A.! (The Society for the Preservation and Enjoyment of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.) -or something close to that.
After I graduated from high school, I was going to a 2-year college. During that time, I was an actual card carrying member of "The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., or S.P.E.B.S.Q.A. (never to be pronounced as one word)." I quit when I transfered to Western Washington University...I was able to borrow the tux, though. We needed one for the Concert Choir and I didn't want to buy one. After I gradtuated from Western, I eventually returned the tux. And it was in perfect condition. ;D
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A LETTER TO THREE WIVES finally arrived today, so I'll probably be watching that later today. Haven't seen it in awhile, so I'm looking forward to an excellent Fox Studio Classics transfer. I really haven't been disappointed by any of the restorations they've done apart from some quality issues with ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND.
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I really think it will come down to a Bo-Mario shootout in the finals with Nadia a possible dark horse.
I was disappointed that Amanda got the boot.
Also, and I said this last night, I liked the way they named the people MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ROUND vs their usual way of naming the losers.
Right now I think it may come down to Anwar/Bo in the finals. The final 2 girls will probably be Carrie and Nadia.
I think the next eliminations (other than scott) will all be women. Lindsey, Vonzell and Mikalah will most likely go before the much better guys.
Right now my favorite is Anwar.
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Oh my gosh my nose in running like a faucet. Must be because of the extra cold weather. :(
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Neat house pic JRand54! It must have brought back memories!
And that is certainly a good price for a house! Are all houses in Indiana priced like that??
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Oh my gosh my nose in running like a faucet. Must be because of the extra cold weather. :(
Oh, my. Thanks for sharing Jennifer! LOL!
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No, DRMBARNUM - but this one is not worth much more than that.
JMK is right - I also thought my old home seemed rather small.
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JMK is right - I also thought my old home seemed rather small.
The houses aren't small, you guys just got bigger (or words to that effect).
der Brucer
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DR elmore - thank you for making our get-together arrangements for next weekend! There is a possibility that I will have one or 2 more people with me Saturday evening. My niece, Laura, and her Steve may want to go off on their own, though. I've emailed her and will let you know as soon as I hear anything.
Laura and I also may be in the market for some dinner company Friday evening, too. Doubt we'll get into the city in time for the Drama Book Shop event or to get show tix, so dinner might be just the thing. The more I've read about Angus McIndoe, the more appealing it sounds:
www.nytimes.com/2004/02/04/dining/04ANGU.html?pagewanted=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/04/dining/04ANGU.html?pagewanted=1)
Of course, I also love Barrymore's and JR's and would like to add Joe Allen to my list, so anything that can accommodate us will be fine with me!
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true DR derBRUCER....in my case anyway....a LOT bigger!
Hey, maybe we misunderstood what Nikita Kruschev said at the UN in 1959, maybe he had just seen THE MYSTERIANS and really said:
"We will marry you."
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American Idol:
I like Bo and Anthony from the men, and Jessica and Nadia from the women.
Scott will probably not be the first man to leave. He has a large following, like Ruben.
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I'm still on this blasted dial-up and it is so slow. Meanwhhile I await the SBC techs to fix the DSL line, who have to be here in the next two hours.
I am also not steeped in Laurel and Hardy, but my favs are WAY OUT WEST and THE TWO TARS...2Tars is silent...a couple of sailors out for a Sunday drive with their girls and they get stuck in the biggest traffic jam ever. Like most classic L & H, it starts slowly bit by bit and builds to magnificent chaos.
Rodzinski, sorry I missed you yesterday.
Bye for now!
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Here's to a fixed DSL!
MISCREANT!
I found both music charts I needed quite easily. They WERE at the bottom of a pile, but it was the first pile next to the door, so it was easy to deal with.
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NPR Fresh Air alert: I just got an email from Jack El-Hai, author of The Lobotomist (about Walter Freeman) that he is being featured on tonight's Fresh Air. I don't think this is the NPR documentary that I provided info for (I'm a bit confused, because Jack contributed to that doc, too, but it is supposed to air on All Things Considered in April), but tonight's show should be interesting nonetheless. If Jack gets back to me before tonight to clarify, I'll follow up here, though he's a teacher and shouldn't be licking people. (See how easy it is to work into everyday conversation?) :)
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The worker has basically decimated the ceiling in the area that is near the doors that lead to the yard. That's where the leak was, and it was still damp up there. So, he's dried it all out, and will be back shortly to dry-wall it. Then on Monday, when the floor people are here, he'll repaint it and we'll be all pretty again.
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Ya, THE MYSTERIANS is a bit slow...but it has the casts of GOJIRA and RODAN combined. BK, have you listened to the commentary?
I did not pick up the DVD, but I will be picking up the others in this series of releases ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE, YOG MONSTER FROM SPACE, DAGORA SPACE MONSTER, and I think there is another one...oh yes VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE.
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Is that version of THE MYSTERIANS available at Amazon....I can't tell.
NOW all I know about law....or MOST....I learned watching PERRY MASON. But is it not true that on a Cross Examination - only questions about the testimony given during the examination can be asked?
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Is that version of THE MYSTERIANS available at Amazon....I can't tell.
It should be. I didn't know it had a commentary until I saw the DVD at the store. I didn't buy it as I had a DVD-r of the film already.
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do they still have the yum yum martini on the menu at Cafe Zeus?
Have fun at the chocolate festival if you go.
Brad is still the bartender, and a fine mixologist he is. I'm a Manhattan man myself, however, so I don't know from martinis.
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BBC Radio 2 is playing a documentary about Artie Shaw, presented by Russell Davies. Very good stuff. It's only available on the Web site until next Tuesday afternoon, March 15th.
Here's the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/
Look to the right of the screen and look for
The Artie Shaw Story
As told by Russell Davies
Click on it, the player will load and you can listen.
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(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/6810903/88547100.jpg)
UGH!!! Plaid on plaid...you could have warned me!
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I don't know from Laurel and Hardy. The Jewish festival is gone, replaced by a housing fair. That's nowhere near as exciting. They don't even have a llama.
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UGH!!! Plaid on plaid...you could have warned me!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Your puppies are so cute!
That said, I am wearing two mismatching plaids. I look spectacular.
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Oh, my. Thanks for sharing Jennifer! LOL!
Yeah...nothing so vivid as an image of a mucus gusher emanating from her nostrils!
Be very careful of sneezing or you might find yourself blowing snot bubbles!
:D
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Heads up Jrand!
Fun in Indiana!
From a newsletter:
Quote:
Gay Group Hosts Fred Phelps
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
(Fort Wayne, Indiana) The Equal Rights Coalition will play host to America's most notable homophobe in Fort Wayne on Sunday. The Rev. Fred Phelps, who runs the God Hates fags website and whose followers regularly demonstrate against LGBT rights has agreed to take part in a forum on gay rights.
Members of Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas - most of whom are family members - gained national notoriety when they protested outside the 1998 funeral for Matthew Shepard, the gay college student beaten to death in Wyoming.
The murder led to the play "The Laramie Project" in which Phelps is depicted. The award winning play will run for four days beginning Thursday at the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne.
Phelps and his followers plan to picket the museum and six area churches that he claims are tolerant of gays.
The Equal Rights Coalition has scheduled the forum for 11 a.m. Sunday at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
I'm sure there will no name-calling!
der Brucer
Everybody, SING!!!
Let me call you sweetheart,
I'm in love with youuuuuuu!
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Yes, I got The Mysterians via amazon.
MISCREANT!
And one for Mahler.
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Oh my gosh my nose in running like a faucet. Must be because of the extra cold weather. :(
The mental image of an icicle forming comes to mind... :P
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6 days and counting and no word from Leslie P....she must be contemplating her interview options!
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Found THE MYSTERIANS on Amazon.....
$15.....well....perhaps my budget will allow it.
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JRand, AVERT YOUR EYES!! (Don't say I didn't warn YOU! ;D)
Playbill has announced that Bernadette Peters Lands TV Pilot (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91645.html)!
Variety reports that Peters will be part of the cast of "Adopted," a new sitcom for the ABC Network produced by Twentieth Century Fox TV. The program, according to the industry paper, "revolves around a grown man who discovers he has two very different mothers." Peters will play one of the mothers, Mrs. Leaf.
I love Bernadette and am very muchly looking forward to this!
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The World's Sexiest Man Alive (AKA WSMA) will be performing at Carnegie Hall on April 1st and it's not an April Fool's Day joke, at least according to Playbill On-Line
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91656.html
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Of course, Angus McIndoe has a website... (http://www.angusmcindoe.com/) the daily specials sound particularly good.
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Much shouting has been heard from the direction of der Brucer's room. While der B was doing his crossword puzzles for the day, Benny decided it was playtime. Chew on the crossword puzzle. Slap der B on the face with his paws (and tiny but sharp toenails). Chomp on his nose! Oh, we're having such fun!!!
Meantime, Fletcher and Peggy have also decided to play. Bonnie is jealous; Fletcher is supposed to be her boyfriend!
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There may be a few DRs who will find the Dolphin Stress Test (http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/) helpful.
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All right, I'm on my way to do errands and then lunch. Keep the home fries burning until my returning, and always remember - MISCREANT!
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Thanks DRGEORGE...my head just exploded!
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American Idol:
Scott will probably not be the first man to leave. He has a large following, like Ruben.
Then which man do you think will be the first? Scott is IMO the worst of the group.
Also, I'm betting he had the 3rd lowest votes for the men (although they didn't say that for sure).
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Wasn't MIS CREANT in a couple of Moliere's plays?
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Then which man do you think will be the first? Scott is IMO the worst of the group.
Also, I'm betting he had the 3rd lowest votes for the men (although they didn't say that for sure).
Actually, I think Scott is one of the better voices in the men's group.
I think Constantine is the weakest. He's the John Stevens of this year's final 12. I think the jury is still out on Anwar and Mario. Of course, I cannot predict what part hormones play in the voting...
Ruben was proof one need not be svelte or sexy to win the competition. Of course, Ruben can't give away his American Idol champion CDs and Clay can't book all the appearances he's wanted for. Perhaps if Clay had "looked" like Constantine, he'd have won hands down.
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By my saying that I foresee a B0-Mario shootout at the end, I'm not saying they're my favorites, just my predictions. Anthony is BY FAR my favorite pure singer of the competition.
I'm hoping that Mikalah goes next week, but I, too, think Scott will be among the early evictees. Again, I think he has a wonderful voice (no stage presence, however). I think Lindsay will also be among the earliest evictees. Next week is going to be SO interesting. Should be an excellent show.
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Very much enjoyed A LETTER TO THREE WIVES. Looked great, too. Thanks, Fox.
Imagine my surprise when Carl "Alfalfa" switzer pops up as a delivery boy! As many times as I had seen this movie (though not in a long time), I had never noticed him before.
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I also stopped to use the restroom at the Madonna Inn near San Luis Obispo. This place is renowned (to my Aunt Bea and Uncle Jim anyway) for having a men's room where the urinal is a big cascading waterfall over rocks. So I had to try it out.
I have also been impressed by the urinal at the Madonna Inn. It was a "must see" stop recommended by my brother DR Jay on a trip the Dear Partner and I made from San Francisco to Laguna Hills.
I never cared for Laurel and Hardy, so I have nothing to contribute to the TOD.
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I was disappointed that Amanda got the boot.
Thank goodness, DR Jennifer! Finally, we agree on something!
BTW (by the way, in internet lingo), what did you think of the conclusion of Wickedly Perfect?
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Very much enjoyed A LETTER TO THREE WIVES. Looked great, too. Thanks, Fox.
Imagine my surprise when Carl "Alfalfa" switzer pops up as a delivery boy! As many times as I had seen this movie (though not in a long time), I had never noticed him before.
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer has a very funny bit in Frances Farmer's first feature (wow, that's alliterative!), Too Many Parents.
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I'll tell you what I think about the conclusion of "Wickedly Perfect" -- I think Mitch was ROBBED.
And I blame wuss supreme Bobby Flay who NEVER took to Mitch, mainly, I think, because Mitch could equal Bobby in most respects, and surpass him in others.
Here was Bobby who preferred Mitch's food, and preferred Mitch's magazine cover. He hated the other food and magazine cover.
So what the hell was he voting against Mitch for? His color scheme????
The final result was a scandal, and she will NEVER be successful the way Mitch will be without the damned title.
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And I'll tell ya something else:
I think Kara Saun was robbed in "Project Runway."
I like Jay, I do....but his "collection" was way too "out there" for my tastes.
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I had meat loaf, garlic roasted potatoes and salad for lunch today.
That was one hour ago.
And still, I could just plotz!
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I'll tell you what I think about the conclusion of "Wickedly Perfect" -- I think Mitch was ROBBED.
Ditto, DR Ron Pulliam, ditto.
If I see one more of Kimberly's g-d damned ribbon flowers, I may have to vomit on the ground.
And for someone who was positioning herself as "homespun" and down to earth, and wanting to attract other homespun people, could that magazine have been any more pretentious? With her cockamamie crest???
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Did the meatloaf and garlic mashed potatoes have gravy?
(The plotz thickens!)
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Udaho
This always reminds me of my friend Benj, who has many times declared his ambition to someday found a new town called...
Udapimp, Idaho.
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Last night, while watching a channel I don't usually watch, I happened to catch a music video by Gwen Stefani, formerly of the music group No Doubt. For those of you who have no idea who I'm talking about, she's a recent pop singer...more alternative than pop, but you get the idea. At any rate, she was debuting her new song, entitled Rich Girl...better known to us around here as If I Were A Rich Man, from Fiddler On The Roof. She has modernized the song, turned it into a hiphop/rock thing with a lot of new words, but same chorus and tune...it frightened me.
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Last night, while watching a channel I don't usually watch, I happened to catch a music video by Gwen Stefani, formerly of the music group No Doubt. For those of you who have no idea who I'm talking about, she's a recent pop singer...more alternative than pop, but you get the idea. At any rate, she was debuting her new song, entitled Rich Girl...better known to us around here as If I Were A Rich Man, from Fiddler On The Roof. She has modernized the song, turned it into a hiphop/rock thing with a lot of new words, but same chorus and tune...it frightened me.
I've been hearing this on a lot of ads lately... wondered just who it was doing it. Thanks.
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I will not miss having to deal with this work computer, I can tell you that...AOL drives me nuts, and MSN messenger is being exceedingly difficult today
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I am having a week! Let me tell you!! No time to talk but I'll catch up eventually.
I am still here...being browbeaten and snowblasted but here nonetheless....
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Did the meatloaf and garlic mashed potatoes have gravy?
(The plotz thickens!)
"Roasted", not "mashed."
But...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....garlic mashed potatoes....SUPREME comfort food.
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And for someone who was positioning herself as "homespun" and down to earth, and wanting to attract other homespun people, could that magazine have been any more pretentious? With her cockamamie crest???
I don't "despise" her with anything near the contempt in which Mitch holds her. She's been a schlub the entire competition and should have gone much, much earlier than she did. That she came back seems VERY suspicious to me now, especially with her winning after having been such a poor performer all through the competition.
Even with the final competition being between her and Mitch, I am betting Robert Evangelista is dissing Bobby Flay everywhere he goes for choosing Kimberly as the winner.
It boggles the imagination.
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They WERE at the bottom of a pile, but it was the first pile next to the door, so it was easy to deal with.
I am pleased you had no difficulty with your piles.
der Brucer
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I have also been impressed by the urinal at the Madonna Inn. It was a "must see" stop recommended by my brother DR Jay on a trip the Dear Partner and I made from San Francisco to Laguna Hills.
I never cared for Laurel and Hardy, so I have nothing to contribute to the TOD.
Perhaps if you spent less time viewing "Urinals of the Rich and Famous" you'd have more time for maturing taste for cimematic haute culture like Laurel and Hardy.
We could make easy: let's project silent films on that bare spot we all (should) stare at when using the urinals.
der Brucer
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All this talk of urinals reminds me of how Niles Crane got a generous divorce settlement from his ex-wife Maris: He found out that her family's fortune was not "old timber money" at all, but that her father had made a fortune manufacturing urinal cakes.
Niles got the beach house for keeping her secret, as I recall.
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Back from luncheon and errands. Several packages, too, so that's always nice. I shall have to eat a VERY light supper - perhaps just a Casear Salad or something like that.
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Hi folks,
You wouldn't believe the week I'm having so I won't bore you with it.
The excitement is starting to build for the NY trip! The butterflies are starting as well. The more I watch the weather the more they flutter.
I think I have changed my mind about the zoo. I think I shall stick to indoor spots. Some of the museums for sure. But if possible, I still want to try to go ice skating. Not long. Just a hour, maybe less.
I'm so sorry I couldn't get that stupid wi-fi card to work! I am sooo fustrated with it. I was hoping to use it stay in touch with everyone on the board or by e-mails instead of using the cell phone. If I call you, it's a local number for me (I have no roaming) but if you call me, it's a long distance call to Florida even if I'm in the same room with you.
Hate to cut this short but I have to go get some rest. Have a good evening all.
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Yes....just mention "urinal cakes" and folks flee to the hills.
Uh-huh!
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No posts in an hour. You KNOW how I HATE that, and all I can think of to say is - MISCREANT!
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I'm back from goddaughter Charlotte's dance concert, which I attended with her father and godmother, Miss Celia Weston, recently back from filming in India. A good time and delicious dinner was had by all.
The March 19 reservation is confirmed at Angus McIndoe Restaurant!
For you curious Sondheim fans, here's the schedule for the March 19 Wall-to-Wall Sondheim at Symphony Space:
http://www.symphonyspace.org/genres/eventPage.php?genreId=1&eventId=1005
Here's the April 1 concert with Brent Barrett and the New York Pops, in which Noah Racey is doing "Once In Love With Amy":
http://www.newyorkpops.org/html/concerts.html
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Today I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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And this:
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I shall soon be on my way to the Barbara Deutsch birthday dinner. It's at Vitello's, the restaurant that plays a part in the alleged Robert Blake business.
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Salutations! :) I've been home for a day now, but I just sort of rested all day. The funeral on Monday went well. I even sang Shubert's Ave Maria even though I only had one day to prepare. :o It went well though and everyone loved it. (Plus the fact that I had a three second echo in the church that helped hide any mistakes. :) It was really good to see all the family even though it was for a sad event. I hadn't been over to Ohio since before high school. Unfortunately a third or fourth cousin of mine who I am great friends with just lost her grandfather today so I am going to have to do something for her. For those of you who have been trying to get a hold of me for various and sundried things I will be good about getting back in touch with you now. We had wireless internet at the hotel, but for some reason it wouldn't let me post here. It was rather odd.
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As for the TOD, I haven't watched a Laurel and Hardy movie in a long long time so I might have to sit down and watch one before bed.
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DR Joey, welcome back!
DR Danise, are we doing the subway while you are in NYC? I'm available both Saturday and Sunday for tourist assistance to all incoming DRs. So far, my only booking is Saturday afternoon, and my dance card is waiting for a schedule.
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The Brits do have more fun!
(From The Guardian (http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,1432198,00.html):
Is there a formula for the perfect cuppa? Marc Abrahams gauges academic opinion
Tuesday March 8, 2005
The Guardian
Some people collect birds' eggs, some collect stamps, some the scalps of their enemies. I collect scientists' best rituals for preparing tea or coffee. Under the rubric Project Cuppa, this endeavour is only two months old. Yet already it is revealing wonders.
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For some, the ritual is really about the pace and rhythm of their day, and begins at home. Julie Ellis, in Cambridge, begins the day with what might be termed a strategic ritual. "Get out of bed. Make tea for me and my husband. (Large mug, tea bag and one sugar/ sweetener, milk added last.) Don't wake him up. Drink both mugs of tea. Rinse and repeat, until either I'm sloshing or he gets up." Other scientists rely, perhaps too much, on the concept of iteration.
Susan Smith, a chemistry teacher at Petaluma high school in California, follows a simple procedure. "Brew the tea. Find it two hours later, cold. Add sugar, microwave. Remember it two hours later, cold. Microwave again. Repeat until time to go home. Return to work, wash cup, try again. Repeat as necessary."
Phil Prosser, a wildlife ecotoxicologist at the Central Science Laboratory in Sand Hutton, York, follows a multi-step regimen that begins: "(1) Arrive at work. Decide I'd like a cup of tea. (2) Get distracted by something else for around an hour. (3) Remember the tea plan. Find that kettle is empty. (4) Get distracted again." Prosser's list concludes in stirring fashion: "(13) Go home, still having had no tea. (14) Drink tea furiously all evening, to ward off thirst and dehydration. (15) Get up at least twice in the night to visit the bathroom as a result of step 14."
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Laura Eyring, an analytical chemist at the Philadelphia Water Department in Pennsylvania, recalls: "When I was a chemistry student in college, my morning coffee ritual was as follows. In the same plastic cup that holds the toothbrush, add two heaping tablespoons instant coffee (kept in the bathroom medicine cabinet for easy reach). Let the hot tap water run for a few minutes so it's nice and hot. Fill cup with steaming hot water, add non-dairy creamer and artificial sweetener to taste. Stir with the handle of the toothbrush to avoid lumps. Down quickly. Last gulp should have a nice minty taste."
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Ig Nobels on tour
The 2005 Ig Nobel Tour comes to the UK this month. Accompanying Marc Abrahams will be:
Robert Batty and Ben Wilson, Ig Nobel Biology Prize winners, 2004, who discovered that herrings communicate by farting.
Chris McManus, Ig Nobel Medicine Prize winner, 2002 for Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture.
Kees Moeliker, Ig Nobel Biology Prize winner, 2003: The First Scientifically Recorded Case of Homosexual Necrophilia in the Mallard Duck.
Wolter Seuntjens, A Comprehensive Study of the Hidden Sexuality of the Human Yawn.
der Brucer
(Those intensely curious about the gay Ducks nasty habits can read about it HERE (http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1432991,00.html).)
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...are we doing the subway while you are in NYC? So far, my only booking is Saturday afternoon, and my dance card is waiting for a schedule.
Is the "Subway" a new Manhattan dance craze?
der Brucer
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There may be a few DRs who will find the Dolphin Stress Test (http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/) helpful.
DR SWW - this was the perfect thing for me to send to our son, who is finishing his second quarter as a computer science major at the Univ. of Cincinnati and experiencing a lot of anxiety. Thanks for sharing it.
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Shouldn't that be... Mush Huskies???
8)
We knew a Siberian Husky named Mush.
You are spoiling those puppies. :D
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Keep the home fries burning until my returning, oh my droogs.
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London, England.
March 3rd 2005 (www.marypoppinsthemusical.com)
Press releases
On March 17th there will be two Mary Poppins in London when Julie Andrews comes to London especially to see the hit stage musical at the Prince Edward Theatre
On March 17th there will be two Mary Poppins in London, when Julie Andrews comes to London especially to see the hit stage musical at the Prince Edward Theatre and you could be there!
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney are delighted to announce a special charity Gala performance on March 17th of London’s latest smash hit musical MARY POPPINS to honour Julie Andrews who will be flying to London especially for the occasion.
There are a limited number of tickets available for this performance which can be purchased with the Box Office. Please call 0870 850 9193 or drop in to the Prince Edward today. Tickets are £100 per head, with all proceeds going to charity. Patrons must be seated by 7.15pm for a 7.30pm curtain. Dress is black tie.
This will be the first time Julie Andrews will have seen MARY POPPINS on stage. When the Walt Disney film was premiered, she won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as the world’s most famous nanny and captured the hearts of audiences all over the world. Her visit also coincides with a special anniversary release of the Walt Disney film on DVD.
Forty years later the role of Mary Poppins has been triumphantly recreated on stage by Laura Michelle Kelly, who has just won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She stars with Gavin Lee as Bert and David Haig and Linzi Hately as Mr and Mrs Banks.
All proceeds from the performance will be donated by Cameron Mackintosh, Disney, and Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, to the children’s charity ARK; and to Operation USA, of which Julie Andrews is a trustee; and to LAMDA.
ARK is a charity which aims to transform the lives of children around the world often ’when the cameras leave’, focusing on projects such as orphans, education and HIV. The proceeds of the evening will help children in the tsunami region and other disaster areas.
NOTES
In 1993 Cameron Mackintosh persuaded Julie to make a return to Broadway, after a 30-year absence, in Stephen Sondheim’s PUTTING IT TOGETHER. In 1998 she came to London to host the all star Royal Gala HEY MR. PRODUCER at the Lyceum Theatre, a retrospective of Cameron Mackintosh’s musical theatre career to date.
On 7th March Disney will be releasing a special anniversary DVD of the film of Mary Poppins.
The original London cast recording from the stage show is released on 4th April.
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Ben I’m with you on Laurel and Hardy.
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BK, send The Lovely Wife's and my B'day greetings to Ms. Deutsch.
I'm back up and running with speed. WMKV is playing Cab Calloway singing Kicking the Gong Around...
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Joey, welcome back and I’m glad the service and your visit went well.
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Anyone in the LA area can tell about The Trap Door Ensemble (A Theater Company) and what kind of shows they put on and their quality? They are I believe in West Hollywood
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Rodzinski, the Madonna Inn and Du-Pars, how nice. :D
SWW & Vixmom, women often take tours into the men’s room at the Madonna Inn. I have also seen it. ;D
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DRLaura, as always-nice pics. :)
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BK can you tell me about Sunny Spot Productions in NYC who produced the Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens concert that you recorded. Are they are a reliable company.
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The reason why I am asking about the two companies above I am looking to submit my play and was wondering they are on the up and up.
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Michael Shayne Good Vibes on your play.
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Michael Shayne Good Vibes on your play.
Thank you darling you are so kind and thoughtful, We reallly must get together for coffee somewhere sometime
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After watching A LETTER TO THREE WIVES today, I realized all over again that Linda Darnell wasn't much of an actress. Beautiful, yes, but her acting wasn't so swift.
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My goodness, the guest stars were coming out of the woodwork on CSI tonight:
Stephen Baldwin
Lee Tergesen
Larry Sullivan
Three favorites for various reasons.
And that doesn't include Aisha Tyler who was billed as Special Guest Star.
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And with that, I'll bid everyone a great good night.
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Back, I went to go take a shower because I just ran 4 miles earlier. As I got out of the shower, I started to feel lightheaded and I got the feeling like I was going to throw up, but my stomach did not hurt. I didn't even really have time to dry off I just had to wrap a towel around my waist and went straight to my bed to lay down for a few minutes. I have been taking the last hour or two kind of easy watching tv. Still a little bit shaky but I don't know if that has to do with the incident in the shower or just being tired from running. Once I got cooled down after the shower I felt much better. It was very strange.
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I suppose I should give all of you some more information on how I am dealing with my grandmother's death. I am doing extremely well now. It was especially hard at the funeral Mass, but maybe that's because I couldn't let myself cry since I had to sing. We also stopped by the grave the day after the funeral and it was pretty tough. She would have wanted everyone to party and they did. I spent two nights as the designated driver as they hit the area bars. It is funny because in just about every picture you see of her she is holding a beer in her hand. She really wasn't a huge drinker, but she liked to just sit back and relax with a Bud. She even named her cat Bud. Right now I am just really remembering the good times and haven't been too sad since I've gotten home. She wasn't afraid to die and she looked at it as being reunited with my grandpa who died in the 70s. It was really a blessing that she went so quickly. She didn't have to suffer much at all.
I'm currently on Spring Break and am considering seeing a show in Indy this weekend. I think I've got it down between Frozen and My One and Only (which really intrigues me, but the tickets are $25 so we'll see).
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DR Joey, sorry about your grandmother, but it sounds like you're dealing with it very well.
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BK, you're back. For a moment it was just me, no other DRs and no guests, I was about ready to start dancing the night away
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I'm back, oh my droogs. Glad to see Pogue is fixed. The Deutsch affair was lovely - a small group of people, all very sweet. Food was excellent, although I wish I hadn't had luncheon prior to dinnereon.
MISCREANT!
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How was the birthday party?
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MISCREANT INDEED!
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Here is a photograph of Miss Deutsch, and her lovely friends Bob and Allison. Allison is quite pregnant and come July she'll be birthing what I know will be a beautiful baby girl.
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Was there any Robert Blake talk tonight?
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These phone pictures do reproduce quite blurry. They look very good on the phone when you see them and they even look decent when you load them in iPhoto.
Here is a photograph of Barbara's delightfully delightful son Sam, and his ever-lovin' Natalie, who told me she just wrote a Benjamin Kritzer review at amazon. I'm going to check it out now.
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We've got a quorum on the forum. Let's not bore 'em - let's get some postin' goin' on, shall we?
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Let me get this straight - we had a quorum on the forum and not one of the quorum on the forum deigned to POST??? Pardon me while I vomit on the ground.
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I mean, not to beat a dead horse, but what were the quorum on the forum doing - twiddling their collective thumbs? Enjoying the posts of others without contributing? Have these quorumlets never heard of BITCH-SLAPPING???
MISCREANTS, one and all.
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Well, I shall be a majority of one and the devil take the hindmost, oh, yes, the devil take the hindmost.
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I am my own frenzy.
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Well, I give up. I'm going to watch a movie. No comprende, if you get my drift.
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Good Evening! Good Morning!
-I've been catching up on the day's posts for the past hour or so. AOL has been very touchy lately - it just seems to shut down randomly. Hopefully the bug reports I've been sending will help. In any case...
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Gotta be a wussburger, sorry....but at least I'm posting something as I head off to bed...
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A nice late-winter day in NYC. Cold, yes, but lots of sun. And, yes, as I've mentioned before, I like NYC in the winter. Strange, but true.
I took me a while to get in gear this morning. I apparently took a few cat naps on my friends' living room couch throughout the morning. I would just find myself waking up again. And I'm pretty sure I slept well too. Then I realized it was just the past week catching up with me. In the past six days, I've been in three different cities; driven about 500 miles; travelled another 240 miles on the train; and walked who-knows-how-many miles here in NYC already (I love walking in Manhattan). Oh, and I've also played about 1200 auditions too!
Whew!
So... When I got to the rehearsal studio to meet up with DR PennyO for our first read-thru I was a little worried since I was feeling a little brain-dead. I had hit the proverbial wall. But things went very well, and we actually just ended up doing a semi-run-thru of the whole show. And we have a bunch more hours over the next few days to fine tune things. And relax too! Having that "room" to relax is always a great luxury when getting a show ready for opening night.
:)
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After rehearsal, I headed back to midtown to meet my friend, Mark, since he had driven into the the city for some meetings today, and we could both head back out to Edgewater in his car. We almost headed up to the GW Bridge, but headed back toward the Lincoln Tunnel when we hit a pretty major stall. The Tunnel wasn't too bad, but the cops directing the cars into the tunnel seemed to be playing some sort of game. We would see the lights turn green, but they wouldn't let anyone go through the intersection. After four(!) cycles of the lights, we were finally signaled to go through. The traffic in the Tunnel was understandably and expectedly heavy, but it was moving and we made good time back to Edgewater. We even made a Whole Foods stop to pick up some dinner.
After dinner, Mark was kind enough to drive me and my luggage back into the city. I met my friend, Nick, at the intermission of All Shook Up, got his keys, and then drove up to Washington Heights which is where I'm posting from now.
Great neighborhood, and just two blocks from the A/C,1/9. Very convenient. And since the Presbyterian hospital is in nearby, I discovered that bunch of the shops around here keep late hours - one of the coffee shops is open until 4:30AM. *And they provide discounts on coffee to the ER personnel.
Best of all, I'm here for the duration. Well, until Jewish Thighs closes. And Nick will be heading out of town next week for a gig, so I'll have the place to myself for a couple of days. -Funny how things work out in the end, ain't it?
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It's the ATTACK OF THE WUSSBURGERS.
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Topic of the Day -
I watched a lot of Laurel & Hardy movies when I was younger. Channels 5 and 20 in DC would show them regularly on Saturday and Sunday mornings. I remember liking them a lot, but I can't seem to remember any specific titles or skits right now.
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DR Joey - Once again, I just have to say, you are one amazingly mature young man. Heck, you're even more mature than some of my contemporaries and cohorts!
To borrow a phrase from Jerry Herman - whom I'm sure borrowed it from someone else...
Time Heals Everything.
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It's the ATTACK OF THE WUSSBURGERS.
I, for one, ain't no fargin' WUSSBURGER tonight.
...well, at least not for now...
;)
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Second to last day of work today...oh goody
I tried to make chicken and rice soup today...but I kinda forgot that rice expands a lot when you cook it, so it turned into a rice chicken stew thing...still pretty good, though..lots of seasonings, and I added a splash of lime juice that gave it a nice added flavor.
I also went to the gym today...second time this week, so I'm feeling virtuous.
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DR Michael Shayne - Have you checked out The Richmond Triangle Players?
http://www.richmondtriangleplayers.com
They are based in Richmond, VA. I've done a few shows for them, and I've seen a bunch of their productions.
Sort of a "fringe group" - modest budgets, production values, etc. - but they put on some quality work. They've even attracted some national attention/notice for a couple of their recent productions. And they have a strong commitment towards producing new works. They've had at least one world premiere in each of their recent seasons.
If you check out their website, you can get more information about them. There's also a one or two groups in Philly you may want to check out. Their names escape me right now, but I'm sure Googling will come up with a few names. And there's also the Bailiwick - or any other of those theatre companies based out the Theatre Building in Chicago.
Have you checked out the member companies of the GLBT Theatre Festival circuit?
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MISCREANT!
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Can it be? Or do my eyes deceive me?!?!?
PAGE SEVEN!!!!!
...I'm thinking a nice slow tango would be very appropriate for this time of night. Dimly lit room. The smell and smoke of unfiltered cigarettes in the air. A lone bandoneon player in the corner on a makeshift stage...
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MISCREANT! That's what I'M talkin' about.
Shayne: I don't know anything about the group that produced Elegies - I was always under the impression it was one guy.
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OH!!
DR Michael Shayne -
http://www.columbustheatrefestival.com
I've never been to Columbus, OH, myself, but I've always many wonderful things about how gay-friendly the city/town is. And there's also some unofficial statistic about Columbus having more gay bars per capita than New York City. -Again, it's an unofficial statistic. ;)
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OK - I must depart for now. I still have a few more e-mails to send off before heading to bed.
Tomorrow I have rehearsal with Penny from Noon-3:00, and then I have a date tomorrow night! Dinner and a movie.
:)
I happen to like New York...
;D
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Goodnight.
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Jose has a date, while I merely have a fig - no, no, not figs, raisins - ah, liasons.
Has Ann caught up? What came first, the chicken or the rice?