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Well, you've read the notes, you've egged the notes, you're hunting for gaily colored Easter eggs, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be directly after they're finished attending the Easter sunrise service.
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And the word of the day is: KUMQUAT!
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Easter Bunny (hip) Hop (http://www.grayace.com/dex/bunny.html)
der Brucer (sound on, please)
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And the word of the day is: KUMQUAT!
Yes, bk, we shall love you, KUMQUAT may!
der Brucer
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In the musical, A Year With Frog and Toad (I don't know about the original books), they say that bananas are the funniest fruit. I've always thought that kumquats were...well, at least the funniest name. ;)
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But, I've never eaten a kumquat in my life. Are they any good??
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Has Ann caught up?
Is Ann eating a KUMQUAT?!
I'm wearing my bunny pyjamas and my bunny slippers and my bunny teeth. I'm quite bunnified.
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...Ah, "Beautiful"... which I think is truly one of the most beautiful moments in the show...
Well, I'm probably gonna turn off the TV/DVD after Act 1 is finished, so...
It was great seeing my friends, Jennifer and Mark, at the show today. Jennifer came to the matinee, and Mark came to the evening show. They're husband and wife, so they took turns watching their kids. :)
After the matinee, Jennifer and I walked down to the Cupcake Cafe for a snack. I tried one of their Walnut Cupcakes with Maple Icing today for the first time. It definitely won't be my last! Soooo good. -And they really do do a nice job decorating all the cupcakes with buttercream flowers. Then I walked Jenn over to the Ferry, and headed back towards Penn Station...
Whilst chomping on a Spicy Beef Jamaican Pattie in Penn Station - I went there to pick up my train ticket for tomorrow - I heard a "Jose?!?!" I turned around, and there was one of my former students from Catholic University! "Hewwwoo Sswoott!" -I was still chomping away... ;) Another too brief, mini-reunion, but a good reunion nonetheless. And he's a "working actor". YEAH!
After tonight's show, Mark and I headed over to Rachel's on 9th Avenue for a post-show bite to eat. He had their Tomato-Leek-Smoked Bacon soup and the always delicious, Rachel Burger. I had the Chopped Salad and the Grilled Calamari special. Everything was very good. Oh, and we split the Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie for dessert - it's basically an oversized Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, but with nothing artificial in it. Pure, total richness!
I then had a call from my friend, Max... We'll catch up again later in person too. Then I headed over to Sin Sin on the Lower East Side.
What a place!! And I had no idea the Lower East Side was so hip and happenin' late night! Lots of people and car traffic, and it was already close to midnight. Sin Sin was fun - a bit loud and warm - but fun. I didn't stay too long, but I did get a chat in with my friend, Shannon, the birthday girl. And another old friend of mine, Billy, was there too.
Billy and I ended up leaving at the same time, so we walked over to Broadway to catch the A back uptown. On the walk uptown, we caught up on each other's lives. He got off at 42nd Street...
On the rest of the ride back uptown, I was treated to some impromptu entertainment on the train. A group of young men started a sort of challenge "dance" - more or less footwork. Their friends starting beating out rhythms, and beat-boxing and rapping. Then two guys started "trading fours" of fancy moves and footwork...
And then I was at 168th... And now I'm here... And now "It's How Up Here" has started... and something tells me I'll be watching the rest of Sunday in the Park with George tonight... And probably crying like I always do when I watch this show...
But it will be a good cry. It always is.
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But, I've never eaten a kumquat in my life. Are they any good??
As a jam or jelly, yes.
(http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/fruits/exotic/kumquat.jpg)
From World Wide Gourmet (http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/fruits/exotic/kumquat.htm):
Description
The fruit of a tree related to the mandarin, having small, narrow, pointed leaves, and grown for its small fruit
Grown in Africa, Asia, America as well as Brazil, the kumquat's flesh as well as its skin can be eaten. Its colour ranges from orange to orangey-red. It is the smallest variety of the citrus family. Its flesh divides into 3 or 5 segments; it has little juice and contains large seeds for its size.
Cooking tips
Macerated in rum
Excellent for mousses, sorbets and jams
Hints - sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent blackening if you use them in salad
If you eat it raw, cut in half and press each half in your hand to combine the kumquat's two textures Kumquat and mango jam, flavoured with Rivesaltes muscat
Grand Marnier soufflé, kumquat coulis and white chocolate shavings
Spread a slice of gingerbread with kumquat purée to accompany foie gras
Grilled duck breast with turnip and kumquats, with a sweet lime leaf sauce
der Brucer (glad, at last, to know what to put on gingerbread to go with my foie gras)
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Hmm.... KUMQUAT!!!
-I like Kumquats. Talk about a sour fruit! But totally delish when combined with other ingredients. My piano teacher in college would make a Kumquat Chutney. It was a perfect accompaniment to Grilled Pork - or poured over some Vanilla Ice Cream!
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OK... I need to start(!) winding down... Closing show in less than 12 hours....
Oh,DR PennyO - Did you like your cupcakes? ;)
Goodnight.
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KUMQUAT!
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As a jam or jelly, yes.
<SNIP>
Thanks for the info. I just might have to seek out this kumquat.
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And on that note (q-diminished), I'm off to bed! Good-night, all!
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OHH!!!... Just popping back in for a second...
If you're using AOL... DO NOT respond to any e-mail that comes from "billinginvoices@aol.com". It's another scam. I just received one claiming that my credit card had been declined - and since it is the time of the month when I am billed...
Thankfully, I was able to use AOL's Live Billing Help to clear up the matter.
I had thought the e-mail was suspicious since it came from an "@aol.com" address. But remember any e-mail from within AOL will NOT have the "@aol.com" as part of it's address. And any official e-mails from AOL are also supposed to have a special Blue mail icon.
That's all for now...
And, once again, Goodnight.
*Depending how rushed in the morning, I may not be logging until I get back to Richmond tomorrow night... If that turns out to be the case, HAPPY EASTER!
-Oh, and my grade school had great Easter Egg hunts. Thinking back, I can't imagine what the candy/treat budget was for those hunts. Each grade got to go on their own hunt in the little park area at the front of the school. And there was always plenty of goodies to be found. And if you happened to find these special, hollow ceramic eggs, it meant you got an even bigger treat! -And I think I still have a yellow ceramic egg from fourth grade!
-And my piano teacher in college would let each of her students select one of the pysanky eggs out of the basket on her desk in the studio. She would work on the eggs throughout the year. And they were still "full" - not blown out. Some amazingly intricate designs and pictures. Always at least four colors of dye on each egg. I still have a few of those too - the insides just eventually dry out over time, years. They become quite delicate. -Of course, if you happen to break one somewhere along the line... P-U!
OK...
'Nighters...
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KUMQUAT is good for a sore throat.
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Happy Easter, fellow Dear Readers. In a minute, I'll be off to the sunrise service.
I never ate one, but a Hungarian woman once stuffed kumquats in my pockets.
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DR Matt Hough said yesterday
I watched the Gene Tierney Biography on the LAURA DVD. I was surprised there was no mention that what happened to her and her first child was the basis for the plot of Agatha Christie's THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I mean, it's not just suggested by the circumstances of her situation, it is a direct steal with only the names changed to protect the innocent.
So did Gene Tierney murder the person who gave her measals?
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Happy Easter by Irving Berlin
Never saw such a lovely day
Happy Easter
Everything seems to come your way
Happy Easter
My oh me, what a kick to be
On the well-known avenue
Me oh my, you're a lucky guy
Happy Easter to you
Happy Easter
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to you
Never saw such a lovely gal
Happy Easter, Happy Easter
Where oh where did you get her, pal?
Happy Easter, Happy Easter
My oh me, what a hit she'll be
On the well-known avenue
Me oh my, you're a lucky guy
Happy Easter to you
Happy Easter
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to you
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Easter Bonnet by Irving Berlin
In your easter bonnet,
with all the frills upon it,
You’ll be the grandest lady in the easter parade.
I’ll be all in clover and when they look you over,
I’ll be the proudest fellow in the easter parade.
On the avenue, fifth avenue,
the photographers will snap us,
And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet
about your easter bonnet,
And of the girl I’m taking to the easter parade.
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I always wonder why Irving Berlin who was Jewish wrote about Christian Holidays (Christmas and Easter)
I guess it is hard to find something that rhymes with Yom Kippur and make it a jolly song.
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DR MS - Ms. Tierney writers in her autobiography:
Many years later, at a party I was introduced to a woman a few years older than I. She shook my hand and said we had met before. I didn't remember. The woman told me she had been in the WACS and that she had broken a measles quarantine to meet me because "You were my favorite movie star." I was stunned, why should I tell her the heartbreak and pain she had caused me? And since that day I have never cared to be anyone's "favorite movie star."
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In your Lenten Bonnet
With all the flowers on it
You'll be the grandest shiksa
In the Lenten Parade.
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DR HISAKA - have you seen any angels today?
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"Kumquat" is one of the key comedy words in W.C. Fields' masterful IT'S A GIFT, my favorite movie of his.
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Since I am not expected at my friends' house for Easter dinner until 3 p.m., I have been thinking about which DVD to watch in the early afternoon. It will probably be EASTER PARADE since when I watched it from the DVD boxed set, I knew the sound was mono and having heard THAT soundtrack dozens of times on the laserdisc, I listened to the John Fricke/Ava Astaire commentary track instead while watching.
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BTW, I meant to mention yesterday that I appreciate the chat being placed at 8 p.m. tomorrow. There is no TV of note at that time and I'll be able to participate. Thanks, bk.
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I noticed in the TV magazine in today's newspaper that there will be a Laurel and Hardy marathon on TCM on Friday this week. For those who have never seen a L&H film, or for those like me who have seen only a couple, there are a whole slate of choices all day Friday from which to pick.
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YES!
I saw same angel at same point again.
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DR DANISE;
That corner building is under renovation and the angel has been put there just as a display, for feasting passers’ eyes.
And, from behind.
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Hoppy, Hoppy Easter everyone!
I hope that everyone has a wonderful day!
I have a busy day ahead of me. Need to go get Bonnie washed. I uploaded fifty (!) pictures of my trip to Walmart that I need to pick up. DR Michael, would you please send me the pictures of Ben and I? I would like to have print of it.
I want to go look at some notebook computers. I think I have decided on which one I will get but I want to go to a couple of stores.
But, I've never eaten a kumquat in my life. Are they any good??
Kumquats are GREAT! I love'em. I only wish I could have some candied kumquats like my Mom used to make. They were yummie!
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Page 2 Easter Dance!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/discobunny.gif)
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DR DANISE;
That corner building is under renovation and the angel has been put there just as a display, for feasting passers’ eyes.
And, from behind.
Still, it is very, very cute. :D
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We will have a busy walk in October. Besides all the places mentioned by Jose we (Jane and I) want to go to Myers of Keswick and Tea and Sympathy's store. They are not high end food places on the order of Cupcake Cafe but they are both great British (and Brit-run) stores in the village which feature products from the U.K. We can get scotch eggs at Myers, along with English soda brands and other wonderful things. The Tea and Sympathy store is an offshoot of the Tea Parlor just a storefront away. It's a charming but VERY SMALL shop that serves great English tea service. The store has lots of candy, magazines, Plum Puddings and hard sauce and other British ephemera. It's a nice fix for the Anglophile.
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Easter Bonnet by Irving Berlin
In your easter bonnet,
with all the frills upon it,
You’ll be the grandest lady in the easter parade.
I’ll be all in clover and when they look you over,
I’ll be the proudest fellow in the easter parade.
On the avenue, fifth avenue,
the photographers will snap us,
And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet
about your easter bonnet,
And of the girl I’m taking to the easter parade.
DRMichaelShayne, you omitted the glorious verse to the song!
Good morning, all!, and Happy Easter! Of all the holidays in the Christian calendar, I find it my least favorite, even though it's the raison d'etre for the religion. The mythologist can tie it in with the return of spring, Persephone, the phoenix and more, but to me the day meant dressing up and attending church with my mother's entire family on the one day a year the entire group showed up for church. Then the huge dinner was either pleasant or disastrous, depending on which warring family factions showed up or did not. Of course, nothing will top the Christmas day with my Mother screaming at my brother and sister-in-law for being terribly late and spoiling the dinner, while she threw their gifts at them on the front lawn and bellowed for them to get the hell out!
Ah, holidays!
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Good Morning!
I'm up! I'm up...
And I must finish packing - just my toiletries and a few "strays", nothing much. And then it's off to the Clurman for the closing show...
-And I did end up watching the rest of Sunday in the Park with George last night/early this morning...
White. A blank page or canvas. His favorite. So many possibilities.
Ah, those possibilities!
Laters...
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I guess it is hard to find something that rhymes with Yom Kippur and make it a jolly song.
No makeup, no noshing, it's Yom Kippur,
Off with the Guccis, on with the Keds
No sexy business in your beds
Hungary, have patience, just five days more
Then off your toches, and welcome Sukkot
With food and drink and goodies galore
der Brucer (who, in observance of the no groaning rule omitted lines like "Time to blow the chauffer")
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So here is the verse to "Easter Parade," and I'm sorry I can't give you its lovely melody as well:
Never saw you look quite so pretty before
Never saw you dressed quite so lovely, what's more
I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely Easter morning
And my heart beat fast as I came through the door
For
In your Easter bonnet . . .
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Of course, nothing will top the Christmas day with my Mother screaming at my brother and sister-in-law for being terribly late and spoiling the dinner, while she threw their gifts at them on the front lawn and bellowed for them to get the hell out!
Ah, holidays!
Nice - a traditional Virgina Woolf Christmas!
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I will be right there with bells
When that old conductor yells...
All aboard
All aboard
All aboard for Ala-bam!
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Funnies for the day - and it's news!
The OOPS Department (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151441,00.html)
An elderly Canadian woman ended up in the morgue a bit too early.
The unnamed 87-year-old resident of a Surrey, British Columbia, extended-care facility, was sleeping deeply Saturday night when her roommate quietly died.
An ambulance driver came to pick up the dead woman, but forgot to check wristbands to make sure he had the right patient.
"The individual did not follow proper protocol by checking identification," Helen Carkner, spokesman for the local health authority, told The Province newspaper of Vancouver, B.C. "For whatever reason, he took the wrong person."
The healthier roommate slept on as she was placed on a gurney, put in an ambulance and driven to Surrey Memorial Hospital across the street.
She woke up, very much alive, lying on the gurney in a hallway in the hospital's morgue.
Morgue workers had already noticed that their freshest corpse's legs were still moving.
The ambulance driver, recently hired, was immediately fired.
From the Great Disasters Department (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151493,00.html)
LONDON — Queen Camilla or plain Princess Consort?
Amid conflicting messages from the British government and the royals, who cannot agree on the title of Prince Charles' (search) future wife, one Labour lawmaker is demanding answers.
"This sends shock waves across the world," said Andrew Mackinlay, who has peppered the government with questions about the royal wedding and how it relates to Britain's nebulous constitution.
From the Fond Memories Department (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151539,00.html)
Orbach's widow, Elaine Orbach, said he used to leave her a poem every morning before he left for work.
Jane Alexander, a friend of the couple's and Orbach's co-star three decades ago in "6 Rms Riv Vu," read a selection of them, including:
"A chilly Thursday morning. The wind could freeze your liver.
"And so, where are we filming? 113th and the River."
der Brucer
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Off to shower and dress for the day. Hope everyone has a very Happy Easter. Will be back later with news from the dinner.
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MBARNUM your favorite silent movie KING OF KINGS is on TCM right now!
Monkey In My Hatband.
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Happy Easter!
My throat/bronchial ailment has blossomed "nicely" to the extent that my own mother didn't recognize my voice on the phone this morning. Our son was aghast when I declined to attend church, until I pointed out that no one wants a cough like mine sitting behind them. My doctor yesterday prescribed an antibiotic and cough medicine and, fortunately, ruled out pneumonia. Heck of a way to spend one's vacation, huh?
On a culinary note, I now have a kite-shaped cookie cutter! At the grocery yesterday, I found an egg-shaped one that my son reshaped for me into a perfect kite. So, when the book group comes Thursday night to discuss The Kite Runner we will have shortbread kite cookies with our tea.
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KUMQUAT!
Boy, that word wakes you right up, doesn't it?
For those of us of the Jewish persuasion, instead of hunting for Easter eggs, why not hunt for Easter Oys.
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KUMQUAT is good for a sore throat.
Maybe that's what I need, DR Hisaka! Thank you, also, for the angel picture.
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That angel has nice butt cheeks. But what angel doesn't?
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My TV paper was wrong....it is DR CP's favorite actor Frank Thring in Samuel Bronston's KING OF KINGS!
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Did they have kumquats in the Holy Land?
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Can anyone access the archives?
I think there has been some discussion of RING TWO. I didn’t pay too much attention as I wasn’t expecting to see the movie. Now Keith (why can’t movies like this be released when I’m out of town or sick!) wants to see it so I figure I will just check the archives & check out what had been said about it. No such luck. All I get is an error occurred.
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Here is a photograph of the bear that dear reader vixmom so kindly sent me - in smoking jacket and bunny slippers.
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DerBrucer I thought that was the case with dogs. Thanks for the information.
So right you are, I didn’t know bulimia was the cause of the stroke-very, very sad. Did you notice the news today-they took my advice. :)
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I always wonder why Irving Berlin who was Jewish wrote about Christian Holidays (Christmas and Easter)
I guess it is hard to find something that rhymes with Yom Kippur and make it a jolly song.
;D Somehow I think it would also be sacrilegious. ;D
I love Christmas and Easter songs.
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Ann!
I need Easter ice cream!
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HAPPY EASTER,
TO ONE AND ALL!
(I was going to make it pink for Easter, but that color makes you think you are going blind)
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(I was going to make it pink for Easter, but that color makes you think you are going blind)
I originally wrote:
(I was going to make it pink for Easter, but that color makes you think you are going blond)
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TCB thanks for the pretty and clever Easter card, and only you would think the name of Peter wasn’t suitable- PT is cute.
DRLaura-beautiful bird.
I have been waiting patiently for the pic of the cute bear.
Danise can’t you make the candied kumquats or are they too time consuming? Were they sweet?
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I originally wrote:
(I was going to make it pink for Easter, but that color makes you think you are going blond)
Something wrong with being blond, dear cyberfather?? :D
HAPPY EASTER ONE AND ALL!
I am baking a blueberry bread loaf, which will be ready and waiting when I return from the 11 am service. I will eat copious amounts of it, along with eggs and sausage, whilst watching Easter Parade. I cannot think of a better way to celebrate Easter.
except perhaps adding some Easter Ice Cream.... ;D
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TCB, blind, blond-it doesn't matter-you can't read it anyway.
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Ben thanks for remember the British stores. Next time you are in them please find out if they sell Humbugs and what brand they sell. :)
Elmore I think we can share fun holiday experiences. My mother loved Passover and was always on her best behavior. Guess that is why it was always my favorite holiday.
Ann it does sound like a nice Easter.
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JMK, I was thrilled to read last night your post about the evening news piece that DeLay and Frist have been forced into an embarrassing silence about the Shiavo case now that the poll numbers show an overwhelming opposition of 75% of Americans and 68% of Republicans oppose the Republicans (who in the Clinton days used to rail about the Rule of Law) trying to flout the laws of this land and do end runs around them. Nice to see the system still does work and that people still have enough gumption to get appalled when a political party still makes hash of them. I always hoped that when the Republicans pushed their overweening arrogance too far the American people would get on their haunches and roar back. Perhaps if they pull a few more of these bone-head grandstand totalitarian take-overs, we might sweep a bunch out of office and change the complexion of Congress and restore the checks-and-balance system. It's good to know the American public is still doing a little of the checking and balancing with the poll numbers. But it's tough when you have a President who has been quoted as saying: "I don't have to answer to anyone."
It's a shame we have lost a perfectly good political party by their shameless pandering to the extremists under their tent. Maybe missteps like this will make the sane ones in their party move back to the center where most of the country still is.
Interesting article in the paper today about DeLay who had to make a similar decision not to recusitate his own father when he was in a coma. Of course, his minions are claiming it's not the same thing at all.
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I hope that poor woman has a great sense of humor. At least she didn’t have a boring day.
Ginny good health vibes and have a great discussion on Thursday. I’m waiting to hear your opinion of the book.
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Happy Easter to all, and to all a good night!
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I'm feeling so very festive today. I've already been out to the Studio City Farmer's Market, to Gelson's, and various and sundried other jernts. It's a bit overcast but lovely nonetheless. I may even watch Easter Parade today, what do you think of that?
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I'm going to go door-to-door and sing Easter Carols to all the neighbors.
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Happy Easter to everyone (who cares about it ::))! I'm not a religious person at all, so that aspect of the holiday isn't important to me.
I'm off to my sister's for home-made chocolate chip pancakes, then eventually we'll end up at our parents' for dinner (I don't know what we'll be having). So, have a fine day, all!
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Yes, bk, we shall love you, KUMQUAT may!
der Brucer
Kumquat may? It isn't even April yet!
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I originally wrote:
(I was going to make it pink for Easter, but that color makes you think you are going blond)
No, those are just highlights.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? You'd think it was Easter or something.
KUMQUAT!
Well, I'm here, baby, and I'm festively festive.
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I turned back time last evening. (An Eddie Fisher reference for those old enough or A Cher reference for the youngsters). Such power. I guess the Northern Hemishpere springs forwards tonight. Now to recalculate the time differences again.
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I guess the Northern Hemishpere springs forwards tonight. Now to recalculate the time differences again.
No so fast, McGee.
The spring clock turn-overs run from 20 Feb (Brazil) thru 28 Apr (Egypt): 26 Mar - Australia; 27 Mar - Europe; 1 Apr - North America.
For you Bobby Darin-ites I commend TIME (http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst2005a.html) so you can never claim "I didn't know what time it was".
der Brucer
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Interesting article in the paper today about DeLay who had to make a similar decision not to recusitate his own father when he was in a coma. Of course, his minions are claiming it's not the same thing at all.
DeLay doesn't have "minions", the Devil has "minions"....hmmm,....oh,.....nevermind!
der Brucer
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My goodness, them Easter eggs must be REALLY hard to find - that must be the reason not many are here partaying away.
KUMQUAT!
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I was partaying away, but then I fell asleep on the couch, right in the middle of TUM BIN.
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And where are the photographs of Easter partaying and pyjamas, that is what I, BK, would like to know.
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Yes, I did. I had an Arch Hall Jr film festival. First up was WILD GUITAR followed by EE-GAH followed by his signature role in THE SADIST.
DRMBARNUM I didn't read the interview you mentioned yesterday. What did he have to say?
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Nice bear!
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Well MR BK - you asked for it.
Here is a picture of a pajama party! ;D
(http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/CarnallHallGallery/images/pajamaparty.jpg)
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Peggy Swenson wrote a book about it! :o
(http://www.plumparty.com/Merchant2/graphics/products/large/15889.jpg)
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And this photo is too SHOCKING to post, but if you dare - click on the link! :o
http://stleonard1954.net/paulettephotos/pjparty0155.jpg (http://stleonard1954.net/paulettephotos/pjparty0155.jpg)
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Easter dinner was terrific. My host served turkey, broccoli casserole, scalloped potatoes, and succotash. He prepared a strawberry shortcake for dessert. I ate WAY too much.
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After dinner we watched SHARK TALE. The poor writers used every possible pun on various brand names, celenrities, movies relating them to the sea. Not the greatest story in the world, but it was very, very colorful and I laughed a lot.
I have to say, though, that I'm glad THE INCREDIBLES won Best Animated Feature over this and SHREK 2.
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DRMBARNUM I didn't read the interview you mentioned yesterday. What did he have to say?
My recollection is that he was a good sport about his movies, and his dad was trying to make him the next big teen idol! I think it was a two part interview that was in Fangoria last year....I didn't buy it...just read it at the store.
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Before I left for the dinner, I synced up my laserdisc of THE PIRATE with the TCM screening from early this morning.
The laserdisc is brighter and more deeply colorful. Both were about the same in sharpness, so if I burn a DVD, I will burn it from the laserdisc rather than the TCM version.
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I must get back to my movie...but I was sidetracked with ordering some Bollywood movies from Indiaweekly.com...they had a new release of an old 1965 India movie about traveling to an underwater city and battling a secret race of beings...it sounded too crazy to pass up (and it was only $5.99!).
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I did notice that KING OF KINGS looked simply gorgeous on TCM this afternoon. I have not bought the DVD, but if it looks and sounds this good, perhaps I should (and I'm sure the DVD would be anamorphic which would add even more sharpness).
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Off to see if I can find used copies of SHARK TALE and KING OF KINGS for ridiculously cheap prices. Be back later.
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DRMATTH - I have the KoK DVD and it is very nice. It is a digital transfer but there is no notation about it being enhanced for widescreen televisions or anamorphic (I don't know what that means) - it is letterboxed!
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DRMATTH - I have the KoK DVD and it is very nice. It is a digital transfer but there is no notation about it being enhanced for widescreen televisions or anamorphic (I don't know what that means) - it is letterboxed!
Unless you have a widescreen television, such enhancement wouldn't mean anything to you anyway. But on a widescreen TV , the picture will look squeezed if it's enhanced for widescreen TVs (also known as anamorphic enhancement). One must use the picture format key on the remote so that the squeezed picture will be expanded on our widescreen sets. When one does this, the scan lines double in the DVD transfer, and the picture fills more of the screen and thus becomes sharper at the same time.
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BTW, I found SHARK TALE for $6 and KING OF KINGS for $7. Both have been purchased.
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. I took a nap after church. Now as soon as DH gets home, we'll go out and use a gift card for a festive holiday dinner.
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King of Kings is, of course, enhanced for widescreen TVs, and is a fantastic DVD in every respect.
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The site is dreadfully slow from my computer and various browsers. Anyone else having that problem?
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The site is dreadfully slow from my computer and various browsers. Anyone else having that problem?
YES - Slow as molasses in July in OZ
der Brucer
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If Tom can figure out what time it is, maybe he'll post :)
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It looks like Romania doesn’t change their clocks.
JRand as I suspected…racy indeed. ;D
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We saw RING TWO today :-\.
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Surprisingly I'm not finding it slow.
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Memo to Jane:
RE: TV News covaerage
While we get deluged with Terri Schiavo, what with special sessions of congress, multiple court cases, protesters holding vigils, out raged phone calls to talk radio - and all about a unique case, one single person.
Meanwhile, burried on page 462 of the press reports we find:
Every state, and the federal government, has a Web site with a list of sex offenders. According to the latest Bureau of Justice statistics, (he) is one of more than 386,000 registered sex offenders in the United States.
But those are just the ones who have been caught.
At least once a month we get headlines about some known sex offender comitting some heinous crime, yet we have no protests, no special sessions of congress, and few outraged phone calls to talk shows - where is the WE'RE MAD AS HELL AND WE AREN'T GOING TO TASKE IT ANY MORE outrage?
der Brucer (who still has concerns when his own daughter who sees no problem with her 8 year-old going off to the men's room in a movie theatre by him self because "this is a nice town and those things don't happen here)
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DerBrucer I read today of the alleged bulimia.
I have seen the outraged public over sex offenders, after a neighbor does something to a kid.
I know how you feel about the grandlad in the bathroom alone. I hated when I had to let my kids go. At eight you can’t take them with you and you certainly can’t go into the men’s room. I remember the year one of the father’s was a class “mother”. I was so relieved he could go with the boys on the field trips, especially when we were in Philadelphia.
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BK, I think I mentioned the other day, that it is very slow when I first come to message board. Once I'm on, it doesn't seem too slow going from page-to-page.
Back from our friend's partay-brunch in Burbank. Lovely time! About a dozen bright, entertaining folk. Most having some connection to show biz...But the conversation veered to a multiplicity of subjects and was sparkling and oh so witty. We all laughed and laughed until we thought we could laugh no more...and then proceeded to laugh even more.
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All right already, errant and truant Easter people. Time to get your ample butt cheeks back here and do some postin' and puttin' up of photographs. Otherwise I shall have to be a VERY bad boy, oh, yes, I shall have to be a VERY bad boy.
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The Easter Bunny is about to go on a rampage, baby.
KUMQUAT!
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The Greatest Story Ever Told is one L O N G movie!
I warned you, DRJANE, yes I did - look if you dare! I was going to call it "not your mother's pajama party" - until I realized, it just might BE!
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Illya Kuryakin as Judas just doesn't do it for me.
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Sure is quiet around here.
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Well, my ample butt cheeks are here...and after this weekend of lounging around in front of the TV, the butt cheeks are getting more and more ample, I am afraid.
I must get some exercise!! I will do it this week! >:(
That said, I just finished watching BRIGADOON. Nice movie, but it won't be one of my favorites. Van Johnson sort of bugged me....and sometimes the movie just didn't make sense.
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THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is the one movie that I fell asleep TWICE during the same screening. No more boring movie has ever been made. My aunt and uncle took us to this in Philadelphia during one of our summer visits on the way to NYC. I wanted to see THE SOUND OF MUSIC, but they insisted on this turgid picture. I would never willingly sit through it again.
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Well, the overtime basketball game pushed CBS' entire Sunday prime time schedule back exactly an hour, so I wasn't able to see COLD CASE tonight. This show gets thrown out of its time period more than any other top show due to football overruns and now the basketball championships.
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I am thinking that I may not go to Los Angeles in April, as I was planning....the line-up for the Ray Courts Show just isn't very exciting (with the exception, of course, of our own BK). I would like to see Diane McBain, but I have met her before, and 1940s actress Beatrice Gray would be interesting, but that is about it. We shall see...I have to make room reservations before the 1st of April if I want the special rate (which I would want, of course).
I am actually leaning more and more towards New York...I have never been, and I bet it would be fun.
Of course I could just stay home and save my money for the family vacation to Hawaii, which is to occur in 2006...and I would hate to be the only one not going :(
I wish I were rich and could go anywhere I wanted, anytime I wanted!
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I figured KING OF KINGS was enhanced, bk, but thanks for validating that fact. Warners has done great jobs transferring DVDs with most of MGM's widescreen output. I have few complaints with their efforts in this regard.
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The site hasn't been slow for me at all today during any of the times I've logged on to post. In fact, my AOL dial-up internet connections have been operating flawlessly for at least two months. Of course, it'll probably go out tonight, but up to now, it has been very reliable for me.
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Odd that some are having slowness and some aren't.
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KUMQUAT!
Watching Ocean's Twelve. In case you weren't aware, it's the sequel to Ocean's Eleven.
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THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is the one movie that I fell asleep TWICE during the same screening. No more boring movie has ever been made. My aunt and uncle took us to this in Philadelphia during one of our summer visits on the way to NYC. I wanted to see THE SOUND OF MUSIC, but they insisted on this turgid picture. I would never willingly sit through it again.
I don't know, MattH, THE GREATES STORY EVER TOLD is pretty slow moving, but nothing is quite as bad as CHARIOTS OF FIRE. Good Lord, I think I celebrated three birthdays just during the showing of that movie!
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Very fast connecting through Safari, so maybe it's an AOL deal, although Safari was also slow, earlier in the evening.
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The star of L'Appartement, that French movie from 1996 that I like so much, is one of the new stars of Ocean't Twelve.
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Let me tell you, when those errant and truant hainsies/kimlets come waltzin' in here tomorrow there is going to be bitch-slapping aplenty.
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It's amazing how many people like Chariots of Fire. It came out recently as a SE DVD and I didn't even glance at it.
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It's amazing how many people like Chariots of Fire. It came out recently as a SE DVD and I didn't even glance at it.
Thank you, BK, some people look at me like I have committed a sin when I tell them I didn't like that movie.
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When CHARIOTS won the Oscar, the mom dragged me and a pal to the movie, and we were so bored we acted like jackasses in the theatre.
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I saw CHARIOTS OF FIRE when it aired on HBO way back in the 80s...I don't recall disliking it, but then I don't really recall anything about it other then the music...and I have no eagerness to watch it again.
PS: I have had no difficulties getting onto HHW with my dial-up AOL. In fact in the 2 years that I have had this new computer I have had no troubles with my internet connection.
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I had one of those days today when I saw bits and pieces of a bunch of movies. Here's what I remember:
The end of DOCTOR DOLITTLE, the Rex Harrison epic.
The end of STRAIGHT STORY, tractor driving movie
The last third of GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN. What a brilliant movie! Always fun to watch.
The entire CAMP on dvd. Fun movie that takes place at drama camp upstate. Some dynamic musical numbers, great opening. Some wispy plot threads, but worth it for the Broadway in-jokes.
Part of MYSTERY MEN, which I enjoy.
The end of THE PARENT TRAP remake.
What a weird grouping of films!!
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The Gal's mom is in town from San Jose, so I wasn't always in control of the viewing, by the way.
But we did have a nice leg o' lamb for dinner!
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The last third of GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN. What a brilliant movie! Always fun to watch.
My buddy Mark loves this movie! He made me watch it with him last year, and it was a lot of fun! I had never seen it before.
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MBarnum- You remember the Arch Hall interview as I do. He comes across as pretty humble and a nice guy. Doesn't take the films too seriously but is proud of THE SADIST. Flies planes now.
What the article did not say, was that he is now touring around with the Archers again.
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Coincidently, Rodzinski, I saw a middle part of the original PARENT TRAP today when flipping channels.
But you have not seen anything until you have seen DO KALIYAN, the 1960s Bollywood version of THE PARENT TRAP starring Baby Sonia....oh, golly! That is a wierd one! LOL!
(http://216.247.121.93/dvdImages/b3585.jpg)
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GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN is quiintessential 60s comedy. Matthau and Morse make a great team. Gene Kelly did an admirable job bringing out the broad comedy but leaving some intellectual content. The "deny, deny deny" sequence with Joey Bishop is hilarious.
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What the article did not say, was that he is now touring around with the Archers again.
LOL! That is a concert I would like to see!!
I noticed that he comes across a fairly mature in the snippets of the live concert pieces of the CD when the guys are talking, while some of the Archer's seem like typical immature 18 year olds...I am guessin Arch was more interested in making music while his co-horts were more interested in making it with the local girls! LOL!
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DO KALIYAN, I'll have to look for that one! They showed the original and the remake in succession on the Hallmark Channel today. Would have been good if they threw in the Bollywood one too.
I'm nearing 500 posts! Will that do anything for me?
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If I recall correctly you turn into God Rodzinski at 501 posts!
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Yes, 500 posts will make you a stronger person, and you will be omnipotent with abs and buns of steel.
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Think I'll add Guide for the Married Man to my "try to remember when at the video store" list.
Trekked over the mountains this morning for a yummilicious Easter brunch with my family. Gorged myself on ham, eggs, anise-flavored bread and such. Made my way back to this side of the state (aka "civilization") late in the afternoon and made DR Ann watch Boys from Brazil.
And that was my Sunday.
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Yeah, that most obnoxious Archer, the organist, Alan O'Day is the same guy who had a #1 hit with "Undercover Angel" in the 70s. Arch does come across pretty down to earth for a guy who could have scored with any of the chicks in the audience. Although if you listen, it sounds like only 4-5 people are in the audience!
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Yes, 500 posts will make you a stronger person, and you will be omnipotent with abs and buns of steel.
Ya, something like that ???
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Thanks again Rodzinski, for the CD, by the way! I have been listening to it off and on all day today...some of those songs are rather catchy, I have to admit! LOL!
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And I would like to know what Nancy Czar is doing now.
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Just a few more posts Mr. Zinski!
We are making room for you up here in the clouds!
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No problem, MBarnum! Glad you enjoy it.
How fitting it is that on Easter, I should RISE to Godly status!!!
(Technically, Easter is over here, but not on the official site clock)
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Let's see, what else have I got? GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN features appearances by Carl Reiner, Jack Benny, Wally Cox and scads of other folks.
AND a catchy theme song by the TURTLES with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.
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Let's see, what else have I got? GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN features appearances by Carl Reiner, Jack Benny, Wally Cox and scads of other folks.
AND a catchy theme song by the TURTLES with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.
Have you seen CACTUS FLOWER? Mark also introduced me to that film...and it was quite funny too.
Somehow when I think of one film I always think of the other...thus that is why I brought it up...that and I am getting very sleepy!
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Anonymous San Francisco band The Residents have a one-minute long song called "Easter Woman". It's on an LP called "The Commercial Album" that has 40 1-minute long songs. The lyrics to "Easter Woman" are as follows:
Easter Woman came today
And took away my wife
Took her through an open doorway
To the afterlife.
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Well, Freddy is demanding that I let him inside, so I shall do my duty and then also hit the hay...5:30 am comes awful early.
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I have not seen CACTUS FLOWER. It's just never crossed my path.
As this is post #501, I want to thank all who made this possible. Who knew I was capable of such things??
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And where are those buns of steel I was promised?
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Congrats Rodzinski, you made it! May the bells ring out!
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Alright, I must hit the road to Dreamland myself. Multitudes of blessings to all.
Jed, I forgot to tell you sorry about the Huskies. But at least they didn't choke away a 15-point lead in the last 4 minutes like Arizona did!
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Thanks MBarnum!
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Our latest haineshisway.com ascension. Let us all say huzzah. And KUMQUAT!
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Good Evening!
Wonderful closing show. And the sun was out (again) when I left the theatre.
The train ride back was basically uneventful. It appeared the Amtrak oversold the "Reserved" train. People were stuck sitting in the Cafe Car and on the floor areas at the end of each car from city to city. But I had a nice window seat, with a very still and quiet aisle-neighbor. I made some lists, and got a nice nap in.
Once back in Fairfax, I supped on some of the Easter dinner leftovers at my parents' house: lamb, chicken, french fries (gotta love the nieces and nephew), and peas and carrots. Oh, and some chocolate too! Gotta have the chocolate!
Then the drive back to Richmond - dark and drizzly all the way, but an easy drive.
I've unpacked my bags, gone through my mail, and I'm finishing up a load of laundry. I should be in bed by 3:00. Up by 9:30. On the road by 10:30. Back up in Fairfax (again) by 1:00. Leave for the airport by 3:00. Fly to Memphis at 4:30... And then chat at whatever time it will be in Memphis. ;)
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WELCOME TO THE CLOUDS, DR RODZINKSI!
-Dontcha just love the view?
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And did anyone notice the unfortunate juxtaposition of news headlines this morning on AOL? Right under the teaser for the latest on the Schiavo case, there was a teaser for the article dealing with soprano, Deborah Voigt, going public about her gastric bypass surgery in order to lose weight.
*Ms. Voigt received a bit of "bad" publicity last year when she was fired from a production at Covent Garden for being too "ample" for the director's concept of the role she was engaged to sing. And as it turned out, she had the surgery the day she was supposed to have sung the opening performance of the opera she was released from.
In any case...
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Sheesh!
I'm sitting here in my living room, and it smells like:
A) My roomie put a fresh refill in the plug-in air freshener.
B) He sprayed on too much cologne earlier.
C) His boyfriend - who is in town - sprayed on too much cologne earlier.
D) My roomie spilled his cologne.
E) His boyfriend spilled his cologne.
or
F) ALL OF THE ABOVE
-My eyes are actually bothered by it. And my nose is going on overload.
Ah, well...
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OH!!! A post or two too late...
PAGE SIX DANCE!!!!!
Foxtrot!
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Welcome to the Heavens, DR Rodzinski!!
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I've been home for a little bit now, and my housemate's cat is climbing all over me. My housemate (Peter) is at his girlfriend's house ;) and won't be home tonight. His cat, I think, misses him. She keeps scratching on the kitchen cabinets. I open them up so she can explore, but then she still scratches on the open doors. What's that all about? ???
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And where are the photographs of Easter partaying and pyjamas, that is what I, BK, would like to know.
Well, at my parents' house house, we didn't take pictures. We just looked at pictures of my parents when they were young. It's amazing how different someone can look after only 40 years! ;) Anyway, my dad had a set of negatives of him and one of his brothers and their mother. I took them home with me. I wanted to see if I could scan and make prints of them. Well, I'm sure that a professional photography place would do much better, but here's one that must be from the early 1960s. The top picture is of my dad and the bottom half is of my dad (in the middle), one of his brothers (I don't know which) and their mother, my grandmother. It's somewhat washed out, but it sort of worked!
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I'd never seen any of these negatives before!
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Well... It's been a long day... I'm gonna put the last load of laundry in the dryer, and just take it out and fold it in the morning...
I, Wussburger
Goodnight.
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I have to get to work early so that I can get home early in time for the first HHW chat in quite a while!! So, I'm doing the Wussburger.
Goodnight, all!
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Well, at least we got to page six, despite all the errant and truant people who were off playing with their bunnies.