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Title: THE DANCE CARD
Post by: bk on April 10, 2005, 11:57:56 PM: Well, you've read the notes, you ready the notes quite quickly, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, although that won't be any time soon, as their dance cards are quite full.
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 12:22:47 AM: Speaking of Dancing Cows, the library where I work purchased the book Philadelphia Chickens (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001ADB6Y/qid=1113203522/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl15/002-0523980-6500818?v=glance&s=music&n=507846), written by Sandra Boynton. It has a CD with songs performed by such performers as Meryl Streep, The Bacon Brothers, Laura Linney, Kevin Kline and Scott Bakula. Anyway, one of the songs is called "Cows." Well, several women in our Central Reference Department fell in love with the book and put together a dance routine to the "Cows" song! They made cow tuxedos (with spotted top hats and cow tails, even!) and performed it for a couple of retirement celebrations, as well as our library's All Staff Day! It was quite (there's that word, yet again ;)) a hit! ;D
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 12:33:35 AM: And the word of the day is: BRIC-A-BRAC!
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 12:49:17 AM: My favourite meal as a child was (and still is) corned beef, mashed potatoes, carrots and cabbage.
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Post by: Sandra on April 11, 2005, 12:51:10 AM: I've been working on this homework long enough, and I'm calling it finished. It's this assignment we get every week: a 250-word response to the week's reading. I'm getting really tired of these. I've been working myself stupid over these weekly responses, and come to find out the girl who sits next to me in class has been lifting all hers from Cliffs Note-type websites. That takes guts because I would NOT want this teacher to be mad at me.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 12:53:27 AM: In those less sophisticated days of childhood when options were rather limited, I also had a liking for blancmange. Todays' task for DR Joey - investigate the availablity of blancmange and also junket tablets.
I hope by now that DR Joey knows all the lyrics for "Pineapple Princess".
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 03:48:26 AM: Good morning, all! I was wide awake at 5:55, so I forced myself to leave the security of my bed to face the surgeon this morning. I have to catch the bus to 59th Street between 8-8:15. When I'm back, I'll post whatever did or did not occur.

Bric-a-brac? Isn't that French for tchotchke? I have lots of paper items, books and music, but few pieces of bric-a-brac, my favorite being my Disney Alice in Wonderland cookie jar. One of my landladies in college had a house filled with DaVinci Last Supper bric-a-brac: paint-by-number, velvet painting, plaques, mugs, ashtrays, cushions, etc. Paying the rent was like a bad church service.

Dish du jour, or TOD: my passive-aggressive mother was a wonderful cook when she could get it together. After 1961, she couldn't get it together too often or too well so things went downhill mentally, socially, and domestically: she discovered prefab food and our dining habits went to hell. By 1965, I don't think she did more than stock the refrigerator with frozen items.

However, when she was on, there was no one better: apple pie, doughnuts, popcorn balls, pineapple upside-down cake, stuffed green peppers, baked ham, and the best pecan pie I've ever had, primarily because my mother's flare for turning flour, crisco, water and sugar into piecrust was a God-given talent that few possess.

Good morning, DRHisaka!

And now DRTomovoz has shown up! Hello, dear friend.
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Post by: Kerry on April 11, 2005, 05:43:24 AM: My mother was not the best of all cooks, but she did some things rather well. She was particularly good at whipping up cakes from scratch. It may surprise you to know that cake is one of my favorite food groups, so I didn't mind that other foods were less within her grasp.

She made Swiss steak very well. I've come across several versions of Swiss steak over the years-- all different, Some with tomato sauce, some without. I guess hers was not really Swiss steak, but it was good. It involved beating the steak silly. And silly steak is something to behold. There was a special plate that she'd use the edge of to accomplish this. Almost everyone I've met (of a certain age) remembers a plate like that that there mothers and/or grandmothers would use.
I was always fond of our family's version of "goulash."

In recent decades she became adept at Chinese cooking. Her Lemon Chicken is some of the best I've had.
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Post by: Kerry on April 11, 2005, 05:44:08 AM: I've got 45 minutes to put myself together and magically become perky.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 05:58:31 AM: Meals My Mother Made Me:

Eggs, sunnyside up
French Toast
Ham and cheese sandwiches, mustard and mayo, with the crust cut off
Home Fries
Cream Puffs (these were more fun to make than to eat)
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 06:06:12 AM: Has anyone ever seen a motion pictured entitled I Know Where I'm Going starring Wendy Hiller? It's being featured at this week's Philadelphia Film Festival and got quite a write-up in the Philadelphia Inquirer as a great undiscovered movie classic. I'm curious to see it, and as it's available on DVD from Criterion and rather pricey at that, it would probably be more economic to see it at the festival screening. Is it really on the level of The Quiet Man or Local Heroes, as the newspaper article exclaimed?
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Post by: Ben on April 11, 2005, 06:14:32 AM: Never heard of I Know Where I'm Going. Althought this is not necessarily the best endorsement, someone at IMDB (Internet Movie Database) says "There's not much to say about this film, apart from the fact that it's gorgeous and irrestistable."

I always liked my mother's spaghetti sauce.

We are having "database" problems. Seems they changed the firewall over the weekend and now it's doing the job too well. We can't get into programs we should be able to open. Oh, well. I'll just surf the Web until I'm caught or until something happens otherwise.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 07:19:44 AM: Last night, DR Jed wrote: "Not quite right. Boston Legal actually returns in two weeks to finish up the last few weeks of the season. I need my Denny Crane fix."

Sorry to disagree, but DR George was right when he said BOSTON LEGAL would not be returning this season. ABC has decided to stick with GREY'S ANATOMY in that time slot for the rest of the season and hold over the last five new episodes of BOSTON LEGAL from this season until next fall. They have promised BOSTON LEGAL will get a 27 episode season next year.

If the ratings continue to be high with GREY'S ANATOMY at 10 p.m. on Sunday, expect to see BOSTON LEGAL slide to either Tuesday at 10 or Wednesday at 10 next season. Both of the shows in those time slots are in trouble and probably won't be returning next year (which I hate because I think Tim Daly's new show EYES is excellent).
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 07:28:05 AM: And I'm back! The examination was uncomfortable, awkward, and gross. The surgery is scheduled for Tuesday May 17, and it sounds unpleasant as hell. My surgeon, Dr Mitchell Bernstein, is a handsome young man, but he's wearing a ring so I don't think I'll try to match him up with anyone. Sorry!

This gives me a month and two weks to finish up all the work on my desk and prepare for several weeks of recovery.

I meant to mention earlier what a wonderful photo of Ann and Jed DRTCB posted last night, and how much I enjoyed seeing the Indianapolis delegation in full color. Or did I and I already forgot? DRGinny's DHRichard was my best friend through junior high and high school, and it would have been nice to see if he's ageing as well as DRGinny and evergreen moi are!
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 07:44:39 AM: I Know Where I'm Going is film perfection. It's an early Powell/Pressburger (Red Shoes, Black Narcissus). Great, character-driven story and scenery to die for.

Good surgery vibes for Elmore.

George, we have one of those Boynton book/CDs that my kids adore. I think it has a Rhino on the cover--I'll check and post the title later.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 07:48:44 AM: I have not caught up. We were out at the ICON at StonyBrook University, where in the past we have been privileged to meet with DR CP's cl;ose and personla friend Harlan Ellison (alas not this year) although we did meet with Ben Bova and Jack McDevitt amongst other and sun dried autors, media guests,scientist types. etc etc

We did cut short our Saturday festivities though when I received a call on my cellphone from my good and dear neighbor, Mike, to inform us that there was a BMW SUV sitting in our front lawn, having first knocked down our telephone pole, torn through our chain link fence and ending up in the trunk of our maple tree.

So went home and met the dad of the 18 year old driver of the 2005 BMW SUV ( daddy had pulled up in his corvette) he apologized for the inconvenience that had been caused and promised to make things right. We inqyuired as to whether his son was in the hospital and he said that oh no, sonny was sitting in daddy's car, where he was to stay incommunicato the entire time.

We still have no phone service and of course (since we use dial up) no internet service.

Can't think of a "mommy meal" at the moment

laters!!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 07:50:22 AM: DR Jed, here is the news blurb from USA TODAY about GREY'S ANTOMY and BOSTON LEGAL:

'Grey's Anatomy' makes the cut

ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy has extended its residency on Sundays (10 p.m. ET/PT) and will air through the end of the season in May. Boston Legal, which was scheduled to return April 24, instead will return next season with 27 episodes, including five that were to air this season. Since its March 27 debut, Grey's has improved upon Legal's ratings, drawing an average of 17 million viewers compared with 12.5 million for Legal.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 07:51:38 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~HEALTH VIBES~~~[/move]

to dear elmore
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 07:52:07 AM: I can hardly wait to get the new Doris Day boxed set on DVD. JUMBO has always been a favorite with that superb score sung by all of them to a fare-thee-well. James Joyce (not the author) did the dubbing for Stephen Boyd.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 07:55:53 AM: My mother was a superb country cook. She made the best fried chicken I've ever tasted (one reason why fried chicken remains my favorite dish), and could do wonders with standard things like meat loaf and beef stew.

When I graduated from college, I moved back home to start teaching and work on my master's degree. She had mastered what became my favorite "new" dish that she could cook - turkey tetrazinni. I used to BEG her to make it, and I would honestly have two meals of it every time she fixed it: the usual supper with mom and dad and then two hours later, a salad plate full of it.

I've said this before here, but she also made the best cocoanut cake I've ever had, too.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:03:06 AM: Charles Pogue, I agree with you about Bette Davis' ego. It knew NO bounds and caused considerable consternation on almost every set even in her later years. She vexed veterans Helen Hayes and Lillian Gish terribly on MURDER WITH MIRRORS and THE WHALES OF AUGUST. She seems to have been jealous of anyone who she perceived could match her in fame or talent and became literally a bitch to work with. I can admire many of her performances, but I'm glad I wasn't on the receiving end of her barbs and ill-treatment.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:05:25 AM: Due to being away last night, I missed DEADWOOD and forgot to record it as well. Thankfully, HBO makes it very easy to catch up with all their shows rebroadcasting them constantly on their various channels.
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 08:14:49 AM: Quote from: JMK on April 11, 2005, 07:44:39 AM
George, we have one of those Boynton book/CDs that my kids adore. I think it has a Rhino on the cover--I'll check and post the title later.

It's called "Rhinoceros Tap" and here's the cover:

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001I2C98.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

And here's the cover of "Philadelphia Chickens"

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001ADB6Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

I love Sandra Boynton's illustrations!
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 08:16:48 AM: And Patti LuPone who sings one of the songs on the "Philadelphia Chickens" CD, is coming to Seattle this week and I got tickets for my birthday!!;D My birthday isn't until May 5 (Cinco de Mayo), but I get my present now! I can't wait!! ;D
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 08:18:57 AM: It's now time for me to take a shower and go to work.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:29:02 AM: Good Morning!

DR elmore - Continued Good Health Vibes to you.

DR vixmom - I'm looking forward to the continuation of your story... Even though you may not be... ;) Just glad to know that no one was hurt.

As for favorite growing-up meals... I'd have to say breakfast - scrambled eggs, bacon and toast. Lots of toast - Wonder Bread preferably. My brothers and I could easily go through a loaf or two on a Saturday morning. And pancake mornings were also highly anticipated - Bisquick, of course!

As for a meal-meal, most probably meatloaf. And I believe meatloaf was one of the first "hot foods" I learned to cook.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:29:51 AM: Well, time for me to finish packing and getting ready for my flight...

Laters...
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 08:41:16 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:29:51 AM
Well, time for me to finish packing and getting ready for my flight...

Laters...

Safe flight, DRJose!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:42:21 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~ ~ ~ ~ ~ VIbes of GOOD HEALTH for DR Elmore! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pleasant Travel Vibes for DR Jose! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/move]
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 08:48:24 AM: Justcaught up with Sunday's posts ( I am going backwards!!) and congratulations to TCB! The mamma Mia meet looked wonderful and I wish I could have been there to join with the Indiana delegation.

Jack , you have a beautiful face, I would love it on your posts, and I too am sad that DH Richard didn't make it into any of trhe pictures.

GOOD TRIP VIBES to Jose!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 08:50:55 AM: I have always loved Sandra Boyton's stuff

there's one I used to reaqd to the Vixter when she was small about "Pout & Grump", and also "Not the Hippopotomus"

DH has a mug with a Sandra Boyton cat saying "Paws off my Mug"
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 08:54:25 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]PAGE TWO DANCE!!![/move]
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 09:21:01 AM: Lunch time, at last, when I can jump in here and converse!

First of all, health vibes for DR Elmore. This surgeon sounds like he knows his stuff.

Safe travels to DR Jose, gracious host. I had my morning coffee this morning in my Mamma Mia cup. Do you think drinking coffee from it will help me sing like Lauren or have the body of the woman who played Tanya? I can hear Elmore now, saying, "Only God can make a tree!"
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 09:22:02 AM: That Doris Day set is priced so attractively at some leading on-line retailers that the set can be had for less than $8 a film. And the nice part is that there isn't a bad movie in the bunch, and many show Doris at her very best (LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, CALAMITY JANE, THE PAJAMA GAME). The versions of CJ and TPG that I already purchased will make a nice gift for a travel buddy of mine with the new sturdier case versions to go on my shelf.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 09:23:09 AM: I, too, hope DR Elmore's health is on the mend and will be sending even more positive thoughts as the operation date approaches. I put it on my calendar so I wouldn't forget.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 11, 2005, 09:24:04 AM: My mother used to make simple wonderful Christmas cookies with icing on them that I loved. She continued to send me a batch every year until she got to infirm to bake anymore.

She also used to make a pretty good pork b-b-q and really good home-made pizza. Junket was another of my favourites she made and little tiny cinnamon roll-ups for breakfast.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 09:25:17 AM: Quote from: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 09:21:01 AM
Lunch time, at last, when I can jump in here and converse!

First of all, health vibes for DR Elmore. This surgeon sounds like he knows his stuff.

Safe travels to DR Jose, gracious host. I had my morning coffee this morning in my Mamma Mia cup. Do you think drinking coffee from it will help me sing like Lauren or have the body of the woman who played Tanya? I can hear Elmore now, saying, "Only God can make a tree!"

DRGinny ;D ;D ;D!!!!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 11, 2005, 09:25:46 AM: MattH, DEADWOOD's getting lively; especially now that Al is back up and around. Did anyone catch Ian McShane on Bill Maher the other night. It was quite smart and fun.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 11, 2005, 09:26:54 AM: Good health vibes for DR Elmore. I meant to say so earlier. ~~~~~~~~

And DRs Ginny, Jose, Joey, and JRand, I enjoyed the pics from MAMMA MIA ( I love that show).

And DR TCB, I also enjoyed the pic of DRs Ann and Jed.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 09:30:18 AM: The character of Al in DEADWOOD is one of THE great TV creations of this century (admittedly, it's been a short century thus far). And the adversarial relationship with Bullock is just terrific. I am SO glad HBO has already renewed the show for another season.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 11, 2005, 09:31:59 AM: Did anyone see the new TRADING SPACES on Saturday (the one without Paige Davis)? It was very bizarre. To me Paige really made the show. And now they have 2 designers AND 2 carpenters. And the people who are Trading Spaces have much more responsibility. They have to run down the street to arrive at their house ALONE. And they have to walk into their own house at the end ALONE.

It was very weird having them walk into their houses and have to wander around trying to figure out which room was redone. Then they had to figure out what was done (Paige used to guide them).

It was very bizarre. I was told one reason they wanted to change the format was to be able to trade spaces with people in different cities (they didn't do that in this case).

Does anyone know if Paige was actually fired or if she was happy to move on? I'd be interested to hear more of the real story.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 09:32:58 AM: Quote from: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 08:48:24 AM
Jack , you have a beautiful face, I would love it on your posts,

That's not Jack's face on his posts???? :o
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 09:33:36 AM: DR's TCB, Ann, & Jed - glad you had dinner together and posted a picture.

DR Tomovoz - There's an ICE CREAM TOUR planned for 2006? Be sure to put Cincinnati on the itinerary - Graeter's (my favorite) and Aglamesi's are local treasures.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:34:41 AM: Mega health vibes to DR Elmore3003!!!

DRs JRand54, Rodzinski, and Kerry...watch for the mailman this week!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 09:38:09 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 09:23:09 AM
I, too, hope DR Elmore's health is on the mend and will be sending even more positive thoughts as the operation date approaches. I put it on my calendar so I wouldn't forget.

As if, with all my pissing and moaning anyone could forget! ;D

That's very sweet of you, DRMattH! I, too, love JUMBO because of the score, and I think Doris sings "Little Girl Blue" better than anyone.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 09:39:38 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:34:41 AM
Mega health vibes to DR Elmore3003!!!

DRs JRand54, Rodzinski, and Kerry...watch for the mailman this week!

Glad you're back, Mikey! Where are those photos you promised us?
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 09:44:36 AM: I'm up, I'm up.

BRIC-A-BRAC, baby, BRIC-A-BRAC!

I will second the motion on I Know Where I'm Going - a wonderful Powell/Pressburger film, with a great feisty performance by Wendy Hiller.

One of my events has been confirmed - I shall be going to see the Musical Theater Group concert reading of Sail Away this evening. I will have much to say about it and the group tomorrow.
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 09:49:34 AM: Great photo TCB and Tomovoz, I’m ready for the 2006 ice cream tour.

JRand, diet or not, I would enjoy your own friendly face on the avatar.

MBarnum –Fat Kitty & Black Kitty-LOL. I guess, at least they have names-Craig’s cat in Romania still doesn’t have a name. I think I shall call him now to verify that. Darn, once again I can't get through.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 11, 2005, 09:52:26 AM: elmore, I have a very fond memory of sitting with Maggie Raye in a piano bar in San Clemente after a show and her leaning against the piano singing Little Girl Blue to me.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 10:01:42 AM: LOL DR Jane! Fat Kitty's alias is Jennifer when in public! LOL! James says she is embarrassed by her name....although it is more then fitting...that is one plump cat!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 10:05:28 AM: Yes, DR JRand54, those hills in Seattle...my legs got quite the workout! And what a beautiful place Seattle is...Saturday was around 70 degrees and sunny! We were very fortunate!!

I am now listening to a Japanese CD that I picked up in Seattle...it is called BEST 30 '63...it is a compilation of top Japanese pop hits of 1963...there were one for 1960 through at least 1969..but at $30 a pop I only bought the one from my birth year! Right now a Japanese duo is singing their version of the song HEY PAULA! LOL!

I also picked up a double CD set of Kyu Sakamoto's singles.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 10:08:12 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 09:22:02 AM
That Doris Day set is priced so attractively at some leading on-line retailers that the set can be had for less than $8 a film. And the nice part is that there isn't a bad movie in the bunch, and many show Doris at her very best (LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, CALAMITY JANE, THE PAJAMA GAME). The versions of CJ and TPG that I already purchased will make a nice gift for a travel buddy of mine with the new sturdier case versions to go on my shelf.

These sets are quickly replacing those TV series sets as my primary DVD purchases. As you said, DR Matt, who can resist so many terrific films at that price? Along with the DD set, I'm looking forward to the Errol Flynn set.

My only complaint about these packages is the flimsy slipcases they come in. But I suppose that that helps keep the overall costs down, so I won't gripe too loudly about it.
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 10:10:11 AM: As I mentioned, I prefer the new cases to those old snappers for Pajama Game and Calamity Jane. Better covers, too. I haven't looked at them, but I'm presuming the transfers are the same.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 10:15:24 AM: I must have missed it, but when is the Doris Day set coming out?

I do hope Doris' BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON is released someday...I love that movie!
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:20:54 AM: Matt H I’m finding Tim Daly’s performance in EYES delightful but I’m not sure if I like the show.

Has anyone else been watching HOUSE and NUMBE3S? I’m enjoying both shoes very much.
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 10:23:24 AM: ~~~ More Health Vibes for DR Elmore!! ~~~
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:27:52 AM: Having our own outdoor Shakespeare Theater here in Ashland my book discussion group is reading Hamlet’s Dresser, a memoir by Bob Smith. I think this is a book most of you will appreciate very mucy.

“Growing up in Stratford, CT, Bob Smith's life was hard and made harder by the difficulties of his profoundly retarded sister, his overwrought mother and harsh father, but found a window into a new world through Shakespeare. When he was 16, the Stratford Shakespeare Theater, with its many celebrity actors, moved into town and Bob became its biggest fan - and Hamlet's Dresser. At the age of 19, he joined the troupe and traveled the country. Bob ultimately became an authority on Shakespeare, teaching Shakespeare in several venues and, in particular, to seniors.”
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 10:28:42 AM: Academy Ratio. Whew.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 10:31:26 AM: There is a hilarious thread going on right now on Max Preeo's listserve about the American Girl emporium in NYC, entitled:

A Trip to Hell (or Stepford)
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:31:34 AM: Vixmom I hope your phone service is returned today now the weekend is over. Might the 18 year old be put to work helping you clean up the yard? Is it an inconvenience to have a broken fence?
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 10:40:07 AM: Re: Onna White. I forgot to mention that Onna's daughter Jeanne Douglas is a semi-regular on the RATM newsgroup (home of the heavier, less-refreshing Newport, LOL) and has been posting some very poignant memories of her mother this week.
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:46:22 AM: Dan (the Man) I just ordered I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING from Netflix.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 10:50:21 AM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:46:22 AM
Dan (the Man) I just ordered I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING from Netflix.

It's a great "date movie". ;)
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:26:35 AM: Quote from: JMK on April 11, 2005, 10:31:26 AM
There is a hilarious thread going on right now on Max Preeo's listserve about the American Girl emporium in NYC, entitled:

A Trip to Hell (or Stepford)

Sorry all about the widescreen, I knew not what I did :-[

JMK would you please post this link? Thanks
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 11:26:45 AM: Then I hope Jane buys some dates so she can eat them whilst watching it.
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 11:27:26 AM: It occurs to me that we might just achieve our new plateau of 110,000 postings this very day.
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 11:28:59 AM: And with that very post, we achieved it. Congrats to one and all and also all and one.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 11:32:56 AM: Quote from: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:26:35 AM
Sorry all about the widescreen, I knew not what I did :-[

JMK would you please post this link? Thanks

It's not URL-able (oooh, a new coinage :) ). It's a listserve, you have to subscribe to it. And Max is ~~anal~~ somewhat protective about people reproducing posts without permission so I dare not copy it here.
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Post by: Stuart on April 11, 2005, 11:33:21 AM: I started a post about an hour ago, but got sidetracked and lost it.

DR/Dear Brother Jay has gotten a job! It is, I believe, a newly created position with the Jewish Volunteer Services of LA. They are starting a Career Placement division, and Jay will be heading it.

Unfortunately, I am sketchy on the details, as he left me a message before heading off on his "last hurrah" this past week, and our parents weren't terribly well-versed in the details either.

Happy news indeed! (A DR George/SWEENEY TODD reference)

IN the meanwhile, we saw our final Stars of Tomorrrow shows of the year (a BIRDIE and a MAME) over the weekend. Now I just have to finish writing some of my adjudications. We also got to see the tour of CHICAGO, featuring -- ready for this, DR Jennifer? -- Paige Davis. She acquitted herself well, though she did not leap into the pantheon of favorite Roxies. (I have seen this production, in NY and on tour, far more than I care to admit!) The Velma, however, was a Canadienne named Terra MacLeod, and she was sensational! Carol Woods blew the roof off the house as Mama Morton. The Billy was only so-so.

That's what's going on.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:33:25 AM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:31:34 AM
Vixmom I hope your phone service is returned today now the weekend is over. Might the 18 year old be put to work helping you clean up the yard? Is it an inconvenience to have a broken fence?

This kid was driving a car that probably cost more than my house! I suspect manual labor is not in his repitore :DI have already received phone call from his dad's insurance company promising to get an adjuster out right away to acess the damage and they said they woud have him call me to arranege an appointment do I could be there to point out anything he might miss! :D

We like having the fence there to keep the pooping doggies out of the yard as well the odd SUV that might leap the curb :D

This is actually the 2nd time this has happened to this stretch of fence in the past ten years, and the neighbor directly across the street had the same problem twice in the past five years!!

Its a 30 MPH stretch of road, but the long st4ecth with no stop signs seems to motivate SUV drivers to go 300 MPH instead!! (all four incidents have been SUV drivers, so I am NOT picking on all SUV drivers in general dear dear Danise!!)
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 11:34:39 AM: Quote from: bk on April 11, 2005, 11:26:45 AM
Then I hope Jane buys some dates so she can eat them whilst watching it.

Figs....raisins.....
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 11:38:38 AM: Quote from: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:33:25 AM

the long st4ecth

Spinoff of the aforementioned Numb3rs? ;)
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:54:33 AM: OOPS three smilies in one post does seema bit excessive...
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 11:55:28 AM: Here is Mark and James at the Timberline bar down the street from James' apartment.

Mark is the conservative from Wyoming, James claims to be Republican...but he is more liberal than I am!
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:57:06 AM: Quote from: JMK on April 11, 2005, 11:38:38 AM
Spinoff of the aforementioned Numb3rs? ;)
;D
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 11:58:14 AM: And here are Mark and James again...I told them to look at each other with love in their eyes!

They actually will be moving in together before too long. I think they make a nice couple and I am very happy for them!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 11:59:15 AM: Congratulations to DR Jay!! (A nd a fervent wish he will soon grace these pages once more!)
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 12:01:05 PM: Quote from: Stuart on April 11, 2005, 11:33:21 AM
DR/Dear Brother Jay has gotten a job! It is, I believe, a newly created position with the Jewish Volunteer Services of LA. They are starting a Career Placement division, and Jay will be heading it.

Congratulations, DR Jay!! ;D
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 12:01:31 PM: Quote from: JMK on April 11, 2005, 11:32:56 AM
It's not URL-able (oooh, a new coinage :) ). It's a listserve, you have to subscribe to it. And Max is ~~anal~~ somewhat protective about people reproducing posts without permission so I dare not copy it here.

dang, dang and dang once again... sounds like it would have been right up DH's tree....
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 12:01:51 PM: LOL! That was pretty much about it for pictures! I kept forgetting to snap any other photos during the weekend! Oh, well.

Now I must relax and catch up on last nights DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and my (late) Bollywood movie for the weekend....ARZOO (1965).

(http://216.247.121.93/dvdImages/b4717.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 12:03:36 PM: Congrats to DR Jay! Happy news indeed!
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Post by: Sandra on April 11, 2005, 12:04:19 PM: Vibes to Dear Reader Elmore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Congratulations to Dear Reader Jay!!

I'm going to go crawl off to some corner of the library and fall asleep.

Good night!
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 12:05:48 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 12:01:51 PM
ARZOO

Gesundheit.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 12:06:33 PM: I won the Rocky Mountain regional best actor award back in my youth for playing Jerry in Albee's Arzoo Story.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 12:08:00 PM: The hilarious thing about it was the regionals were held at Brigham Young University, which had strict content guidelines for the plays presented on campus. Jerry's 20 page monologue was about 2 paragraphs by the time we were through. :)
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 12:23:26 PM: Welcome back to DR Dan (the Man)!

Employment congratulations to DR Jay!
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 12:25:37 PM: Based on today's media recommendations, I'm going home from work with a videotape copy of I Know Where I'm Going from my library's AV department and a copy of the book/CD of Sandra Boynton's Philadelphia Chickens from the Children's Dept.
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Post by: Stuart on April 11, 2005, 12:34:19 PM: A hearty welcome back to DR Dan-the-Man. You have been missed.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 12:45:48 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:46:22 AM
Dan (the Man) I just ordered I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING from Netflix.

Hmmm... This would be a good reason to join Netflix, but I think I'm going to head over to the Harold Prince Theatre one night this week to take in the movie on the big screen. I have the feeling that I'm going to like it very much and I might as well take advantage of this showing.
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 12:51:01 PM: Oh, and Jane, I have a copy of the book Hamlet's Dresser on its way from one of our branch libraries.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 12:53:32 PM: Quote from: Stuart on April 11, 2005, 12:34:19 PM
A hearty welcome back to DR Dan-the-Man. You have been missed.

:D. Thank you, sir! I've missed everyone likewise.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 12:57:43 PM: Hello Dan (the man) it is so nice to see your face again!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 01:04:39 PM: And Dan (the man) is back! ;D
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 01:07:56 PM: Oh, gosh! If it weren't for the fact that the ostrich feathers in my hat are cobolt blue instead of red, I'ld feel just like Dolly Levi descending the stairs at the Harmonia Gardens. Thanks, peeps!
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 01:09:57 PM: Quote from: bk on April 11, 2005, 11:26:45 AM
Then I hope Jane buys some dates so she can eat them whilst watching it.

Medjool are the best. :)
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 01:10:41 PM: DR vixmom - Regarding the mishap in your front yard this weekend, I'm glad you and your family weren't out in the yard, gardening or playing kickball or something!
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 01:17:17 PM: CONGRATULATIONS JAY!!

Stuart thank you for sharing the wonderful news.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 01:18:04 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 10:20:54 AM
Matt H I’m finding Tim Daly’s performance in EYES delightful but I’m not sure if I like the show.

Has anyone else been watching HOUSE and NUMBE3S? I’m enjoying both shoes very much.

I like EYES much more than NUMBERS (which I'd like better if they got rid of Judd Hirsch). There aren't many shows on right now that I like more than HOUSE with that mesmerizing performance by Hugh Laurie and the truly intriguing cases they've come up with.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 01:21:48 PM: Happy about DR Jay's news and hope we will be able to rejoin us here once he gets settled into his new job.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 01:25:56 PM: Believe it or not, we're about to plunge back into winter. We're having near 80 today, but for the rest of the week, it's not supposed to get out of the 50s with cold (for April) nights.

I'm going to have to turn my heat back on, I'll bet!
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 01:30:21 PM: Vixmom just because the kid drives an expensive car doesn’t mean he can’t do manual labor. Did the father at least have the kid apologize to you? Have you and your neighbor thought about requesting speed bumps on your street?

MBarnum, nice pictures. Are you home from work today?
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 01:34:22 PM: Whew! Is Comcast irritating or WHAT? I have been without internet since early this morning. A service call brought me an appointment for Wednesday morning! So I just waited. Then about 15 minutes ago, the technician called and said there had been a problem in my area and it might be fixed now....and it is so far. The service call has been cancelled and, I am crossing my fingers that things are all right.

Thanks to VixMom and Jane - I will think about changing my avatar when I get a good picture of myself...LOL....

DRMBARNUM I got a nice package in the mail today so I will be watching some interesting motion pictures this evening. Thanks so much!

Bric-a -brac....as far as the eye can see...I love bric-a-brac - and I first heard this word as spoken by Miss Lucille Ball on I LOVE LUCY.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 01:36:48 PM: Stormy weather predicted for us today.

LOL DR JMK - I feel like my avatar some days, believe me.

DR CP - what is junket?

My favorite childhood meal - usually on Tuesdays - was meatloaf. MMMMM....always with mashed potatoes and green beans. Some thin brown gravy - I don't like thick or lumpy gravy. And a German Chocolate cake for dessert. The icing was made with walnuts from our own tree that we picked up from the ground and shelled ourselves...mmmmmmmm.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 01:37:06 PM: Nice pictures, DRMBARNUM.
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 01:38:32 PM: DR MBarnum - thanks for posting your weekend pictures. Seattle is one of my favorite cities!
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 01:40:38 PM: Ginny let me know how you like HAMLET’S DRESSER. I did have a slow start with it. I’m not sure if that is because I do most of my reading at night and just happened to be tired and falling asleep. Sleeping while reading can be a bit difficult. ;D

I didn't want the book to end and I want to know more about Bob Smith's life. I know, we should get him to join us at HHW. I'm sure we would all like him very much. :)
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 01:50:07 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 01:18:04 PM
I like EYES much more than NUMBERS (which I'd like better if they got rid of Judd Hirsch). There aren't many shows on right now that I like more than HOUSE with that mesmerizing performance by Hugh Laurie and the truly intriguing cases they've come up with.

LOL, intriguing & mesmerizing yes, but so many holes in the medical information. We find enough errors but my brother the doctor, a fan of Hugh Laurie’s, finds even more. ;D

I know Judd Hirsch doesn’t have much of a role in Numbe3s but I still like him. I like the rest of the cast (Keith isn't too sure about the brother). It’s nice to see the gal from SLIDERS again and looking so good.

I hope the scripts for EYES improve. We still have it set to record.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 01:58:01 PM: Quote from: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 01:10:41 PM
DR vixmom - Regarding the mishap in your front yard this weekend, I'm glad you and your family weren't out in the yard, gardening or playing kickball or something!

Thanks! It was an absolutely beautiful day too, mid 70's sunny, DH & I wpould have been gardening for sure if we had not been out at the Con

When my neighbor called me he started out real casually, "Hey Deb how's it going? So, where are you? Oh nice, are Steve and Victoria with you? Oh good. Listen you rhouse and car are ok, but there's an SUV on your lawn..."

He's a good man, Mike is!!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 02:01:04 PM: Well, that makes horse races because I think the scripts for EYES have been wonderfully intricate, and I love Daly's droll approach to the job. And switching clients in the midst of a case, well, I've never seen anything quite like that in a TV procedural before.

I wouldn't know a medical information hole if it bit me in the toe. The show keeps me on edge constantly with the diagnoses, treatments that work or don't work, and the final unravelling of the medical mystery (though almost all of the stories have followed that same pattern, ripe for some tweaking if it's not to become mundane).

I have nothing against Judd Hirsch personally. He's a wonderful actor, but with nothing to do on the show except continuously prod his sons for not getting married and producing offspring, well, I have a knee jerk reaction to that kind of parental pressure. I endured it myself for decades before I finally let my parents in on the truth that there would be no grandkids from my side of the family tree.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 02:03:46 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 01:30:21 PM
Vixmom just because the kid drives an expensive car doesn’t mean he can’t do manual labor. Did the father at least have the kid apologize to you? Have you and your neighbor thought about requesting speed bumps on your street?

Around the area that kid comes from they think dressing themselves as manual labor! ;D Ok, ok, I'm generalizing... am I bitter that a 18 year kid can afford to wreck a car that would buy both our cars four times over? Naaaah, not me.... ;)

The kid was neither seen nor heard. Daddy had him locked down in the passenger side of the 'vette....

Dad was everywhere; talking to the cop, the electric co, the telephone co, the tow truck guy, apologized to the DH & myself on his kid's behalf a half dozen times. I figure dad is an attorney or doctor and didn't want the kid to say anything stupid and make matters worse.
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Post by: vixmom on April 11, 2005, 02:05:27 PM: I just called my house ands got the answering machine so the phone lines must be reconnected.... well hi ho hi ho its home from work I go!!

Maybe I'll post some pictures of the event later....
Byeeeee
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:14:27 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 11:55:28 AM
Here is Mark and James at the Timberline bar down the street from James' apartment.

Mark is the conservative from Wyoming, James claims to be Republican...but he is more liberal than I am!
I remember the Timberline! A softball team I was with dropped by there while we were playing in a tournament. Nice place, on the huge side, big dance floor. Terrible weather all weekend, rained the entire time until it was time to fly home (and since it was Seattle that was no cause to stop playing), but we had a blast.

And it's good to know you know Republicans (other than der B and myself) that don't fit the stereotype of knee-jerk jerks. There's really a lot of us, we just get ignored.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:25:57 PM: My Mom was from Syracuse, New York. It's from her that I learned that it is properly New York City, and not just New York, as that is demeaning to the entire rest of the state.

That having been said, I would still like to know why my favorite dishes from her kitchen were Mexican cuisine? She made great tacos, great chili, great enchiladas. These were the dishes we asked for, when we wanted something special. For that matter, another of her specialties was another Californian dish, the Hangtown Fry, a concoction of scrambled eggs and oysters that originated from the Gold Rush era. But I've never cared for oysters, so that wasn't high on my favorites list.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:27:55 PM: Der Brucer didn't believe me yesterday when I told him I'd seen ten deer crossing through the lot next door. Today he's out there with his camera, with the same ten hopefully posing for him.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:30:18 PM: The only place in our house you're likely to find bric-a-brac is in the refrigerator. We really should clean that thing out more often.

::)
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:31:12 PM: The deer were shy, and ran away. :'(
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 02:31:17 PM: Hello, DRGINNY!

DRJOSE must be nearly home by now.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 02:33:22 PM: Page Five Lazy Dance. ;D

(http://www.gifs.net/animate/beachbabe.gif)

And yes DRTOMovOZ - I would imagine DRJOEY is now familiar with the lyrics of "Pineapple Princess." ;D
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:34:21 PM: Today is National Cheese Fondue Day!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 02:46:35 PM: DR SWW - I will have to put up my outdoor lights!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 02:46:50 PM: 110,000 posts!
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 02:57:41 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 02:01:04 PM
Well, that makes horse races because I think the scripts for EYES have been wonderfully intricate, and I love Daly's droll approach to the job. And switching clients in the midst of a case, well, I've never seen anything quite like that in a TV procedural before.

I wouldn't know a medical information hole if it bit me in the toe. The show keeps me on edge constantly with the diagnoses, treatments that work or don't work, and the final unravelling of the medical mystery (though almost all of the stories have followed that same pattern, ripe for some tweaking if it's not to become mundane).

I have nothing against Judd Hirsch personally. He's a wonderful actor, but with nothing to do on the show except continuously prod his sons for not getting married and producing offspring, well, I have a knee jerk reaction to that kind of parental pressure. I endured it myself for decades before I finally let my parents in on the truth that there would be no grandkids from my side of the family tree.

I agree with the switching clients and Daly's acting-the reason's I'm still watching.

I think they heard about your knee-jerk reaction to parental pressure and have eased up on those jokes. In last weeks episode Hirsch didn't say much, but what he said had value.

We try not to put that kind of pressure on our kids. Bryan’s last girlfriends kept bringing up the subject of children and he thinks I’m the one that starts it, knowing I would like a grandchild. If his new girlfriend says anything at all I’m changing the subject as fast as possible. ;D
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 03:01:04 PM: A nice group of packages today: from Amazon.uk the new bios of John Schlesinger and Michael Redgrave, and the French film ON GUARD from eBay.

DRRodzinski should be here shortly. We're having dinner and watching a movie.
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:01:37 PM: Our male turkey keeps calling his harem, but they seem to be ignoring him.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 03:04:18 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:01:37 PM
Our male turkey keeps calling his harem, but they seem to be ignoring him.

Is that what gobble gobble means? You're so smart! :-*
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:08:34 PM: Keith did a bit of research on turkey when ours moved in. :)
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:16:01 PM: Almost everything my mother cooked was the best. She was great at collecting recipes and improving on them.

Long before there was The Cheesecake Factory you could rarely find a good cheesecake, except at our house.

Dark English fruitcake with marzipan topping-I miss it so much. My father
wasn’t a fan of marzipan so he would peel his topping off and give it to me. I’m sorry to say this recipe has been lost. :(

Wild rice
Cornish hens stuffed with wild rice
Danish apple pie
A thick meat Spaghetti sauce
Yorkshire pudding
Breads
Custard Pie
Noodle Kugel
Matzo ball soup made with turkey, not chicken soup
Stuffed cabbage
Chocolate cake with a great frosting

My mother would write out our names with pancake batter.

I don’t know if this was the best since I have never had it anywhere else, but she fried up leftover mashed potatoes patties, in butter, for breakfast and poured Golden Syrup over them. Craig loves these.
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Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:18:09 PM: I'm off for a walk.
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 03:31:41 PM: I thought DRs Elmore and Jose would get a kick out of seeing my cue-sheet for Pajama Game. What this means is I am at least as busy pushing buttons on my synth as I am actually playing the keyboard :) Sometimes I'm pizzicati strings, sometimes I'm arco strings, sometimes I'm a clarinet, sometimes I'm a clarinet with arco strings, sometimes I'm a brass band (hmm....a Cy...oh, never mind):

PS1:   V1: PIZZ STRINGS   V2: BRASS SCT
PS2:   V1: STRING SCT   V2: ENG HORN
PS 3:   V1: CLARINET   V2: STRING SCT
PS 4:   V1: CAMP GTR

SONG #
1   P. 17         PS1 V2
   P .17 at A         PS1 V1
   P. 19 at D         PS1 V2
2   P. 22         PS1 V1
   P. 27 at G         PS1 V2
   P. 31 at N         PS1 V1
   P. 33 last 4      PS2 V2
3   P. 34         PS2 V1
   P. 34 at 1         PS1 V1
   P. 35 at 3         PS2 V1
   P. 36 at 4         PS1 V1
   P. 36 last msr      PS2 V1
   P. 37 at 7         PS1 V1
   P. 38 2nd system      PS2 V1
4   P. 39         PS1 V1
5   P. 40         PS2 V1
6   P. 56         PS2 V1
7   P. 57         PS2 V1
   P. 57 at Scot      PS3 V1
.    P. 65 at dance      PS3 V1&2
8   p. 68         PS3 V2
   P. 69 at A         PS3 V1&2
9   P. 75         PS3 V1&2
9A   P. 77         PS3 V1
9B   P. 80         PS3 V1&2
9C   P. 87         PS3 V1&2
10   P. 89         PS2 V1
   P. 89 at A         PS4 V1
   P. 96         PS3 V1&2
10A TACET
10B P. 113         PS3 V1
12   P. 118         PS3 V2
   P. 125 at K      PS3 V1&2
   P. 126 at S      PS3 V2
12A P. 128         PS3 V2
13   P. 130         PS3 V1&2
14   P. 147         PS3 V1
14A P. 148         PS1 V1
14B P. 151         PS3 V1
15   P. 152         PS2 V1
   P. 152 at A      PS1 V1
   P. 153 at top      PS2 V1
16   P. 155         PS3 V1&2
16A P. 165         PS3 V1&2
17   P. 166         PS1 V2
17A P. 176         PS2 V1
18A P. 180         PS3 V1
19   P. 181         PS1 V1
20   P. 188         PS1 V1
20A P. 191         PS1 V1
20B P. 198         PS1 V1
21       OUT
22   P. 221         PS2 V1
23A P. 238         PS3 V1&2
24   P. 239         PS3 V1&2
   P.247 at E      PS1 V2
   P. 249 at J      PS1 V1
25A P. 251         PS1 V2
26   P. 253         PS2 V1
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 03:34:24 PM: So far, 10A and 21 are my favorite numbers. ;)
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 11, 2005, 03:35:15 PM: Congrats to DR Jay. Now that employment concerns are out of the way, hopefully he'll be re-joining us soon at HHW.

JRand, junket is kind of a runny pudding-like thing. Used to come in a packet that could be bought at stores. I don't know what was added to it, probably milk.

elmore, you will love ON GUARD.
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Post by: Michael on April 11, 2005, 03:39:13 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 03:01:04 PM
A nice group of packages today: from Amazon.uk the new bios of John Schlesinger and Michael Redgrave, and the French film ON GUARD from eBay.

DRRodzinski should be here shortly. We're having dinner and watching a movie.

I hope Jose doesn't get jealous! ;D
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Post by: Michael on April 11, 2005, 03:40:16 PM: As with all Jewish mothers her favorite thing to make for dinner was reservations.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 03:41:17 PM: DR JAY! Great news!

Thanks for the info, DRCP. Hmmmmm......sounds familiar, but if it was made with milk, I would usually pass. :P
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 03:42:54 PM: I hope you don't get any stuck keys, DR JMK!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 03:54:02 PM: Junket is a sweet custard like food of flavoured milk curded with rennett. Junket tablets were added to the milk and had various flavours - all of which tasted much the same!!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Charles Pogue on April 11, 2005, 04:02:31 PM: rennett, that's the ingredient I couldn't remember.
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 04:02:33 PM: My mother's best dish was her brisket. I've had many briskets in my time, but none came close.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 04:04:40 PM: Mr. Kevin Spirtas came by to play me the first attempt at one of our medleys. The good news was the songs all seem to work. The bad news was the medley made no sense musically or any other way. We spent a half-hour going through it, and I made lots of cuts and gave new ways to get in and out of things - he'll go back now and make those changes and it should work much better. It was twelve minutes, and I believe I've gotten it down to six.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 04:31:19 PM: Junket is, of course, a brand name (http://www.junketdesserts.com/products1.html)...now. The word itself has been used since the 15th century to refer to a dessert made of sweetened curds...in other words, a kind of cheese.

Nowadays, the word "junket" refers to a trip supposedly made for collecting information but generally for those on the junket to have a grand time carrousing and behaving in sundry cheesy ways.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Danise on April 11, 2005, 04:37:31 PM: Hi folks!

Just got home a little while ago so I can’t stay for long—gotta feed the dogs, eat dinner, etc.

Just wanted to say:

Congrats to TCB on the role in Annie Get Your Gun. Break another leg!

Thanks to Jane for E-mailing me your (TCB) comments about the bus. We’re sure going to give it everything we’ve got to keep our route just as it is.

I LOVED the pictures, DR Ginny! Hey, I know some of those people. In fact, I think I’ve even MET some of those people in PERSON!!!

DR VixMom—Just a FYI, Bonnie is very well behaved and does NOT jump curbs into peoples yards! ;D

A comment on Errol Flynn. Some years back, I was in a waiting room and a Errol Flynn movies was on the TV. I made the comment that they don’t make movies or men like that any more.

One of the men said that he knew Errol Flynn when he was a kid. He said that Errol was good friends with his father/mother and he had lots of memories of him coming over to house for dinner. Fact or fiction, I don’t know but it was an interesting story.

Welcome back DR Dan The Man! You were missed!

Great news about DR Jay and the new job. Glad to hear that DR’s Ann and Jed are also raking in some cash!

DR Elmore, I’m so very glad that you finely have a date to look forward to that will take care of problem. I’m hoping against hope that will be the case. :)

Got to run. Sorry but at least I posted! :D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:39:00 PM: Good Afternoon! Well, it's almost Good Evening here...

Not too bad a flight back... However...

It's amazing how long a relatively short 20-minute cab ride to the airport can seem... as you watch the fare go up... and up... and up... -And, yes, I already have the envelope all set so that I can mail my receipt into company management. ;)

My flight out of Indy left about 30 minutes late since the "equipment" was held up in Chicago, and didn't start deplaning until our scheduled departure time. However, we made good time into Dulles, and I'm just glad I didn't have to worry about rushing off to a connecting flight.

Then came the walk to the shuttle to take me back to the main terminal. Then came the slow shuttle ride back to the main terminal. Then came the walk through the main terminal to baggage claim - up one set of stairs, turn left, down another set of stairs, turn to the right, up an escalator, turn left, down an escalator,turn right... Whew! Ah, but, of course, the luggage was coming in on Carousel 1 - and by the time I had finished the "maze" I was standing at Carousel 7. Then came the wait... It was a good 15 minutes before the luggage from my flight appeared - and it had already been about 15 minutes since we had deplaned. All of us kept checking with the agents to make sure we were all standing at the correct carousel. In any case... My bag was the second one out! :)

Then came another wait for the Parking Shuttle... Thankfully, that wasn't too long, and it's an absolutely gorgeous day here. And it was nice seeing the trees that were bare when I left two weeks ago all a-bud. And the rush hour traffic was expected and not too bad.

So, I'm at my parents house right now. Had some dinner. Watching some TV. Catching up on e-mails. I may actually go ahead and head back to Richmond tonight.

My parents aren't home right now, which is a little strange, but it does look like my father came home from work and headed back out somewhere. -There were "fresh" leftovers in the fridge - always a sign that my dad has come home from work (he cooks for the Secretary of HHS.)

In any case...
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:45:35 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on April 11, 2005, 03:39:13 PM
I hope Jose doesn't get jealous! ;D

Well..

Well...

Um...

I bet DR elmore hasn't walked through a tunnel with DR Rodzinksi!

-And, please, apply all sorts of Freudian and Jungian analysis to that statement!

;D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:49:12 PM: Quote from: JMK on April 11, 2005, 03:31:41 PM
I thought DRs Elmore and Jose would get a kick out of seeing my cue-sheet for Pajama Game. What this means is I am at least as busy pushing buttons on my synth as I am actually playing the keyboard :) Sometimes I'm pizzicati strings, sometimes I'm arco strings, sometimes I'm a clarinet, sometimes I'm a clarinet with arco strings, sometimes I'm a brass band (hmm....a Cy...oh, never mind):

PS1:   V1: PIZZ STRINGS   V2: BRASS SCT
PS2:   V1: STRING SCT   V2: ENG HORN
PS 3:   V1: CLARINET   V2: STRING SCT
PS 4:   V1: CAMP GTR

SONG #
1   P. 17         PS1 V2
   P .17 at A         PS1 V1
   P. 19 at D         PS1 V2
...

I still remember when I played Into the Woods at Signature Theatre. I covered the piano/keyboard/celeste/etc. parts as well as lent some "support" to the string section. *OH! and the "back beats" for the Witch's rap in the opening. In any case...

The only time I had a break was for a little bit of underscoring/scene change music in the second act. I "fondly" remember the Post-It note that I pasted over the section... "HALLELUJAH!"
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:51:34 PM: RE: Junket - I still junket for sale on some grocery store shelves - even Ukrop's in Richmond has it - and that's saying something! It's usually in the "International Aisle", or in the no-man's section of stuff that's could fit into a bunch of other categories.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 04:52:45 PM: Glad you got the package JRand54! I hope you enjoy your movie viewing!! And remember the Hong Kong movie I sent is a VCD, so the picture quality will not be as wonderful as the DVD would be, plus no menu like on a DVD.

My brand new JVC all region code DVD player is on it's way to me know!!! And then I can watch some actual Hong Kong DVDs!!

That said, my friend David just sent me DANCING MILLIONAIRESS VCD which I can hopefully watch this coming weekend, if not sooner.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:53:21 PM: DR MBarnum - Thanks for the Seattle pics. But where are the pics of YOU!?!?!?

;)

-Any chance we'll have pics of you looking lovingly into someone's eyes sometime soon?

:)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:54:52 PM: Page Six Dance....

In honor of Ms. d'Amboise's opening tonight...

The FRUG!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:57:35 PM: Hmm....

So now we know that President Bush has "My Sharona" and "Center Field" on his iPod.

Hmmm...

Did we really need to know that?

Does anyone really care that we needed to know that?

Of course, there was also that news item about that website that states the owner will kill and eat their bunny if they don't receive $50,000 by a certain date. -It may all be a hoax, but still...
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:59:04 PM: DR Ginny - Just depends what you put in the mug!

;D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 05:05:01 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:18:09 PM
I'm off for a walk.

I just returned-boy that was a nice long walk. I made three attemps to photograph the turkeys in flight and failed.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:05:19 PM: Hmmm... I'm feeling kind of sleepy... Maybe I will stay here tonight...

It was also weird losing another hour flying back here today.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:08:02 PM: As for BRIC-A-BRAC...

I have a feeling I'll be sorting through quite a bit of BRIC-A-BRAC over the next few weeks as I pack up my apartment in Richmond...

Can you say E-bay?

;)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 05:10:10 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on April 11, 2005, 03:40:16 PM
As with all Jewish mothers her favorite thing to make for dinner was reservations.

I thought cooking loved ones favorite dishes and feeding tons of them was the favorite thing to do. :)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 05:11:37 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 05:05:01 PM
I just returned-boy that was a nice long walk. I made three attemps to photograph the turkeys in flight and failed.
Next time stay on the ground with them DR Jane.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 05:12:45 PM: Not that anyone really needs reminding but DR Elmore must be one of the most thoughtful and caring people in this universe.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:14:06 PM: From TheFoody.com

Junket

570ml (1 pint) Full Cream Milk
2 tsp Brandy or Rum (optional)
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Rennet
Cinnamon, to taste
Grated Nutmeg, to taste

Place the milk in saucepan with sugar and warm gently to blood heat.
Stir to dissolve sugar.
Remove pan from heat, add the brandy or rum (If used).
Pour into a serving dish.
Stir in rennet and set aside to set at room temperature for 2 hours.
When set add on cinnamon and nutmeg then chill in fridge.
Serve with sugar to taste and sweetened whipped cream.

http://thefoody.com/pudding/junket.html
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 05:15:23 PM: Tomovoz, ;D and very true. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:17:19 PM: And from the BBC:

Junket

by Keith Floyd
from Floyd on Britain and Ireland

Serves 4-6

Preparation time 30 mins to 1 hour

Cooking time less than 10 mins

Ingredients
570ml/1 pint creamy milk
2 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp brandy
1 tsp rennet
175g/6oz clotted cream

Method
1. Warm the milk in a heavy-based pan until blood temperature.
2. Add 1 tbsp sugar and stir until dissolved.
3. Stir in the brandy and rennet. Pour into a large glass dish and leave in a cool place (not the refrigerator) for about 5 hours until set, then refrigerate for 1 hour.
4. Spread the clotted cream on top of the junket and sprinkle with the other 15g/1 tbsp sugar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/junket_8184.shtml
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 05:19:04 PM: Shortly I shall be joining our pal Miss Barbara Deutsch to see Sail Away. We shall then sup, and then I shall return. Keep the home fries burning until my returning, won't you, or I will be forced to say BRIC-A-BRAC.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:20:58 PM: Furthermore...

http://www.junketdesserts.com/products1.html

(http://www.junketdesserts.com/images/prod_tablets.gif)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:22:33 PM: OOHH!!!!!

And also available on the Junket Desserts website, you can download the following story in .PDF format!

(http://www.junketdesserts.com/images/flibbity_img.jpg)

Quote
Flibbity Jibbit, a wonderful story about a duck that holds the key to saving the lives of a hungry town!
[/size]

http://www.junketdesserts.com/flibbity1.html
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 05:31:35 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:59:04 PM
DR Ginny - Just depends what you put in the mug!

;D

DR Jose, no matter WHAT I'd put in the mug, there's not enough of it in the world to produce either of the results I mentioned earlier!

Glad to see you're back home safely.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:33:35 PM: Quote from: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 05:31:35 PM
DR Jose, no matter WHAT I'd put in the mug, there's not enough of it in the world to produce either of the results I mentioned earlier!

Glad to see you're back home safely.

Well... You could always put "something" in the mug and give it to the people who would be in your audience.

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:38:39 PM: And I thought I would have to post this "analysis" from yesterday's New York Times. (Yes, the following is Copyrighted, 2005, New York Times.)

April 10, 2005
DIRECTIONS | BEHIND THE SCENES

Who's Afraid of Liver Failure?

"After a while you don't get any drunker, do you?" asks Nick midway through "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The four characters in Edward Albee's 1962 classic, now being revived at the Longacre Theater, speak plenty of savage truths - but we all know that's not one of them. What shape would they really be in after drinking as hard as they do for the play's three hours? Eric Grode toted up the alcohol (actually spring water and tea) ingested during a performance and then spoke with two experts: Dr. Jay Lefkowitch, an anatomic pathologist at Columbia University Medical Center who specializes in liver diseases, and John Carca, manager and bartender at the Paramount Bar two blocks south of the theater. Herewith, a quick assessment of each character's intake.

GEORGE (played by Bill Irwin): male, 46, tall and wiry, drinks three glasses of bourbon on the rocks. "George has already had six times the 'safe dose,' " Dr. Lefkowitch said, citing a 1987 British study of alcohol consumption limits. That makes George the teetotaler of this group. Mr. Carca took a softer line: "If he's drinking regularly, he'd be O.K."

MARTHA (Kathleen Turner,) : female, 52, full-figured; 11.33 generous tumblers of gin. Both experts were shocked at that amount. "I don't care if that's for the whole day - she's drunk," Mr. Carca said. "Realistically, she'd black out by the end unless she's a functional alcoholic." Dr. Lefkowitch said that amount, if ingested regularly, qualified as a "cirrhosis-producing dose."

NICK (David Harbour): male, 28, strapping; 7.75 bourbons on the rocks. "If he's a relative newcomer, and young and healthy, he doesn't have as much baseline metabolic equipment," Dr. Lefkowitch said. "So he'll get drunker faster. Martha's going to have to drink more than him to keep up with him."

HONEY (Mireille Enos): female, 26, petite; 5 snifters of brandy before taking a bottle to the bathroom. "She's the novice," Dr. Lefkowitch said, "so she's going to get into trouble, with resultant vomiting, incoherent speech, etc." Though Honey runs offstage to throw up at the first intermission, Mr. Carca had a hard time believing she'd be around for the next two acts: "If she's not used to drinking, she'd be ready to go to sleep at that point. She would probably remember throwing up and nothing more." In this play, that might make Honey the luckiest character of all.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 05:38:51 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 02:01:04 PM
Well, that makes horse races because I think the scripts for EYES have been wonderfully intricate, and I love Daly's droll approach to the job. And switching clients in the midst of a case, well, I've never seen anything quite like that in a TV procedural before.

I thought that that was a pretty unique plot twist, also. Another reason to watch "Eyes" is Tim Daly. He's just nice to look at! ;) AND they have an openly gay character. That's always a plus in my book. ;D
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Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 05:40:09 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on April 11, 2005, 02:14:27 PM
I remember the Timberline! A softball team I was with dropped by there while we were playing in a tournament. Nice place, on the huge side, big dance floor. Terrible weather all weekend, rained the entire time until it was time to fly home (and since it was Seattle that was no cause to stop playing), but we had a blast.

My ex-boyfriend (who lives in Seattle) has gone to the Timberline several times. He says that he even saw John Procaccino there (he's a Seattle celebrity). ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:45:56 PM: OK...

I'm gonna go ahead and get some things together here and head on back to Richmond...

Laters...
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 06:07:31 PM: On a totally different note, the following was sent to DH Richard by a school nurse:

Symptoms of a stroke - a true story

Susie is recuperating at an incredible pace for someone with a massive
stroke all because Sherry saw Susie stumble - that is the key that isn't mentioned below - and then she asked Susie the 3 questions. This literally saved Susie's life - - Some angel sent it to Suzie's friend and she did just what it said to do. Suzie failed all three, so 911 was called. Even though she had normal blood pressure readings and did not appear to be having a stroke, as she could converse to some extent with the Paramedics, they took her to the hospital right away. Thank God for the sense to remember the 3 questions!

Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.
2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE.

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
After discovering that a group of non medical volunteers could identify
facial weakness, arm weakness, and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people, you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

BE A FRIEND AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 06:09:48 PM: Matt H & George, since I agree with all your reasons to like EYES you have e analyzing my reasons I’m unsure about it. It must be the undercurrent theme I find unnecessary or I just don’t care for it. I shouldn’t but I like the woman who is supposed to be a spy and could do without the womanizer.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 06:14:47 PM: I went to the Junket site and found Danish Dessert! I didn’t know it still existed. I use to make a dessert using strawberries, lady fingers and a glaze made from Danish Dessert. There must have been cool whip or whipped cream in there too. I wonder if I still have the recipe.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 06:23:24 PM: Happy Birthday to Bomba the Jungle Boy aka Johnny Sheffield. 8)

(http://i24.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/39/7a/54_1.JPG)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 06:24:46 PM: For more details on the three steps check this out. http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/stroke.asp
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Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 06:33:40 PM: Hi, JRand - Are you still humming "Super Trooper" or "Take a Chance on Me" or ?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Ginny on April 11, 2005, 06:41:21 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 06:24:46 PM
For more details on the three steps check this out. http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/stroke.asp

Jane - thanks for this link. We're usually pretty skeptical about these "pass this on" messages, but this one seems to have some credibility.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 06:48:14 PM: DR GINNY - Having the songs listed in Alphabetical rather than performance order was a clever way of surprising us by what song was coming next.

My favorite was the way they introduced "Take a Chance on Me" and the blocking that followed....also really liked "Does Your Mother Know" because Tanya was so wonderful!

Yes, I am humming!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 07:07:51 PM: Ginny I was just hoping you wouldn't be insulted I checked up on your true story. ;D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 07:16:57 PM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 11, 2005, 03:35:15 PM
Congrats to DR Jay. Now that employment concerns are out of the way, hopefully he'll be re-joining us soon at HHW.

JRand, junket is kind of a runny pudding-like thing. Used to come in a packet that could be bought at stores. I don't know what was added to it, probably milk.

elmore, you will love ON GUARD.

DRPogue, I do love it! I rented it on Netflix and liked it so much I bought it. It's so much fun, and it's so glorious to look at. Fantastic performances, to boot.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 07:21:50 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 05:12:45 PM
Not that anyone really needs reminding but DR Elmore must be one of the most thoughtful and caring people in this universe.

Shhhh! I don't want that getting out.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Kerry on April 11, 2005, 07:29:45 PM: I had a Mame Dennis moment today when the receptionist for the 4th floor asked me to cover the phones for a minute. It wasn't quite as bad as "Widdicombe, Gutterman, Applewhite, Bitterman and Black," but at one point I did ask a caller what he was doing in Mr. Mooney's slot. And yes, we have a Mr. Mooney. Not Theodore J though.

We'll see if I still have a job tomorrow.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 07:30:03 PM: That's funny. When someone did the three steps on me, they substituted the last step. It went:

Smile
Put both arms up
Hand me all your money.

;D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 07:30:34 PM: I had a lovely dinner with DRRodzinski at Good Enough To Eat on Amsterdam and 83rd Street. I had fantastic meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and peas and carrots, and Rodzinski had fried chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli (I think) and french fries! Then he came back to my apartment and we watched the big musical number from GUMNAAM before THE RAGE OF THE WEREWOLF. Alas, the DVD was defective and we couldn't play it, so we watched CRY UNCLE, which was truly a weird late 60s-early 70s film with allen Garfield and the peculiar AFTER DARK covergirl Madeleine le Roux. She's bizarre.

Eat your heart out, DRJose!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jane on April 11, 2005, 07:35:53 PM: Too late elmore, it's already out.

'night.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: elmore3003 on April 11, 2005, 07:42:25 PM: No MEDIUM? No MEDIUM? Malheureusement!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Michael on April 11, 2005, 07:45:03 PM: DR Jrand54:

I was looking through the book Hollywood Babylon and there was a chapter on Frances Farmer. How much of what is said is true? (Did really say, when she arrested and asked what she did for the record, she was a professional C***s*****?)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 08:07:57 PM: Well DR MS - I would refer you to DR JMK and also the excellent website located belowt where you will find all you EVER wanted to know about Frances.....but as to Hollywood Babylon write up (which has been the basis of MANY other stories):

Frances did at one time give her occupation as "Prostitute" when she was being booked, the other story is apocryphal. She did call herself a vagrant rather give her address another time. HB also perpetuates the myth that it was Frances' mother who was responsible for her intial commitment, but it was in fact Frances' sister-in-law, who saw her confinement in a santarium as preferential to a jail term.

I am sure DR JMK can offer you a link to his home page that refutes many of these myths.

But in anwer to your question, "No, she didn't."

http://www.geocities.com/~themistyone/index2.html (http://www.geocities.com/~themistyone/index2.html)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:13:04 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 11, 2005, 03:08:34 PM
Keith did a bit of research on turkey when ours moved in. :)

I got a very, very strange wrong number phone call tonight. When I picked up the phone, a man with a somewhat thick-ish accent asked if he was speaking to Mr. Kochano-wa-how-ow-ski. Since my name gets mangled most of the time by people who don't know me, I said yes, this is Mr Kochanowicz (stressing the correct pronunciation.)

He then said that he was Mr. Howa Doubi (?) and that he was calling from the country of Turkey. I wasn't quite sure what he said and I asked him if he would repeat what he just said, which he did. He then went on to say that he was calling because, years ago, I had purchased a number of oriental rugs from him and he wanted to know if I could possibly return them. Before I could get out that I had never bought an oriental rug in my life, he started telling me that he had sold the rugs by mistake and that the owners were now very, very angry with him and that they want their rugs back. I was so dumbfounded that I was getting a call like this that I just barely stuttered out that I never bought rugs from him and that he must have the wrong number. He responded with "Oh, my my! Oh, my my! Oh, my my! I am sorry! Oh, my my! Thank you for your trouble! Oh, my my! Good-bye!" and he hung up. I think I stood there for a good few minutes with my mouth hanging open.

And now, hours later, I am sitting here worrying about this man in Turkey who might be facing the wrath of some very, very angry ex-oriental rug owners. He did sound upset and desperate. I feel like I should send him vibes.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:16:12 PM: Quote from: George on April 11, 2005, 05:38:51 PM
I thought that that was a pretty unique plot twist, also. Another reason to watch "Eyes" is Tim Daly. He's just nice to look at! ;) AND they have an openly gay character. That's always a plus in my book. ;D

Absolutely, DR George. I find Daly's best friend to be a character I want to learn lots more about. I hope the show runs long enough to fill in some details.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:17:22 PM: Quote from: JRand54 on April 11, 2005, 03:41:17 PM
DR JAY! Great news!

Thanks for the info, DRCP. Hmmmmm......sounds familiar, but if it was made with milk, I would usually pass. :P

I'm sure you've seen the pacakages, DR JRand...

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Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:20:37 PM: Hey Dan (the man)!
I've only been around these parts since February or so, so our paths haven't crossed, but good to see you back around, because folks sure did seem to miss you.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:21:09 PM: I got the phone call tonight offering me the role of Georges in a local production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, so I'm going to be busy learning lines for the next few weeks. (I'd already learned all the music in preparation for the audition in case we were asked to sing something from the score. I did have to sing "Song on the Sand.")
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:23:01 PM: I guess I'll be recording a lot of AMERICAN IDOL and LOST over the next few weeks (though I think LOST in going into reruns until May).

BTW, Wednesday's IDOL results show is stretched to an hour this week to blunt the premiere of NBC's REVELATIONS.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 08:25:42 PM: Congrats Matt. .

Great Story DtM.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:25:51 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 04:57:35 PM
So now we know that President Bush has "My Sharona" and "Center Field" on his iPod.

LOL! Both of those songs, along with "Brown Eyed Girl" (another Bush favorite), are also on my iPod!

"Oh, put me in, coach!
I'm ready to play today!
Put me in, coach!
I'm ready to play today!
Look at me!
I can be
Sally Field!"
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 08:27:01 PM: Yes Jane, I took today off. I figured it would be nice to have a day to recuperate from Seattle...and I agree DR Ginny, Seattle is a most splendid place! It is so beautiful.

DR Jose, no pictures of me looking lovingly into anyone's eyes! LOL! Although I saw a few guys that I would have been happy to do so with!!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:30:46 PM: Well, I was indeed out with Mr. Sweetness and Light himself, Elmoore3003. Now HE sure was jealous when he found out MBarnum had sent me a copy of GUMNAAM that he thought might be a better print than the one he got from MBarnum. :) What an opening musical number! I actually am familiar with that song because it is played over the opening credits and on the soundtrack of the wonderful film GHOST WORLD. The dance sequence is even shown on the girl's TV in that film. Look forward to watching the rest. Thanks MBarnum, and thanks for THE SADIST as well. Let me know if your werewolf copy is garbage like the one we had.

As to the film we watched entirely, CRY UNCLE! (Not to be confused with CRY FREEDOM), this is one of the most foul, crass and shamelessly sloppy films I've ever seen. In short, I liked it a lot. Allen Garfield lets it all hang out in this early John G. Avildsen work that has to be one of the trashiest movies ever made by someone who went on to win an Oscar.

For a good Allen Garfield film festival, watch this, followed by GREETINGS, HI MOM!, GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT, and NASHVILLE.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:31:42 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:20:37 PM
Hey Dan (the man)!
I've only been around these parts since February or so, so our paths haven't crossed, but good to see you back around, because folks sure did seem to miss you.

Thanks, DR Rodz. From what I've read during the times I've lurked, you are an excellent addition to the folks here. A belated welcome to you!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 08:33:18 PM: DR DtM - are you sure those aren't the rugs you sold at that yard sale?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:34:05 PM: Congrats MattH! Soon you may replace Goulet?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 08:34:57 PM: DR MS - here is the link to DRJMK's most excellent article on the Truth About Frances Farmer. 8)

http://hometown.aol.com/jmkauffman/sheddinglight.html (http://hometown.aol.com/jmkauffman/sheddinglight.html)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:34:58 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:20:58 PM
Furthermore...

http://www.junketdesserts.com/products1.html

(http://www.junketdesserts.com/images/prod_tablets.gif)

Urp! DR Jose beat me to it. And with a pic of the actual, original product.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 08:35:38 PM: It just doesn't look good to me! But that's okay.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:35:39 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 08:25:42 PM
Congrats Matt. .

Great Story DtM.

Thanks, DR Tom. There aren't many leading roles in musicals I'm right for, so this was a great opportunity. I'm looking forward to getting started on it.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:36:48 PM: Is that the ol' Turkish Rug Scam again? That's like the Nigerian Banking Scam. If you don't hang up immediately you end up with a garage full of rugs that don't match any interior you can imagine!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 08:36:54 PM: Congratulations DRMATTH! Hopefully you will have some wonderful Follies dancers!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:36:57 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:34:05 PM
Congrats MattH! Soon you may replace Goulet?

Thanks, DR Rodzinski. Somehow I suspect he's not worried!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:38:38 PM: Quote from: JRand54 on April 11, 2005, 08:33:18 PM
DR DtM - are you sure those aren't the rugs you sold at that yard sale?

I don't think so. The only time I had a yard was when I lived in a township that forbid yard sales.

I'll bet I'm missing a movie reference here, aren't I?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:38:48 PM: Quote from: JRand54 on April 11, 2005, 08:36:54 PM
Congratulations DRMATTH! Hopefully you will have some wonderful Follies dancers!

There was one real cutie there the night I auditioned, but I don't know any other casting. I'm most curious about who's going to be my son. Talk about a fictional situation! (DR Jane and I were just discussing that impossibility in real life this very afternoon!)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 08:39:28 PM: Question for Hollywood-o-philes.
I have Babylons I and II and I would like to know what the general consensus is these days. Generally shoddy in terms of facts? Or more or less well-researched? A lot of it seemed rather sloppy and reliant on innuendo to me. Obviously Anger had good photos, but how close did he stick to facts?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Kerry on April 11, 2005, 08:39:36 PM: There are too many posts-- I'llnever catch up!!!!!!!!!! :-\
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 08:39:45 PM: OH, I forgot...Friday night we caught the tail end of SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS on stage next door to the Timblerline. We had gone over to see the drag show (and get free drinks, because the bartender was a friend of James'), but we arrived while the first show was still i progress. It was hoot! There was one actress in particular, in the show, who I simply adored! She was so cute and very good. After the show she and some of the other cast members were briefly milling around the bar and I talked with her and told her how wonderful she was. She was really sweet! She said she was just in a locally made independed film and she had plans on going to Hollywood!! Bless her little heart!

I told her that she looked just like one of those chorus gals from the 1930 Busby Berkely movies...and you know what...she actually knew what I was talking about, and she loves those movies! LOL! There is hope for this younger generation!

Here she is, Ms. Jessica Skerritt

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Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Kerry on April 11, 2005, 08:41:26 PM: Rodzinski,

There is a ton of exaggeration in the books and a few actual lies. And a lot of truth. Enjoy the books, but don't make up your mind about anyone you read about in the book until you've read a few other sources.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:42:14 PM: The Inevitable Page Eight Dance:

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Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 08:45:32 PM: Good to see you have not forgotten how to "cut the rug" DtM.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:45:47 PM: Good Evening!

I'm home. In Richmond. And I am simply agog, I tell you. Simply agog.

THE APARTMENT IS CLEAN!!!!!

The kitchen. The hallway. The bathroom. The living room. *He even finally put away the stray - and ugly and tacky - Christmas decorations that were still hanging around.

Just agog.

So...

That basically made it worth the drive down 95 - which was nice and easy.

I've just been going through my pile of mail that's accumulated over the past two weeks. The usual credit card offers and stuff. Nothing noteworthy, but I guess that's a good thing.

;)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:47:35 PM: DRs Rodzinksi and elmore - I am jealous now!!! Good Enough to Eat! One of my favorite places to eat in NYC! -And their cookbooks ain't bad either.

GREAT breakfasts and brunches.

And the Chocolate Layer Cake... YUMMERS!!!!!

Hmm... Why do I sense that I may be making a run to 7-11 in a few minutes...

;)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 08:47:36 PM: Whcih reminds me - We watched "Sophisticated Ladies" last night. (No! It was not a collection of some of the HHW DRs). It was very enjoyable indeed - particularly after the "flat" "Tintypes".

And Tony Walton's set design was wonderful.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:49:22 PM: DR Matt H - Congrats on the casting!
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Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 08:49:51 PM: DR Rodzinski, anyone who quotes Uncle Al (as in Aleister Crowley) in his epigraphs should be taken with at least a little sprinkle of salt. However, if you're in a properly bitchy mood, the Babylon books can be quite a bit of fun. Great pictures, one way or the other.

JR gave you the correct information on the quote, MS.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:50:07 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:21:09 PM
I got the phone call tonight offering me the role of Georges in a local production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, so I'm going to be busy learning lines for the next few weeks. (I'd already learned all the music in preparation for the audition in case we were asked to sing something from the score. I did have to sing "Song on the Sand.")

Congrats, DR Matt! A much better phone call than mine.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 08:50:23 PM: DR Rodzinski, glad that you enjoyed the GUMNAAM number! And do give your review of THE SADIST when you have the opportunity to watch it.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:50:54 PM: OOhh!!! I actually get to watch "American Idol" over the next three weeks. Two? I need to check my calendar. In any case...
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 08:51:45 PM: Made it through most of Act I of Pajama Game tonight with the student musicians. I only got seriously confused with my button pushing once, in a song where I have four patches to access. Should be fine by opening next week.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 08:52:43 PM: And as I was preparing to tape Desperate Housewives last night, there was a Lost promo saying the 2 hour season finale is Wednesday. Can that be right?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 08:53:35 PM: And I was able to chat a bit with Steve before he headed for bed... He'll be moving into his new condo this weekend, and I'll most likely be helping him out. And I get to keep any boxes I help unpack! -And I'm gonna need some boxes!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 11, 2005, 08:53:57 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 08:45:32 PM
Good to see you have not forgotten how to "cut the rug" DtM.

Good thing the topic wasn't about mustard.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 08:55:31 PM: DR MS - what makes you think any response I would give would be movie-related? :)

DR KERRY I loved your switchboard story - which referenced one of the funniest scenes Ms. Rosalind Russell EVER did - and that is saying something to be sure!

DRMBARNUM - why did I just know that his most recent theatrical experience would be NOT "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" with Miss Kathleen Turner, but "Saucy Jack & the Space Vixens" with Miss Jessica Skerritt! Probably a much more enjoyable choice!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JMK on April 11, 2005, 08:57:09 PM: DtM, we got a whole series of phone calls from a lady in Denmark who was trying to track down some long lost relatives. All she knew was that her grandmother had been raised by someone in Oregon named Kauffman. We were (obviously) the wrong people, but it was a very interesting connection.

Now here's the killer punchline: as I was typing this, Betsy, who is Queen of Clutter, went into our bedroom for a moment and returned with a letter from the lady in a manila folder labelled "Danish Kauffman." The fact that this was the one readily accessible piece of paper that Betsy could find on a dime is funnier than I can possibly express.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:11:46 PM: Quote from: JRand54 on April 11, 2005, 08:55:31 PM

DRMBARNUM - why did I just know that his most recent theatrical experience would be NOT "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" with Miss Kathleen Turner, but "Saucy Jack & the Space Vixens" with Miss Jessica Skerritt! Probably a much more enjoyable choice!

LOL! LOL!!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:15:40 PM: I am really enjoying this Kyu Sakamoto CD...he had a lot of hit singles, evidently, aside from Sukiyaki....although all the inserts and the song titles are written in Japanese, so I have no idea what the names of the songs are.

DR Hisaka, do you remember Kyu Sakamoto?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 09:16:15 PM: And as a Saucy Jack, myself - I should know!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 11, 2005, 09:16:58 PM: Time to watch HONG KONG RHAPSODY!!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:18:49 PM: DR Rodzinski, I just checked my the copy of RAGE OF THE WEREWOLF that you sent me and it seems to play just find...and it looks like it will be a fun movie! Who is the lead actor that you work with in this film? He is interesting.

And after I finish watching it, if you would like to DVD back (since your copy isn't working) just let me know.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 11, 2005, 09:31:10 PM: That copy is yours to keep, no sweat. I have a couple here. The lead guy is Santo Marotta. He financed the thing and took his role EXTREMELY seriously.

I like Sukiyaki and the b-side of the single. That's all I ever heard from Kyu, who died a tragic death in an airplane.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 09:40:51 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 05:20:58 PM
Furthermore...

http://www.junketdesserts.com/products1.html

(http://www.junketdesserts.com/images/prod_tablets.gif)

When I first looked at the picture I thought it had a toilet in it! I was trying to figure it out and finally came to the conclusion that it must double as toilet drain cleaner. ;-)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 09:41:48 PM: Jose, I remember you said that they were about ready to switch out the costumes so I was wondering how much it would cost me to get those final disco outfits for Halloween this year. ;-)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Jed on April 11, 2005, 09:43:58 PM: Congrats on your casting, DR MattH!

I actually have similar news to share. As of tonight, I will be in the cast of Annie Get Your Gun along with our very own TCB! I'm not sure Tacoma is ready for a father/son act quite like ours, but by golly it's gonna be fun. My role in the show is yet to be determined, but looks as though it'll either be ensemble or I may luck out and get the role of Charlie Davenport. As I know more, so shall all of you.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 09:46:38 PM: Quote from: JRand54 on April 11, 2005, 01:34:22 PM

Thanks to VixMom and Jane - I will think about changing my avatar when I get a good picture of myself...LOL....

Jack, Jack, Jack. Head in a sack! ;-)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 11, 2005, 09:48:02 PM: Wonderful news DR Jed. It's been a good news day.
Can I pre-order the DVD?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:51:02 PM: Great news Jed and TCB! When does the show start playing?
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 09:52:06 PM: And I am officially all caught up with today's posts. As for the TOD: Cooking with my mom is hit or miss unless she has help. It was always an adventure wondering just how burnt the meal would come out. I started giving her a collection of Kit 'n' Carlyle Cartoons with Carlyle saying things like "This is where we set our food on fire." (The oven) "This is where the food tries to hide so she can't burn it." (The Fridge) and my personal favorite, "You would think that something that spent it's entire life under water wouldn't be so easy to ignite!"

If you can't tell I am in a rather silly mood tonight! :-)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 09:56:15 PM: Hmmm....I forgot about the TOD today. My mom's tuna noodle casserole was great!! But my favorite meal was when she would simply whip up some scambled eggs....I always considered that a treat...usually made when my parents were going out for the evening.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 10:06:49 PM: DR Joey - So any pics of the "new you" yet?!?!?!?!

;D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 10:10:18 PM: DR Joey - I'll check on the costumes.

Would you want a wetsuit and pair of dance flippers too?

;)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 10:13:51 PM: ...And speaking of dance flippers...

I'd have to say my favorite number in Mamma Mia! is "Lay All Your Love On Me" - which features the dancing flippers and the wetsuits - Sky out of his wetsuit.

;D

But, seriously...

;)

I sat in a brush-up rehearsal once while they were rehearsing "Take A Chance On Me". It was great watching that process. They ran through the song subtextually - which makes the eventual presentation a bit more real - still fun and silly, but still real.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 10:25:27 PM: "All by myse-e-elf...
Don't wanna be
All by myself.."
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: TCB on April 11, 2005, 10:29:34 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 08:39:45 PM
OH, I forgot...Friday night we caught the tail end of SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS on stage next door to the Timblerline. We had gone over to see the drag show (and get free drinks, because the bartender was a friend of James'), but we arrived while the first show was still i progress. It was hoot! There was one actress in particular, in the show, who I simply adored! She was so cute and very good. After the show she and some of the other cast members were briefly milling around the bar and I talked with her and told her how wonderful she was. She was really sweet! She said she was just in a locally made independed film and she had plans on going to Hollywood!! Bless her little heart!

I told her that she looked just like one of those chorus gals from the 1930 Busby Berkely movies...and you know what...she actually knew what I was talking about, and she loves those movies! LOL! There is hope for this younger generation!

Here she is, Ms. Jessica Skerritt

(http://bsproductionsllc.com/images/Img24.jpg)

Mr. Barnum, I would imagine your little actress was quite talented. I believe she is Tom Skerritt's daughter -- the family lives in Seattle. So, I am sure she will be on her way to Hollywood very soon.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 10:30:14 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 10:06:49 PM
DR Joey - So any pics of the "new you" yet?!?!?!?!

;D

Drum roll please!!!!!

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Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: TCB on April 11, 2005, 10:31:56 PM: Glad you made it home safely, Jose!

Congratulations Matt H on landing the role.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 10:32:12 PM: Before... (http://web.bsu.edu/jjgunn/braceface.jpg)

And After... (http://web.bsu.edu/jjgunn/bracefree.jpg)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 10:37:33 PM: Oh no! I hope no one is hiding under their bed now! ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 10:37:49 PM: DR Joey - YEAH!!!!

And I love the t-shirt too!!!!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: DearReaderLaura on April 11, 2005, 10:39:03 PM: Yay for DR Joey!!!!!! I am very happy for you!!!

Congrats to DRs MattH, TCB, and Jed for their castings.

~~~~~~ Feel better vibes for Elmore.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 10:44:15 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 11, 2005, 08:21:09 PM
I got the phone call tonight offering me the role of Georges in a local production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, so I'm going to be busy learning lines for the next few weeks. (I'd already learned all the music in preparation for the audition in case we were asked to sing something from the score. I did have to sing "Song on the Sand.")

Congratulations!! A local theater group here in Olympia is going to be doing La Cage next month. My season ticket is in the front row, one seat off of the center aisle. I've never seen the show, although I do have the original Broadway and German cast recordings of the show. I've always wanted to play Albin (ZaZa). ;)
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 10:53:37 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 11, 2005, 08:39:45 PM
Here she is, Ms. Jessica Skerritt

(http://bsproductionsllc.com/images/Img24.jpg)

Hmm. I wonder if she's related to Tom Skerritt. According to imdb.com, he's living in Seattle (as of October 2004) and has a daughter.

Modification of post: I just checked (should have done it before I posted)...but I found out that his daughter's name is Erin. So, no relation. Oh, well.
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: George on April 11, 2005, 10:54:45 PM: Quote from: Jed on April 11, 2005, 09:43:58 PM
Congrats on your casting, DR MattH!

I actually have similar news to share. As of tonight, I will be in the cast of Annie Get Your Gun along with our very own TCB! I'm not sure Tacoma is ready for a father/son act quite like ours, but by golly it's gonna be fun. My role in the show is yet to be determined, but looks as though it'll either be ensemble or I may luck out and get the role of Charlie Davenport. As I know more, so shall all of you.

Contratulations to you both! I definitely will come up to see this!! Post the details as they become available!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 10:59:26 PM: Congratulations to everyone who has recently gotten cast in a show!!!!!

Good surgery vibes for DR Elmore!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 11:00:38 PM: Hmmm....the text is not wanting to glow for me or get bigger. Just imagine that my previous post is big and glows in red and yellow!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 11:02:10 PM: I just realized I jumped up to 4 stars at some point in the past few weeks. I'm movin' on up! ;D
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: Joey on April 11, 2005, 11:02:45 PM: I am my own frenzy!!!!!!!!
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 11, 2005, 11:31:38 PM: Hmmmm.... My body has absolutely no idea what time it really is... 2:30, 3:30, 1:30 -????
Title: Re:THE DANCE CARD
Post by: bk on April 11, 2005, 11:34:01 PM: I'm back, I'm back, and I must now write the notes in a hurry. They may be a few minutes late.

If Jessica Skerritt is coming to Hollywood, please be sure to give her my e-mail address :-0