A good rule of thumb is, if there is a sword fight, it is a swashbuckling movie.
.. Kimmel's had an accident...or it's finally happened, he's been taken out by a crazed fan. I order dinner.
oh gosh, we just got ads for Pirates boots!! LOL!
I'm not going to be sleeping much either. I'm up typing a paper. Actually, I'm up writing the paper. At some point tonight, I will type it and then go to sleep.
I just love staying up writing papers. This one isn't even that big a deal, but I'm so good at procrastinating that I saved it until M*A*S*H was over at one in the morning.
This paper is for my Musical Theatre class and it's about the high school musical one of the guys I fence with was in.
I am really looking forward to the much longer and more difficult papers that are coming up very shortly in my other classes.
RE: American Idol! Did anyone see The Amazing Race this week?
Vixmom's even if I had had a phone, I did not have BK's number on me. And if he was lying in a pool of blood somewhere, it was unlikely that he would have been answering anyway...and there would have been nothing I could do. So...might as well have dinner.
DR vixmom - I just realized I had read about the resolution to your SUV/telephone pool/front yard incident, but I don't think I ever read exactly what the resolution was. If any. Hmm...
Guess it's time for me to do a little past posts checking.
*Regardless, did you offer them a gray cargo cover?
;)
I did, I did!
Got the first Black Adder DVD from the library today. I shal report back at some point within the next few days on it.
Out of the mouths of babes department:
Zach (my 6 year old) after we got in the car last night after the Pajama Game rehearsal: "Dad, why do they call it Pajama Game when there's no game?"
Just remember DRSANDRA - it is much easier to "type" your paper on a computer and print it out than it was back in our Old Days on a real typewriter - manual no less.
Me too! Me too!
I've never really kept statistics, but have Meredith & Gretchen made it further than any of the other "senior" couples that have been cast? It seems as if they have, and I say good for them! (Not rooting for them to win, or anything, but good for them!)
RE: American Idol! Did anyone see The Amazing Race this week?
Me too! Me too!
I've never really kept statistics, but have Meredith & Gretchen made it further than any of the other "senior" couples that have been cast? It seems as if they have, and I say good for them! (Not rooting for them to win, or anything, but good for them!)
I am not sure either, but I do think they have gotten farther then any previous oldsters! And I don't know how they do it...they are certainly doing better then I ever could!
There are just five teams left on THE AMAZING RACE. I know DRJENNIFER doesn't like Lynn & Alex, but I think they are doing okay. Uchenna & Joyce are my near-favorites right now. Rob & Amber - are okay, but I really don't want them to win.
I like Uchenna and Joyce also, but my top fave's are Meredith and Gretchen...if either of those two teams win I will be happy.
Lynn and Alex are OK, but when one of them called Meredith and Gretchen stupid, it knocked them down a bit on my "like" scale.
I miss the brothers.
Not too fond of Rob and Amber or Ron and Kelly. I wouldn't mind seeing Rob and Amber brought down a few pegs.
Of course I am judging these teams on sentimental value.... :)
BK question- Your favorite Arthur Schwartz song?
Love By Myself.
Was that song the inspiration for "Making Love Alone"?
I suppose the appropriate Page 3 dance would be a wee bit of Highland Fling.Just for you!!
I still have my tonsils!!
Re: Amber. That is exactly what Betsy says about her, too, MB. She has said repeatedly that Amber was just a "blank" on the original Survivor (she was Jeri's minion, IIRC).
I didn't realize Frances was a replacement in SOF. Oh my.
Oops (spoo, spelled backwards)
And the word of the day is: TONSIL!
How many people still have theirs? And, like Benjamin Kritzer, do you have vivid memories of having them out, if you indeed had them out?
A good rule of thumb is, if there is a sword fight, it is a swashbuckling movie.
Even I would not save a 25-30 page paper until the night before it was due.
I think my first typewriter was a little Olivetti blue portable.
But that was back before Joey was born.
I do not have my tonsil any longer. The adenoids also came out along with the tonsils. My two older sisters and I had them out at the same time. What were doctors thinking in those days!!! My mother was then saddled with three children all under the age of 7 who needed recuperation, care and attention and ice cream.Ether memories here too. No adenoids and no tonsils. It seens that DR Elmore and I shall be going to the theatre on the same day in May - the operating theatre. At least there will be no ether for ether of us. (I watched Pirates Of Penzance last night - the filmed stage version - not the film - I have the seen the film often but this orphan has only seen the filmed stage play once). The Theatrical version but is quite watchable and I do prefer Ms Routledge's version to that of Ms Lansbury.
WFO, I, too, have strong memories of the ether and of beginning to count backwards from 100. I did not get far.
The other thing I remember about my tonsillectomy is how the doctor had a little tea-strainer like thing with gauze on it and that he sprinkled a few drops of ether on that and put it over my nose, instead of the big rubber mask they used for some bigger operations I had later in life.My sister and I (A "Chicago" reference)were discussing such a mask and ether only yesterday - fear. We remember being held down, the feeling of being smothered and the smell of ether.
According to TIVO the first episode of REVELATIONS is on CNBC tonight and on the SciFi channel Friday night.
I think we will watch it tonight.
W-a-a-a-ay before Joey was born. Do I owe him a dollar now?
Beans cooked on a shovel. That was even before I WAS BORN!
The rhetoric of environmental information campaigns: Discuss.
In college I got it modified for typing Esperanto and French, just took it into a shop and they ordered the accent keys and "deadened" them, so you could type the accent and then the letter. I believe one of my keys had a symbol I wanted to save, on upper case (for those of you who are too young to remember manual typewriters, as this was BEFORE JOEY WAS BORN, the physical key had both u.c. and l.c. symbols on it)--so they guy actually sawed the keys in two and welded the upper of one onto the lower of the other.
I find these people who must be on their cell ALL the time (you know the types - walking down the street with their earphone in, just chattering away, not caring who hears their most intimate secrets. It used to be that when you saw someone muttering to themselves as they walked down the street, you assumed they were insane. Now the oddity is not seeing someone muttering to whomever they're muttering to on their cells.
And yet, sadly, still no ads for
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]albino hermaphrodites!!!![/move]
You need to talk to DS Betsy, the green power maven of the northwest. Her radio spots for alternative energy are all over the radio on the west coast, plus she was Program Manager and Media Director for For the Sake of the Salmon, one of the most innovative environmental organizations in our country (the only one, in fact, that had every western and northwestern state's governments, timber interests and Native American tribes working out solutions together). Right now she's doing a huge contract for the Energy Trust, something about biofuel. I believe right now she's exploring the wonderful world of methane. :P
My tonsil's are still where they ought to be.
Well, there's a great albino pinhead narrator in the fantastic book GEEK LOVE
I dare you to stand directly behind a cow and
discuss the wonderful world of methane.
William F. Orr, I've been holding out against buying a cell phone for as long as I can. I do not share the rest of the world's obsession with wanting to be connected and at everyone's disposal 24/7. You see people talking their lives away and not living them...utterly unaware of the everyday wonders going on around them.
I think they have also helped to increase the world's level of rudeness, self-absorption, and its short attention span. I think they are just as intrusive as cigarette-smoking and should be banned everywhere cigarettes are banned and maybe even in more places. I don't think one should be allowed to use them in cars, in restaurants, and, it goes without saying, theatres.
You hear people in stores yammering to their friends on them and you just want to shout at them, "Pipe down! Your sad, little, mediocre life is just not that interesting to share with the rest of the world! You're boring us! Shut up!" I'm surprised they're not boring themselves...to have lives so empty they have to make themselves available to any interruption and to answer any little ring.
Admittedly, there are times like last night when one might have proved useful...or when you have a flat tire 200 hundred miles outside of Tucumcari in the middle of the New Mexico desert. But that's about the only time I'd use one.
The Lovely Wife got one...but she only uses it to call out on, I don't even have the number. Of course, she's already using it to call me from the market down the street on her way home from work. If it gets to the point, she calls me to tell me she's just pulled into the garage, then I may throw it through a window.
To answer your question about people's shock, yes. A few weeks ago, I was pulling onto a studio lot and they didn't have a drive-on for me. They told me to pull over to a designated spot and call the production office I was going to for one. I pulled over and noticed the lot public phone was out of order. When I mentioned this to the guard, he said "Well, you've got a cell, don't you?" "No." They had to call from the guard kiosk.
OH, yes, I cannot drive and talk on the cell phone at the same time...so I rarely (I wish I could say "never have")answer or make calls while driving....a few close calls convinced me that I was simply not flexible enough to do both (and it was worse when I drove a stick shift)....heck, I can barely drive when I am chatting with a passenger in the car (...thinking about how many exits I have missed over the years!).
I have never used Esperanto, but then, I have never been to Esperant.
Elmore, it is so weird that you should mention that book. It was written by Portland author Katherine Dunn. Katherine's boyfriend was a reporter for either the Oregonian or Willamette Week (can't remember right now) and they used to be regulars at 13 Coins where I was the house pianist for several years. They used to sit in a back booth and work on their tomes, supping and sipping and requesting the occasional tune.
never been to Esperant.
One of my favorite tunes by the little-known Esperanto group Tri Hund Nokt.Joy To The world. LOL JMK
And the word of the day is: TONSIL!I had my tonsils out the summer between the ninth and tenth grades. Leave it to my practical parents to wait until I couldn't miss school to have them taken out. As it happened, I had been in the mixed chorus at John Muir Jr. High, a pretty good bass. After the tonsilectomy, my voice simply wasn't that good for singing any more. So it goes.
How many people still have theirs? And, like Benjamin Kritzer, do you have vivid memories of having them out, if you indeed had them out?
In 1976 or so, I had my TONSILs removed, and one of my first visitors during my convalescence was DRGinny. She said something like "I know you like Broadway musicals and horror stories so I brought you some library books."
MBarnum, it's people like you what make it difficult for the rest of us. I curse cell phone drivers frequently. They are particularly terrible at turns and red lights.
I still have my TONSILs...
Which always seem to become an "issue" whenever I come down with some sort of major ears/nose/throat infection/crap -
Ginny did you have an interesting day?
I've wanted to ask customers at Barnes & Noble "Do you want my help or do you want to chat in front of me?" many times. I've heard morons tell a store full of strangers their entire weekend plans ("We're not home, come rob us"), I've listened to half of a loud conversation on trains and planes, I got into a fight at RENT with the obnoxious young ladies in front of me who couldn't turn off or put down their cell phones, and I wish brain cancer on all of them.
...and before I left, another visitor came in to see DR elmore and brought him a bag of Doritos. Elmore and I are still friends, she and he are not (I presume).
A report just came out saying cell phones do not cause brain cancer. ;D
If I am using my cell phone I ask the person to wait, or I get off, while talking to a sales person or paying for my items. Just because I use my phone frequently doesn't mean I'm rude about it. :D Most of the time. ;D
Tomovoz good vibes at the operating theater!
DRGinny, I've forgotten that! Who brought Doritos?
DRJane, I can't imagine you could ever be rude to anyone! I am bummed about the brain cancer report, though.
Sweet elmore I'm not perfect. I'm sure Keith will tell you I'm far from it. ;D
Sorry you are bummed out now. ;D ;D
BIG HINT - she moved away and married someone tall.
DR's, it's been a fun day, talking about tonsils and typewriters and such, but I must go. Tomorrow's another day of handing out tax forms to the desperate ::) 'night!
It's really interesting in the library as the April 15 tax deadline approaches. We distribute tax forms and it's frightening the questions people ask. Like, "Which one's the state form?" Uh, the one that says: OHIO? People will be coming in to pick up forms right up until we close tomorrow (5:30) and some will be disappointed when they can't get them later.
What I liked about typewriters...you bought one and that was it! Unlike computers, you weren't calling the technicians every few months or few weeks to resolve some problem with it. You changed a ribbon occasionally and maybe you took it in for a cleaning every couple of years, but that was it. No ongoing, perennial mainteance problems.When I have a problem with the computer, I just yell "Hey, der Brucer, I've got a problem with the computer!" After a certain amount of grumbleage, he comes over and fixes the problem.
I watched Pirates Of Penzance last night - the filmed stage version - not the film - I have the seen the film often but this orphan has only seen the filmed stage play once. The Theatrical version but is quite watchable and I do prefer Ms Routledge's version to that of Ms Lansbury.This is the version I have on DVD, and I think it's much the better version on all counts!
Well, I cheated, Dan The Man, and I googled "pat carroll" and "tonsil". And I don't know if it helped me anyway. Something called "Anatomy of a Tonsil" showed up. Something else about "Password", and a reference to "tonsil hockey".
Googling will come to no good in this happenstance.
Now, which one of you wags first brought up Jessica Skerritt and why haven't you contacted her to tell her we're making her famous here at haineshisway.com? It is your duty, sir, as a hainsie/kimlet and a gentleman. Do it. Do it now.
A kilty page 8 dance
(http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/images/sword-dance.jpg)
DR JOSE don't you mean blossomed? :) :)
Tonsil.........Pat Carroll
Who can provide the link between the two?
It is now official
It was announced during rehearsal this evening, that the role of Charlie Davenport in AGYG, will now be played by my very own cyber-son, Jed. Hoo and Ray!
Should be a wonderful time... as long as I can put up with that guy playing Buffalo Bill... ;D
I just added an extra visual DRJOSE. Two instead of one. :):)
A girl in the ensemble tonight asked if Jed and I were related. LOL! :o :o :o :o
It really is good news week. (a Hedgehoppers Anonymous reference)It is now official
It was announced during rehearsal this evening, that the role of Charlie Davenport in AGYG, will now be played by my very own cyber-son, Jed. Hoo and Ray!