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Title: I.E.
Post by: bk on April 16, 2005, 11:58:44 PM: Well, you've read the notes, i.e. you're done with the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, i.e. until they get here, the silly cows.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2005, 11:59:10 PM: And the word of the day is: AVUNCULAR!
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:13:33 AM: Welcome five GUESTS! We're talkin' about anything we feel like it, for example, Jessica Skerritt.

AVUNCULAR!

I hope that hasn't already been a word of the day.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:17:53 AM: Farrelly Brothers, well... I'll admit to enjoying DUMB AND DUMBER because I liked the weird interplay between Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey, I have generally been disappointed by their work since. Kind of an everything AND the kitchen sink mentality. The low comedy has become a formulaic thing where they have painted themselves into a corner. And their intrusive music use is definitely problematic. Well stated in the notes. The one about the conjoined twins was not too bad though. But people say their films have "heart" when what is really true is they add mawkish sentimentality to balance their grosser natures, and it rarely comes off as sincere, coherent filmmaking.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:26:17 AM: AVUNCULAR, baby, AVUNCULAR!

Nobody here but us chickens.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:27:03 AM: It's Saturday night - that's the time for partying and dancing the Lambada, and staying up late. But apparently not so for the WUSSBURGERS of the WORLD.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:28:21 AM: Odd photo in my old hometown paper today... Not making light, but, well, it's just odd that's all.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:34:56 AM: Loved Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:36:26 AM: I mean, would that not make a great "Explain this photo" essay contest?
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:37:56 AM: Come to think of it, Benjamin Kritzer got to hang out with the Weinermobile for a bit in KRITZERLAND.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:41:02 AM: We have enough for a game of Bridge now.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:41:07 AM: Yes, he did.

What are your favorite Oscar Mayer products? In days of yore, the only product I ate was bologna, because my mother made me sandwiches filled with that specious meat. I don't eat bologna anymore. I think I've also had their liverwurst.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:41:39 AM: The quorum must be reading the notes.

AVUNCULAR!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 17, 2005, 12:42:03 AM: Farrelly Bros. I liked Something About Mary...that may be all I've ever seen of theirs.

I like the Cohen Bros.

The Smith Bros. make a mean cough drop...or used to...are they still around...

The Corsican Bros. were a great double act.

Warner Bros. made great movies...

...so did the Marx Bros.

But what was wrong with that Karl Marx brother?...he wasn't very funny.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:42:19 AM: AVUNCULAR keeps looking familiar to me - have we had it? I can change it if we have.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:42:57 AM: The Brothers Karamzov weren't so bad either.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:43:35 AM: Anyone for a late-night breakfast or an early-morning breakfast? Yes or no?
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:46:29 AM: I guess my folks were Oscar Mayer true believers, because those are the kind of hot dogs we were subjected to, which I've since come to find out are not nearly the most flavorful. The bologna was a staple. I still don't mind it. Though I don't really eat it anymore, it got me through college. Then the other thing was braunschweiger, which I will still buy a tube of, maybe once a year. Braunschweiger is something you have to get hooked on when you are little, because you'd never willingly try that as an adult.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:50:11 AM: Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:50:56 AM: I feel like some cherce bacon and eggs, or eggs benedict, or an omelet loaded with cheese and bacon and scallions.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:54:31 AM: AVUNCULAR. Could have had it. 60% of my brain says yes, we've had it. But is there a rule against a repeat?
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:57:28 AM: A challenge: How many movies can we name, in say the next 10 minutes, that have the word BIG in the title. Using only god-given brainpower.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:58:29 AM: BIG, THE BIG LIFT, THE BIG COMBO, LITTLE BIG MAN...
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 01:00:12 AM: PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 01:01:16 AM: Well, just in case, we'll change the word of the day to: FUSSBUDGET!

I like that better anyway.

So, out with the AVUNCULAR and in with the FUSSBUDGET!

And Jessica Skerritt.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 01:02:24 AM: Well, I am starting to fade, so I do believe I shall now toddle in to the bedroom environment for my beauty sleep. I would like to have the dream I had two nights ago, please.

BUTT - before I go, might I just say - FUSSBUDGET!
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 01:08:12 AM: Me too. Also, BIG FISH.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 17, 2005, 01:17:56 AM: Must be a Big Sleep time in your Big Country.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 01:23:23 AM: IT'S A BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG WORLD

???
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 01:25:10 AM: Good Morning!

I was pretty tired about two hours ago.

And I was really tired about an hour ago.

And now I'm draggin'-my-ass tired, so...

Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to. -Stay up late in this/my case. Ah, well...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 01:28:30 AM: After waking up in a couple of hours, I shall head back over to Steve's and be a FUSSBUDGET for a few more hours as we unpack and arrange his belongings.

*And over the past few days, I've reclaimed a few things - candle sticks, ties, suspenders (actually "braces"), CDs, etc. Kind of sad in a way (Memories... like the corners of my mind), but good too.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 01:29:07 AM: Page Two Dance!

DR Tomovoz, you may lead!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 01:29:45 AM: Well, since I'm almost to the point on being non-functional...

Goodnight.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 17, 2005, 01:44:56 AM: Where you lead! Maybe Carole King will dance for you Jose.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 17, 2005, 01:45:30 AM: I'm more likely to dance The Messaround. I"m a little chubby these days.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 17, 2005, 05:09:05 AM: Good night Hisaka. It is just after 10.00pm in Melbourne.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 17, 2005, 05:28:22 AM: Good morning, all! I'm listening to Mozart's Mass in C and feeling close to something spiritual. I think I've mentioned before my theories on God and religion, but Mozart's about as close as I can get to explaining a higher diety; every note he comitted to paper seems to me touched by the highest form of heavenly grace.

DRs Ann and Joey, best of luck with that oratorio by Mendel's son Felix; is there anything more beautiful in ELIJAH than the women's trio "Lift Thine Eyes"? What a stunner!

Today's a madcap sunday, where I would have preferred a more liesurely pace: off to the recording office for a few rounds of BABES; I want to tackle some questions on "The March of the Toys." After that, my friends Cathie and Alice are showing up to look at some books and videos I'm tossing. Alice is principal of a school in the Bronx, and Cathie and I are opera fanatics. Last year, when I weeded out a lot of books and things after the bookcases collapsed, I pulled some things for Alice's school. She'll sort through them and see if anything's good.

So, tomorrow I'll sleep late.

We were so poor as kids that bologna was a staple part of our diet, both at home and as school lunches. I loathe the stuff. I do love grilled bratwurst, however, with sauerkraut and mustard.

One of the Farrelly brothers wrote a lovely biographical novel, BEYOND PROVIDENCE, which made a rather good film.
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Post by: Hisaka on April 17, 2005, 05:35:04 AM: DR FRANCOIS; I, too, really like her, Emma Thompson (but not fall in love with her), and Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite films of her and also Primary Colors in which she played first lady Hilary more than Hilary herself ( I think she’s more elegant than Hilary herself)
And thanks for her site and I enjoyed it!

No, unfortunately I’ve not been in Tokyo Disney Sea, but in Tokyo Desney Land several times before.
Did you play something in Disney Land?
I liked the Electrical Parade much. Would like to be Disney World in Florida once. It must be huge and fun.

From Isaka
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Post by: Hisaka on April 17, 2005, 05:35:37 AM: Do you live near Disney World, DR DANISE?
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Post by: Hisaka on April 17, 2005, 05:41:47 AM: Good morning, DR ELMORE!
I just finished late dinner and will enjoy some movie, but not decide what I should watch yet.
Have a good day!
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Post by: Hisaka on April 17, 2005, 05:43:49 AM: 9:45 pm in Tokyo, DR TOMOVOZ.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 17, 2005, 05:59:50 AM: Hello, DRHisaka!

Yesterday, in our British TOD, I mentioned the Benjamin Britten version of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, which I would love to see performed in rep with SWEENEY TODD. A BBC broadcast from 1948 with the original cast conducted by Benjamin Britten has been discovered on acetate and if being issued on CD April 26, 2005, by Pearl Records. I've seen several different editions of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA performed, but I think the Britten version is the most successful musically and dramatically in linking the many snippets of song to the spoken text. It's a great work, and some of you might be interested in hearing it.

And so, like the Seven Dwarfs, heigh ho . . .
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:14:59 AM: With all this talk about bolgna I remember my mother telling me she was so poor that all they were able to afford was the bolg.
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:17:39 AM: Quote from: Hisaka on April 17, 2005, 05:35:37 AM

Do you live near Disney World, DR DANISE?

I will answer for her. She is not too far. She is somewhere I am guessing from an hour to two hour drive to Disney.

As for me it is about 183 mile drive and depending on traffic it can be a 3hr drive but usually clocks in around 2 and half hours.
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:21:32 AM: Finally found a copy of On A Clear Day.... yesterday. Will start to watch that.

Anyone saw Reefer Madness last night on Showtime last night. They showed it three times at 8, 10, and midnight? As I said last night I loved and the people who watch it at the party last night loved it too.

There was a stage version. Anyone see that?
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:07:42 AM: DR Michael Shayne, it was Steven Weber who was in JEFFREY and the Tv series WINGS, not Bruce Webber.

Isn't Bruce Webber a bowler?
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:09:26 AM: I have to mow the lawn at some point today. NOT looking forward to that. We do have beautiful weather in which to do it, but it's a chore I really dislike doing.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:10:07 AM: I have the rest of PAINT YOUR WAGON to watch at some point today, and then I'm starting the second season of ANGEL.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:11:13 AM: I also do not care foir the Farrelly Brothers. I've seen DUMB AND DUMBER and THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, and I didn't like either one.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:11:45 AM: All alone, I'm so all alone . . . .
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 08:00:09 AM: Quote from: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:50:56 AM
I feel like some cherce bacon and eggs, or eggs benedict, or an omelet loaded with cheese and bacon and scallions.
No scrapple?
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 08:02:07 AM: As Lawrence Welk would say, "AVUNCULAR, an' a-two-cular..."
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 08:15:17 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:09:26 AM
I have to mow the lawn at some point today. NOT looking forward to that. We do have beautiful weather in which to do it, but it's a chore I really dislike doing.
When I was growing up, I used to loathe mowing the lawn. It stirred up my allergies, and since about half of the lawn was on a steep hill the job was a real pain.

The solution, I've found, is not to have a lawn. There is no other way to avoid mowing. :-\
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 08:20:13 AM: When I was growing up, we could always afford balogna. That's because Mom knew how to fuss the budget.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 08:21:31 AM: Today is National Cheeseball Day.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 17, 2005, 08:23:52 AM: Hey DR Jrand (and Dan) guess what? I modified those pics in Ulead (raising the resolution). And when I took them to Costco it said the resolution was 6000 instead of the 400-700 it had been! So I printed off more. Doesn't mean it will work. But it should. Yeah!
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 08:26:00 AM: Checking their output over at imdb, I can honestly say that I have never watched a Farrelly Brothers film. Der Brucer, however, has seen a couple or three. He's just not fessing up.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 08:37:24 AM: We didn't have much bologna growing up. I had it a few times in sandwiches at picnics where the food was prepared by others, and I always liked it, but my mom would buy boiled ham rather than bologna when buying cold cuts.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 08:39:13 AM: Got the mowing finshed with, and since it's low 60s right now, it was fairly pleasant to be outside even doing something I detest. With all the rain we typically have at this point in the year, the grass grows very fast. I just mowed 8 or 9 days ago. Once the hot summer months get here and rain slacks up, I can got two weeks without mowing generally.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 17, 2005, 09:25:51 AM: Quote from: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 12:36:26 AM
I mean, would that not make a great "Explain this photo" essay contest?

I believe that this is a shot of the funeral scene from the Farrelly Brothers' remake of Imitation of Life.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 09:28:48 AM: LOL DtM.....you're probably right.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 09:30:32 AM: Fussbudget - isn't that a small yellow bird?

We ate bolongna and hot dogs from the Eckrich company. I still eat them both. I like to put some cheese salsa on a piece of bread and add a hot dog and microwave it for a quick snack or lunch.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 09:30:52 AM: Oh now it's page three, but the weather is TOO nice to take time to dance.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 10:20:03 AM: Good Morning! Good Afternoon!

I didn't get out of bed until abour 20 minutes ago - 1:00pm EDT. But since I didn't really get to bed until 5:00am, I guess I did get my eight hours.

Gorgeous day here to in Richmond. Supposed to get into the 70s today. And I don't have to mow a lawn either!

;)

*But I'll be unpacking some more boxes later.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 10:30:57 AM: RE: Bologna and Braunschweiger (Thanks for jogging the childhood culinary memories, DR Rodzinksi.)

The stand-by school lunch sandwich was Oscar Mayer Bologna with a slice of American Cheese on Wonder Bread. Sometimes a slice of Velveeta would replace the American Cheese. Some days that was a good sandwich, and other days it was the last thing I wanted to eat for lunch.

*And to think that my Mom didn't really worry too much about keeping our lunch bags cool with ice packs. Ah, the times they are a-changin'.

However, I always loved fried bologna sandwiches - hot or cold. And for an extra treat, sometimes with a slice of fried salami in there too. I seem to remember that once I discovered the joys of fried bologna, that I tried to fry every other cold cut my parents had in the fridge. Pimiento Loaf always came out interestingly.

And my favorite fried bologna sandwich was anyone that happened to have a slice with a peppercorn in it. Loved that "bite". Fried bologna and salami would also make frequent appearances at weekend breakfasts and brunches.

Braunschweiger was one of those foods that I probably should not have liked as a kid, but did. That and it's close cousin liverwurst. But both had to be Oscar Mayer too. Braunschweiger and chunks of cheddar cheese on a Ritz or a saltine....Perfection! ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 10:35:52 AM: Oh... And my Mom was a big fan of Jell-O, and our school lunch desserts usually consisted of whatever concoction of Jell-O (pick a flavor, any flavor) and canned fruit (peaches, pears, or fruit cocktail) she would mix up almost on a daily basis. My favorites were the ones where she would beat up the Jell-O to make it all frothy and lighter in color, then it would layer itself in the container. She had a great assortment of Tupperware containers -most of which would eventually get left in my cubby hole at school and/or accidentally thrown away in the cafeteria. Oops!
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Post by: Sandra on April 17, 2005, 10:50:30 AM: I have nothing to add to the bologna/Jell-o discussion except this: :P :-X

And to say that I saw the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile driving by my school when I was going to get a Cherry Coke a few weeks ago.

Oh, and My BIG Fat Greek Wedding. That's all I got.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 10:52:11 AM: I'm up, I'm up. What a lazy boy am I.

Shayne, I believe I posted about Reefer Madness' stage version yesterday.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 10:52:23 AM: FUSSBUDGET!
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Post by: Sandra on April 17, 2005, 10:56:17 AM: My brother says The BIG Labowski, although he doesn't know how to spell it and neither do I.

And he says that, come to think of it, it might be The Great Labowski, in which case- never mind.
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Post by: Sandra on April 17, 2005, 10:59:06 AM: And if you want to hear about interesting Jell-o combinations, just wait until my mom gets home.

The BIG Comfy Couch. Does that count?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 11:03:20 AM: OK- Time to get my day in gear - Sleeping in is nice, but it does tend to eat some daylight.

Laters...
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 11:06:18 AM: FUSSBUDGET! I always allot at least $3.51 US to my FUSS BUDGET. That buys quite a bit of fussing.
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Post by: Sandra on April 17, 2005, 11:11:05 AM: This time of the semester (term paper and final exam season), I have to increase the amount of money in my fuss budget to account for all the fussing I do. Just ask my mom.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 17, 2005, 11:29:54 AM: With all the gas talk yesterday, the gas here is 90.3 cents/litre. Does anyone know how that compares to the $2/gallon people were mentioning yesterday?

Also, DR MBarnum was talking about self-serve vs service stations. Do most states have both? Here most gas stations have both options.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 17, 2005, 11:31:27 AM: IT is very warm here today (and was warm yesterday). Probably high 60s to 70F. Wow, I'm loving it!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 11:48:32 AM: I think Oregon and New Jersey are the only non-self serve gas states, as I recall.

I have a large pussy-cat sleeping on my lap, and an old lady in my living room watching her third (3rd) 1930s John Wayne western!

Soon mom will be returning to Medford and I can have my television back...I have Bollywood movies to watch, darn it!
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 11:53:57 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 11:48:32 AM
I think Oregon and New Jersey are the only non-self serve gas states, as I recall.

I have a large pussy-cat sleeping on my lap, and an old lady in my living room watching her third (3rd) 1930s John Wayne western!

Soon mom will be returning to Medford and I can have my television back...I have Bollywood movies to watch, darn it!

MBarnum, do you have any idea what accounts for your interesting choices in movies, music, and television?
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 11:56:21 AM: Also, MBarnum, do you have any relatives in the Tacoma area? Yesterday there was a PT Cruiser in the grocery store parking lot with the personalized plate, BARNUM.
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 11:57:26 AM: Danise, how are you?
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 12:00:39 PM: Thank you, one and all, for your positive health vibes. I have been telling myself that my neck is a lot better today, but it may be that I have just figured out which ways not to turn my head. Besides, Danise's mother and I have made a pact not to go to the doctor, but to suffer in semi-silence.
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Post by: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:13:29 PM: Hi all!

Quote from: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 11:48:32 AM
I think Oregon and New Jersey are the only non-self serve gas states, as I recall.

I have a large pussy-cat sleeping on my lap, and an old lady in my living room watching her third (3rd) 1930s John Wayne western!

Soon mom will be returning to Medford and I can have my television back...I have Bollywood movies to watch, darn it!

I didn't know that there were states that had non-self service gas stations. Wow! HHW is a real learning tool. :)

DR. MBarnum, someday, you will wish for an old lady in the living room, watching John Wayne movies and that couch won't seem as uncomfortable as you remembered.

Personally, I get a little kick out watching Chisum (for example) for the Lord-only-knows-how-many-times-time and having her say, "Gee, I NEVER saw that one before!" And I'm sitting there quoting it, line for line. ;)

I guess someday, someone will be doing the same for me when I say that about Star Wars or the Star Trek movies.

Dear TCB--how are you feeling today? I hope much better.

DR Michael was correct, DR Hisaka. I am only about two hours from MouseLand. That's one of the nice things about where I live. I really am not far from any point in Florida. Now that I have the new SUV, I can go places. Not yet but I will. :)

DR François de Paris, I thought I had remembered something about you working for the Mouse. I've also heard that the "unoffical" song for working there is: "M. I. C. K. E. Y. O. U. S. O. B.". Have you heard that? I have other friends that work for the Mouse that told me that and it cracked me up.

How is your Sister in Law, DR Elmore? Better I hope. How are YOU doing?
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Post by: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:15:21 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 11:57:26 AM
Danise, how are you?

I'm here. Wishing it was the start of the weekend instead of the end but there you are. :)
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Post by: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:21:01 PM: I'm watching that "Show Dog Moms and Dads" in between everything else. One lady just fed her dog raw chicken backs. I've always heard that you shouldn't feed your dog ANY chicken bones because they splinter and can tear your dogs tummy up.

Has anyone else heard that?
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 12:25:01 PM: This is closing weekend for a local production of MAN OF LA MANCHA, starring a very dear friend of mine. So, last night, sore neck and all, I went to see the show. I did get my friend Betzy to do the driving so I could take some muscle relaxers before going to the theatre. The show was entertaining, as always, and my friend, Micheal's performance as Cervantes was brilliant. I saw him do the role seven years ago, and I thought I wold never see a performance that topped it; but last night he was even better than I had remembered.

The rest of the cast was the ususal assortment of community theater actors ranging from very good to dismal. MY biggest complaint was that they were the cleanest, most well-manicured group of prisoners ever assembled in one prison. No effort was made to make their clothing appear shabby or dirty, nor was there one speck of dirty on any on them.
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 12:27:38 PM: I am in a lot of pain, but I don't want to take any more muscle relaxers, in case I need to go to the store later.
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Post by: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:35:26 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 12:27:38 PM
I am in a lot of pain, but I don't want to take any more muscle relaxers, in case I need to go to the store later.

I hope you feel better soon, TCB. Don't take to many pills because you find that you'll feel sicker off the meds then the pain you feel in your neck.
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Post by: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:36:53 PM: Talking about sandwiches. My Mom used to make a cheeze and ketchup sandwich for me when I went to school. Major YUCK. I hated that.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 12:37:21 PM: I had a lovelier than lovely long walk. Went to the City of Studio Farmer's Market. What is strange to me is that I've never run into anyone I know - not one single person.
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Post by: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:40:02 PM: Did you buy anything while there? Some fresh fruit, perhaps?
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 01:26:47 PM: Lovely day here. One service station in town is a NON-self serve and all the others are help yourself. I think you pay about 3 cents extra per gallon for the service. This morning gasoline was 2.13 per gallon which I think is the same as I reported Friday. I THINK.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 01:29:04 PM: A Stopette Page Four Dance. 8)

(http://www285.pair.com/scannell/Stopette-l6-4-56.jpg)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 01:48:16 PM: When I played Dr. Carasco/The Duke in MAN OF LA MANCHA, I remember there being several containers of smudge in the dressing room provided by the theater for us. I always have my own make-up, of course, but I did use this to get properly grubby for the role.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 01:49:52 PM: Well, I got to the end of PAINT YOUR WAGON today (lovely print with just some minor speckles throughout and excellent sound), and then I put in THE SOUND OF MUSIC which I haven't looked at in ages. Wanted to see how that beautiful outdoor photography showed up on the new TV. Pretty breathtaking, I'd say.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 01:51:44 PM: I did get the yard mowed, so that dismal chore is done for another few days. Also got laundry done. Sunday is always full of households chores around my place.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 01:58:36 PM: No, I did not buy anything at the Studio City Farmer's Market. I don't know that I've ever bought anything there, except maybe some licorice and a hot dog.
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Post by: Ginny on April 17, 2005, 02:04:58 PM: Thank you to bk and DR's Jose, elmore, and TCB for the info about Andy Taylor and his lovely wife, Alet. It will be so much fun seeing people I "know" from HHW on stage in The Producers two weeks from today.

DR elmore, yes I do still have your What If? DVD. I'd like to watch it one more time, but will get it back to you in plenty of time for your convalesence next month. I would love to see it performed in person sometime.
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Post by: Ginny on April 17, 2005, 02:12:06 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 17, 2005, 05:59:50 AM
Yesterday, in our British TOD, I mentioned the Benjamin Britten version of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, which I would love to see performed in rep with SWEENEY TODD. A BBC broadcast from 1948 with the original cast conducted by Benjamin Britten has been discovered on acetate and if being issued on CD April 26, 2005, by Pearl Records. I've seen several different editions of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA performed, but I think the Britten version is the most successful musically and dramatically in linking the many snippets of song to the spoken text. It's a great work, and some of you might be interested in hearing it.

DR elmore, when you mentioned the Britten Beggar's Opera yesterday I wondered if it had been recorded. Fond memories of helping you with that show here in Middletown (how many lifetimes ago?) and I remember how much you wanted a recording. I'd like to hear the new one.
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Post by: Ginny on April 17, 2005, 02:17:58 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 01:51:44 PM
I did get the yard mowed, so that dismal chore is done for another few days. Also got laundry done. Sunday is always full of households chores around my place.

Heigh ho, the glamorous life, huh? Our Sunday, which is beautiful, has been occupied with laundry and grocery shopping. Later we're going to a nearby church to hear author Ann Hagedorn talk about her book Beyond the River: The Untold Stories of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad. We'll definitely be home by 9pm, though, to see the first installment of the new Miss Marple series.
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Post by: Ginny on April 17, 2005, 02:23:28 PM: Hi, DR JRand - how's the weather?
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Post by: Kerry on April 17, 2005, 02:33:02 PM: I need about 4 more hours of sleep to catch up for yesterday and about 12 more hours of sleep to catch up from the rest of the week. Pretty exciting, huh?

I did not get a chance to post yesterday. Had I posted, I would have wished Lon McCallister a very happy birthday.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 02:45:26 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 12:25:01 PM
This is closing weekend for a local production of MAN OF LA MANCHA, starring a very dear friend of mine. So, last night, sore neck and all, I went to see the show. I did get my friend Betzy to do the driving so I could take some muscle relaxers before going to the theatre. The show was entertaining, as always, and my friend, Micheal's performance as Cervantes was brilliant. I saw him do the role seven years ago, and I thought I wold never see a performance that topped it; but last night he was even better than I had remembered.

The rest of the cast was the ususal assortment of community theater actors ranging from very good to dismal. MY biggest complaint was that they were the cleanest, most well-manicured group of prisoners ever assembled in one prison. No effort was made to make their clothing appear shabby or dirty, nor was there one speck of dirty on any on them.
It's about the Inquisition. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, right?

;)
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 02:53:08 PM: DR GINNY the weather is beautiful....our best day yet this year.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 02:53:29 PM: Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition.
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Post by: Ginny on April 17, 2005, 03:00:21 PM: Almost 30 years ago, DR elmore cast me as the mother of all FUSSBUDGETs, Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. My family said it was typecasting.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 03:23:25 PM: FUSSBUDGET!

Where in tarnation IS everyone? You'd think it was a Sunday afternoon or something.
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 03:44:51 PM: Listening to Harold Sings Arlen (with Friend) Very typical 60's style arrangements by Peter Matz
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Post by: Sandra on April 17, 2005, 03:45:24 PM: I've been stuck in Tarnation writing a History paper. You would not believe how boring this is. I'm just taking a break now from my coma.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 17, 2005, 03:50:45 PM: Re: the gas stations, are you saying that they have to serve you?

Like I said, pretty much EVERY station here has both, but most people serve themselves.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 17, 2005, 03:59:07 PM: Took my usual two-two and half hour Sunday walk and poked my head into several open houses with all the million-plus dollar homes in Los Feliz...the last seemed to be Danny Bonaduce's home...if not, one wonders why all the photos of him and family on the bedroom dresser.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 04:12:44 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 11:53:57 AM
MBarnum, do you have any idea what accounts for your interesting choices in movies, music, and television?

Ha, ha! No! Just special, I guess!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 04:14:12 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 11:56:21 AM
Also, MBarnum, do you have any relatives in the Tacoma area? Yesterday there was a PT Cruiser in the grocery store parking lot with the personalized plate, BARNUM.

No relatives that I am aware of.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 04:17:07 PM: Quote from: Danise on April 17, 2005, 12:13:29 PM

DR. MBarnum, someday, you will wish for an old lady in the living room, watching John Wayne movies and that couch won't seem as uncomfortable as you remembered.

LOL! Actually I already do appreciate it. I enjoy having my mom stay with me. Usually she stays at my sisters house when she visits, as there is more room. But I have fun visiting with my mom and watching movies this time was a real treat...but out of my hundreds of DVDs she only wanted to watch the old John Wayne films....and you know...he was quite a hunk back when he was in his 20s!!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 04:26:20 PM: Hey BK, have you ever seen the Japanese movie from the 50s called ZERO FOCUS? I was looking at it on Amazon.com and it sounded interesting.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 04:27:31 PM: DR Kerry, my mom very much enjoyed that YVONNE DECARLO cd! She was quite impressed when we were listening to it yesterday...especially since she does not care for Yvonne DeCarlo as an actress.
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 04:31:20 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 04:14:12 PM
No relatives that I am aware of.

Hmmm, well then perhaps, it was that sucker that keeps getting born.
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 04:37:10 PM: Well, it does seem a bit dull around here. So, with apologies to Charles, here is my favorite photo of the WSMA:
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 05:04:32 PM: Anyone else read DR Pogue's magazine interview regarding the upcoming Herules mini series?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 05:15:00 PM: Good Evening!

Once again, Greetings from Steve's new place. We got almost everything out of his old apartment today. All that's left are his boxes of Christmas ornaments and other decorations. In other words, stuff that can wait. We got a few more boxes unpacked, but the big project for the afternoon was putting together a few more shelving units, and moving other ones around. Slowly, but surely.

Now we're about to head out to dinner. I think.

-Hey, how about a Lively Chat tomorrow night? Just wondrin'..

;)

Laters...
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 05:16:23 PM: Michael Shayne, no. Is there a chance the magazine has a website?
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 05:18:20 PM: We use to fry Bologna and eat it straight from the pan or have it as a side dish with eggs. Once in awhile we ate it in a sandwich-never fried though.

Danise my sister gave her St. Bernard a very large bone which the dog splintered and punctured his heart or some other serious organ with.
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 05:19:32 PM: Jennifer shocking as it is, it is illegal for us to pump our own gas-something about it being dangerous. ;D

It is funny to watch the expression on the Californian’s when they are firmly corrected not to touch the gas pump.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 05:43:59 PM: Just back for a second...

I just finished reading the wonderful - and painfully touching - article/interview with Barbara Cook in today's New York Times Magazine.

Most definitely worth the read. And re-read - which I will most likely do later. And definitely worth registering with NYTimes.com if you can't get a hold of the print edition.
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:00:22 PM: I have been meaning to mention that the musical director that BK is working with on Kevin Spirit's act is the talented John Boswell. In addition to being a talented painist he is also a composer and I have three of his cds which are an enjoyable listening experience. I recommend them
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:02:39 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 17, 2005, 05:16:23 PM
Michael Shayne, no. Is there a chance the magazine has a website?

Your wish is my command

http://www.scriptmag.com/http://

The Great Idea™: Hercules
By Kate McCallum
The Herculean labor of writing the NBC television mini-series Hercules is de-mythologized in this candid interview with veteran screenwriter Charles Pogue.
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 06:06:33 PM: New Jersey is the same way. You are NOT ALLOWED to pump your own gas there. I kinda like not having to get out of the car.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 06:15:00 PM: Oh my gosh, I am watching the kookiest Bollywood movie ever! CHAR DERVESH (1964)...

takes place in ancient Arabian times and the hero (a very cute, and hairy chested Feroz Khan!) has so far fallen in love with a princess (of course), travelled to an underwater kingdom...fought a two headed giant...met a half human/half stone women...battled an evil sorcerer who is holding a pretty girl prisoner (in the underwater kingdom)...and befriend a gay 50ft tall genie! LOL! And I am only half way through the film...and it is all in glorious Eastmancolor!

JRand54, you would love this one!

Oh, I forgot the flying horse and the German Shepard dog who rescues people!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 06:20:04 PM: Feroz Khan, the Bollywood Clint Eastwood (!), as he is referred to...

(http://www.bollywood501.com/classic_m/feroz_khan/pic/Feroz02.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 06:22:00 PM: Rodzinski, I told Elmore that you should show him your GREY SKIES movie!

Actually, any DRs who wish to see Rodzinski in a movie should get GREY SKIES! Fun movie!! And funny, too!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 06:24:39 PM: This link will explain that Oscar Meyer Weiner Funeral picture! It seems that the Oscar Meyer Weiner mascot/actor passed away.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-obit-little-oscar,0,2732355.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-obit-little-oscar,0,2732355.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines)
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 06:29:07 PM: Funny you mentioned Zero Focus (were you reading Video Watchdog, too?) - I'd just ordered it and The Demon. I do find the reviewers in VW to be wrong as much as they are right, so who knows whether these will be good. I also ordered A Tale of Two Sisters - supposedly the BEST horror film in years - horror in the style of The Haunting, that is - no blood or anything. Of course, Dreamworks has already bought the US remake rights and will, I have no doubt, screw it up royally. Isn't it funny that these Korean horror movies, which are all basically reworkings of US films in one way or another, are now considered to be the hottest things being made (starting with The Ring, and then The Grudge).
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 06:30:18 PM: I've been invited to go to the Improv with Miss Tammy Minoff to see her friend do standup. I'm feeling a bit logey right now (the result of a heavy pasta lunch) but I might try to get up the energy to do it - even though I basically cannot stand standup nor the Improv.
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:30:59 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 06:06:33 PM
New Jersey is the same way. You are NOT ALLOWED to pump your own gas there. I kinda like not having to get out of the car.

Why aren't you allowed to pump your own?
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Post by: Michael on April 17, 2005, 06:33:36 PM: Listening to the wonderful Laurie Beechman on my Ipod including two cds BK produced and two solo tracks from Broadway Christmas and Unsung Berlin.

What a beautiful voice she had.
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 06:40:31 PM: Michael Shayne-thanks.
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 06:47:37 PM: MBarnum thanks for the link.
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 06:48:43 PM: THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY is by far my favorite F. Bros. film. While visiting a friend in Michigan we saw it together while her husband went to a different show. It was too raunchy for him. ;D I returned home and immediately saw it again with Keith knowing he would think it was hysterical. Craig loved the movie but thought we wouldn’t approve of it. Boy was he shocked. ;D
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 06:49:07 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 06:15:00 PM
...and the German Shepard dog who rescues people!
That's just what we need, German Shepard dogs who are televangelists!

::)

;)
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 06:54:52 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on April 17, 2005, 06:30:59 PM
Why aren't you allowed to pump your own?

That statement can be taken a variety of ways! :o ;)
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 06:56:34 PM: Growing up, two of my favorite sandwiches were American cheese and mayo OR bologna and mustard. Then, in my first year of college, my sister's then-husband (for some reason) made me lunch and made me a chesse and mayo AND bologna and mustard sandwich. It was quite tasty and I highly recommend it.
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 06:58:15 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 06:15:00 PM
Oh my gosh, I am watching the kookiest Bollywood movie ever! CHAR DERVESH (1964)...

takes place in ancient Arabian times and the hero (a very cute, and hairy chested Feroz Khan!) has so far fallen in love with a princess (of course), travelled to an underwater kingdom...fought a two headed giant...met a half human/half stone women...battled an evil sorcerer who is holding a pretty girl prisoner (in the underwater kingdom)...and befriend a gay 50ft tall genie! LOL! And I am only half way through the film...and it is all in glorious Eastmancolor!

JRand54, you would love this one!

Oh, I forgot the flying horse and the German Shepard dog who rescues people!

Forgive my ignorance of Bollywood, but they also sing and dance in this film?
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 06:59:35 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on April 17, 2005, 06:30:59 PM
Why aren't you allowed to pump your own?

Gee, I am sure I did when I lived in New Jersey!
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 07:00:36 PM: Quote from: George on April 17, 2005, 06:54:52 PM
That statement can be taken a variety of ways! :o ;)

Never mind! There is a TCB in every crowd!
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 17, 2005, 07:00:46 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on April 17, 2005, 06:30:59 PM
Why aren't you allowed to pump your own?
It's considered obscene, or something like that.

No, more seriously, the stated reason was that it is too dangerous for people to pump their own gas, that it should be done by a trained professional. Basically, it boils down to a gimmick where the gas pumpers can guarantee their employment.
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Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 07:10:40 PM: I guess I'm going to go to the Improv. Hopefully, the time will pass quickly - keep the home fries burning until my returning.

FUSSBUDGET!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 07:16:17 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 06:58:15 PM
Forgive my ignorance of Bollywood, but they also sing and dance in this film?

And how!
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 07:19:28 PM: Dammit! I was typing a very long post (maybe this was a good thing) about my day today and my housemate's cat got up on my keyboard and stepped on the F5 key, which is "refresh" and I lost it. Grrrrrr. >:(
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 07:21:33 PM: I’m getting my car detailed tomorrow which explains why we are suddenly getting so much rain.

‘night.
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Post by: Jane on April 17, 2005, 07:22:29 PM: Quote from: George on April 17, 2005, 07:19:28 PM
Dammit! I was typing a very long post (maybe this was a good thing) about my day today and my housemate's cat got up on my keyboard and stepped on the F5 key, which is "refresh" and I lost it. Grrrrrr. >:(

;D Something Bogie would do.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 07:30:37 PM: Okay, I'm going to post this before I lose it again!:

I'm back (duh!) from the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train (http://www.spiritofwashingtondinnertrain.com/). Actually, we had lunch. And it was quite good! My sister's boyfriend Larry and I both had the Monte Cristo sandwich (I'd actually never had one before...it won't be the last time ;D), my sister Diane had the eggs Benedict and my niece (Hilary, the birthday girl) had the crab cakes.

I have to admit (and gladly) that the food on the train was much better this time than the last time I went. My sister and I took our parents on the train for their 37th or 38 anniversary (their 41st will be this year) and I had a stuffed chicken breast with some kind of apple stuffing. :P I didn't think it was very good. But today's meal was.

Hilary ordered her very first legal drink (in the US, she's been to Canada and ordered legally there). She and I both had the Banana-Loco drink (Our special recipe, banana liqueur, cream de cacao, and amaretto topped with whipped cream) and my sister had an apple martini. She discovered them in Vegas last year and loves them. I don't drink but thought that the Banana-Loco sounded good...and I wasn't driving...or paying! It was okay and since I don't really like the feel of alcohol (and there wasn't enough banana flavor), I won't need to order it again...anywhere. I'll taste drinks if anyone else orders something that sounds halfway decent, but it just doesn't do anything for me.
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Post by: TCB on April 17, 2005, 07:41:20 PM: Quote from: bk on April 17, 2005, 06:30:18 PM
I've been invited to go to the Improv with Miss Tammy Minoff to see her friend do standup. I'm feeling a bit logey right now (the result of a heavy pasta lunch) but I might try to get up the energy to do it - even though I basically cannot stand standup nor the Improv.

I am glad to hear that I am not the only person who doesn't enjoy standup or comedy clubs. I like to laugh and I have a ~~good~~ ~~unique~~ off-beat sense of humor, and I will usually pick a comedy film or play over a drama anytime. But when it comes to standup comedy and comedy clubs, give me a root canal anytime.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 07:46:30 PM: To continue:

Dessert was either Chocolate Paradiso served on a Bed of Raspberry Puree and Crème Anglaise, or Washington Apple Crisp with Fresh Cinnamon Whipped Cream and Caramel Sauce. Larry had the Chocolate Paradiso (he said it was good) and Hilary and I had the apple crisp. It was just okay. Not bad, but nothing special...and not enough caramel sauce! My sister just took bites from Hilary's apple crisp and Larry's chocolate thing.

As for where we were seated, we were upstairs in the dome of the Rainier car. It was pretty cool! You could see all over the place. Larry and my sister both took pictures. I'll post a couple later if they let me copy them.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 07:50:29 PM: After the train ride, we went to Fry's Electronics, which is this HUGE, GIGANTIC electronics store not too far from the dinner train station. It looked like you could be stuck in their for days and not see it all. Talk about overkill! I went directly to the CD section (surprisingly small for such a large store) and found the "Soundtracks" section and the "Vocals" section. There was no separate "Broadway" or "Showtunes" section...evidently, those are mixed in with the "Vocal" CDs, but I only saw maybe six musical cast recordings at all. This is not a place that I will look for CDs in the future.

What I did buy, though was Nelly McKay's "Get Away From Me" CD. The library where I work got the CD and I fell in love with it...now I have a legal copy! ::) But it's not just the CD. It's one of those new DualDisc format CD/DVDs! Click HERE (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007SL388/qid=1113790958/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl15/002-0523980-6500818?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) for the amazon.com listing for more information. It has two sides like some DVDs, but one side is a regular CD and the other has DVD material: the entire audio CD with pictures to watch while playing on your DVD player, two bonus songs (audio only) and a 26 minute DVD concert. It's pretty cool, except that it has the warning, "The audio side of this disc does not conform to CD specifications and therefore not all DVD and CD players will play the audio side of this disc." It's actually thicker than a regular CD or DVD. So far, it's played in every player at my house and my sister's. I'll have to check it in my portable CD player at work. That's where it'll get the most use. Then we drove home.

And, that was my day on my niece's 21st birthday. ;D
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:54:21 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 17, 2005, 07:00:36 PM
Never mind! There is a TCB in every crowd!

Take a bow, TCB. Your influence is ever-widening.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 07:57:42 PM: I just finished watching DESPERATE HOUSEWIES. I have to say I kind of figured what Bree's son was up to (though he did admit to more than I thought.)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 08:00:58 PM: Jennifer, in regard to your question about Joel Grey on ALIAS a few days ago, the description of this week's episode of ALIAS in my TV Week magazine in today's newspaper said he was PRETENDING to be Arvin Sloane. This week's episode is entitled "Another Mr. Sloane."
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 08:02:00 PM: Good Evening!

Back from Steve's... We just ended up having dinner there - since he had bought some food the other day... I was his first dinner guest in his new place. :) Nice dinner of salad and pasta.

So... Now I'm back at my place, and I'm feeling a little restless. I may go for a short walk, or I may end up heading to, as DR JRand, put it, a "special interest" place. ;)

We shall see...
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Post by: Matt H. on April 17, 2005, 08:02:08 PM: And now, after a last couple of late nights, I am headed for bed. Rehearsals for LA CAGE begin tomorrow.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 08:21:14 PM: Well, now that I've actually sat down for more than 10 minutes today, I think I'll be staying in...
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Post by: George on April 17, 2005, 08:28:15 PM: HEY, JMK, MBARNUM AND JANE and everyone else, too!! Starting tomorrow night (at least, on the Seattle PBS station) will be the Portland, Oregon episodes of "Antiques Roadshow (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/)" that I went to last year!! I may be seen in the background!! I wore my tie-dye t-shirt under my green Hawaiian shirt...very colorful. ;D
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 17, 2005, 08:30:41 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on April 17, 2005, 06:06:33 PM
New Jersey is the same way. You are NOT ALLOWED to pump your own gas there. I kinda like not having to get out of the car.

I like it, too. You can actually get your tank filled and not have to guess-timate whether to tell the clerk that you want $20 or $25 worth.

And strangely enough, gas is cheaper in NJ. I believe it's the cheapest in the nation at the mo'.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 17, 2005, 09:14:22 PM: Quote from: George on April 17, 2005, 08:28:15 PM
HEY, JMK, MBARNUM AND JANE and everyone else, too!! Starting tomorrow night (at least, on the Seattle PBS station) will be the Portland, Oregon episodes of "Antiques Roadshow (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/)" that I went to last year!! I may be seen in the background!! I wore my tie-dye t-shirt under my green Hawaiian shirt...very colorful. ;D

Ah, I was wondering if that was the one you went to George! Our newspaper has run a couple of stories on this one already this week, as there is a Salem woman who is going to be on it.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 09:17:27 PM: hmmm....

Something tells me I won't be staying up until 5:00am tonight...

Hmmmm..

:)
Title: Re:I.E.
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 09:46:46 PM: ...OK.... So I'll finish watching Whoopi on HBO and then go to bed...

;)
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 09:50:04 PM: Another movie for my list. Thanks MBARNUM. I am still recovering from HONG KONG RHAPSODY and about to dive into the other two you sent me.

Lovely weather today....beautiful.

I clicked on the link DR MS - but I couldn't access DR CP's article. :(

I don't mind stand-up, if it's good.....but IMPROV is something that makes me run screaming....LOUD. There is a place in Indy called ComedySportz and the act-letes do regular Improv that is PAINFUL...PAINFUL.... I tried twice to watch. Now when I have to go down that street, I run past the window and hope they are not doing anything in there that I would see.
Title: Re:I.E.
Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 09:50:42 PM: Have a good first rehearsal DR MATTH - be sure to take your camera. I love first rehearsal pictures and usually give them with a card for opening night!
Title: Re:I.E.
Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 10:28:03 PM: I'm back from the Improv, and nothing I saw this evening has changed my feelings about standup, at least standup as we know it today.
Title: Re:I.E.
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 17, 2005, 11:30:38 PM: OK... I'm hoping to get out of bed before Noon, so...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:I.E.
Post by: Jrand73 on April 17, 2005, 11:37:15 PM: Joan Rivers could do some good stand up. Totie Fields could do some good stand up. Jack Benny and Red Skelton were masters, although I guess they were more story tellers.
Title: Re:I.E.
Post by: bk on April 17, 2005, 11:40:20 PM: New notes are written and shall be posted at the stroke of midnight.