Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on May 09, 2005, 11:58:04 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you hopefully haven't gotten a splitting headache reading the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be as soon as they get over their collective splitting headaches.
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And the word of the day is: CONICAL!
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Good Morning!
I ended up dozing off earlier, and now I'm basically wide awake, so... But I should get some sleep since I'm going to some concert tomorrow night with my friend, Andy. I have no idea who we're seeing, just that she's some country/folk artist. Andy really wanted to see her, so he bought two tickets. One for himself, and one for me - well, his "chauffeur" for the evening. He has epilepsy, and since he had an attack a few months ago, he's not allowed to drive. So... "Hey, Jose, will you be in town on May 10th? Would you like to go to a concert?"..."
It's all good. Andy's a great guy, and we get along very well. And I'd drive him whether or not he was not allowed to right now. Heck, it's a free ticket to a concert! *He also treated me to Linda Ronstadt last summerm, and I think there's a play or two in my future too. :)
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There's bed in my future, if only I can get rid of this splitting headache.
And now - Dino at the piano.
CONICAL, baby, CONICAL. And I'm not kidding.
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Hmmmm.... CONICAL... BULBOUS.... Hmmm... And didn't we have VOLUMINOUS recently too?
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As for funny reading... Hmm... I shall have to think about that whilst I sleep...
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Hope your headache has abated by morning, BK...
Until then...
Goodnight.
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Oh....
And I just read the results from last night's Helen Hayes Awards... Interesting, very interesting.
I'm happy that Anne Duquesnay won for her portrayal of Mama in Hallelujah, Baby! - I wonder if she thanked me for my German Chocolate Cake in her speech? ;)
However, Senor Discretion Himself which was basically not well-received by anyone happened to snag the Best Resident Musical award. Hmmm...
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OH! And Ford's just officially announced their season for next year...
It will start off with Ken Ludwig's new play, Leading Ladies, which I saw while I was in Houston last fall. I wonder if Brent Barrett will be reprising his role here in DC. -Ooohh... The WSMA in a dress with a bare midrift... Swoon!
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Then closing out the season will be a revival of Shenandoah. Hoo and Ray! I've always loved this show. Yes, it may be a bit old-fashioned and treacly in some places, but I always find myself moved by it. -Guess I'll be making some calls tomorrow and sending out some resumes... ;)
For the rest of the season, just check out http://www.fordstheatre.org
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...or at least today's Backstage column in the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com It's in the Style section. *The press release doesn't seem to be on Ford's website yet.
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First funny books I thought of were those by Spike Milligan and Bill Bryson.
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Morning all.
Sorry to hear about the headache, BK. Hope your feeling better soon.
Get well from your headache vibes to you.
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I'm still not feeling right but I will attempt to go to work. I have that Guaranteed Ride Home if things go bad. I think I’ll wait to take the meds when I get to work in case I have a reaction. I don't want to pass out or anything on the bus. I have a hard enough time with riding sideways making me dizzy as it is.
Have a good day all. :D
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Stephen Leacock, Morley Torgov and Mordecai Richler three wonderful writers from Canada. Only Morley Torgov is still around.
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Good morning, all! Morning in the cabaret world and afternoon with the doctor, it's a fascinating existence. I'll work this morning on the cruise shows, then see my doctor for clearance on next week's surgery. Hopefully, I'll be watching INVASION with DRRodzinski tonight, so it should be a good day.
DRJane, the kids ride the buses for free in Manhattan, besides roaming free and acting freely on the buses. It's an insult to all us paying customers.
TOD: I'm glad yesterday's was such a success, and I could use a good laugh.
Books: WHERE'S POPPA? & THE HORSE IS DEAD by Robert Klane
CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole
CHARLEY WEAVER'S LETTERS FROM MAMA
HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE by Marc Acito
MISADVENTURES IN THE (213) by Dennis Hensley
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
Everything by Carl Hiaasen
SEX TOYS OF THE GODS by Christian McLaughlin
VALMOUTH by Ronald Firbank
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos
I've always liked Jean Kerr's pieces, collected in PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES and THE SNAKE HAS ALL THE LINES, Irma Bombeck, Jean Shepherd, and Fran Lebowitz, even if she is a rude horror in person.
Dear Friend BK, begging your pardon, while I think the Benjamin Kritzer books have their funny moments, I find them more akin to DAVID COPPERFIELD than to James Thurber and Jeran Shepherd. I believe the three Kritzer books are the three parts of a semi-autobiographical novel, and the overall tone is not comic but quite serious.
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Nora Ephron, David Sedaris, Max Schulman, Fran Lebowitz, Calvin Trillin, Ben Tyler, Chris McLaughlin, Eve Babitz, Joe Keenan, Cornelia Otis Skinner, James Kirkwood, Steve Kluger, Chris Chase have all writtten some of the funniest things I've read. A number of these authors has also been able to make me cry and nod my head at the glwoing truth of a remark and all those other good things an author can do.
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Last Friday, I had a splitting headache at work. Say, "What is it, fish?" real loud. It helps.
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The nominations have been announced. Here is a link to the Tony site so you can see the official list.
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html
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(Scene: BK's finely appointed study. BK is typing at his laptop. Over his shoulder, Guy Haines peers at the screen. He taps BK on the shoulder.)
Guy Haines: You spelled "fershluganah" wrong.
BK: (furiously) Guy Haines, please! I'd rather do it myself!
Voiceover: Sure, you have a headache. But why take it out on the people around you? Try new Conical. Conical is a new pain reliever that contains Hexamaphorsonal, the leading ingredient prescribed by physicians. Clinical tests prove that new Conical sooths away headache pain in nine out of ten cases. And new Conical's innovated shape guarantees immediate, fast relief.
(Cut back to BK at the keyboard, smiling and laughing with Guy Haines as they both read the laptop screen.)
Voiceover: So the next time you experience headache pain, reach for new Conical for fast, fast pain relief. Ask for it by name.
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Should be an interesting race. Even though Spamalot got 14 nominations, I don't think it will be the sweep that happened with the Producers. Having seen three of the four nominated musicals (and I'll see the fourth sometime in the next two weeks) I think the best four have been annointed. Hard to say which one will win. I don't think it's a slam dunk for Spamalot. It did get many nominations from other groups (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle) and that's usually "a harbinger" of who will win, but upsets are possible.
I do think that Norbert Leo Butz will win for Best Actor in a Musical (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Victoria Clark will win for Best Actress in a Musical (Light in the Piazza). I will also see The Pillowman sometime in the next couple of weeks and I have to decide if I want to see Golden Pond. It's not my favorite play but James Earl Jones has been nominated. I missed Reckless, Gem of the Ocean and The Rivals so I won't have seen some of the actresses nomimate for Best Lead and Featured roles.
Chitty got a couple of nominations, Jan Maxwell and Marc Kudish both got nominated for their Bomburst roles. Well deserved I might add. They add lots of laughs to the show.
Gotta get back to work. I'll be back later to pontificate more (I hope).
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Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and sequels.
Patrick Denis: Auntie Mame, Around the World With Auntie Mame, The Joyous Season, Little Me and First Lady, both with Chris Alexander's hilarious photographs, Tony.
Evelyn Waugh: Vile Bodies, Decline and Fall, Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust. I used to think his name was a nom de plume, "Evil and Woe", but it is indeed his real name. Brideshead Revisited is somewhat less knee-slapping.
Armistead Maupin: The whole Tales of the City cycle.
William F. Orr: Any Other Season--oh yes, I promise it will be back on-line and readable by all and sun-dried in the not-too-distant future.
Bruce Kimmel: Writer's Block.
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Boy, the majority of my book reading is of the mystery or autobiographical variety...I did read some Irma Bombeck many years ago, so I guess I would count that.
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LOL, DTM...I think JRand54 will get a kick out of your commercial!!
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The nominations have been announced. Here is a link to the Tony site so you can see the official list.
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html
Not even one nomination for The Frogs.
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Well, I'm teaching geometry this semester, so how could I pass up the chance to explain the CONICAL Sections:
(http://www.amsta.leeds.ac.uk/Pure/staff/wood/MATH1220/Conic-secs.gif)
(http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sfigs/Sconsect.gif)
Now pay attention. This will all be on your Final.
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D-T-M said:
"Not even one nomination for The Frogs
Well, Dan, it hopped away before it could get caught!
Remember, there is NO GROANING at HHW
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Boy, the majority of my book reading is of the mystery or autobiographical variety...I did read some Irma Bombeck many years ago, so I guess I would count that.
Yep, my mom always got the latest Bombeck, so I would occaisionally pick one up and chuckle over it. Otherwise, favorite funny books for me were usually of the concept humor kind. Things like The 80's: A Look Back (which was published in 1979. I rolled on the floor over National Lampoon's yearbook and Sunday newspaper parodies. And years before Jerry Seinfeld did Letters from a Nut, Don Novello published The Lazlo Toth Letters which was much more funny.
I also loved Fran Lebowitz's Metropolitan Life and Social Studies.
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I have not seen any ads for HERCULES. But then again most of the shows I watch are picked up by Canadian stations (and we unfortunately HAVE to see their commercials). I'm trying to think if there are even any shows I watch on NBC.
I know MEDIUM is one. Really love that show. And last night's episode was another good one. I think the unpredictable way they use her dreams is one of my favorite parts.
DR Jane, commented a few days ago how she was not impressed any more with NUMB3RS. I have still been watching, but the fact that their guilty people are becoming too predictable is a real turn off.
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BTW, any AMAZING RACE fans excited about tonight's 2 hour finale?
I cannot wait.
I think even non-TAR fans at HHW should be excited. Because now you won't have to listen to us talk about it anymore. :)
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I am excited about TAR tonight! I will probably tape it and watch it tomorrow, but it will be fun to see who wins!!
And of course I am sure the next season of TAR is just around the corner! Woohoo!
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For you Japanese monster movie fans, VARAN, THE UNVBELIEVALBE (Daikaiju Varan) is released today on DVD!!
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Well, I'm teaching geometry this semester, so how could I pass up the chance to explain the CONICAL Sections:
(http://www.amsta.leeds.ac.uk/Pure/staff/wood/MATH1220/Conic-secs.gif)
(http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sfigs/Sconsect.gif)
Now pay attention. This will all be on your Final.
Now I have a splitting headache ;D
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I am excited about TAR tonight! I will probably tape it and watch it tomorrow, but it will be fun to see who wins!!
And of course I am sure the next season of TAR is just around the corner! Woohoo!
Wow, you will tape it? Won't you want to know who wins? Or will you just find out in advance?
I am not sure when TAR8 (Family TAR) will be. I'm guessing probably next Fall. :(
Btw, good job vibes to DR Jed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
And feel better vibes to DR Danise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Btw, I am so impressed. I sent a big package up North to Iqaluit (in Nunavut). I sent it on Sunday may 1st. Well 5 days later on Friday they tried to deliver it! That is fast service! (and nice of them since they are really only supposed to leave it at their PO box).
Well they left a note and brought it yesterday. So now one happy 9 yr old will have all her party favors/lootbags and gifts! Yeah.
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Christina Applegate getting nominated for a Tony is kind of silly. I'm sure she worked very hard to come back from her injury, but by all accounts her singing and dancing were subpar, or at least well below the standards of her temp replacement.
This is a case of someone being rewarded for not heeding their own limitations.
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DR MBarnum, I doin't believe CBS is going to run THE AMAZING RACE this summer. You'll have to wait for fall from now on. TAR has become a valuable commodity for CBS, and they're not going to wear out its welcome by overfamiliarity now. But there will be another BIG BROTHER this summer and other new reality shows on all the networks, all hoping for the next SURVIVOR or AMERICAN IDOL.
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I've never met another Jack Douglas fan. My favorite is called "Benedict Arnold Slept Here." That guy had a wicked sense of humor and great sense of the absurd.
Of Waugh, "The Loved One" is my favorite.
Anyone who enjoys humorous sci-fi, I would turn onto the works of Robert Sheckley, particularly his short story collections and a novel called "The Journey of Joenes".
"A Confederacy of Dunces" is very funny indeed.
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COmedy books: I, too, would read Irma Bombeck's books when mymom got finished with them - THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER OVER THE SEPTIC TANK I remember laughing through.
I haven't read any of David's comic reminiscences, but I want to very much. Someday I'll have the time to read everything I'd like to read.
One book I really laughed and cried through was Bel Kaufman's UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE. I think it's one of the great books of the 1960s, and for someone who was then preparing to be a teacher, it was a REAL eye-opener.
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Glad you liked MEDIUM last night. I have it and '24' on the DVR for viewing at some point today. In fact, I need to get up from this computer and get to watching some TV! :D
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To any of your auto saavy DR's, what does it mean when my odemeter does this?
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Time to sell the car, DRVIXMOM.
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Good interview/job vibes for DR JED. I see dead people in your future.
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Conical - I always thought Red Skelton was very conical.
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Many of the writers mentioned.....and I will add:
Mr Max Shulman ANYBODY GOT A MATCH?
And a book titled A SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE by T R PEARSON is probably one of the funniest books I have EVER read. Stories include those about the Nativity Scene that burns down when one of the sheep gets antsy; the rich lady's monkey who climbs the water tower; the man who dies on a cruise ship and his banner for winning the dance contest is frozen onto him, so he is buried in it; and more and more and more.
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TOD
For laugh out loud reading
Patrick F. McManus:
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
A Fine and Pleasant Misery
Never Sniff a Gift Fish
Dave Barry :
Big Trouble
Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of The Universe
Life, The Univers & Everything
So Long and Thanks For all the Fish
There were things in the Krtitzer books that made me laugh out loud , made me cheer, made me cry... but I wouldn't classify them as overall comedy books like I do the above ones
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I hope that soon you'll be writing the dead peop's rolls
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I'm up, I'm up.
Headache all gone. Was awakened by an expected phone call which, thankfully, didn't come earlier. Am expecting more phone calls. What am I, Tonto all of a sudden? Why am I writing abbreviated sentences?
CONICAL!
Lovely choices for comic novels and such. I know the Kritzer books have very serious moments, but they make me laugh (not the serious moments), so I included them. But, I agree - each of them has very serious intents (who knew).
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Excellent vibes and xylophones to Jed.
Question for any Mac users: Do any of you use the mail program. Vinnie showed me how his is set up and it looks very handy. You enter all your e-mail addresses into the mail program and then all your mail gets copied to the mail program (all in one place), and you get alerted as often as you want, you can reply from there (and it will have the proper return address, etc) - seems very organized, but I don't want to set it up until I've heard from others.
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TOD continued
Yes, they are written for kids but they are very funny
The entire Series of Unfortunate Events series, by Lemony Snicket (a/k/a Daniel Handler)
Also: Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
The title alone made me laugh
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DR Jennifer,
Ya I will likely tape TAR as I don't want to stay up so late (I am presuming it is from 9 until 11pm).
And did you all know that in addition to American Idol, there is Indian Idol in India (or maybe it is Hindustani Idol)? Who knew!
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Well, if we consider the Kritzer books comedy books then I will include them as well.
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Gee, I have not heard of Jack Douglas' books, NEVER TRUST A NAKED BUS DRIVER or MY BROTHER WAS AN ONLY CHILD since he used to appear on the thalk shows with his lovely wife, REIKO, and plug them. I never read them though. Those were great days when you could actually have authors and raconteurs on a talk show, instead of empty-headed celebrities.
Favourite funny books that make me laugh out loud. I don't read a lot of funny books, but here's a few:
Terry Pratchett's Disc World series.
HERCULES: The Big Greek Story by George Kirgo
THE PRINCESS BRIDE by William Goldman
ASTERIX THE GAUL comic compliations
CALVIN & HOBBES comic compliations
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The days of the raconteur on talk shows are sadly over. They have been replaced by young, inane comics who wouldn't know wit if it hit them between the eyes. I suppose there have been attempts to write books like the Jack Douglas books, but they all fail, they're all designed to appeal to the grocery store crowd. I understand it's a business, but, sadly, the book business has gone the way of the movie business. Broadway is on that path, too. TV has been there for years, but at least we still get some interesting and original things on TV.
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Mr. Vixmom loves the Disc World books, he has the whole series.. I don't know why but I just could never get into them.
If we're including comic compilations then Calvins & Hobbes is my all time favorite, with Dilbert and The far Side competing for second place
Also in children's books: Sandra Boyton makes me laugh
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Like DR CP: I remember Mr Jack Douglas and Reiko particularly on the syndicated Merv Griffin Show, which I watched every evening. Merv usually was able to mention his appearance with Kathryn Grayson in SO THIS IS LOVE, the Grace Moore story, at least once a week, but it was usually in a humerous fashion, particularly about the movie opening the same week as THE ROBE and looking mighty small up there on the big screen!
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"Catcher in the Rye" -- J.D. Salinger
"The Cat Who Went to Paris and "A Cat Abroad" -- Peter Gethers.
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Interesting Tony nominations. Since I am on the board of directors of The Putnam County Playhouse, I will have to root for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - just so we can get all those hits on our website.
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Another number finished! Only 1000 more to go, it seems.
I can't believe I forgot Patrick Dennis' novels. I must have read GENIUS at least 5 times, and I always liked THE JOYOUS SEASON, as well as the Mame Dennis saga.
I also forgot Stellas Gibbons' great COLD COMFORT FARM, which I discovered in college.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Ah, sleep!!
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-Now I just need one more full night's sleep, and I should be back to normal. Well, "normal" being a relative term in my case.
;)
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Since most of them have already been mentioned...
David Sedaris makes me laugh and cry and think too. Augusten Burroughs' writings are pretty funny too - even if the "authenticity" of his stories are in question.
...And even though "Confederacy of Dunces" is a very funny book, the whole background of the writer and how it eventually got published is not. But nice to know some light came out of the darkness.
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I even have an LP of Jack Douglas doing live comedy. His books have some gags that just kill me.
I had a laugh on the way to work today when, in KRITZER TIME, Benjamin's cousin wants to play horse and she's bouncing on the oblivious BK, and she says to him, "Tell me things."
A great and funny children's book writer is Daniel Pinkwater who used to do some stuff on NPR, but I don't know if he still does. His books, LIZARD MUSIC, and THE SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE AVOCADO OF DEATH are just books that when I found as a kid, I thought they were meant just for me and my warped sense of humor.
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As for the Tony Nominations...
Looks good to me.
-I'm just trying to think back to the other Lead Actress In A Musical possibilities. Lots of featured actresses, but the other Lead Actresses were in not so stellar shows, so... I sense that if the nominating committee could have put someone else on the ballot other than Christina Applegate, then they would have. -Which, of course, is not necessarily a good thing.
However...
It was soooooooo nice seeing the names of a few friends on the list. Phone calls have and will be made.
:)
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Ah, it appears that I'll be seeing and hearing Patty Griffin tonight at the 9:30 Club. Doors open at 7:30, and there's an opening act or two. According to the clubs FAQ - which is very funny, in fact - the headliner could go on around 10:00... or not. So... Plus, it's a Standing Room type of arrangement. No seats. So... Hmmm...
I'm sure I'll have a good time. As long as I remember to wear my comfortable shoes.
:)
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Ah.... Charanga Cakewalk will be the opening act. Hmmm... Guess I should Google....
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PAGE THREE DANCE!!!!
THE TEXAS TWO-STEP!!!
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From the brand new Huffington Post blog (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/featuredposts.html#a000595).
Danielle Crittenden
D.C. vs. Hollywood
Years ago, I worked as a typist in Hollywood. Perhaps the most valuable lesson I learned from that experience was that you must always use Courier New 10 pt.font in any written document addressed to what I came to call Important Industry Types (IITs). If a script were not in Courier New, with all the tabs and spacings correctly set on the page, the IIT would not even look at it. It could be “Ben Hur,” it wouldn’t matter. “Don’t bring me this crap,” he’d say before hurling it across the room.
Woud BK, Panni, and the Pogue agree?
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Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused novocaine during a root canal?
His goal: Transcend dental medication
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:P
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Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused novocaine during a root canal?
His goal: Transcend dental medication
;D
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DR Ron Pulliam , you look different in your website picture
Institute Faculty
H. Ronald Pulliam
Regent's Professor
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
517 Biological Sciences Bldg.
Athens, GA 30602-2602
(706) 542-6010
Fax: (706) 542-3344
e-mail: pulliam2@uga.edu
Graduate Faculty
Faculty Member - Conservation Ecology Program
Education
Ph.D. - Duke University
Research Interests
Theoretical ecology
Modeling
Avian/plant population dynamics
Biodiversity
Conservation biology
Environmental policy
Research Projects
NSF and U.S. Forest Service funded projects on impacts of land use and climate change on plant and animal populations.
Publications
Pulliam, H. R. and N. M. Haddad. 1994. Human population growth and the carrying capacity concept. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 75:141-157.
Liu, J., J. B. Dunning, and H. R. Pulliam. 1995. Potential impacts of a forest management plan on Bachman's Sparrows (Aimophila aestivalis): linking a spatially explicit model with GIS. Conservation Biology 9:1-14.
Kadmon, R. and H. R. Pulliam. 1995. Effects of isolation, logging, and dispersal on woody-species richness of islands. Vegetatio 4: 1-7.
Pulliam, H. R. 1996. Sources and sinks: empirical evidence and population consequences. pp. 45-69, In Population Dynamics in Ecological Space and Time. O. E. Rhodes, Jr. R. K. Chesser, and M.H. Smith, Editors. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Pulliam, H. R. and B. Babbitt. 1997. Science and the protection of endangered species. Science 273:499-500.
Pulliam, H. R. 1997. Demographic processes: population dynamics on heterogeneous landscapes. Chapter 7, In Principles of Conservation Biology. 2nd edition. G. K. Meffe and C. R. Carroll, Editors. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Pulliam, H. R. 1998. The political education of a biologist. Bulletin of the Wildlife Society. Part I. 26(2):199-202. Part II. 26(3): 499-503.
Pulliam, H. R. 2000. On the relationship between niche and distribution. Ecology Letters 3: 349 361.
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I forgot about the Peter Gether's books! I was certainly laughing out loud to those first two!!! The third book, of course, was not funny....but very quiet and sad.
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You are one busy fella aren't you?
GALLASTAR EQUINE CENTER
The Center is owned and operated by Ron and Lorelei Pulliam of Afton, Virginia.
Ron is a mental health counselor with 30 years of experience in the field. He is currently the program manager of the Child and Adolescent Day Program in Rockbridge County, where he offers individual, family, and experiential therapies to children with emotional and behavioral problems.
Lorelei is a special educator at Walton Middle School in Abermarle County with nine years of experience as a teacher. She has raised and trained horses for 25 years and has extensive training and experience in therapeutic horseback riding.
The Pulliams were called upon to present their model at the North American Riding for the Handicapped National Convention in 1992 and 1993. Their work with sexually abused girls to mental health professionals at the Virginia Beach Conference for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in September, 1998.
The Center is based on a working horse ranch in the beautiful rolling hills near Afton, Virginia, surrounded by hundreds of acres of wooded riding trails. The barn, arena, paddocks, and resort-style home were all designed and built by Ron Pulliam himself.
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Allison Hayes picture of the week - from ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN! ;D
(http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/0a/73/f0_1_b.JPG)
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DR vixmom: There are several Ron Pulliams in the world.
I live/work in Oakland CA.
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William F. Orr, I would not agree. I use 12-point courier (I think it's courier, it might be New Roman) and have used elite, I believe (I'm always a little hazy on the font...it's whatever can get me the most on a page and still be read). I also used to bleed the margins like crazy...something that's a little harder to do with these screenplay programs which I've now started using...but I think they also have features to squeeze more on a line.
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Allison Hayes picture of the week - from ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN! ;D
(http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/0a/73/f0_1_b.JPG)
She looks like she's doing a Brando impersonation--"I coulda been a contenda!"
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I live/work in Oakland CA.
Heckuva commute to your ranch.... ;D
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LOL!
Just semi-watching "The Bold & The Beautiful".... They did one of those montages where the couple in love is exploring some city... Well, I looked up for a second and thought the locale looked familiar... And it was! The Grove. Of course, with all the editing and cross-cutting, they made it seem like they were in some major shopping district - good use of the trolley... In any case...
It made me laugh.
;)
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Allison Hayes picture of the week - from ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN! ;D
(http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/0a/73/f0_1_b.JPG)
What I think she's saying is: "With this hand, I played the accompaniment to "Heart and Soul."
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Actually DR RLP - Miss Hayes was an accomplished pianist who played a Beethoven sonata as her talent in the Miss America Contest of 1949. Among her other favorite composers were Chopin and Edward MacDowell.
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I always use Courier New 12 pt. I've never heard of using anything smaller than 12 pt. but maybe Final Draft automatically does 10 pt.
Well, I can now say that one of the two recording projects which have been in the ether is definitely happening. I'll record it while I'm in NY doing Kerry's duet, on the following day. All I can say for now is that it is a musical done off-Broadway not so long ago. That means I shall have two things to release for Kritzerland's debut - hoping that a third one comes along in the next few weeks.
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Well, DR Pogue and DW BK, that is certainly a relief. I am a Times New Roman 12 pt. man, and I was afraid I might get arrested or something.
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Well, I can now say that one of the two recording projects which have been in the ether is definitely happening. I'll record it while I'm in NY doing Kerry's duet, on the following day. All I can say for now is that it is a musical done off-Broadway not so long ago. That means I shall have two things to release for Kritzerland's debut - hoping that a third one comes along in the next few weeks.
But when, oh when will that be? Have you set the schedule for your New York junket yet?
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Well, time for me to get ready for the evening's festiviites. I'm picking up Andy at 3:45 at work, and then we're gonna hang out someplace downtown until show time. So... I'll be back after the concert.
Laters...
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Well just about time for me to head out of here, Tuesday is my "early day" when I leave at 3... girl scout meeting tonight
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I watch The Young and the Restless now and then....once or twice a year, just to see some familiar faces. But today I watched a few minutes of several of the popular soap operas on NBC and ABC.
I do not know which is the worst: The Writing or The Acting...awful. Just awful. All BIG moments and all the WRONG choices.....terrible.
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I always use Courier New 12 pt. I've never heard of using anything smaller than 12 pt. but maybe Final Draft automatically does 10 pt.
Back in the days of actual typewriters and before computers and word processing programs (and the word "font," from what I remember), the number of the size was inversely proportional to the actual size. In other words (a Guys and Dolls reference), size 10 (also known as "pica") was actually larger than size 12 (also known as "elite"). The number referred to the number of characters per inch, so 12 characters per inch is a smaller size than 10 characters per inch.
And that's what I remember from 3 years of typing in high school...20 years ago! ;D
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That's what I find for an actual ad for an actual typewriter at this site (http://debarth-fics.com/nakajima.htm). Who knew they still made them?
Pitch Selection: 10(pica),
12 (elite), 15 (micro)
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I too have a splitting headache. It's called my IAAAAWWOTD paper. Out of twelve pages, I'm guessing I have about two and a half. I haven't typed it out yet, so I don't know. I just hope I have twelve pages by tomorrow or I am TOAST.
After being forced to read all sorts of smut for school, the funny stuff I like to read for myself is mostly geared toward the ten-to-twelve age group. It's clean and I don't have to write twelve-page papers on it. Books by Gordon Korman are hillarious. Radio Fifth Grade had Cherry Coke coming out of my nose.
OK, break's over. Back to work!
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I watched MEDIUM while cooking my dinner. The dreams were interesting, and the villain she was facing unique (all to the good), but I thought her resolution with the demon was just too pat, too easy. I didn't feel satisfied at the end.
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DR MBarnum - POP IDOL and its offshoots (of which AMERICAN IDOL is one) is a multi-billion dollar industry. There are localized versions of the show in dozens of countries now.
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It's a sad day when form is more important than content, but there you are.
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Put in another MURDER SHE WROTE episode. Strangely, the image on this one isn't as sharp as the Jerry Orbach episode I watched yesterday. I guess a lot of these older TV shows have varying degreees of quality due to their age, storage facilities, original camerawork, etc.
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Page Four Dancing Letters! ;D
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We put the finishing touches on Act I blocking last night, so tonight, we run Act I. I will attempt it off book, but I'm sure there will be places I'll need prompting, especially as to the blocking, some of which I only got last night.
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Have a great rehearsal DRMATTH!
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That's what I find for an actual ad for an actual typewriter at this site (http://debarth-fics.com/nakajima.htm). Who knew they still made them?
Pitch Selection: 10(pica),
12 (elite), 15 (micro)
And (according to the listing), At a cost of $ 259.00 and only $ 9.95 S&H to any continental USA address, what a deal! ;)
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Lots of familiar typewriters on EBAY right now. What a lot of different designs!
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SPOILERS FOR LAST NIGHT'S MEDIUM.
DR MattH, re: your comments on last night's MEDIUM.
I liked how the girl was brought into things at the end. But I didn't really like the concept for last night's show. I'm sure there are sick people who hear voices. And while I can believe that there are people like Alison who exist, I don't get the whole "demon" thing. I really had a hard time believing that the killer from the last century was able to invade the bodies of his choice. It just didn't seem possible to me. There are a few shows that I watch with supernatural occurences (CHARMED & SMALLVILLE). But in those cases I am working with the premise that I will accept witches or superman. For MEDIUM, to me it's supposed to be very real. And this episode just seemed too much for my brain. Perhaps this was based on an actual case (as some of the shows are). But it just seemed too out there to me for the little SUMMERLAND girl to be talking in the voice of the English serial killer.
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Actually DR RLP - Miss Hayes was an accomplished pianist who played a Beethoven sonata as her talent in the Miss America Contest of 1949. Among her other favorite composers were Chopin and Edward MacDowell.
Actually, DR JRand54, I knew that because of a post you made yesterday. Hence...my allusion to playing an accompaniment with her left hand.
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I was walking through Office Depot the other day and turned down an aisle that had "typewriters." They were really glorified word processors rather than the typewriters many of us grew up with, but they still looked odd to me now after using computer keyboards to type on for the last three decades.
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Thank you, DR JRand. Despite people's illnesses all around me, so far my voice hasn't been affected. (knocking on wood as I type).
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I watched MEDIUM while cooking my dinner. The dreams were interesting, and the villain she was facing unique (all to the good), but I thought her resolution with the demon was just too pat, too easy. I didn't feel satisfied at the end.
And that, to my way of thinking, is more of the "reality" of such situations that DR Jennifer didn't feel it had.
I looked at it this way: The "demon" was a very specific entity. It may or may not have limitations on how often it can do its miserable deeds, but there are documented cases of people committing heinous acts who claimed to have been instructed by voices. Believe or do not believe.
In this show, Allison had a very specific dream about a specific girl and she felt she was supposed to help that girl. She had no power to destroy the demon or to prevent it from moving on, but she gambled that she could save the girl from the possession. She picked her battleground, so to speak, and fought the conflict she was equipped to fight.
Just as in life, we often tackle that which we are equipped to handle and live to fight another problem on another day.
It wasn't all pat and rosy at the end...but that seems more real to me.
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LOL DR RLP....where else on all the internet could you find out such a thing? LOL
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New York jaunt will occur in about two weeks. I'll arrive somewhere around the 21st and we do Kerry's duet on the 23rd and then the other thing on the 24th. Trying to find a studio for the latter, which is proving difficult, but that date is locked in stone because of cast conflicts, so we'll just have to figure something out.
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With a pencil and pad - you'll figger it out!
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LOL DR RLP....where else on all the internet could you find out such a thing? LOL
Why, HERE and ONLY here! Natcherly!
:)
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Another really sensational thing about "Medium", IMO: It's the first time I think network TV has shown nearly the entirety of an adult relationship in the bedroom with both adults generally in their bed attire.
It's not at all suggestive or erotic...but it IS loving and caring and realistic in its tone.
Jake Weber has one of the most thankless supporting roles in TV -- he has to be the husband to a "medium" and spend most of his scenes wearing a tank top and boxer shorts!
:)
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Two fish swim into a concrete wall.
One turns to the other and says: "Dam!"
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Thanks to one and all, all and one, for the vibes. I felt that the interview went rather well, and now I can only hope that the others who are interviewing will fall flat on their faces. :D They hope to let me know one way or the other around Friday or so.
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We put the finishing touches on Act I blocking last night, so tonight, we run Act I. I will attempt it off book, but I'm sure there will be places I'll need prompting, especially as to the blocking, some of which I only got last night.
We ran Act I last night and have to be off book for it tonight. I tried going off book last night and was just fine with that (the glory of supporting roles), but I think TCB will agree that it could prove to be an interesting evening for some cast members... *cough*FrankButler*cough*
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Thrilled to see that Victoria Clark got a Tony nomination for Light in the Piazza. Haven't heard enough about Dilly, Foster, and Scott's performances to know if she has much of a chance (not even gonna bother with Applegate), but she blew me away in the Seattle production in June 2003.
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FRENZY!!!
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Thanks to one and all, all and one, for the vibes. I felt that the interview went rather well, and now I can only hope that the others who are interviewing will fall flat on their faces. :D They hope to let me know one way or the other around Friday or so.
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Well, DR Elmoore3003 seems "in the pink."
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Good employment vibes for Dear Reader Jed!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It would be a lot easier to write this paper if I didn't have to deal with my brother prank-calling me from work. At least, I think that was my brother prank-calling me from work. Hmmmm.
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Does anyone know if CONnIe CALled?
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If buzz means anything here in NY, Victoria Clark will win for Light in the Piazza, no doubt in my mind. Miss Rene Scott is hilarious and wonderful and Dilly does a dilly of a job. Sutton Foster is her usual excellent self and I talked about Applegate a few weeks ago, but when you put them up against Clark, I think she will win. It's a great performance. I'm not crazy about the show. The book is the main problem for me, but there are scenes and music that I find glorious. The overture is beautiful and Clark's solo moments are magnificent.
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I am off to see a production of "Arms and the Man" as a favor to a friend of mine whose theatre group needs people in the seats tonight.
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Well, DR Elmoore3003 seems "in the pink."
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CONICAL, baby, CONICAL!
Off to Mr. Grant Geissman's to let him hear our mixes.
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It will be interesting to see who wins that Tony. Last year's "buzz" was all about Donna Murphy and Tonya Pinkins, with Kristen Chenoweth considered a strong third contender.
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I won't prance, don't ask me...............
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TOTD. The books by Tom Sharpe are very funnny. "Wilt" and "Blot On The Landscape" have been filmed.
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So sad....to be all alone in this world.....
....not even a nameless lurker to share a tender moment....
Sigh............................................. ...
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Arms and the Man is one of my favorite Shaw plays!
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Back from Grant's, who was very pleased with the mixes thus far.
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If buzz means anything here in NY, Victoria Clark will win for Light in the Piazza, no doubt in my mind. Miss Rene Scott is hilarious and wonderful and Dilly does a dilly of a job. Sutton Foster is her usual excellent self and I talked about Applegate a few weeks ago, but when you put them up against Clark, I think she will win. It's a great performance. I'm not crazy about the show. The book is the main problem for me, but there are scenes and music that I find glorious. The overture is beautiful and Clark's solo moments are magnificent.
Thanks for the input, Ben. I agree that the book has some issues (two years ago, anyway), but I'm generally a fan of Guettel's music. Kelli O'Hara is playing the daughter now, correct? (She was the Italian sister-in-law in the Seattle production) I wonder if her delivery of "Clara's Tirade" is as powerful as Celia Keenan-Bolger's was.
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JRand54, Trust me, if you've seen some of the form I've seen, you don't want to go near the content. And usually someone who has sloppy form also has sloppy content.
I don't believe in being anal about form; but it has to fall somewhere within in the respectible limits of legibility and readability. And neatness counts.
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Hi all,
I've been home with a nasty cold the last day and a half, feeling better now, just in time for the final TAR!!! I'm cheering for anyone but Romber.
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I have beautiful form. I get whistled at quite often, especially in my new duds. Wait'll you get a load of my Armani tuxedo, baby. I also got one more pair of pants and one more summery shirt.
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DAMN! We're in a tornado watch....I'll be really mad if they keep interrupting TAR for a stupid storm!
Which reminds me, last Friday night, my brother was nearly struck by lightning. It hit near his car, blinding him for a short time and knocking the wind out if him. He was in the middle of nowhere (well, ok, most of Iowa is in the middle of nowhere) so there were no other cars around and he was able to stop and recover without incident. Pretty scary
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Comp and Finesse....isn't that a law firm....with Dewey Cheatem & Howe?
Ah yes, DR CP, I do agree that there must be form. I read submitted scripts each year for an Indiana playwright's festival - and yes, some people are unaware that neatness does count. And so do spelling and punctuation and grammar.
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Oh my everyone was in the shower on NCIS....
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Be careful MR BK you are going to end up on the Armani Wells Preferred Customer list!
Have you sung "All I Need Is the Girl" yet?
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Hi CillaLiz....I don't get TAR for another hour.....
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DR Jane, commented a few days ago how she was not impressed any more with NUMB3RS. I have still been watching, but the fact that their guilty people are becoming too predictable is a real turn off.
Last week’s episode. I really liked the week before. I’m still looking forward to the next episode. The script was weak and one of the main characters I happen to like was missing. It also centered too much, without much of a plot, on the younger brother. It was as if he was given lines that should have gone to Rob Morrow whom I prefer.
Sorry, that was more than you probably wanted to know. ;D
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Hi CillaLiz....I don't get TAR for another hour.....
I won't give any spoilers....although I'm sure it will be tempting!
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LOL....I am hoping for one couple and AGAINST another ... LOL.
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I have gotten hooked on the lead in show....I really like NCIS....the cast is a lot of fun, the stories are okay. Any show with David McCallum is okay in my book.
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I have troucle with all the crime shows. They take themselves so seriously. It's really pretty far from reality, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but dealing with it all day, it's not really my cup of tea at night.
Although I must say they are leading to more not guilty verdicts. People expect that the police can really solve all crimes through the crime scene investigators, so when there isn't any DNA, or other forensic evidence, (As in the majority of the cases that go to trial) the jury is more likely to think the cops didn't do their work and it goes to our benefit. Pretty fascinating actually.
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I forgot about the Peter Gether's books! I was certainly laughing out loud to those first two!!! The third book, of course, was not funny....but very quiet and sad.
I would agree if I could find the third book to read. I should have ordered it and now I'm not sure I can read it, or maybe I should.
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LOL...DR CillaLiz....NCIS could make NO claim to any reality. But I would rather watch it than American Yodel.
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LOL...DR CillaLiz....NCIS could make NO claim to any reality. But I would rather watch it than American Yodel.
I agree completely, but you'd be amazed what people believe!!!
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Jennifer thank you for the spoiler alert on MEDIUM, and Matt H for the warning regarding the ending. Ron I didn’t read your response. This show is on too late for us so we wait until the following night to watch. I wish I could join in on the discussion-wait, I can. I agree with you Ron regarding the bedroom scenes and I think Jake Weber does a wonderful job of playing her husband. It is nice he has a central role in the show and isn’t kept on a back burner.
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Jed continued good job vibes!!
Cillaliz feel better soon and boy that is scary. I’m glad your brother is okay.
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Six pages down. That means I'm halfway through. Argh!! If this paper wasn't so boring I might be able to stay awake while writing it. I hope my teacher suffers reading it as much as I am suffering writing it. I'm not bitter. Really.
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I remember books that were funny, a number having been named today, yet there is only one book I remember as delightfully funny throughout. When I think of INSIDE, OUTSIDE by Herman Wouk I recall laughing very loudly. Since I carried the rather large book everywhere with me and read while the boys were taking swimming, or whatever after school classes, I also remember my laughter attracting a good amount of attention. ;D
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Sandra I hope you have more interesting classes next term. If you do will you still keep us as entertained with your struggles? ;D
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O, Joy! O, Rapture! Marina the Masseuse will be here in less than an hour to soothe my aching parts.
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Arms and the Man
Not bad. The play itself is brilliant, and not much was done to screw it up. Some actors were better than others. Now we did have a female as the Swiss mercenary, so that was a little odd, but she was quite good when not flubbing a line here or there. There was one guy really hamming it up who was a bit o'er the top at times, but he brought life to the proceedings.
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Hi CillaLiz.. that must have been very frightening for your brother. I am glad he is okay.
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Hello all
I have now survived two days of work in the new place, and I think I'm gonna love it. Of course there are drawbacks...a couple coworkers I could live without, 3 year olds who aren't QUITE potty trained yet, and having sore feet at the end of the day...but really, I'm having a great time and I really feel in my element.
The place is exactly the kind of childcare center I want to work for, somewhere that provides childcare for those who can't necessarily afford it. The quailty of care a child recieves should simply not be determined by the financial situation their parents are in. Kids do not choose to be born to teenagers, or be put in foster homes, and should not suffer a lack of care because of it. All kids deserve great care. OK, end of rant.
So I'm in a good place, people, and I thank you all once again for the copious amounts of vibes :)
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Massage time. I do hope that the WUSSBURGERING hasn't already begun. That would be too too frightful for words.
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I am going to attempt to post some pictures lets see if my attempts at resizing have worked.
These are my nieces Katy (7) and Jenn (11) and the Vixter
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I am pleased for you Ann. It is very important to have a job you like. I am suprised though, that they would hire threee year olds, particularly ones that haven't been potty trained.....
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Mr. Vixmom and I drove over to Jones Beach (its about 20 minutes from my house) a couple of weeks ago when the Vixter was at Luther League
and this is what I saw
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and this
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TAR finale was great! No spoilers here, but it was quite a race and great to watch.
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I'm glad your job is going well, Dear Reader Ann. In fact, I am drinking a Cherry Coke to celebrate. That, and I need all the caffeine I can get my hands on for the last all-nighter of the semester.
I'm glad Dear Reader Jane is entertained by my misfortunes. :P :) So am I, in fact, when I'm not yelling at the wall and resisting the temptation to tear my teacher's textbook to shreds. That's what F. Scott Fitzgerald is for.
And speaking of F. Scott Fitzgerald, I am happy to report that he has found his way into my IAAAAWWOTD paper. You didn't think I could get him into a paper about feminist African and African American literature, but I did it. It makes me feel like I've really accomplished something.
And now, the all-nighter commences...
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Hi CillaLiz.. that must have been very frightening for your brother. I am glad he is okay.
Thanks Vixmom. He's fine. He was pretty shaken, though.
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I have heard no one but Clark predicted to win that Best Musical Actress Tony. I would be very surprised if she didn't.
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I'm glad Dear Reader Jane is entertained by my misfortunes. :P :) So am I, in fact, when I'm not yelling at the wall and resisting the temptation to tear my teacher's textbook to shreds. That's what F. Scott Fitzgerald is for.
And speaking of F. Scott Fitzgerald, I am happy to report that he has found his way into my IAAAAWWOTD paper. You didn't think I could get him into a paper about feminist African and African American literature, but I did it. It makes me feel like I've really accomplished something.
And now, the all-nighter commences...
F. Scott Fitzgerald ripped your teachers textbook to shreds?!
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DR ANN, Congrats on finding a job you like. It means so much to be doing something you enjoy
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Thanks Vixmom. He's fine. He was pretty shaken, though.
I would imagine so. His eyesight wasn't permantly injured I hope.
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I am so excited I finally figured out the resizing thing!!! I shall now proceed to torture you all with my vacation photos!!!
Well actually, this is a picture of the Vixter with one of the Lost Boys. he is also the son of a couple I have known since we were all kids
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IDOL tonight:
I didn't care for either of Carrie's renditions. She sounded more nasal tonight than she has ever sounded and with a speedy vibrato just this side of a goatherd.
I thought Bo gave two excellent, professional performances. For me, he is te best of these four singers.
Vonzell's two numbers were both terrible. She was all over the place on the first one, and the second one was better but still too screechy and desperate to make up for the disastrous first song.
Anthony, to me, is the most improved of all 12 finalists. He's had many poor weeks, but I think the last two weeks, he has been spot on with clear, solid vocals and some sparkle in his naturalness before the camera.
I'd rather see Anthony and Bo in the finals rather than Carrie or Vonzell.
Because Vonzell alluded to a bad day and broke down on camera, I suspect sympathy vote will send either Bo or Anthony packing, more than likely the latter.
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Here is my Girl Scout Troop at the mother/daughter dinner last Thursday (with cartoon effect!)
yes, I have been playing with the softeware......
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I take it she was Tiger Lily?
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Vixter, that is
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Thanks for the heads up on NUMBERS, DR Jane. I still haven't gotten to last week's show, and with SCRUBS and WILL & GRACE recorded tonight, plus DEADWOOD and ROYAL WEDDING (which I'm dubbing over to a DVD-R tomorrow), my DVR has a full slate of things for me to watch. But I'll get to NUMBERS before another couple of days pass.
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Last picture... I promise!
At the mother daughter dinner, she has grown and I have aged since the avatar...ah welll time does get us all evenuutally
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I take it she was Tiger Lily?
No, just one of the tribe...a chorus indian as it were
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Well it is 12:12 in the AM here on the Island of Long, time to wander off to the bedroom environment for tomorrow is another day (oh, a GWTW reference!)
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I would imagine so. His eyesight wasn't permantly injured I hope.
It happened at 1:00am on a highway in the country so it was pitch black out and he was temporarily blinded by the light, so to speak. He said everything was white and he couldn't see for awhile, but said he's ok now, so I'm assuming he can see.
I asked him if he was sure it wasn't an alien spaceship and told him to call me if he suddenly develops an intense desire to start making models of Devil's Tower....I don't know why, but after I knew he was ok, I kept thinking of the scene in Close Encounters where Richard Dreyfus' truck is caught in the beam from the ship!!!
It took him a minute, but he did figure out what I was talking about and started laughing. He's fine.
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Yes terrific Amazing Race finale....the best editors on television!
Great news from DR ANN - hopefully all of us job seekers will be as fortunate!
Time for to go to bed.
Great pictures VIXMOM!
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Starting to Thunder. Better get off the computer. Goodnight
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Good Evening!
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DR vixmom - Great pics! Thanks for posting them.
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DR Sandra - Is they any chance you could compile all the various sentences and/or paragraphs into which you worked F. Scott Fitzgerald? I sure would like to read them.
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American Idol:
I have a different viewpoint from DR MattH.
Tonight was Anthony's. Vonzell's first performance wasn't great, but it wasn't awful. Her second was just fine.
Bo's first performance was boring, as Simon said. The second was another in a string of songs written for singers with Bo's vocal range...delivered in the same way...with the same schtick of 70s rocker -- which is now looking tres cliche to me. I did not care for either of his vocals.
Carrie was hideous. Simply hideous. Whatever she thought she was doing when she tackled "If You Don't Know Me By Now," she was clearly out of her element in ways which have heretofore been unexplored by her. It was beyond awful into a realm of incredibly, impossibly horrendous.
Anthony's songs were delivered with sincerity, power and a nuance he has seldom displayed on the AI stage. He was in command of his vocals -- and with the best range of any of the contestants -- and delivered in spades. He was, quite simply, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I got goosebumps!
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DR Cillaliz - Glad to know your brother is fine. -As for a possible alien encounter.... Has he been complaining about a funny feeling in his "nether regions"?
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PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!!!
Hmmm... I think I'm in the mood for the...
BUGALOO!!!
-Was that ever a real dance?
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Good Evening!
The Patty Griffin concert was wonderful! I had a wonderful time. Great venue. Great opening act. Great headliner. And Great company.
We arrived at the 9:30 Club around 6:30 to start standing in line. The doors opened at 7:30. The wait wasn't too bad, and we had a good time watching the group of "kids" who were camping out to buy tickets for the show tomorrow morning. Once inside the club, we made our way to the upper level, and managed to snag two stools in the bar area. Very nice.
The place holds about 1200 people. There is a main floor, and then a balcony level. It's basically a standing room/general admission type of place. Even though were sort of in the back of the balcony area, we weren't really that far from the stage. When the 9:30 Club moved to this new space a few years ago, they made sure that the sightlines from anywhere in the house were good - and from what I could tell, they are. No columns or lighting rigs in the way. -They also outfitted the place with a state-of-the-art lighting and sound system.
This was my first time there, and I was very impressed. A bar on each level. Coffee bars on each levels. Food served throughout the evening. Staff walking around unobtrusively clearing glasses and cups and plates. A good air circulation system - people were smoking, but I didn't walk out of the place smelling like stale cigarettes. And plenty of bathrooms. Clean too! :)
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Charanga Cakewalk was the opening act. Andy hadn't heard of them either, but as we learned, the "project" was founded by one of the guys in Patty Griffin's band, Michael Ramos. He's basically a keyboard player - piano, synth, melodica, acccordian, etc. Very cool music. Mainly instrumentals. Very neat "groove" - afro-cuban, salsa, reggae, etc.. World beat, I guess. He had a computer/sequencer on stage with him as well as three other live players, and the performances never seemed automated or computerized. Music to make you smile and sway as he put it. A perfect warm-up for the main act. *And Patty Griffin came out for the last song of his set, and contributed some vocals as well as some guiro.
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Patty Griffin was amazing. She was on stage for about and hour and ten minutes, and she just kept going and going and going. She started off with a song in French, accompanying herself on the piano. Then her band came out, and they broke into a very groove-laden version of "Wade in the Water". -Patty Griffin can wail! Her voice is in the Emmylou Harris/Iris Dement mold - but with a great sweetness, and a surprisingly clear upper range.
The place was packed by the time she took the stage, and she definitely had a house full of fans in her audience. And they all listened! It was amazing - and nice - being able to listen to her sing and play without having to deal with any background chatter. A truly captive audience.
After the "last" song of her set, she came out for an encore - a sort of folk/country-tinged version of Smoky Robinson's "Tears of a Clown". And then she continued with the rest of her "encore set". Great stuff!
And her band was amazing too! We were both especially impressed with here drummer/percussionist/rhythm maker. He had a various assortment of "noise makers", and he made good use of each them. There was one number where he accompanied Patty with just a tambourine - amazing finger and rhythm work.
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The highlight of the evening was getting to spend some time with my friend, Andy. What a great guy. We talked, we laughed. And then we talked and laughed till we could not talk and laugh no more! And there was never really any time during the evening when the conversation slowed of came to a halt which made all the "waiting" go very fast.
OH!!
Before the show, we walked over to the CakeLove Cafe for a bite to eat. Cakelove has received some national attention ever since it opened a couple of years ago. It was opened by a former law student who just decided that he really wanted to be a baker, so... Cakelove Bakery is on one side of U Street, and he recently opened Cakelove Cafe across the street. Good sandwiches and salads, and the dessert case, needless to say, is filled with many, many goodies. I opted for the Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing - very good, and a generous 1/2-inch thick layer of chocolate buttercream on top. Andy opted for the Chocolate Cupcake topped with Orange Buttercream. He, too, finished the last crumb.
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Massage is finished and I feel marvy. Afterwards, Marina, a Russian, translated that Russian Nudie Musical review - it's really quite lovely. Can someone visit that website and tell me if they have a place to e-mail the people - I can write Sergei a note and she'll put it into Russian and send it to him.
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Eight pages done. I would have more, but I had to take a rather lengthy time-out so my brother could tell me a story about some Life cereal. Believe me, you do NOT want me to repeat it.
Turns out, it really was my brother prank-calling me from work pretending to be from a credit agency alerting me that some one was trying to steal my identity. To get back at him, I hid the Oreos. They're Double Stuff, so he might think twice next time.