Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 6 => Topic started by: bk on April 02, 2006, 01:32:39 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, I hope you're not having as much trouble as I had getting on the discussion board to change the topic (which I suspect has something to do with the time change), and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're still playing April Fool's jokes. Cows do that, you know.
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And the word of the day is: BLABBERMOUTH!
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BK, that's great about the play. It's always the best feeling when you can end a show on a great performance. Congratulations! Hopefully, the play will have a great life!
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I was home all day yesterday. I did nothing except watch TV and eat. I didn't even take a shower. Today will pretty much be the same thing, except I do need to take a shower...and do some laundry...and dishes...and clean my living room and kitchen (the worst and most public areas of my house). So that's the plan for my day today (after I get some sleep). :)
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Good morning, all! I had a complete day of liesure yesterday, so I'm back to the grindstone this morning: I've got one number to finish scoring for this week's Men's Chorus concert, it's quite long, about seven minutes. I've also got an excursion to Toyland, and some edits in the appendix materials before I begin Act One. Again!
I had a lovely day yesterday: I reorganized some files in my computer, lounged about like so much fish, and spent about four hours watching the BBC production of DANIEL DERONDA, which I enjoyed very much. I also received a lot of packages in the mail: mostly CDs of my work to sit on the "promotion" shelf to hand out, but I did receive Judy Kaye's "Where or When" album, which I will play today in the office, and an excerpts from THE MERRY WIDOW with one of my favorite sopranos, June Bronhill.
My Kritzerland Schwartz/Strouse/Schwartz/ - sounds like a lawfirm - arrived on Thursday and I listened on Friday; there's one track I detested because the woman shrieks her high notes abominably and should never be encouraged, but the rest is a lot of fun.
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I wonder which track DR ELMORE is talking about? :)
I love the double-disk set of S/S/S - it must be ordered immediately for all the charms already mentioned + New Sun in the Sky/Tomorrow/Day by Day by Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Barbara Deutsch, and Jennifer Leigh Warren AND Tomorrow/The Middle Age Blues by Miss Carole Cook!!
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And I will say again - My 3-disc CD of GOODBYE MR CHIPS, the movie has arrived!!
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Elmore - Re your observation about the Schwartz law firm :) , a vintage joke from the Henny Youngman joke book:
A man calls a lawyer's office. The phone is answered "Schwartz, Schwartz, Schwartz and Schwartz."
The man says, "Let me talk to Mr. Schwartz."
"I'm sorry, he's on vacation."
"Then let me talk to Mr. Schwartz."
"He's on a big case, not available for a week."
"Then let me talk to Mr. Schwartz."
"He's playing golf today."
"Okay, then, let me talk to Mr. Schwartz."
"Speaking."
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LOL DR FJL.....of course RR as Mame Dennis in her short tenure on the switchboard at a law firm is also a classic!
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Sunday morning greetings! It was very late last night when we got home from Fiddler. The show was quite long, mostly because the scene changes took forever. Lauren had fun playing Fruma Sarah and was proud to have about 10 relatives in the audience.
Today, I will have some time to putter at home before DH Richard and I go to the Schuster Center in Dayton to see the touring Movin' Out.
Congratulations to BK and company on closing Deceit on a high note. Wish I could have seen it one of these last 2 weekends.
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Hi, DR JRand - how do you like DST so far?
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Hi, DR JRand - how do you like DST so far?
I hate it.
When we didn't change all the cable programs came on one hour earlier! :P
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I love Fruma Sarah....mazel tov mazel tov....
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Good morning!
Beautiful morning here, and this is going to be the last of our really warm days for awhile. Temps start to sink back to more early spring like temperatures for the rest of the week. Ah, well, it was nice to wear shorts for a couple of days anyway!
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Yes, indeed. Congratulations on a great final performance of DECEIT. It always makes you feel good to have a wonderful last show.
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Like others, I have nothing special planned today but to kick back and watch DVDs. There are some new TV episodes on tonight (COLD CASE, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), but there are reruns, too, and I'll fill in those blanks with DVDs, most likely ANGEL episodes which I began last night but only got twenty minutes into the next episode in the set (disc 3).
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And I am definitely watching FOOTLIGHT PARADE today and most likely FALLEN ANGEL, too, if I can fit it in.
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I have decided that today - for the first time since 1998, I will live without the internet.
I am going to *gasp* turn off my computer until Monday morning. It is very difficult. But I am going to try a day without the WWW.
Whew! I hope I make it....
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My Kritzerland Schwartz/Strouse/Schwartz/ - sounds like a lawfirm - arrived on Thursday and I listened on Friday; there's one track I detested because the woman shrieks her high notes abominably and should never be encouraged, but the rest is a lot of fun.
I know the track you speak of DR Elmore! I've been listening to the album in the car and hit that track yesterday. Just when I thought it couldn't get more "intense" - it did.
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Good morning all. Sorry for having been so E&T- it has been a hectic week and I fear the next four will be no different.
Rodzinski is now accompanying his nephew to the airport and so I shall soon embark on the chores I need to get done. I must work out, hit the grocery store (hard!), chip away at each of my final papers, and perhaps make a Target run. I have to make a return and I think our bathroom could use new rugs.
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Is anyone else planning on watching the first episode of So Notorious tonight? The buzz for this show is great.
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Okay, enought chit chat, I must begin my chores.
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I had some things I need to tend to as well, so I'm off.
WBBL.
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers.
For the record, the obnoxious drunk woman in the audience was NOT me.
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The motel room phone rang at 6 am, so I'm up! I ditched the son and am having coffee.
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Other Fiddler tidbits - the actor playing Motel the Tailor performed on crutches because of a wrestling injury. In the wedding scene he broke the glass with one of his crutches. Even with that challenge he seemed to have the most "ownership" of his role.
The actors who played Tevye and Lazar Wolf were brothers.
And the young lady who played Hodel had a fantastic singing voice.
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Glad you enjoyed FIDDLER, Gin! Whatta show! Lotsa great characters.
Speaking of characters!! Hoooboy! if yuz coulda been there last night! I was at the very first preview, months ago... and second to last, night before last; and the final performance. And I tell ya, even knowing the show, the final performance was a real thrill.
As Bruce has said, all the lines worked, the wit was there for everyone to appreciate, all the twists worked, audible gasps from the audience. I was so proud to be there. I had brought my sister Rikki and my high school chum Felice - they were enthralled with the play - never guessed the plot twists that were coming. Felice gasped out loud at the murder scene and averted her eyes.
Afterward, they praised Tammy and both said they were going to try to tune in on Days of Our Lives to see more of Matt's work. But - as both of them knew BK more than 4 decades ago - he, his writing, his directio and his performance were the great pleasures of the evening.
And someone - nobody said who - catered a gawjus after-party. We ain't talkin' costco platters, folks. It was braised fennel and baby carrots and cilantro and tiny baby green beans; and exotic flat breads and gourmet crackers; and gorgonzola and whole wheels of brie and chunks of hard Italian cheeses on platters decorated with dried cherries and cranberries and pear halves. It was raisins dried on the vine, and crostini topped with actual violets. And wines. And edible art in the form of eight types of cupcakes. And there was nobody to take credit for having put this sumptuous buffet together!
Tammy's video was a tad on the LOUD side, but so cleverr. And the credits poked loving fun at Bruce: all the credits were Tammy Minoff. Except for one, which read: by Tammy Minoff's brother.
Well, it was a heck of a fun night.
And it's a lovely sunny day here, and an hour later than I expected. I think I'm finally moving into the alleged loft today... more later!
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Hi, Penny - ooo, a loft! Can we see pictures?
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Ahh... A day off. :)
And, now, time to do some catching up... Although, with the sun shining outside... Hmm...
;)
Laters...
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I'm up, I'm up. What a lovely sleep I had, and now it's almost eleven even though it's really almost ten. And we're still on page one? Come now, after a record March, let us not slip into an abyss of a black hole.
I find several vocals on the SSS album not to my liking, and, if I recall correctly, my least favorites are all sopranos. The director of these benefits has his favorites and he uses them in every show and I don't know why, except that he seems to be very loyal to them and yet he doesn't use others he's known just as long who are better. Go know. The highlight of the album is Andrea Martin's No Time At All and the CD is worth a purchase for that track alone.
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And still we're on page one?
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I misspoke.
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I must now reset the two clocks (oven and microwave) that don't change automatically.
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A relatively relaxing day today. I get to work at home, on a return with six foreign subsidiaries and about nine different state returns. But at least I get to work at home.
We're seeing 70, GIRLS, 70 at Encores tonight, assuming I get my required work done. I keep reading complaints that Olympia Dukakis is on book while most of the others aren't, but I remember when everyone was on book at these Encores shows.
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I should try to get to post #1700 before heading out to the show tonight, though....
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Glad to hear that DECEIT had a great final performance.
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Now back to work.
Which foreign subsidiary should I work on first - the Irish, the British, the Hong Kong, the Mexican, the other British one, the other Irish one. It's a veritable Disney World here in my tax files.
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I think I'll take a few trips around the world and do all the different balance sheets first in all the countries, then all the income statements, then the foreign exchange tax summaries. Good thing I enjoy this stuff!
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Off to hook into the office computer.
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But first...
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Post #1700.
I learned the truth at 1700...
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Good Afternoon!
All caught up...
And now...
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DR Ginny - ~~~~~Good Interview Vibes!~~~~~
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DR Ginny - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
:)
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DR Ann - A Very Happy Birthday, if somewhat belatedly.
Did that make sense? In any case...
Is there any more chocolate cake left?
:)
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DR Maria - When you said "siren", the first thought that came to my mind was an ambulance since you had turned left across three lanes.... Whew! And a double-Whew! since you didn't get a ticket either.
And here are some ~~~~~Good Meeting Result Vibes!~~~~~ for you.
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DR FJL - I may see you at 70, Girls, 70[ tonight. It's been on TKTS, and I may be heading to City Center tonight with a friend or two.
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As for favorite See's Candies....
Hmm... What's not to like? DR Jane knows my particularly likes, but there really is not a piece of See's that I would ever turn down. Or put back in the box after checking to see what type it was. ;)
However...
The nut clusters, especially the Almonds in Dark Chocolate.
The Molasses Chips in either Milk or Dark Chocolate.
Victorian Toffee
California Crunch
And See's Peanut Brittle is my favorite commercial peanut brittle.
http://www.sees.com
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BK - Congrats and Kudos to you! I know you have a busy week coming up, but I hope you get a couple of hours of total relaxation in today.
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RE: "High Anxiety" - I remember seeing this with my parents when I was younger. It was one of our "family movie nights". Hmm... The only things I remember about the movie are the "spinning", the takeoff on "The Birds", and Cloris Leachman's scary nurse makeup. Guess I'll have to re-visit it sometime... Or not.
;)
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The highlight of the album is Andrea Martin's No Time At All and the CD is worth a purchase for that track alone.
Absolutely! Hilarious. And a total lesson on how to handle going up with humor and aplomb.
Andrea Martin is one of our great comic treasures. I remember seeing her on stage in Second City in Toronto many moons ago. I think Martin Short and John Candy were in that same company. And SCTV - well, anyone who can make you fall on the floor doing Indira Gandhi is a comic master! She was working in Toronto around the same time I was starting to write. Did a guest shot on King of Kensington, my first writing gig - the show, not her episode, as I recall. She was also in a Canadian movie (not one that will be remembered among the greats) called Martha, Ruth and Edie. A trilogy. I wrote the Martha section. She was Ruth - and was very good.
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As for April Fool's jokes...
Well... I remember being fooled in high school, and also fooling some people in high school, but I can't recall the actual pranks right now. Hmm...
However...
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April Fool's Part Deux:
So... When I got to the theatre yesterday for the matinee, I checked the callboard for any announcements like I usually do. There was a rehearsal schedule posted for Monday already. *This may only make sense to DR Ron Pulliam, but...
1:00-3:00 - Reinstatement of Egyptian Vault scene.
3:00-4:00 - Update Origin of the Species
4:00-5:00 - Hugh to studio to record voiceovers for new typing sequences
Hmm... OK... And I walked away...
And, apparently, other people looked at that list and did the same, "OK... Since we have to be there on Monday anyway for day work..."
It was an April Fool's joke. But since we've all been in this whole "everything is still changing" mode, a couple of us sort of took the posted rehearsal schedule seriously. Heck, even our conductor had to think about it!
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DR Maria - When you said "siren", the first thought that came to my mind was an ambulance since you had turned left across three lanes.... Whew! And a double-Whew! since you didn't get a ticket either.
And here are some ~~~~~Good Meeting Result Vibes!~~~~~ for you.
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Thank you, DR Jose. (And yes - I'm glad it wasn't an ambulance!) While I have your attention, DR J, I wish to state for the record that what finally made me decide that I really really wanted to come back to HHW was lurking and reading about your Broadway debut. I was just so excited for you and I so wanted to be a small part of it and not just an onlooker.
That said - back to work.
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In other Lestat news...
The show is going well. And I'm continuing to get more comfortable with the whole process and with my keyboard part.
The audiences have been good, but we do seem to run hot one night, then cold the next - at least from what I can gather from the house feed in my headphones. We had our first two show day yesterday, and we had decent audiences for both shows. However, the matinee audience was really vocal - people started cheering after the final curtain line! I could even spot people in the audience putting their hands in the air while they cheered via the conductor's monitor.
...And I have to say the post-show "eavesdropping" while walking through Times Square has been quite interesting to say the least.
;)
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Thank you, DR Jose. (And yes - I'm glad it wasn't an ambulance!) While I have your attention, DR J, I wish to state for the record that what finally made me decide that I really really wanted to come back to HHW was lurking and reading about your Broadway debut. I was just so excited for you and I so wanted to be a small part of it and not just an onlooker.
DR Maria - Awwww... Too bad there's not a smiley/emoticon for a "happy tear".
:')
-Well, that's close.
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DR Cillaliz - Here's one for you too.
:')
Thank you.
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OOOHHHH!!!!
I went to Joe Allen the other night after the show, and had their macaroni and cheese side dish... YUM-MY!!!!!! So, I think my next meal there will most likely consist of side dishes - the sauteed spinach and the macaroni and cheese.
*The macaroni and cheese is baked in individual gratin dishes. I'm guessing three or four cheese - cheddar, parmesan, fontina, maybe a touch of asiago. And there's just enough of a crust on top from the broiler. Hmm, Hmm, Good!
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OH!
BK - I ran into Larry Blank yesterday - he's in town for Drowsy Chaperone and Martin Short's new show. He send his best.
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DR JRand - I take "e-breaks" every now and then too. It's always nice to know that life still goes on when the computer is turned off.
:)
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And speaking of life going on...
Well, here's Page Three at least!!!!
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I'm just relaxing. Had to rifle through the first Kritzer book for a couple of reasons, and ended up reading the last ten pages or so and it was fun to revisit it. I've talked to Tammy briefly, talked to the guy who did the Sondheim benefit in San Fran, will be talking to singer Lisa Vroman in a few minutes, and had a few other phone calls. Now that I think of it, the phone hasn't stopped ringing.
Starting to think about food, but probably won't eat until later this afternoon. Must also get some Diet Coke and a few other things from the market. Maybe I'll cook something today. Maybe not.
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And since it actually is a pretty gorgeous day outside... I think I'm gonna go out and enjoy some of it. I've actually been taking advantage of the nice weather the past couple of days - which is part of the reason for my E&Tness the past 36 hours. I spent a good chunk of the day down in Chelsea on Friday, and it was nice to be able to check out some of my favorite places - it had been a couple of weeks.
I'm also supposed to help my friend, James, assemble his new treadmill this afternoon. We opened the box the other night, and just started laughing. "Some Assembly Required" looked to be quite the understatement.
...And then it may be off to see 70, Girls, 70 or a movie... Or some retail therapy down at the Virgin Megastore on 14th Street - the clearance bins down there are FILLED with amazing stuff! Some of the CDs are just overstocks too, not "crap". In any case...
Laters...
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Jose - Do you want a couple of singles (gratis to you) for tonight's 70 GIRLS 70? You'd just have to come over here to get them is all.
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I find several vocals on the SSS album not to my liking, and, if I recall correctly, my least favorites are all sopranos. The director of these benefits has his favorites and he uses them in every show and I don't know why, except that he seems to be very loyal to them and yet he doesn't use others he's known just as long who are better. Go know. The highlight of the album is Andrea Martin's No Time At All and the CD is worth a purchase for that track alone.
I'm listening to it right now! So far, it's great!! ;D
BK, did you say that you might release other (so-far-unreleased) S.T.A.G.E. recordings?
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If all goes according to plan, we'll be releasing all the unreleased STAGE recordings, and may even release some of the Actor's Fund recordings as well.
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Back from a surprise lunch date with my DH at Panera. I stopped on my way home and did some shopping at a brand new Kroger store south of here. Now I'm listening to my LP of Herschel Bernardi sings Fiddler on the Roof and puttering.
Sorry I missed DR Jose while he was here.
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I had a great night's sleep last night. I ran some errands this morning and managed to clean out the lower eaves on the house. We've had lots of rain and we're expecting lots more, so even though I'm not supposed to be doing the ladder thing....well, it couldn't wait. Now I have the last load of laundry in and am sitting with my feet up. While I was at Shopko I bought CAPOTE, RENT and WEST SIDE STORY (WSS was in the discount bin). So if there's nothing on, I have some viewing to do.
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Now I'm off to make another batch of oatmeal cookies. I used butter last time instead of margarine or shortening and it just didn't work like it used to, so I'm going to try it the way it's supposed to be done and see how it works.
Laters
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DR JRand - I haven't taken a net break in awhile, but I used to do it every so often. It's a nice thing to do from time to time.
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Good afternoon!
Got laundry and other Sunday chores done (still have the guest bathroom to clean). It's been a pleasant Sunday.
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Oatmeal cookies. Yum!
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I rewatched LIZA WITH A 'Z' while cooking and eating lunch. It's great seeing her so healthy and so full of youthful vigor.
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Then, I watched FOOTLIGHT PARADE. For a 1933 movie, it looks very good for the most part. There one scene that is so blurry it obviously had to be taken from a 16mm print, and there's an annoying scratch at the beginning of "Shanghai Lil." Some of Dick Powell's vocals sound very tinny while others don't. Strange.
But it's certainly an enjoyable old-fashioned musical.
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Just did some virtual shopping at Kritzerland and will look forward to a package soon! Maybe while I'm at it, I'll visit some of my other favorite online shopping establishments.
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Finished the afternoon watching a couple of ANGEL Season 3 episodes. Angels's son was finally "born" (the vampire mother destroyed herself before she gave birth leaving the child still alive) in the first episode.
In the second, baby hunters from many realms of evil were coming for the baby causing an elaborate plan to be hatched to save him. And Angel named the baby at the end of this episode. Connor.
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Jose - Do you want a couple of singles (gratis to you) for tonight's 70 GIRLS 70? You'd just have to come over here to get them is all.
YES!!!
Hmm... Guess I should call...
:)
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Now I'm off to make another batch of oatmeal cookies. I used butter last time instead of margarine or shortening and it just didn't work like it used to, so I'm going to try it the way it's supposed to be done and see how it works.
Laters
Margarine does have a different "melt" than butter, but I've always preferred butter... However... Sometimes, depending on the recipe, margarine does work betteer... However...
If you chill the dough for about an hour, that will help control the spread of the cookie as it bakes - especially with butter-based cookie doughs. Additionally, the 'sitting time' allows the flour and oats to absorb more of the "liquids" - eggs and butter and vanilla - in the dough, resulting in a chewier cookie - and eliminating that raw flour taste that can happen sometimes.
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OH! And for a real treat, take a hint from Whole Foods - They have something called an "Oatwich Cookie Sandwich" - Two Oatmeal Raising Cookies with a Giant Gob of Whipped Maple Syrup Butter between them. Soo decadent and soooo good!
*In fact, I had one yesterday!
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OK - I'm off to claim some tickets!
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Laters...
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Off to finish my Sunday chores and then settle in with more ANGEL on DVD and then prime time television for the evening.
WBBL.
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Off to see Movin' Out!
Bye for now.
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Thanks, Ginny, for your lovely order.
I have really not been off the phone for more than five minutes since noon. Even when I went out to buy some groceries, I had a long call on my cell phone.
I went to Koo Koo Roo's and got some macaroni and cheese and creamed corn. I'm now back on track to see who will be the first person on haineshisway.com to lose ten pounds. I actually already lost a couple this past week, which I think had a lot to do with doing the play. It's amazing how much you burn when you're anxious and on your feet all the time.
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I'm watching Magic on DVD right now.
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OK - well, I'm IN THE LOFT! Gosh, it's beautiful! Wish I lived HERE... oh, just remembered: I do!!! at least, through April. Wow. It should happen to me. And it did!!!
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The work I took home has turned out to be much more complicated than I expected, and we sort-of promised a draft of the return by Tuesday, since another accounting firm has to use our prelim. numbers for a calculation that has to feed back into this return. :(
Hope Jose is enjoying 70, GIRLS, 70, which started about 20 minutes 20 ago.
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Forgot to mention that we saw Disney's TARZAN last night. After hearing about all the flying effects, we had opted for seats in the front mezzanine, which is a leg room nightmare, but especially great for seeing fun aspects of HOW the effects are done. What was unusual was that the creative team, which on most shows to my knowledge tends to sit in the orchestra section, was sitting in the center section of the front mezz, two rows in front of where we were sitting. I'm wondering if those front mezz. seats will end up ultimately being part of the "premium-priced" cache of seats, lack of physical comfor notwithstanding.
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Bruce - Was the producer of the DON JUAN DEMARCO musical you mentioned (on another chat board) having met with a lady by the name of Susan Gallin? Skip had worked with Ellen Fitzhugh and Craig Lucas on that show for a while, and it had an open-to-the-public presentation at Seattle Rep, followed by a sort-of workshop in NYC. Then, after some contractual stuff, it was being done by Craig Lucas with Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori. And now I think it's going to be done with a score by Bryan Adams and the late Michael Kamen. Were you talking with Susan Gallin about recording it back then?
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Just came back to modify an earlier post and leave -- but as it's a slow day, I'll contribute something... Something: Made the mistake of lying down to read for a few minutes. Mistake! Should have kept working. Fell asleep. I was more tired than I realized. Now I'm awake and groggy. Must feed the Wonderdog, walk him, then must really clean up around here.
Macaroni and cheese seems to be the Food du Jour on HHW. And I want me some!!
(DR TPunk - Re your question - I shouldn't say this in public - but, yes, I'm going to TIVO NoTORIous. I'm curious.)
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Margarine does have a different "melt" than butter, but I've always preferred butter... However... Sometimes, depending on the recipe, margarine does work betteer... However...
If you chill the dough for about an hour, that will help control the spread of the cookie as it bakes - especially with butter-based cookie doughs. Additionally, the 'sitting time' allows the flour and oats to absorb more of the "liquids" - eggs and butter and vanilla - in the dough, resulting in a chewier cookie - and eliminating that raw flour taste that can happen sometimes.
Good ideas! I used shortening and they came out just right, but I miss the butter flavor, so next time I'm considering using part butter and part shortening, but I may try chilling the dough.
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Yes, it was Susan Gallin - I'd worked with her on the Cowgirls recording.
Now - April Fool's Day is over and it's about to be April Bitch-Slap Day if we don't get some postin' goin' on.
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Don't have too much to say today. It's gray and cloudy. It's rained a little but not much. Just a blah day
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Congrats on DECEIT, BK. Glad it ended on a high note.
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I'm back from a gathering of the clans! My friend trumpeter John Wallace is in for Tartan Week, and I met him at the Thom Bar at the hotel 60 Thompson, where a party was going on for the event. I got to meet Tom Conti (NORMAN CONQUESTS, WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?) who was charming, his lovely wife, a lot of folk from the Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and I got to gossip a bit with John, who has given up trumpet for being Principal of the Academy.
Now it's almost time for THE SOPRANOS!
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I'm posting because I don't want to be slapped, but I don't really have anything to say.
Every once in awhile, my laptop computer goes through a phase in which it can hook up to the wireless Internet whozamacallit, so I am right now on my futon, most of whose space is being taken up by a furry brown sleeping lump.
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Hi all! Just poping in real quick before I hit the sack.
Don't worry if you don't hear from in for a couple of days. I'm sure I'm going to be pretty tired until I get back in the swing of things.
I had a very busy day doing laundry and trying to get everything in order to go back tomorrow.
The stupid bus changed the pick up times. I have to be down at the bus stop 15 minutes earlier. It's a good thing I checked or I would have missed the bus.
Now I have to be out of bed by 5:30. Sigh. Grump. :-\
In the meantime, I hope everyone that needs vibes, have them and that everyone has a wonderful week! :D
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Okay, I'm officially pathetic old Jew material. I just attempted to jog for the first time since moving into this house almost a year-and-a-half ago. I got about five blocks and had to stop because I thought I was going to die right then and there. Then I walked three blocks, wheezing and coughing - then I got annoyed and I started jogging again - this time I managed to go a half-mile before having to stop, so I felt better. I can only imagine what I must have looked like. Tomorrow, I shall try again, as I am now completely and methodically on track to be the first to lose ten pounds. And after that ten will come another ten, and then another, and then I shall be happy and I shall be lithe and trim with abs and buns of steel and people will wolf-whistle whilst I'm walking down the street. So it is written, so it shall be done.
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Had a busy few days.
Saw Faith Prince do her nightclub act. It is brand new and very good. Alex Rybeck was the musical director and his usual wonderful and spent sometime chatting with him after the show.
Chatted some with Faith. BK she sends her love.
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Saw Ice Age 2 and Adam and Steve. Enjoyed both very much. Although there is a scene early in the film of Adam and Steve was a little too much with the bodily function. It was also nice to see two out gay actors play gay characters. Malcom Gets was one of them and early on he is in the buff. (For those that go to see movies for that reason)
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I'm reminded for some reason that the first time I heard the lyric "uncommonly rare, very unique, peripatetic, poetic and chic," I thought they were singing "uncommonly rare, very unique, kinda pathetic, poetic and chic."
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Sorry I have been E&T today, not feeling the greatest and not very sociable.
Good show vibes to DR Jose....
I am very glad to hear that Deceit ended on and up note....I hope it has a long history of being performed in other venues
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I am hoping my order arrives soon in his hands... It takes awhile for anything going fron ND to the west... Very odd.. I know..
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BK, visit out here you can walk through the development around the lake and dodge deer. We'll get them ten pounds of you.
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Hi all, not much to say. I enjoyed The Next Food TV Star (or whatever it's called) I've watched a couple times now. I already have a favorite and a least favorite. Is anyone else watching?
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So is the lose 10 pound contest officially on? When do we start...or have we already started?
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I really would like to take a brief trip in the next few weeks - I've been going non-stop since early December.
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Well, there's nothing like New York City at Passover time.
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Does water weight count on the 10-pound-loss contest? At my weight, I could drop ten pounds by doing 1000 calories for three days. Does it have to be kept off, though, because I could gain it back with two days of resuming eating as usual.
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Just caught up to the past couple of days. I spent all day yetserday, from the time we got up until I went to bed, well let's face it, I never actualy went to bed, I fell asleep on the couch... house cleaning. Somehow the house doesn't seem any cleaner or less cluttered although I threw away huge bags of garbage, dusted, vaccumed and washed windows...
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While cleaning I had the BBC/ Colin Firth version of Pride & Prejudice on the DVD... I enjoyed it very much and must play it again when I can actually sit and give it proper attention
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Still on page four, eh? Well, new all-time low coming up thanks to the WUSSBURGERS and the errant and truant. Oh, well.
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Today after church and Sunday School we hurried out to my brother's hose to celebrate the birthday of his eldest daughter who turned 14 today.
He also announced he had just accepted a new job which means he and my SIL and their three daughters will be moving to Columbus Ohio or one of the immediate suburbs thereof.....
It is an excellent opportunity for him and of course we are all pleased and proud.... we are also of course all very sad as we know that we will see very little of the girls growing up. Right now my parents attend weekend soccer games, basketball games, dance recitials, school plays etc etc not to mentionall the birthday parties and holidays and summer barbeques that we will nolonger be together.
The Vixter is quite beside herself with grief as these cousins are the closest thing she has to a sibling. her only other cousins live in Northwest Canada and they are already grown....
So it has been a rather bittersweet day. My 7 year old niece (the youngest) obliged me with extra hugs abd cuddles, and dragged me up to her room to play American Girl dolls with her, just the two of us for a half hour.
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I suppose I could have broken the above into several posts to help the count....
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BK when will your book of short stories come out? Will you be coming to NY for a book reading then?
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I got sucked into watching HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN on HBO-HD. Only saw the last 90 minutes getting into it late. Nice to see all that detail in higher resolution.
With high def DVDs on the way in the next few months (with overly expensive players that most folks will opt to skip until prices come down), seeing movies in high def on HBO and Showtime does make the prospects of having this degree of clarity and sharpness very enticing very soon.
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Well I think I shall toddle off the bed now as it is later than I think.
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I'd like to do a reading in NY for the short stories. Right now, we're looking at August or early September for the release. Have to have a cover designed - not sure what it should be yet, but am thinking constantly about it. Also have an idea for a new play, which has been gestating for the last week - a genre that hasn't been done in a while and one I dearly loved growing up. We shall see where that leads.
And now, it's massage time, and I do hope we're a little further along, posts-wise by the time it's finished, otherwise I shall be all tense again.
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Goodnight all
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COLD CASE had a new episode tonight featuring a case of a cabbie auditioning for a community theater version of CABARET and ladning the role of Cliff.
Playing the cabbie was Adam Pascal. He sang snippets of a couple of Cliff's songs from the original production, but he was missing some notes. I wonder if he thought those were the correct notes or if he was deliberately singing a couple of them wrong just to give his performance of an inexperienced theater guy some believability. Anyway, he was quite adorable looking and looked much younger than he looks in the RENT movie.
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES had some interesting stories.
spoiler- - - - -
No Applewhites again. Not that I miss them, but, boy, were they a misconception from the get-go!
I'd really love to see Susan and her husband get back together. They seem right for each other.
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I had planned on watching THE SOPRANOS which I had recorded at 9 during the 10 p.m. hour, but CROSSING JORDAN came on, and it was a rerun I didn't remember much abaout, so I started watching not remembering how it was going to turn out.
By the end, I was sorry I had wasted my time: a totally nonsensical ending though much of the rest of the show was well plotted.
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Page Five Winnie the Pooh Dance!!!
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So, I'll have THE SOPRANOS and the 9 p.m. COLD CASE tomorrow to watch in addition to Thursday's MY NAME IS EARL which I still haven't gotten to as yet.
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And that last message and this one takes us past the dreaded all-time low number.
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Does water weight count on the 10-pound-loss contest? At my weight, I could drop ten pounds by doing 1000 calories for three days. Does it have to be kept off, though, because I could gain it back with two days of resuming eating as usual.
LOL! I was thinking about water weight too. I gain and lose close to 10 pounds with in a couple days every month. But I still enjoy being a girl
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Well we need to do more than just eek past the minimum....Let's have a frenzy or two before the night is over!
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FJL, did you finish all the work you wanted to today?
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No thunderstorms here today. They've been saying for a week that serious storms were coming, but they went south of us
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Wow, the local news is doing full credits tonight. I've never seen them do that befoer. They are even including the names of the janitors. Now THAT'S a slow news day
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Let's see....good going back to work vibes to DR Danise
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Good vibes of whatever kind anyone needs right now
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I didn't know Dorothy Hamil was married to Dean Martin's son. What you learn on Entertainment Tonight
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I am my own frenzy
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This makes 10 in a row. 10-4, over and out
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Cillaliz - Yes, I got the work done. I passed on going to the show I was going to see :( , but the return is pretty much ready to be sent out as a draft to the other firm. :)
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Who among us has not sung at one point or other "I enjoy being a girl."
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Or should that be "whom among us"
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Maybe we should try to get to page six before midnight EST
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They say you haven't really made it in New York unless you're on page six
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And who is this "it" that so many people want to make?
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Or is it "whom is this it"
Probably depends on whether it's a man or a woman.
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I'm at a loss for words...
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But that's never stopped me from posting before, so why let it stop me now?
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And is the "It" that wants to stop me the same "it" that's getting made in New York City on page six?
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Seven posts to page six
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Can we get there by midnight?
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Where's that extra hour when we need it? Darn Daylight Saving Time
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Why are people just standing by watching this train wreck of a frenzy
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And what about Naomi? (an ELECTRIC COMPANY reference)
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It's like pulling teeth getting there, but...
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And one for Molar
Er, Mahler
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I think I lost those ten pounds just from that frenzy. What's the sparkling prize? Or has the contest not started yet?
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My work is done.
I'm finally on Page Six.
BK asked for some late night frenzies. So it was written, so it was done.
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Heading off to bed now.
Good night!
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Good night, Matt!
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Congratulations on the closing night of the play. I'm glad it went well for you, Bruce. I'm hoping to see the filmed version since I missed going with DR Laura. I didn't get pancakes either.
I envy you getting a massage. I haven't had one in about a year and a half. I'll have to treat myslef one of these days.
The evening is cool; the citrus trees are in blossom, and the air is heavy with fragrance. I love this time of year. ;D
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Good Evening!
DR FJL - THANK YOU to you and Skip for the tickets to 70, Girls, 70. It truly was a most enjoyable evening. All the "history" up on that stage actually had me a bit teary-eyed during the opening number. And it was a true joy seeing my buddy, Mark Price, on stage with Charlotte Rae doing "Go Visit Your Grandmother".
And my date for the evening, James, pulled his North Carolina charm on the box office personnel and was able to exchange the two tickets/seats you had given me for two together in the center orchestra. Very nice.
Thank you again. I'm sorry your tax preparation dutied prevented you from going.
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And tonight's audience was filled with notables and near-notables: Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, Tyne Daly, Rob Marshall, etc.
And come to think of it, the ensemble on stage was a practical who's-who of 60's, 70's and 80's sitcom guest stars.
;)
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...And after the show, James and I headed over to Rosa Mexicano for a late supper. The food was good, the coffee dreadful (burned and cold!), and the service a bit dismissive and hurried. -I ended up having to have a chat with one of the managers. -Well, the one manager who actually seemed to be doing her job tonight. :-\ But again, the food was very good, and the company sparkling. :)
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DR Kerry - Hello! And please pass on a big hug to DR MusicGuy too!
:)
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DP Colin and I watched "The House Of Sand & Fog" last night. IMHO an unpleasant movie with little to say except "read your mail". I cared for it NOT. maybe it's not a good week for DVD viewing. We were (DP more so) disappointed in the newest Harry Potter. Maybe it was just that the book was too involved to be trimmed down that much and the editing seemed "off". I think I coped better as I had read the book.
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(DR TPunk - Re your question - I shouldn't say this in public - but, yes, I'm going to TIVO NoTORIous. I'm curious.)
I'm taping this, too. I never cared for Tori Spelling on any show where she was supposed to be "attractive" or "seductive" (mainly, because I didn't care for those kinds of shows, in general), but I rented the movie "Trick" and she was very funny! She played a not-very-good actress and was actually very good at it. I'm actually looking forward to "NoTORIous" for that reason. :)
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Thanks to all who kept the haineshisway.com spirit alive whilst the WUSSBURGERS and the errant and truant are off doing whatever they are doing.
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DR Jose, I am glad to hear that the show is doing well. I have a student worker that is going to NYC in the near future for a job interview and hopefully can take the show in.
I recognize a number of hte names of notables that were there.
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sorry I have been errant and truant but when I dont feel well, I tend to be cranky and I dont want to inflect that too much on anyone.
Besides work was no picnic tonight. We had trouble with sewer smell and I am wondering if that is what is also making me feel a tad ill.
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Or should that be "whom among us"
" I enjoy being a girl" I think that was line from "To Whom The Belle told"
Which is wasted because DR FJL has left the building.
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I think I may go and read and see if my stomach quiets and listen to my Liz Callaway cd....
What a voice!!
Bk, did a WONDERFUL job on her cd!
.. I also like Sarah Brightman and a fellow Matt Ashford fan introduced me also to Micheal Buble.
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" I enjoy being a girl" I think that was line from "To Whom The Belle told"
Which is wasted because DR FJL has left the building.
This reminds me of the joke:
Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. However, all the league records were unfortunately destroyed in a fire. Thus we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.
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Today, I was at my sister's house with my family eating dinner and playing cards. I went over at about 4:00 p.m. and didn't get home until about an hour ago. They had au jus and I had a freebie from Port of Subs...since I don't like au jus and I had to get ice cream (Breyer's with Reeces Peanut Butter Cups and Breyer's Butter Pecan) and other stuff at the store that was right next to Port of Subs. We played Phase 10 and I lost miserably. It was a lot of fun, though. And I actually remembered (eventually) to set my VCRs to tape shows AND I reset the clocks on both of my VCRs. I'm happy about that. :)
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Good ideas! I used shortening and they came out just right, but I miss the butter flavor, so next time I'm considering using part butter and part shortening, but I may try chilling the dough.
Cillaliz, have you ever tried butter-flavor Crisco? I've used it before and it does add a nice flavor to cookies.
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After a slight hiatus from my Bollywood viewing I have plucked from my Hindi library the DVD of MURDER (2004) starring Ashmit Patel, Mallika Sherawat, and Emran Hashmi.
The story of a lonely married woman who runs into a former boyfriend...it all ends in MURDER! :o
(http://66.223.111.68/dvdImages/b6575.jpg)
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Thank you DR George. All is not lost - though the lone pun ranger has gone to bed. (He was seen with Tonto last week. No! Seen in Toronto!) I shall refrain from making an inappropriate SILVERdaddies reference.
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Who among us has not sung at one point or other "I enjoy being a girl."
In public?? ;)