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Well, you've read the notes, the notes reckoned and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - and if you think I'm bored with the goings on of recent days, I'm REALLY bored of the fershluganah cows.
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And the word of the day is: SUIGENERES!
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BK, what is a blog for, if not to rant?? :)
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WOTD: I think they're the Legionaires who went to Algeria from Switzerland.
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Of course the Swiss connection theory could be full of holes.
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BK, what is a blog for, if not to rant?? :)
A blog for for logging, flogging and slogging!
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CHEESE!!! :)
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Last week on eBay, I bought a couple of new batteries for my StarTac cell phone (which I've had for four-and-a-half years) because my original battery is not holding the charge as long as it used to. Well, the new batteries came (I bought two and with shipping, only cost a total of $8.22!) but it turned out that they're nickel-metal hydride batteries and my original was a lithium-ion battery. I didn't realize that and have now found that the n-mh batteries (even brand new) do not last as long as the l-i battery! What a jip!
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Anyway, instead of buying new batteries again, I went to Verizon's website to get a brand new phone (finally), which would also get me a brand new battery. And since Verizon has a free new phone every two years program, I could get certain phones for free or $100 off the more expensive phones and another $50 off by ordering on-line. I was thinking about getting the Motorola Razr phone (does anyone have this?), but I actually ended up getting a Samsung phone that can not only take pictures (which is standard anymore), but play MP3 songs and I think I can even make my own MP3 ringtones!. I can, of course, keep my same phone number and the same plan, I just have to agree to a new 2-year contract. That's perfectly fine...I've had the same plan for four-and-a-half years and don't need to change it.
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The only problem is that I was totally psyched about getting a brand new phone for free, but comparing the Razr and the Samsung, I really liked the options that the Samsung had that the Razr didn't, but the Samsung (even with the $150 discounts) will cost me $100. Oh, well. After having the StarTac phone for so long, I've certainly gotten my money's worth! ;)
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And now, to sleep. 8)
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Yesterday, der Brucer and I drove up to Pennsylvania to meet Blackie and his human friends, to bring him home as our new foster. But Blackie did not make the return journey with us. Oh, no, he didn't come home with us at all.
The journey up was uneventful. We took Fletcher with us, who, for part of the trip decided what he really wanted was to lay across my lap sort of on his back with his nose stuck in the car's air conditioning vent. This was a bit awkward for me, because Fletcher is of course quite large (about 100 pounds of dog) and the angle at which I had to hold the book I was reading while he was in my lap wasn't exactly comfortable.
But our directions to the meetingplace in Pennsylvania were quite good, and we got there earlier than we had expected. Blackie was waiting for us with one of his current human friends, and he and Fletcher took an immediate liking to each other. After a few introductory sniffs, they ran around and played and wrastled and had a wonderful time. He also introduced himself to der Brucer and me. Since we'd been warned not to make any sudden movements around his head because of previous abuse, we were prudently cautious and let him get to know us before giving him his requested pets.
Blackie's second human friend, who runs the rescue operation that has been caring for him, arrived after a short while, and we were all getting along quite well. Both of the caregivers seemed to like us and Blackie seemed to like us, and caregiver #2 went inside to get some paperwork...
And then Blackie jumped up at der Brucer. There wasn't a growl or anything negative, Blackie just jumped up and hit der B in the face with his own face. And the next thing we knew, der B had blood running down his beard.
Fortunately, where we were meeting Blackie and company was at a kennel. We quickly got der B inside, where he cleaned his scrapes with peroxide and decided they weren't going to be fatal. I took der B aside, and asked if he was still sure about this. If Blackie could get too rough with us, what was to keep him from getting too rough with our dogs? Could there be trouble? Der B asked me to slow down, we needed to think about this.
So back to the outside run we went. And within a minute of our being back in the run with everyone else, Blackie jumped up at me, exactly as he had with der Brucer.
Let's make this absolutely clear. I don't believe he was trying to bite me. He was trying to be friendly, and trying to get up to my level. But his open mouth collided with my face, and this time I was bleeding.
Back we went to the rest room, and this time it wasn't so good. Blackie hadn't just cut me - he'd split my lip wide open, from the lip half-way to my nose and half-way through the flesh. I could tell that this was going to take more than a simple band-aid, that I needed stitches.
Everyone was apologetic to each other. The two caregivers apologized to us. We apologized to them. They agreed to take care of the medical expenses, and one of them drove us to a medical center, where it took quite a long time for the staff to get through the que to see me. (Fletcher, waiting outside the facility with der B, flirted with almost everyone walking by.) At first, the nurses thought it would take just a few stitches to close the wound, but the doctor nixed that idea, and insisted that I see a plastic surgeon to do the job right.
So off we went to a hospital emergency room, where a plastic surgeon was working on another patient and would therefor be available. It took another long time for him to get to see me, of course. Why medical dramas always make hospitals seem like venues filled with running and people yelling "STAT!" doesn't make any sense, because that's never what really happens. But see me he finally did, and sew me up he did (several subdural stitches along with the surface stuff). I was shot by a tetanis, and dripped with antibacterials by an IV, and quizzed by a clerk with paperwork, and by the time I got out of the ER it was already past nine-thirty at night. Blackie had struck me, and struck out, at about two-thirty that afternoon. We got home at a little past eleven.
So here I sit, with three-quarters of a moustache but some threads poking through where the other quarter used to be. The inside of my lip is bruised. There are a couple of other abrasions. And I've got the early shift at work today.
The good news is, there wasn't anything that der Brucer needed to record on last night's television schedule.
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Side note: since der Brucer hadn't brought anything with him to read, he spent the hours waiting for me reading a cookbook I'd brought along. Subject of said cookbook? Charcuterie!
Coincidence? I'll let you decide.
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Aww, DR SWoody. I'm sorry to hear about your injuries. Sorry it didn't work out with Blackie. Sadley, we cannot save them all. You two do such good work.
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OUCH!!! DR SWW!
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Thanks for the FAME info, DR GEORGE and DR DAKOTA CELT - I had almost forgotten Billy Huffsey...oh my.
I didn't expect the show to age well....but I liked a LOT of the songs and dances in the first season....and for some reason, the last season....and Cameron English who played Paul in A CHORUS LINE dances in the last couple of seasons of the show, and although he is rarely featured, he is very good.
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VIBES for MR BK for rehearsal and performance today. Whew! And good reASSessment vibes for the coming week.
I think the cavalier treatment given you and your show is outrageous. I don't understand why this is happening. Or maybe "professional" is beyond their kin.
It has been my (limited) experience that Universities are their own little universes and that NOBODY or ANYTHING outside that little world really exists to them or has any importance. Of course they are not interested in the "real" world, as can certainly be indicated by the actions of the students they "teach."
The real world will certainly be a shock to them! But then the professors never have to deal with the real world, they only deal with their own universe.....the center of the world....
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I guess Swishy Sarah would call that one of my P & B posts.
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Off to the Putnam County Playhouse 2006 Open House!
Yes, theatre is buzzing here in Indiana.....as well as LA and NYC, I hear.
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Good morning, all! I slept late, and now I'm drinking some coffee, rading a lot of HHW posts and listening to Mozart's Great Mass in C minor. I've always wondered how several compositions by Mozart, Schubert, and others acquire "Great" in their popular titles. Did some insane 19th Century critic like Hanslick decide "this one is GREAT!" or does it refer to some musical term I'm unacquainted with? Oy!
Today, I have to continue work on Mario's fixes (I have another one to pick up tomorrow), take goddaughter Charlotte to THE DA VINCI CODE, welcome the summer's houseguest Dylan, and think about booking a couple of flights to Ohio in the next 3-4 months.
Last night I watched TRISTAN + ISOLDE, which was better than I expected. After sitting through two of three long acts of Wagner's operatic version, the film is blessedly shorter and more dramatic. In Wagner, King Mark finds T & I locked in an embrace, sings for (I swear!) 30 minutes about being betrayed before he slugs Tristan. My only problem with the film was that James Franco is certainly pretty as Tristan but too slightly built: both Rufus Sewell and the handsome Henry Cavill, of I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, who would have been good as Tristan are much more solid, in the style of the MBarnum School of Dramatic Art. Franco looks as if he wandered into a football team after an anorexic swim meat.
In the immortal words of Lorenz Hart:
Tristan told his heart to Isolde in song
(I blush)
Oh, dear, but the song was six houirs long
(I blush)
What they did was wrong beyond a doubt
If it took so long to sing about
But the thought can make my lily cheek to flush
I blush!
Oh, dear, how they yodeled of love and death
(I blush)
They died not from love but from lack of breath . . .
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Good morning!
It's a nice day outside, and it's going to be in the 80s again today (but cooler the next few days).
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I will have houseguests for three days starting on Tuesday, so I've got to get in the guest bedroom today and get things situated in anticipation of the company. Will be cleaning the guest bath later today as well, so it's going to be a busy day ahead for me.
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If I'm reading my calendar correctly, DR TCB's surgery is tomorrow, so here's some good wishes in advance that all goes well with him on that endeavor.
And, of course, good wishes to bk for his theater endeavor today.
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In looking at the stack of unwatched DVDs, I think I may start WAR AND PEACE today (the 1956 version with Audrey Hepburn). With as busy a day as it's going to be, I have no thought of finishing it today (it's over three hours long), but I can make a start.
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Good Morning Larry and Deb!
Well, Anthony has left the building. He left around 6:15am and it's now 9:25 so he's well on his way to Virginia, probably out of New Jersey by now and south.
Yesterday we watched My Fair Lady and it was also Eliza Doolitle Day. We had forgotten about that until we were watching the movie and Just You Wait began. "Today, on the 20th of May, I proclaim Liza Doolitle Day" What a co ink e dink!
Today I will go buy a new pair of jeans. It is supposed to be beautiful and the sun is shining right now so I expect good weather for the rest of the day.
I have also begun to transfer some tapes to CD. I have the highlights CD of BK's Unsung Irving Berlin but I could never find the 2-CD set. Luckily, I have the complete work on tape (two casettes) so I am putting that on the hard drive and I will then make my two CDs.
That's all for now. I will be in and out so keep posting so I have as much to read during the day as I did this morning.
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Sunday morning greetings! After work last night, DH Richard and I went to dinner at the local Mexican grocery/cafe and I had the most unusual chicken enchiladas. We watched a quartet of hot air balloons take off and fly toward DR Elmore's father's house.
I started reading Anthony Rapp's Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical RENT and decided to watch the DVD (which I purchased when it was released but had not yet viewed).
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I forgot to mention (by the way, Hello to Ginny), Fred, we had one of those Kennedy Center boxes when we saw Company during the Sondheim celebration. For Sweeney we had orchestra seats and for Mame we have orchestra seats. I agree, the boxes are nice. You don't have to worry about people in front of you and if it's a box full of friends you can relax.
Mame, by the way, is being played by Christine Baranski. Vera is being played by Harriet Harris (who won a Tony in 2002 for playing Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Gooh is played by Emily Skinner.
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Vibes:
~~~for BK's musical adventures
~~~for TPunk's charity walk
~~~for Anthony's travel to Virginia
~~~for SWW's and der Brucer's recovery
~~~for TCB on the day before his surgery
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DR Ben, if you're dissatisfied with the quality of your Irving Berlin CDs, I (and I'm sure other DRs here) could help you with CDs burned from the originals. I'll be glad to help; just let me know.
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Hi to DR's Ben, Elmore, Vixmom, and MattH and anybody else who may turn up while I'm typing!
RE box seats: Richard and I sat in a box for RENT in New York in January. He liked it because he could move his chair to acquire more leg room and I liked it because nobody was obstructing my view. We could not see the upstage right corner, so missed seeing the band and whatever action took place on the platform that I think was above them.
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Stepped into the other room for some breakfast - where'd everybody go?
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Well, I'm here on page 2, but dancing alone is too weird.
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I am still tired.
Dear BK, when are where exactly are the festivities, particularly Monday?
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Going to head down now and get started on some of those chores in preparation for my friends' visit. Must also do laundry today. A very domestic Sunday for me!
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Good morning to all. And good vibes to DR BK for his show. ~~~~~~~~~
I don't think i will be able to stay here for more than a few minutes. My neck is very sore. But the good news is my head is in good shape. I am a bit confused by my neck. The pills don't seem to be working like they did on thursday. I feel okay, but only if i lie down on my back.
I did find the neck brace though. But i don't find it too comfortable.
I slept a lot. For a few hours during the day. And then i fell asleep at 8:45pm and woke up at 2:45am. I got up for a few minutes then went back to sleep till 8am.
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DRs S Woody and Der Brucer, I hope you both feel better. ~~~~~~~~~
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Hey tonight PBS is showing the Drama Desk awards. Well I think they are showing them in NYC (or some station is), and then a bunch of PBS stations will be airing the show sometime in the near future. I would love to see this show. So hopefully my PBS will be showing it.
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I'm up, I'm up. I got up at six, then went back to bed and got another ninety minutes.
Festivities are at LACC, which is on Vermont Ave. between Melrose and Santa Monica Blvd. Lighted on-campus parking at Snyder Field - just tell them you're there for the theater arts department show. Snyder Field parking is just south of Santa Monica Blvd - it's the first place you can turn into the campus, which is on the west side of the street. Once you walk onto the campus from Snyder Field, the theater will be basically in front of you slightly to your left - you'll see it from the rear, but it has that look. It's about a minute from the lot to the front of the theater.
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What time tonight? I think I have 7 pm written down...
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VIBES TO BK...
RECOVERY VIBES TO SWoody and Der Brucer....I had a cat accidentally slash open my chin once. It took 10 stitches...I feel for you.
VIBES TO ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS THEM
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It's a cloudy rainy day here. I'm thinking about seeing the DaVinci Code today. It's showing every hour on the hour from 11:00am to 10:00pm here and that's just one theatre, there are about as many showings at the other 12 plex here. That's a lot of showings for one movie in a town this size.
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The wedding was so beautiful and emotional and completely wonderful. The weather turned unseasonably gorgeous and sunny, after the fog had rolled predictably in around 5 pm. The guests began to arrive and take their seats on the beach, and the clouds parted and the entire coastline was bathed in late-afternoon splendor. Both sides of my mother's family were represented, my dad's nieces and a grand-niece came, the NA group who saved my nephew-the-groom's life a couple of years ago were all there at the No-Alcohol table, sane and sober.
Our childhood chum, daughter of my dad's oldest and dearest friend (may-he-rest-in-peace), the Federal Judge officiated. She had spoken at her own parents' funerals with nary a tear nor a quiver in her voice - but as she began the ceremony yesterday, she all but broke down, then apologized to the assembled and led the kids through the ritual.
Chuck and I sang All I Ask of You - and his voice thrilled me as ever, as it did the first time I heard him back in 1978... one of the great baritone voices in the royal line of Tibbett, Warren, Merrill - I kept my eyes glued to the sheet music, concentrating on the shapes of the note heads, the ink, the fibers of the paper, anything to keep my voice steady and my breath going in and out. I was so moved by this hopeful and confident intention of familial immortality.
I haven't seen my sister Tami so radiant and glowing and beautiful in so many years. And the wheel of Time rolls along, and the Old Ones die, and we are the Elders now, approaching twilight, and the next generation walks into a sunrise. How magical it all was. And gone in a breath. And where has the decade gone?
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Healing vibes to SWW and der Brucer
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I am glad to hear that the wedding went well PennyO!
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DR PennyO - your wedding story gave me chills and a lump in my throat. I'm so glad the weather cooperated.
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DR PennyO, I echo Ginny's sentiments, what a lovely post. Thank you for sharing and I'm glad it was such a wonderful day
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"You can sit at home and stay mad at the world or else you can go out and do something" WORKING reference.
Well, time to get off my duff and get out and do something....
Laters
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DR Cillaliz - check out the website for my book group for reading suggestions:
Joy Luck Club Book Discussion Group (http://www.orgsites.com/oh/joyluckclub)
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Show time is 7:30 sharp.
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Woods and Brucer - wow, smack down with a big puppy! Sorry for your injuries... he just didn't know his own strength. Too big for such a tiny brain.
Off I fly into my day. I'll be checking in at some point before I go off to the theatah this evening. Maybe try to assemble a few folk to accompany me. I know they will enjoy it, in whatever shape it assumes -- I heard the cold reading of the second act a few weeks ago, with only BK at the piano singing the songs - and thoroughly enjoyed it. If anyone plays the piano, some folk sing the songs, any nitwits read the dialogue it will be an enjoyable evening, because it is a cute and funny story, and the lyrics delight and surprise, the tunes are easy on the ear - I don't expect all the green sequins and Flying by Foy. Just someone, please read me a story! A good story! Oh, what fun I shall have!
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Dear Friend BK, break a leg tonight! I know it will be received well tonght, even though I know your perfectionist side will be discontent with it. DR PenyO, cheer loudly and throw confetti!
Two down for Mario. One more to pick up today.
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break a leg tonight bk!
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Prayers are being invoked for Rosemary's Baby. BK, sorry my schedule and your hectic week left only time for one meal (though much dish and many laughs was crammed into it). Once you're through the ringer you should book you a flight for Kaintuck for a little R & R.
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Prayers are being invoked for Rosemary's Baby. BK, sorry my schedule and your hectic week left only time for one meal (though much dish and many laughs was crammed into it). Once you're through the ringer you should book you a flight for Kaintuck for a little R & R.
Maybe we could meet in northern KY for some Graeter's ice cream!
I'm off to do a little shopping - bye for now.
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I've heard from our E&T DRJoseS. He's busy but sounds happy and well. The good news is that he's helped our E&T DR Jason find a new jobAnd I managed to help Jason get out of MTI!!!!!
DR Jose wites:
"He'll be working as a photo editor at James' office - He starts next Monday. Great money, full benefits, and flexible scheduling!"
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Hey, Matt, thanks for the offer. It's not the quality of the CD it's the completeness. I can't find the double CD anymore. When I came across the Highlights CD, which is just one instead of two, I picked it up so I would have it. Then I managed to find the double cassette version when Footlights was closing the store so I picked that up also. It's got everything that the two-CD pack had. That's why I'm making the transfer/burn. I've already got the four sides on my hard drive. It's just a matter of burning now. Since I've gone this far I'll finish my little project.
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That is great news and I wish him well...
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Glad to hear Jason and Jose are doing well. Now they just need to get their collective butt cheeks back in the room ;D
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From Cillaliz:
Anyone read a good book lately? I recently read Kite Runner and Peace Like a River and loved them both. I'm looking for something to read and am planning a trek to B & N this weekend, so suggestions are welcome
I’m very pleased you enjoyed by selections. I highly recommend THE BRIDGE by Doug Marlette.
Recently my book group read and enjoyed SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRECT FAN by Lisa See. Have you read PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham?
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I shall shortly be on my way to LACC. I will have a full report upon my returning for which I know you'll be yearning.
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I've heard from our E&T DRJoseS. He's busy but sounds happy and well. The good news is that he's helped our E&T DR Jason find a new jobAnd I managed to help Jason get out of MTI!!!!!
DR Jose wites:
"He'll be working as a photo editor at James' office - He starts next Monday. Great money, full benefits, and flexible scheduling!"
GREAT NEWS! Once he is settled I hope he will have the time to tell us all about it.
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Jennifer I find a mild tranquilizer like Adavan works much better than a muscle relaxant, without the overall body numbness.
Bruce Good Vibes for tonight.
Penny, how nice the wedding was perfect. :D
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Cillaliz I looked over Ginny’s book club site. I will suggest two books from there, I haven’t mentioned, The Sparrow (I read this one twice in order to lead the discussion-liked it even better the second time) and The Secret Life of Bees.
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I'm sleepy....
..........I'm very sleepy.....
............................my eyelids are getting heavy...very heavy....
................................................. ....I must close my eyes....but I must continue to read.............
....................................zzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
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Last night, I was struck dumb, then blown away...
Yes, as incongruous as all that.
But what else might be said to adequately explain my reaction to my first viewing of Joe Mankiewicz' glorious "The Barefoot Contessa"?
Yes, yes, it's true. Let's get past the protestations and "say it isn't so's", etc.
San Francisco's KQED (Public Broadcasting) had the audacity to show MGM's quite wonderful "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" last night with a rather odd-looking Hurd Hatfield (there! I've said it. I find him odd-looking...a bit surly, a bit effete, and as expressionless as if he'd gotten botox injections before every take), a wonderfully loud George Sanders, an impossibly young and lovely Angela Lansbury and the rather odd (I'm fond of "odd" tonight, apparently ... but "odd" is what I find this bit of casting) inclusion of Donna Reed and Peter Lawford, both of whom handle themselves wonderfully, but somehow I kept waiting for Lawford to break into "The French Lesson" from "Good News" and Reed to start dancing the Charleston, looking for a pool to fall into.
But I seriously digress...
Following "Dorian's" rather surprising manner of death and -- well-what-else-could-they-do-? -- end of the film, KQED began showing "The Barefoot Contessa."
Don't ask me why I'd never seen it. Surely I'd had access to it. For some reason, though, the notion of Humphrey Bogart and Edmond O'Brien co-starring in a movie with Ava Gardner and directed by Mankiewicz never seemed like dream casting to me.
But it was. The opening scenes were intriguing. It's the "Sunset Boulevard" approach...but without the victim doing the narrating. There we are at the funeral of the so-called "Barefoot" Contessa. And there is this statue...and there on the statue is a bare foot .
Joe Mankiewicz, in this early going, did seem to have been going to the "voiceover well" maybe once too often for my limmediate comfort level. But after a scene shift to Spain, some loud music and the sense that I was dancing without looking at my feet, and much exposition about who was in the cantina and why, and with O'Brien biting noisily into his ham sandwich-of-a-role, I found myself taken by the idea that Gardner was supposed to be this incredible dancer...but one whom we would never see dance. In fact, the exposition about getting her to join the table so that the rich guy could look her over for a possible movie role just about convinced me that maybe Gardner would do all her acting off-camera.
But fortunately, that was not the case. Show up she did. And from the first scene to the next and then the next, Gardner grew lovelier and lovelier until she was darned near too exquisite to behold. (And we do get to see her dance. With the gypsies. It's quite a dance. And you never get a sense that she's anything other than the terrific dancer the story starts off telling us she was).
It doesn't hurt, of course, that the color photography is breathtaking and that the locations are spectacular. And then there is Mario Nascimbene's wonderfully melodic, in a Hollywood splashy dramatic sort of way, score that not only dresses the visuals but accentuates the drama at every turn
And how many times, I marvelled, would the scene shift back to the funeral scene and focus on some other character who would then start sharing some new secret -- taking up where the last scene left off and continuing it into a new direction -- and never let me down?
Joe Mankiewicz never lets you down.
Oh, I was terribly surprised and disappointed for Rossano Brazzi to learn of his debilitating Army injuries...and it seems, today, rather odd to me (yes, ODD) that any man would wait until entering the bride's boudoir after the wedding to let her know that he was not going to be able to be more than a major letdown to her.
One doesn't expect that to happen to Ava Gardner...or any beautiful woman for that matter. And one certainly never got an inkling from Brazzi that he was pretty much a patchwork quilt of a man.
Oh, well...it matters not. It's a film of its time and the prevailing sensibilities. It has a good reputation, this film, and now I know why.
"Maria Vargas" is the best acting I've seen Ava Gardner do. I base that on the fact that I was never aware that she "was" acting. A natural movie star that woman, but in this movie she was real and you can't watch it without knowing how much better she could have been had she been given the parts and the great directors.
And Bogart played against type (that rough type) once again by being the kindest and most decent person in Maria's life. Even Edmond O'Brien settled into his role and became a good guy.
Yes, I'm terribly glad to know why this film is highly regarded. And I'm also terribly glad to have found another Nascimbene score to relish.
I recommend it, y'all!
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Last night was fun and the entire meal was delicious, IMHO. I’m so glad I purchase the rose bundt pan; the cake was lovely to look at.
For the first time in years we made my mother’s clam dip-boy did it bring a flood of memories! As it has been my entire life, it was a BIG hit.
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The company left & I was feeling very happy until I heard the tone in Keith voice when he said I had email.
A long time dear friend sent a note with scary news. While she waits for more tests to be run my friend could really use some anti-cancer vibes. I’m very scared this is something that has metastasized into her lungs.
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And then I decided it was time for bed after the movies. But I realized I'd left a little project incomplete, so I got out my electric drill.
My mission was to replace the four bumpers on one toilet seat...and a couple of the old bumpers wouldn't come out on their own, so I had to carefully drill them out.
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After that, I went to bed. But it was warm and I couldn't get comfortable, so I got up, brought in a fan and set it up by my window (blowing out). While waiting for the room to become more comfy, I sat at the computer a while...and penned my little missive above...saving it for revision when I had some sleep and a clearer head.
Still....I don't feel I've had quite as much sleep as I need.
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DR Cillaliz - check out the website for my book group for reading suggestions:
Joy Luck Club Book Discussion Group (http://www.orgsites.com/oh/joyluckclub)
Wow! Thanks Ginny.
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From Cillaliz:I’m very pleased you enjoyed by selections. I highly recommend THE BRIDGE by Doug Marlette.
Recently my book group read and enjoyed SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRECT FAN by Lisa See. Have you read PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham?
Thanks DR Jane, I went to Barnes and Noble today and found myself in the career aisle looking for changing career books. (I found LIFES A BITCH THEN YOU CHANGE CAREERS) Yikes! Hopefully I'll put that down for a least a week or so. I did get A SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE, A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND, by Mitch Cullin, and A WEDDING IN DECEMBER (ok I like a quick Anita Shreve once in awhile) that should last me about a week, lol.
Yes, I read PAINTED HOUSE, I liked it
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Cillaliz I looked over Ginny’s book club site. I will suggest two books from there, I haven’t mentioned, The Sparrow (I read this one twice in order to lead the discussion-liked it even better the second time) and The Secret Life of Bees.
I loved The Secret Life of Bees as well as The Mermaid Chair (her next novel) . I read The Sparrow, but it was while I was really busy, I could probably try it again
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Last night was fun and the entire meal was delicious, IMHO. I’m so glad I purchase the rose bundt pan; the cake was lovely to look at.
For the first time in years we made my mother’s clam dip-boy did it bring a flood of memories! As it has been my entire life, it was a BIG hit.
Can we have your recipe?
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Back from shopping, which was moderately successful.
DR Jane - Clam Dip is a popular treat from my mother, too. We should compare recipes! (And, now, I'm hungry for some)
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From Cillaliz:I’m very pleased you enjoyed by selections. I highly recommend THE BRIDGE by Doug Marlette.
Recently my book group read and enjoyed SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRECT FAN by Lisa See. Have you read PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham?
My book group just selected Snow Flower and the Secret Fan as our book for September. We always try in Sept. to read something set in or about the country that's featured for Middfest, our early-October international festival here in Middletown. This year, the country is China. There were many good choices, but the Lisa See book appealed to most.
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I had a dream last night that I went to Ohio to visit my brother in his new house, and while there I decided I would call DR Ginny to see if we could get together.
I called her at the library and was put through to the information booth. I kept asking for Ginny but they refused to put me through to her.
The woman on the phone kept telling me "She doesn't work the information booth any more she's been promoted. I can help you ."
So I said, " Well the only inforamtion I want is to know if she is available to have lunch with me"
and was told "You have to be more precise is this a novel or biography?"
"Please." I begged, "Please put Ginny on the phone, its a personal phone call for her... please put me through!"
but she wouldn't.
I have no idea what this dream means.
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and while I was typing the above missive the subject of my dream appeared! Finally success!!!
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Good to hear that DR's Jose and Jason are OK - I miss them both.
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Ginny Have you ever read Spring Moon by Belle Bao Lord or Amy Tan's "A Thousand Secret Senses" ( I may have the title slightly off on this one, I never remember how many secret senses there are!!)
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DR Vixmom - ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Actually, shortly after I started working at this particular (peculiar?) library, my sister-in-law had almost that identical conversation with one of my co-workers!
Just tell 'em you're looking for "free money" and they'll put you right through!
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PennyO what a beautiful description of your nephews wedding. I was quite moved
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RLP... I have never had any inclination to see The Barefoot Contessa but now I am convinced I must seek it out.
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DR Vixmom - ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Actually, shortly after I started working at this particular (peculiar?) library, my sister-in-law had almost that identical conversation with one of my co-workers!
Just tell 'em you're looking for "free money" and they'll put you right through!
LOL!! Maybe I was channelling your SIL!!
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Ginny Have you ever read Spring Moon by Belle Bao Lord or Amy Tan's "A Thousand Secret Senses" ( I may have the title slightly off on this one, I never remember how many secret senses there are!!)
Have not read Spring Moon, but it was one of the choices for this year. I listened to Amy Tan read The Hundred Secret Senses and she can imitate her Chinese mother in much the same way a mutual acquaintance of mine and DR Elmore's could imitate her French-born mother.
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TCB I hope my little package arrived in time. I tried to find something that would keep you laughing during recovery!
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Have not read Spring Moon, but it was one of the choices for this year. I listened to Amy Tan read The Hundred Secret Senses and she can imitate her Chinese mother in much the same way a mutual acquaintance of mine and DR Elmore's could imitate her French-born mother.
I listened to Hundred Secret Senses as well. Some books I like better when I hear them!!
Spring Moon I 've read several times. It is quite a slim book probably a couple days reading. Even if its not one of your choices for discussion It is well worth the read.
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Well I must run. The Vixter's Youth Group is running "Skits and Songs" tonight and she has a "Last minute panic rehearsal" in 20 minutes.... BYE!!!
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Good afternoon.
It's like early summer here. Was able to enjoy the outside for a bit before coming back in to take care of several phone calls, the preparations for the Tuesday houseguests, cooking lunch, doing laundry, and, as always, viewing something.
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The AAUW Medina County branch book group devoted an entire year to China. Here are their choices:
China: Its History and Culture, W.Scott Morton
A Single Pebble, John Hersey
Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, Robert VanGulik, ed.
Waiting, Ha Jin
Women of the Silk, Gail Tsukiyama
River Town, Peter Hessler
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I have not read any of those but I have added them to my list. I have read Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club. Rather enjoyed it.
Has anyone read Audrey Neffinegger's Time Travveler's Wife?
Jane, I really like Peace Like a River.
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Have any of you read any of Louise Erdrich's works?
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DR Ron, I enjoyed your analysis of THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA. I had had the DVD for quite a few months before finally putting it in. I hadn't seen the film in a long time, and it was wonderful to see it again.
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Good luck vibes to Vixter's youth group and their skits!!
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I myself spent the entire afternoon with WAR & PEACE, the 1956 King Vidor version. Yes, it's true that the film is like a Cliff's Notes version of the story, but it's still beautifully crafted, and it looks glorious on DVD for the most part. The Technicolor is rich, the print they used for the enhanced transfer is in mostly superb shape, and even though the sound is mono, it's clear and distinct. (I admit I did have my receiver apply Dolby Prologic IIx to the sound to spread it out among the surrounds to give this epic a fuller sound.) There was a scratch that popped up at about the one hour mark that hung around for a distracting four or five minutes, and there was another "hole" in the print right in the center of the screen for a few seconds that took me out of the film. Otherwise, the print was just wonderful.
I still have about 20 minutes to go, but I realized as I watched that I've never seen this all the way through, so I'm looking forward to finishing it tonight before prime time TV commences.
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Grocery shopping puzzlement:
The product I purchased for tonight's entree had conflicting info on the label:
"Atlantic Salmon" and "Product of Chile"
How can that be? Isn't Chile on the Pacific side of South America? Do they think nobody here in fly-over country would notice?
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...For the first time in years we made my mother’s clam dip-boy ...
Not to be confused with her clam dip-girl, which would have a totally different flavor...
Sorry, couldn't resist, that's just how it read to me. ;)
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Or does the southernmost part of Chile border the Atlantic Ocean?
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Grocery shopping puzzlement:
The product I purchased for tonight's entree had conflicting info on the label:
"Atlantic Salmon" and "Product of Chile"
How can that be? Isn't Chile on the Pacific side of South America? Do they think nobody here in fly-over country would notice?
That is funny... The last time I check Chile was on Pacific side of South America... Unless they capture on the tip of South America at Tierra Del Fuego?
I never knew that Salmon had wings?
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Or does the southernmost part of Chile border the Atlantic Ocean?
Yes, the southernmost post tip does but I would think it would be too cold for salmon? That is not far where some penguins summer.
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I am working on some genealogy research and I cannot find this town in California. It is listed in the obit as LaKwinta, California....
IT was listed for a relation that died in 2005 in a small town ND newspaper.
any Ideas?
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I somehow was able to drag myself through the workday today. I didn't get much sleep last night, but the lack of sleep has given me a little insight into a friend's similar problem, of which we have all been reading.
I came to realize today that the accident, which I've taken to calling the "doggy head-butt," really pumped up my adrenalin. Through the whole thing, I was amazingly calm, seeing things in perspective, able to take events one step at a time as they unfolded. This was all well and good, but I was feeling pumped, and I stayed that way well past when the alarm clock went off this morning. Even with the events well settled, I remained primed. That's one reaction to adrenalin.
My hunch is that our esteemed BK has also been running on adrenalin, mostly because of how the play he has been rehearsing has been going.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing. But it can be exhausting.
Good sleep vibes, BK. You deserve them.
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If fishing boats from Chile round the cape and fish in Atlantic waters, the fish are considered to be a product of Chile because of the boats (and subsequent processing), not because of the waters.
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I've heard from our E&T DRJoseS. He's busy but sounds happy and well. The good news is that he's helped our E&T DR Jason find a new jobAnd I managed to help Jason get out of MTI!!!!!
DR Jose wites:
"He'll be working as a photo editor at James' office - He starts next Monday. Great money, full benefits, and flexible scheduling!"
"Ah sir, happy news indeed!" (a Sweeney Todd reference ;))
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GOOD SHOW VIBES TO BK!
HEALING VIBES TO SWW!
GOOD PRE-OP VIBES TO TCB!
...And Vibes to all in need of Vibes!
DC - "LaKwinta" is probably La Quinta, CA
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If fishing boats from Chile round the cape and fish in Atlantic waters, the fish are considered to be a product of Chile because of the boats (and subsequent processing), not because of the waters.
Puzzlement solved! Thanks, DR SWW!
Wherever they're from, the salmon filets have been brushed with melted butter, salted and peppered, and are now baking away in the oven. Wild rice is simmering on the stove top. Soon the broccoli will be steamed.
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Cillaliz I looked over Ginny’s book club site. I will suggest two books from there, I haven’t mentioned, The Sparrow (I read this one twice in order to lead the discussion-liked it even better the second time) and The Secret Life of Bees.
Last year, the library where I work had their first "Timberland Reads Together" event, where all the book clubs in the Timberland system and any other readers who chose to join in, read the same book. Last year's book was "The Secret Life of Bees (http://www.trlib.org/TRT05/trt.htm)." It was quite successful, but a little overwhelming. They tried to get the author to come and do some readings, but she wasn't able (or interested, I think ::)), but they got a reader of one of the talking books (Jenna Lamia (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483520/)) to do some readings. She was quite good and very popular.
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They are doing it again this year (at first I thought that it was only going to be every other year), and the book chosen is The Highest Tide (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582346054/qid=1148246510/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4779504-7364131?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) by Jim Lynch, who now lives in Olympia! Click HERE (http://www.trlib.org/trlnews06/pr-trt-lynch-0406.htm) for the Timberland press release and HERE (http://www.trlib.org/TRT/trt.htm) for the official "Timberland Reads Together" homepage. :)
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Off to continue with chores and TV.
WBBL.
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There was talk yesterday about who was the youngest performer to win the Tony Award. Frankie Michaels was the youngest performer ever and Daisey Eagen was 12 which made her the youngest actress to win.
But as with so many other Tony Award winners where are they now?
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Looking Back past Musical Tony Winners Where are they now?
Chuck Cooper The Life
Anthony Crivello Kiss Of the Spiderwoman
Scot Waara The Most Happy Fella
Hinton Battle (3 Tony Awards) What has he done recently?
Michael McGuire Les Miz
Aniki Noni Rose Caroline or Change
Cady Huffman The Producers
Ann Duquesnay Bring In the Noise...
Gertha Boston Show Boat
Frances Ruffelle Les Miz
Leilani Jones Grind
Janie Sell Over Here
Ben Harney Dreamgirls
Natalia Makarova On Your Toes
Maryann Plunkett Me and My Girl
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Aniki Noni Rose is going to be in the movie version of "Dreamgirls." She's playing Lorrell, the part originally played by Loretta Devine, who plays a recurring character on "Grey's Anatomy."
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Lovely wedding post, DR PENNYO!
DR CILLA LIZ I am very happy you found SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE, and look forward to hearing your thoughts.
DR RLP - Like you, I avoided CONTESSA for many years because I didn't think I would like it. Then one day - it was on - and I watched it.....and it is everything you say. Edmund O'Brien is superb, but the show belongs to Ms. Gardner, the world's most beautiful animal.
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TOP HAT is coming on!
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DR MATTH - I love Hepburn and Ekberg in WAR AND PEACE, but Fonda seemed a bit too old for his role....
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Well, I'm off to take a shower (finally) then get a bite to eat and watch some TV. Tonight is the Seattle Storm's first game of the new WNBA season and my niece is going to the game in Seattle (she got season tickets for Christmas). I have to watch it live because we've found that if I watch on TV (or listen on the radio or go see a game) live, they have a much, much, MUCH (that's three muches) greater chance of winning than if I don't follow the game live. Only maybe two or three times in several years have they ever lost when I've watched or listened to a game live. I must do my part to help continue their streak! ;D
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They tried to get the author to come and do some readings, but she wasn't able (or interested, I think ::)), but they got a reader of one of the talking books (Jenna Lamia (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483520/)) to do some readings. She was quite good and very popular.
DR George - an inherent difficulty in the One City/One Book programs is that it's general practice to select a book that's available in paperback. By the time that happens, the author often has a newer book out and that's the one they and their publishers want to be out promoting. We ran into that with Nickel and Dimed; it had become old news to Barbara Ehrenreich and her publisher.
On the other hand, some of the best programs I've ever attended at library conferences and our staff day were the ones with audiobook performers. Glad it worked out for your library and I will pass that suggestion on to the planners of our 2007 Big Read (they're just in the book selection phase now).
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That is funny... The last time I check Chile was on Pacific side of South America... Unless they capture on the tip of South America at Tierra Del Fuego?
I never knew that Salmon had wings?
Han't anyone ever heard of a flying fish?
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FOR ALL OF YOUR GOOD WISHES AND VIBES!
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Add mine, mi amigo.
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FOR ALL OF YOUR GOOD WISHES AND VIBES!
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DR CILLA LIZ what didja do wid duh rhubarb?
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Well we sold 849 season tickets -
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Which means of the 1379 seats we have for each run (7 x 196), 849 are already sold.
We are at 62% now....which is a good way to start the season.
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Well, I have managed to make myself sick in the hours before leaving for the hospital. When I got up this morning I felt tired, groggy, and sick to my stomach. I tried having some coffee and reading the Sunday paper, but I kept feeling worse and worse. Finally, I gave up and went back to bed, where I have spent most of the day. I still feel dizzy and all worn out.
See what happens when I worry too much about BK's shows?
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I have not read any of those but I have added them to my list. I have read Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club. Rather enjoyed it.
Has anyone read Audrey Neffinegger's Time Travveler's Wife?
Jane, I really like Peace Like a River.
I read The Time Traveler's Wife. It was really different, but I liked it. Another great chronologically different book is The Confessions of Max Tivoli
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I am working on some genealogy research and I cannot find this town in California. It is listed in the obit as LaKwinta, California....
IT was listed for a relation that died in 2005 in a small town ND newspaper.
any Ideas?
Try LaQuinta, CA
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I'm still pondering my opinion of THE DA VINCI CODE. It was like the girl with the curl: when it was good it was very good. I agree with DR Maria: too long, and since there was a bit of abridgement of the book and the removal of one character at the end, I think they could have abridged a bit more and cut 15-30 minutes. I loved the first 90 minutes
My friend Mr McKellan was wonderful, and gave the show a big kick when he took over. I did think some of the narrative visualizations a tad campy, and would have preferred the narrative plain, as it is in THE MALTESE FALCON.
Overall, I gues the film, like the book, is a good amusement park ride, only it goes a bit too long.
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DR CILLA LIZ what didja do wid duh rhubarb?
So far only Rhubarb sauce. I made it last night because I was having rhubarb cravings. I have a pound left, so I may get out some cookbooks and see what i can do
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I see DR Maria already mentioned LaQuinta. So, I guess I second that opinion
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Didn't make it to DaVinci Code, I just can't see paying full price, so I'll try a weekday matinee. What a treat that will be
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GOOD SURGERY VIBES TO TCB AND SPEEDY RECOVERY!!!!!
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The LaQunta Code?
Watching some Rudy Valentino on TCM tonight.
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My friend Mr McKellan was wonderful, and gave the show a big kick when he took over.
DR Elmore - You know Gandalf? DH Richard and DS Rob will be so-o-o-o impressed!
They both saw the movie yesterday - not together and not even in the same state - and said the same thing.
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DR TCB - hope you feel better before you have to go to the hospital.
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DR TCB - hope you feel better before you have to go to the hospital.
Do you think I could tell them that I am too sick to go to the hospital?
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DR TCB - hope you feel better before you have to go to the hospital.
Odd as that sentiment is -- I do, too.
FEEL BETTER BEFORE THE OPERATION VIBES TO TCB!
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DR Elmore - You know Gandalf? DH Richard and DS Rob will be so-o-o-o impressed!
They both saw the movie yesterday - not together and not even in the same state - and said the same thing.
Sir Ian was the Master Toymaker on the BABES IN TOYLAND recording. He's kind, funny, generous, all-round mensch. Do I get more respect now?
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My friend Mr McKellan was wonderful, and gave the show a big kick when he took over. I did think some of the narrative visualizations a tad campy, and would have preferred the narrative plain, as it is in THE MALTESE FALCON.
I agree on both counts. The "narrative visualizations" were like moviemaking for audiences with ADD. I actually burst out laughing at one point when someone was talking about the Middle Ages -- and suddenly we were in the Middle Ages (or something like that).
And when we had visual aids for picking out certain aspects of The Last Supper -- I felt like I was back at college in Art 101.
But McKellan was a treat. Great fun.
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HI Tom,
Here is hoping that you have a very handsome anesthesiologist and very kind nurses for your surgery!
Chin up and we shall see you when you are feeling good enough to post again!
Do have that cute couple next door let us know how you are doing and don't enjoy the medication too much!
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Do you think I could tell them that I am too sick to go to the hospital?
They'll tell you. Hope you get rid of this bug, whatever it is, so you can get the surgery over with. But if you're still feeling sick tomorrow, I bet they'll want to postpone the procedure.
I'll send good thoughts your way, TCB.
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Sir Ian was the Master Toymaker on the BABES IN TOYLAND recording. He's kind, funny, generous, all-round mensch. Do I get more respect now?
Yeah, but do you know Dakota James?
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Evening folks!
Where did the weekend go? It seems like I just got home!
Just wanted to stop by to wish Dear TCB the very best vibes for his surgery tomorrow. We all know the power of HHW vibes and they will certainly be around you tomororw.
I may not be on the net tomorrow morning. I took Bonnie to the Dealership yesterday thinking I would finely get that back panel replaced. They called on Friday and said it had come in and was painted.
As it turns out, I can't have the work done on a weekend, it has to be on a weekday. That's not what I was told so I was not a very happy camper.
Sooo I have to drive to the Church bus stop tomorrow and catch the bus from there so when I come home, I can get off at the church and (I Hope) make it to the dealership before it closes at six so I can drop Bonnie off and have someone drive me home.
Then on Tuesday, I have to walk down to the local bus stop to go to work and get off at the church and call the dealership to have someone waiting for me to pick me up so I can get Bonnie back and drive home. Whew!
I don't think I shall take the laptop with me. I don't want to have a lot to carry just in case things don't work out.
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Thanks to all for the vibage. I not only appreciate it, I think it's helped lift my spirits through the day.
I took a break to write my father about what's happened. I can hear my stepmother now - "Everything happens to him!" What can I say, I have an interesting life.
Time to get dinner on the table.
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Oh, DR S. Woody White! I just read about what happened to you and DerB! Yikes!
Vibes to you both as well! I'm so sorry that happened.
Well, I have to run. Got things to do before I go to bed. Again I say, "Where did the weekend go?"
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Oh, one more thing before I go. Vixmom--I made the DVD and it should be in the mail tomorrow. I missed going to the post office so I'm just going to put about 3 stamps on it and that should be enough to get it you.
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one hour until MR BK's show!
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I don't care that you know Gandalf, you know Ian McKellen, one of the finest actors of our generation!!! OMG! I kiss your ring Mr. Moore.
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I'm watching 10.5 Apocalypse, but I have no idea why
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Wishing broken legs to BK's cast. I'm sure it will go well.
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Vibes to TCB for health and wellness.
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Vibes to DR Jennifer for pain relief.
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I read The Time Traveler's Wife. It was really different, but I liked it. Another great chronologically different book is The Confessions of Max Tivoli
I will have to check out the other book.
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I see DR Maria already mentioned LaQuinta. So, I guess I second that opinion
THanks for the clarification... I sent a note to the newspaper and they told me that I did not know what I was talking about..
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Do I get more respect now?
DR Elmore - :-*
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I'm watching 10.5 Apocalypse, but I have no idea why
We gave up after half an hour.
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We gave up after half an hour.
That would have been the wise thing to do, but I've left it on while I play oin the internet.
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I'm watching 10.5 Apocalypse, but I have no idea why
Did you lose a bet?
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Did you lose a bet?
LOL, no, but I'm still watching it. Now it's a challenge to see if I can make it to the end. ;D
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Enjoyed the end of WAR AND PEACE, and I remembered that I had seen that part of the film. It was the middle sections I hadn't remembered seeing before.
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I reread sections of one of the Audrey Hepburn biographies and saw that at that stage of her career, she tried to get her husband (Mel Ferrer) jobs along with her so they wouldn't be separated. In certain roles he could be effective, but he was so cold and charmless as an actor. Worked for his character in LILI but not so much in WAR AND PEACE.
Fonda was OK for the pacifist. Vittorio Gassman was certainly charismatic in this, and I didn't remember Jeremy Brett looking so dashing and youthfully handsome. A knockout!
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COLD CASE had a case that was only one year old, quite a switch from their usual routine.
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It also has now introduced a new love interest for Lily Rush on the show: Kenneth Johnson, and I'm glad for him since his character was killed off on THE SHIELD this season.
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES had another gloom and doom installment tonight. This wasn't a cliffhanger; this was a morgue.
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I forgot to mention that after I finished WAR AND PEACE, I put in THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
I've been wanting to revisit the Fox soap opera for weeks now and finally got some time to start watching it again. I got about 45 minutes in and am enjoying it all over again.
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I'm going to head for bed now. I barely got six hours of sleep last night, and I'm hoping for more tonight.
Have a good night!
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Vixmom -- You are such a sweetie.
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Vixmom -- You are such a sweetie.
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~~~~Vibes for a Speedy Recovery~~~
after all you have a wedding to dance at soon enough!!!
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DR Elmore - You know Gandalf? DH Richard and DS Rob will be so-o-o-o impressed!
Oh yeah? Well I know Larry Moore!!!
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The Vixter's skits and songs night was fun. Her Youth Group divides into two teams in March and they compete in "The Olympics" for the next 8 weeks or so, culminating inthe Skits and Songs night to which anyone who wishes to attend is invited.
Each team must create a Team Banner, they compete in activities from track & field, 50 yard dash, broad jump, etc, softball, bowling to domino stacking, puzzle making and spellin bee and musical chairs....
On the last night each team presents their banner, and original song (well they are allowed to just write their own lyrics to a known tune) and an original skit... It is silly nonsense and lots of fun.
The Vixter played the part of a spoiled princess who gets kidnapped... she had a ball, dressed in her golden gown, golden slippers and rhinestone tiara she was flung over the shoulder of a high school boy ( the parents of whom I've been close friends with since we were 15,) and then he ran off the stage through the audience while she pounded on his back (gently) with her fists and screamed for help. She was a big hit and everyone loved it. To cap it off the Vixter's team won. A good night all around.
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That would have been the wise thing to do, but I've left it on while I play oin the internet.
I watched 20 minutes and then popped in Roots and did some writing
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Well it is quite late and morning will be here soon. I guess I shall have to wait for the morrow to hear how bk's night fared since I must to work in the morning.
Good night all
and an extra dose of
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for the well loved TCB
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i am glad to hear that Vixter's skits were a hit!!!
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Back, but haven't eaten one thing today, so I'm going out to eat right this very minute. I will say that we got through it pretty well, with the exception of two actors who just don't have the ability to look at their scripts and say the lines and lyrics as they are written - everyone else did very well and I'll have a full report for you shortly.