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Well, you've read the notes, you haven't googled the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're MOOgling right now.
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And the word of the day is: MORDACIOUS!
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Many thanks from Derek's family and friends for your thought everyone.
I've been more than a little pre-occupied with my own thoughts this week. It would have been my Mother's birthday today.
Knowing that "no-one is alone" is a great comfort.
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The best of healing and comforting vibes to all those in need. Magnus & Fosca send special comfort to Angel and her family.
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A Party was held in honour of Derek. Cake was enjoyed. Derek would have asked for Cream with his slice!
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Most interesting find on the internet: Glen MacDonough's 1904 novelization of BABES IN TOYLAND, which I never knew existed.
Most embarassing: wait for the bio.
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And the word of the day is: MORDACIOUS!
Lenny, the artist, was known for letting his emotions rule in his masterpieces. For example, when he was in a MORDACIOUS mood, he composed a DOUR MOSAIC about ICARUS' DOOM.
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"G" mornin', Elmore!
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I'm not much of a Google-er. When I google, I'm usually looking for a website for a particular company, product, store, or such.
I'm much more likely to use Wikipedia for my more ordinary researches. Yeah, I know they're not always accurate, but the hyperlinks let me go off on tangents like crazy.
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"G" mornin', Elmore!
Hey, Woody!
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good morning all
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I was looking for a happy birthday logo to post on a friends myspace site and I saw one that looked interesting. I clicked on it and it took me to a "white power" website. That's never happened to me before.
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The most interesting thing I found while googling is this here site.
Most "embarrassing" thing I've found while googling is that a legal action I had brought against a former employer oh so many years ago was for a while right there in a write-up on a google-able website. It doesn't seem to be there at this point, though.
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Good monring all
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I google a lot and it is very addictive. At times Paul has to call me and say "STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER....."
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I've found all sorts of interesting things. Of course there was the initial surprise at the number of people who share my first and last names. I've always wondered if anyone who has googled me (and I know of at least one old friend who found me that way recently) thinks I am a dog trainer, a midwife, was in the movie KIDS or was President of the Black Law Students Association at Columbia. None of those are true.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... because I had to move my car. And in a little over an hour, I shall be moving it back.
However, I did want to get up "early", so that was all part of the plan.
;)
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As for Google-ing... I will occasionally get on a Google jag, and just start Google-ing away. My name. My brothers name. Classmates from high school. Classmates from college. Song titles. Book titles. Etc., etc., etc.
And I'm just amazed the speed of the searches and the number of results. We've come a long way from microfiche and a pencil and paper.
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Most interesting I've found... That there is at least one more person with mine - and my father's name in Arlington, VA, which is where I grew up. And that neither of my parents had met him, nor his family. And our family name is not exactly a common one in the Philippines either.
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Ohhhh.... The latest "auf'd one" from "Project Runway" will be on during the last half hour of "The Today Show"... Now this should be interesting.
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Thursday morning greetings! I'm working just half a day today, 9am-1pm, then going home to get ready for my book group to meet at our house tonight. Upon DH Richard's recommendation, we've read Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night, and he will join us to keep the ladies from doing to me what someone did (in effigy)to a character in the book.
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Thursday morning greetings! I'm working just half a day today, 9am-1pm, then going home to get ready for my book group to meet at our house tonight. Upon DH Richard's recommendation, we've read Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night, and he will join us to keep the ladies from doing to me what someone did (in effigy)to a character in the book.
Hmm... So what kind of "theme"-cookies did you make for this gathering?
;)
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Ohhhh.... The latest "auf'd one" from "Project Runway" will be on during the last half hour of "The Today Show"... Now this should be interesting.
Jose, Thanks for the tip about seeing the show again. I'll check I-Tunes and the Project Runway website. I know you can watch the BB episodes online free - jsut not the 24-7 cams
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OH!... And they just announced that the rebroadcast of "Project Runway" will take place on Monday night at 8:00(EST) on the parent network, NBC. -Now, that's interesting too.
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"Barney Google, with the goog-goog-googly eyes, Barney Google had a wife three times his size, She sued Barney for divorce, Now he's living with his horse, Oh, Barney Google with the goog-goog-googly eyes!" Sorry, today's topic set me remininscing on local Cincinnati area TV Host Bob Shreve, from my childhood, who used to sing that song while he presented Popeye cartoons and Three Stooges shorts (how he got the three stooges' underwear I'll never know). He was most famous for hosting Shoenling All-Nite Theatre on Saturday nights, brought to you by Shoenling Beer, which showed grade-Z movies, usually starring someone like Rondo Hatton. He had a great cast of characters...there was Chickie, a rubber chicken. He used to hold Chickie up and say, "Do you want to see Chickie a little longer?" At which point, he'd stretch Chickie out as far as he could. There was a spider on a cord that used to swing into camera range called Spidel. And whenever he got a letter from someone from Northern Ohio or down in Kentucky, he would hold up a ratty fox fur and say, "And, yes, Friends, that is a fur piece from Cincinnati."
Bob, was a card, he was! Perhaps my fellow Ohioans, elmore and Ginny recall him.
I believe Barney Google used to be a fixture in the Snuffy Smith comic in the daily paper. In fact, I believe it used to be called "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith". and, yes, Barney did have goog-goog-googly eyes.
I googled my way to this site. I love all the BBC links I've googled and subsequently bookmarked. Also oldies station WMKV...and we're talking Oldies...big band and the classic American songbook. I love all my googled British theatre sites that keep me abreast of the scene over in the London Theatres. ABE is the most useful site I've ever googled. I sometimes google myself just to see if there's anything new about me floating out there.
Worst thing is having googled stuff that has occasionally corrupted my computer, like taking over my home-page. That costs time and money to fix.
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The song I had in my head this morning was the song about the Nash Rambler and the Cadillac "Now they're doing 120 it certainly was a race, for a Rambler to pass a Cadillac would be a big disgrace. Beep, beep. Beep, beep. His horn went beep beep beep"
I have no idea why I was thinking about that one
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I googled my way to this site, too
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Hmm... So what kind of "theme"-cookies did you make for this gathering?
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LOL, DR Jose! In the book, the ladies of imaginary Shrewsbury College (Oxford) often gather for sherry and biscuits (cookies). Yesterday I stopped at Dorothy Lane Market (http://www.dorothylane.com) and bought 2 bottles of sweet sherry, 2 of dry, and an assortment of biscuits - Walker's shortbread, etc. I will try to find a photo of my favorite find.
BTW, if you ever get to the SW Ohio, Dorothy Lane Market is one of the places I'd like you to see. The other is Jungle Jim's (http://www.junglejims.com).
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Most interesting Google experience: loaded question, bk, and YOU know the answer!
Then there was the time I was trying to find out if that shop in Key West with the cute cat t-shirts was still around. It was called the Cat House. OOOOOPPSS!!!!
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TOD - We reference librarians (aka, information waitresses), use Google all the time. Just now, I used it to find:
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...and:
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Now I want a little lemon lady.
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Thanks for the vibes from everyone yesterday, they will be needed as Tuesday approaches.
I think I played Mordacious in a production of CAMELOT!
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No DR RODZINSKI, Molly doesn't own the bookstore, but she was there that night.
Yes, DRJOSE - we Virgo's are experiencing some difficulties along with EVERYONE ELSE because Mercury is in retrograde until July 28 - but then things will settle down.
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I think we are going to have a storm today with MUCH cooler temps for our audience tonight. HURRAY!!!!!
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Rodzinski is home again from school today.
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That means he can help with the laundry!
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Good morning!
We did finally get a thunderstorm with rain last night, but the heavy downpour only lasted about ten minutes, and then it was hot all over again.
This morning, I couldn't tell it had even rained at all. My yard looks a tiny bit less brown, but that's all.
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I guess I googled to come to this site, but I can't remember now. Has it been THAT long ago? Probably not. Just senility creeping ever so steadily into my life.
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I did get ON BORROWED TIME on the DVR yesterday, but I doubt I will get it watched/dubbed today. Probably Friday.
Today, I am planning to get to MOON OVER MIAMI for sure on DVD. I will probably revisit a previously watched DVD as well. And maybe another episode of THE WILD WILD WEST.
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Now I want a little lemon lady.
Well, DR JRand, just read a 500-page mystery novel and drive a couple of hours....
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But in about 15 minutes, I'll be leaving to get ready to go to my friend's pool for a couple of hours of sun and swimming. Jeff and his boy friend Bob are also going to be there, and it should be a fun time. Bob saw THE DROWSY CHAPARONE last month in NYC and loved it.
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Does anyone remember Peter Lemongello?
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I have googled many, many times in search of people I have wanted to interview....that is how I found Sara Shane in Australia and Jeffrey Stone (who I thought was dead!) in Malaysia (both interviews to be published soon, by the way).
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Ginny, those cookies are adorable! I must have some as well!
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Big, gigantic vibes to Angel! I hope she is better today!
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DR JoseP, thanks for checking out the DVD....LAND OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE aka Jajantaram Mamantaram ...I found some copies of it on Ebay for cheap so I do believe I will order a copy.
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DR MBarnum, I thought about you without air conditioning last night. I hope you got through the heat OK.
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Off to get ready for the pool.
WBBL.
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DR MBarnum, I thought about you without air conditioning last night. I hope you got through the heat OK.
Fortunately the heat hasn't begun yet....it has been in the low 80s for many days now, which is just perfect....but, beginning today it will be in the high 90s and the Saturday it will be in the 100s...so I will get to join all the rest of you for the HOT times!!
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Good Morning! once again...
Well, the car is moved back, and I went ahead and cooked up some eggs accompanied by the rest of the hash-brown casserole, and some toast with strawberry preserves. Not the healthiest of breakfasts, but not the un-healthiest of breakfasts either. Very tasty.
-And since the temps outside still seem to be on the cool side, I've gone ahead and opened the doors to the back patio. Hopefully, the flying critters will stay outside.
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WOW!
They just ran a public service announcement from the New Jersey DMV concerning watching out for motorcycle riders while driving in your car... Quite a shocking way to get their point across.
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...Shattering glass was involved. :-\
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No DR RODZINSKI, Molly doesn't own the bookstore, but she was there that night.
Yes, DRJOSE - we Virgo's are experiencing some difficulties along with EVERYONE ELSE because Mercury is in retrograde until July 28 - but then things will settle down.
Whew! So it wasn't all just me then. ;)
And the 28th you say... Just in time for my Dear Edwina performances next weekend.
:)
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Is anyone familiar with this singer?
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I heard him on the radio yesterday whilst driving around and I really liked his voice...he has a Samba album out with a lot of cool songs that Astrud Gilberto did back in the 60s...I may have to get it.
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After I logged off here last night I also watched So you think you can dance. But i'm disappointed. I missed the 2nd hour. It was on here from 7pm-9pm. But i was taping something else at 8pm. I thought i would catch the second hour when it was on Fox. But my tv schedule said 9-11pm. BUt it must have been 8-10pm. :(
The only dance that i really wish i had seen (from the recap) was heidi and partners contemporary. I really like her a lot.
I'm curious how benji did at hip hop.
I think my favorite girls are allison and heidi. ANd my fav guy is benji. I also do like donielle, but her solo hip hop routine sort of freaked me out. I had no idea that was her speciality.
I did not like her with dimitri (do not like dimitri period actually). I loved her with benji.
I just checked the fox website and don't see a rebroadcast. Although hopefully they will show some of the routines on tonight's show. Does anyone know if it's possible to watch the routines online?
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Is anyone familiar with this singer?
I heard him on the radio yesterday whilst driving around and I really liked his voice...he has a Samba album out with a lot of cool songs that Astrud Gilberto did back in the 60s...I may have to get it.
YES!
He's the son of Bucky Pizzarelli - another jazz great - and the husband of Jessica Molaskey, who, besides recording a few times for BK (I believe), also has a couple of great jazz-inflected albums out herself.
I have yet to get his new samba album, but I do have a couple of his previous albums and I like them all. He started off as a guitar player, if I'm remembering correctly, and eventually got into the crooning game. On most of his albums, his wife is usually featured in a duet - and vice versa. He did a Beatles album a couple of years which I find quite enjoyable, although some purists had quibbles.
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And here are the links to each of their respective websites:
http://www.johnpizzarelli.com
http://www.jessicamolaskey.com
*Jessica has had quite a career on and off-Broadway. It appears that she's concentrating more on her jazz and concert career lately, but I would love to hear her belting it out again on stage sooner rather than later.
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DR MBarnum, I thought about you without air conditioning last night. I hope you got through the heat OK.
DR MBarnum, keep your underwear in the refrigerator.
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Is anyone familiar with this singer?
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002X3X.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65985774_.jpg)
I heard him on the radio yesterday whilst driving around and I really liked his voice...he has a Samba album out with a lot of cool songs that Astrud Gilberto did back in the 60s...I may have to get it.
I know him. I've worked on a couple of albums with him and his wonderful wife.
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I've heard through the grapevine that:
It's hot as hell in Ark-a-del-phia!
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Ooh! Ooh!
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What?!? What?!?
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Page 3!
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I'm up, I'm up. Jessica Molaskey has never recorded for me, but she did do Mr. Skip Kennon's show Time and Again in San Diego and she was terrific. She WAS married to Mr. Adam Heller and I DID have dinner with the two of them at the home of Mr. Sal Viviano and his ever-lovin' Liz Larsen (currently playing Miss Adelaide to Mr. Jason Graae's Nathan) and I DID record Mr. Heller who was in Merrily We Roll Along at the York.
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I'm up, I'm up. Jessica Molaskey has never recorded for me, but she did do Mr. Skip Kennon's show Time and Again in San Diego and she was terrific. She WAS married to Mr. Adam Heller and I DID have dinner with the two of them at the home of Mr. Sal Viviano and his ever-lovin' Liz Larsen (currently playing Miss Adelaide to Mr. Jason Graae's Nathan) and I DID record Mr. Heller who was in Merrily We Roll Along at the York.
I stand corrected and clarified.
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It's hot and muggy. I have errands to run today, nothing too exciting.
Right now Rodzinski is attempting to watch Battlefield Earth.
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More TOD: One of my favorite parts of Google is their
Archive of Holiday Logos (http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.html)
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MattH, please go over to the Home Theater Forum and put those incredibly ignorant idiots out of their incredibly ignorant misery, will you? You should see these people going on about Flower Drum Song. As you all know, I gave the scoop, the FIRST scoop that it was coming to DVD as a Special Edition. It was finally confirmed by some website, but with incorrect specs and no mention of extras. That, of course, becomes gospel and everyone starts bitching and moaning about 2.0 sound and no extras (loudest of all, the complete fool, Joecaps - Joe Caporiccio). All they have to do is google my original announcement here and elsewhere - there's a commentary track, interviews (presumbly within documentaries), and more. The sound is 5.1 not 2.0 (of course, then they complain that there's no 4.0 track - these studios cannot win). They believe whatever any website posts, even though the websites usually get erroneous information and these complainers are proved wrong time and time again - and they NEVER EVER apologize for it. And that's what I HATE HATE HATE (that is three HATES) about the Internet - these complete dweebs who think they have a clew about all this stuff because they own a DVD player. They're critics, they're pundits, they know it all! Only, they don't, Blanche, they don't.
End of rant.
I'm going to have to jog later this afternoon on account of I just had a visitor pick up a Deceit DVD and I have to go to my haircut shortly. So, it will be a late afternoon jog, which I really don't enjoy as much.
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I stand corrected and clarified.
Thus, you are drawn and ready for the lobsters!
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DR Jose, I will check out the John P's Beatles album, also.
I am usually not that fond of jazz singers...particularly current jazz singers, but this guy seems to do a nice, low key job of it and makes it more about the song then about him...which I like.
Did that make sense?
Oh, and the Samba album he did was with George Shearing, who is one of my favorite band leaders of the 50s!
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TOD: I've found some old acquaintances by Googling.
I've had some ugly internet experiences at rec.music.movies....I encountered a couple of horrid, subhuman entities there....their names I dare not mention lest they sully this here forum.
[Shudder]
On the more pleasant side, though, my posting at rec.music.movies led me here....yes, it did. I was being viciously attacked by one of those subhuman entities for daring to have "views" on the Oscar show one year...and was accused -- in a long line of negative accusations -- of being a homophobe because I dared suggest surprise at learning someone I'd presumed was gay actually had a wife and children. Go figure.
At any rate, BK, himself, entered the fray and suggested I bring my observations here to his (then-rather-new) forum. I did, and here I sit.
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JRand55, a nice package is on it's way to you as I type this.
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JRand55, a nice package is on it's way to you as I type this.
JRand...take this literally...I don't think MBarnum is enroute as he types.
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DR MBarnum - Yes, that made sense.
John Pizzarelli is very much "old school". You actually hear the melodies of the songs when he's singing.
*And I really do highly recommend and of the three albums by his wife, Jessica Molaskey. Worth checking out the sounds clips of her.
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Hmmm... Better make sure you serve these right side up on the plate.
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I shall now be on my way to get my haircut.
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I've had some ugly internet experiences at rec.music.movies....I encountered a couple of horrid, subhuman entities there....their names I dare not mention lest they sully this here forum.
[Shudder]
DR Ron, we both experienced the same on rec.arts.theatre.musicals with a detestable bastard who I also will not name. That was my worst dealing on the 'net--I have to confess that I often stooped to the detestable bastard's level and became someone I did not like being. I walked away from that newsgroup last fall and haven't even lurked since.
On the bright side, googling the name of the detestable bastard led me to this site, where a number of other people were commenting how much of a detestable bastard the detestable bastard was. I instantly knew I had found a group of brilliant people.
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Hello all! Just got done in the work out room, good times! Today, I'm going to attempt to make a chocolate tart with an amartetti cookie crust dotted with fresh raspberry's to take to the theatre this eve. I'm nervous about the crust. I'm off to the shower and then to attempt the tart. Looking forward to bonding with the accordion again this evening.
If anyone has any interesting "facts" or "anecdotes" or whatever about Miss Saigon, I'd love to hear them. I'm trying to come up with "A Miss Saigon Fact of the Day" when we begin rehearsals on July 31. Anything would be awesome.
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I've been incredibly busy with a huge project here at the office the past few days. So busy, in fact, that I've been working on it at home at night, so I haven't been able to do much more than lurk at this here website. In any case...
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If a motorist who is covered by Geico insurance should ever run into me again...then please shoot me.
That is all.
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but seriously folks...I am going to start an "I Hate Geico" website...they are the most unprofessional group of people I have ever, ever dealt with in my life...I get better customer service at the local 7-11...would you believe that the guy who is supposed to write me the settlement check cannot, because his checks were stolen out of his car! And nobody else in Geico's Salem office can write such a check! I would have to drive to North East Portland to get someone else to write me a check!
On top of the fact that I can never get the claims udjuster to ever return my calls...and and other general incompetence...I am at my wits end...it also is making me a very grumpy boy, which is something I am not, normally.
Oy.
Now, that is all!
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Hmmm...
DR MBarnum - It sounds to me like you need to place a call to GEICO's main number - 1-800-841-3000 - and speak to a supervisor. I've been with GEICO since I started driving, and I've never had anywhere near as bad experience dealing with them as you have had. It really does seem most unseemly to me.
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Hehe.. I just realized that "GEICO" could be the "G"-Word for DR MBarnum.
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Good Afternoon!
Well.. It's time for me to head out for a bit... I'll be back...
Laters...
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but seriously folks...I am going to start an "I Hate Geico" website...they are the most unprofessional group of people I have ever, ever dealt with in my life...I get better customer service at the local 7-11...would you believe that the guy who is supposed to write me the settlement check cannot, because his checks were stolen out of his car! And nobody else in Geico's Salem office can write such a check! I would have to drive to North East Portland to get someone else to write me a check!
On top of the fact that I can never get the claims udjuster to ever return my calls...and and other general incompetence...I am at my wits end...it also is making me a very grumpy boy, which is something I am not, normally.
Oy.
Now, that is all!
I think you have sufficient grounds for reporting this to a state official. GEICO must adhere to certain rules/guidelines to conduct business in California, so it stands to reason (??) that would also be true in your state. Start with the Better Business Bureau in your city and find out what they recommend you do.
Those bastards shouldn't be allowed to get away with their incompetence.
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Good golly gee!
Gosha'mighty!
GreatCaesar'sGhost!
G'arn!
Gollum
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Hmmm...
DR MBarnum - It sounds to me like you need to place a call to GEICO's main number - 1-800-841-3000 - and speak to a supervisor. I've been with GEICO since I started driving, and I've never had anywhere near as bad experience dealing with them as you have had. It really does seem most unseemly to me.
And they might be perfectly wonderful if you are one of their customers...but since I have a claim against them...maybe they aren't so nice.
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MBarnum: concur on Geico. And I WAS one of their customers. Very unprofessional all around was my experience. Maybe it varies from one office to another. Mine was on the East Coast.
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And I, for one, find that little lizard a bit smarmy in the Geico commercials.
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And I, for one, find that little lizard a bit smarmy in the Geico commercials.
Yessirreebob! That smarmy accent is crappy, too. Since when did the Liverpudlian accent became "da thing"?
It makes my teeth hurt just listening to it!
Next worse thing nowadays: That goshawful Ford truck commercial featuring Taylor "Gonad-Squeezing-Squatter" Hicks who "knows what he wants...knows what he needs'.
I need to fwow up!
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Ooh! Ooh!!
(That's 'cause it's page 4, Jose)
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Tart is in the fridge setting. The pastry chef gave it a once over when he returned from work and said it looked fine. We'll see what the Fiddler pit thinks.
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Had an enjoyable time at the pool. The sun was blazing hot, but because there are large trees all around the pool, it wasn't beaming down directly on us, so the air was hot but we weren't frying. And the water was very refreshing. I stayed about 2 1/2 hours.
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One of the movies we talked about at the pool was THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, so when I got home, I put that on to watch. Jeff's boy friend Bob was especially enamored of the dance number accompanying "He's My Friend." I remembered it was lively, but I didn't remember the steps being so intricate for Debbie Reynolds and her brothers, so I watched it a couple of times. Wow, it really was some expert hoofing going on there.
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We also discussed, among other movies, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, LITTLE WOMEN (June Allyson version), JEFFREY, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, and the Margaret O'Brian version of THE SECRET GARDEN.He seemed amazed that I had all of these movies here.
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After I finished my selective watching of MOLLY BROWN, I put in another CSI episode as I prepared and ate lunch. This was the one featuring Steve Lawrence as a Las Vegas oddsmaker. A very sad second story involved a convention for overweight women.
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And I ended the afternoon with another episode of THE WILD WILD WEST, this one with Martin Landau as the guest star playing an insane general organizing his own super military unit.
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Oh, that awful Joe Caps - "the Voice of Authority." When threads deal with musicals, particularly those of Rodgers and Hammerstein, he sets himself up always as the all-knowing seer. Ugh!
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Yessirreebob! That smarmy accent is crappy, too. Since when did the Liverpudlian accent became "da thing"?
It makes my teeth hurt just listening to it!
Next worse thing nowadays: That goshawful Ford truck commercial featuring Taylor "Gonad-Squeezing-Squatter" Hicks who "knows what he wants...knows what he needs'.
I need to fwow up!
I think the Geico lizard is supposed to be Australian. Either way, I dislike him.
I also am sick and tired of Taylor Hicks shaking his finger at me through the television screen.
And while we are ranting, I'm also fed up with those sullen, glum people who complain about the backs of their legs sticking to the pleather in the Dunkin' Donuts ads. Not only annoying, but they are still sullen and glum after drinking their refreshing Coolattas.
However, I do get a kick out of the chauffeur mom when she and her kid shout "Karateeeeeeeee!"
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I come home at two in the afternoon and I'm the ONLY ONE IN THE JERNT? Is this what we've come to? What a revoltin' development this is. July. Blechhh. And a hearty bitch-slap to everyone who is errant and truant.
Ron, you do know that rec.music.movies is alive and well and the playground of the people you don't want to mention? They've been joined by the two or three idiots that I seem to take on on the FSM board, and it seems their sole purpose in life is to bash me. Over and over. I responded once, and then left because you cannot win with infants who have no morals, no brains, and no humanity. They are the worst form of people and as far as I'm concerned they can drown in their own mediocrity.
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Had a nice haircut courtesy of Teddy, had a nice meeting at LACC, and now I'm trying to work up the energy to jog.
Am having dinner with Miss Heather MacRae this very evening.
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The sample 30 degree reverse bevel satin nickel hinges fit -- so the rest have been ordered. Then I'll be able to finish finishing the cabinets. Today I removed the kitchen wallpaper.
I'm sure you are all thrilled.
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Right now Rodzinski is attempting to watch Battlefield Earth.
Why? :P
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And I keep thinking that JT is going to play Edna!
NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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Good Afternoon!
Greetings from a surprisingly cool Uptown/West Harlem. Guess it must be the coming rains that are cooling down the air. No complaints. At least not yet.
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And I keep thinking that JT is going to play Edna!
NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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I know! It is such a revoltin' developemnt (a Jimmy Durante reference).
He is one of my least favorite actors. Have never really understood his appeal.
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Hmm.. As for GEICO...
Well, they are based out of the DC-area, so maybe being close to the home office has helped me (at least). And their big call center is in Fredericksburg, VA, so I'm guessing the legendary Virginia Hospitality also kicks in too. -Want a pineapple? ;)
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MattH, those people are DYING to know if there are extras - go tell them!
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Why? :P
Maybe as a companion piece to last night's rebroadcast of the Tome Cruise/Scientology "South Park" episode - ???
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It's exciting reading about that upcoming special edition of FORBIDDEN PLANET. As one of my all-time favorite movies (and one I remember vividly seeing at the movies as a kid, and apart from Disney films, I remember only a very few live action movies as a young tyke), a new edition of this will be most welcome.
If Warners releases an HD-DVD of this at the time of the standard DVD releases (and it was announced long ago as being available in HD but not recently), it would probably be this film that would make me buy an HD-DVD player.
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Now, time to clean my bedroom and then back to the TV for some entertainment tonight.
WBBL.
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Ran my errands, had a late lunch/early dinner with Rodzinski and am now back at home relaxing with the kitties.
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Who is Taylor Hicks?
I do love that little traveling gnome on those funny Travelocity commercials...but my friends seem to dislike him.. a lot.
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Who is Taylor Hicks?
I do love that little traveling gnome on those funny Travelocity commercials...but my friends seem to dislike him.. a lot.
Taylor Hicks is "Your American Idol".
;D
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Maybe as a companion piece to last night's rebroadcast of the Tome Cruise/Scientology "South Park" episode - ???
Okay, that was hysterical..."Battlefield Earth" is just plain bad.
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Does anyone else think MattH is ignoring me? :-)
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DR MBarnum - Yes, that made sense.
John Pizzarelli is very much "old school". You actually hear the melodies of the songs when he's singing.
*And I really do highly recommend and of the three albums by his wife, Jessica Molaskey. Worth checking out the sounds clips of her.
I have one CD by each of them and they're both (the people and the CDs) are quite good. I first heard of her on the cast recording to Songs for a New World and loved her and the recording.
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Oh, good, he posted over at the HTF. Don't want those "people" to have an apoplectic fit.
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I'm going to take a Jacuzzi shortly, because my aching muscles need relaxing.
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I googled my way to this site, too
Funny, you googled and Matt-googled to this site!
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WEare googling right along to page 5!!!
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but seriously folks...I am going to start an "I Hate Geico" website...they are the most unprofessional group of people I have ever, ever dealt with in my life...I get better customer service at the local 7-11...would you believe that the guy who is supposed to write me the settlement check cannot, because his checks were stolen out of his car! And nobody else in Geico's Salem office can write such a check! I would have to drive to North East Portland to get someone else to write me a check!
On top of the fact that I can never get the claims udjuster to ever return my calls...and and other general incompetence...I am at my wits end...it also is making me a very grumpy boy, which is something I am not, normally.
Oy.
Now, that is all!
MBarnum, you are not the first person I have heard that from. FArmer's Union is not much better. FArmers is just as bad
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Had a nice haircut courtesy of Teddy, had a nice meeting at LACC, and now I'm trying to work up the energy to jog.
Am having dinner with Miss Heather MacRae this very evening.
BTW Bruce, my freind DAwn posted a notice about Kevin's appearance on Soaptown in the LACC cabaret series.
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The sample 30 degree reverse bevel satin nickel hinges fit -- so the rest have been ordered. Then I'll be able to finish finishing the cabinets. Today I removed the kitchen wallpaper.
I'm sure you are all thrilled.
Are you painting or rewallpapering?
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If a motorist who is covered by Geico insurance should ever run into me again...then please shoot me.
That is all.
I wonder if the two of us could have a battle of tacky insurance companies.
UP here it is FArmer's Union and Farmer's that are incredibly annoying and downright sexist!
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And I, for one, find that little lizard a bit smarmy in the Geico commercials.
I jsut want to go:
HERE KITTY, KITTY
COME AND GET HIM!!!
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Oh, good, he posted over at the HTF. Don't want those "people" to have an apoplectic fit.
Shakes head...
Almost as entertaining as watching Dee Hall fans when Dee was benched... I wish it was permanent..... Prefer her being canned over Matt any day.
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That felt GREAT. First of all, it's not nearly as hot today as it's been.
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The tart has been finished. Decoratetd with fresh raspberries and powdered sugar on a black platter. Tomorrow I'll post a picture. Finished up the raspberries in a smoothie with ice, skim milk and splenda, not bad for a hot day refreshing drink.
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I've found all sorts of interesting things. Of course there was the initial surprise at the number of people who share my first and last names. I've always wondered if anyone who has googled me (and I know of at least one old friend who found me that way recently) thinks I am a dog trainer, a midwife, was in the movie KIDS or was President of the Black Law Students Association at Columbia. None of those are true.
None of them???
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That is the last time I read BK's notes before I go to work in the morning! All day long, I had the song "Wayward Wind" running through my mind; and the worst part was that I had no idea why.
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Does anyone remember Peter Lemongello?
We had a client (many years ago) who named her two children Lemonjello and Orangejello. They were twins, don't ya know.
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So far this is the best day of the week. I hope that is so for Angel too.
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I know him. I've worked on a couple of albums with him and his wonderful wife.
You sure know how to ruin a fantasy!
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The tart has been finished.
That's the title of my next novel.
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...I was being viciously attacked by one of those subhuman entities for daring to have "views" on the Oscar show one year...and was accused -- in a long line of negative accusations -- of being a homophobe because I dared suggest surprise at learning someone I'd presumed was gay actually had a wife and children. Go figure. ...
The person in question wasn't Rosie O'Donnell, was it?
::)
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Tart is in the fridge setting.
I hope she's wearing something warm around her shoulders.
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And I, for one, find that little lizard a bit smarmy in the Geico commercials.
Yeah! Anyone who would eat pie n' chips.
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One of the movies we talked about at the pool was THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, so when I got home, I put that on to watch. Jeff's boy friend Bob was especially enamored of the dance number accompanying "He's My Friend." I remembered it was lively, but I didn't remember the steps being so intricate for Debbie Reynolds and her brothers, so I watched it a couple of times. Wow, it really was some expert hoofing going on there.
Oh! The brothers danced, too?
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And I keep thinking that JT is going to play Edna!
NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
:(
With the same wig he wore in BE?
Well, maybe for the early scenes.
First, get a comb-out, then go with the hairspray!
::)
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I think Heather's either stuck in traffic or lost - she doesn't have a cell phone with her, so I'm concerned. I hope I gave her good directions, which I'm pretty certain I did. Well, she could always stop at a pay phone if there was trouble or she was lost.
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And I keep thinking that JT is going to play Edna!
NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
:(
I am not a big fan of John Revolta, but I think he might do well as Edna.
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Good Evening!
Well... I have to say I certainly do love that chicken from Popeye's... ;)
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...And now I'm just waiting for the "So You Think You Can Dance?" results show to come on...
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That's the title of my next novel.
True story.
When my mother was dying of cancer, one of her "friends" showed up at the hospital to express her condolences. She was more than a little pushy, grabbing onto my arm and sitting me down, insisting on knowing how my father was faring. Not my mother, my Dad. I'd heard of widows who latch onto newly widowed men before, but this was my first encounter with one, and Mom wasn't even in her body bag at this point.
Well, not too long after Mom let go, maybe a day or two, the friend showed up at the family front door, with an edible gift. It was a very gooey lemon confection. We thanked her, several times as she didn't take the hint to leave gracefully the first few times, but leave she finally did.
I think it was der Brucer who wondered aloud "Why lemon?"
I couldn't resist, and automatically replied "Tart."
(Dad actually dated her for a while, before she figured out that he didn't have a lot of money and found someone else who did.)
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BK - Is there any radio station or internet news site you could check to see if there are any major traffic back-ups? I'm sure Heather is fine, just running a bit late.
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I've decided the local Popeye's isn't worth the bother any more. The chicken is good enough, but if what you've ordered hasn't been made, the manager likes to pawn off what else she has on hand. And the sides are nowhere near what they've been at other shoppes in the chain.
I'm having to learn how to make good fried chicken on my own.
(Step one - learn how to chop up the chicken into it's parts. :o :o :o)
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We're very much on the same wavelength, TCB. I've been calling him John Revoltin' for years.
Remember that big hit film of his, Saturday Night Sleezer?
Or, the more simply titled film he did shortly after, Sleeze, co-starring Olivia Newton Bland?
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I just want to say if any of the recent three vampire musicals had a number half as entertaining as the opening of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, any of them might still be running.
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Good Evening!
Well... I have to say I certainly do love that chicken from Popeye's... ;)
Maybe I will have to try Popeye's a second time. The first time I tried it, I found it overpriced and underwhelming.
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Great movie I happened to catch today: BACK DOOR TO HELL, a 68-minute war movie directed by Monte Hellman and starring Jimmie "Honeycomb" Rodgers in a great non-actor-y performance alongside a very young and charming Jack Nicholson. Keep an eye out for this one on Fox Movie Channel.
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Popeye's is good stuff, but like a lot of fast-food chains, the locations can be hit and miss.
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I just want to say if any of the recent three vampire musicals had a number half as entertaining as the opening of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, any of them might still be running.
;D
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Popeye's is good stuff, but like a lot of fast-food chains, the locations can be hit and miss.
Agreed.
The location by me tends to be pretty consistently very good. And I've found that it's best to go when there's a little bit of line at the registers - means that the chicken is fresh(er).
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Maybe I will have to try Popeye's a second time. The first time I tried it, I found it overpriced and underwhelming.
...I do have to say, that their "Spicy" is not as spicy as it used to be. And I miss the Cajun Onion Rings too!
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Der Brucer wants his din-din.
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Thanks to so many of you for your continued good wishes for my sweet Angel. She seems to be about the same today. Unfortunately, starting tomorrow, the temperatures are supposed to soar into the high ninties.
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MORE VIBES TO TCB'S DEAR ANGEL~~~~~~~~~
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I am most tired. It was a long day at the prison and when I got home I had my beginning drawing class. I'm enjoying it, but next week is our last class, I wish we had a few more, at least. I think I'll take another drawing class in the fall - or maybe beginning something else. But I do like learning the basics and am losing my fear that I draw like I'm in kindergarten.
We were outside tonight drawing twigamore (see photo) someone just walking around came over and complemented me. It's silly, the drawing is fabulous or anything, but it isn't too bad. It really felt good to have someone say I can draw ;D
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Twigamore is made out of sticks, nothing keeping it together -it's just woven. It's been there almost a year now.
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Absoultely, Jose, the 125th Street Popeye's is the pinnacle of Popeye-ocity.
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Well, off to find something to eat. It's cool enough to open windows tonight Hoo and Ray
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Absoultely, Jose, the 125th Street Popeye's is the pinnacle of Popeye-ocity.
Well, I'm by the one on 145th... ;)
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...And the truly scary Popeye's is the one by Penn Station on 34th Street... Well, I'm sure there are others, but that's the one that comes to mind.
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SOOOOOOO.............
Here comes a RANT!!!!!
I just opened my latest Sprint bill for my cell phone... Well... It was almost $1200.00?!?!?!?! WHAT THE F---?!?!?!?!?!
So... I called Sprint - again - *Remember the issue I discovered last month, and I thought was on it's way to being resolved... Well... In short, there is still a problem. And Sprint's fraud department is still investigating the case. In fact, even though the "problem phone" on my account had been suspended the past couple of weeks, there were still phone calls - fraudulent, long distance ones to Santo Domingo - being made "by my phone" while the phone number was suspended. WHAT?!?!?! -Even the Sprint rep wasn't exactly sure how to answer that query. And then because the fraud department is still investigating my case, the billing department reversed the credit they had issued previously. It's apparently an automatic thing after ten days if no further action is taken. WHAT?!?!?!? So...
After being transferred to one department after another, the finance department went ahead and issued me another credit. We'll see how long this one sticks.
END OF RANT.
Whew! I feel better now. I think. :-\
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Well, I'm by the one on 145th... ;)
Oops, well. You have two good Popeye's in your vicinity, then. I did not know there was one that close to me!
The 34th St. one is pretty dire. Worse is the one on Lex and 20th or so.
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That phone issue sounds like utter madness.
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I watched some entertaining things tonight off DVD and TV. I started with another CSI episode from the Season 5 set. This one involved the murder of a young teen in his own bedroom.
A very bloated-looking Stephen Baldwin was the primary guest star.
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That phone issue sounds like utter madness.
And what I'm really worried about is just how "big" my final bill will be once they credit me properly for all the fraudulent phone calls. Right now, to make sure my cell phone service is not discontinued, they are crediting me the total of the current bill - my regular monthly charges and the fraudulent charges. And then once all the disputed charges are settled, well then... :-\
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THE OFFICE repeated a very funny episode about a bad smelling practical joke played onm boss Michael that drove him out of his office and into the main office room where he proceeded to annoy everyone with the greatest of ease.
The angst-ridden relationship between Jim and Pam: no matter how often I've seen the shows, it just tears me apart. That sense of longing and loss is visceral..
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GREY'S ANATOMY repeated the fourth episode from Season 1 (which, of course, was all new to me), a very poignant story of a beloved scrub nurse coming back to the hospital to die (among other storylines ongoing.) A very involving series.
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And then I finished out the evening with tonight's CSI episode. It was a repeat of the season premiere where we find out Warrick has married and Nick still has some residual revulsion from his being buried alive at the end of the previous season. It was a good way to start the season. But how mean of the writers to set us up to think Grisson was going to begin a relationship with the returning female detective knowing how the season eventually ended.
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Does anyone remember Peter Lemongello?
YES!!
The singer!!! He had all those late night TV ads for his record
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I'm heading off to bed as it has been a tiring day.
Good night!
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Hi, vixmom!
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Yeah! Anyone who would eat pie n' chips.
We loves the Geico lizard....and who wouldn't like free pie with chips?
The Vixdad loves a nice chicken or steak and mushroom pie with some chips and brown sauce
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Hello! I have missed you all.
Work has been running from 8 Am - 8 pM these days
then when I get home I am trying to get house stuff done that must be done -laundry dishes and the like
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Last night we watched AMC's Hustle. It had some Bollywood moments that made me think of dear MBarnum
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Funny, I have been thinking about Ozderek a lot these past few days, I didn't realize it was his birthday.
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Vibes to all who need them especially elmore and his dad, DakotaCelt and her dad, JRand, his friends and his sister, TCB and his Angel
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and that brought us to page 7!!!!!!
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I too, googled my way here... oddly it was by googling my own name!!!
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FJL thanks for the invite to your party we'll be there with bells on!!
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And with that little frenzy I bid you all a fond good night!!!
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And since I have rehearsal in the morning, I too must bid you adieu.
Goodnight.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely dinner with Miss Heather MacRae. What a great gal. We traded lots of war stories and had the best time. I'm really looking forward to her show.
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Love Popeye's but even here in LA they are VERY hit and miss. Happily I have a pretty good one about five minutes from me.
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Wow, and I was just going to say how fresh (the food) and lovely (the service) everything has been for me at the Popeye's on 34th between 7th and 8th. Maybe it's the time of day, but I've had good experiences there after 9 p.m. It's the Popeye's right near my office.
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FRESH AND LOVELY - that should be the name of something, anything!
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Uh oh - time for WUSSBURGERING.
FJL - Heather was very aware of The Last Starfighter - she had a friend in it.
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That is the last time I read BK's notes before I go to work in the morning! All day long, I had the song "Wayward Wind" running through my mind; and the worst part was that I had no idea why.
I wish I had that song in my head.... Thanks to a scene Matt had done on days back on 01, I every once in a while catch myself humming or whistling the largo from Bizet's carmen..
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Are you painting or rewallpapering?
Painting.
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The most interesting site i have come across was one that was for games called bored.com
On this site you could pop bubble wrap and other annoying sites....
the most disturbing site was one for a hate group... I was quite bothered by it.
Some of other disconcerting boards I have seen are fanboards for different movies and tv shows. Some of the soap ones are downright disturbing.
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The name of next novel: Backstage Door....
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...And the truly scary Popeye's is the one by Penn Station on 34th Street... Well, I'm sure there are others, but that's the one that comes to mind.
What does Popeye's serve? We dont have them in these parts...
Listening to Jimmy Kimmel and he is interviewing Brittany Murphy. Di2teach aka Di, had her has a student in New Jersey when she was younger.
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Painting.
Are you doing any faux-painting or marbling?
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Thanks for the vibes about my dad, it is going to be a journey..My emotions are every where but deep down I had afeeling it would come down to this due to a blood transfusion years ago. I am thankful for the years he has had.
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Contemplating watching Shakespeare in Love this weekend....
I hope to watch Midsummers' night's Dream.. One of my favorites....
Going to a movie tomorrow evening with some friends who are in town. Debating if we want to see Devil wears Prada or Prairie Home Companion.
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Uh oh - time for WUSSBURGERING.
Can I have cheese, please?
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I'm here...finally. ;)
I watched "America's Got Talent" and was not surprised by the two semi-finalist acts.
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Something I have always found a bit curious about shows like American Idol, Rockstar, etc, is that is is almost a take off of the show in the 1980s called Star Search. Odd how something come back around....
Anyone remember Solid Gold?
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Are you doing any faux-painting or marbling?
I thought I'd give it a try!
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Something I have always found a bit curious about shows like American Idol, Rockstar, etc, is that is is almost a take off of the show in the 1980s called Star Search. Odd how something come back around....
Anyone remember Solid Gold?
I LOVED Star Search! Rosie O'Donnel, Linda Eder and many others got their big break on that. But talent shows have been around for a long time. Nothing new there.
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DakotaCelt, does your dad live in your town?
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This morning my family went on vacation without me. So here I sit at home, all alone and lonely.
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Tomorrow I must go sit in the office while the printer guy installs the part he came to fix almost four weeks ago.
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I thought I'd give it a try!
Good luck, what colors are you considering?
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DakotaCelt, does your dad live in your town?
No, but I am taking a week off at the beginning of August and I will be going to visit. I will then be somewhat E&T....
Also some RNR!!
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This morning my family went on vacation without me. So here I sit at home, all alone and lonely.
Poor Laura, I send comforting thoughts....
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My mother has hidden all bottles of gingerale... My dad and I managed to blow up a bottle one day in the kitchen....
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A ginger ale sort of dance as we slip and slide into page 8
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Topic of the Day: ?? I've googled a lot in the last several years and have either found what I was looking for or didn't pay too much attention to what I found that wasn't what I was looking for...or I have a horrible memory. Guess which is really correct? ;)
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This morning my family went on vacation without me. So here I sit at home, all alone and lonely.
Enjoy it while it lasts! ;)
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Laura has us to chat with...
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And I feel like I'm going to fall asleep right now! But I won't. ;) I've been errant and truant from the late night for far too long for BK's comfort. I don't want to earn the wrath of the bitch-slapping machine!!