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Title: THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 12:07:47 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes had The Butterfly Effect and have changed the world, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently trying to change the world so that they can then have The Cow Effect. Fat chance, cows.
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 12:08:11 AM: And the word of the day is: EXPLICATE!
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 12:31:38 AM: I'm still getting yesterday's notes! And it's tomorrow here - and has been for 17 hours +
Moths have eaten butterflies and left me with yesterday.
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 12:35:34 AM: Assuming the TOTD:

I've been listening to and recording tracks by
Debbie Reynolds
Elton John
The Playmates
Jefferson Airplane
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Smokie
Neil Sedaka
New Christy Minstrels
Petula Clark

And the link is:
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 12:40:08 AM: I took my nets of wonder and found the elusive butterflies in the canyons of the archives. Access achieved. Very odd.
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 01:09:29 AM: Last DVD viewed was "An Audience with Kenneth Williams"
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 04:17:07 AM: Quote from: bk on July 28, 2006, 12:08:11 AM
And the word of the day is: EXPLICATE!
Gerald's attempts to EXPLICATE the instructions "PLACE EXIT sign above egress door" by rephrasing them in twelve or thirteen different ways were doomed from the start, since his work crew only spoke Klingon.
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 04:18:43 AM: I haven't been reading anything.

I haven't been listening to anything'

I haven't been watching anything.

Boring, ain't I!

:P
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 04:30:56 AM: Good morning, all! I had a wonderful dinner last night with my friends Cathie and Alice, whom I haven't seen in eons. Cathie's been through knee surgery and physical therapy, and stairs are a problem for her; she just retured last June and now operamania and diva biographies are consuming her liesure hours. Alice just retired as principal of a school in the Bronx, and in the past year she's been to Hawaii and to Oregon for family events. It was a wonderful 3-hour Italian dinner at Al Dente on Amsterdam Avenue, and it was such fun to catch up on a lot of gossip with two wonderful ladies.

Today, I'm off to Toyland for a few hours, then back here to veg out before my trek back to the Village to see our DR Jose's show.

TOD:
CD: Jeepers Creepers, Sinatra sings Porter
DVD: Julius Caesar, several operas
VCR: cheap porn
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 04:32:01 AM: DR Jose, anywhere in the theatre is fine, but I'd prefer to sit on the aisle.

I'll meent you at the show and perhaps we can dine after?
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 04:36:03 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 04:30:56 AM
Alice
Thanks Larry. A prize winning answer. Yes they are all sang "Alice" songs.
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 04:37:06 AM: Such is my editing skill.
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 04:39:11 AM: We just finished watching "Metropolis".
Confession: Neither of us had ever seen it. A classic indeed. Now I'd like to see it with the Georgio Moroder score and/or the Pet Shop Boys version.
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 04:52:12 AM: Chill vibes for DR Jose and the show and audience

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Post by: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 05:08:18 AM: And once more I must be off to work.
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 05:08:49 AM: May your day be pleasant, Elmore!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 05:20:45 AM: Quote from: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 05:08:49 AM
May your day be pleasant, Elmore!

Thanks, DR SWW! Yours too.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:22:45 AM: Larry - I must say (at the risk of sounding overly effusive) that your posts on the Catsrecl list are so well-written and educational. I learn so much about musical theater history from reading them. Thank you for the time and energy and knowledge you put into them.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:26:19 AM: Jrand -

DROWSY CHAPERONE SPOILER

Unless it's changed since the preview I saw, I'm fairly sure the spitting goes both ways. There are several spit takes. They are hilarious, but I started wondering about the real-life actors' health a little, in this fabulous show.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:27:56 AM: Coolness vibes for the DEAR EDWINA theater tonight and tomorrow afternoon!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 05:55:02 AM: Quote from: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:22:45 AM
Larry - I must say (at the risk of sounding overly effusive) that your posts on the Catsrecl list are so well-written and educational. I learn so much about musical theater history from reading them. Thank you for the time and energy and knowledge you put into them.

DR DJL, that's so effusive! And appreciated. Thanks so much. What do you think of that whole brouhaha involving Vera Charles and that snippy post? I'm grateful to our DR JMK for referring me to the Cast Recording list.

I'm also happy that my friend Larry Blank is so literate as well; I've known him since 1981 or so, and he's always been such a fantastic raconteur. It was Larry who introduced me to Harvey Schmidt, and I'm eternally grateful for that. If he ever gives up his career as a wonderful orchestrator and conductor, he should go onto the lecture circuit.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:38:40 AM: Good Morning!

Honk! Beep-Beep! Honk!!! HOOOOOONNKKKK!!!!!!! BEEEEEEEP!!! HOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNKKKKKK!!!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:40:30 AM: Um... That was my "alarm" this morning. Since I had to head out anyway to move my car, I was able to check out the source of the commuter aggravation. It turned out to be a broken traffic signal a block away from my apartment. It was stuck on red. So, when the traffic starting building up, the horns started going... And they were usually right outside my apartment, so.. But at least it got me up and out of bed. :-\
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:41:02 AM: DR elmore - See you at the theatre then! And I'll make sure you have a seat on the aisle too.
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Post by: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 06:42:30 AM: Jose, we did have the smores dessert at Spanky's, amazing.

It's smores baked into a cup- I highly recommend it to everyone.
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Post by: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 06:43:50 AM: Vibes for tonight's show Jose. I hope the AC is back.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:44:03 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 05:55:02 AM
I'm also happy that my friend Larry Blank is so literate as well; I've known him since 1981 or so, and he's always been such a fantastic raconteur. It was Larry who introduced me to Harvey Schmidt, and I'm eternally grateful for that. If he ever gives up his career as a wonderful orchestrator and conductor, he should go onto the lecture circuit.

Well... I think between the two of you, you could write an exhaustive history of musical theatre... As well as a great book of "stories" about some of the luminaries, would-be luminaries, and thinks-they-are-a-luminary in this biz. Well, make that books.

Hmm... Larry & Larry - Sounds like a team to me!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:44:49 AM: Quote from: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 06:42:30 AM
Jose, we did have the smores dessert at Spanky's, amazing.

It's smores baked into a cup- I highly recommend it to everyone.

:)

The next time I get them, I'm tempted to ask for a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:45:24 AM: As for today's Media Check...

Radio: WQXR
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:53:18 AM: -Back to those S'mores again for a moment... -Those crunchy bits of "burnt" marshmallow around the edge of the cup are sooooo good!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:58:47 AM: Oh, well... I might as well bring us to...

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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 06:59:51 AM: -If you want to do a Page Dance, be my guest. -It's already a little too hot and muggy here in NYC for any strenuous activity.

;)
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Post by: Ben on July 28, 2006, 07:05:55 AM: It's supposed to be this way until well into next week. It's an air conditioning night every night for the next few days.

Ugh!!!

I know it's worse in California but I'm not there so I don't care ;)
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Post by: Michael on July 28, 2006, 07:38:22 AM: Well I am in Montreal this weekend, but the there is a media check. I brought my portable dvd player on the plane and I watch coming up to MTL Buckaroo Bonzai and started to watch before the battery went out Master of the Flying Guillotine (aka The One Arm Box vs the Master Of The flying Guillotine.
Going back will be The Way of The Gun (from the guy who wrote Teh Usual Suspects) and if battery permits Relative Values with Julie Andrews.
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Post by: Michael on July 28, 2006, 07:39:17 AM: Selfishly I hope there is no Trivia Question because I won't have time to do it.
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Post by: Michael on July 28, 2006, 07:39:57 AM: Wasn't there a movie called The Buttefly Effect with the guy who married Demi Moore?
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Post by: Jennifer on July 28, 2006, 07:40:36 AM: DRs TPunk and Jose, re: last night's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.

OMG, first off did you guys see benji and heidi dance the night before? I'm curious to know what you thought of them.

And second, re: last night's elimination. I was shocked too. I think that everyone was expecting natalie to go home. I thought that heidi was safe for sure. And that it woudl be between donyelle and allison as to who else was in the bottom 2.

I think that donyelle's pairing with benji for all those shows really helped her popularity.

As for the men, i knew benji was safe. And i was sort of thinking that ivan might be more popular than travis (although i think travis is a better dancer). But i was pretty sure ryan was going home. He just did not have an outgoing personality.

But back to the shocker. I cannot believe that america voted out allison. She was so fantastic (and my favorite after benji and heidi). I really cannot understand what happened. :(
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Post by: Jennifer on July 28, 2006, 07:41:01 AM: Oh and what do you BIG BROHTER guys think about who won last night's HOH.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 07:43:18 AM: Good morning!

As DR Jose's weather report last night mentioned, it seems to be hot and humid up and down the East Coast. We certainly aren't getting out of the 90s for the entire weekend and on into next week with the same forecast each day - hot, muggy, and a chance of afternoon thundershowers.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 07:44:27 AM: The Butterfly Effect.

Isn't that when your zipper is stuck, and you use magarine to get your pants off?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 07:45:30 AM: Opening night vibes for MR BK and CO and DR JOSE.

Thanks for clarifying the spitting, DR FJL....my guess is the aiming is the key. Although either part could become deadly if there is a backstage feud.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 07:46:10 AM: I know at some point this weekend I'm going to have to mow the front yard. I dread it in this heat, but it has to be done. The rain we had last week has made it grow just enough to need trimming. Bah!
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 07:46:56 AM: TOD:

VHS - I watched Miss Carroll Baker in HARLOW last night, just to see the clothes and couple of scenes where Miss Carroll does some fine work with a really BAD script.

DVD: No No Nannette with Miss Anna Neagle....don't get her, don't get this version of the show....arfull....

CD: awaiting my John Pizzarelli CD ordered late last week!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 07:47:12 AM: Yes, Ashton Kutcher starred in THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. I didn't see it, but I remember it got pretty bad reviews (though it did OK at the box-office, I think).
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 07:47:19 AM: I will repeat DR LAURA'S question:

They are making a movie of SWEENEY TODD?
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 07:49:36 AM: Friday Media Check:

LP - the 1974 CANDIDE (OCR)

DVD - QUEER DUCK - THE MOVIE
THE DORIS DAY SPECIAL
OUR HOSPITALITY - Buster Keaton

DVR - last night's CSI
last night's GREY'S ANATOMY
VIVA LAS VEGAS
Private Screenings - Mickey Rooney
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 07:50:41 AM: Quote from: JRand55 on July 28, 2006, 07:47:19 AM
I will repeat DR LAURA'S question:

They are making a movie of SWEENEY TODD?

Supposedly yes with Johnny Depp as Sweeney. But I think it's just in pre-production.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 07:52:26 AM: I have seen MOST of those WML episodes, DRMBARNUM....and yes, Miss Dorothy seems to have been hitting the bottle on a couple of nights. One appearance of Mr Bobby Darin is the worst I ever saw her.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:09:06 AM: I don't think it was any secret that Dorothy was an alcoholic and that she did do shows while inebriated.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:10:02 AM: I guess I'd better head down now and get cleaned up for my usual Friday errands.

WBBL.
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 08:30:32 AM: I'm up, I'm up. I wish I could sleep past eight o'clock, but that doesn't seem to be possible these days. I'm just up at that hour (even earlier today) and that's that. I did go to bed much earlier last night, so that's good.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 08:39:36 AM: A question for all you musical theatre mavens out there... -And I know there are a lot of you out there... ;)

Does anyone know if there is a breakdown of sorts listing the differences between the major versions of Cabaret? Original 1966, the movie, the 1987, and the 1998 Sam Mendes versions - oh, and I guess even the London Wayne Sleep version in 1986(?).

I've been Googling away, and I'm coming across some info. However, I'm just wondering if there's some book or guide out there listing the variations.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 09:14:23 AM: Don't know of one...yet!
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Post by: Ginny on July 28, 2006, 09:16:31 AM: Friday greetings! Not much to report here, except that my dentist's office told me this morning that a root canal as elaborate as the one I had on Tuesday may result in a week of discomfort. Guess I'll keep taking the Advil :P

TOD: CD(car) - audiobook - Anne Tyler's Digging to America, which I should finish tomorrow.

DVD - NCIS, Season 1, Disc 1
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 09:27:00 AM: DR VIXMOM is working 12 hours a day!!!

Hope she is getting compensation accordingly!
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Post by: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 09:55:59 AM: Ooh Jennifer, I think it would have been a good idea to put spoiler alerts with your comments. Here are my thoughts about the show- SPOILER ALERTS!!

Benji and Heidi dancing together were great, instant chemistry. I was very surprised to see Alison go, but I agree with Jose's earlier comments that at this point in the competition, it will be sad to see anyone go. I was expecting to see Donyelle in the bottom 2, she really got lucky in my opinion cause both her dances seemed just okay to me. But again, at this point I feel like the only fair way to eliminate them would be to draw names out of a hat. They are all great.
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 09:59:53 AM: Back from the jog. A teeny bit cooler this morning, but the jog was really diffiucult.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 10:08:31 AM: We show Brian Lane Green in the title of of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and he was very good....although my favorite Joseph ~~were Sam Harris and Jason Donovan.~~
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 28, 2006, 10:08:47 AM: Is he the Brian from Planet X?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 28, 2006, 10:13:49 AM: Hey, y'all. Been wearing horse blinders all week and concentrating on a humungo project here at work. Then been too fuzzy headed once I got home to even want to look at a PC. Only one week to go to get to the finish line and then I'll hopefully get back to posting more.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Vibes to all that needs 'em! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Post by: Ben on July 28, 2006, 10:16:53 AM: And welcome to Page 3
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Post by: Ben on July 28, 2006, 10:19:19 AM: I went to Academy after lunch and what was in their window but the 1994 Broadway Angel release of Canterbury Tales starring George Rose and Hermione Baddeley and Martyn Green. It also has amongst the cast members, Miss Sandy Duncan and Reid Shelton. I have this show on vinyl and now I don't need to transfer it to CD!
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Post by: Ben on July 28, 2006, 10:23:04 AM: I also picked up a copy of Lone Star Love, a musical version of The Merry Wives of Windsor set in post-Civil War Texas. I saw it Off-Broadway a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. The show was supposed to move to another venue but it never happened. The CD has been out for a while(it's from PS Classics) but it was rather expensive (IMHO). I knew if I waited long enough it would show up. I keep waiting for Dessa Rose to appear at Academy. Now that's an expensive cast recording. It's over $30 in all the retail music stores. It will probably be around $15 to $20 if/when it comes to Academy.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 10:28:31 AM: Skip actually wrote a song that's in a film that Brian Lane Green is in, called FRIENDS AND FAMILY. The name of the song is "You Can't Surprise Me." Brian didn't sing the song, though.
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Post by: Jane on July 28, 2006, 10:46:16 AM: Vixmom-it was nice to see you even if I haven’t been around much myself.

It’s going to be another hectic weekend so don’t be surprised if I’m not around much. I’m looking forward to meeting Bosco on Sunday, and of course spending time with MBarnum.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 10:57:41 AM: Quote from: JRand55 on July 28, 2006, 07:52:26 AM
I have seen MOST of those WML episodes, DRMBARNUM....and yes, Miss Dorothy seems to have been hitting the bottle on a couple of nights. One appearance of Mr Bobby Darin is the worst I ever saw her.

Well, one the other night was hilarious! The panel was trying to guess a product that had to do with cows...Dorothy asked if it was something that touched the cow in a certain area, and then started laughing...she covered her face with her hand and told the others on the panel that she had a very silly thought...then Arlene Francis said "a bull?" and everybody just cracked up...especially the guest whose profession they were trying to figure out (it was an elderly lady who had invented a back scratcher for cows).

It was the first time I had noticed Dorothy acting a bit giddy...she was usually fairly serious...but this time she seemed to be high on something!
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 10:58:24 AM: Quote from: Ben on July 28, 2006, 07:05:55 AM
It's supposed to be this way until well into next week. It's an air conditioning night every night for the next few days.

Ugh!!!

I know it's worse in California but I'm not there so I don't care ;)

Ben, I wasn't about to put up with 114 degrees, so I brought cooler temps to LA....that's my story and I'm sticking to it
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:01:03 AM: BK, I just left you a phone message
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:01:59 AM: And, my diet isn't starting until the second week in August. After this weekend and sweet corn days next weekend, so if you want to eat pancakes, I'll be glad to join you
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:09:49 AM: Had a great trip here. Both flights were early. Totally full, but early. From Denver to LA, I sat next to a family with two teenagers...the parents had told them all summer they were going on a vacation to Wyoming. Just before they got on the plane, they saw the REAL itinerary...Hawaii! Brittany - the girl next to me came running down the aisle to her seat. Before even saying "hello" She held out the itinerary toward me and sad "OH MY GOD.....OH MY GOD......LOOK WHERE WE ARE GOING!!!!!" I was then filled in on the whole story. Her excitement was really fun to be around. The two ladies behind me were from Arkansas. They were laughing and joking around - not obnoxious, just thrilled to be on a plane going away from Arkansas. It really set a nice mood
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Post by: Jane on July 28, 2006, 11:11:29 AM: Wednesday my hiking group went to Mt. Ashland & this was what I saw.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:12:05 AM: Well, think I'll wander off and find some food and then go to the box office and pick up my ticket for tonight. Laters...
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:12:24 AM: Great Photo Jane
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Post by: Jane on July 28, 2006, 11:12:33 AM: Cillaliz-if you go to DuPars be sure and have the boysenberry syrup.
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Post by: Jane on July 28, 2006, 11:13:55 AM: Cute story about the kids-what a great surprise.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:26:37 AM: Quote from: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:12:24 AM
Great Photo Jane

It is! It also makes a good computer desktop wallpaper! :)
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 11:30:40 AM: My TOD media check is limited since I will be in Medford Saturday and Sunday...but I do have a John Pizzarelli CD as well as some $1 CDs from Walgreens of old time radio shows like Casey Jones: Crime Photographer, Amos and Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, and things like that there. My mom is driving down with me so it will be fun to listen to this stuff which she listened to on the radio when she was a kid.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 11:32:02 AM: And I will hopefully be getting together with DR Jand and DH Keith on Sunday morning so that they can meet and greet Dog Bosco!

Photos, of course, will be snapped.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 11:33:54 AM: JRAnd55, which Pizzarelli CD are you getting? I got the one titled BOSSA NOVA.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:33:59 AM: Quote from: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 04:39:11 AM
We just finished watching "Metropolis".
Confession: Neither of us had ever seen it. A classic indeed. Now I'd like to see it with the Georgio Moroder score and/or the Pet Shop Boys version.

No you don't. :P
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 11:43:04 AM: Good Afternoon!

Well, I ventured out for a bit to run some errands. Some of the errands were "successful", one of the errands - the important one - still remains unfulfilled. -Just where in the freck is that check being sent from?!?!?!? In any case...

It is hot outside, but it's bearable. However, I can sense that we will be getting some storms later today, and that the humidity will most likely increase exponentially once the rain does start to fall.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 11:49:23 AM: As for "So You Think You Can Dance?"...

I think a neat twist for the upcoming third season would be to make the choreographers part of the competition - like the designers and models on "Project Runway".

There haven't been any real bad routines this season, but there have been some less-than-fully-entertaining ones. And that's the luck of the draw. As as semi-fan of professional ballroom dancing, even some of those traditional dances when done perfectly don't come close to the mass appeal of a hip-hop or pop routine. If they tie the choreographers into the competition, then that would raise the stakes all around.

...It's just a thought.

*I also keep wishing that if they're going to do a "Broadway" routine, that they challenge the contestants to recreate the original dances. -I had a problem with the "Fake Your Way To The Top" routine the other night - it was just soooo wrong, at least in the context of the show.

**And I also think it would be nice to see the couples all do the same routine every now and then. This way, they're all on an even playing field, and then it will truly be all in the details and presentation.
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 12:07:12 PM: Just spoke to Cillaliz and we'll definitely be getting together tomorrow at some point. She's going to check to see if her hotel is near a subway stop - if it is, she can subway down to LACC, as there's a stop just a half-block from the school. Then, we'd go out after the show, or maybe even before the show. We shall see.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 12:33:32 PM: Great photo, DR Jane. That's beautiful.

Great story, DR Cillaliz. What fun parents! Mmm. Pancakes.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 01:01:09 PM: Well... Here comes the storms... And from the look of the radar maps, it looks like a doozy.

Laters...
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Post by: Jennifer on July 28, 2006, 01:03:14 PM: Quote from: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 09:55:59 AM
Ooh Jennifer, I think it would have been a good idea to put spoiler alerts with your comments. Here are my thoughts about the show- SPOILER ALERTS!!

Do you think we need spoiler alerts if it happened last night? I know that there are only a few people here who watch. And my first line was "re: last night's show". I figured if anybody had not watched that they would stop reading there.

But if anyone needs spoiler space still, i can do that.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 28, 2006, 01:06:14 PM: Btw, i did not leave all that space to be funny. It just wouldn't go away!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:35:57 PM: I really don't know if anyone has gone to the trouble of breaking down the various CABARETs though I think all the different stage versions would make an interesting outline to see what was added and subtracted.

I have the scripts of the original and the Tony-winning revival. I have an audio tape of the Joel Grey revival (I guess recorded through the theater's sound system). And I have the movie on DVD.
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 01:40:37 PM: I've just been having the most fascinating viewing experience. I got a DVD from Germany entitled Tottel Im Weltall. What that is is the German DVD of The Creature Wasn't Nice aka Spaceship aka Naked Space. Now, this DVD, unlike the public domain copies available on eBay and elsewhere, is taken from my pristine 35mm print. This is the third version of the German DVD - I don't have the first two, but they were both full-frame and therefore ridiculous. I'm happy to say that this new DVD from Kinowelt is the first time on video that the film has ever been in its proper (well, almost proper) ratio: It's about 1:78 (should be 1:85, but it's a minor quibble). And even though the DVD isn't enhanced for widescreen TVs, the quality is immediately 500% better than the PD DVDs. It's really sharp, the color is outstanding, and the film is properly framed so you don't have ridiculous head room and you can't see off the bottom of the set in certain shots. So, if I decide to put a DVD out on Kritzerland (which I'm very certain I shall), I'll use this as the master (my print is still in Germany - they had the right to store it for five years and the five years isn't quite up yet). I believe I'd be able to enhance this DVD for widescreen without too much trouble. That means the only thing I'd really have to transfer is the director's cut of the film, which only exists on 3/4" tape. So, this all becomes very doable now.

The best thing is (aside from seeing the film look better than it ever has on video - printed correctly and not brightened, great color, correct framing), is that the DVD has a German dub. Now, to create this dub they had to do everything from scratch as I did not have the music and effects tracks. I did provide them with a cutting continuity script. So, they redid the entire musical score for synth (the songs remain in English) - some of the rescoring is better actually despite the cheesy synth. They kept most of Mr. Spear's underscore, but changed some cues for the better. And the German actors are great - very close to Gerritt Graham's voice, Cindy's voice is cute, mine is deeper but fun, and MacNee's voice is a good match.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:41:13 PM: Well, it was almost unbearable to be outside when I went out for my errands earlier today. The air was so heavy it was hard to breathe, and there was just no breeze anywhere. Miserable, awful July day heat-wise.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:45:21 PM: I had a MEDIUM afternoon meaning I watched three episodes of MEDIUM from the DVD set. I hadn't planned on watching MEDIUM today, but I forgot that I had cued it up last night to play today, so I just left it in and watched these this afternoon.

Among the episodes was one with Allison's mother-in-law coming to visit and looking like she wanted to move in with the family. She was played by Cathy Baker, and it was a wonderful episode. I only vaguely recalled it from last season.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 01:45:24 PM: Hmmm...could The Creature Wasn't Nice become a good stage musical?

And isn't it time someone did a Sci-Fi Musicals festival somewhere? Unless one already exists somewhere?

OK, I am babbling now. :)
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:46:08 PM: [move=down,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page Four Dance!![/move]
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:49:57 PM: Another MEDIUM episode guest starred Chad Lowe as a pilot accused of killing his wife. Allison sees that at some point in the future, the man is going to save a plane going down with his expertise, so her dilemma becomes keeping what she finds out to herself so he can be out of prison and able to save all those passengers or revealing what she knows about his guilt and thus dooming that plane-load of passengers who will perish without his knowledge of flying. Intriguing conundrum for Allison, but this is one time they couldn't make the ending leave the viewer feeling completely free from dread.
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 28, 2006, 01:50:49 PM: Tut, tut, looks like rain.

A Milne reference, of course.

Right now, it doesn't entirely look like rain, but it sure sounds like thunder. Marty, the big lab, is hiding under my feet as I write this. He is shivering. He doesn't like thunder.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:51:38 PM: I finished the afternoon with last night's CSI, a tory involving (what turned out to be ) three dead bodies all connected to a single criminal event. Again, my recollection of the episode from this season was very hazy, so I ejoyed revisiting this episode again.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:53:06 PM: As CSI came to its conclusion, I started getting very sleepy. I got less than 7 hours last night, and with a heavy lunch and the combination of heat and cool swirling around me, I enjoyed a one hour nap.

I hope I don't pay for it tonight when I'm trying to fall asleep.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 02:01:09 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:41:13 PM
Well, it was almost unbearable to be outside when I went out for my errands earlier today. The air was so heavy it was hard to breathe, and there was just no breeze anywhere. Miserable, awful July day heat-wise.

For the first time in a long time here in Western Washington, it's overcast and actually quite nice after all that heat!
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 02:10:52 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 01:35:57 PM
I really don't know if anyone has gone to the trouble of breaking down the various CABARETs though I think all the different stage versions would make an interesting outline to see what was added and subtracted.

I have the scripts of the original and the Tony-winning revival. I have an audio tape of the Joel Grey revival (I guess recorded through the theater's sound system). And I have the movie on DVD.

I don't know about the scripts, but there is a songbook, The Complete Cabaret Collection: Author's Edition (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0793594111/sr=1-2/qid=1154119982/ref=sr_1_2/102-8129475-4158565?ie=UTF8&s=books), that has all the songs written for the 1966 original Broadway production, additional songs from the 1972 film score and the 1998 Broadway revival. It also includes three songs cut from the original Broadway production: "Goodtime Charlie," "It'll All Blow Over" and "Room Mates." I bought it a couple of years ago and it's pretty cool!
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 02:22:19 PM: We are under a thunderstorm warning for tonight.
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Post by: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 02:41:36 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 11:09:49 AM
Had a great trip here. Both flights were early. Totally full, but early. From Denver to LA, I sat next to a family with two teenagers...the parents had told them all summer they were going on a vacation to Wyoming. Just before they got on the plane, they saw the REAL itinerary...Hawaii! Brittany - the girl next to me came running down the aisle to her seat. Before even saying "hello" She held out the itinerary toward me and sad "OH MY GOD.....OH MY GOD......LOOK WHERE WE ARE GOING!!!!!" I was then filled in on the whole story.

What a great story!
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Post by: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 02:44:53 PM: As for spoiler alerts, I think it's nice to have them when discussing eliminations for any show just in case even if it's from the night before. Sometimes I don't watch it when it airs but a few days later.
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Post by: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 02:45:57 PM: I'm going home soon! Which is good, cause I'm super hungry!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 03:15:19 PM: I'm heading off-line now to do the bedroom cleaning. I'm a day behind due to yesterday's different schedule.

WBBL.
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 03:41:42 PM: I shall now be on my way to LACC for the sound check and then tonight's show. I hope when I return I don't find a lack of postings, oh, yes, I hope I don't find a lack of postings.

Not sure if I'm going out after the show or not - if I do, the notes will probably be up late. I have a trivia question - not sure if it's good enough yet.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 03:45:13 PM: My family called from northern Arizona. They will be home tonight. They got the car started and are afraid to turn it off -- so they are driving straight through until they get home.
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Post by: Ginny on July 28, 2006, 03:56:00 PM: DR Cillaliz - hope you're having fun in LA!
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Post by: Ginny on July 28, 2006, 03:56:55 PM: Quote from: TPunk on July 28, 2006, 02:45:57 PM
I'm going home soon! Which is good, cause I'm super hungry!

I am home and DH Richard has gone out for pizza for our dinner.
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Post by: Ginny on July 28, 2006, 03:57:38 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 03:45:13 PM
My family called from northern Arizona. They will be home tonight. They got the car started and are afraid to turn it off -- so they are driving straight through until they get home.

Hope they don't need to fill up on the way!
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 04:19:36 PM: More fun upcoming DVD releases!

"Universal Screen Legends!

Three “Screen Legends Collections” are coming from Universal on Nov. 14, one each for Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, and Rock Hudson. Titles include:

Bing: Waikiki Wedding (1937, with Bob Burns and Martha Raye); Double or Nothing (1937, with Miss Raye again), East Side of Heaven (1939, with Joan Blondell), If I Had My Way (1940, with Gloria Jean and El Brendel) and Here Come the Waves (1944, with Betty Hutton). If you’re wondering what Gloria Jean was doing in a Paramount Picture, well… good catch. But Der Bingle actually was loaned to Universal for that film (and for East Side of Heaven, too).

Cary: Thirty Day Princess (1934, with Sylvia Sidney), Kiss and Make Up (1934, with Helen Mack), Wings in the Dark (1935, with Myrna Loy), Big Brown Eyes (1936, with Joan Bennett), and Wedding Present (1936, with Miss Bennett)

Rock: Douglas Sirk’s Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952, with Piper Laurie), Nathan Juran’s The Golden Blade (1953, with Miss Laurie), A Very Special Favor (1965, with Leslie Caron), Robert Aldrich’s The Last Sunset (1961, with Kirk Douglas) and The Spiral Road (1962, with Burl Ives).

. "
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Post by: TCB on July 28, 2006, 05:02:52 PM: Well, this is frightening! Five o'clock and no one in the jernt.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:06:03 PM: Even more frightening: Now it's 8 o'clock and no one else in the jernt.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:07:18 PM: And tomorrow, Skip will officially be on Washington State time.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:07:58 PM: That's the state, not the university.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:16:35 PM: Is 5100 posts a milestone? If so, TCB, you're very close to it.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 05:22:52 PM: Quote from: Ginny on July 28, 2006, 03:56:00 PM
DR Cillaliz - hope you're having fun in LA!

Yes, I am having a most pleasant time....although getting up at 5:00AM my time was 3:00AM this time, so here it is 5:16 PM and I'm thinking....isn't it time to go yet????

This afternoon I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art, which is right next door to the hotel. They had a very interesting Robert Rauchenberg exhibit. He's one of Paul's favorites. I must say until I met Paul and his friend Mark, I really didn't like abstract or modern art much at all, they are expanding my horizons
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 05:25:04 PM: BK, finally got a message from our friend Mr. H. Seems they are doing lots of changes and haven't stopped working. I'll see him tonight at the theatre.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 05:27:17 PM: Other than that I have spoken to BK twice today. It was nice to hear his voice in a conversation. Seems quite appropriate to see a Kander and Ebb show one night and then go to the cabaret old chum the next.
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Post by: TCB on July 28, 2006, 05:29:21 PM: Quote from: FJL on July 28, 2006, 05:16:35 PM
Is 5100 posts a milestone? If so, TCB, you're very close to it.

Any number can be a milestone, if you play your cards right!
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Post by: TCB on July 28, 2006, 05:31:34 PM: FJL, is Skip going to stay on in Washington through next weekend, or is going to go back and forth?
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 05:32:56 PM: I've also spent a lot of time walking. It's hot, but I love to walk in cities, so I've been wandering around. It's been a very nice day
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 28, 2006, 05:36:38 PM: Tomorrow is "Emerald Festival" day. I must see if I can find my ruby slippers. Emerald is about 10 kilometers away and is our next "village". It is a cold and wet wintery weekend. I doubt that anyone shall be melting.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 28, 2006, 05:41:36 PM: Speaking of slippers, I left my favorite sandals at the Sleep Inn in Omaha. They were in pretty sad shape, so I've decided to leave it to fate and see if they send them to me. Otherwise, I'll have to get some new ones.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 06:06:31 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 28, 2006, 05:02:52 PM
Well, this is frightening! Five o'clock and no one in the jernt.

I had to leave quite unexpectedly! My sister and niece are in Seattle to see a Seattle Storm basketball game and Larry, my sister's boyfriend was at her house mowing (he's retired...he has the time ;)). Anyway, he called in an absolute panic, saying that my niece's two brand new (8-week old or so...she's only had them for a couple of weeks) kittens had gotten out of the house and he couldn't find them ANYWHERE!! He said that he noticed them gone around 3:00 when he called me at about 5:15. I rushed over to help look for them. We put food outside and looked around the outside of the house and down the street a bit. Nothing! We even looked in the garage (that had been closed) and in the downstairs of the house, again.

Then, just to be sure, I went upstairs to look around, by myself. I went into my niece's room, then the extra bedroom, the upstairs bathroom, and then my sister's room. I looked in her bathroom and then under her bed. When I got down to look under the bed, the kittens came around from wherever they had been sleeping!! The never left the house...they were just very well hidden! I picked up both of them (they're still fairly small) and walked downstairs and into the kitchen. Larry was SOOOO relieved! He called my sister and told them that I found the kittens and all is well. Now I'm back at work and that's why I wasn't in the jernt. ;D
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 06:58:29 PM: George - so glad that story had such a happy ending.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 07:00:28 PM: Quote from: FJL on July 28, 2006, 06:58:29 PM
George - so glad that story had such a happy ending.

Me too!
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 07:02:18 PM: TCB - Skip will be in Washington the whole week. There will of course be the three-hour Amtrak trip between Vancouver, WA (where HERRINGBONE is playing) and Seattle, WA to contend with. I'll join him in Seattle (or more precisely, in Issaquah) on Thursday for the final LAST STARFIGHTER rehearsals.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 07:24:32 PM: Quote from: FJL on July 28, 2006, 07:02:18 PM
TCB - Skip will be in Washington the whole week. There will of course be the three-hour Amtrak trip between Vancouver, WA (where HERRINGBONE is playing) and Seattle, WA to contend with. I'll join him in Seattle (or more precisely, in Issaquah) on Thursday for the final LAST STARFIGHTER rehearsals.

My ex-boyfriend works for Amtrak and has worked on the Seattle-to-Vancouver (Portland?) run. His normal run, though, is the six-day Seattle-to-Chicago round trip. He's been doing it for over 10 years, now (not a situation conducive to a long-distance relationship :-\).
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 28, 2006, 07:25:41 PM: Kudos to our DR Jose for an excellent job on DEAR EDWINA!! The show is absolutely adorable, and the book and lyrics of Marcy Heisler and music of Zina Goldrich are catchy and contribute enormously to the charm of the show. Our DR Jose looked splendid as Edwina's brother Myron Spoonapple and sparkled at the keyboard as part of the garage community theatre band. I had a wonderful time.

Afterwards, I met the writers, two immensely talented amd charming ladies, saw my friend Jen Bender who directed the piece, and took our talented MD to dinner. All in all, a most enjoyable way to spend an evening.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:45:14 PM: Glad the show was enjoyable.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:51:15 PM: I went down to meet TPunk at the Time Warner Center, and she did some shopping, and as we were leaving the mall, who was coming up the escalator as we were going down?

Malan, the designer booted off in week 2 of PROJECT RUNWAY. By himself, but on the cellphone, and I had just said, "Hey, there's Malan" quietly (I thought) to TPunk, and he looked over with a smile, and we gave him a little wave. So that was funny.

A few minutes later as we walked up Broadway, we saw Mark Linn-Baker. So that was funny too.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:51:45 PM: Glad the cats were found. Cats are great hiders.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:52:56 PM: We had dinner at a place called the Shark Bar, which had some creative soul food. I had a good okra-seafood gumbo.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:55:37 PM: MBarnum, did you ever watch that El Brendel movie you have recorded called JUST IMAGINE?

I promise you'll love the scenes when they travel to another planet.

Also, I watched part of a 50s movie today called THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH, I think that was the title. I wondered if you had seen this one. The Martians look like people, they concentrate really hard and turn you into a pile of ash, then they become a replica of you. It was on Fox today. A cheapie.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:58:15 PM: The German CREATURE WASN'T NICE sounds awesome.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:58:43 PM: Frenzy, baby!
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 08:02:15 PM: I just read HERE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101126.html) that BK's very own landlord, James Marsden, is going to play Corny Collins in the "Hairspray" movie. (He's still your landlord, BK...isn't he?)
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 08:06:54 PM: So You Think You Can Dance....

I too was surprised with the female elimination. I think when someone does badly, people will rally around that person, and someone who people EXPECT is getting votes can get burned. I thought Natalie was toast, but I do agree that it is basically splitting hairs at this point. Now that Ryan is gone, any of the rest are top-of-the-line. Though I think Ivan is maybe a step below the other dudes. But what do I know? I never even wanted to start watching the dang show!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:11:39 PM: Had lots to watch tonioght. I started off with GREY'S ANATOMY from last night. This was a rerun from Season 1 (all new to me) dealing with a woman with a sixty pound tumor. Riveting viewing.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:19:25 PM: Next, I watched a PRIVATE SCREENINGS interview between Robert Osborne and Mickey Rooney. Mickey didn't always answer the questions that had been asked, and Robert seemed a bit intimidated in not following up with him when answers weren't forthcoming.

For example, they started mentioning his favorite directors and he mentioned Clarence Brown. Osborne mentioned he wasn't as remembered as some other directors of the period, and Mickey mistakenly said he directed NINOTCHKA (which Osborne didn't correct) along with NATIONAL VELVET. But they never continued with the topic of the many famous directors Mickey worked with. (Busby Berkeley had been mentioned earlier in which Mickey said he was the finest director of musicals who ever lived and he said if Judy was still alive, she'd say so too. Hardly. Everything I've ever read discussed how much she disliked working with him.)

In all, a frustrating interview even though it was filled with clips from Mickey's movies including lots of early movies that don't get shown much.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:22:12 PM: MONK had some funny moments tonight, but in order to stage some scenes, logic was thrown out the window and contrivance was the order of the day. (We see dozens of construction workers at a busy site, but as soon as Monk becomes a target and tries to get away (he can't see), the other workers conveniently disappear so he can be at the mercy of the killer.

Still, I enjoyed the episode.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:23:54 PM: PSYCH had lots of funny things tonight, too. James Roday and Dule Hill have a great ability of playing off each other with lines zinging fleetly back and forth, but Hill was back in his disapproving mode that got tiresome. I did figure out the identity of the mastermind before it was revealed. Wasn't too hard to guess, actually.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 28, 2006, 08:57:38 PM: Almost midnight here, so I'm off to bed. I hope that one hour nap I took this afternoon won't prevent a decent night's sleep.

Good night!
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:11:10 PM: Sandra!
Great pix and stories of boating mayhem the other day.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:16:29 PM: I'm sleepy
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:16:54 PM: And Skip is catching an early plane
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:17:33 PM: So we'll be up tomorrow at 6:30 which is early for us (well, me, anyway)
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:18:21 PM: But I do want to see us get to page 6
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:18:53 PM: Because I really want to say
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:19:22 PM: To start the page
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:20:08 PM: And one for Malan!
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:20:39 PM: Ore maybe even one for Marsden!
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:22:02 PM: Well done, FJL!
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:22:25 PM: OK, I'm ready for sleep.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 09:22:32 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:11:10 PM
Sandra!
Great pix and stories of boating mayhem the other day.

And there will be more pictures once my cousin Dona emails some to me. She was the only one who thought to bring a camera to the Daring Rescue. In the meantime, here's a picture of the Chinese restaurant where we ate dinner after the reunion in Wichita. On the far right, you can see our car. This was not long before it broke down.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:22:49 PM: End of Malan frenzy
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:22:51 PM: Though I can't believe you are bailing out a mere 7 posts short of 2800 :)
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:24:00 PM: Make that a mere 5 posts.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:24:05 PM: Thanks, Rodzinski.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:25:10 PM: Hmmm...maybe a little of Malan Collie Baby
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:25:44 PM: What does that sign mean "Hot to stay out"?
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:26:07 PM: Maybe I'm mispronouncing Malan though - but I am the one who couldn't pronounce Lance Bass the other day. Or Reichen for that matter.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 09:26:24 PM: I was trying to take a picture of my cousin Mikalah and her "system" for playing Scum. She spreads her cards out randomly in non-matching pairs on the table in front of her and has absolutely no clue what cards she has. Just as I pressed the button to take the picture, my five-year-old cousin Gracie stuck her face in front of the camera.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:26:40 PM: The joke works anyway.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:27:29 PM: Gracie digs the attention.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:27:39 PM: I should have spread that last post out into two posts.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 09:28:26 PM: HERE is Mikalah's system. This was after she'd played most of her cards. At the beginning of the game, her cards were all over the place.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:28:43 PM: To quote Jerry Reed, "Make it count, son!"
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:29:04 PM: My 2800th post is dedicated to Mikalah, because I like the name.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:29:56 PM: Now you are free, FJL!!!
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:30:29 PM: Hoping for a trivia question for this weekend, a tough one, because Skip is out of town and I'm lousy with time. :) :) :)
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:31:34 PM: Now the trek toward 2900 begins! One door closes, another opens. Or is that windows?
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:32:03 PM: Yes, one door closes, another windows.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 09:32:27 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:55:37 PM
Also, I watched part of a 50s movie today called THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH, I think that was the title. I wondered if you had seen this one. The Martians look like people, they concentrate really hard and turn you into a pile of ash, then they become a replica of you. It was on Fox today. A cheapie.

I have seen this movie and last year I interviewed the director Maury Dexter.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 09:33:41 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 07:55:37 PM
MBarnum, did you ever watch that El Brendel movie you have recorded called JUST IMAGINE?

I did watch it. It didn't hold my interest as well as I had hoped, and I can't recall if I saw the whole thing...but I know I at least saw most of it.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:33:44 PM: Time to say goodnight, Gracie. The alarm rings in a mere six hours.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:34:19 PM: I'm listening to the i-tunes, just grooving on a Friday evening. Between my tunes and TPunk's there is a helluva variety. I have to skip the Mariah Careys though.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:35:02 PM: Did anyone else used to think the song was "Born free, as free as the windows"
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:35:41 PM: If I can make it to page 7, I can add
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:36:05 PM: What did Maury Dexter have to say? It seemed like one of those low-budget movies where they somehow had one good location to shoot at (a big mansion and its grounds), and so they make the most of that one location.
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:36:13 PM: And one for Mariah
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 09:37:33 PM: I am off to bed, then up early pack Dog Bosco into the car, drive downtown and pick up mom, and then the three of us will meet the rest of the family in Medford for a reunion.

Back on Sunday after a visit with DR Jane and DH Keith!

See you all then!
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Post by: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:37:51 PM: These must be the late night frenzies BK was talking about.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 09:38:02 PM: Congratulations, FJL!

Then, after the reunion, our branch of the family went to Wichita to live it up. We went bowling, which is always an adventure if you do it right. I took a picture of my bowling score on the little screen thing at the end of the game. How exciting is that?
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Post by: MBarnum on July 28, 2006, 09:39:08 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:36:05 PM
What did Maury Dexter have to say? It seemed like one of those low-budget movies where they somehow had one good location to shoot at (a big mansion and its grounds), and so they make the most of that one location.

You know, I don't remember what he said about that movie. I really need to transcribe his audio interview one of these days...it was a 3 hour interview!! That is a LOT of transcribing!
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:39:11 PM: Quote from: FJL on July 28, 2006, 09:37:51 PM
These must be the late night frenzies BK was talking about.

Yeah, I've heard tell of these...
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 09:40:43 PM: Transcribing is not fun. Have a great journey and visit, MBarnum.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 09:42:04 PM: But DR Sandra, tell them about the Chinese dinner.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 09:42:46 PM: I don't even know where to begin.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 09:44:35 PM: Good Evening!

Aw, shucks, DR elmore.

:)

I'm so glad you were able to make it tonight, and thanks again for dinner.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 09:44:41 PM: By the way, DR Sandra is eight feet away on the couch with the wireless laptop. How sad is it when two people are in the same room and not even speaking but communicating via internet?
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 09:46:26 PM: I'll start: My sister-in-law (that's SIL in internet lingo) talks and talks AND TALKS!!! Everyone she runs into she talks to. One of the running gags (that she doesn't know we laugh about) is how she introduces the family to EVERYONE.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 09:54:58 PM: I tried typing out the story, but I simply cannot tell a story like DR Sandra can, so I deleted the posts, and I hope she will tell the story.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 10:03:11 PM: Six years ago, we were in Wichita after the reunion and somebody decided to get Chinese food. So we found this place called Lee's (the marquee then said, "Good to eat at this place" or something like that) and Aunt Carol got into her routine with the lady who seated us.

"This is my brother and he lives in Arizona with his wife and two kids. We grew up in Chicago, but our parents were from Oklahoma. Well, our mother is from Oklahoma. Our father is from Alabama. Now our brother and his wife..."

The waitress smiled and nodded. Like me in Spanish class. A waiter and some other people eating in the restaurant got the same routine.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 10:06:07 PM: The napkins were folded all pretty on the tables. Like this:
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 28, 2006, 10:08:30 PM: I suppose it is lucky Lee's probably doesn't have bathroom attendants. Or they would have to hear the whole intro as well.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 10:11:09 PM: So the lady taught me and some of my cousins how to fold them like that. Then Carol went on with her... whatever it was.

Two years later, we went back to Lee's and the entire staff got the whole story all over again. I don't remember how it came up, but somebody told the lady that I could still fold the napkins like she taught me. Plus I showed her another one I learned out of a magazine. She was impressed.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 10:15:18 PM: We went back two years later. Aunt Carol started her routine while the waiter was taking our drink orders. He knew what was coming and backed away, waving his arms, and saying, "No, no, no!" He had remembered us.

They remembered us this time too. We left the waiter a big tip.
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Post by: Sandra on July 28, 2006, 10:18:04 PM: There is a similar story involving Aunt Carol, the rest of the family, and a pizza place somewhere in Wichita. The waitress there knows all about us.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 28, 2006, 10:23:13 PM: DRs DearReaderLaura and Sandra - :D
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:06:49 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on July 28, 2006, 09:44:41 PM
By the way, DR Sandra is eight feet away on the couch with the wireless laptop. How sad is it when two people are in the same room and not even speaking but communicating via internet?

Welcome to the 21st century! ;)
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 11:08:27 PM: Back from a lovelier than lovely evening. We thought we weren't going to have more than sixty people tonight, but we had a LOT of traffic at the door and we ended up completely selling out and having to add two tables. Go know. The show was a little too loose for my taste, but the audience ate it up. Lighting was much better this evening, and sound, too, aside from some blend problems having to do with close three part harmonies.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:19:21 PM: Don't you love it when that happens? It sounds like the whole cabaret series can be considered a success. :)
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:21:57 PM: So far?
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Post by: bk on July 28, 2006, 11:32:16 PM: Happily, there is no "so far" because two of next week's three shows are completely sold out as of now, and the third is getting close. So, I'd say we're officially a success.
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:35:16 PM: Great!! ;D
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Post by: George on July 28, 2006, 11:39:49 PM: Oh...I almost forgot the Topic of the Day:

In my VCR: a tape to tape tonight's episodes of "Kyle XY" and "Psych." I taped last week's episodes and haven't watched those, so I figure that I should watch those before I watch tonight's. I don't know if I need to, but I'm going to anyway.

In my DVD player: three movies from Netflix. I've had two of them for several weeks and I just got another earlier this week. Netflix is definitely making money off of me. ;)

In my CD player: a CD from DR Ben and another CD (which was totally unexpected) from DR Elmore! Thank you both!! :-*
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Post by: George on July 29, 2006, 12:06:50 AM: It's almost Page 8...
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Post by: George on July 29, 2006, 12:07:11 AM: I guess I can vamp 'til we get there...
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Post by: George on July 29, 2006, 12:07:24 AM: Now that I realize that we're so close...
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Post by: George on July 29, 2006, 12:07:35 AM: And here we are!! ;D
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Post by: George on July 29, 2006, 12:08:38 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%][size=8]PAGE EIGHT DANCE!![/size][/move]