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Well, you've read the notes, you are now with it and happening and ready to order a book, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're placing their book orders right now.
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And the word of the day is: HERMAPHRODITE!
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TOD:
The crucifixation.
It would be interesting to see what the effect would be from that.
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1 MORE DAY (not a Les Miz reference)
Tomorrow I will be in NYC. Actually I will be in Queens. Actually, JFK airport for a couple of hours. I will be switching planes. That is the closest I will get to Manhattan at this time.
So everone going there or is already there have a great time at the get together. I will miss you all.
But I will flying to Europe for the start of a long awaited vacation. 4 cities in two weeks and maybe a couple of others as day side trips.
I will be visiting Budapest (I hope everything is quieted down), Prague (I keep on hearing how beautiful it is) Berlin and Amsterdam.
I will be taking lots of photos.
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Thank you, DR Michael S.
I look forward to seeing your vacation pics. Have a great time!
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DR Laura,
Elmo and the rest of the kitties send you big birthday hugs. Happy Birthday and happy celebrating!
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Oops...Elmo wants to telll you himself!
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Thank you, Edisaurus and Elmo!
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Edisaurus, I've passed your hello on to Grant. I think I may have one copy of the two disc Nudie left. Let me check before you place an order should you want to place an order. They also show up on eBay from time to time, but you really have to make sure the seller knows in advance that it's two discs (one DVD, one CD).
BK, thanks so much for passing on...my hellos, that is!
And don't let me make off with your last copy; save it for someone special in your life! I like tracking things down via EBay and will also ask the Amazon re-sellers if theirs includes the CD. I just wanted to check here first to see if there were first editions left before buying used, since no artists profit on a second sale. Like it's a huge profit anyway, but still...
Of course, if everyone special in your life and all the HHW veterans have a copy, I would gratefully order one from you!
Thanks!
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To quote MusicMan:
"the Brain is feeling solid, together, and working smoothly".
Which is more than I can say for my own.
Off for coffee!
But before I go, I want to say as a newbie how fascinating it is to be witnessing the process that goes into the birth of a new show. Thanks to BK for keeping us all in the loop---it's really a wonderful thing and I'm sure it will be very emotionally gratifying to the whole community when they get to see the actual show in production!
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Good morning, all! It's a thankfully quiet morning; I'm listening to BABES IN TOYLAND and sipping my coffee.[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAFE TRAVEL VIBES & A GREAT VACATION TO DR MICHAEL S! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/move]
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR OUR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER DR LAURA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes, DR Jose, Amazon.com will not deduct your payment till the order ships. I hav nothing else to report.
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Happy Birthday, DR Dear Reader Laura!
Marty, Mikey, Bonnie, Buster and Fletcher send waggy tails!
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Thank you, DR Elmore! Thank you, DR SWoody and the waggy tails!
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And the word of the day is: HERMAPHRODITE!
What did PRIM HEATHER DO when she wanted to spite her two mommies? She became a HERMAPHRODITE, of course!!!
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Birthday wishes to our own DR Laura who doesn't look a day over 105.
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Dear DR Edisaurus:
You should know that your credits at IMDB have caused a stir here in Rehoboth Beach, DE!
Specifically, your work on Season Five of Good Eats have created the stir, because I am a big fan of Alton's. We have all of the GE DVDs in our collection.
The stir is not your fault, not at all. Rather, that darling fellow poster (and partner for twenty years) Der Brucer hadn't realized that the eps on the DVDs are not being released in season order! Rather, the three episodes per disc are arranged by topic.
As a result, two of the Season Five episodes have yet to make it to DVD. But we have the rest! (A complete list of episodes can be found at the Good Eats Fan Page (http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/GEFP/index.htm).)
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Happiest of Natal Anniversaries to DR LAURA.
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Whew...changing history....hmmmm
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...your work on Season Five of Good Eats have created the stir, because I am a big fan of Alton's. We have all of the GE DVDs in our collection.
Wow! That's really cool! Alton will be so pleased that he's creating a stir. He lives across the square from me here in Marietta. He lives in a REALLY nice historic home. I live in a historic 1923 crackerbox in the barrio.
I have been writing and editing a gardening show for HGTV for 15 seasons, and just was able to do the one season of Good Eats while our show was on hiatus.
Alton is very intense and brilliant. He used to be a director at a local post house until he decided to take cooking classes. That was one of the most creative shows I've ever worked on, but I always felt a little nervous working on it---I felt like Alton was so overworked he was waiting to explode and I didn't want to be the one to trigger it.
Since then, he's added Iron Chef America and his Eating on Asphalt show so I'm amazed he's still alive. He really does have a hand in every aspect of his show. His wife produces GE....we frequent the same restaurants (it's a small town) and they stroll down to the square with their daughter and low-rider dog looking so calm and relaxed. I really wonder how they do it!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURA! Have a lovely day.
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The event in history I would change would be the assination of JFK and the parade of awful presidents that followed.
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Happy Birthday DR Laura.
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Wow! That's really cool! Alton will be so pleased that he's creating a stir. He lives across the square from me here in Marietta. He lives in a REALLY nice historic home. I live in a historic 1923 crackerbox in the barrio.
I have been writing and editing a gardening show for HGTV for 15 seasons, and just was able to do the one season of Good Eats while our show was on hiatus.
Alton is very intense and brilliant. He used to be a director at a local post house until he decided to take cooking classes. That was one of the most creative shows I've ever worked on, but I always felt a little nervous working on it---I felt like Alton was so overworked he was waiting to explode and I didn't want to be the one to trigger it.
Since then, he's added Iron Chef America and his Eating on Asphalt show so I'm amazed he's still alive. He really does have a hand in every aspect of his show. His wife produces GE....we frequent the same restaurants (it's a small town) and they stroll down to the square with their daughter and low-rider dog looking so calm and relaxed. I really wonder how they do it!
I love Good Eats as well. Hope Alton has recovered from his motorcycle accident.
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HAPYY BIRTHDAY DR LAURA FROM CALLIE SUE, BOO BOO AND ME
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Sounds like a good day is planned in October. I can't join the jaunt in Central Park but I will see you all after Drowsy Chaperone. I'll be waiting in the lobby of the Marquis Theatre.
Go on the Carousel in the Park. It's easy to find and cheap and makes you feel like a kid. It goes fast too.
I'm sure Mr. Simbulan will be his excellent tour guide self but remember the statue of Alice in Wonderland with the Chesire Cat and the Dormouse and Mushrooms for days. Also, Literary Walk on the way to Bethesda Foundation and the (decrepit) bandshell is a nice walk. The bandshell appeared in the film version of Hair. The gang slept on the bandshell and Treat Williams woke up and peed off the corner.
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Callie Sue, Boo Boo and Me. Sounds like one of those 1970s country songs. One of them probably jumped off the bridge ;)
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Happy B-day, Laura!
Those of you who are waiting for my next cinematic epic on the screen will just have to content yourself with my letter to the editor of the Lexington Herald Leader that appears today. It can be found on the internet at the paper's website.
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Good morning!
Another glorious day with totally blue skies and cool temperatures. I was a bit dismayed to see the temperatures forecast to creep back up in the coming days, but as for today, I'm going to enjoy every second of it.
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This takes us to Page Two!
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Extreme birthday wishes to Dear Reader Laura!!!
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Have a safe and happy vacation, DR Michael Shayne.
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I had just the opposite reaction. I liked THE BOURNE IDENTITY quite a lot and tolerated THE BOURNE SUPREMACY. I believe they're actually doing another one, too.
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I didn't get a call yesterday and so far nothing today, so I have to assume that I was not cast in AMADEUS. Ah, well, that just leaves more time for movie and TV viewing.
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Fire engines have been screaming up and down the main street in front of my house all morning. There have been at least four instances of them driving by since about 9 a.m. Amazing!
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And now an ambulance went racing by the front door! What's going on?
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Having lunch today with best friend John so I need to get up from here and get cleaned up.
WBBL.
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Super birthday greetings to DearReaderLaura!!! Have a wonderful day!
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Thursday morning greetings! Today's my day off and I did, indeed, sleep in - until after 9am!
In a while DH Richard and I have to go retrieve my Vibe, which spent the night in the car hospital for some routine maintenance this morning. Then I'm taking my mother and aunt on some errands, fixing dinner for R and myself, and going to my book group this evening.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR DearReaderLaura! Will you have cake?
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Good morning Esteemed, velvet-voiced, suave, and ruddy BK --
Thanks for the correction about the date for The Brain opening.
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and of course a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY and a big hug to DR Laura........
I'll call you a little later, and see if you'd like a birthday lunch today!
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for the TOD :
I would have had Hitler run over by a car as a small boy.....and no other replacement idiot/monster/dictator would come along to take his place.
Not only would it drastically change the course of so many lives in Europe, it would also alter the chain of events that led to the pacific involvement.
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I used to play the Titanic Computer game. If you win the game you uncover secrets that prevent WWII from happening and at the end it says that Hitler never gained power and was only known as a second rate artist.
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TOD: it's so difficult to answer this. I know there are obvious things and people I would like to see change, but what effect that would have on everything that happened later is what I would be concerned about
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TOD - i would not have sold MSFT when it hit $100, that first time... I would have gone ahead and bought 500 shares of that initial offering of Starbucks; and I would have harnessed my greed and sold GBUR after it went up to $9+, instead of waiting for it to crash and burn...
I don't think my parents would have met, and i probably would not be here, had anything happened to Hitler, or Napoleon, or Alexander, or any other brutal megalomaniac slaughterers who periodically infect the race... I would have changed the sequence of inept, ignorant, arrogant mistakes that led to the WTC disaster... I certainly would. I think regret only serves if it instructs...
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I have decided, upon reflection, to go through this day uncontented.
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Or should that be discontented?
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Or malcontented?
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Or maybe I'll settle for being contentious.
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But I won't touch "hermaphrodite".
If Herm could be indicted for his afro, can any of us be safe from litigation?
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On a happier note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our DR Dear Reader Laura, of the beautiful photographs that make my heart kvell!!! Hope your morning walk is gladsome and heart-lifting and full of sights to thrill and delight you!!
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A Very Happy Birthday to DearReaderLaura!! ;D
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And now, I must shower, shave, dress and be off to work!
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I'm sitting here waiting for my lunch date to arrive.
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And now, I must shower, shave, dress and be off to work!
And I, for one, hope you don't forget the proper sequencing of these events!
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I'm up, I'm up.
Edisaurus, if you want to see the development of shows in all its insane glory, we've written about the process on several occasions in great detail and its all there in the notes of old, which you can access by clicking on column archives. This past January's notes (and a bit of December's) you'll read all about my play Deceit. The prior year, around July and August, you'll read all about the development and production of the musical revue, What If. I've also talked at length about writing the various novels (this site debuted in November of 2001, just as I finished the first, Benjamin Kritzer). I love writing about the process of creation, and I haven't been shy about it here, and that includes the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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And I'm sure we'll be getting more of the same once The Brain begins - but I also wrote about that this past May when we first put it on its feet in a staged reading.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Ah, yes, fall allergies in DC. Ugh!
*I'm actually not feeling that bad at all. It's just that "insidious post-nasal drip" has returned, and it's very "insidious" and annoying.
**And it's funny how when I was back in NYC over the past weekend, my allergies seemed to be in check. -A sign, you say? ;)
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A Very Happy Birthday To DR DearReaderLaura!!!!!
Dance Like It's Page Three!!!
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And have come cake too!!
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Ah, yes, fall allergies in DC. Ugh!
*I'm actually not feeling that bad at all. It's just that "insidious post-nasal drip" has returned, and it's very "insidious" and annoying.
**And it's funny how when I was back in NYC over the past weekend, my allergies seemed to be in check. -A sign, you say? ;)
Actually, this insidious problem has been sweeping the country the past few weeks.
Makes me wonder if we've not been dosed with some biological agent or other.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Since I was on the road at the time, I would love to go back a few years for the birth of my nephew, John Michael, and my niece, Alyssa. I did not "meet" John until he was a year and a half old, and Alyssa when she six months.
As for the more catastrophic world events... As other DRs have hinted, Good does come out Bad, and, yes, even though it would be wonderful to change history, one does have to wonder just how much history one would be changing in the process.
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Actually, this insidious problem has been sweeping the country the past few weeks.
Makes me wonder if we've not been dosed with some biological agent or other.
Well, my fall allergies - molds - have always been worse than my spring ones, so... And then since DC was built on top of a swamp... And since I'm also working a theatre right now, and since theatres are "traditionally" dusty...
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Oh boy, have I got a lot of catching up to do.
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I spy me a DR Rodzinski!
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Oh boy, have I got a lot of catching up to do.
Ditto.
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Well, I have understudy rehearsal in an hour, so...
Laters...
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Hey Jose! Sorry we missed you in town here.
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DR Rodzinski - how good to see you, how are you feeling?
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Wow! A new (to me) avatar for Cillaliz! That brightens my day. I am feeling much better after some nagging illness. Thank you!
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Happy Birthday to DR Laura!!!!!!!!!! One of the most glorious of posters, in my humble opinion.
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George has a cool new avatar too.
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A late, late, happy birthday to DR Elmore!!! A marvelous ambassador of the HHW vibe. I voted for your show via my phone!
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Yes, you have things to catch up on, things to ketchup on, CDs to order, books to order - so much!!!
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Ah - Mr. Kimmel is up and around. What time would you like to have our little post-mortem??
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And I, for one, hope you don't forget the proper sequencing of these events!
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I actually did this time, thanks! ;)
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George has a cool new avatar too.
Thank you very much...and welcome back!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Laura!
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And bk thinks he has publisher problems:
Poor Andrew Sullivan (http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/09/pulped_nonficti.html) laments:
Pulped Non-Fiction
20 Sep 2006 04:22 pm
As I write, the entire print-run of my forthcoming book, The Conservative Soul, is being pulped or trashed. A horrible printing error spliced half of the fifth chapter into the middle of the sixth, rendering the entire second half of the book incomprehensible. Many of the books were ok, but so many - thousands of them - weren't that we had no option but to start over, or risk the integrity of the text. All copies that were shipped are being recalled from booksellers. This is every writer's nightmare - especially as I discovered the error myself while re-reading the book late one night last week and couldn't believe my eyes. But it has a relatively happy ending. With the speed of today's print technology, the publishing date has been moved back only a week - to October 10. The review galleys were fine, mercifully. If you pre-ordered by Amazon, fear not. Nothing has shipped yet and the entire batch will be replaced.
der Brucer
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Ah, the value of a good PR staff:
(Names omitted to protect the guilty)
A professional genealogical researcher, discovered that [Target's name]'s great-great uncle, Remus Target, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows.
On the back of the picture is this inscription: "Remus Target; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889."
The researcher emailed Target@&%. Gov for comments. Target's staff of professional image adjustors cropped Remus's picture, scanned it, enlarged the image, and edited it with image processing software so that all that's seen is a head shot.
The accompanying biographical sketch is as follows:
"Remus Target was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad.
In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed."
der Brucer
Note to the more-literal minded: the above is satire.
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PennyO, just call me and we'll figure out how we'll do it. I'm here now.
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Had a really spirited longer jog today - I'm feeling SO much better having had the talk with Dr. Kohn. I'm still taking it easy, voice-wise, but it's causing me no stress whatsoever now.
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Welcome eleven GUESTS! We're talkin' about changing history.
I've enjoyed all the comments on the topic of the day - all very interesting and insightful. Let's have more.
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I'm trying to get helper Jessica on the phone to see if we can go do the storage/music thing today rather than tomorrow.
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I mean, this is a girl who is never ever not looking at her cell phone, and I mean at meals and every other moment of the day - and yet, I've left two messages already with no response.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEARREADER LAURA!
Michael S - That sounds like a wonderful trip! I hear from people in Budapest that things are not nearly as bad as the news reports make them out to be. No surprise. If you want any Budapest travel hints PM me and I'll get you in touch with DD who spent the last 7 months there.
As for the TOD - I agree with Music Guy about Hitler. Of course, that would mean that I wouldn't exist - my father's first wife was killed in the Holocaust and my mother's fiance committed suicide on the way to the camps. My parents met after the war - and eventually I came along. As Jose said, once you start tampering with history you never know where that will lead. However...
This makes me want to revisit the old Twilight Zone episode about doing just this.
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From Edisaurus sometime yesterday:
I have put together a mix of S&V related songs for a future program on WFMU in NY when we have our theatrical release. We did this with our last film, and played 2 hours of different versions of "The Internationale". (I think that show is still archived on their website.) So we will certainly use the song then. I also include it on a mix CD I made for walk-in music before screenings. I may have an extra copy which I could give you since yours is worn out!
Just curious: Did you happen to include Sondheim's song "Goodbye for Now" from the film Reds? (Which is on at least one BK-produced album.) The melody, I understand, is the "Internationale" played backwards.
And btb (by-the-bye in Internet lingo), did I ever say
WELCOME NEWBIE DR EDISAURUS! ?
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As a side note to some of the recent comments, i remember a friend in law school saying he wished he had so-and-so's parents, and I thought that then he wouldn't be him.
Nothing profound, but I had nothing else to post about :)
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Is it too soon to post the old joke about how hard it is to get adusted to the New Year, that for weeks I'll still be dating my checks 5766?
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I just looked up the Twilight Zone episode. "No Time Like the Past" written by Rod Serling.
Synopsis
Paul Driscoll uses a time machine with the noble intention of going back in time to alter past events. After failing to warn a Hiroshima police captain about the atomic bomb, assassinate Adolf Hitler immediately before the outbreak of World War II, and change the course of the Lusitania to avoid being torpedoed by a World War I German U-boat, he accepts the hypothesis that the past cannot be changed. He then uses the time machine to journey to the town of Homeville, Indiana back in the year 1881 with the intention of escaping and living out a quiet, uncomplicated life. After reading in a history book that Homeville's schoolhouse will burn down because of a kerosene lantern thrown from a runaway wagon, he spots the wagon and attempts to prevent this event from occuring. But instead he causes the fire he intended to prevent.
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Seems that some people are taking off tomorrow, since the actual New Year's holiday falls on the weekend, but starts Friday night. I'll be bringing in the New year by seeing the 9 pm ...SINGING NUN, along with Tomovoz and Colin. Tom called this morning, and I have to find a suitable restaurant around 46th and 9th that will take a 7:00 reservation.
New Year tidbit: The day before Rosh Hashanah is affectionately called "Rusha Homa" in my office, and I assume in many other offices.
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Last Saturday, as you already know, DR vixmom and I attended a matinee of
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Oh yes it was funny, if campy in a Charles Bush sort of way. And yet with all the fictionalized characters and hilarious movie take-offs (or is it "takes-off"?), it ended up being rather touching at the end--and it really followed the eventual demise of Soeur Sourire quite closely. I know, because I researched her on the internet afterward and learned that her life was in fact quite tragic, quite different from the cloying Debby Reynolds version.
(As a footnote, the show doesn't mention that her lover's book on teaching autistic children is still used as a textbook today.)
Anyway, I'm sure you've all heard quite enough about nuns. So for a change of pace, let me post a picture of Michael Hunsaker as the priest Father Lyon in the show:
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My only quibble with his performance was that every time a nun ripped open his shirt in the heat of passion--he promptly rebuttoned it!
Here is the web site for the show. (http://www.nymf.org/index.php?module=ShowManager&func=display&sid=450) Why they have no bio or our DR elmore the orchestrator I do not know.
After the show we found a lovely German Biergarten and had a most pleasant afternoon before Larry had to run off and attend to another of the projects to which he lends his genius.
I am looking forward to next Saturday with the Boys from Oz with bells on. Well, one or two of us may have bells on.
But, as Max Schulman used to say in those cute cigarette ads that ran in the college newspapers in the sixties, I digress.
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Wow! A new (to me) avatar for Cillaliz! That brightens my day. I am feeling much better after some nagging illness. Thank you!
Why thank you, Dr Rodzinski
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The TOD reminds me of It's a Wonderful Life.
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Those of you who are waiting for my next cinematic epic on the screen will just have to content yourself with my letter to the editor of the Lexington Herald Leader that appears today.
Thanks, but I much prefer your fiction.
der Brucer
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Back to "No Time Like the Past" - the Twilight Zone episode about changing history... I looked up the closing narration and here it is...
Narrator: "Incident on a July afternoon, 1881. A man named Driscoll who came and went and, in the process, learned a simple lesson, perhaps best said by a poet named Lathbury, who wrote, 'Children of yesterday,/ Heirs of tomorrow,/ What are you weaving?/ Labor and sorrow? /Look to your loom again,/ Faster and faster/ Fly the great shuttles/ Prepared by the Master./ Life's in the loom!/ Room for it—Room!' Tonight's tale of clocks and calendars--in the Twilight Zone."
The words, by the way, are from the hymn “A Song of Hope” written by Mary Artemesia Lathbury in the 1880’s, I believe. Interesting that, in the 1880's, she speaks of "flying the great shuttles!"
Talk about time travel!
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I phoned the Milford Plaza and left a message for our DR Tomovoz. Tonight he and Colin are seeing tHE DROWSY CHAPERONE.
DR FJL, have you set a time for dinner with them? I will need to abandon you around 7:45 to get over to the theatre for a sound check and hand out a few thank you gifts.
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I caught the farewell of Matt Ashford on the dreadful DAYS OF OUR LIVES. I wonder if our DR DakotaCelt is flying the flag at half mast?
TOD: I want to go back into the past to observe, not to change anything.
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I need to go into the past to learn where the fat hell I put my 3-hole punch! I need to put my Brain from Planet X libretto into a binder ASAP.
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From Edisaurus sometime yesterday:Just curious: Did you happen to include Sondheim's song "Goodbye for Now" from the film Reds? (Which is on at least one BK-produced album.) The melody, I understand, is the "Internationale" played backwards.
Thanks for the very large welcome, DR WF Orr!
I had heard that the traditional song was used in the movie "Reds", but haven't seen it since I worked on our film. I will definitely track the song down and check it out...maybe even transcribe the melody and see if it is indeed a backwards version.
Our film features Pete Seeger and Billy Bragg, plus other people around the world. This is probably my favorite documentary of those I've worked on. We were on the make the cut. The Academy had a special screening for certain short-list films including ours, but that was when my ancient cat was in declining health and I was afraid to leave town to go to the event.
The most unusual version I've ever seen in a movie is in "The Cradle Will Rock", when Bill Murray sang it with a ventriloquist dummy!
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We were on the make the cut.
This was supposed to say "We were on the Academy Awards short list, one of 7 from which the 5 nominees where chosen, but we didn't make the cut".
But somehow, *I* made a cut.
Guess it's my nature as an editor! LOL
BTW, my mother has no idea of what I do for a living; she tells people my job is to "cut out the bad stuff". Which is partially true, I guess....
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I'm at work and covertly on this site to wish the very Dear Reader laura a Happy Birthday!!! I have to go and attend a meeting I hate. Not only do I have to atttend, I got stuck taking minutes for it, so I actually have to listen and can't tune them all out and hum Bruce Kimmel tunes in my head. Oh, well, at least I get to make all sorts of nasty editorial comments in my notes which I remove later.
We stioll owe DR Sandra cheesecake, so LAura, would you like Cheesecake too, or must we hold out for Oreo cake.
I love you all and wish I having a nice Haines lunch with all of you instead of attending this meeting. Please don't let Rhonda be there; I don't think I can take her whining today!.
MWAH!!!!!
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TOD
Lots of writers have written pieces on the subject:
WHAT IF? (http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Foremost-Military-Historians/dp/0399145761/sr=1-1/qid=1158867041/ref=sr_oe_1_1/104-9298254-3175924?ie=UTF8&s=books)
and What IF? 2 (http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Eminent-Historians-Imagine/dp/042518613X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-9298254-3175924?ie=UTF8)
(A serendipitious browse of the local Atlantic Books found both volumes bound together for $9.99)
My favorite, so far: "What if Pizarro Had Not Found Potatoes in Peru?"
der Brucer
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This was supposed to say "We were on the Academy Awards short list, one of 7 from which the 5 nominees where chosen, but we didn't make the cut".
A helpful hint to DR Edisaurus... If you want to go back and change or edit something you've posted, hit the "Modify" option in the upper right corner of your post. Once you've done what you want to do, hit "Save" in the lower left corner and your corrected version will appear.
I just modified my own post because I had the prompt in the wrong corner!
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Afternoon proved to be just as beautiful as the morning. What a pleasure to be out and around at lunch and not be sweating and uncomfortable. Can't wait for fall to officially get here.
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Thank you, thank you, for all the birthday wishes, Ben, JRand, Jeanne, Jennifer, Cilla (and the gals), Charles Pogue, MattH, MBarnum (loved the card), Ginny, MusicGuy, Penny), Ron Pulliam, George, Jose, Rodsinski, FJL, WFOrr, Maria, and Kerry! Whew!!
And yes, there will be cake. I shall make it myself!
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TOD:
The crucifixation.
It would be interesting to see what the effect would be from that.
Carlos Eire answers this in "Pontius Pilate Spares Jesus" - Christianity Without the Crucifixtion found in WHAT IF? 2 (http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Eminent-Historians-Imagine/dp/042518613X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-9298254-3175924?ie=UTF8)
He essentially concludes that Jesus goes on preaching and that a new form of Judaism evolves which is embraced as non-threatening by the Romans; Constantine keeps the capitol in Rome, and an undivided Rome withstands the Germanic hoards and controls the planet into the 20th Century, and anyone who does not support the New Religion is persecuted.
Some things never change, it seems.
der Brucer
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Today I have been up in Wickenburg, Arizona, where I was yesterday. We had to leave a vehicle behind, so today DH and I went up real real early to retrieve it. I was on the Carefree Highway coming home when DR MusicGuy called to invite me to lunch.
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BTW, my mother has no idea of what I do for a living; she tells people my job is to "cut out the bad stuff".
I can hear her now "My daughter, the Surgeon!"
der Brucer
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Because lunch ran very late (got started late), I only had time for two items of viewing this afternoon. I began with last night's JUSTICE, a very involving case concerning the death of a man being thrown off a balcony. Not much of a mystery really (though almost everyone involved was lying or telling half-truths at best). I still enjoyed it, and I'm enjoying the show very much. So far, the producers haven't seen fit to have people at the firm to start dating one another.
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So far today, my DH has not remembered my birthdday. If he can go all day without remembering, I can have anything I want because he will feel so guilty.
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Unlike CSI: NY who not only has found Mac (Gary Sinese) a new love interest (a new M.E. on staff) but it looks like CSI Danny and Detective Flack will be cultivating new girl friends from within the unit.
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I forgot to mention that the two cases on last night's CSI: NY involved bungie jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge and a pillow fight that got out of hand. Unusual, I have to say.
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And right now I'm making a DVD-R of the Esther Williams film THE DUCHESS OF IDAHO. I saw this a long time ago, and I remember being very impressed by a tap dance that Eleanor Powell (who's a guest star in this) does. Otherwise, I have only a vague memory of it. Oh, I think this is the one that features Tom and Jerry swimming with Esther.
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And THANK YOU, Dear BK, for remembering my birthday!
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The tv news announcer just asked "Is Elizabeth Taylor dating again? Tune in at 5," and I thought: carbon dating, perhaps.
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The words, by the way, are from the hymn “A Song of Hope” written by Mary Artemesia Lathbury...
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JANUS (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/img/l/a/lathbury_ma.jpg) gives an interesting insight into the role of women hymnists in religion.
The entire hymn is:
Children of yesterday;
Heirs of to-morrow.
What are you weaving?
Labor and sorrow?
Look to your loom again.
Faster and faster
Fly the great shuttles
Prepared by the Master.
Life's in the loom!
Room for it--
Room!
Children of yesterday,
Heirs of to-morrow,
Lighten the labor,
And sweeten the sorrow.
Now--while the shuttles fly
Faster and faster,
Up, and be at it,
At work with the Master.
He stands at your loom;
Room for Him--
Room!
Children of yesterday.
Heirs of to-morrow,
Look at your fabric
Of labor and sorrow.
Seamy and dark*
With despair and disaster,
Turn it, and --lo,
The Design of the Master!
The Lord's at the loom;
Room for Him--
Room!
*(The esaayist takes issue with this verse as "racist')
There seems no agreement on the spelling of her middle name: Artemesia/ Artemisia
der Brucer
There might be a story buried in this essay about women frustrated by their ineligibilty for ministerial status turning to hymn-writing as a means of theological expression.
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So far today, my DH has not remembered my birthdday. If he can go all day without remembering, I can have anything I want because he will feel so guilty.
Is it possible that he's actually planning something very nice for you tonight? ::)
;D
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Back from taking my mother and my aunt on errands. I'm exhausted.
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Is it possible that he's actually planning something very nice for you tonight? ::)
;D
Sure. That must be it. ;)
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Unlike CSI: NY who not only has found Mac (Gary Sinese) a new love interest (a new M.E. on staff) but it looks like CSI Danny and Detective Flack will be cultivating new girl friends from within the unit.
Let me know when Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) needs company!
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der brucer
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Is it possible that he's actually planning something very nice for you tonight? ::)
;D
Only if he readily asks for directions when lost and always puts the seat down.
der Brucer
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Let me know when Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) needs company!
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der brucer
Will do! But rumor hath it that he's already taken.
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Now, down to clean the bedroom areas and then back to DVD/TV for the evening.
WBBL.
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Will do! But rumor hath it that he's already taken.
Still with George?
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Keystone Kops strike again:
Key Evidence Missing in John Mark Karr Child Porn Case
Thursday , September 21, 2006
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Efforts to prosecute one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr on child pornography charges should not be jeopardized even though his computer that allegedly contained the images was lost, Sonoma County authorities said Wednesday.
Authorities seized the computer from Karr's home in 2001 and copied the entire hard drive onto paper, including the five illicit images, said Sheriff's Department Lt. Dave Edmonds. He said authorities looked for the computer for the past two weeks, but have had no luck.
DA: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, these are indeed copies of what we found on the defendant's computer (which, silly us, we've lost) - Truct us, please.
DEFENSE: Trials over - let's go - drink's on me!
der Brucer
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Still with George?
One can always hope the competition will defer to seniority!
der Brucer
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I had just the opposite reaction. I liked THE BOURNE IDENTITY quite a lot and tolerated THE BOURNE SUPREMACY. I believe they're actually doing another one, too.
Yes they are. I believe it is called STILL BOURNE.
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'Children of yesterday,/ Heirs of tomorrow,/ What are you weaving?/ Labor and sorrow? /Look to your loom again,/ Faster and faster/ Fly the great shuttles/ Prepared by the Master./ Life's in the loom!/ Room for it—Room!' Tonight's tale of clocks and calendars--in the Twilight Zone."
The words, by the way, are from the hymn “A Song of Hope” written by Mary Artemesia Lathbury in the 1880’s, I believe. Interesting that, in the 1880's, she speaks of "flying the great shuttles!"
Talk about time travel!
I assume she was talking about the shuttles on a loom...
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I need to go into the past to learn where the fat hell I put my 3-hole punch! I need to put my Brain from Planet X libretto into a binder ASAP.
I have one right here, would you like to use it ;)
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Oh, doing a motion and brief seems to have taken up my afternoon. I get to go home now. Hoo and Ray
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...There might be a story buried in this essay about women frustrated by their ineligibilty for ministerial status turning to hymn-writing as a means of theological expression.
Three years ago I stage directed and appeared as Catherine Winkworth (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/w/i/n/winkworth_c.htm) in a church production entitled A Festival of Hymns: The Writers Tell Their Stories. DH Richard portrayed Martin Luther.
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And now, I'm...
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in Seattle! Be back much later!! ;D
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DR George - have a wonderful time in Oz!
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A PICTURE PERFECT BIRTHDAY,
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TO DEAR READER LAURA!!
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SMILE!
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Thanks, TCB.
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My cake was an utter failure. It fell apart when I removed it from the pan.
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As for the TOD - I agree with Music Guy about Hitler. Of course, that would mean that I wouldn't exist - my father's first wife was killed in the Holocaust and my mother's fiance committed suicide on the way to the camps. My parents met after the war - and eventually I came along.
Well, I am certainly glad you clarified that!
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TOD: Well, if I could change anything in my personal history, I would go back and not meet a couple of people.
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It fell apart when I removed it from the pan.
That's why they make glue-sticks!
der Brucer
Hmmm...glue sticks with edible glue? Anybody here know how to get a patent?
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I just spoke to our DR Tomovoz, who has blisters from going to the Top of the Rock as well as the Cloisters, which had been on his itenerary for tomorrow. I will meet them around 5 at theur hotel tomorrow, visit, have dinner with them and our DR FJL before going to The Singing Nun.
On Saturday, I shall join them, vixmom and William Orr, as well as anyone else who wants to join us for a visit. Tom is contacting vixmom to check on Saturday's time and place.
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Let me know when Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) needs company!
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der brucer
Good Heavens, derBrucer, that kid is so young, you may have had his grandfather!
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News release: (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/feds-recommend-routine-hiv-tests/20060921120409990021?_ccc=4&cid=842)
Feds Recommend Routine HIV Tests
By MIKE STOBBE, AP
ATLANTA (Sept. 21) - An HIV test should be almost as common as a cholesterol check, say federal health officials, who Thursday recommended routine testing for the AIDS virus for most Americans.
The U.S. Centers for Disease"Control and Prevention said people between the ages of 13 and 64 should be tested for the virus wjen they get other routine medical tests, although not every year unless they are at risk for AIDS.
The guidelines could help end the stigma of HIV testing, prevent further spread of the disease, and lead to needed care for an estimated 250,000 Americans who don't yet know they have it, CDC officials said.
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The CDC recommends everyone get tested at least once, but annual testing is urged only for people at high risk.
Unless one were assured of an uncancelable, fully transferable, quaranteed for life, medical insurance policy, consent would be inane!
Anyone who engages in sexual conduct is at high-risk: the greatest increse in HIV infection is in populations commonly considered "low-risk" - (married women). The infection rate in "high-risk" populations is going down because of the spread of "safer-sex" procedures.
der Brucer
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Good Heavens, derBrucer, that kid is so young, you may have had his grandfather!
And if you haven't, then Mr. Barnum has!
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Good Heavens, derBrucer, that kid is so young, you may have had his grandfather!
If you knew me better you would replace "may have" with "probably". ::)
der Brucer
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If you knew me better you would replace "may have" with "probably". ::)
der Brucer
I was being kind.
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The day is waxing, FINALLY...and I'm as contentious as I was this morning.
I had a GREAT lunch, though....
Pancetta, red onions, heirloom tomatoes and mozzarella sauteed with olive oil, garlic and basil served over penne.
YUM!
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And I started a new page!
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Someobdy better warn TomovOz that I'm closing in on him on the post totals....I'm a mere 685 posts behind him!
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Happy Laura to DR Cake!
I mean... Voeux de Joyeux Anniversaire pour notre Chère Lectrice Laura!
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Anything for an edge!
LINE PASS (http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/eat-a-roach-and-be-the-first-in-line/n20060921082509990009?cid=936)
Eat a Roach and Be the First in Line
APGURNEE, Ill. (Sept. 21) - Why wait in line when you can just eat a cockroach? That's the question Six Flags Great America is asking its thrill seekers during its Halloween-themed FrightFest. The amusement park is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.
The promotion, which has Lake County Health Department officials shaking their heads, starts Oct. 7.
Anyone who chows down the entire 2- to 3-inch horned cockroach gets a pass for four people to cut to the front of ride lines through Oct. 29.
der Brucer
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I was being kind.
Thank you. Woody says I should always depend upon the kindness of strangers.
der brucer
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S-T-E-L-L-A !
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Back for but a moment - I did all the music charts for Em and Al today, and I now have to go pick them up at Staples and then go Fed Ex them to Emily. I've been in storage facilities and I had a nice lunch, but I haven't stopped doing since this morning and I'm ready to sit on my couch like so much fish.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NYC HHW ALERT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I spoke to our DRvixmom, who spoke to our DR Tomovoz. We will meet on Saturday morning at 11 AM in Shubert Alley. If any other DRs want to join us, you now have the time and the place.
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Allo, I am still around, I have just been very busy and I will catch up on posts later....
Today was Matt's last airdate on Days... BOOO!! Guess I no longer have to watch days...
I wanted to drop by quick and wish DR Laura the happiest of Birthdays and I hope she has a spectacular day!
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I assume she was talking about the shuttles on a loom...
Not in MY story. For me talking about the Space Shuttle in 1880 is much more interesting. And as she's not here to argue, who's to say which one it is?
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Not in MY story. For me talking about the Space Shuttle in 1880 is much more interesting. And as she's not here to argue, who's to say which one it is?
I am with you, Maria!
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I have decided, upon reflection, to go through this day uncontented.
You're going to loose all your contents?
The visual image alone is...
:P
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Let me know when Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) needs company!
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der brucer
Der Brucer is always on the lookout for a good bridge partner. I've never figured out the danged game.
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After two days spent wrangling shopping carts at work, I am remarkably sunburnt.
I can say that quite honestly, because I remarked about it to der Brucer just a little while ago.
Right now, we have no idea when, or if, our regular cart wrangler is coming back. But Dixie, my direct boss, has told me that next week the carts will be handled by two of the others on staff. And on weekends, we've got the high school kids to do the job (but nowhere near as efficiently as I! ;D).
It was a nice change of pace while it lasted.
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The tv news announcer just asked "Is Elizabeth Taylor dating again? Tune in at 5," and I thought: carbon dating, perhaps.
ROTFLMAO
Last month we were watching a show on ancient Egypt, and an archeologist said he had been in Cairo dating mummies.
I turned to Joe and said, "I hope I never get that desperate!"
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Finally back home and exhausted from all the running and lifting.
Why Fed Ex will be going into the toilet: I went to ship a medium fed ex box of music charts to Emily Skinner. Weight - barely anything. In the old Fed Ex days, maybe eighteen bucks. Cost for AFTERNOON delivery tomorrow? $48.00. I had them do it for Monday and it was still $25.00 but I'd missed the express mail cutoff for today anyway. Cost of express mail from the USPS (also trackable and guaranteed by morning)? About fifteen bucks. Goodbye Fed Ex - never again, and I suspect I'm not the only one saying it.
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Bruce! There you are. You can call me - I'm at the apt...
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Cell fone does NOT work here... I left the loft number on your voicemail earlier today.
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One of the tabloids sold at work has a headline for this week's issue, stating that Nichole Richie is the new Karen Carpenter.
Give me a break.
Karen Carpenter had talent.
:P
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And, with that, I'd better get dinner on the table.
Italian sausage, pasta, broccoli.
(Nope, no spinach.)
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Tonight I fixed the dish that I had at Coco's with BK last month -- chicken breast with basil cream sauce with garlic mashed potatoes.
Luckily I had a cake mix in the cupboard. A glue-sticked birthday cake would be unseemly. I don't think it photographed too well:
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Der Brucer is always on the lookout for a good bridge partner. I've never figured out the danged game.
Perhaps honeymoon bridge?
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Just had a mighty long but good conversation with PennyO. We now have a good plan for what will happen.
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Good Evening!
...So after listening to the opening of the show, I went ahead and headed out for some shopping. :)
I had to get a set of elbow and wrist guards, and some knee pads since I recently bought a pair of inline skates. Yes, inline skates. Well, actually, they're "outline skates". I got a pair of LandRollers. I first saw them on "The Dog Whisperer" - he wears them. So... So far, I've just ventured up and down the hallways here in my apartment building, but I think I may give them a try in the parking lot tomorrow. -Excited and scared. ;)
And then it was off to Target to pick up a DVD player... Oh, maybe I'll get the DVD recorder... Oh, the DVD/VCR combo is on sale... So... The DVD/VCR combo it is! Was! In any case, I know own a DVD/VCR combo. Alas, it's not a DVD-R/VCR combo, but at least now I can catch up on my DVD viewing during the rest of my time down here in DC.
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DRs elmore and WFO - I had forgotten that Michael Hunsaker was/is in Singing Nun.... We had a sort of "reunion" a couple of months ago when he came over to the apartment for a party - he remembered me - and vice versa - from various SETC auditions in years past. A real good guy. And, yes, very easy on the eyes too. And it turns out he's also a neighbor of mine - he lives just a couple of blocks away.
Oh - and if any DR would like to see "more" of him, he has a website too:
MichaelHunsaker.com (http://www.michaelhunsaker.com)
:)
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Finally back home and exhausted from all the running and lifting.
Why Fed Ex will be going into the toilet: I went to ship a medium fed ex box of music charts to Emily Skinner. Weight - barely anything. In the old Fed Ex days, maybe eighteen bucks. Cost for AFTERNOON delivery tomorrow? $48.00. I had them do it for Monday and it was still $25.00 but I'd missed the express mail cutoff for today anyway. Cost of express mail from the USPS (also trackable and guaranteed by morning)? About fifteen bucks. Goodbye Fed Ex - never again, and I suspect I'm not the only one saying it.
It really is amazing just how much FedEx rates run now for anything over a "Letter" weight. Heck, even some of the "Letter" rates are a bit "surprising". And the Saturday delivery rates are totally ridiculous.
When FedEx took over Kinko's a few years ago, they lowered the rates in order to entice people to come into Kinko's and mail their packages with them. They were even offering free packing services. Then a few months down the line the rates went back to "normal". Ah, well...
And even though the USPS may not always be "on time" when it comes to their Express Mail service, I've had my share of FedEx woes too. And getting a refund from the USPS for not meeting their guaranteed delivery time is a heck of a lot easier than getting one from FedEx.
*However, I do like how the last pick-up time for FedEx packages in Manhattan is 8:30pm at some locations.
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Tonight I fixed the dish that I had at Coco's with BK last month -- chicken breast with basil cream sauce with garlic mashed potatoes.
Luckily I had a cake mix in the cupboard. A glue-sticked birthday cake would be unseemly. I don't think it photographed too well:
Regardless of the quality of the photograph, I'm sure it still tastes/tasted good.
:)
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Well, let's kick it over to seven!
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PUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Much better!
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You know the problem with errant and truant folks like vixmom, who barely graces us with her loveliness anymore - they don't even know there's a new book to order. Someone should let her know, since I know she enjoys reading them.
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Elmore, did you tell Tom and Colin that we're having Italian for dinner tomorrow? If so, did that seem Ok with them?
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You know the problem with errant and truant folks like vixmom, who barely graces us with her loveliness anymore - they don't even know there's a new book to order. Someone should let her know, since I know she enjoys reading them.
Does she even know that you are coming to The Big Apple?
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I just finished watching part 2 of Andy Warhol on American Masters. I thought it was excellent.
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Good heavens, tomorrow is Friday...where did this week go? I'm glad it's going to be Friday, but it just crept up on me
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Still with George?
Yes, according to what I've heard. ::)
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Watched lots of fun things tonight.
Started off with the movie GREASE. Hadn't watched it in awhile, so I put it on. No, I didn't get the latest edition. The last one looks OK until I upgrade to a high definition transfer whenever that will be.
High def is REALLY going to betray the ages of all of these "teenagers." I know I'm getting older and they're not (in the film), but every time I watch this movie, the cast seems to look older and older.
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MY NAME IS EARL had a very funny season opener that focused on Joy and gave her lots of "redneckisms" that really made me laugh.
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Yes, according to what I've heard. ::)
Who's George?
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THE OFFICE had a "gay outing" episode as Oscar the accountant (who we found out was gay last season) was outed by Michael. Funny confrontations all around.
And, of course, Jim's jello joke was very funny.
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Who's George?
Eads
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GREY'S ANATOMY gave some very involving and helpful backstory with the interns, some of which was newly filmed, and the Izzy story of course continued to make me cry. The show really does know how to push the "laugh" and "cry" buttons on me (and I suspect on many others) perfectly.
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I forgot THE OFFICE was on tonight! Grrrrrrrrrrrr
Yes we love Alton and GOOD EATS here in Indiana as well....very entertaining.
The cake still looks delicious, DRLAURA!
DR CP's "Letter to the Editor" was certainly on the right page.
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And tonight's season premiere of CSI had two interesting cases, one of which involved a gay couple so naturally that held my attention.
The Grissom/Sidle pairing which I objected to so strongly at the end of last season was handled discreetly enough that I can tolerate it, and in setting up a cliffhanger, two MORE cases were introduced near the end of the episode.
Obviously, CSI wants its audience to come back next week and not go over to GREY'S ANATOMY or DEAL OR NO DEAL. The ratings report tomorrow should be very interesting.
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DR Jrand, check the Saturday listings. Seems like I recall NBC repeating tonight's EARL and OFFICE on Saturday night.
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And now I'm heading for bed.
Good night!
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Hello to the lovely DRs, both in and out of the Living Room at the moment. It's the end of a long but good day, and so I just wanted to say goodnight.
"Goodnight." :)
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Dunno if vixmom knows about the trip - she hasn't been here in ages.
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...and some knee pads...
Just like Monica! She said she went to DC to earn her knee pads.
der Brucer
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I am watching a great motion picture.
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I am watching a great motion picture.
KNEE PADS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
aka Home Of The Pr*ck in its X rated version? :o
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I presume George is off
being seeing "Wicked".
der Brucer
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I presume George is off being seeing "Wicked".
der Brucer
OUR George?
I guess yes!
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No one is home, so I can post this neat quote:
So much for House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's pronouncement: "Republicans believe we can have a no-penetration border" — with a 700-mile fence on a 2,000-mile border. That's like putting your faith in half a condom.
der Brucer
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DR George - have a wonderful time in Oz!
Thank you! I just got back and it was WONDERFUL! I can't imagine how (as much as I love the CD) Avenue Q won the Tony Awards®! Wicked was absolutely fabulous! Shoshana Bean was originally from Olympia and a woman that I work with (and who saw the show tonight) worked with Shoshana's mother. She was not as vocally powerful (meaning loud) as one would expect, but still a great performance. Megan Hilty as Galinda/Glinda was also just wonderful. Everyone LOVED it! The audience gave a standing ovation...and deservedly so.