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Well, you've read the notes, the notes came and went, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're all doing their Groucho imitations and singing Hooray For Captain Spaulding.
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And the word of the day is: POLTROON!
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Well, to move this slow Saturday morning along I will post.
There, I posted.
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Margaret Dumont: "Oh....your excellency!"
Groucho: "You're not so bad yourself!"
(I can't remember the movie...Duck Soup?)
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Glad to hear you enjoyed Wicked, Cil and J.
I hope you enjoy Grey Gardens. I hear they have tinkered with the show since I saw it but not so much that it's completely changed. I will probably see it some time in November.
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Only two more Saturdays (after this one) and it's over for another year.
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Ginny should be here in about an hour or so (it's 7:30) but I won't see her since she has her own work activities planned.
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Poltroon...
I bought something from a guy on ebay who specialized in printing. He's helped recommend fonts for my project from time to time, and helped me find out signature "commie font". His company is http://www.poltroonpress.com/
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DR Cillaliz, I'm glad that gravity was defied last night. Wish I could say the same for myself...
Peter loved meeting you, too---he said you were very cool and a kindred spirit!
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I guess the line that pops into my mind immediately is: "You want ice water? Send some onions up, that'll make their ice water."
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Or is it "Get some onions. That'll make your ice water."
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DR Jose, I was telling my husband about your job on the ship, and he said that Ray Evans and Johnny Mercer used to play cruises, in fact that's how they met. It was in some far away locale but they were both there while playing the cruise. (Maybe a slightly different style of cruise, but still...) They loved the cruises!
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Another favorite from Duck Soup that has wormed its way into my vocabulary:
"Go! And never darken my towels again!"
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Or is it "Get some onions. That'll make your ice water."
Another reference for "Cry Onion"! Yay!
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Saturday morning greetings! How many days does DR Jose's workday begin 2 hours before mine ;) ? The conference went well yesterday - it's always more beneficial for me for the "face time" than for the new information. Today there's more on the agenda for my current needs. I'll be there soon, DR Ben!
We totally crashed last night, but feel much better today. Off to breakfast, then DH Richard will walk me to my bus.
Bye for now!
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Well - DRJOSE will be mixing with Jeanne Bice and her QUACKERS.....I hope he takes a bottle of Excedrin and is ready for the onslaught of zaftig ladies in sweaters with embroidered EVERYTHING on front and back!
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Well.....Marx Bros....
DUCK SOUP near the end when they are trapped in house and being bombarded, Groucho gets on the radio with this message:
"Send help. We're trapped. There's three men and one woman. If you can't send help, send two more women."
And so many responses on his television show:
Contestant: I have 17 children.
Groucho: 17! My oh my.
Contestant: Yes, I love my husband.
Groucho: I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth now and then.
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Off to work.
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Everyone have fun in NYC!! Or where you are!
derBRUCER -- thanks. There is hope for Ashland now.
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Hello~!! All caught up!! Belated birthday wishes for JMK! I hope you are very happy a your new employment. What language will you be immersed in?
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DR Cillaliz, I'm glad that gravity was defied last night. Wish I could say the same for myself...
Peter loved meeting you, too---he said you were very cool and a kindred spirit!
That's sweet of him.
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I had a wonderful time on Thursday with Ginny and her DH Richard, Cillaliz, JHVW and our wonderful tour guide Jose.
We met at the Time Warner Center and wandered over to Sarabeth for brunch
OH!
Pumpkin waffle with honey, sourcream, pumkin seeds, raisins and strawberries. HEAVEN!!!! Cillializ and I couln't decide between the chicken and apple sausage and the porka nd apricot sausage so we each ordered one and shared. MMMMMMMMMMMMM
The weather was perfect for walking and what fun we had. MBarnum kindly called us up and we had a chance for a quick chat.
We missed having the rest of last year's group with us....
Danise I kept thinking about our day at Central Park and the Zoo! I hope you can come up again soon and we can visit again. All the best to you and your mom.
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Or is it "Get some onions. That'll make your ice water."
Here we are with the ice water again, lol
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JHVW is indeed quite tall. I felt quite short!
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Well - DRJOSE will be mixing with Jeanne Bice and her QUACKERS.....I hope he takes a bottle of Excedrin and is ready for the onslaught of zaftig ladies in sweaters with embroidered EVERYTHING on front and back!
I want to see a photo of him in charming 2 piece polyester!
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I had to get back for the Meet the Teacher soI took off at 3 and got baclk to my car by 3;30 and over the bridge by 3:45 (whew! I found out going over that it turnd HOV M - F after 4!)
I played The Drowsey Chaperone CD I bought at the Time Warner on the way home in honor of the HHW visit there. I am very sorry that I wasn't able to join you all and very jealous of your extra perks!!!
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Well Vixdad is noisely being productive which I take as a hint I should do the same.... laters!!!
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OH!!!! before I go.. a new American Girl Catalogue came yesterday WAIT !!! DON'T SCROLL PAST YET!!!
A new American Girl Movie is being introduced Hmmmm wonder if any recently traveled back from Canada DR's here had anything to do with that?!
We are looking forward to seeing it!
LATERS
AND CRUISE VIBES FOR JOSE !
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"Oh, Professor, you're full of whimsey!"
"Can you tell from there? I've been eating radishes."
More will come to me - I still laugh at those films!
So, I'm MIRED, I tell yiz, MIRED!! In my course work for that BA at CSU-LA: On Tuesday, I have 3-count'em-3 tests, a paper due Monday, and a speech due Thursday -- and this weekend I'm at the Other School, in my first marathon weekend for that Masters degree... last night from 6 to 11, then back again this morning at 9 until 11 tonight, then back at 9 tomorrow - yes, Sunday, until 7...
Fortunately, this masters thing happens only ONE weekend each month... Ah, la vita studentesca!!!
(what was I thinking???)
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Elmore - still up for dinner tonight? Let us know, I emailed you my cell number
Well we're off to climb a tall building. Laters
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And the word of the day is: POLTROON!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry poltroon
And the string section in the band quivered, too.
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A poltroonish page two dance:
[size=20]SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!!![/size]
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That POLTROON magazine editor Helen Gurley Beige was known to LOOT PORN videos for photo layout ideas rather than come up with her own.
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Since you mentioned Julius (Groucho) Marx, I thought I'd remind BK and all DRs that this coming Thursday (10/12 - the real Columbus Day before the government decided to make most holidays part of long weekends) TCM is televising Dick Cavett interviews Groucho as part of their series of classic Cavett interviews (also out on DVD). It's at 8 & repeated at 11 Eastern, but check for your local time.
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I'm up, I'm up. Tired, but up. Up, but tired. How can it be October already?
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Well, BK, you stole one of my favourite Groucho lines in your notes. I'm also fond of: "Do I understand this? Why a four-year-old child could understand this. Run out and get me a four-year-old child, I can't make head nor tale of this!" "I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas, how he got in my pyjamas, I'll never know."
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Good morning!
Very typical fall day with cool temps, overcast skies, and a BIG smile on my face. I love this time of year.
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I adore the MArx Brothers so much that my brain reels trying to choose anything to quote since they're always SO much better coming from the men themselves.
Groucho: Now here is the sanity clause . . . .
Chico: (ha-ha-ha) There ain't no sanity clause.
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Reading these other lines makes me want to put in one of their films today, and I may do that at lunchtime. But choosing which one, that's a REAL problem.
HORSE FEATHERS has always been my favorite, but I may choose one of the later MGM ones today. Perhaps THE BIG STORE since I don't think I ever got around to watching it once I got the MGM/Marx set.
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Chico: You a pretty girl. You got "it."
(girl smiles)
Chico: And you can keep it.
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Harpo: (Honk, honk)
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I have WALK THE LINE on the DVR, ut I see that HBO-HD is broadcasting it again tonight at 7, so I may just watch it then and erase it off the DVR.
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Off to get lunch started.
WBBL.
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The amazon listings for the book have been fixed, so if anyone was waiting to get the softcover version, it's now available.
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And I should think that some dear readers' copies should be arriving today or, at the very least, Monday.
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I shall now be on my way to do some Xeroxing (in preparation for Monday's reading) and then I shall return a bit later.
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Der Brucer is getting caught up on his DVR viewing.
Afterwards, he'll be going for a fitting for his avatar costume. He's gained a few pounds since he wore it last (it's an old photo) and he wants to be presentable when he next goes out in public.
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Good morning, all! I slept quite late, and there's some godawful event - maybe a streetfair? - happening on Amterdam Avenue with a lot of noisy sound systems, speaking in Spanish, and not too long ago a lady singing "The Star Spangled Banner" in, yep!, Spanish. This can't be Columbus Day since that's an Italian-themed event. Anyway, who can sleep during all that racket in Spanish, Italian, English, or any other language?
Last night I watched the greatest documentary, BALLETS RUSSES: a history, with wonderful interviews with surviving dancers of the two feuding Ballets Russes companies founded in the early 1930s as one company, and footage from performances between 1933 and the late 1950s when both fnally fell apart. I kept thinking of "Who's That Woman?" the great moment in FOLLIES when the old and new worlds collide as I watched clips of 13year-old Irina Baranova dancing in "The Good-Humored Ladies" followed by her interview in 2000, or 90 year-old Frederic Franklin dancing in "Gaite Parisienne" in the 1940s and teaching a class in 2000. Franklin is the host of the documentary, and his recall is amazing; he should do a bio - he's now around 94 - before it's all lost. He talks about the commissioning of RODEO and Agnes de Mille, Marc Platt still looks great, and there are clips from one of his films as well as footage of him in several ballets. Dame Alicia Markova looks wonderful, and they caught her just before she died since several of the interviewees have passed on before the film's completion. It's quite a wonderful fim, and I can't recommend it highly enough.
I have a bit of brain surgery today and a paying job as well, so I must get to work.
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I adore the MArx Brothers so much that my brain reels trying to choose anything to quote since they're always SO much better coming from the men themselves.
Groucho: Now here is the sanity clause . . . .
Chico: (ha-ha-ha) There ain't no sanity clause.
Ah, that one is my favorite also!
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DR MBarnum, 83 year-old George Zoritch, now living in Tucson, had several of the ballerinas a-twitter over how hot he was, and since I'll pander myself to lead anyone to the arts, I thought I would post a few of his photos - he dances in a few films as well - to induce you to watch the DVD.
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Another.
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The last!
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My nephews kids, Taylor and Ben, are staying with Grandma (my sister) this weekend...she is bringing them over so that they can visit with Bosco and Freddy, and the we will go to the carousel at the park downtown.
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DR Elmore, you will be pleased to know that I added it to my Netflix queue even before you posted the photos!
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JMK-I’m a day late, however.......
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
I don’t think I have ever been in your family room. ;D
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Jane - Hi! We just ate at Ollies. We were at the same table the group sat at last year and I was thinking of you!
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DR Elmore, you will be pleased to know that I added it to my Netflix queue even before you posted the photos!
Will Wonders Never Cease??????
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Oh! The TOD.
It's Groucho to the late great Margaret Dumont, but I can hear myself saying it to our DRs Jose and MBarnum:
"We're fighting for your honor, which is more than you ever did."
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A final frenzy: DRs Cillaliz, jhvw, and I have a 6:30 dinner date this evening at La Cocina, 85th Street @ Broadway. If any DRs would like to join us, let me know this afternoon.
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Searching for those photos of George Zoritch, I learned he had written a memoir. It's OP and the cheapest used copy is $1600! I guess I'll try the NYPL Dance Collection.
Raven Wilkinson, the first black dancer in the Ballets Russes, is interviewed and her story of the company's clashes with the KKK in the South over her dancing, with some frightening footage of a lot of asses in white robes, is quite tragic. There are two Native American ballerinas interviewed, including the beautiful Maria Tallchief. I'm debating watching this again today.
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Last night I watched the greatest documentary, BALLETS RUSSES
That sounds fantastic! I'll put it on my list, if I can find it! (I don't have Netflicks or I would never leave my house!)
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The amazon listings for the book have been fixed, so if anyone was waiting to get the softcover version, it's now available.
I received my gorgeous, personally autographed hardcover copy today...I'm quite thrilled! And my first Guy Haines CD as well. The weekend is off to a good start!
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DerBrucer-Beautiful Constable painting. How long will the exhibit be in DC?
Sherlock Goes Through The Stargate: ;D
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DakotaCelt-Thanks for the Library of Congress info. I’ve never been there & must do so during my next, and last trip to Bethesda.
Maria-Your trip sounds great. Will we be seeing a new avatar soon?
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From yesterday:
No but PLAYBILL says next year is her last in Ashland, Oregon.
I’m impressed the festival is in Playbill. I don’t know anything about Libby Appel’s replacement; can only hope he is more of a traditionalist.
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DRLaura-How cool & exciting to watch the owls take flight.
Cillaliz-If I had read the post yesterday I could have asked you to pick me up another WICKED shirt. I practically live in mine during the summer.
I were there with you, at Ollie’s and the entire week. It’s fun experiencing the week vicariously, at a bit sad knowing I’m not there.
Ben-Knowing you and Anthony had such a great experience eased my disappointment at missing the trip.
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Last night I watched the greatest documentary, BALLETS RUSSES: a history, with wonderful interviews with surviving dancers of the two feuding Ballets Russes companies founded in the early 1930s as one company, and footage from performances between 1933 and the late 1950s when both fnally fell apart. I kept thinking of "Who's That Woman?" the great moment in FOLLIES when the old and new worlds collide as I watched clips of 13year-old Irina Baranova dancing in "The Good-Humored Ladies" followed by her interview in 2000, or 90 year-old Frederic Franklin dancing in "Gaite Parisienne" in the 1940s and teaching a class in 2000.
That is incredible! Frederic Franklin was 90 years old in the 40s and he was still teaching in 2000??? Amazing!
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That is incredible! Frederic Franklin was 90 years old in the 40s and he was still teaching in 2000??? Amazing!
Don't you have calls of a similar nature to make around the neighborhood?
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Don't you have calls of a similar nature to make around the neighborhood?
No, I believe it is Mr. Barnum that prefers the ninety year old men.
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Alright, you two, don't make me come over there ;)
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Alright, you two, don't make me come over there ;)
Would you, please!
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Well, for you, maybe
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Alright, you two, don't make me come over there ;)
He started it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Edisaurus is the only one who got the book? Hmmm. Well, I hope she enjoys it!
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Don't know if this is the book elmore is talking about, but there's a limited signed copy of his memoir for ninety-nine bucks on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Zoritch-Ballet-Mystique-Limited-Rare-Signed-Book_W0QQitemZ320021151441QQihZ011QQcategoryZ108719QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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Don't know if this is the book elmore is talking about, but there's a limited signed copy of his memoir for ninety-nine bucks on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Zoritch-Ballet-Mystique-Limited-Rare-Signed-Book_W0QQitemZ320021151441QQihZ011QQcategoryZ108719QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
Ohmigod! It's the book. I may have to buy it. Thanks, BK!
My book arrived today as well. I thought you were signing it.
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Have some telephone conversations today that cut into viewing time.
I did watch the "train wreck" episode of GREY'S ANATOMY (this one makes me cry more than any other episode from last season, even the extremely emotional and moving episodes dealing with Denny's death).
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My conference ended promptly at 3pm today. I went to the Union Square Barnes & Noble and found the Christine Andreas My Fair Lady CD. Caught the bus on 6th Ave., stopped at Starbuck's for a skim pumpkin spice latte (no whip), and got home in time to see the Michigan/Michigan State kick-off. We're due at 6:30 for dinner at the home of our friends Doug & Jon, who live up by Lincoln Center.
DRs Elmore, Cillaliz, and jhvw - have a great fiesta dinner at La Cocina!
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And I noticed that the DVR was picking up BEYOND THE SEA. I have never seen this Bobby Darin biography though I've read so many negative comments about it, I will have to see for myself as to its quality (or lack thereof).
I don't why it took TWO years to come to paycable (or at least to a paycable channel that I get.)
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DR TPunk - did you get to B&N at Lincoln Center to see Donna McKechnie last night?
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I had some households chores to do this morning, and I put on the original cast CD of GUYS & DOLLS in honor of Tony-winner Isabel Bigley who died earlier this week.
I hadb't listened to this version in a long time, so it was nice to hear it again.
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I also put on the original cast of WONDERFUL TOWN, another I hadn't listened to in years. Again, nice to hear these songs as they were originally performed by their originators.
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Hi everyone! There's a lot going on right now and I've been extremely low energy which is my excuse for being E&T. I hope everyone is having a lovely visit in NYC.
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I will still more than likely watch WALK THE LINE tonight and save BEYOND THE SEA for tomorrow.
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Heading down now to do a little reading and then back to TV for the evening.
WBBL.
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Edisaurus is the only one who got the book? Hmmm. Well, I hope she enjoys it!
Nope - your speedy post office delivered a nice buxum packagae today (and nicely inscribed, it was).
I might even read it.
der Brucer
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...with some frightening footage of a lot of asses in white robes...
And today we have lots of asses in Black Robes :-X
der Brucer
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DerBrucer-Beautiful Constable painting. How long will the exhibit be in DC?
The National Gallery (http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/constableinfo.shtm) site says through Dec 31, 2006.
(http://www.nga.gov/image/a00038/a0003857.jpg)
der Brucer
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Ohmigod! It's the book. I may have to buy it. Thanks, BK!
My book arrived today as well. I thought you were signing it.
So sorry, elmore - I'll sign it when I'm there in two weeks - I hope I didn't forget to sign anyone else's.
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We miss you, TPunk - we've got energy to spare here at haineshisway.com, so we'll send you some right this very minute!
Geez, I thought I was relaxing today and I haven't stopped going and doing since nine o'clock this morning. I had to Xerox all the lead sheets from The Brain, then separate them into packets for the cast on Monday - that took a surprising amount of time - plus I delivered books to the store where I'm doing my signing, and just all sorts of other little things.
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MattH, I would have given BEYOND THE SEA a 10 if it hadn't been for the constant barrage of foul language which really irritated me because it seemed so unnecessary...sort of like this is a musical bio pic that won't appeal to the masses cause it is too old fashioned so we had better throw in lots and lots of bad words (since we can't have any cars blowing up) so that the guys will stay tuned.
However, the musical numbers are fantastic and I thought Kevin Spacey, while a bit long in the tooth for the role, was still very good and is one heck of a singer (I did buy the CD soundtrack), and the sets and costumes were perfection.
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DR Elmore, you will be pleased to know that I added it to my Netflix queue even before you posted the photos!
I've added it too! ;D
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Well, my sister, niece and I bought some stuff for my condo! I'm home now and am going to watch a little bit of TV before I head up to Tacoma to meet TCB, Jed, Ann and Australia's own DR Tomovoz and DP Colin! ;D
I'll take pictures with my camera phone and post them later tonight.
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TOD:
(http://www.comedy-zone.net/images/people/comedians/marx-groucho.jpg)
Gleanings from the net:
I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people.
I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house.
A moose is an animal with horns on the front of his head and a hunting lodge wall on the back of it
From Bartleby (http://www.bartleby.com/66/15/38115.html)
I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book.... The recipes were to be the routine ones: how to make dry toast, instant coffee, hearts of lettuce and brownies. But as an added attraction, at no extra charge, my idea was to put a fried egg on the cover. I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right.
ATTRIBUTION:
Groucho Marx (1895–1977), U.S. comic actor. Groucho and Me, ch. 1 (1959).
Sometimes only the first line gets quoted; however, the entire quote is a hoot:
Animal Crackers (http://www.humorsphere.com/movie_quotes/groucho-marx.htm)
One morning, I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got in my pyjamas I don't know. Then we tried to remove the tusks...but they were embedded in so firmly that we couldn't budge them. Of course, in Alabama, the Tusk-a-loosa. But, uh, that's entirely irrelephant to what I was talking about. We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed, but we're going back again in a couple of weeks.
der Brucer
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Ohmigod! It's the book. I may have to buy it.
Ebay (Pat's sister) says you already have!
der Brucer
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..skim pumpkin spice latte (no whip)..
No chains either, we presume!
der Brucer
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The postman brought me a very nice book from Kritzerland today!
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Now I am going to watch some scary old monster movies that my DVR recorded.
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Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? Who will be first to finish the book and post an amazon review?
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Excerpt from the Associated Press (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/06/D8KJC0U80.html)
Veteran Actor Collapses Onstage, Dies
Oct 06 4:45 PM US/Eastern
Twenty minutes into the performance of "The Best Man" at a Chicago theater, veteran stage actor Gene Janson, onstage with fellow performer David Darlow, unexpectedly put his head in his hands.
When Darlow asked Janson if he was OK, "He replied that he was not," said James Bohnen, artistic director of the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, which is producing the play.
Darlow rushed off the stage to get help, and a nurse in the matinee audience came to Janson's aid. Janson, 72, was taken Wednesday to Lincoln Park Hospital, where he died shortly after of a heart attack, said his son, Christopher Janson.
"There is a certain poetic irony to his death," Christopher Janson said. "He died doing what he loved, which was being on the stage and in a play he was so proud of."
In the Gore Vidal drama, Janson portrayed a fictional former U.S. president who dies unexpectedly. Bohnen said the role was one of Janson's finest in a 50-year career.
"He brought so much to his character," Bohnen said. "He was having the time of his life with this part."
Janson worked mainly on the stage, although his film credits included "The Blues Brothers," "While You Were Sleeping," and "My Best Friend's Wedding." He also appeared in TV shows and commercials.
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der Brucer
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Now I am going to watch some scary old monster movies that my DVR recorded.
Your last wedding video?
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Nope - your speedy post office delivered a nice buxum packagae today (and nicely inscribed, it was).
I might even read it.
der Brucer
You may not get the chance for a while. I'm thinking of taking it with me to work, prop it up next to my cash register, that sort of thing. Read it during my break (or as much as I can). Watch Madame Dixie's eyebrows go higher and higher when she spots it.
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The National Gallery (http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/constableinfo.shtm) site says through Dec 31, 2006.
(http://www.nga.gov/image/a00038/a0003857.jpg)
der Brucer
A little old-fashioned for my tastes. :-\
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...I had to Xerox all the lead sheets from The Brain, then separate them into packets for the cast on Monday - that took a surprising amount of time...
Collating can be a bitch! :P
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Der Brucer and I have been watching some of the "making of" stuff on the Little Mermaid disc. It's more informative than what Disney has had on their DVDs before, and they somehow got Katzenberg to be a part of the on-screen commentating.
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Hello hello we are back at the hotel after a wonderful dinner with DR Elmore. We dished and ate and dished some more. It really was wonderful. Grey Gardens was very good today. Didn't know that Broadwayworld.com said it was cancelled. Interesting, they kept us waiting until about 10 minutes before curtain before opening the doors, but open them they did.
We are not resting up for the return home. It was a great trip, but I, for one, am now ready to go home.
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The National Gallery (http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/constableinfo.shtm) site says through Dec 31, 2006.
(http://www.nga.gov/image/a00038/a0003857.jpg)
der Brucer
Thank you for doing my research. I just might catch it. The NIH wants me to return in December, not in the spring. If I have to go then I might catch the exhibit. What I will probably miss will be NY.
How about a HHW gathering on December 13th to tour the Library of Congress?
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Okay, here's an odd one for you folks.
I believe some critter has died within the walls of my house. (Rat or Squirrel or chipmonk size, I suspect). Short of cutting into my wall (with some uncertainty to exactly where said critter has expired), anyone know any way to minimize or eliminate the odor of decaying flesh that's now beginning to pervade the specific area? Any measures that can be taken at all, I know the larvae and the flies will probably come next. Any suggestions will be helpful on how to deal with this and contain or eradicate the problem with hundreds of dollars of damage to my house will be greatly appreciated..
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How about a HHW gathering on December 13th to tour the Library of Congress?
We might be able to swing it! It's a Wednesday, easier for me to take off then on a weekend.
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Yes, we got our book today also. The Kritzerland package was waiting for me when I got home from work this evening.
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I had the same problem, Pogue, in my other house. In fact, I'm sure I wrote about it at length, including what I did about it. I know it got so bad that I did have people come out and they banged up some walls pretty good and didn't find it. It was a ratski and was found ultimately somewhere in the bathroom in a vent. I know the exterminator brought something that helped with the smell, so you might want to give one a call - it was some powerful thing. Maybe someone could do a search in the notes and find what it was.
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Are we going to achieve a new all-time low this evening because WUSSBURGERS are in our midst?
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We're back from 68th St., where we had a lovely dinner at our friends' home. While we were having cosmopolitans and munchies before dinner we watched the full moon rise between the towers of the SanRemo apartment building on Central Park West. Dinner was pork tenderloin in bourbon sauce, greenbeans with grilled onions, mashed sweet potatoes, and homemade apple pie. Doug said, "We never cook," but this was clearly a contradiction of that statement!
Tomorrow, it's choral eucharist at St. Thomas, a nice lunch, and our trip home. DH Richard is packing right now and I must go do the same.
Travel vibes for DRs Cillaliz and jhvw!
Partay vibes to the get-together in Tacoma!
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Had an interesting evening of viewing. I began with WALK THE LINE. I went ahead and watched the DVR recording I had made in HD.
I liked the film, but I have to say I think they overdid it a bit with the music. Maybe I wouldn't have felt that way if he had been singing Broadway show music instead of his country rock, but there you are.
Both performers very engaging; you felt for their problems and wanted them to work them out. On the other hand, it was very similar to so many other show biz biographies where great success fools people into thinking they're invincible. So, even not knowing much at all about Johnny Cash's life, it did feel overly familiar.
Good, not great.
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Speaking of the Marx Brothers, am I the only one who remembers Decca putting out an LP of excerpts from their Paramount films along with musical numbers from Groucho and piano solos from Chico?
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Decca put out similar LPs with W.C. Fields and Mae West. I haven't played those in decades.
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Next I put in DANTE'S COVE. This is a miniseries on the Here! network (not carried on my Bible Belt cable service).
Part gay DARK SHADOWS and part gay MELROSE PLACE, it's also got some semi-softcore porn elements and pretty atrocious dialog. Still, I'm sure viewers on the Here! network are watching it not for detailed plot or meaningful conversation but to see those beautiful bodies in motion. And the men are all glorious to look at both in and out of clothes. There are lesbians included in the mix, and they're very attractive, too.
The package contained the first two lengthy installments of the show (each movie length). I only watched the first disc tonight, and there's a documentary on the making of the show which I cued up to play tomorrow.
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DR MBarnum, I was wrong about the recording of BEYOND THE SEA. It happens tomorrow. Today, the DVR recorded SAHARA off Showtime-HD. Again, not expecting much more than a sandy INDIANA JONES knock-off, but Matthew McBongo can be fun to watch.
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Sad to say, my X-MEN3 and LITTLE MERMAID didn't come in the mail today, and since Monday is one of those darned Monday holidays, I won't be getting it until Tuesday at the earliest. Blast it!
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So, tomorrow I'll finish DANTE'S COVE. and then probably watch ON DANGEROUS GROUND. I've had it in the to-watch pile for a couple of weeks now, but it has been topped by more recent acquisitions, and it's about time it got its chance.
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And if I get BEYOND THE SEA early enough tomorrow, I'll watch it, too.
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Page Five HOME ON THE RANGE Dance!!!
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And now this takes us to out all-time low, so no worries about not getting past it.
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Well, if we don't get a frenzy or three we can all hang our heads in skammen.
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I'm heading down to bed now. ALmost midnight here.
Good night!
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I am currently watching my Bollywood movie of the weekend TOOFANI TARZAN (1937) starring John Cawas, Nazira, and Ahmed Dilawar.
It is a grey marked DVD so I don't have any artwork of DVD cover to show, but it is a find rendition of the Tarzan story as a professer and his very attractive adopted daughter search for the man's lost grandson in the jungle...of course the lost grandson has grown up to be Tarzan!
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Well, if we don't get a frenzy or three we can all hang our heads in skammen.
I just got back from travelling all over north Georgia picking up items for Greg's shoot in Virginia next week. Now I'm back to editing...trying to get a jump on the upcoming projects next week for Disney, Hallmark, the Mercer doc, and onlining the Sacco and Vanzetti trailer to put on our DVD of The Internationale when it's released next month.
This is by way of explaining how torturous it is to have to do all this stuff, and finish my taxes, when what I REALLY want to do is read the book!!!
But I did get to listen to "New Guy in Town" and I absolutely love it!! Lots of songs I've never heard, and some I love, like the one from "The Court Jester", and appropriately, a Johnny Mercer song! (Guess this means I can even call this a write-off!)
Guy Haines is such a wonderful singer---unpretentuous but sings with great feeling---the whole CD made me happy. And the cherry on top is that lovely Grant Geissman solo. I know I'll be listening to this on my drives in to work to put me in a good mood to face the day.
Hoo and ray, bk!
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I just saw on my Comcast on demand menu that there's a whole section for Bollywood! Can't wait to check it out!
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Now you can read the book :-)
Well, it doesn't look like we're having a frenzy, does it?
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I just finished watching one of the worst movies ever, about which more later.
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This 1937 Bollywood Tarzan is much spicier then later Bollywood Tarzan movies! India must have later started a production code like America did. The movie is very much in the romantic vain as the first Weismueller (sp) Tarzan film was.
But I have stopped to movie and will finish it tomorrow...now to bed...but first will read a bit of the new book that arrived today!
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MattH, I would have given BEYOND THE SEA a 10 if it hadn't been for the constant barrage of foul language which really irritated me because it seemed so unnecessary...sort of like this is a musical bio pic that won't appeal to the masses cause it is too old fashioned so we had better throw in lots and lots of bad words (since we can't have any cars blowing up) so that the guys will stay tuned.
However, the musical numbers are fantastic and I thought Kevin Spacey, while a bit long in the tooth for the role, was still very good and is one heck of a singer (I did buy the CD soundtrack), and the sets and costumes were perfection.
M. Barnum thinks that Kevin Spacey is a little long in the tooth??? My God! How old is that man?
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So, tomorrow I'll finish DANTE'S COVE...
(http://www.dantescove.com/photos/18.jpg)
I like board games, maybe I'll watch!
der Brucer
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TCB, this will keep you amused:
MASTURBATION RENDERS RAMADAN INVALID! (http://www.dailygut.com/?i=1219)
der Brucer
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TCB, this will keep you amused:
MASTURBATION RENDERS RAMADAN INVALID! (http://www.dailygut.com/?i=1219)
der Brucer
But, it is only wrong if it is intentional masturbation!
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But, it is only wrong if it is intentional masturbation!
And Heaven knows, some people are very accident prone!
der Brucer
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Okay, here's an odd one for you folks.
I believe some critter has died within the walls of my house. (Rat or Squirrel or chipmonk size, I suspect). Short of cutting into my wall (with some uncertainty to exactly where said critter has expired), anyone know any way to minimize or eliminate the odor of decaying flesh that's now beginning to pervade the specific area? Any measures that can be taken at all, I know the larvae and the flies will probably come next. Any suggestions will be helpful on how to deal with this and contain or eradicate the problem with hundreds of dollars of damage to my house will be greatly appreciated..
The news is NOT good!
Dead Squirrel in the Wall (http://www.247wildlife.com/squirrelinwall.htm)
...Next, I spray the area with Bac-Azap, which is an excellent deodorizer and decontaminant in the case of dead animals. You can't just spray this stuff in the air to get rid of the smell, but once you remove the animal, you can spray the area to neutralize the stinky residual odor and juices left behind.
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You can't get rid of a squirrel in the wall with any product, it must be done manually. There's a slight chance it may be accessible from the attic, but a wall is usually 8 feet down, with limited space, and oftentimes structural beams block access. In most cases, I must cut a hole to remove the animal.
der Brucer
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I'm back...and to prove it, here's my post! I had a lovely evening in Tacoma with Jed, Ann, and TCB AND all the way from Australia (by way of New York City and points in between), Tomovoz and DP Colin! We all met at Jed and Ann's apartment (which is right across from TCB's apartment) and chatted, and just when we thought we could chat no more, we chatted again! ;)
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Here in Jed and Ann's apartment, are Tomovoz and TCB's left arm:
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Today I went for a walk in the mountains, and this is what I saw:
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Here are the rest of TCB and Tomovoz:
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The last picture that I took at Jed and Ann's that I'll post...Jed, Ann and Colin!
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We ate at a wonderful Italian place called JoeSeppi (or something like that) and I thought that the food was wonderful! Jed and TCB had the chicken and pasta (I don't remember exactly what it was, but they both had it), Ann and I had the trio pasta...one portion each of spaghetti with meat sauce, tortellini with basil cream sauce (I think) and probably the best fettuccini alfredo I've ever had. It was fabulous! I don't remember what Tomovoz and Colin had, but I think that they enjoyed it. :)
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Thanks for the photos of the NorthWestern reunion!
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And for dessert, Tomovoz and Colin split a banana cake. I had asked for it also, but there was only one piece left, so since they both wanted to share, and they're visitors in our fair country, and Tomovoz said that a very bad storm wiped out banana crops so that they're like $3 each!, I let them have the banana cake and had the tiramisu. It was quite delish!
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Jed and Ann, however, ordered the five-layer chocolate cake...which actually turned out to have only FOUR layers! How rude!! ;) The thing is...the cake is huge! It's the biggest single piece of cake I've ever seen served in a restaurant! And here it is:
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Ann kept swearing that she didn't know that the cake would be that big! Here's Ann starting in on it: