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Archives => Archive 7 => Topic started by: bk on October 08, 2006, 12:41:22 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were a tease, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're teasing some chickens right now.
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And the word of the day is: ANTHROPOMORPHISM!
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To continue from the end of last night: I had a bite of Ann's humongous chocolate cake and it was good...not great, but good...and HUGE!!. Only the top layer (of the FOUR, not five) was consumed. The other three layers were taken home to be enjoyed by Ann and Jed over the next several days...or maybe weeks. ;) Here's what the take-home cake looked like:
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And finally, the last picture that I took last night. I'm sorry that it's blurry. There was very little light and my camera is really a phone:
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And on a sad note...I did not receive BK's new book in the mail today, so I must wait until next week.
;)
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Edisaurus said she spent yesterday driving in north Georgia.
This is what she might have seen:
A Fall Tour of the Russell/Brasstown National Scenic Byway (http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/seasonal/fall/fall_tour_rb_byway.htm)
Scenes along Georgia Highway Spur 180 ascending to Brasstown Bald
(http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/images/photos/102698_fall_tour/pic00010.jpg)
(http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/images/photos/102698_fall_tour/pic00008.jpg)
(http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/images/photos/102698_fall_tour/pic00009.jpg)
(http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/images/photos/102698_fall_tour/pic00011.jpg)
der Brucer
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Our Pacific NW friends could be enjoying:
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Autumn Colors (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/index.shtml)
(http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/2004/pa010010.jpg)
Johnson Peak Over Packwood Lake (10/01/2004)
(http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/images/Fall-Color-1.jpg)
Fall Color near Jumbo Peak. Photo by Dean Lawrence
(http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/images/color-natural-bridges2.JPG)
Fall Color at the Natural Bridges, Mt. Adams Ranger District. Photo by Mario A. Isaías-Vera
(http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/images/huckleberry-msh-rmpeterson.jpg)
10/02/2006 - Huckleberry along Forest Road 65 near Indian Heaven, Mount St. Helens in the distance. Photo by Roger Peterson
(http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/images/GOATS_COLORS10-05-06em-tkogut.jpg)
10/05/2006 -Mountain Goats on Juniper Ridge, Cowlitz Valley Ranger District. Bright colors of huckleberries, alpine azalea. Photo by Tom Kogut
(http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/autumn-colors/images/Forest-Road-8123-Sheep-Canyon2.JPG)
10/05/2006 - Fall color in the Sheep Canyon area off of Forest Road 8123.
der Brucer
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And the word of the day is: ANTHROPOMORPHISM!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde
And, due to some ANTHROPOMORPHISM,
The band's instruments all played themselves.
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No, der Brucer, we are not getting any goats. I care not how much you plead, we are not getting any goats.
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"What strange ANTHROPOMORTHISM is this?" Willie, the juvenile Shakespearean actor mused. "MOM'S PROP IRON HATH taken to strutting about the stage all on it's own!"
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Awwww...pretty pictures, der Brucer!
We actually didn't see very many pretty colors yet...leaf season has barely started in Jasper. We had to go up to deer hunting land to find "Frog Togs", which as supposed to be the best lightweight, water-repellant outer garments on the market.
This meant that we had to go to a huge, very high end store predominately devoted to deer hunters and the accessories they require. It was full of people with tattoos, more tattoos than teeth in some cases. (Most of the tattoos were spelled correctly.)
It usually takes Greg a long time to decide what he's going to purchase so I had ample time to explore the store. I'm not sure what was the most disturbing: fake wooden rifles that the kids can carry around so they can be like daddy, or the dresses for little girls made out of camoflage material but then adorned with lace! With a matching hat that says "Daddy's Little Hunter"! If my daddy dressed me up in that crap, you can be sure I'd be hunting him down, and not with a wooden gun. Oh yes. And what if your little tyke gets lost in the woods? What then, eh? Not so cute anymore!
Uhhhh...are there any hunters in this group? Sorry if I'm offending anyone...
But the other thing that actually made me feel ill is the length (and expense!) that these people will go to to hunt deer. All these high-tech tree stands and clothing covered with a leaf-life material and a garnish that you could wrap around yourself to look even MORE like a tree, an evil, gun-wielding tree that is, plus the bags of deer chow and other attractants you can use to lure the deer into a false sense of security (or maybe even a garter belt!) and well, it seemed like the deer don't stand a chance! It was very depressing.
As an antidote to all this imagined carnage, I cracked open the new book and read the very cheerful first story, since my regular bedtime companion (I just typed that as "compainion"!) would be up until dawn prepping for his shoot.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, although it didn't make me have wonderful dreams. I mostly dreamed of cats wrestling around on top of me. Or wait...maybe it wasn't a dream! Now I'm up and will find out "How to Write a Dirty Book" (Chpater 2!).
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Good morning, all! I have a day filled with brain surgery and Victor Herbert, a quite eclectic mix.
I had a lovely and liesurely dinner with DRs Cillaliz and jhvw, who head west today, as do DR Ginny and DH Richard. I have one Netflix DVD here, JEEVES AND WOOSTER, Season 2, and I believe that when I return later, I shall watch it.
I'm off to Toyland.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAFE TRAVEL VIBES TO DRs CILLALIZ, jhvw, GINNY, and DH RICHARD! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Der Brucer and I do not hunt. His son-in-law does, however. SIL doesn't go to all the extremes that you list, DR Edisaurus, but he does enjoy bagging a deer every year. The problem is, he doesn't have the slightest idea what he should do with the carcass, being one of those people whose diet doesn't range much further than McBurgers.
So, every year, der Brucer and I get to restock our freezer with venison, which we enjoy a great deal.
It raises the SIL out of the good-for-nothing category, at least.
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Wait! elmo, don't go!!!
I'm up early, to leave here at 7:30 for the last marathon day of the first marathon weekend of this masters program. It's grueling - but I'm having a wonderful ttime.
During yesterday's lunch break, I sped back to the apartment to do my Anthropology exam, an open-book test, due on Tuesday. Today, I'll bring my books with me, to avoid wasting any time I might otherwise spend driving back and forth - I'll do my Logic exam (another open-book deal...) and study for the Tuesday Comm test, and start my French song Lit paper, due tomorrow, and prepare my speech, due Thursday, and study for the Wednesday Phonetics exam. Oy. What was I thinking???
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Sunday morning greetings! Alas, it's our last day in NYC. Richard and I are all packed; soon we'll check our luggage here at the hotel, go to choral Eucharist at St. Thomas, have lunch at (I hope) La Bonne Soupe, make a last minute stop at the Hershey Store, and head for the airport no later than 3pm. It's been a glorious week and I don't want to go back to Ohio.
DR George, thanks for all the photos from the get-together last night!
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DR PennyO - hang in there, it'll all be worth it!
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Great pictures from DRGEORGE on the NW HHW gathering.
Pictures from the NYC HHW gathering seem to be as scarce as George Zoritch's memoirs....but perhaps they are forthcoming.
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I received my SIGNED and NUMBERED copy of a book titled HOW TO WRITE DIRTY BOOKS and have read same. I have to work today, but will work on a review when I return home.
Hmmm....I can only say that it is VERY good....details to follow.
Am also looking for a copy of BALLET RUSSES...
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Woohooo....just ordered BALLET RUSSES at DeepDiscountDVD for only $18.15.
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Thanks, BK & Der Brucer for dead critter advice. Oddly enough, I'm not smelling anything today, but I have a critter control guy who was out here earlier in the week (when we just thought something was coming and going) calling me back with an estimate to put caps on some exhaust vents, so I'll let him know about it.
I'm hoping it was like a very small mouse and it's gone through it's rotting cycle.
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Yup exterminator is the way to go, DR CP....
DR ELMORE did you check the title page for your inscription?
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Nice crisp morning.
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Off to work....
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Good morning!
Cool and rainy here, the kind of day one expects in October, so I'm not disappointed.
I saw in the newspaper that we're in for a warming trend over the next few days. Bah! But at least the nights and mornings will remain cool so I can open the house up and keep it tolerable here.
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Thanks for the pics, DR George. So nice to see our HHW friends gathered together and enjoying themselves.
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Thanks for the autum pics, DR der Brucer. They're beautiful.
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Really have a dilemma to face with viewing choices. It's rainy, so that's put me in a mood for something serious rather than a mindless adventure like SAHARA.
I do plan to watch the documentary on the DANTE'S PEAK DVD and then watch the second disc episode, but apart from that, I'm going to select something off the shelf I've already seen and want to see again.
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I saw PEEPER on TV at least ten years ago (maybe more) on either TBS or TNT or maybe even AMC. It was nonsensical, and I was so disheartened because it was the only Natalie Wood movie I hadn't seen, and it was so terribnle.
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Speaking of RANCHO NOTORIOUS that bk mentioned yesterday, Fritz Lang disliked working with Marlene Dietrich (she may have loathed him, too; I can't remember). He tried and tried to get her to play a character as an over-the-hill saloon girl, and he said all she was interested in was looking beautiful, more beautiful in each set-up instead of the way she should have looked appropriate to the scene and character. He said she always dropped Von Sternberg's name saying he would have done it a certain way, so they did not get along.
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I guess I'll head down and start looking around for something to prepare for lunch.
WBBL.
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Good morning all!
Thanks for posting the pictures, George. That cake was indeed horrifyingly huge. I've never seen such a thing in my life. Jed and I managed the first layer, but that was it.
DR TCB and I spent a wonderful afternoon with our Australian brethren, strolling around parts of Seattle, and chatting in my somewhat tidy living room. They are such delightful people, and I am so glad we got the chance to meet them. At six, when DR George and Jed showed up, we headed off to find dinner, running into some difficulty because it was apparently homecoming in Tacoma, meaning half the teenage population was out in fancy dresses eating dinner. Ah well. We found our very yummy Italian food and my gargantuan cake and all was well.
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Yay, and i started page two
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I'm up, I'm up. Finally I slept past eight o'clock!
People reading books - that's what I'M talkin' about.
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We had to go up to deer hunting land to find "Frog Togs", which as supposed to be the best lightweight, water-repellant outer garments on the market.
This meant that we had to go to a huge, very high end store predominately devoted to deer hunters and the accessories they require.
There is a huge Animal Murderer's Wearhouse (http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.CFPage?appID=94&storeID=3)some 30 miles from you that carries "Frogg Toggs" (http://www.froggtoggs.com/?AID=1532258&PID=275327):
(http://media.basspro.com/images/outdoorworld/headerImage3.jpg)
der Brucer
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Greetings from Laguardia. We had a wonderful time with DR Elmore last night. Then we went back to the hotel and I crashed. Jon wasn't awake much longer. We had a nice breakfast this morning and made our way to the airport. My flight is delayed, probably because of good weather, lol. I think I've got enough time in Chicago that I should be able to make the connection without any problem.
We had a great trip.
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Isn't it fun to be able to post from the airport?
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Hope the delay isn't a bad one and that the flight is safe for all who are flying.
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This meant that we had to go to a huge, very high end store predominately devoted to deer hunters and the accessories they require. It was full of people with tattoos, more tattoos than teeth in some cases. (Most of the tattoos were spelled correctly.)
Uhhhh...are there any hunters in this group? Sorry if I'm offending anyone...
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ROTFLOL
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Good Afternoon!
The Carribean Princess is currently moored off of Princess Cays - a.k.a. Princess Cruise Line's own island. I went over this morning for a couple of hours of sun, food and walking in the water. Very nice. -And, it's definitely still summer down here! I think they said it was around 92. However, the water is very cool, and just so, so blue. Very beautiful. We're at see all day tomorrow on our way to Ocho Rios.
I'm just taking a break right now in the Atrium - which is the only place on the ship with wireless. And I just wanted to pop in and say, "Hi!". -I'm gonna try to load each page of posts, and then read them off-line since they charge for the computer time. -Thankfully, it's not too bad a fee, but it's still a fee, so...
Hope everyone is doing well.
Safe Travel Vibes to DR Ginny and her DH Richard, and DRs Cillaliz and jhvw.
Laters...
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Safe travel vibes to Cilla and jvhw, and Ginny and Richard.
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Safe cruising vibes to Jose.
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We're celebrating Bill Parry's Birthday (which was actually yesterday) this afternoon. New-fan-of-BK Maureen Silliman will of course be here as well.
Maureen said again what a great time she had the other night meeting folks from the HHW board.
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DRLaura, George & DerBrucer-The photos are wonderful, thanks.
Ann & George, thanks for the details of your time with the Aussies. I’m looking forward to meeting them in person. I have much to do before I leave for Portland on Tuesday.
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Jose-this current gig is working you too hard.
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Isn't it fun to be able to post from the airport?
Yes, at least it's more fun than sitting here doing nothing...
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We're celebrating Bill Parry's Birthday (which was actually yesterday) this afternoon. New-fan-of-BK Maureen Silliman will of course be here as well.
Maureen said again what a great time she had the other night meeting folks from the HHW board.
Please tell her hello, it was nice to meet her too
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Safe cruising vibes to DR Jose....or maybe I should say safe cruise ship vibes....
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Safe travel vibes to ginny and richard.
I'm not really worried about this delay. We're supposed to land on time even though we take off 20 minutes late. I'm here very early. Jhvw is scheduled to leave 20 minutes before my scheduled time, so I got here early with him. I think I have an hour between flights in Chicago. Not a long time, but I should make it
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Think I'll go for a little walk I'll probably be back later
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Wait! elmo, don't go!!!
I'm up early, to leave here at 7:30 for the last marathon day of the first marathon weekend of this masters program. It's grueling - but I'm having a wonderful ttime.
During yesterday's lunch break, I sped back to the apartment to do my Anthropology exam, an open-book test, due on Tuesday. Today, I'll bring my books with me, to avoid wasting any time I might otherwise spend driving back and forth - I'll do my Logic exam (another open-book deal...) and study for the Tuesday Comm test, and start my French song Lit paper, due tomorrow, and prepare my speech, due Thursday, and study for the Wednesday Phonetics exam. Oy. What was I thinking???
Good luck and studying vibes!!
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Good day one and all!!
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Nice picture of Tom and Colin!!
Thanks for sharing the fall colours derBrucer.
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Uhhhh...are there any hunters in this group? Sorry if I'm offending anyone...
But the other thing that actually made me feel ill is the length (and expense!) that these people will go to to hunt deer. All these high-tech tree stands and clothing covered with a leaf-life material and a garnish that you could wrap around yourself to look even MORE like a tree, an evil, gun-wielding tree that is, plus the bags of deer chow and other attractants you can use to lure the deer into a false sense of security (or maybe even a garter belt!) and well, it seemed like the deer don't stand a chance! It was very depressing.
In (some) defense of hunters:
If we are to eat meat, then killing animals is the price.
If venison is to be reasonably edible, the deer must be killed swiftly - a wounded animal runs through the forest with its glands spewing out all sorts of nasty enzymes which taint the meat - thus a "good shot" and a quick kill is best for hunter and hunted alike.
Whether we hunt the deer wearing homespun clothes armed with a bow and arrow, or use a high powered sniper scope from a low flying plane, from the deer's point of view, it's all the same. The bow-and-arrow hunters who claim they are giving their prey a fair chance present a most fatuous argument. If you want to give them a "fair chance" then stay at home and watch football on TV.
Many hunters will tell you the part they enjoy most about their hunting trips is the whole "getting down with nature" business (me, I'd "get down" with a camera, not a gun.)
If I were to pass an ethical judgment on a hunter, I would ask her to rank the following in order of appreciation: the treks through the woods, the kill, the "dressing", and the dining. Those who place "the killing" high on the list have a problem.
From an ecological point of view, in many areas of the country (including here in Southern Delaware) the white tail deer have become an endemic pest - destroying both natural habitat and agriculture. The herds have become much larger than the land can sustain, and lots of deaths from starvation over the winter are to be expected. For the good of both man and beast, the herds must be thinned out - we either encourage the hunters or let contracts for private enterprise to harvest set quantities. Those who espouse "nature's way" would need to restock the woodlands with the deer's natural enemies: wild cats, wolves, and bears, to restore nature's balance.
And surely, little Betty Sue in camouflage is no more distressing than JonBenet Ramsey in her Slutty Sue Fetching Franny Little Miss Molest Me outfits.
I wonder what would happen if you required all kids who wanted hunting licences to first show thay could kill and butcher a hog?
On a personal note, I am much less concerned with my son-in-law taking the lads out deer/goose hunting than I am with my daughter who thought having the guests (ages 5-11) shoot BB guns at a target as a birthday party activity was a good idea!
Hunting for game was a regular (and necessary) activity for our rural ancestors, so I guess for our sons to hunt and our girls to knit is in the finest of tradition.
Like so much in life, the issue around "hunting" (and guns in general) should be "responsibilty". The Columbine kids were not Ted Nugents in training!
End of counter-rant.
der Brucer
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Thanks for sharing the fall colours derBrucer.
Here's some for you:
Rocky Mountain Region Fall Color Report 2006 (http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation/fallcolors/reports/2006_reports/current/blknf/index.shtml)
(http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation/fallcolors/photos/2006_photos/report_photos/blk_hills_nf/northern_rd_100406_03.jpg)
Fall color at Spearfish Canyon Falls in the Northern Hills Ranger
District of the Black Hills National Forest. Photo taken by
Bonnie Jones on October 01, 2006.
(http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation/fallcolors/photos/2006_photos/report_photos/blk_hills_nf/northern_rd_100406_04.jpg)
Fall color giving way to winter snow on Cement Ridge in the
Northern Hills Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest.
Photo taken by Bonnie Jones on October 01, 2006.
der Brucer
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Back from a jog, and must now shower and then go to Mr. Grant Geissman's. I do hope we can finish what we have to do in a couple of hours.
Happy birthday to Bill Parry, but more importantly, a big hug to Maureen Silliman (who still hasn't e-mailed).
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Safe Travel Vibes to all the travelers.
Air travel these days can be challenging (the polite way of putting it). Got a call from DD Friday night – not the kind of call a mother likes to get. She was on her way from Denver to Aspen – for business and a high school friend’s wedding. As she’s on the road for three weeks, she has quite a bit of luggage. Her UA flight to Aspen was delayed for hours. On again, off again. Finally the passengers were told that they could no longer fly into the Aspen airport – closed for the night. After this happy announcement, it took TWO HOURS to get their bags off the plane.
This was all backstory that DD told me on the phone from her rental car as she headed for the four-hour nighttime, partly curvy mountain road drive to Aspen! I suggested – strongly – that she book into an airport hotel and wait until early morning to set out. But when DD makes up her mind, that’s it. Luckily she hasn’t inherited her mother’s night vision (or lack of same). Needless to say I spent a very uneasy night waiting for her to call and say she’d arrived safely. …Which she eventually did. Only one funny adventure on the way.
As I said – Travel Safely, DRs!
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POLITICS - OLD WORLD STYLE:
(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0b/00/20061007205909990005)
Catalan Candidate Offers 'Naked Truth' (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/catalan-candidate-offers-naked-truth/20061007074709990004?ncid=NWS00010000000001)
By SARAH ANDREWS, AP
BARCELONA, Spain (Oct. 7) -
Albert Rivera's nude body is everywhere to be seen - just what he wants as he runs for president of Catalonia. Rivera has filled the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan cities with thousands of posters of him in the buff, modestly shielding himself with his hands.
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Beside Rivera's picture, the poster reads: "We don't care where you were born. We don't care which language you speak. We don't care what kind of clothes you wear. We care about you."
Imagine the turnover in Congress if every candidate had to campaign au natural ::)
der Brucer
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Yup exterminator is the way to go, DR CP....
DR ELMORE did you check the title page for your inscription?
I thought I had and I had not! Yep, my Dear Friend BK did sign the book, as I just now discovered, and I am very happy! Thank you, BK!
I don't know how this happened; practically perfect people never make mistakes. I've fallen off my self-imposed pedestal. AGAIN!
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Seems DR Anna's work is being over-looked:
MOVIES (http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/hayden-panettiere/265606/main)
In the listing for Hayden-Panettiere they totally overlook TIGER CRUISE.
IMHO, you can overlook Tom, but not Tiger!
der Brucer
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Safe cruising vibes to DR Jose....or maybe I should say safe cruise ship vibes....
She was right the first time, wasn't she, DR Jose?
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POLITICS - OLD WORLD STYLE:
(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0b/00/20061007205909990005)
Catalan Candidate Offers 'Naked Truth' (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/catalan-candidate-offers-naked-truth/20061007074709990004?ncid=NWS00010000000001)Imagine the turnover in Congress if every candidate had to campaign au natural ::)
der Brucer
DRs MBarnum and Jose would vote?
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elmore - I am glad it's you who are senile this time and not me.
I shall now be on my way to Mr. Grant Geissman's, after which I shall return.
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I've fallen off my self-imposed pedestal. AGAIN!
Whatever will the pigeons do?
And into what delightful tangle of debauchery have you fallen?
der Brucer
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OK, Larry, take your best shot:
Put a caption on this photo:
(http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/images/foleybushlarrydowningreuters_1.jpg)
der Brucer
Actually AndrewSullivan is having a contest on his blog
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Amy, we gotta stop meeting like this!
der Brucer
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If we are to eat meat, then killing animals is the price.
I stand corrected! Killing animals is GOOD! :-) Still, I do think it is wrong to bait deer. Fight fair!
We also have an overpopulation of deer and many of them are very tame. At the state parks in North Georgia, they are so tame they walk up to your car and you can feed them by hand. Or shoot them in the head. I guess I have never been to an animal murderer's warehouse and had no idea how it has risen to almost a fetish-like environment. And the stuff is SO overpriced! We were looking for walkie talkies that had an 18 mile range. The camoflage ones at the Bargain Barn were @150, but the non-camo ones, same walkies, were under $100 at Best Buys.
But I still think that dressing your toddler up in camoflage, which makes it easier to lose them in the woods, not to mention possibly getting shot by Dick Cheney or whomever, seems to be a bad idea...
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Damn it! I broke the community...AGAIN! I should be banned.
BK, come fix it! I'm sorry!
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I guess we are just fated for each other:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/YaBBImages/avatars/amysm.jpg) (http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/1624689/193457654.jpg)
der Brucer
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What the hell did you do?
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Damn it! I broke the community...AGAIN! I should be banned.
BK, come fix it! I'm sorry!
You could try deleting post #64.
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Der Brucer to the rescue, again! Thanks! Why didn't *I* think of that?
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I guess we are just fated for each other:
der Brucer
Are you saying that I look like you? Or rather, your Wal-mart familiar?
Hmmmm... well, I guess there *is* a bit of a resemblance!
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Last week was the first day of hunting season, and the first accidental shooting of a hunter by his friend. The friend just didn't see the other guy in the bushes when he shot at "what he thought was a deer".
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WOODY'S WEEDS ATTACK!
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/13106448/194041526.jpg)
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/13106448/194041524.jpg)
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der Brucer
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OK, Larry, take your best shot:
Put a caption on this photo:
(http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/images/foleybushlarrydowningreuters_1.jpg)
der Brucer
Actually AndrewSullivan is having a contest on his blog
I'm sure it's an estimation on how far up his butt the godless Ann Coulter has her nose!
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Last week was the first day of hunting season, and the first accidental shooting of a hunter by his friend. The friend just didn't see the other guy in the bushes when he shot at "what he thought was a deer".
Our Vice President is in Oregon?
der Brucer
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But I still think that dressing your toddler up in camoflage, which makes it easier to lose them in the woods, not to mention possibly getting shot by Dick Cheney or whomever, seems to be a bad idea...
I'm sure there would be many votes that say taking a toddler dressed in "cammies" into the woods during hunting season should be chargeable child endangerment.
der Brucer
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Last week was the first day of hunting season, and the first accidental shooting of a hunter by his friend. The friend just didn't see the other guy in the bushes when he shot at "what he thought was a deer".
You are just jealous because you don't have a "real dog" to take hunting ;D
der Brucer
WE NEED MORE SHERLOCK PICS!
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Bills introduced in Congress to repeal 8-year restriction of 22nd Amendment
(http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52246)
Wow - just think:
2012 Bill Clinton vs G.W. Bush for President!
That would be a busy campaign time!
der Brucer
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Weather continues to be very cool. The clouds have never rolled by (a Jerome Kern non-reference), and it's looking like it might rain again.
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I watched the documentary on the first DANTE'S COVE disc. I'm glad I watched the first episode before I watched this feature because they basically told the entire story of the first 90 minute episode complete with clips, etc.
I'm assuming this was done as a featurette for the Here! network, but they gave their entire show away with this information. Anyway, it was nice to see some behind-the-scenes glimpses of the filming, and some of the actors who are playing gay and who are actually out in real life was nice to know, too, since it seems these days, these roles go to straight actors who can be "brave" to play a gay role.
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Then I watched the second episode, this one about 110 minutes. Very easy to get involved with the characters and their relationships, but the writing continues to be the weak link of the production. The plotting is really rudimentary.
But the gorgeous men do kind of make up for it, at least partly.
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Next came ON DANGEROUS GROUND. I had never seen this, so I had no idea what to expect.
It began as a kind of DETECTIVE STORY slice-of-police-life. Then it segued into a manhunt for an escaped killer, and finally turned melodrama when Ida Lupino entered the film as a blind woman with information about the killer.
Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, and Ward Bond were the name stars of the film, and they're all just fine, but I can't say that I particuarly loved the picture.
Nice Warners transfer with just a few spots late in the picture with print damage.
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So, to lighten the mood, I put in THE PIRATE. Instead of the laserdisc, I put in the DVD-R I burned from a TCM broadcast. It's certainly sharp as a tack (much sharper than the laserdisc), but the color just isn't the deeply rich Technicolor that the laserdisc has.
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Thinking of George:
Sympathy for the cannibals (http://www.presstelegram.com/entertainment/ci_4453083)
By Nathan Lee, New York Times
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING
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HOW MANY chainsaw massacres can one state possibly contain? One more, at least, from the look of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," a prequel to a remake of the 1974 film that spawned numerous sequels and numberless copycats.
There's more to come, no doubt, given the bloodlust for torture and indifference to depravity characteristic of contemporary horror films. Every era gets the scare pictures it deserves, and there is nothing more unsettling in this orgy of hate than its overwhelming stench of corporate nihilism.
Written by Sheldon Turner and directed by Jonathan Liebesman, "The Beginning" mindlessly repeats the archetypal "Chainsaw" scenario. Four hotties (Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer, Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird) venture into backwoods Texas and are set upon by a clan of psychopathic cannibal hillbillies.
The sick twist is that while the youngsters ostensibly function as an audience surrogate (who wouldn't want to be that sexy and avoid being disemboweled?), the movie's real sympathies lie with that clan, the Hewitts. The film delights in exploring their iconography. Where did Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) get his flesh mask, and how did he come to select his signature power tool? What's the back story of Officer Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey), and why does he eat people?
The answers are beside the point. The movie exists to brutalize. Where, in "The Passion of the Christ," Mel Gibson tried to turn atrocity into spiritual catharsis, the producers of "The Beginning" merely package it, sell it to the masses and hope they don't vomit in their nachos.
Bon appitite visionnement
der Brucer
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Since my shows don't come on until 9, I should have time to finish THE PIRATE and possiobly watch THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN.
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I watched the documentary on the first DANTE'S COVE disc.
Glad you got the title right today! Last night you posted "DANTE'S PEAK" - (a Freudean slip, perhaps?)
der Brucer
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DR Edisaurus:
For thsoe of us with adult-onset Short Term Memory Loss, would you explain just what documentray is being shot that requies Frogg Toggs?
der Brucer
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Glad you got the title right today! Last night you posted "DANTE'S PEAK" - (a Freudean slip, perhaps?)
der Brucer
Nope, wasn't aware I had done that at all. Definitely DANTE'S COVE. I love Pierce, but I don't remember anything homoerotic about DANTE'S PEAK.
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Headng down to clean my bathroom, and then back to the last chapters of the Eileen Heckart biography.
WBBL.
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DR Edisaurus:
For thsoe of us with adult-onset Short Term Memory Loss, would you explain just what documentray is being shot that requies Frogg Toggs?
der Brucer
This is a feature that Greg is working on. 95% of it is being shot outside---the 5% being a cover set of a ranger's office. The film concerns teenagers and a grizzly bear, which could make for some grisly situations! Nothing too serious...I think it will be rated PG.
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DR Cillaliz, I see you! Are you safely home?
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Greetings from O'Hare International Airport....when I got to my gate, they said they needed 9 volunteers. The first 3 would get on the next flight (8:30 PM) otherwise, those who were bumped off the flight would have to spend the night and leave tomorrow. Well, I have tomorrow off, so I'm not in that big a hurry. I volunteered. This time I got a dinner voucher and a $250 travel voucher on American Airlines....sorry jhvw, this one isn't transferrable, but I only have to hang out here a couple more hours and that was worth the travel money to me
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This means I'll get back to Sioux City around midnight, but my cat sitter said she'd stop by again to give Callie her meds, so all is cool.
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So, I'm learning if I book the last leg of my travels on a regional jet, I have a good chance of getting a free ticket on the next trip. Very interesting. I'm really not at all happy with American Airlines on this trip, but if the next trip is close to free, well, that may just make up for it
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So here I am all alone on the airport wifi. Glad I paid the fee this morning in New York. I didn't have to pay again here. I found an outlet in the food court, so I can just surf for awhile
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BTW, there was a very unhappy couple who didn't volunteer and got bumped from the flight. I felt really sorry for them. But I'd already agreed to take the next flight so there wasn't anything I could do
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I'm all alone....so all alone.....
I don't think jhvw was able to get bumped from his flight. He wanted to. I called him when I got to O'Hare, but I haven't heard from him, so I'm assuming he's on a plane and should be arriving in Kansas City in the next 20 minutes or so
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Lord these HP crooks are trying to cover themselves and proclaiming their innocence so loudly....LOL....I hope that broad Patty goes to jail. I am only sad that Carla Fiore was kicked out BEFORE this all started...
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Wow HHW takes to the air! THEN hopefully we will have some NYC photos.
Great to see DR TOMovOZ and DP Colin....and DRS Ann and Jed!
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And DR TCB, of course.
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Everything's up to date in Kansas City, or so I hear.
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Everything's up to date in Kansas City, or so I hear.
Well it's gone about as far as it can go....or so they say
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TAR is on tonight!
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Back from an endless recording day - three hours-worth of singing for me - I'm exhausted now. Had a rather nauseating chicken salad sandwich at Du-Par's and shall now finally sit on my couch like so much fish.
And let me just say that I do not like hunters, and I do not like people who kill for sport.
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Deers are dear and any hunter who kills one just because they can is a two-bit snot, if you ask me, which you didn't but I thought I'd tell you anyway.
Awaiting Jrand's comments.
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Lord these HP crooks are trying to cover themselves and proclaiming their innocence so loudly....LOL....I hope that broad Patty goes to jail. I am only sad that Carla Fiore was kicked out BEFORE this all started...
DR JRand56, I know nothing about this and HP is the sponsor for the Toyland project! What's going on? Can you send me a link? Thanks!
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Jrand is busy gathering his thoughts, which are strewn about like a gazelle in a g-string. Will he be the first to post an amazon review?
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vixmom, jose and jhvw
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DH Richard and DR Ginny
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Top of the Rock
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Well it's gone about as far as it can go....or so they say
Indeed....you can walk to privies in the rain and NEVER wet ur feet! ;D
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Look! He's as tall as the Empire State Building!!
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Jose shows us how to eat a Frozen Hot Chocolate
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I'm now sitting at a table with 6 members of the U of Arkansas golf team. I asked if they were on the same team or if they all just dress alike and they said they are on the golf team. I asked if they won and one of them said "No, maam, we came in 7th, we played really bad"
So then what do you say
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Now they are talking about not getting it up... when I started laughing really hard, they explained they were talking about golf
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jhvw just called, he made it to Kansas City and will soon be on his way to Joplin. He couldn't believe I was still sitting in the airport, lol
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Wonderful pictures Cillaliz!
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Headng down to clean my bathroom, and then back to the last chapters of the Eileen Heckart biography.
WBBL.
Just how much cleaning up does dear Eileen need???!!! :o :o :o
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This is a feature that Greg is working on. 95% of it is being shot outside---the 5% being a cover set of a ranger's office. The film concerns teenagers and a grizzly bear, which could make for some grisly situations! Nothing too serious...I think it will be rated PG.
Dang, you could have had TCB play the grizzly bear!!!
Or would that have been typecasting?
;)
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Cool avitar or is it avatar, MBarnum....
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Speaking of deer...my mother told me they stopped the car last night to avoid hitting a buck and he turned around and rammed into their car! He's getting even with the wrong people, we feed the deer, we don't shoot them
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. Another board meeting today. Only four hours -- we're improving!
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I am traveling later this week, and there's a good chance they'll bump people. Maybe I'll get my trip for free!
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I'm now sitting at a table with 6 members of the U of Arkansas golf team. I asked if they were on the same team or if they all just dress alike and they said they are on the golf team. I asked if they won and one of them said "No, maam, we came in 7th, we played really bad"
So then what do you say
"Ouch!" often works.
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I really don't mind getting bumped on the way home. I figure if I volunteer when I have time, then maybe someone else will volunteer when I don't and I won't involuntarily get bumped. This is the third time I've done it, the second since July!
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Well, think I'll wander down to my concourse. There aren't may outlets there, but my computer should be charged by now so I may log on when I get there
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Jrand is busy gathering his thoughts, which are strewn about like a gazelle in a g-string. Will he be the first to post an amazon review?
Yes he will
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product//1425961320/ref=cm_rv_thx_view/104-4738811-0071944?ie=UTF8 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product//1425961320/ref=cm_rv_thx_view/104-4738811-0071944?ie=UTF8)
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Thanks Cillaliz, that new avatar is from last summer on the boat at Triangle Lake.
For some reason the photo looks squished.
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Great pics, DR CILLA LIZ...thanks!
I hope Jose pics up a couple of Quackers sweaters....he will be the envy of all the guys in the pit at A CHORUS LINE, I am sure.
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Very nice new avatar DR MBARNUM.
I am watching TAR!!!
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Thanks for the photos, DR Cillaliz. I just love the photo feature on this site!
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Thanks Cillaliz, that new avatar is from last summer on the boat at Triangle Lake.
For some reason the photo looks squished.
You look like Aldo Ray!
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With a shiney face.
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Thanks Ginny, JRand56, Matt H., Ann and Jane for the comments about the photos. Next time (there will always be a next time ;)), I'll make sure I borrow (or buy, by that time) a real camera so that the pictures turn out much better. ::)
:)
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DR ELMORE - there are a LOT of stories about HP.....the board has been in HOT HOT HOT water for over a month over some nefarious telephone business - the board leader was fired last week and now may go to jail in the mess. She says the men did it, it's because she's a woman (same story that bee-yatch Fiore used when she had her A$$ canned from HP last year....do a search on HP Board and telephone and ALL the news will come up, I bet.
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That's a very nice avatar, MBarnum!
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I really don't mind getting bumped on the way home. I figure if I volunteer when I have time, then maybe someone else will volunteer when I don't and I won't involuntarily get bumped. This is the third time I've done it, the second since July!
Both of my aunts (my dad's sisters) always volunteer to get bumped. They love getting the offers whenever they can. ;D
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Wow! I didn't know about any of this. No wonder David Packard's not responding to my emails for the past couple of months!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14958603/
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Wow! I didn't know about any of this. No wonder David Packard's not responding to my emails for the past couple of months!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14958603/
LOL....they should have stuck to making lousy television sets. 8)
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The Harvest Moon is beautiful tonight, gang.
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If you persnickety people haven't read Jrand's beautifully written amazon review, then you owe it to persnickety selves to do so immediately. I couldn't have done it better if I'd written it myself.
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Certainly I'd buy the book based on that review. Perhaps that will motivate certain types around these here parts.
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I just slept through the stultifying "documentary" on The Maltese Falcon - what a bloody snoozefest.
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Jrand, interestingly it is only showing up on the softcover page - why don't you cut and paste it into the hardcover as well, as amazon is just too stupidly screwy these days to assume they'll fix it.
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Jrand wrote:
a clever homage to the lurid paperbacks...
You had me at lurid! "A dime novel, hidden in the corn crib"!
A beautiful review, and no spoilers, but I had to stop reading. I want to be surprised by every story.
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Chapter two will be my dessert after loading the Mercer interviews. And calorie-free!
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Jrand, interestingly it is only showing up on the softcover page - why don't you cut and paste it into the hardcover as well, as amazon is just too stupidly screwy these days to assume they'll fix it.
Done and done. Glad you thought so, certainly a well written tome, MR BK....and I didn't give away ANYTHING!!! ;D
Kudos! 8)
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Thanks for posting the pix, DR Cillaliz. I also enjoyed seeing the west coast pix as well. It's nice to know what you dear readers (and deer readers) look like!
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Jrand wrote:
a clever homage to the lurid paperbacks...
You had me at lurid! "A dime novel, hidden in the corn crib"!
A beautiful review, and no spoilers, but I had to stop reading. I want to be surprised by every story.
LOL....lurid is my favorite adjective....right after berserk! :o
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DRLaura, George & DerBrucer-The photos are wonderful, thanks.
Ann & George, thanks for the details of your time with the Aussies. I’m looking forward to meeting them in person. I have much to do before I leave for Portland on Tuesday.
I wish I could join you in Portland!
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Berserk is almost a favorite word but only in its alternate spelling: bruceserk.
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If you persnickety people haven't read Jrand's beautifully written amazon review, then you owe it to persnickety selves to do so immediately. I couldn't have done it better if I'd written it myself.
I read it and it's a great review! I wish I could write reviews that well. ;)
;D
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Berserk is almost a favorite word but only in its alternate spelling: bruceserk.
LOL....starring Joan Crawford, of course. ;D
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I'm now off to rehearsal for Cannibal. I have to tape tonight's ABC line-up...and I didn't watch last week's season premier of "Desperate Housewives" yet! I'll need to watch that before I watch tonight's episode.
Later, all!
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Good rehearsal vibes, DR GEORGE.
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Moon over Mooresville.
Doesn't have quite the ring of Moon over Miami...but it IS the same moon. 8)
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Evening of classic Sci Fi on TCM.
Klaatu, barada nikto.
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Gort and Iron Giant...separated at birth?
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Dear Esteemed, super-busy, and studly BK --
I just wanted to check in to the Living Room, say a big hello to all of the lovelies, take my chance of being bitch-slapped, and let you know that I've been having to do a lot of extra work this past week. I just today had a chance to catch up on the last 4 or 5 days of your notes.
BUT ......... the fabulous news is that my copy of the lovelier than lovely new book by your lovely self arrived. Huzzah and Hooray !!
It will provide me with the fun of a story a night, as I get ready to go to sleep. So you see, it has finally happened; I will be curled up with you for 30 minutes or so in our bed each evening.
I'm sure that DP Kerry and Sugar won't mind a bit. :)
Thanks so much for the speedy shipping on the new book!!
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Larry, while Mr. Packard may be ignoring your e-mails and that ignoring may be related to the troubles at HP, the Packard Humanities Institute and HP are two separate entities. The PHI is not funded or supported by HP. HP is a for-profit corporation. PHI is an independent, tax-exepmt foundation. Granted, some of the money to establish the Institute came from the pockets of the Packards but it will not cease operations if HP begins to tank. Toyland should live to see another day.
Taken from the PHI Web site:
The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) is a non-profit foundation dedicated to archaeology, music, film preservation, historic conservation, and early education. PHI is located in Los Altos, California.
PHI is independent of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and is not associated in any way with any Hewlett-Packard Company foundations.
Go here
Foundation Center (http://foundationcenter.org/)
and use Foundation Finder and search for Packard Humanities Institute. You should be able to find information about the Foundation (though you may know something about it already).
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Larry, while Mr. Packard may be ignoring your e-mails and that ignoring may be related to the troubles at HP, the Packard Humanities Institute and HP are two separate entities. The PHI is not funded or supported by HP. HP is a for-profit corporation. PHI is an independent, tax-exepmt foundation. Granted, some of the money to establish the Institute came from the pockets of the Packards but it will not cease operations if HP begins to tank. Toyland should live to see another day.
Thank you, DR Ben! I know that I'm employed by the Institute, but I am also aware that the vagaries of HP affect my contact with my employers!
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Gort and Iron Giant...separated at birth?
The thought has plie'ed across my mind. 8)
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But they used to make such beautiful cars. :P
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DR JOSE is working on the high seas instead of the High C's this week. 8)
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Our Vice President is in Oregon?
der Brucer
;D
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Sunday evening greetings from Ohio. Yes, DH Richard and I are home after an uneventful flight that left LaGuardia 30 minutes late and landed in Dayton 15 minutes early - go figure.
We are both very tired - I do have to work tomorrow, but elected to go in 12-9, plus I'll earn 8 hours of comp time because it's a holiday.
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vixmom, jose and jhvw
jhvw-I think this photo would make a nice avatar. You look very handsome.
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Cool avitar or is it avatar, MBarnum....
It's a fantastic avatar!!
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Cillaliz, thanks for the grate pics.
George-I also wish you could join us in Portland.
DerBrucer-lol-guess we should have gotten the Labrador Retriever, not.
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Sherlock's new resting spot. He might still fit in there for a few more days. ;D
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Darn, and double darn, I have to work tomorrow, despite the Columbus day holiday. :(
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Had a lovely birthday celebration for Bill Parry. Skip outdid even himself with a stunning pasta pie.
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LOL! DR Jane I wish you could bring Sherlock up to Portland with you!!
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DR JANE....once I get Miss Blue Moon brushed properly this week, I will share another photo. Sherlock is too cute for English words....
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Any guesses as to the identities of these two ladies? ;D
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DR MBARNUM - suddenly TWO autographed photos of Allison Hayes arrive at EBAY....but the signatures look nothing like the four I have from her.....which closely match the signature on her Social Security application at age 14. I think we are dealing with a couple of spurious signatures.
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It is Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner at a New York City screening of IMITATION OF LIFE last year.
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Juanita Moore from "Imitation of Life". (I LOVE that movie!) Don't know the other...
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Oh wow! That's really her? I'm thrilled that she's still around. I would have loved to have been at that screening!
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And one for Kohner
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That scene where she throws herself on the coffin at mama's funeral. High drama!
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We were supposed to see LAD, A DOG at summer camp when I was 12, and they got the movies mixed up and showed us IMITATION OF LIFE by mistake.
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That scene might be referred to as "havin' a coffin fit."
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Great pics, DR Cillaliz. Thanks so much.
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You called it perfectly, DR ELmore. DR MBarnum does indeed look like Aldo Ray in his wonderful new avatar. COngrats, Mike.
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Just booked the flight to L.A. for Dec. 8 - hoping Skip's HERRINGBONE schedule doesn't conflict, and even if it does, that there's no need for me to be in NYC when it's happening.
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DR JOSE is working on the high seas instead of the High C's this week. 8)
LOL! Gave me my best laugh today. Thanks. ;D
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Yowza, that's some spiffy avatar, MBarnum. Wanna come hang out by the pool at the Shearton Universal in December? I'd bet you'd be a chick magnet, especially in Hollywood. :) :)
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I had no idea Juanita Moore was still alive. I really wish she had won the Oscar in 1959 instead of Shelley Winetrs since she never really had another shot at it, and SHelley had so many other chances (not always nominated for worthy work).
I do remember Juanita fondly from her brief work in the Rosalind Russell film ROSIE.
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I put in the FRIENDS Season 8 DVDs this evening and watched several episodes. Of course, the Thanksgiving episode with Brad Pitt is one of my all-time favorites.
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I am only sad that Carla Fiore was kicked out BEFORE this all started...
Carly was a featured interview on 60 Minutes tonight.
der Brucer
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
was the best it's been thus far this season with really interesting stories involving so many of the characters. Still can't stand Nora, even if she did give Lynette a helpful tip about her hubby. She is just so annoying that she ruins the show the SECOND she appears on the scene.
Loved seeing the gorgeous Jesse Metcalf again, even if it was just for one episode. And glad to see Andrew back home.
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Really enjoyed BROTHERS & SISTERS the most since it's been on the air, too. The characters and their intricate relationships with each other are really addictive, and I'm invested in their stories now.
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Lovely new avatar Mr. Barnum!
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Can I just say I am NOT happy about no mail service tomorrow.
Boo for Monday holidays!
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An unofficial BD Wong site mentions the possibility that Skip's show HERRINGBONE may play the Zipper Theater starring BD under Roger Rees' direction - didn't know any of this was public info yet, but since it's on the BD Wong site, I figured you guys should at least be the second to know. (You need to scroll down a little.)
http://unofficialbdwong.com/
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So then what do you say
Belly up to the bar, Boys!
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I traveled down to Costco today to get the pictures removed from my memory card and put onto a CD, Since there were 432 pictures on my card I was afraid of overloading the computer by downloading there.
(Be not afeared dear readers, I will not post all 438 only a selected few... if I can get it to work at all that is!)
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Top of the Rock
Sigh... to be 40 years younger....
der Brucer
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Looks like COLD CASE and the other CBS lineup of shows started pretty much on time. I set the DVR for thirty extra minutes just in case.
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And I did get BEYOND THE SEA on the DVR today, so I plan to watch it tomorrow, time permitting.
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I just saw a wonderful movie I highly recommend: THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE. Available on Criterion.
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=351
A Spanish film from 1973 that I'd never heard of, even though in a number of articles I read after seeing it, it's called an iconic work of the Spanish cinema.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070040/
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....and I didn't give away ANYTHING!!! ;D
You always were a tough date 8)
der Brucer
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I want to be surprised ...
Something no virtuous farm girl would ever say ::)
der brucer
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That scene might be referred to as "havin' a coffin fit."
Harharhar! Good one!
That scene where Juanita Moore comes to the strip club and the other dancers tease Sara about having a mammy and Juanita plays along so she doesn't blow her cover...it always makes me cry!
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BK, you wrote: "For someone who considers himself a major director, Mr. Hyams filmography is mostly loaded with really bad movies".
I worked as an editor on a movie directed by his sister, Nessa. Her directing style involved lots of master scenes. To quote her: "If I give you coverage, you're only going to use it!" As a result, we lacked the ability to perk up any of these scenes, which probably seemed funny in person but were deadly on screen. It was one of the worst films I've ever worked on, so perhaps this is a genetic condition!
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We were supposed to see LAD, A DOG at summer camp when I was 12, and they got the movies mixed up and showed us IMITATION OF LIFE by mistake.
I remember loving "Lad, A Dog", too. Any movies with dogs were fine by me. I never guessed at the time that I would turn into a cat person. I was afraid of them when I was young...
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I just looked it up and realized that I have never seen Lad, A Dog...I was thinking of the book! (I still loved dog movies, though!) Now I want to see the movie!
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Sherlock's new resting spot. He might still fit in there for a few more days. ;D
Clearly an unloved animal, yearning for affection, crying out "Please Pet Me" to all who pass by.
der Brucer
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Speaking of bad films ala Mr. Hyams' Peeper, I just watched the second of the three Michael Caine films being put out by Fox in a few weeks - Deadfall. I know you all can't wait for my thoughts - I will only say that the third film is The Magus - our very own Nick Redman told me this anecdote about the latter: When Peter Sellers, toward the end of his life, was asked if he'd have done anything different, he replied, "No, I'd do everything exactly the same, except I wouldn't see The Magus." Michael Caine has done some of the worst movies ever made, hasn't he?
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Sherlock's new resting spot. He might still fit in there for a few more days. ;D
Jane...what a cutie! Awwwww....
That picture reminds me of our cats' favorite resting place, on the big bunnies.
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The film concerns teenagers and a grizzly bear...
Sort of like "Smokey Meets Deliverance".
der Brucer
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Getting close to midnight, so I'm heading for bed.
Good night!
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Cats and bunnies
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jhvw-I think this photo would make a nice avatar. You look very handsome.
Jane is so very right:
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/12217421/194215461.jpg)
der Brucer
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Cats and bunnies
Oriental burgoo :-X
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Well, hello all.
Today was a hot sunny day, and then we had a lovely rain earlier. It has now cleared up, and there's a lvoely breeze scudding the clouds around the full moon. Very lovely! How wonderful it could stay just like this (well, maybe about 10 degrees cooler in the middle of the day).
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Well, let's see if this works...
starting in August with a HHW dinner hosted by FJL & his DP Skip
dang I can't get it to work!!!
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Well, let's see if this works...
starting in August with a HHW dinner hosted by FJL & his DP Skip
dang I can't get it to work!!!
Need some help?
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Need some help?
Sure, come on by! :)
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The problem is for some reason although I can open the photos and edit them, when I try to attach them I get a message telling me the files are "read only" >:(
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Starting the 1st Century with a bang!
U.S. OFFICIAL: NORTH KOREA TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPON (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218699,00.html)
When I left the defense industry, I felt it ironic that I had spent the most productive years of my life perfecting the US's ability to launch nuclear-tipped cruise missiles from submarines and I probably would never live to see whether or not I was successful.
Maybe I will :'(
der Brucer
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The problem is for some reason although I can open the photos and edit them, when I try to attach them I get a message telling me the files are "read only" >:(
Are they on a CD-ROM or on your hard drive?
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Are they on a CD-ROM or on your hard drive?
well they are on a cd but I THOUGHT I had moved them onto my hard drive when I selected them and editied them with my Kodak Easy Share software...but if I did I can't find them again!!
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well they are on a cd but I THOUGHT I had moved them onto my hard drive when I selected them and editied them with my Kodak Easy Share software...but if I did I can't find them again!!
A. Make sure the file is not open in any picture software.
B. Open a window where you can see the icon for the file.
C. Right click on the Icon and select "Properties"
D. Make sure the "Read Only" box is not checked.
Open Easy Share again and resave your pictures, taking care to note the location.
der Brucer
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I selected them and editied them with my Kodak Easy Share software...but if I did I can't find them again!!
The default location for Easy Share pictures is in a Folder Called "Kodak Pictures" in a sub-folder with the date of the download.
der Brucer
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Vixmon:
Remember, the edited version of your pictures is probably too large to attach - you need to use the "Save As" feature and select "General Purpose" to get a postable size.
der Brucer
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WESTCOAST DRs (and rabbits) BEWARE!
LETTUCE FROM CALIFORNIA RECALLED (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218663,00.html)
Lettuce From California Recalled Over E. Coli Contamination Concerns
Sunday, October 08, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration lifted its warning on fresh spinach grown in California's Salinas Valley, a popular brand of lettuce grown there was recalled Sunday over concerns about E. coli contamination.
The lettuce does not appear to have caused any illnesses, the president of Salinas-based Nunes Co. Inc. said.
The lettuce scare comes amid other federal warnings that some brands of spinach, bottled carrot juice and recent shipments of beef could cause grave health risks — including paralysis, respiratory failure and death.
Executives ordered the recall after learning that irrigation water may have been contaminated with E. coli, said Tom Nunes Jr., president of the company.
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The recall covers green leaf lettuce purchased in grocery stores Oct. 3-6 in Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. It was also sold to distributors in those states who may have sold it to restaurants or institutions.
der Brucer
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I think I was searching onthe wrong drive I think Vixdad defaulted my stuff to D and I was looking int he Kodak Picture stuff on C
I did edit and save as "best for web"' so lets see if this works.....
DR Tomovoz with DP Colin and DR WFO in NYC in September
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SUCCESS!!!!!
Thanks DerBrucer!!!
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Ben and Anthony at Skip & FJL's in August
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TPUnk & Rodzinski at FJL's & Skip's in August
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TomovOz, Colin, WFO, elmore, Rodzinski and the Vixter
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Cillaliz and friend
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SUCCESS!!!!!
Thanks DerBrucer!!!
All that work - and no nude shots :(
der Brucer
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JHVW's Storytime
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All that work - and no nude shots :(
der Brucer
I ain't done yet!
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The whole October tour group... Ginny, Richard, Cillaliz, Jose, Vixmom and JHVW
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elmore still securely on his pedestal
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Excellent photographs.
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Our wonderful guide
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JHVW's Storytime
Great - now we'll have the "Was Hans Christian Andersen Gay" argument!
der Brucer (research seems to indicate he had "tendencies", but never acted on any sexual impulses of any kind)
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Excellent photographs.
Thanks! I can't believe I forgot to take out my camera at Joe Allen's last week!!
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FJL and the Vixter
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WFO and his fat friend
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THERE! That should satisfy Mr JRand!!
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I could have sworn I hit post after writing a long post, but I don't see it...hmmm
Anyway, I'm home. I got here about an hour ago. It took awhile for the cats to come around and let me know they are glad I'm here, but they clearly are. So now I am going to sleep.
Vixmom, great photos, can you email me the photo of the whole group? I didn't get one of those and would really like one that hasn't been reduced. Thanks
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I talked to jhvw. He was only a couple miles from home at the time, so I'm sure he's there safe and sound.
Night all
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...and his fat friend
Go for "Healthy" or "Hale and Hearty". By Ruben's standards the lady is positively scrawny!
der Brucer
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Good rehearsal vibes, DR GEORGE.
Thanks! Things actually went quite well. We just did very basic blocking tonight. We started at the beginning and were told our basic positions on stage and read through the script and moved a little bit, but we certainly didn't spend much time on fine-tuning the stage movements. There are also a couple of dances that will need to be choreographed...at a later date. ;)
It's a 98 page (or so) movie script and we got all the way through page 73. Not too much more to go. Then we just have to memorize everything and then get the real detailed staging. :)
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Go for "Healthy" or "Hale and Hearty". By Ruben's standards the lady is positively scrawny!
der Brucer
By MY standards, she's a toothpick! ;)