And the word of the day is: CACHEXY!
I have heard several rumors regarding a new Trader Joe's opening up a second store at 64th and Broadway, at the site of the former Empire Hotel.
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were new and exciting, and now it is time for you to post until the belly dancing cows come home. Their having udder fun!
And the word of the day is: CACHEXY!Casey would waltz
...(forget about Rosemary's baby, pray for my computer...it totally crashed the last time I moved!!)...A suggestion:
Congrats on the UNIVERSAL success, DR MATTH....I bought one, but haven't begun to play with it yet. And I have FEWER electronic devices than you do.
Once I can retire that remote caddy to the coat closet and have just the one device on my coffee table, I will think I've achieved nirvana!
DR EDISAURUS - click on the line "See all my reviews" at Amazon, when you get there you will see an EDIT button so that you can edit your review.
I remembered the film as being in black and white!
Haven't seen Spamalot, but I must say I did not care for Urinetown, which I know most people thought was a riot.
R&H have not as many trunk songs as others
What is a fell swoop? And how did this phrase get into our everyday vernacular? --KS
SDSTAFF Ken replies:
Fell, from Old English, means awful, terrible or horrible. The word's stem can also be seen in "felon," which now is mostly used to mean someone who has been convicted of a felony (a serious crime), but which formerly meant one who is terrible, horrible or awful in behavior. The "swoop" is an onomotopoeia, indicating a fast movement. All together, "one fell swoop" means a swift, horrible blow.
Shakespeare, originator of so many English catchphrases, may have dreamed up this one too. It appears in "Macbeth": "What! all my pretty chickens and their dam/At one fell swoop?" (act IV, scene 3) laments Macduff, upon learning his wife and children have been killed by Macbeth. This appears to be the earliest recorded use of the phrase, although it may have been in common usage before Shakespeare wrote it down.
It's interesting that "one fell swoop," which originally had such a dire connotation, is now a mild term meaning "all at once." A similar fate has befallen the expression "fey charm." Few people know that "fey" is an old Scottish term meaning (a) fated to die soon, or (b) full of the sense of approaching death (these definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary). So if you say someone has a certain fey charm, you're saying he or she exerts that morbid fascination associated with imminent death.
--SDSTAFF Ken
Straight Dope Science Advisory Board
Where do cows figure in in "Damn Yankees"? I was also surprised that we had a record with the word "Damn" in the title when no one was allowed to say that word, and I thought Yankees referred to people who lived up north.
I would like to thank BK and all the DR's for keeping me from being lonely this week while Greg was up in the mountains having grizzly adventures. You all are a wonderful group of human beings!...
AND SINCE YOU ASKED (WHICH NOBODY HAS):
I stayed up too late working on the New Haven Symphony...
I haven't quite accepted the Vanzetti-style mustache, but hey---it's his face! (That's my brother in the background.)
Last night, der B and I watched The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
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They take out banjos and I'm outta here!
der Brucer
A suggestion:
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It looked like Tim Burton meets Salvador Dali - I loved it!
der Brucer
"Is it...ATOMIC???" "Yes, sir! VERY Atomic!"
Ah, those were the days---when the Cold War infiltrated our pop culture!
Since I grew up during the Cold War, there was a proliferation of movies about things that went awry after being contaminated by radiation or something equally as evil. Things that grew big or mutated into something horrific. I went through all the "duck and cover" drills and these films seemed to contain the nugget of a possibility that maybe this could happen, so that made them scary to me
Well, if Joseph Haydn can have a "London Symphony", then Larry Moore can have a "New Haven Symphony".
(Disney had Silly Symphonies, I suspect Larry's are more serious).
der Brucer
I think it's also inspired by the Hieronymous Bosch triptych. I see a lot of the same imagery from this painting in the amazing dungeon scene.
Mine are as frivolous as they come!
...AK-47s (which you can currently buy in about 15 minutes at Butch's Gun Shop on Aurora Avenue North, according to a salesperson there)
Shopping memo for PennyO:
“I'm always baffled at what makes men think women will be attracted to them in a two-for-$10 pair of Wal-Mart flip-flops,” he said. “No one wants to look at a man's dirty, hairy, nasty toes. And whenever you see a man wearing flip-flops, 90 percent are not groomed toes — that probably hurt the cause of flip-flops more than anything else.”
Well, it's around 1:30 AM and I have to start moving more furniture at 10:00 in the morning. AND since I need to move my computer (forget about Rosemary's baby, pray for my computer...it totally crashed the last time I moved!!) I need to clean up the areas being moved: my computer desk and my kitchen table. After that, I'll get the couch, computer, TV, DVD players, VCRs, laserdisc player, bed, dressers and other assorted items moved without any trouble!
So, good night, BK and anyone else out there in the dark. ;)
Is it even funnier to you because you've seen so many shows and recognize that certain elements can be formulaic, or do you take offense that the writers are mocking a form you love?
Personally I love satires that poke fun at film clichés, whether it's a drama or a documentary. But I don't have the depth of knowledge of musicals that some DR's have.
I did get pretty fanatic about Pippin when I was in high school, but nobody else I knew had ever heard of it. Our school didn't even have a theatre dept. much less musical theatre. But if you wanted to learn to weld, that was the place to be! So I got a kick out of the last chapter of BK's new book and remembered the excitement I felt when I first heard that album!
Got to clean the guest bath now and then put away folded laundry.
WBBL.
I enjoyed SPAMALOT as a crazy circus-type entertainment. Had a blast at it. And the music for me increased the hilarity of the film since the songs were a riot, too.
Love anything related to Monty Python.
...Keith and the breeder, Al...
Sunday morning greetings! Today, I must pay serious attention to the planning of the Ohio AAUW spring conference (April 20 & 21, 2007, in Tiffin, OH). It's my main responsibility as state co-program vice-president and we have a board meeting coming up in 2 weeks. Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
BELLY HIGH - the feeling you get after a good belly dance, or a school where they teach the fine art of belly dancing
I would like to thank BK and all the DR's for keeping me from being lonely this week while Greg was up in the mountains having grizzly adventures. You all are a wonderful group of human beings!
Greg comes home today---O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Just in time to go to an Octoberfest party with a bunch of commie-pinko liberals! Here's a picture of him so you can see why I'm attracted to men with "high foreheads". ("Yes, sir. VERY high!") I haven't quite accepted the Vanzetti-style mustache, but hey---it's his face! (That's my brother in the background.)
Why must be pray for Rosemary's Baby? Didn't he get some TV sequel? Didn't he grow up to be Stephen Collins or someone like that? Or did I imagine all of that?
- I should be able to isolate said click and nuke it.
Also purchased a Hick Hop CD from Cowboy Troy - first introduced to me by DR EDISAURUS.
Hilary Duff & Joel Madden: We're In Mortal Danger
Posted Oct 12th 2006 7:39PM by TMZ Staff
Hilary Duff claims in court documents that she fears for her life, alleging she and her boyfriend are being stalked by two men -- one a paparazzi and the other a homeless man.
TMZ has obtained court documents, filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, in which Duff and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden claim that a 19-year-old Russian emigre came to the United States "for the sole purpose of meeting and becoming romantically involved with Ms. Duff."
The court documents state the man, whose first name is Max, "admitted to being 'obsessed' with her, has stated his intention of 'removing' his 'enemies' (i.e., those who prevent him from being with her), has stated his intention of purchasing a weapon, and has threatened to kill himself and to engage in dramatic actions to get her attention."
According to the documents, Max "has stated his belief that Hilary is in love with him and that Joel Madden stands in their way."
The court documents also claim David Joseph Klein, a 50-year-old celebrity photographer who is roommates with Max, is also a threat.
The documents state, "Over the past six weeks, the defendants have engaged in an accelerated effort to make contact with Hilary, including visits to her neighborhood, to her mother's home, to her boyfriend's neighborhood ... to Mr. Madden's concert venue, and direct calls to Hilary's manager."
According to the documents, the police detained Max at least once at one of Madden's concerts and questioned Klein at the same event.
The stars are requesting a judge to order Max and David Joseph Klein to stay at least 100 yards away from Hilary Duff, her sister Haylie, Joel Madden and his twin brother Benji.
TMZ spoke with David Joseph Klein who denies claims that he is a dangerous threat. We were unable to contact Max.
And I am sure that it has nothing to do with the size of Cowboy Troy's hands.
My initial introduction to Pippin was just listening to the music on a casette (no liner notes). You can imagine my surprise when I first saw the stage production :o All those sweet love songs all Fosse-tarted up! (Loved it!)
der Brucer
Also purchased a Hick Hop CD from Cowboy Troy - first introduced to me by DR EDISAURUS.
ON A SERIOUS NOTE:Dang, it's that hairy thing again!
Do 'Real Men' Wear Flip-Flops?
Pulitzer-candidate quote:
Quote“I'm always baffled at what makes men think women will be attracted to them in a two-for-$10 pair of Wal-Mart flip-flops,” he said. “No one wants to look at a man's dirty, hairy, nasty toes. And whenever you see a man wearing flip-flops, 90 percent are not groomed toes — that probably hurt the cause of flip-flops more than anything else.”
der Brucer
...The breeder is spending the night with us....I hope you have no idea how this sentence sounds, out of context. :o
The Amazing Race is on TONIGHT!!The Amazing Race is on RIGHT NOW!! And the soundtrack is ANNOYING AS ALL GET OUT!!!
I hope I haven't led you astray. What do we hicks know about music, anyway?
Greg, looks perfectly charming, but now I want to hear a few details about your good-looking brother!
You may not knopw about music, but you sure know what DR JRand56 likes!
Jrand, is that similar to what I got?You've got big hands?????
And here is Nick and I talking to Miss Marni Nixon - her daughter is next to her.
And here is Nick and I talking to Miss Marni Nixon - her daughter is next to her.
Paul has agreed to paint my bomb shelter to look like the stone on my chimney and the front porch. It will be great.
Today I used my leaf blower/mulcher/vacuum. It's really quite an invention and I'd like to thank the person who invented it. I can take what would be 8 containers full of leaves and after mulching it fits in 1 container. I found that most wonderful.
Today I used my leaf blower/mulcher/vacuum. It's really quite an invention and I'd like to thank the person who invented it. I can take what would be 8 containers full of leaves and after mulching it fits in 1 container. I found that most wonderful.
Oh, my gosh! I did not know such a thing existed!
Guess who will be going to Lowe's tomorrow! Any recommendations, please to let me know!
Mine is just a Toro. Here it is on Amazon
the Smothers Brothers, opera star Carol Neblit, presidents of major corporations, and Skip. Skip felt very honored to be part of that.
the IRS decreed that a dress may be deducted as a professional expense - but only if it is too tight to sit down in!
Separated at birth?
Johnny Mercer...
Happiness is wanting what you have. In my case, a rake.
And plenty of bottle rockets to shoot at the bulldozers destroying the woods behind our house.
BONAPARTE, Iowa — A 22-year-old man has been charged with murdering his parents and three teenage sisters at their home in southeastern Iowa, a sheriff's office said Sunday.
Shawn Bentler is accused of gunning down five family members and faces five counts of first-degree murder, the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office said. He is being held on a $2.5 million bond at the Adams County jail in Quincy, Ill.
If it is 900 am in Sydney Wednesday morning
what time would it be in the NYC?
Matt Ashford is in Australia and will pay a visit to Sydney and Melbourne...