Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 7 => Topic started by: bk on November 06, 2006, 12:34:42 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were tuneful and in the key of C, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're singing What A Difference A Cow Makes, Twenty-Four Little Cow Pies.
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And the word of the day is: RAILLERY!
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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - not necessarily in that order:
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der Brucer
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Raillery, raillera, raillery ee, ,ee,ee,ee
Raillery, raillera
My knapsack on my back
der Brucer
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Almost famous lines:
Is that a gaggle of root-beer barrels in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
der Brucer
TOD: Rumors notwithstanding, NOT "Queen For a Day"
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Fletcher says to knock off the raillery and come to bed!
der Brucer
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Hi, Der B! I enjoyed your posts yesterday.
I was a posting slacker, but I did do 4 hours of intensive yard work including pulling up about 50 small trees with the most wonderful yard tool ever invented: the weed wrench. You can pull up trees up to 2" in diameter. (I give them a good hug before I put them at the street.)
Then I did 4 more hours of prep work for painting at the new house. I painted the dining room yesterday. It was supposed to be terracotta but it looks more like chocolate. I have no idea what I'm doing. I know othing about decorating. Sheeesh!
My little French boy came over to help rake for an hour and then ran home to order a pizza and watch Desperate Housewives. America has ruined him! :-)
When I finally got home after midnight, the internet connection was down, so I'm just now catching up.
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When I worked on "Good Eats", the Halloween show was dedicated to jello. One of the recipes with Panicotta Brain with Cranberry Glaze:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_16947,00.html
You use the same brain mold as seen yesterday and tint the panicotta so that it's grey. Then after it's set, you drizzle the cranberry glaze so it seeps into the cracks like blood. Lovely!
The cat litter cake is not the most disgusting desert I've seen. That award would go to the "Scab Cake" that was featured in some children's magazine. When you cut open the red crust, a creme-filled center comes oozing out. Bleechhh. I hope y'all aren't reading this over breakfast!
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DR Rodzinzski, Wax 'n' Facts is still there, and still great. There are a couple of new stores that have opened up that are also great.
The Tara is still open too---it's 2 miles from my house. But we have experienced a real loss: after 65 years, the Garden Hills Cinema, a small art house which I imagine you may have attended, closed last week. I was really disappointed because this would have been a short walk from the new house. Bummer ! I'm sure they will build something tall on the site. I'm beginning to think that every one story building on Peachtree Street is in danger!
Anohter upcoming loss: the Roxy Theatre on P'tree St. in Buckhead. This was the first talkie theatre in Atlanta and has beautiful art deco details. The whole block will be razed to build something tall. I really don't see why they can't keep the theatre as a keystone and build around it.
RIP Roxy--with an appropriate marquee...
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Good morning, all! I have a couple of errands my dad wants to run this morning and I then will return here to finish this humongous Christmas medley.
DR FJL, I found the corgis to be the real stars of THE QUEEN; always on their marks, always in character, true supporting actors. Of course, their support made Ms Mirren look even better, which is - I would suppose - one of the hallmarks of a great supporting actor. Toby and Dylan should be campaigning for Oscars for them.
And now, errands.
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TOD
Candid Camera
Which is the only reality program of the past that I remember seeing.
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Great Brain From Planet X site at MySpace. I like the old movie feel that it was given.
Also BK has his own page.
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And the word of the day is: RAILLERY!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde,
Sharing RAILLERIES and quips with the others dancing,
who were there for their weekly tango lessons.
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Will Billy the LIAR RELY on his usual RAILLERY with the Judge, in order to get his sentence reduced, or will he tell the truth for once and accept his full punishment?
Knowing Billy, that's a silly question, isn't it!
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Raillery, raillera, raillery ee, ,ee,ee,ee
Raillery, raillera
My knapsack on my back
der Brucer
This reminds me of a show that ran in LA when the "Family Hour" (or some such named gimick) was instituted on television. It was part of the campaign to return a half-hour to local stations, taking the thirty minutes from seven-thirty to eight from the networks.
Well, before the local stations realized that they could fill that half-hour with syndicated programming, one of the local LA stations decided to fill it with a group of travelogues, one for each day of the week. The travelogues were made of home movies by various people, generally retired couples with little else to do with their lives.
One of the programs was called The Happy Wanderer, starring some guy named Slim, who may have been at one point was certainly wasn't no mo. It featured as it's theme song "The Happy Wanderer," complete with "knapsack on my back" refrain.
The show was boring. It was worse than boring. It was nauseatingly boring. It was visit-some-distant-relative-who-breaks-out-a-musty-photograph-album-and-explains-every-picture-to-you boring. It was Dad-puts-on-a-slideshow-from-the-family's-recent-trip-to-an-airshow-and-he-isn't-listening-when-you-say-"We-were-there-with-you,-Dad!" boring. (My Dad would actually do this to us. :-\)
Ah, yes, the reality programming of yesteryear.
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Monday morning greetings! Today and tomorrow I will be finalizing preparations for Wednesday evening's sparkling "Meet the Grantmakers" panel that we're hosting here at my library. After that I will have 5 days off in a row ;D
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Today has started electrifyingly.
Or, more to the point, it started less than electrifyingly.
Our power went out for about half a second, right as I was logging on to this here sight.
The computer had to be rebooted, of course. The clocks all seem to be fine, but the televisions also needed rebooting.
Other than that, it is a beautiful day here in Rehoboth. The sun is shining brightly. The sky is blue and all the leaves are green. My heart's as warm as a baked potato. I think I know precisely what I mean, when I say it's a Shpadoinkle day!
George: ;)!!!
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DR Ginny - That's much better than having five off days in a row, any day!
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To me, most of these reality series both in the Golden Age and today are not real because they are specially staged. The only true reality series I ever watched was AN AMERICAN FAMILY in the 70s. This was television at its best and what reality means.
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DR Ginny - That's much better than having five off days in a row, any day!
LOL, DR SWW! I've had my share of those, too!
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The only true reality series I ever watched was AN AMERICAN FAMILY in the 70s.
What he said.
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I think I know precisely what I mean, when I say it's a Shpadoinkle day!
"Cannibal" reference!!
Well, it sounds better than a Shipoopi day!
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Monday morning greetings! Today and tomorrow I will be finalizing preparations for Wednesday evening's sparkling "Meet the Grantmakers" panel that we're hosting here at my library.
Ahem....
If you meet anyone who feels the need to give a tax-deductable donation to two struggling documentary filmmakers to clear the theatrical rights for their stock footage, send them our way!
www.willowpondfilms.com
Shameless plug of the day! ;D
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Re: last night's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
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I did think the episode was interesting. I was quite spellbound by most of it. But am I the only one who thought the who got shot, and who died bit highly predictable. I mean they basically showed lynnette getting shot on the promos. And nora was expendabla and completely annoying. And since there were only a few people in the store (edie, her nephew, julie, nora, lynnette) it seemed fairly obvious from the start what would happen.
I do wonder if lynnette will be consumed by guilt (for telling carolyn that nora tried to seduce her hubby - causing carolyn to kill her). But the death may not take on as huge a role as others have speculated. I mean nobody liked nora. So besides kayla, i can't imagine that anyone will really grieve.
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V I S T A V I S I O N
Motion Picture High Fidelity
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Wow yesterday we had pictures of:
Birds
Cats
Rifles
Day of the Dead
AND the recipe for a Kitty Litter Cake - which I am going to make if I ever get invited to another party in my life.
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Very excited about:
Emily & Alice pre order for $19.98!
FLOWER DRUM SONG w/commentary
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I am doing something wrong at MYSPACE. I am registered, but when I try to join the Friends of Brain....I am told I must be logged in/registered to do it....and I am...but I am not. I feel like Ro-Man.
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I loved Truth or Consequences!
But MY favorite would be PEOPLE ARE FUNNY because Art Linkletter was the perfect host...he could interview a regular person very well...and he rarely made them the butt of the joke as Mr Groucho Marx would do - although Mr Marx was THE MASTER.
BUT I choose People Are Funny because I saw my first computer on that show. UNIVAC....the size of a living room with lots of lights and cards and whirring noises...they used it to solve the problems of nuclear fission and overpopulation. NO NOT REALLY....they used it to match up people for dates.
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Good morning!
Another gorgeous fall day, but we're in for a COLD, WET election day tomorrow, so I'm going to be out several times today to enjoy it all.
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Loved PEOPLE ARE FUNNY and PERSON TO PERSON.
I really did not like THIS IS YOUR LIFE. Though I loved the famous stars he lined up most weeks, Ralph Edwards was just SO smarmy that it made me uncomfortable.
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Page Two MONSTER, INC. Dance!!!
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Oops (spoo, spelled backwards), I loved CANDID CAMERA, too. Really, on Sunday nights, it was our favorite show, even more than Ed Sullivan, Disney, or WHAT'S MY LINE?
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Looking forward to DEXTER after DR FJL's comments, and also have COLD CASE and WITHOUT A TRACE if the DVR was programmed long enough to catch all of the latter show.
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Yep, FLOWER DRUM SONG can't arrive quickly enough to suit me. Then, I can retire the kind of grainy letterboxed copy I taped off AMC many moons ago (A ONCE UPON A MATTRESS reference).
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Also BK has his own page.
I saw that & thought about friending him but wondered if that would be kind of stalkerly.
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Yep, FLOWER DRUM SONG can't arrive quickly enough to suit me. Then, I can retire the kind of grainy letterboxed copy I taped off AMC many moons ago (A ONCE UPON A MATTRESS reference).
I love Flower Drum song! I taped it off the Disney channel...ages ago when it was good & they showed things besides idiotic shows for pre-teens.
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I do wonder if lynnette will be consumed by guilt (for telling carolyn that nora tried to seduce her hubby - causing carolyn to kill her). But the death may not take on as huge a role as others have speculated. I mean nobody liked nora. So besides kayla, i can't imagine that anyone will really grieve.
Kind of short-sighted of you, DR Jennifer. There is more to fallout than grief. What about Tom and Lynette's children who will now have to welcome a new grown up child into the family full time, one who may be "damaged," and knowing how selfish and wild those boys have been the past two seasons, that could lead to a lot of headaches for the child and for Tom and Lynette. Lynette's guilt could impact her relationship with Tom, too, and Tom's guilt over being tempted by Nora which led to the showdown between Lynette and Nora (and Nora's ultimatum which was leading to a custody case) just all screams acres and acres of guilt, sadness, and trouble.
And when I mentioned the hostage impact on the season, I wasn't just meaning Nora's death either. Gabby and Carlos were pulled back together. Susan's daughter and Edie's nephew are now going to be much closer, and Bree's going to have guilt associations over starting the whole mess.
Every major character is going to be impacted BIG TIME over what happened in last night's episode.
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As a poor college student, I didn't eat out much (other than Taco Bell). But anyhoo, Mr. Bruce, that place sounds good, whatever it was.
The places I enjoyed in Northridge were
Vegetable Delight (wait, that was in Granada Hills)
Maria's Italian Kitchen (where the food is heavenly & the staff is angelic)
Falafel Palace (which wasn't as "nice" as the other 2, but very yummy).
There was also an Italian place I liked near Studio City, but I can't recall the name. Best friend Jayse first took me there; he loves it. I'll have to ask him.
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Matt H - I eagerly await your thoughts on last night's DEXTER. The more I think about it, the more I'm disturbed by it, mostly in terms of where my own loyalties were placed and how swept up I was in it - but that's what I think the creators of the show intended.
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Matt H - I eagerly await your thoughts on last night's DEXTER. The more I think about it, the more I'm disturbed by it, mostly in terms of where my own loyalties were placed and how swept up I was in it - but that's what I think the creators of the show intended.
It will be the first thing I watch this afternoon when I return from lunch with best friend John.
And I need to go get cleaned up for that now.
WBBL.
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Time to ready myself for work.
Tonight we will have Heroes.
But I'm thinking of something other than sandwiches for dinner. 8)
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TOD - Bride and Groom
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Oy! I woke up today feeling like my head was in a vice grip, felt a bit dizzy and a little discombobulated...so I got in my car and drove to the office - that's real bright when I was feeling that way - anyway, I filled a briefcase with work and came back home where I am attempting to feel better. If I start feeling better I can work here. It's a lot easier when I'm feeling like this
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Over the weekend I redecorated my office - well, took a bunch of photos off one wall and put up some real art instead. It looks a lot different and a lot better. Now I just need to take a plant stand in for one of my big plants that had to go there for the winter.
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I love the Tommy Smothers quote, Cillaliz!
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Feel better vibes for DR Cillaliz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Feel better vibes for DR Cillaliz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks. Think i'll go to sleep for awhile
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... the most wonderful yard tool ever invented: the weed wrench. You can pull up trees up to 2" in diameter.
How many weeds can a witty weed wench wrench while wielding her wicked weed wrench? (http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/natur/nature-smiley-015.gif)
der Brucer
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Such a day of errrands with dad! The post office, the cemetary to see my mother's grave, KMart where we had to run through four different packs of hearing aid batteries till we found the one Everready not Duracell) that fit his hearing aid, Staples, and the bank.
Father is safely home and I am back to Christmas charts!
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Another sparkling day - just sparkling - oh, a Last Starfighter reference.
singingnymph - friend me, Sidney.
My myspace page is a joke. I registered because I thought that was the only way to read comments, and I'd been told there were some comments I needed to read. That was last May. For months my only friend was Tom, which I thought amusing. Then some people found me - fans of the recordings, and that was nice. If anyone wants to volunteer to make it a real page, that's fine. And if anyone wants to friend me, Sidney, do so.
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DR Rodzinzski, Wax 'n' Facts is still there, and still great. There are a couple of new stores that have opened up that are also great.
The Tara is still open too---it's 2 miles from my house. But we have experienced a real loss: after 65 years, the Garden Hills Cinema, a small art house which I imagine you may have attended, closed last week. I was really disappointed because this would have been a short walk from the new house. Bummer ! I'm sure they will build something tall on the site. I'm beginning to think that every one story building on Peachtree Street is in danger!
Anohter upcoming loss: the Roxy Theatre on P'tree St. in Buckhead. This was the first talkie theatre in Atlanta and has beautiful art deco details. The whole block will be razed to build something tall. I really don't see why they can't keep the theatre as a keystone and build around it.
RIP Roxy--with an appropriate marquee...
That is sad to see. I love the old theatres... They have class and personality. Fargo has an old art-deco influenced theatre that has been restored and she show a lot of Indies, documentaries, and art films. They even host a film festival in March.
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Not overly familiar with myspace. I have heard of it and visited a few sites on it.
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TOD:
YOU BET YOUR LIFE which was always more about the contestants then the actual game.
CANDID CAMERA
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Thank you DerBrucer for the Congrats!
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Anohter upcoming loss: the Roxy Theatre on P'tree St. in Buckhead. This was the first talkie theatre in Atlanta and has beautiful art deco details. The whole block will be razed to build something tall. I really don't see why they can't keep the theatre as a keystone and build around it.
LA managed a successful "heritage" vs "skyscraper" trade-off when the
LA Public Library
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sold their air-rights to permit the construction of the
Library Tower (US Bank Building) (http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk/new/tower.html)
(http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk/new/libtower.gif)
The cylindrical structure on the left was completed in 1989 using plans from J.M. Pei and Partners. At 1017 feet, it is the tallest building west of Chicago and east of Hong Kong, and perhaps symbolized the final rung in Los Angeles' climb toward world city status. The 350 million dollar project was nicknamed the Library Tower because it "borrowed" the air rights of the Los Angeles Central Library in exchange for support of the Library renovation. It is a round high rise with the diameter decreasing toward the top, and it is capped by a "lighthouse".
der Brucer
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Bummer ! I'm sure they will build something tall on the site. I'm beginning to think that every one story building on Peachtree Street is in danger!
Well, you're an "activist" - form the Hovel Heritage Workgroup (HHW) ;) to pressure the city fathers.
Remember:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
der Brucer
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For those who asked, here is the poster for The Brain From Planet X.
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"Meet the Grantmakers" panel
Are Hugh's parents the honorees?
der Brucer
A Wayward Wind blew in an option:
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....Other than that, it is a beautiful day here in Rehoboth. The sun is shining brightly. The sky is blue and all the leaves are green. My heart's as warm as a baked potato. I think I know precisely what I mean, when I say it's a Shpadoinkle day!
George: ;)!!!
And a Happy Shpadoinkle Day to you, too!! ;D
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What about Tom and Lynette's children who will now have to welcome a new grown up child into the family full time, one who may be "damaged," and knowing how selfish and wild those boys have been the past two seasons, that could lead to a lot of headaches for the child and for Tom and Lynette. Lynette's guilt could impact her relationship with Tom, too, and Tom's guilt over being tempted by Nora which led to the showdown between Lynette and Nora (and Nora's ultimatum which was leading to a custody case) just all screams acres and acres of guilt, sadness, and trouble.
Have you submitted your treatments to Marc Cherry :)
der Brucer
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Fargo has an old art-deco influenced theatre that has been restored and she show a lot of Indies, documentaries, and art films.
FARGO (http://cinematreasures.org/theater/275)
This theater was built in 1926 in the Art Moderne (Streamline), but was remodeled in 1937 to it's current art-deco style.
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der Brucer
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Is it Monday already?
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Glad I took the day OFF!
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Love the poster bk, good luck!!
It looks like a fun show..
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The weekend was rife with activity and inertia.
Friday evening and most of the morning Saturday I was a whirlwind of activity -- cleaning, polishing, washing, vaccuming, shining, storing away, rearranging.
That afternoon, the cable company technician arrived and promptly identified the reasons for some bad reception. I have no words to explain what he showed me, other than to say that the connection was not optimal. He reconnected me and my ghosting -- (boink) -- vanished.
As soon as he left, I sat down with a glass of tea and nearly immediately dozed off. I got myself up and into bed for a nap and napped for four and half hours. So my schedule has been off since then.
Yesterday is a blur of DVDs watched and football watched and phone calls made and another long nap.
Still feel a bit wonky and tired, but otherwise am healthy and fine.
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Tonight's the night....
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Save the Cheerleader...save the World![/move]
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Actually the carpet in the lobby, they are hoping to replace with a replica of the original but it will take a bit of money... The chairs were restored and they are quite comfortable
I have seen a number of films in there: Water, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Monsoon Wedding and a number of others. It has very good acoustics..
Too bad they did not have a picture of hte ceiling. That is truly stunning with the pastels and lines and curves.
They also have a wurlitzer organ that has been restored. That is a sight to behold and listen to. It is one of few still operational in theatres in the US. AT a recent silent movie night, they actually had a person playing it along with the movie. Now that was fun and a real treat.
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re: "Desperate Housewives"
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I always enjoy the show, but last night I did feel a bit manipulated by the outcome of the siege in the grocery store.
Too pat a solution to Lynette and Tom's problem, I think.
I do, however, have major questions about why Laurie Metcalf's character was shot in the head after she had been subdued. Why did that woman do what she did?
If Carlos and Gaby truly get past their animosities, all's the better.
I wonder if the new guy will stay in the neighborhood...will the writers do better by him than they did the last new neighbors who moved in and were badly written.
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Thanks for your words of wisdom Ron.. I have not yet seen it since I work at night. However, I have heard very good words about it.
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Oh, yes....I stayed up past midnight last night to review/purchase some new soundtrack CDs that one of BK's former label's Club issues quarterly (approximately).
I was not disappointed. In fact, I was overwhelmed. Five new CD's were announced by Varese Sarabande: "Birdman of Alcatraz" by Elmer Bernstein, "Careful! He Might Hear You" by Ray Cook; "Runaway" by Jerry Goldsmith, "Lucas" by Dave Grusin, and -- for me a TREASURE of treasures -- "The Seven Cities of Gold", with surviving cues from "The Rains of Ranchipur" by Hugo Friedhofer.
I'm amazed at the variety and quality of all the releases!
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The only bad point about the Fargo theatre is that parking STINKS!!!
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
SPOILERS FROM LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.
re: "Desperate Housewives"
SPOILER
I always enjoy the show, but last night I did feel a bit manipulated by the outcome of the siege in the grocery store.
Too pat a solution to Lynette and Tom's problem, I think.
I do, however, have major questions about why Laurie Metcalf's character was shot in the head after she had been subdued. Why did that woman do what she did?
If Carlos and Gaby truly get past their animosities, all's the better.
I wonder if the new guy will stay in the neighborhood...will the writers do better by him than they did the last new neighbors who moved in and were badly written.
I agree with everything you wrote. I do feel a bit manipulated by what happened. I was not bored. But it was so predictable and such an easy way out.
I do hope that gabby and carlos get back together.
And i'm not sure what will happen with the new guy. Did he even speak?
And about why carolyn was shot. Was she subdued? It didn't really seem to me that things were that under control. Plus it made for an interesting reveal when they showed who did it.
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
SPOILERS FROM LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.
And i'm not sure what will happen with the new guy. Did he even speak?
And about why carolyn was shot. Was she subdued? It didn't really seem to me that things were that under control. Plus it made for an interesting reveal when they showed who did it.
The new guy did speak. I believe Lynette chatted him up for a moment or so until she became distracted by Kayla's mom and left him standing there talking about his sister and looking a tad confused.
I thought Carolyn was pretty well subdued given that she was flat on her back and was being held down. Once the gun was retrieved she was no danger to anyone. Her death looked like cold-blooded murder.
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I love the Tommy Smothers quote, Cillaliz!
Thanks- it's the punchline to a joke, but it's so true
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Tonight's the night....
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Save the Cheerleader...save the World![/move][/color]
I have rehearsal, so I have to watch it later. :( But my new DVR from Comcast will record it!! ;D
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I'm a big fan of the new show "Brothers and Sisters"!
I don't mind being manipulated once in a while (last night's "Desperate Housewives" pushed it a bit for me). And I don't mind occasional plot contrivances as long as the payoff is good (i.e., it works). Last night's contrivance had a flashing light attached to it. To wit, Sally Fields' character wanted all her kids to join her at "the ranch" (which is part of a parcel the family business is being forced to sell in order to make up a $15 million deficit the late father of the clan left them to clean up). They all made loud noisy excuses why they couldn't, then each went out and made independent plans with others to spend a quiet, private weekend at the ranch.
Sally, of course, decides to go anyway and her contractor, Treat Williams, offers to drive her and help her remove a panel from the kitchen wall...a panel on which all the family kids had been measured against as they grew up.
One thing leads to another and they're all together...and despite how contrived/mainpulative the plot devices were to get them there (and yes, I was aware of such as it was happening), the show still pleased me. The character relationships are what makes this show resonate for me and you just never know where any of them is going to go or take you week to week.
I don't know whether this show has legs or not -- it's no "Grey's Anatomy" -- but I like it.
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I thought Carolyn was pretty well subdued given that she was flat on her back and was being held down. Once the gun was retrieved she was no danger to anyone. Her death looked like cold-blooded murder.
I think that they're forshadowing something...hopefully, something good (a Sound of Music reference ;)).
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I think that they're forshadowing something...hopefully, something good (a Sound of Music reference ;)).
I'd sure love it if that were the case!
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I was about to say how thrilled I was that for the first time ever, I saw Boo grooming Callie, and Callie seemed to enjoy it (She swears it was just a massage) of course as soon as I went to the computer to brag that after 4 1/2 months they are actually bonding, they got in a fight. I stopped it so they both ran to another part of the house....probably to keep fighting, lol
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Sounds like kids to me Cilla ;)
However of the furry kind...
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Off to run a couple of errands before class... Have a good afternoon everyone and take care!
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I will vote tomorrow morning and then tomorrow evening we will see Mary Poppins. Even though we will be in the balcony of the New Amsterdam it should be fun.
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DR Rodzinzski, Wax 'n' Facts is still there, and still great. There are a couple of new stores that have opened up that are also great.
The Tara is still open too---it's 2 miles from my house. But we have experienced a real loss: after 65 years, the Garden Hills Cinema, a small art house which I imagine you may have attended, closed last week. I was really disappointed because this would have been a short walk from the new house. Bummer ! I'm sure they will build something tall on the site. I'm beginning to think that every one story building on Peachtree Street is in danger!
Anohter upcoming loss: the Roxy Theatre on P'tree St. in Buckhead. This was the first talkie theatre in Atlanta and has beautiful art deco details. The whole block will be razed to build something tall. I really don't see why they can't keep the theatre as a keystone and build around it.
RIP Roxy--with an appropriate marquee...
Good news about Tara, although I think it used to be owned by a smaller concern (LeFont). Sad about the Roxy and Garden Hills. One thing Atlanta doesn't seem able to stop is bulldozers.
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I am also looking forward to December 1st which is when I start my month long vacation. I am finishing up small projects right now, then we have Thanksgiving and that Friday off, I come back for 4 more days and then I'm done! No big trips abroad this year, though. We went to Dublin last year so we need a year off. We will be going to Captiva in May. A friend is turning 50 and she has rented a guest house for a week. All we have to do is get to Captiva and the rest is fun, fun, fun!
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A real live thee-ya-tur!
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Cillaliz-
Killbot and Walty do this regularly. What begins as pleasant grooming always ends in a scrap.
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I am also attending the Foundation Center's 50th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday. It's being held at the Museum of the American Indian (part of the Smithsonian) downtown at the old Customs House on Bowling Green. A meet and greet reception from 5:30-7:30 and then those folks who are higher on the food chain (i.e. Board Members and Senion Staff) go to a private catered dinner. I did get a new fabric briefcase and a t-shirt as part of the festivities. They are both festooned with the Center's new logo.
It's a very small jpeg but it's all that I can save from our Web site
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Tonight, I take to the stage for a one-night event I've been working on for the last month. It is a bizarre show, and we probably could have used another couple weeks to prepare, but we shall see how it goes. The benefit to it being strange is that if we mess something up, I don't think anyone will know!
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JRand-
My buddy Matt was stopping by the World o' Wisdom the other day. Did he catch you?
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DR Ben - have fun at the 50th anniversary party! How's this version of the logo?
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Tonight, I take to the stage for a one-night event I've been working on for the last month. It is a bizarre show, and we probably could have used another couple weeks to prepare, but we shall see how it goes. The benefit to it being strange is that if we mess something up, I don't think anyone will know!
Just make it look like it was supposed to be that way!
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I will vote tomorrow morning and then tomorrow evening...
Sounds like Chicago 8)
der Brucer
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Much better Ginny!
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Tee Off Rodzinski!
For those of you wondering, I said that because his show is called The Golf Wars ;)
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Have done a few errands and shortly I shall be on my way to LACC for a nice long rehearsal.
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Tee Off Rodzinski!
For those of you wondering, I said that because his show is called The Golf Wars ;)
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg000/g054/g05425supb6.jpg)
Sounds different....
der Brucer
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You got it, Ben. (Ben's Ant was actually in our cast for a bit, until illness forced him out.) I've never had such a trial getting a cast together and healthy.
Different indeed, der B! Utter insanity is another name for it.
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Just received a packet of CDs in the mail from Tomovoz. Totally came through again with a tune I was missing. The man is the master!
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Wow!
The clouds have really moved in fast. At lunch, it couldn't have been more beautiful. Three hours later, gray is the order of the day!
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Got home in time to watch two programs all the way through and the last half of a third one.
I started with DEXTER. I was riveted from the first moments, especially when it was revealed who was in that trunk (not the ice truck killer as I had assumed). Yes, the brilliance of this show is that the audience is made to identify and root for a serial killer (or at least, I do), and he was in great danger of being identified last night.
Not only that, but I had a sinking dread in my heart for most of the episode as I thought the little boy was going to be Dexter's next victim in order to save himself, and I hated to see that happen. As it turned out, the joke was on me (and I suspect most viewers) once the sketch was revealed.
The cat and mouse relationship between Dexter and the ice truck killer is fascinating. I am SO glad this show has been picked up for another season.
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Rodzinski - Don't you mean Putter Insanity?
Actually, i think i read about Golf Wars on playbill.com. Hmmmm....
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Good to make use of my PhD Rodzinski.
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COLD CASE had a very affecting story last night involving 1970s parents (with teenage kids) who decided to become swingers in full view of their kids. Quite a surprising set-up though I guessed the murderer quickly once the entire range of suspects was presented.
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I finshed the afternoon watching the last half of one of my favorite LAW & ORDER episodes on TNT-HD. This was the one with the serial killer who had successfully bargained his way into a small sentence for a host of killings and how through some fancy footwork, Carmichael and McCoy were able to turn the tables on him and get a life sentence for him.
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The only golf song I can think of is Mr Sondheim's "Pour Le Sport".
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I, too, am anxiously awaiting HEROES tonight.
Tonight is also do-or-die for STUDIO 60. If it doesn't rebound from the loss of ratings over its last few airings, I think NBC will pull the plug on the show. And it's got to match (and hopefully outrate) the scores racked up last Monday by FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS in its tryout in this timeslot.
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There are songs about Birdies, Eagles and of course "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac. "Baby Driver" by Simon & Garfunkel" and "Into the woods".
"Any Old Iron" perhaps.
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The only golf song I can think of is Mr Sondheim's "Pour Le Sport".
There is always perennial B'Way favorite - "Fore-Bidden Broadway"
der Brucer
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Ant didn't sing Any Old Iron but it was in his British Music Hall revue in 2005.
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Actually, i think i read about Golf Wars on playbill.com. Hmmmm....
SHAMELESS PLUGS.COM (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/103275.html)
Musical Satire The Golf Wars Gets Nov. 6 Performance in Manhattan
By Kenneth Jones
November 3, 2006
Peter Dizozza's musical comedy The Golf Wars tees off for one night only Nov. 6 in Manhattan at La Mama E.T.C.'s The Club Theatre.
The satiric piece, with script and songs by Dizozza, was first staged at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn as part of the Unity Canvas World Peace Multi-Media Art Exhibit in September 2002. It was revived at the Lamb's Club in Manhattan in January 2003.
This latest incarnation, directed by Tom Nondorf, is timed for presentation on Election Day eve.
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der Brucer
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Wsan't Putt-ing on the Ritz a golf tune?
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I guess Match Play competition is "Putting It Together".
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Wsan't Putt-ing on the Ritz a golf tune?
Foursome near the flag:
Putting It Together
der brucer
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No I won't mention "Tee For Two"
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For miniature golf with a smiley on the windmill: PUTT ON A HAPPY FACE
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Brickbat of the day:
Nancy Pelosi: Caviar commie!
der Brucer
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DP Colin is a golfer and not impressed with this dialogue. He's handicapped punwise.
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Then there's Paula Vogel's self-help play:
How I Learned To Drive
der Brucer
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Our State holiday today - "Melbourne Cup Day". Australia's best known Horse Race. It's a Handicap race - which does suggest rather odd entrants!
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DP Colin is a golfer and not impressed with this dialogue. He's handicapped punwise.
He thinks FairWays manufactures honest scales?
der Brucer
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Isn't there actually a play by the late August wilson called RADIO GOLF?
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Heading down now to begin another week of cleaning, starting with the dining room. Then, a very full evening of viewing.
WBBL.
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I rememeber Bruce Beresford comment on the golf course - "Good Driving Miss Daisy".
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Our State holiday today - "Melbourne Cup Day".
And I thought it was a Down-Under version of a Pimm's Cup!
der Brucer
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Isn't there actually a play by the late August wilson called RADIO GOLF?
Yup -
Radio Golf is a play that first premiered in 2005 by August Wilson. The play was premiered by the Yale Repertory Theatre and then presented on the West Coast by the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, Massachusetts then produced it in October, 2006.
der Brucer
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An allusion which does indicate the age of the writer and the reader!
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It's just an allusion, in all this confusion
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I've not been to the Allusion islands.
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SHAMELESS PLUGS.COM (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/103275.html)der Brucer
Hey, we don't get many perks! 8)
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DR Rodzinski - "I Won't Let You Down". All the best for the show.
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Good to make use of my PhD Rodzinski.
I'll just call you Doc Rock! A real diamond in the rough.
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I've been to the Illusion Islands
But I've never been to me-e-e-e-e-e-e--e-e
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DP Colin is a golfer and not impressed with this dialogue. He's handicapped punwise.
You'll have to tell him this is just par for the HHW course.
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I saw that & thought about friending him but wondered if that would be kind of stalkerly.
I've been stalking him for the last 10 years and I ended up doing his tribute websit! ::) ;D
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"in the rough" - more my golf than my social life!
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I'm off to the green, much cheered by your punnage.
Peace!
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Notice I refrained from mentioning THE WILD PAR-TEE
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You'll have to tell him this is just par for the HHW course.
He was a banker - and thus seriously challenged by the real world. Or a world like HHW which is quite the reverse!
I think I should make an allusion to the illusions of Alice in the Looking Glass but I'm not sure where that will lead the punsters.
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Great poster BK, but what about this one?
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We watched "The Brothers Grimm" last night.
Great idea. Another director may have made it work.
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I've not been to Paradise nor to either of the "Wild Par-tees"
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I think I should make an allusion to the illusions of Alice in the Looking Glass but I'm not sure where that will lead the punsters.
To the eighteenth hole and the Mad Hatter's TEE PARTY, of course!
der Brucer
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I don't think I felt manipulated by last nights DESP. HOUSEWIVES...all I know is it was fun, fun, fun...and that is all I expect from a show like this...for me, anyhow.
Everytime I see a clip from BROTHERS AND SISTERS I end up wishing it was as how I has started watching...it looks good.
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Off the fetch Le Chef
der Brucer
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Cillaliz-
Killbot and Walty do this regularly. What begins as pleasant grooming always ends in a scrap.
I'm actually quite happy about it. It's the first time it's started nice - they are becoming friends!
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I am caught up. Head still hurts, but I confirmed I'd be there at 6:30 AM so I better start feeling better. I'm off to get some take-out I ordered for dinner. I'll be back later
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RE: tonight's STUDIO 60 (general comments, no spoilers).
I watched it last night. It is a 2 parter that goes back and forth in the timeline.
I don't love this show. But this episode kept me completely interested the entire time. Now perhaps part of this was me trying to figure out the story. But I'm actually quite interested to see part 2 (which i don't think is for 2 weeks). Not completely sure about that, but that's what it says in my tv guide.
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Tonight on tv I have: prison break, heroes and the closer. I'll probably record the latter.
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It started raining here in Olympia and the Pacific Northwest yesterday (or was it Saturday?) and it hasn't stopped! It's been raining and raining and raining! I'd heard that there was a mudslide on Highway 101 near Shelton, but I don't have to worry about that. It's too far away. But there is some road construction around Costco and that's a pain to drive. :P I will happily go the long way to avoid all the pot holes.
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I've been stalking him for the last 10 years and I ended up doing his tribute websit! ::) ;D
NICE. I wouldn't mind taking over the myspace, but I have enough distracting me from my school work as it is.
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On my way home from work tonight, I stopped at Border's to buy part of DH Richard's birthday present (next Monday, his 60th!) and bought for myself Barry Manilow First & Farewell. My friend Becky and I saw him on that very first tour at Music Hall in Cincinnati, so the grainy video is very nostalgic for me. By that time, though, I'd seen him twice on tour as Bette Midler's music director, once in Detroit and once in Ann Arbor.
When I arrived home there were 7 - count 'em 7 - recorded political messages on our answering machine. Among the folks who called us today were Michael Reagan and the wife of Senator Mike Dewine. Oh, the joys of living in one of the purplest states in the Union!
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No I won't mention "Tee For Two"
Perhaps "Let the Eagle Soar" by John Ashcroft would fit the bill?
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Brickbat of the day:
Nancy Pelosi: Caviar commie!
der Brucer
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There's not an un-American bone in Nancy's body, just so you know.
The recent attacks on her by sweating-bullets GOP stooges is proof they're running very scared.
;)
She has an excellent voting record, she's true to her constituents, and her agenda is no less patriotic or American than any GOP agenda.
:-*
As for Newt Gingrich's comments about her...I still have no trust in any man who'd leave his physically disabled wife for another woman. Cowards all of them who do. :(
Pelosi will be a far sight better at leading the House than any of the bozos who've been there the past 12 years!
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I'm going to vote first thing in the a.m. Will be there when the doors open.
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Here in Washington (I think it's all of Washington), voting is by mail-in ballot only. I'm going to drop off my ballot at the Tumwater City Hall, since it's only a block away from where I live (now)! AND I'll get a "I Voted" sticker. :) They don't include them in the mail-in ballots.
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I mean, that's the only reason that I vote...so I can get an "I Voted" sticker! What other reason is there??
;)
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DakotaCelt-Thanks for the photos & details on the theater.
Rodzinksy, how was your show tonight?
Cillaliz-Vibes you feel great by the morning.
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Keith said for the next election he will write down the names of every candidate that calls or we were called on their behalf, and vote only for the ones that didn’t call.
I suspect he won’t be voting in the next election.
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Thanks Jane, I don't think there will be a problem. I'm surprised I haven't been more involved in the election this time. This isn't a bell weather state, but there are a few close contests here. I am really looking forward to poll watching. I was telling someone the other day the two things that make me feel patriotic are watching a Naturalization Ceremony and being involved in an election.
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Keith said for the next election he will write down the names of every candidate that calls or we were called on their behalf, and vote only for the ones that didn’t call.
I suspect he won’t be voting in the next election.
I haven't done any calling this time. I don't pick up unless I know who it is on caller id
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Most annoying is when they ask who we votoed for, how rude!
Cillaliz, have fun tomorrow.
'night.
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The oddest thing is that the phone hasn't rung at all since I've been home - about 3 hours.
I'll vote before I leave town for work tomorrow. You'd think our county board of elections website would tell the poll hours, but I can't find it. Surely they'll be open by 7:30am?
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Calling has been light here, too. Fewer "locals" are up for anything...it's for governor and a bunch of initiatives, primarily.
I think Arnold's camp knows not to call here....not after the last time! :D
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Ginny, I found this on the Cincinnati Enquirer website "In Ohio, polling places open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. If you are not sure about the location of your polling place, call your county board of elections."
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Good evening dear Esteemed and mega-busy BK --
I really like the poster for The Brain, and I'm glad all of the planning and rehearsing is going well.
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And a lovely good evening to all of the assorted flavors of hainsies and kimlets around these parts. I'm just checking in for a minute, and then relaxing a little and watching Studio 60.
Thank heavens I am getting near the end of the grueling work thing that I am currently doing. 9 and 10 hour days are too hard on my delicate and sensitive personage !
At this stage of life, I'm more Jessica Tandy, and less Paul Bunyon.
Nighty-night everyone.
Goodnight Lucy.
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Oh, and as for TOD :
You Bet Your Life
Truth Or Consequences
Beat The Clock
(My God, how did early television get along without Goodsen and Todman)
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I feel half New Republic, half Onion
Part Jessie Tandy and partly Paul Bunyan
But alive
But alive
But aliiiiiiive
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Love it FJL-
I shall be E & T tomorrow. Perhaps I'll stop by during my afternoon break, but it will be in the 70s and sunny here. I think I'll paint the garage door....
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Vibes to jhvw for as stress free evening as possible doing the tv graphics for the election....the coverage in Missouri could go very late...take a nap in the afternoon...
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Watched lots of things tonight. I started with last night's WITHOUT A TRACE, a melancholy story about a missing young lady with something like bipolar disorder. By the end of the hour, it was clear they didn't really have much of a story this week: one of the weaker WITHOUT A TRACE episodes.
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Back from rehearsal and getting some food. Will now sit on my couch like so much fish.
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I had 30 minutes to spare before the CBS comedies began so I put in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2.
My friend John loaned me MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 today, but before I watch it later in the week, I wanted to familiarize myself with the second one again since it's been years since I saw it. The 30 minutes was enough to put the characters back into my head. Also, watching just that little bit reminded me how much I hated John Woo's directorial style in this movie with all those tedious slow motion action sequences. Made the movie 15 minutes longer than it needed to be with all that slow-mo.
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I am glad that I work at night and I dont get any calls.... That can be a blessing...
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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER had some funny bits tonight and a sweet ending. Once again, I enjoyed the show, something I rarely said last season as I watched.
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THE CLASS was almost a total washout for me tonight. The gay characters weren't on the show at all (and they're the only fun ones out of the entire cast), and the rest just wasn't funny or all that interesting.
I will be really surprised if this gets picked up for the full season. Last year's OUT OF PRACTICE is ten times funnier than this show.
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HEROES scored another bull's eye tonight with some super tricks and pushing the storyline ahead just enough to keep me interested. All of my favorite characters made appearances tonight, so I greatly enjoyed it.
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Thanks, Cilla.
The score to APPLAUSE has been running through my head since Halloween.
Have i already told the story about the friend who worked at North Shore Music Theatre years ago and swore that three different people called up and asked for tickets to see Dorothy collins in APPLESAUCE.
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I put in another ream of paper in the printer <G>
However, a freind gave me a nice gift for being especially helpful. He had to copies of Monsoon wedding and he said I could keep the copy he loaned me. Great movie!!
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STUDIO 60 featured the same dynamic writing filled with wit and sass, but this show is so not appealing to the masses. With the sketch about Jesus as head of Standards & Practices, I sat there thinking to myself how many average Joes out there who might be watching STUDIO 60 either know or care about STandards & Practices.
It wouldn't surprise me if Tom Jeter didn't come out as gay in next week's installment, but that's just a hunch.
Regardless, I enjoyed the episode and look forward to seeing the concluding half, but I don't think STUDIO 60 has the sex appeal or the canny mix of comedy and drama on everyday themes that will make for a bonafide hit for NBC.
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Page Seven Zeus and Hades Dance!!!
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It's past midnight here, so I'm off to bed.
Good night!
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Thanks, Cilla.
The score to APPLAUSE has been running through my head since Halloween.
Have i already told the story about the friend who worked at North Shore Music Theatre years ago and swore that three different people called up and asked for tickets to see Dorothy collins in APPLESAUCE.
My sister played Margo in college. But Alive runs through my mind from time to time. It sort of looks like Applesauce if you look quickly...
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Well, I better get some sleep tomorrow will be a long day...as jhvw described it "just beautiful chaos"...
Night
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....the coverage in Missouri could go very late...
Yup....think Thursday or Friday!
der Brucer
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Yup....think Thursday or Friday!
der Brucer
He'll need more than a nap!
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I think Arnold's camp knows not to call here....not after the last time! :D
Speaking as one who did phone lists for a living...no matter how nasty you were, you'll be on the next list. And people who write or call and ask not to be contacted again are generally ignored. The mass mailing and phone lists are independently generated by venders from registrar files - the campaign simply sets the criteria. The targetted mailing/phoning done by the individual campaign, however, uses tags to flag "do not mail/call".
der Brucer
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I am glad that I work at night and I dont get any calls.... That can be a blessing...
Lucky for you I don't work ND elections. My campaigns do early-in-the-campaign phoning to validate phone numbers and to determine best times to call.
der Brucer
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I heard FJL knows so little about sports that he thinks "Batter's Up" is a phrase heard in an IHOP kitchen ;D
der Brucer
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I know lots about baseball - I saw DAMN YANKEES three times, and even read the book it was based on. :)
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I know lots about baseball - I saw DAMN YANKEES three
It's not about the War of Rebellion?
der Brucer
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News from OZ:
Australia's (http://www.news.com.au/images/sources/h14_thecouriermail.gif) (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20693214-13762,00.html?from=public_rss)
Cat poo turned into $50 cuppa
By Melissa Maugeri
November 03, 2006 08:53am
SO much for Queensland not being cultured.
The state now boasts the nation's most expensive cup of coffee, and it comes courtesy of the digestive tract of a cat-like creature from the jungles of Indonesia.
The rare Kopi Luwak coffee brew will soon be on the menu at Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms, about 40 minutes west of Townsville – for $50 a cup.
The beans for the exclusive brew are retrieved from the droppings of the luwak, a cat-like member of the civet family which is found in Indonesia's Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.
Luwaks like eating ripe coffee cherries, but are apparently particular about which ones they choose - seeking out only the most luscious.
The inner bean is not digested, meaning they can be retrieved from the luwak poo.
The beans are then washed and given only a light roast so as to not destroy the complex flavours which develop through the whole process – and then sold for up to $1250 per kg.
Fans of the brew say the luwak's stomach enzymes break down proteins in the beans, making a smoother brew with no bitterness.
Dutch coffee connoisseur Bob Dam has described the coffee as having a fine chocolate aroma which "tastes delicious at the back of the throat".
Heritage Tea Rooms owner Allan Sharpe reckons the coffee beans are rarer than diamonds.
"We've spoken to our import company and to our knowledge we are the only cafe in Australia selling this coffee," he said.
der Brucer
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The WUSSBURGERS haz dezerted the jernt.