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Archives => Archive 8 => Topic started by: bk on December 15, 2006, 12:33:11 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were quite Christmasy, and now it is time for you to post until the crack cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: NEOLOGISM!
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Where are all my early morning denizens? I arose at 6 AM because I'm trying to get back to my old routine before Pacific Savings Time (???) warped it by adding 3 more hours to my day. I have to taxi to Toyland this morning with a large number of sundry volumes of published musical editions and the books are too heavy to carry on the train.
Dear Friend BK, today The Brain invades NYPL: I was there yesterday, looking at the New Mozart Edition, and I was talking to my favorite theatre librarian Jeremy Megraw about why he hadn't seen me in several weeks. The jist is that The Brain program, a poster, and libretto are becoming a part of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection; my copy of the score and work papers will at some point go into my collection at the Library of Congress.
Now that I've finished The Brain, I'm back to the Friday TOD:
CD: Guy Haines, Vaughan Williams Christmas pieces, Alice & Emily,
White Christmas, Robert Shaw Chorus Christmas arrangements
DVD: Tristram Shandy, The Three Musketeers (BBC)
VHS: Cheap Porn!!!!
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Good morning Dear Elmore!
It's still raining here in Tampa. It's an ugly, nasty day weather wise. Ugh.
I had a weird dream last night--a sort of "Dawn of the Dead" type. I wasn't in it, nor anyone I know (thank goodness). It was more of a dream movie/video.
I have no idea what put it into my mind. I watched "Dawn of the Dead" back around Halloween.
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Speaking of the NYPL Performing Arts library, I stopped by the gallery to check out the current library exhibit of 70+ years of collecting theatre memorabilia, which had everything from prompt books and contracts to shoes from MY ONE AND ONLY> I saw DR Ben and Anthony there, watching bits of video from live performances to Noel Coward's home movies. What an amazing collection! There were costume designs by Caroline Seidle who designed the 1902 WIZARD OF OZ and BABES IN TOYLAND (none from either show), a stunning poster of Fred Stone as The Scarecrow, a Gypsy Robe, and other wonderful treats. I'll stop back in today and see what I missed.
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Good morning, DR Danise! I hope you have a wonderful day!
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You too!
Maybe we can go to the NYPL Performing Arts library if I ever make it up to NY again. I'd love to see it and must have missed it the last time.
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How is your Dad?
Mom is doing pretty good. She's starting to get up and spending about an hour watching TV with me.
Ya know, sometimes when the bus hits a bump it's very hard to type. :)
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It's foggy out as well. Some of the buildings here in downtown are missing their tops!
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Gotta sign off. Today is the last school day for the kids. They have the next 3 weeks off. I think that should be the same for working people as well.
Have a GREAT day everyone!
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TOD
The last two episodes of season one of Mission: Impossible, Transamerica.
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Edi - Thanks for sharing your travel inconvenience.
Indeed, we were given an option that, instead of our nonstop flight from Newark that would have gotten us into L.A. at 6:45 pm, we would have had to get to LaGuardia Airport during rush hour and take a connecting flight that would have, after changing planes at Ordway, first gotten us into L.A. at 12:45 a.m. L.A. time (the equivalent of 3:45 NY time, and I really can;t get sleep on planes, my own meshugaas). It sounded highly unappealing at the time the option was available, especially getting from Newark to LaGuardia during rush hour, and I was already very tried and cranky, but we are truly sorry to have missed the Brain from Planet X live and the get-togethers.
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TRIED AND CRANKY - that's the name of my next....oh, never mind :)
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TOD: Office day for me, so perhaps I will get a Christmas cd from the soundboard to play in the office.
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good morning all! Juat a quick login to say
VIBES to ALLL what needs 'em!!
ANd Happy Hannukah to all who celebrate!!
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Re: The Closer
We are finally almost caught up here. From looking at the list of shows for last season, it seems like we just finished part one of the finale from last season. This monday will be part two. I'm then really hoping that they continue. But i'm not holding my breath for that one. Since it will be christmas time.
I know that many of you guys were talking about a 2 hour show that was on last week. Has the new season started?
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Also my favorite Golden Globe nomination was precious Hiro from HEROES for best supporting Actor. Go Hiro!
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Friday!
Well BOTH unauthorized charges have now been removed from my online statement. I called the Detective yesterday to see about the disposition of the case I investigated, but had to leave a voice mail...no reply yet.
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So the door in BRAIN FROM PLANET X opens both ways?
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TOD:
DVD - Les Uns et Les Autres, again.
CD - BOLSHOI FAVORITES
VHS - Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, taped for me by someone who wrote about it on IMDB. P/S and second or third generation, but it is Richard Beymer's BEST movie performance, IMHO. He is really very good. Director Martin Ritt must take credit for that, I am guessing. LONG movie with some excellent sequences.
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Friday morning greetings! It's very spring-like here in SW Ohio, which is both good and bad. Bad because it's not very Christmasy, but good because this warmer weather is supposed to hold throughout the state until Monday evening. By that time, I will have driven to Cleveland (Sunday afternoon) and back home (Monday afternoon). I have 2 meetings at the Foundation Center there on Monday.
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TOD - CD(car) - Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, read by the author. It's the same audiobook I reported last Friday and it's short enough that I should have finished it by now. However, when I don't drive to work for 5 days in a row, I don't get as much sustained listening done. It continues to resonate with memories of growing up in the 1950's.
DVD - Six Feet Under, season 5; White Christmas. Last night, we watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and I kept dozing off.
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DVD: LIFE AND TIMES OF COLONEL BLIMP
WIRE IN THE BLOOD
(PEEPING TOM was last week)
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Why does the phrase "a crack crew" make me think of plumbers?
"A crack of plumbers." Yes, it definately sounds like one of those grouping phrases, like "a pride of lions" or "a gaggle of geese."
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DR TOMOVOZ,
There used to be a restaurant in Santa Barbara, CA called the Ranch House, which had a set-up like you describe. They had only two sittings--reservations mandatory--and one could stroll through the herb garden between courses. It was lovely. Your restauant is the only other one like this that I've heard of.
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Welcome back, Edi.
Lord, so many horrible travel experiences. It puts one off traveling.
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And the word of the day is: NEOLOGISM!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde
But they had trouble keeping in step
Because they were making up NEOLOGISMS
Like "a crack of plumbers" and such,
Some of which were quite naughty,
and it's hard to waltz while giggling.
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DR Edisaurus - welcome back and thanks for the birthday wish! Yes, I'd like to know more about the shape-note documentary - can you PM me?
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TOD:
...CD - BOLSHOI FAVORITES...
Not to be confused with BORZOI FAVORITES, which is a howl to listen to...
::)
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Re: The Closer
I know that many of you guys were talking about a 2 hour show that was on last week. Has the new season started?
No, That two hour episode was actually the season two finale. The new season doesn't start up until the summer of 2007.
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Good morning!
It rained again during the night, and was very cloudy when I got up, but the clouds are clearing now, and we have another day of 70 degree temperatures ahead of us. Amazing!
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Page Two Cogsworth Dance!!!
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TOD -
Books -
I finally finished The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. Fantastic read, not in the sense that I couldn't put it down, but more in the sense that I had to put it down to absorb what I had read, and then find my place again.
Next on the list - Heat, by Bill Buford. Yep, more food writing. This one promises to be a comedy.
DVDs -
My run through the Doctor Who DVDs has taken an interesting turn. Instead of running through them in a chronological order, I'm going through the Doctors somewhat backwards. I've finished The Mark of the Rani and The Two Doctors (Colin Baker era), and am now going chapter by chapter through The Curse of Fenric (Sylvester McCoy). After that, I'll probably hit the Tom Baker stories I have in my stack.
But The Devil Wears Prada is also waiting. We weren't going to get this, der B and I (he opted instead to pick up the four-disc set of Ben Hur), but we had it on sale for three dollars off at the store (yes, the supermarket also sells DVDs, go figure), and then there was a 25% discount for employees, so I just couldn't resist. Besides, Meryl Streep in stilettoes simply has to be deadly!
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Friday Media Check:
CD - Jim Brickman: PEACE
DVD - BONES - Season 1, disc 4
TALLADEGA NIGHTS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Reginald Owen)
DVR - last Thursday's MY NAME IS EARL
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Cogsworth isn't dancing! He's being assalted!
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New episodes tonight of JUSTICE, THE GHOST WHISPERER, and others.
But a quick glance at next week's TV GUIDE shows mostly reruns except for game shows and some reality series like SUPERNANNY.
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New episode of Doctor Who on Sci Fi. :D
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for my usual Friday errands.
WBBL.
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Media Check:
CD: Yuzo Kayama - WHITE CHRISTMAS
DVD: The Internationale
The Last Sunset
DVR: Swing Time
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I'm up, I'm up. Looks like it will be a most pleasant day. I'll ungroggify, then joggify, then pick up my Christmas cards and get them in Ye Olde Maile.
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So, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?
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We need us some denizens.
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The denizens are out in Africa somewhere (a Meryl streep reference)
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Hmm..the site is interacting wonkily with Safari today.
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Hmm..the site is interacting wonkily with Safari today.
I noticed the same thing earlier this morning, before I left for work.
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DR Edisaurus just helped me with some Christmas shopping, but, "Shhh," don't tell DH Richard ;)
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Bruce, i mentioned this elsewhere, but just in case you didn't see it: The L.A. times has clearly put BRAIN FROM PLANET X on its critic's RECOMMENDED list in today's listings.
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That's great - maybe it will result in some customers - I guess this time of year isn't the best time to put on a brand new musical - there are LA theatergoers who post on various boards and brag how they see every musical in LA - but what they really mean is every musical that stars Kevin Earley and/or James Barbour. They don't go to any others, apparently.
I'm now told we're very light, audience-wise, for Saturday night, which I find appalling, annoying, and awful.
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Welcome back, DR EDISAURUS, and thanks for the report!
Some people don't make Weekend plans until they read the PAPER on Friday....and then they say: "Hey, let's go see BRAIN on Saturday night...."
I would bet the box office phone is ringing and ringing and ringing...
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Re: the closer
No, That two hour episode was actually the season two finale. The new season doesn't start up until the summer of 2007.
But was this season two finale new for you? Or had you already seen it?
And is it the same finale that i saw part one of last week (where brenda works for the CIA).
Thanks.
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Sell-out vibes for the Brain this weekend!
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I hope that's true. I think the matinee will be good, because we have a group of sixty high school students coming in.
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If Saturday's audience is light that would be a shame.
I wish to heck I could see the show a few more times...I am having post-play depression of some sort...I can't explain it but the show just made me so happy that I want to keep seeing it like it is some sort of stagebound upper!
And I had no doubt that L.A. Times would like it...I don't know how they could not have. Just the dance numbers alone were worth the price of admission.
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I am gushing again. But when I really like something I am very vocal about it.
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I'd bet that for the future life of the show (which is what we should be talkin' about), the quotes you've gotten will be more important in the long run than how full the audience was on this particular Saturday night.
Having said that, though, I wish you fabulous appreciative crowds for the tapings.
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I guess what shocks me is the complete lack of support from so many people I know here in LA. It's really mind-boggling. I sent out three e-mail blasts and not one person on them has come to the show. It's really irksome and I do hope that when these people e-mail me to come and be supportive of them that they don't expect and/or hope I'll be there, because I'll be sitting on my couch like so much fish, twiddling my thumbs.
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So, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?
Some of us were busy finishing our Christmas cards...
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I guess what shocks me is the complete lack of support from so many people I know here in LA. It's really mind-boggling. I sent out three e-mail blasts and not one person on them has come to the show. It's really irksome and I do hope that when these people e-mail me to come and be supportive of them that they don't expect and/or hope I'll be there, because I'll be sitting on my couch like so much fish, twiddling my thumbs.
MR BK - it may be a case of "what have you done FOR ME lately?"....but my guess is that when they ask for your support, you will be in the front row. ;D
Just remember who didn't come to the show - when you are CASTING!
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Some of us were busy finishing our Christmas cards...
Damn! I knew I had forgotten something this year. :o
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Tacoma WA
der Brucer
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SWW, I prefer Tom Baker and Peter Davison as the Doctor. HOwever I do like the new series.
I have not seen Devil Wears Prada yet.
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I see we have sled right on to page 3!
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My sister Molly in Seattle called early this morning to say they had NO power. Bad storms....
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bbl
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The daily TWISTED KNICKERS (http://www.afa.net/aa121306.htm) report:
CBS, Charlie Sheen bash Christ, Christmas and Christians
Charlie Sheen makes Joy to the World into a cheap sex song
CBS and actor Charlie Sheen have used the Christmas season to ridicule and mock Christ, Christmas and Christians. CBS approved actor Charlie Sheen’s vulgar adaptation of a favorite Christian Christmas carol. On the December 11 program, the network included in their Two and a Half Men an episode featuring Sheen singing about his sexual activity to the tune of the traditional Christmas hymn "Joy to the World."
CBS and Sheen knew that the lyrics would greatly offend Christians, but did not hesitate to air them. Click here to see the episode on CBS.
The episode opens with series star Charlie (Sheen) singing:
“Joy to the world, I’m getting laid; I’m getting laid tonight. We’ll light the yule log, deck the halls, and then we’ll play some jingle balls. It’s been a real long wait – this is our second date! It’s Christmas Eve and I’m getting laid.”His housekeeper/cook comes in and asks:
“Hey, I’m mixing up the egg nog. You want this broad lit up or just slightly glowing?” “Well,” Charlie says, “let’s see, we’re celebrating peace on earth and good will towards all mankind, so let’s get ‘er plowed!” “Hallelujah!” says the cook.
Charlie returns to singing, “Glo-oh-oh-oh-oh-ria, tonight I’m boinking Gloria!” CBS punctuates every single line with a laugh track.
The entire episode was a real hoot.
Kind of the AFA to post a hot-link on their web site so all the Pious People could go hear for themselves.
Odd they get so incensed at the parody lyrics, but make no objection to scenes showing a tweener getting plowed on booze?
der Brucer
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Watched the DaVinci Code last night. I enjoyed the book. I've always thought the history interesting..., not the whole thing of did Christ marry and have heirs, but basically that the Christian religion is a makeshift religion where the varying factions of the religion held a convention where they decided what gospels would go in and what gospels wouldn't, the cherry-picking various pagan rituals and festivals and turning them into Christian holidays, the plucking of various religious myths and deities and ascribing them to Christ, the subverting of the Goddess into Mary, mother of Jesus.
For all that, the movie should have been more interesting, but it just sort of lays there...too much story to tell in too short of time. It almost all exposition. The extras...the few I watched...were deadly dull and utterly superfulous...mostly the film-makers patting themselves on the back, which is what so many of the DVDs extras are these days.
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I listened to a god-awful Brook Benton Christmas DVD the other day. There are no recognizable standards on the album and the songs that are there are a mediocre bunch. As much as I love Brook Benton, this will not be an album I'll be listening to again.
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I have a Brook Benton Christmas CD...but I have not recollection of it...perhaps your description explains why.
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Pogue, as you know, I'm in complete agreement about The DaVinci Code. When I wrote about it I said it was the only film I could remember that was entirely made up of nothing but exposition.
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We have had a very rough last 24 hours, what with the storm and all. Internet service is very spotty.
We are very concerned and could use your vibes as BeeGee awoke this morning very seriously ill. He is in emergency care right now having his stomach pumped and he may need surgery later today. He has a very rare bloating problem that the vet says usually only strikes extremely large breeds--it always comes on without warning, usually in the middle of the night, and they don't really know what causes it. I am waiting by the phone to hear what happens.
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Poor Beegee...many vibes to him!!
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BK, you have not let me know how to get back on board with whatever it was that I was off board with yesterday! I don't want to miss out on anything.
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DR JMK - vibes for BeeGee!
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Vibes to BeeGee!
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Watched the DaVinci Code last night. I enjoyed the book. I've always thought the history interesting..., not the whole thing of did Christ marry and have heirs, but basically that the Christian religion is a makeshift religion where the varying factions of the religion held a convention where they decided what gospels would go in and what gospels wouldn't, the cherry-picking various pagan rituals and festivals and turning them into Christian holidays, the plucking of various religious myths and deities and ascribing them to Christ, the subverting of the Goddess into Mary, mother of Jesus.
I. too, enjoyed the book. What I found amazing was that the movie was so literal to the book for the first two hours - but not so entertaining except when Sir Ian showed up - and then they altered the ending! If they were going to do that, why not veer more from the book, cut the length and have some fun with it? Was there any attraction between Hanks and Tautou? Not where I was sitting.
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BK, you have not let me know how to get back on board with whatever it was that I was off board with yesterday! I don't want to miss out on anything.
!!!! TOO LATE !!!!
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...Was there any attraction between Hanks and Tautou? Not where I was sitting.
I knew something was missing! Actually, Tom Hanks was never how I had that character pictured anyway.
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I have not heard many flattering things about the movie and I have been hesitant to watch it. I did like the book.
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Vibes to BeeGee~~~~~
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I knew something was missing! Actually, Tom Hanks was never how I had that character pictured anyway.
ITA Ginny!
I can not see Tom Hanks as Langdon. He just did not fit the character I had pictured in my mind.
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At one time there was a project to bring Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series to the screen. That idea scares me in the aspect that I fear they will not the nuances correct as she written them in the book. I also fear that the characters would not be portrayed correctly and they would minimize the stars of the books: The Dragons and flitts!!!
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I have a question for the Ebay fans...
I bought an item from a person who stated she would mail the package priority mail. She stated that it would be mailed on Tuesday, if my math is correct I should have had the package today at the latest. Is taht correct?
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I have a question for the Ebay fans...
I bought an item from a person who stated she would mail the package priority mail. She stated that it would be mailed on Tuesday, if my math is correct I should have had the package today at the latest. Is taht correct?
The Post Office claims that priority mail will arrive in 2-3 days, but it's apparently not very reliable. I mailed BK's birthday present a week ago Wed, to arrive on his birthday last Fri. It didn't arrive until Mon morning. I was not pleased, esp since I'd told BK it would arrive on Fri. Hopefully, the present's originality and charm made up for the delayed arrival. :)
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The Post Office claims that priority mail will arrive in 2-3 days, but it's apparently not very reliable. I mailed BK's birthday present a week ago Wed, to arrive on his birthday last Fri. It didn't arrive until Mon morning. I was not pleased, esp since I'd told BK it would arrive on Fri. Hopefully, the present's originality and charm made up for the delayed arrival. :)
Well, DR Jeanne, at least with the abundance of December birthdays here at HHW you can be pretty sure a gift will arrive on someone's birthday ;) Yours to BK reached him on mine.
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I would have been better off with first clas mail...
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I have not heard many flattering things about the movie and I have been hesitant to watch it. I did like the book.
The Movie is best when viewed on a large screen with a theatre filled with people - just relax, don't ponder too much, and enjoy.
der Brucer
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Mine is at the end of the month, I think I am the last December birthday but I could be wrong...
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Still on pins and needles--the vet and I spoke about 15 minutes ago and he was just starting the "decompression" (pumping the stomach). Oy.
Re: DaVinci Code/early Christian history: Pogue and any others interested, I've mentioned this book before, but I highly recommend The Jesus Dynasty, which will give you tons of fascinating facts about how Paul and his followers hijacked Jesus' original movement. And re: the movie, (SPOILER ALERT), it's been a while since I read the book, but the only real difference in the ending I noticed is that they didn't identify the boy as Sophie's brother. The claustrophobia thing was new (IIRC) in the body of the film. What else was different?
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We are very concerned and could use your vibes as BeeGee awoke this morning very seriously ill.
Ouch! Doggie get well vibes from our tribe to BeeGee.
der Brucer
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More visuals from Tacoma WA
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der Bruce
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Re: the closerBut was this season two finale new for you? Or had you already seen it?
It was new for us, too.
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Montesano WA (West of Olympia)
der Brucer
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AS some of you know I am a Matt fan... He just finished filming a movie in North Carolina and he is producing it. It is called The Unlikely's.
http://www.theunlikelys.com (http://www.theunlikelys.com)
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Page Four LILO & STITCH Dance!!!
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I had plenty of time to watch things this afternoon , but, alas, weariness overcame me and I napped for awhile.
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I did manage to see a few things. I began with a BONES episode, one of the best of the first season, filled with heart, morality, and conscience. It had to do with the team probing into the death of an Army hero killed in Iraq. Booth's confession to Temperance at the end had me completely in tears.
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So did the season one finale episode where Temperance begins finding out things about her family she might have wished she'd never known. A beautiful and powerful way to end the first season.
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Still on pins and needles--the vet and I spoke about 15 minutes ago and he was just starting the "decompression" (pumping the stomach). Oy.
Should the issue come up:
The Spokesman (http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=120686)
If you have one of the breeds most at risk or have any deep-chested breed, you should talk with your veterinarian about what kind of food to feed, divide meals into 2 or 3 meals a day, and perhaps even take more drastic steps like a preventive gastropexy where the stomach is surgically secured to the body wall to prevent rotation.
Glickman and others also found that if a dog bloats and does not have a gastropexy, the chance of it bloating again and possibly dying is nearly 100 percent within the next year. However if they have a gastropexy as soon as possible after bloating, the chance of the dog bloating again is small, less than 5 percent.
der Brucer
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I watched all of the special features n the disc which had to do with the "squints" in the lab, the enormous vocabulary of medical and anthropological terms the actors must master to play their parts compellingly, and how the series was born. Fun to know this background information, but none of it was earthshaking.
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I had plenty of time to watch things this afternoon , but, alas, weariness overcame me and I napped for awhile.
A common ailment those of us over 30 share! :)
der Brucer
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I finished the afternoon (before my nap) with another True-Life Adventure: WHITE WILDERNESS. As with the first set I watched, the feature has been remastered and spruced up so that it looks almost brand new.
How I'm going to enjoy revisiting these in the future now that they look so beautiful!
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BeeGee made it through this first procedure really well!! It looks like we won't need surgery, at least in the short term. It's a very peculiar syndrome that our vet says is quite common in emergency rooms (since it seems to always happen overnight), but which nobody has ever been able to provide a definitive "why" for. He pumped over 2 gallons of liquid out of BeeGee's stomach!
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Good afternoon dear Esteemed, suave, productive, and Christmas-aware BK --
and also, a big Happy Hannukah to the Gelfinbaums !
I'm sending all good thoughts and vibes for a perky box-office fir the "Brain" this weekend. I, like MB, really wish I could see it again. I really loved it, and I still have some of the music stuck in my head.
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DerBrucer: you're absolutely right, our vet wants to do the stomach stapling ASAP after BeeGee is well. Betsy just finished reading Marley and Me, and of course that's what Marley died from.
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I'm also sending all good thoughts and prayers to everyone up in the pacific northwest.......these awful storms have to let up, and let things get back to normal!
"Ah Haz Spoken !!"
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DR JMK -- I'm really glad to hear that BeeGee has come along for now, and appears out of danger!
L'Chaim !
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And, as for the TOD:
CD - Caroline or Change (OC)
DVD - Transamerica, and a Monk episode
VHS - nada, nothing, zip, bupkis, zilch.....
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Thanks for the vibes! As those HHW-ers who have met BeeGee can attest, he is one super-sweet animal and it would devastate us to lose him after only 2 short years.
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Oh.... and to DR Edi -- thanks so much for your nice compliment yesterday evening about seeing my picture. I can use, and accept, all compliments at the moment!!
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DerBrucer: thanks for the article link. BeeGee is not quite as big as some of the breeds mentioned (thoough he's plenty big), but he does have one "high risk" factor mentioned: he literally inhales his food. It is gone in a nanosecond. We already feed him twice a day, but I'm thinking maybe we'll reduce his portions and split it up into three times a day, a la Blanche and her puppy food. The vet is putting him on a bland Science Diet food for the next 10 days, plus Pepcid (I kid you not).
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Glad to hear BeeGee is doing better.. Continued vibes~~~
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Healing vibes to Dear Dog BeeGee!
I read about the storm the NorthWest had. 100 MPH winds--are you sure it wasn't a hurricane?
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What a day at work! Busy, Busy, Busy! At least it's Friday. It's payday and I got my market equity raise. Next pay check I get my performance eval raise. Woo Hoo!
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BeeGee is most adorable!
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Happy Birthday, Karen L. Whoever you are. :)
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100 MPH winds--are you sure it wasn't a hurricane?
No - hurricanes are tropical storms that have cyclonic rotation.
The Pacific Noethwest can be hit with Severe Storms with winds gusting in excess of 100mph.
der Brucer
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Thanks for the vibes! As those HHW-ers who have met BeeGee can attest, he is one super-sweet animal and it would devastate us to lose him after only 2 short years.
Does he still ring the doorbell to be let back in?
der Brucer
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Christmas Humor form our National Log Cabin Republicans:
Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates. “In honor of this holy season,” Saint Peter said, “You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven.” The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. “It represents a candle,” he said. “You may pass through the pearly gates,” Saint Peter said. The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, “They're bells.” Saint Peter said “You may pass through the pearly gates.” The third man started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties. St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, “And just what do those symbolize?” The man replied, “These are Carols.” And So The Holiday Season Begins....
der Brucer
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I've not had time to catch up, as BK is wont to say.
Yes, he is wont to say that, as well as many other things.
I had a singularly UNpleasant flight to South Carolina, courtesy of whatever the pissant shuttle service is that Delta flies out of Cincinnati to Columbia SC.
The Delta flight from SFO to Cincy was fine, save one fellow who coughed and hacked deep congestion-laced coughs throughout the 4-hour red-eye flight, keeping various and sundry awake.
He not only kept me awake (and I am now sun dry, I can assure you -- it's very sunny here...and warm) but I was appalled and aghast that he seldom bothered to cover his mouth.
I was certain I would come down with the plague or something similar, but I'm feeling quite good today.
Of all things, FOG kept my flight out of Cincy from departing in a timely manner. Fog in South Carolina was pea-soup-thick, and my flight into SC was an hour later than it should have been.
Many things happened the rest of yesterday -- I napped, my mother washed some of my shirts that had not survived unwrinkled and wouldn't iron properly. Said shirts managed to get caught UNDER the agitator. Two have been extracted without much ado, but the third remains firmly "caught on" something. Sigh.
Went to a dinner that was buffet and all you could eat. When I got through the line, the cranberry sauce was gone and there was no more. All you can eat, though.
When I was about halfway through my meal, all the food on the buffet was removed, whether I had eaten all that I wanted or no. At $18 a plate, I felt a bit miffed that the person who advertised all you can eat had decided I'd had all I was going to eat.
My mother, an uncle and I then spent another hour or so trying to extract shirts from under the agitator (to no avail).
My sleep was deep. When I was awakened at 8 .m. (5 a.m., PST), I knew the day would be a tiring one.
My mother, an aunt and I set out at 9 a.m. for a day trip to visit an elderly cousin, take her to lunch (WONderful lunch, by the way, and I got some cranberry sauce, to boot). We took flowers to the graves of my maternal grandparents and great grandparents. We visited with my cousin some more. Then we came home.
Sigh.
And here I sit, recounting my first 24-plus hours of my two-week visit to the east coast.
Hot on the heels of these things are two opportunities -- one is for a visitation tonight at a funeral home, and another is for a funeral tomorrow afternoon. I neither know nor have I met the deceased and only "somewhat" know the daughter of the deceased...who was once married to one of my cousins on my mother's side. But since their daughter is one of my favorite first cousins (once removed), and the deceased is that cousin's grandfather, I may yet acquiesce and go to one, if not both, these functions.
One thing I know for sure: My mother is never idle or bored or bereft of something to do.
There is a glimmer of a few hours coming in the next few days when I can somewhat catch up when my mother's bridge club has a special gathering that I have no intention of being roped into attending.
Sigh, Sigh.
I was gratified to see that a widescreen version of "All Fall Down" was airing on TCM this afternoon, but I was terribly sad that I had missed more than half of it. When will it ever be on DVD...I ask myself.
Ciaoders...
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Library's closing!
Bye for now.
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Nice to see DR Ron made it to the East Coast with some irritations to be sure but all in one piece.
Hope BeeGee has a full recovery.
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Page Five Geppetto Dance!!!
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Vibes to BeeGee! Continued healing!
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DR RonPulliam -- I hope you can keep up the exciting pace for a full two weeks!
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(I am thinking that two weeks is waaaay too long to visit family!)
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TOD: I took the Charlie Brown Christmas CD off the soundboard and listened to it in my office.
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I am also glad that Ron made it to the east coast safely... Enjoy your visit...
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Off to mop the kitchen floor and then back to a True-Life Disney Adventure ("Water Birds") and then prime time TV.
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Welcome to the Southeast, DR Ron! You picked a good time to visit. Last week it was colder in Atlanta than in Santa Fe--wind chill of 7 degrees. Brrrrrr...
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Vibes to BeeGee and to those in the Pacific northwest. Wow!
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...The vet is putting him on a bland Science Diet food for the next 10 days, plus Pepcid (I kid you not).
In that case, let's call it Pupcid!
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Did I mention yesterday that it looks like we will have a booking in LA for Sacco and Vanzetti? Laemelle plans to book us in Music Hall (Wilshire Blvd.?) the first week in April. Greg and I plan to come out for that, along with Peter and his family, so if any DR's would like to come for opening night, it's my treat!
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I've been wearing my red Santa hat while at work this week. I keep protesting that I'm not really Santa, just an elf, but at six foot two I keep getting disbelieving looks.
But today, in separate occasions, I got looks of a very different kind. Two pre-verbal tots were accompanying their mothers, and when they saw me with my bright red hat their eyes grew big and wondering, their mouths forming round ohs.
I love my job.
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For what it's worth, I've a hunch Hans Zimmer will be nominated for his score for The Da Vinci Code. It's not exactly subtle, but has a great amount of melody and backs the film quite well.
Exposition composition?
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Thanks for the vibes! As those HHW-ers who have met BeeGee can attest, he is one super-sweet animal and it would devastate us to lose him after only 2 short years.
SOOO glad to hear BeeGee is doing well. I adored meeting him and send more get well vibes and successful stomach stapling vibes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR George---I loved the Cannibal pix, especialy the CU of you. All these pictures are great and everyone looks very beautiful with flawless complexions. I have to wonder what kind of cameras were used...
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I went to the Chiropractor today and I am in heaven! For the first time in days and days and days I am pain free without drugs. My vision is even clearer. Now I'm wondering why I waited so long
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The weather has been beautiful here the past few days, in the 50s. My new fix-it man finally fixed the eaves that were pulling from the house and fixed a leak in the eaves right over the front door. I am most pleased about that as well,
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Hi Edi! So nice to see you back. Were you editing Good Eats in 2001? I'm watching Alton cut a standing rib roast right now
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DR Cillaliz---I was sorry to read of your aches and pains, and very happy now to hear you have found some relief. A good chiropractor (not the kind who think you can cure everything with it!) is worth their weight in gold.
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Thanks Edi. I went to a chiropractor when I was growing up, but haven't been to one in ages. This guy seems to be really good. Turns out he's the nephew in law of a priest from my home town. Now isn't that a small world.
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If you're scratching your head....his wife's mother's brother is the priest.
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Glad you are feeling good, Cillaliz.
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Tonight I made latkes. I have no idea if they are good latkes or not, but they are tasty.
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More BeeGee vibes.
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Latke for two and two for tea...
Anyway.....DR derBRUCER's post RE: Two and Half Men reminds me of a headline:
MUSEUM ACCUSED OF DISPLAYING PORNOGRAPHY
Minister Makes Sixth Visit to View "Disgusting Exhibit'
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Thanks for the east coast dispatch, DR RLP.
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I liked the movie THE DAVINCI CODE for about the same reasons DR CP did, but didn't like it for the same reasons MR BK, DR CP, and others have already pointed out.
I didn't read the book -
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From the Jewish version of MARY POPPINS:
Good latkes rub off when he shakes hands with you
Shim, shimminee, shim, shim, sheree shim sheroo.
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Work Saturday & Sunday....hopefully we will have TONS of customers and NOT tons of lookie-loos!
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GOODBYE AND GOOD LATKES - an Edward R. Murray Chanukah celebration
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Or is that GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LATKES?
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A SHANA DRAYDL - A Shana Alexander Chanukah celebration
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My supposedly immovable family Chanukkah celebration (around which I was planning my immediate life) was somehow moved to Sunday.
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Happy Hannukah to all who celebrate and may it be a blessed season for you.
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Light the candles
Cook the latkes
Roll the rug'lach
It's today
Well, it will be for us on Sunday anyway
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How many different ways can I spell Hannukah in one evening?
:)
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I'm off to a showing at a friend's art studio....I've never gone to one of these without spending money....I will not buy, I will not buy.....
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How many different ways can I spell Hannukah in one evening?
:)
However you spell it, have a happy one ;D
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Thanks for the holiday wishes, Much appreciated.
Like Sasha Cohen (sp?), the skater that is, I try to celebrate everything.
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And a person should celebrate everything passing by - a Sondheim reference
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Cilla just hit post #5900, can #6000 be too far away?
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Oy vey! Did HHW pass 250,000 posts with no fanfare?
Or did I miss the fanfare?
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Go Cilla!!
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Well, DR Jeanne, at least with the abundance of December birthdays here at HHW you can be pretty sure a gift will arrive on someone's birthday ;) Yours to BK reached him on mine.
How funny.
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Oh.... and to DR Edi -- thanks so much for your nice compliment yesterday evening about seeing my picture. I can use, and accept, all compliments at the moment!!
DR MISICGUY,
I second Edi's compliment and extend it to DR KERRY as well. What nice-looking fellows you are! And quite the nicest folks, as well!
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In that case, let's call it Pupcid!
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Oh, dear! Very cute!
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My sister Molly in Seattle called early this morning to say they had NO power. Bad storms....
Aside from the storms & lack of power how is your sister doing? Did she make the right decision moving there?
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JMK-VIBES FOR SWEET, WONDERFUL BEEGEE!!
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How many different ways can I spell Hannukah in one evening?
:)
After being involved with this recording, I can't spell it any way but HANUKKA!
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After delays and bumpy flights I made it home ahead of the rain yesterday. Edi & FJL, seems my travels were easier than yours.
Like elmore I’m still getting up on East Coast time & going to sleep on West Coast time.
It was great seeing Jose, sorry I didn’t take a camera. I enjoyed SHE LOVES ME, and it was nice sitting with Jose’s friend Andy. Wednesday Jose met me for lunch. I’m too exhausted for details, ask me tomorrow. I’m sure no one will be surprised when I say Jose knows how to pick a GREAT restaurant.
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD players: nothing
In my VCRs: nothing
In my DVD players: nothing
In my DVR: nothing!!
Why?? BECAUSE I HAVE NO POWER AT MY HOUSE AND HAVE NOT HAD POWER AT MY HOUSE NOW FOR A FULL 24 HOURS!! >:( One of the Seattle news reports said that some places in Western Washington may not get power for five days (or was it seven?)!! Anyway, I have no heat, but at least I do have some food and water and a flashlight. I just bought a dozen batteries at Costco, so I'm set for light. ;) My sister's house gets water from a community well and because of the power outage, she has no water!! Right now, we're all at our parents' house...they have power and water and heat and food! I don't know how long I will be without power, but I probably won't be able to check back in on HHW until I do. :P
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Anyway, tonight's performance of Cannibal: The Musical has been cancelled. The college where we're performing has no power. The 7-11 just a block away has power, but the school doesn't. Tomorrow, however, we will perform the show, even if we don't have power. They'll bring in as many candles and flashlights and battery-powered illuminators as necessary and perform the show like that! Evidently, they did a show a couple of years ago like that, "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," so they have that experience. :)
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I like to spell it Chanukah, have no idea why. ;D
Thanks for the wishes and Happy Chanukah for those celebrating.
Power vibes to George, and I'm guessing TCB, Ann & Jed (I've only read to page 3)
‘night.
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Thanks, Jane!!
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I am now going to catch up with all the posts. I'm all read up to today's Page 1. :)
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BeeGee is back, pretty out of it, but alive (an Applause reference--kind of. Did Lauren Bacall ever suffer from bloat? Never mind...).
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My niece is very upset that she missed last night's "Survivor." I missed last night's "Ugly Betty," but it doesn't bother me as much. And I think that "Ugly Betty" can be watched on-line...I think.
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Our parents are taping "Ghost Whisperer" and "Doctor Who." I'm VERY happy about that! ;D
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My niece is very upset that she missed last night's "Survivor." I missed last night's "Ugly Betty," but it doesn't bother me as much. And I think that "Ugly Betty" can be watched on-line...I think.
We had people call us to ask us to tape Survivor for them--but our power was out, too. We caught the last 20 minutes or so--nothing special. I didn't realize the finale was this Sunday already! I think you can watch Survivor online at CBS.com--they plugged it last night in one of the last commercials.
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Power vibes and strength to the folks in the Pacific Northwest!
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We are very concerned and could use your vibes as BeeGee awoke this morning very seriously ill. He is in emergency care right now having his stomach pumped and he may need surgery later today. He has a very rare bloating problem that the vet says usually only strikes extremely large breeds--it always comes on without warning, usually in the middle of the night, and they don't really know what causes it. I am waiting by the phone to hear what happens.
BeeGee is back, pretty out of it, but alive (an Applause reference--kind of. Did Lauren Bacall ever suffer from bloat? Never mind...).
~~~CONTINUED VIBES FOR BEEGEE!!~~~
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We had people call us to ask us to tape Survivor for them--but our power was out, too. We caught the last 20 minutes or so--nothing special. I didn't realize the finale was this Sunday already! I think you can watch Survivor online at CBS.com--they plugged it last night in one of the last commercials.
Thanks for the info. I'll tell my niece. She did find out who was voted off, so she may not need to actually see it. :)
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More visuals from Tacoma WA
(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_1300_images/1215061410_M_121506_storms4.jpg)
(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_1300_images/1215061410_M_121506_storms5.jpg)
der Bruce
Fortunately, nothing like this happened around my new (to me) house nor my sister's and especially not the house that she just sold (but the sale of which has not yet officially closed)!
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(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_1300_images/1215061519_M_121506_nw_storm3.jpg)
Montesano WA (West of Olympia)
der Brucer
Yikes!! My supervisor lives in Montesano! I hope he's okay! :-\
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There are actually tons of big trees down around here with several roads closed. I saw them all in their disturbing display whilst transporting our newly very expensive dog to the vet. ;)
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Yikes! Awful pix! I am on my way north to Index, beginning Tuesday - probably arrive Thursday... any word on how things are, out Highway 2??? Yikes.
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Yikes! Awful pix! I am on my way north to Index, beginning Tuesday - probably arrive Thursday... any word on how things are, out Highway 2??? Yikes.
I'd highly recommend checking with the state highway divisions. PCH is closed at various points in Oregon, as is 26 (the main route from PCH to Portland) as well as a lot of other roads from the coast inland.
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I just heard that over a million people are still without power around Seattle.
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Over 16 of them know the truth about Frances Farmer. :)
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Library's closing!
Bye for now.
Oh...I forgot. The power at my building (the administrative Service Center) was also out, which means that NONE of the computers in the entire library district can work, so ALL 27 branches of the Timberland Regional Library are closed today. The public Internet site seems to be working, but the Intranet (with staff-only passwords for access) isn't. However, our staff e-mail is accessible. Strange.
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The power outage in our neighborhood was also really weird--everyone was without power except one or two isolated houses. How does that happen?
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Ahh...the Intranet is working. I forgot the https. ::)
So, maybe there is power...which might mean that there might be power at my house (I only live one street down from my work)! That would be nice! Or it might not mean that there is power at my house. I'll find out soon enough.
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TOD: I took the Charlie Brown Christmas CD off the soundboard and listened to it in my office.
Today, I bought a newly remastered version of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with alternate versions of four songs. I can't listen to it though. :P
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More power to you! Sorry they had to cancel your show, George...
How is ol' BeeGee doing now? Poor fella.
I have been packing and cleaning - gotta get outa here first thing tomorrow, as we're going to try to rent these lofts, now that they have fulfilled the "owner-occupied" clause (Santa's cousin) for the year. Hard work - but at least it's not very interesting...
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DR George---I loved the Cannibal pix, especialy the CU of you. All these pictures are great and everyone looks very beautiful with flawless complexions. I have to wonder what kind of cameras were used...
Just a point and click digital camera...we ALL have flawless, fabulous skin! ;)
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I'm going to come up via I-5 - I just wonder if I'll find one of those old growth monsters lying over my house??? The floods a couple of weeks ago took out the road. Oy.
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Sheesh, is it already a week since I attended the opening night of BRAIN? (apparently unseen by Mr. Kimmel... who, nevertheless provided tickets for me and three friends...)
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More power to you! Sorry they had to cancel your show, George...
They decided to add a second show on Sunday, after the matinee, so all the tickets for tonight's show (my sister, her boyfriend and my niece were supposed to go tonight!) will be honored at that added Sunday night show. That's good. The theater group won't have to give back all of the money. Hopefully, most people will be able to go on that day. My family can. :)
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Power vibes to George, and I'm guessing TCB, Ann & Jed (I've only read to page 3)
Thanks!
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Well, I'm all caught up with the posts!
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And that's my frenzy.
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I'm going to go home now. I have a cat waiting in the cold. I bought some Presto logs at Costco and a couple of lighters at Fred Meyer (I didn't need Costco's 22 mini lighters for only $22.95). One or two logs should be enough for tonight. We'll see. :)
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Hope everyone is safe, sound and warm! :D
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UGLY BETTY was a rerun this week, DR George, though you may not have seen the original broadcast.
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We had a power loss at some point during the year, and it lasted for several hours. I went to bed and was awakened in the middle of the night by bright light once power was restored.
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I continued with WHITE WILDERNESS when I went down. Entertaining to be sure.
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Next I watched "Water Birds," another of the two reeler True-Life Adventures. Disney has done a masterful job in cleaning up and remastering the disc. I did a quick comparison to the version of "Water Birds" that's on THE RESCUERS DVD, and the difference is extraordinary.
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JUSTICE had an intriguing case with Mykelti Williamson asking the man who convincted him of murder when the lasyer was the DA to now defend him against another murder charge.
At the end of the show, the actual murder of the victim of the week is shown so that we can see if the jury got it right or wrong. I took a wild stab in the dark as to the murderer's identity, and I guessed correctly, but there was absolutely no evidence presented during the show that would have pointed to this person. It was simply a wild guess.
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Next I watched last night's GREY'S ANATOMY rerun. I had seen it before, but it was a particularly tender episode of the show (the one where Issy meets Denny's father), and I wanted to see it again. Made me cry this time just like it did the first time.
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Next, I watched tonight's GHOST WHISPERER which I recorded as I watched JUSTICE. Jay Mohr and the wonderful Reed Diamond were the guest stars. OK episode but I didn't quite understand why the ghost was haunting Mohr. They were friends; was it because he was dating Diamond's fiance? Why shouldn't he since Diamond was dead and she was lonely and vulnerable?
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Page Eight Timothy and Dumbo Dance!!!
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I finished my evening's viewing with the 1939 HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. I only got about 25 minutes into it, and I hadn't seen it since I first got it and watched it, so I've enjoyed seeing it again. It's not quite in as pristine condition as I remembered but still looks very good.
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Even though I got that nap this afternoon, my eyes are feeling very heavy so I'm heading for bed.
Good night!
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Pleasant dreams Matt!
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so if any DR's would like to come for opening night, it's my treat!
Airfare, hotels, meals - who can resist :D
der Brucer
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...we ALL have flawless, fabulous skin! ;)
Your "MOI" pic?
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Cannibal_Up_Close.JPG)
der Brucer
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JUSTICE had an intriguing case ... but there was absolutely no evidence presented during the show that would have pointed to this person.
He was a witness for the prosecution, however, and was "accused " of the crime during cross - with questions establishing motive and opportunity.
der Brucer
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FoxNews (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236660,00.html)
'Law & Order: SVU' May Be Over
Friday , December 15, 2006
By Roger Friedman
You wouldn’t think that NBC could afford to lose a hit show right now, but that’s what may happen.
Sources tell me that NBC is playing hardball with stars Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni, not wanting to pay them big increases if they stay for a ninth season next fall.
“It’s not Dick Wolf,” my source says of the notoriously capricious producer. Wolf is infamous for constantly replacing and substituting actors on the original “Law & Order.” But so far the cast has remained stable for “SVU” since it launched eight years ago.
NBC, however, according to insiders, doesn’t seem to care whether the show returns or not. “They’re acting like they want Chris and Mariska out of there,” says my source.
Negotiations, which have gone on this week, are said to have been brutal.
One thing NBC probably didn’t count on was Emmy nominations for both stars and a win last year for Hargitay. The awards and kudos have come toward the end of the series’ run and are considered surprising for a “cop” show.
The awards attention, coupled with consistently high ratings, would ordinarily give actors leverage with the network. But with cost-cutting and layoffs going on, NBC is said to feel that they don’t mind losing the show or starting over with new, less expensive actors.
The ratings for 'Law & Order SVU' are what make this news all the more perplexing. The show wins its Tuesday night time slot easily every week, with an average 9.4 rating and a 16 share.
Ironically, the ratings have only gone up as the fall season has plodded along, making “SVU” one of the lone shining lights in the otherwise dimmed NBC firmament.
Either way, Meloni and Hargitay would leave “SVU” well-off financially but even better off career-wise. They are each a hot property and would likely be snapped up rival networks to star in their own series immediately. Stay tuned.
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der Brucer
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THey are both talented actors... I wish them well if it does not pan out with NBC
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Storm Cuts Power to About 1.5 Million (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/storm-cuts-power-to-about-15-million/2)
SEATTLE (Dec. 15) - The worst windstorm in more than a decade tore through the Pacific Northwest, leaving more than a million people without power Friday and killing at least four. Winds gusted to a record 69 mph about 1 a.m. at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking the old mark of 65 mph set in 1993. Winds were clocked at 90 mph near Westport on the coast.
(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/04/05/20061215084009990005)
Power was knocked out at one of the airport's concourses until late Friday morning. Dozens of flights were canceled, including all American Airlines service through the morning hours. Flights were also canceled at Portland International Airport in Oregon, and Amtrak canceled service between Seattle and Portland after downed trees and mudslides blocked the tracks.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer went unpublished for the first time since a 1936 labor strike, because electricity was knocked out at its printing press, managing editor David McCumber said. The Seattle Times, which shares the press, had only about 13,000 copies available Friday morning.
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Puget Sound Energy, Washington's largest private utility, had 700,000 customers without power on Friday. Some won't have their lights back on for days, spokesman Roger Thompson said.
In Oregon, about 350,000 customers lost power, and repairs to restore all of them could stretch into next week, utility officials said.
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der Brucer
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The Usual Suspect (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53387)
HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA
AFA: 'Fornication' song requires network apology
CBS character using Christmas carol to brag about sexploits 'unacceptable'
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"'Joy to the World' is a song about the birth of Jesus Christ. Yet CBS has allowed a song about the most precious, sacred and significant moment in history to be turned into a song about having sex outside of marriage," Scott said. "Is there any line that anti-Christian people in the media will not cross?"
Scott said the episode was something "one would expect from more well-known ungodly networks such as MTV."
Let's have a CBS Christmas Eve Special"
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der Brucer
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Sometimes items just stand up and announce a name:
George, this one's for you:
(http://www.spilsbury.com/wcsstore/Spilsbury/images/products/large/21265.jpg)
der Brucer
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LOL... in my world, Megan, Nathan & Anthony are
Me, my little (19 y/o) brother & my ex-fiance. ;)
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I wonder if the AFA is going to get their panties in a twist over the parody we used to sing in grade school...
"Joy to the world! The teacher's dead.
We barbecued her head!
What happened to the body?
We flushed it down the potty.
And round & round it goes...."
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Speaking of the ex, that storm is making me rather glad I'm not living in the Portland area (with him).
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It's the day before winter breal & I woke up this morning with a sore throat & the kind of stuffy nose that comes with a cold...you know, the one that no amount of decongestant can fix.
I was sick through spring break earlier this year. I hope I'm not having a reprise.
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I wonder if the AFA is going to get their panties in a twist over the parody we used to sing in grade school...
"Joy to the world! The teacher's dead.
We barbecued her head!
What happened to the body?
We flushed it down the potty.
And round & round it goes...."
With variants:
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_to_the_World%2C_Our_Teacher%27s_Dead)
Joy to the world, the teacher's dead
We amputated her head
What happened to her body?
We flushed it down the potty
And round and round it goes
And round and round it goes
And rou-ound and rou-ou-ound and round it goes
Popular variations replace "amputated" with "barbequed," "teacher" with "principal," "What happened to his body?" with "they tried to find his body," etc.
der Brucer
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Did the Brain rebel and devour BK?
der Brucer
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Back from show and meal and shall now hurry and write notes.