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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were filled with solstice and chips, and now it is time for you to post until the winter cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FESTER!
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Thanks for asking Dear Reader Laura = fires are still widespread and out of control. We are hoping for some rain in the next few days - but I fear it will only be a sprinkle and not that much use!
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Thanks for asking Dear Reader Laura = fires are still widespread and out of control. We are hoping for some rain in the next few days - but I fear it will only be a sprinkle and not that much use!
Boy, I know what you are talking about. So do the California people. I sure hope you get some relief soon!
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Thursday morning greetings! On my first-of-6 days off, I woke up early thinking about all the things that need to be done, so I got up and started doing some of them. Jello Jigglers, anyone?
Somehow I missed any mention of fires in Oz-land - vibes for DR Tomovoz and neighbors!
DR Sandra's story made me laugh, too.
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The Winter Solstice is the shortest day/longest night of the year and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day/shortest night of the year and the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. It is when the sun is shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn.
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere it means the days will start getting longer tomorrow...the sun'll come out...oh never mind
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Gotta run and get to work so I can be at the courthouse by 7:30 AM. The temp is 35 so even though it's still raining it isn't freezing. I am much relieved about that. Only 2 more days of insanity before I can start my break
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Good morning, all! DR Cillaliz, I, too, had a hard time getting to sleep last night. Earlier, around 6 pm, I couldn't keep my eyes open!
I did accomplish much yesterday, which was good: I finished the first draft of the BABES IN TOYLAND libretto notes, totally unassembled and in a very amorphous shape, but I can spend time over the holiday shaping it into something decent to show my colleagues. I feel as though it took me forever to get something on paper.
On the family front, my brother repaid my dad the money he owed him, and that's nice to know. Unfortunately, the needless angst and stress remain. I spoke to my dad yeterday, and he sonds okay. I'll be glad when I can get back t check on him.
The TOD: I believe the first Arabian Nights film I ever saw was "The Son of Ali Baba," and I loved it. Of course now, from a distance of 50 years, I have absolutely no memory of it. I also like:
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
The Thief of Bagdad (Douglas Fairbanks, John Justin, Steve Reeves)
1001 Nights (Pasolini)
Kismet
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The Winter Solstice is the shortest day/longest night of the year and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day/shortest night of the year and the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. It is when the sun is shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn.
This is the source for Rodgers and Hart song "The Shortest Day of the Year" from THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE.
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It is the shortest day of the year, indeed.
And of course I have to work today....in retail!
Wonderful news about Bear from DR DANISE, and a lovely Underpants Report from DR [Cas]Sandra.
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Vibes for MR BK's Christmas wish coming true....I bet it does.
Thanks to DR LAURA for enlarging DR MBARNUM's LP cover, and creating even MORE mystery.
I am now downloading Christmas With The Crickets to irritate the customers at Ye Olde World of Wisdom today.
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I like Jon Hall in Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves - with Maria Montez and Andy Devine....
I like Son of Ali Baba with John Derek....and a crazy Popeye Cartoon with Popeye as Aladdin.
The book is great....and of course the tales are told to keep the teller alive for 1001 nights.
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Off to work, I hope I have so many customers I can't log on until I get home....but we shall see.
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Good Morning all!! I know I have been terribly E & T .. it is unavaoidable I am afraid but I hope things will calm down inthe new year and UI can join you all ona more regualr basis.
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Vibes for all what needs 'em
and A request for "get the Job" vibes for my brother Bob who is being considered for his dream job.....
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I still paln to get my cards and packages out to you all but they be New Years prezzies by time they get to you!!!!!
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"dream job" vibes for vixmom's brother (is that vixuncle?)
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Dream job vibes for DR Vixmom's brother (is this the brother in Columbus?)
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TOD - For my birthday 10 or 12 years ago, DH Richard and DS Rob took me to see Disney's Aladdin on Ice in Cincinnati. What I remember most is Aladdin and Jasmine flying on the magic carpet during "A Whole New World."
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Why am I up at five-thirty in the morning? This is what happens when you eat some chili cheese fries with onions at eleven at night.
I don't know from hemispheres or semispheres or demispheres - I don't even know from spheres. I do know from Swedish Fish, however.
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I think I woke up worrying about what we did and didn't get in last night's session - and I think the only things we didn't get are The Brain's dialogue and songs and Rod's few lines of dialogue, both of which I can pick up while we're mixing next year. I still have to decide how we're doing The Brain Tap for the CD - in the show it involves audience participation - we thought about having a "guest star" for the CD, but a) I don't know who that would be, and b) it might just be tiresome as a listening experience - or, it could be really funny. Otherwise there's c) I can just edit together its three sections and be done with it. If it's "a" then Alet and Cason will have to come back to do some dialogue lines, as will the "guest star."
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I shall go back to Ye Olde Bed in a moment.
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Perhaps I'll turn on The Sandpiper in the bedroom DVD player - I'm forty minutes in and I must say that it's quite a sleep-inducing film.
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I am my own frenzy.
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What am I, doing a monologue all of a sudden?
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Well, I haven't posted all that much in the last three weeks due to the busy schedule. I shall, however, be making up for it in the next two weeks. It loves when I put on makeup - so I shall be wearing Max Factor Pancake Number 7 and some rouge. Sometimes I like to wear Max Factor Pancake Number 7 whilst eating Du-Par's Pancake Number 1.
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I'm just going to keep on posting until the cows come home.
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Hi, BK! Do you suppose anyone slept well last night?
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I didn't sleep well worrying about a UPS package Skip sent on its way to Agoura, California, which UPS claims is stuck in Vernon, California due to a weather exception. So does anyone know: Are there weather problems between Vernon and Agoura, or is UPS shining us on to get us ready for it not being delivered in Agoura before Christmas?
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I must say the gift recipients that got their Skinner/Ripley Cd's in time for Chanukkah (thanks, ironically enough, to UPS in addition to BK) are uniformly overjoyed.
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Gifts - another thing I need to do over the next few days.
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And one for Amahler and the Night Visitors.
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Well, I shall go back to bed and see if I can get another two hours of sleep.
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Lesson learned, of course, is never eat chili cheese fries with onions at eleven at night.
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If I cannot sleep, I shall return and make with some snappy repartee.
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I think the Jon Hall movie is the one I remember - was there another Universal film from the same period that's an Arabian Nights film? Maybe the other one I remember is Son of Sinbad - but I think I also remember a second Arabian Nights film - I think both were on laserdisc. Are those films on DVD yet?
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Perhaps I'll just be ALL the posts on page two.
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I hope whatever orders are coming in come in soon, before I go to the post office.
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Someone interrupt me.
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Okay, back to bed.
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The Kevin Spirtas DVD was also rapturously received by a dear friend who is a real Spirtas fan. He's already watched it twice.
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BK,
Stop posting and go back to bed, you silly fellow!
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DR SANDRA,
Perhaps you could make some edible plates? As in chocolate? :) Or would that take all the fun out of it?
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Good morning!
It's gray here today and chillier. We're due to have rain for the next four days according to the newspaper weather forecast. Still, I can't complain. December has still been much warmer than I was expecting.
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I LOVE that Popeye (color) cartoon that features Ali Baba. It's one of the classics.
I agree about the 1940 THIEF OF BAGHDAD, terrific entertainment, superb color, imagination that doesn't quit.
And I also agree with DR Elmore's choice of Steve Reeves' THIEF OF BAGHDAD. It's my favorite movie of his. Sadly, I only have it on a pan and scan videotape. Was it ever released in widescreen on laser or DVD?
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Good morning dear Esteemed, hopefully-rested, recorded, and rapturous BK --
Hopefully, you got back to sleep and had a little "post-chili cheese fries" recovery and relaxation.
It sounds like everything went pretty well at the recording session, and that your couple of "pick up inserts" won't be too hard to accomplish later. I was thinking of all of you, and holding good thoughts!
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I have a Christmas dinner/party to go to tonight, so the DVDs I'll be watching here today will be this afternoon. We're probably going to watch IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE after dinner tonight to ring in the season.
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I actually slept better last night than I have for the last two or three days. And that happened even though I fell asleep in my chair last night and slept there for two hours. Usually, if I drop off that close to bedtime, I can't fall asleep at all, but I guess my body just needed all that sleep.
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Well, here I am in Portland OR, on my way to the cabin as soon as the sun (?) comes up...
I had such a lovely time yesterday with Jane and Keith and the pupster! He is a wonderful delicious morsel of cuteness. Oh, whatta dawg!!! Jane looks good, Keith is reborn, having another dawg - there's a boy NEEDS a dawg! - and the house is just beeyooteefull!!!
Gosh, it's COLD!! Holy smokes - winter! Long dark nights and precious little light up this way right around Solstice...
Some neighbors who have been power-less for many days got power day before yesterday. A friend of mine called Snohomish Power, and the company said power has been restored to all but 250 homes in the entire county. Crossed fingers that my house is not among that small number...
TOD - Thief of Baghdad!!! Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves!!!
Okay - back on the road, and more when I'm back in LA next week.
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And the word of the day is: FESTER!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde,
Who found it hard not to giggle
At the fester growing on the tip of his nose.
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The Winter Solstice is the shortest day/longest night of the year and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day/shortest night of the year and the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. It is when the sun is shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn.
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere it means the days will start getting longer tomorrow...the sun'll come out...oh never mind
My father's favorite line, repeated every year at the Summer Solstice, is "It's going to be a l-o-n-g day."
He doesn't have a line for the Winter Solstice. :-\
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TOD:
I remember liking "Clash Of The Titans" a lot and watched it several times. It also had the stop-motion effects done by Harryhausen, but I really thought Harry Hamlin had great thighs and chest in that movie!
....what is it? Blind witches?.....
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Korda's THIEF OF BAGHDAD is one of the most perfect movies ever! And it has a great, great Miklos Rozsa score too! I recently picked up a wonderful children's story-book from the film, with drawn illoes in it. There is also a fairly recent book that Malcolm Willits of Collectors Book Store in Hollywood put out that has the script, stills, and production notes. I recently heard a bit of trivia on a BBC radio show that Cleo Laine, who must have been fairly young, was in the movie. Actor Leslie Philips said he was in it with. Philips is being touting recently in a new Peter O'Toole movie VENUS and was in one of the early Carry-Ons, being famous for his lothario: "Hellooo..."
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Safe travels, DR PennyO, and vibes for power in the cabin!
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I think I woke up worrying about what we did and didn't get in last night's session - and I think the only things we didn't get are The Brain's dialogue and songs and Rod's few lines of dialogue, both of which I can pick up while we're mixing next year. I still have to decide how we're doing The Brain Tap for the CD - in the show it involves audience participation - we thought about having a "guest star" for the CD, but a) I don't know who that would be, and b) it might just be tiresome as a listening experience - or, it could be really funny. Otherwise there's c) I can just edit together its three sections and be done with it. If it's "a" then Alet and Cason will have to come back to do some dialogue lines, as will the "guest star."
Where is Kaye Ballard when you need her? (A Jason Graae reference.)
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Son of Sinbad is a laugh riot with Dale Roberston as the son and Vincent Price as Omar Kayham(I think), but it's real Howard Hughes production with lots of scantily-clad women (the daughters of the forty thieves) and stripper Lili St. Cyr doing a wild dance.
I actually also like OMAR KAYHAM with Cornel Wilde. Very nice movie.
Of the Harryhausen Sinbads, I like Golden Voyage best. I'm also fond of Sinbad the Sailor with Doug Fairbanks, Jr. and Maureen O' Hara. Terrific performance by Walter Slezak.
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Very very nice review of the Kritzerland Skinner/Ripley CD. Continued congrats, BK.
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/dec2106.html
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I, for one, slept well last night.
I had a very nice dream where I was walking along a trail in a verdant park, where large cast iron sculptures of animals were placed close to the path. There were deer, wild hogs, a cheetah or two, and winged horses. Then, I looked up the trail, and one of the cast iron winged horses was walking towards me, and then walked right on by.
It was quite spectacular, to say the least.
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Fester---my favorite member of the Adams' Family.
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Guess I'll head down now and get today's cleaning done now since I won't be at home this evening to do it.
WBBL.
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BK, I believe there are a couple of Maria Montez films being released on DVD soon that are Arabian nights-ish.
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The Winter Solstice is the shortest day/longest night of the year and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day/shortest night of the year and the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. It is when the sun is shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn.
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere it means the days will start getting longer tomorrow...the sun'll come out...oh never mind
The solstice was sacred among teh Druids long ago in Ireland and England...
Here is a link for seeing the sun enter Newgrange in Ireland.
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/newgrange/illumination.html (http://mination.html)
IT signifies the rebirth of the sun...
here is another site also
http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html (http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html)
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TOD:
I like 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD and I know I have seen a few of the Universal films related to the TOD, but my most recent viewings of such films have been from India and they have been a lot of fun with my favorite being ALIBABA (sic) AND 40 THIEVES (1954)starring Mahipal and Shakila.
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I have only seen a couple of Arabian nights related films and the are the Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) that had Tom Baker in the role of Koura. Interesting special effects done by Ray Harryhausen.
The other is the Disney animated film of Aladdin. It was okay.
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TOD: I love the Korda Thief, too. I first saw it at a suitably ornate San Francisco movie house on a big screen and it blew my mind.
There's a great homage to this genre in the 1940s German feature Munchhausen. The harem girls are actually topless and in glorious whatever-the-Germans-used color. :)
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I have the German film on DVD JMK...quite unusual, quite adult (!), and very fascinating!
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Off I must go to work again.
I suspect der B will be along in a bit.
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Who didn't have this album at there home when they were kids!
(http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4986/2601/400/587636/The%20Little%20Drummer%20Boy%20post2.jpg)
You can download it here ---> http://bongobells.blogspot.com/ as well as some swell Glenn Campbell Christmas albums.
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I've been down the basement wrapping presents. Now, DS Rob and I are off to join the hustle and bustle of Dayton Mall and other shopping establishments. Pray for Rosemary's baby.
Bye for now.
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CELEBRATION is sort of a Solstice show
"In ancient days, in winter, as the sun kept sinking lower in the sky, men started to wonder if they could die. 'Look', they said 'the day is being eaten by the night.' 'Look,' they said, 'the darkness is devouring the light. And they were frightened" or something like that..I was Potemkin and awfully long time ago.
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SOLSTICE TWINKIES - that's the title of something, I think
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Well, the week off isn't a week off anymore. There is just too much to do at work and I'm too wiped out to do it all on Saturday. It probably won't be that big a deal, but it most likely means I won't get much work done on the house as I really wanted to. At least I have it arranged so I can still work at home and not come into the office at all that week. I love that. I wish I could do that everyday!
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As far as the Arabian Nights... I've never quite understood the fascination with them. But that's just me
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Time for a cup of soup and back to work. Laters...oh, and like Vixmom, the cards etc are still going to me mailed, just not until next week when I can get them to the post office
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I'm quite calm about working instead of having a vacation now, but you should have seen me first thing this morning....hostile? Moi? never..... ;)
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Are there weather problems between Vernon and Agoura, or is UPS shining us on to get us ready for it not being delivered in Agoura before Christmas?
Vernon-Agoura is about a 30 minute drive. Vernon is basicaly the LAX hub for UPS. The Denver airport closure has created a huge problem for UPS and has certainly caused them to re-deploy some of their surface assets.
I suspect Christmas is still OK - in a crisis you might be able to arrange for a customer pick-up in Vernon.
der Brucer
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Got three more hours of sleep and am feeling fine now. I shall go package up the orders I have, then toddle over to the post office around two.
Re the review - the other day I got a strongly-worded e-mail from Emily Skinner saying the disc mastering engineer had made a horrible mistake in the way the CD was tracked - that the tracks should have started with the dialogue that preceded each song. She said that she hoped I'd correct this disgusting mistake on the next pressing. I sent her a strongly-worded reply that the CD was tracked correctly, just the way I like it, and that nothing was changing - that long ago I'd figured out that people don't want to be forced to listen to patter they've heard, that they wanted to go right to the music. I don't believe anyone had ever tracked a live album that way - they always started the tracks on the dialogue. We were the first or one of the firsts to put the dialogue at the end of the previous track, AFTER a song, so that the next track begins with the song, thusly enabling the listener to skip directly to the music.
I don't know that she agreed or disagreed, but in the review he goes out of his way to mention that the CD is tracked the way it is and that that is a good thing.
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Thanks for the info, DER BRUCER.
A box of presents getting somewhere is obviously not a "crisis" in the grand scheme of things, and no one's going to ask gift recipients to drive to pick up their gifts of course :) , so Skip called the prospective recipients and let them know that presents were possibly coming late and that UPS put a "weather exception" on them.
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BK - Being an innovator is always fraught with danger.
Glad the review noticed and appreciated what you did with the tracks!
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Another Christmas LP that would have caught my attention as a youngster had we owned it (just due to the LPs cover I would have played the heck out of this one!). I downloaded it just now and it is wonderful...of course I am a big fan of Frank Chacksfield to begin with...and if you are too then download it here ----> http://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2006/12/frank-not-sinatra.html
(http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/193/1416/400/894560/Frank%20Chacksfield-Music%20For%20A%20Merry%20Christmas-Smaller.jpg)
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And a very popular album with many HHWers....
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/193/1416/400/We%20Wish%20You%20A%20Merry%20Christmas-Smaller.jpg)
which can be downloaded for free at ---> http://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2006/11/merry-christmas-indeed.html
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I think the Jon Hall movie is the one I remember - was there another Universal film from the same period that's an Arabian Nights film? Maybe the other one I remember is Son of Sinbad - but I think I also remember a second Arabian Nights film - I think both were on laserdisc. Are those films on DVD yet?
Arabian Nights (1942) - Universal
Sabu
Jon Hall
Maria Montez
This film marks the first use of 3-strip Technicolor by Universal.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) - Universal
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
A Thousand and One Nights (1945) - Columbia
Cornel Wilde
Evelyn Keyes
Phil Silvers
Sinbad the Sailor (1947) - RKO (on DVD)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Slezak
Anthony Quinn
The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951) - Universal
Tony Curtis
Piper Laurie
Everett Sloane
Son of Ali Baba (1952) - Universal
Tony Curtis
Piper Laurie
der Brucer
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I still paln to get my cards and packages out to you all but they be New Years prezzies by time they get to you!!!!!
I will have to send my cards late this year, also. ::) And since the cards that I chose this year aren't really even "holiday" cards, just seasonal cards, it should be okay. So, if I have your address, you're getting a card! ;)
And Thank You to those who have sent me cards! You will get one...eventually. ;D
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- the other day I got a strongly-worded e-mail from Emily Skinner saying the disc mastering engineer had made a horrible mistake in the way the CD was tracked - that the tracks should have started with the dialogue that preceded each song. She said that she hoped I'd correct this disgusting mistake on the next pressing. I sent her a strongly-worded reply that the CD was tracked correctly, just the way I like it, and that nothing was changing - that long ago I'd figured out that people don't want to be forced to listen to patter they've heard, that they wanted to go right to the music.
BK - You just don't get it!
The function of the CD of a live show is act as a tribute to the star's ego - audience be damned!
Listening to you, someone might think you'd had some success as a record producer.
der Brucer
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...just seasonal cards...
Two varients, one for each hemisphere?
der Brucer
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Arabian Nights and Ali Baba - those are the two Universals. Are they on DVD?
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Have packaged up everything, and have dealt with other things that needed dealing with, and shall now jog.
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Associated Press (http://www.southernvoice.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=10550)
(http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/images/andtangomakesthree-299.jpg)
'Gay' penguin book banned
in Charlotte schools
Library group criticizes move
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) | Dec 20, 8:34 AM
A picture book based on a true story about two male penguins that raise an adopted hatchling together has been ordered off bookshelves in one of the state's largest school districts, officials said.
"And Tango Makes Three" was banned in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools after parent inquiries.
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The story about presumably gay penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo has been the focus of proposed bans at schools and public libraries in several states. Charlotte-Mecklenburg is the first school district to ban the book, according to the American Library Association.
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In the memo banning the book, district officials said the book "focuses on homosexuality" and provides no vital information to primary students. "We did not believe the book would stimulate growth in ethical standards, and the book is too controversial," the memo stated.
The American Library Association criticized Charlotte-Mecklenburg school officials for not giving the book an open, balanced review.
"One parent's decision shouldn't dictate whether or not the book is available to all the other families in the community," said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, a deputy director for the association's Freedom to Read Foundation.
"Any challenge to a book is ultimately an attempt to remove an idea from public discourse," she said.
der Brucer (and the birds weren't raised on soy milk!)
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Arabian Nights and Ali Baba - those are the two Universals. Are they on DVD?
No, VHS only.
der Brucer
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Two varients, one for each hemisphere?
der Brucer
Ooo...I hadn't thought about that. I guess I have a little more shopping to do!! ;)
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It's grown terriby foggy here. Still warm enough that we just had an inch of rain overnight and no snow. I really wouldn't mind some snow as long as we miss the freezing rain and ice
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IT'S OFFICIAL!! (click on the title)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/12/21/books.pottertitle.ap/index.html)
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How about a page 4 holiday waltz - as I waltz off to court for two more hearings.....
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The solstice was sacred among teh Druids long ago in Ireland and England...
Here is a link for seeing the sun enter Newgrange in Ireland.
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/newgrange/illumination.html (http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/newgrange/illumination.html)
IT signifies the rebirth of the sun...
here is another site also
http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html (http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html)
DakotaCelt, the link that you posted was somehow not correct, so I fixed it in the quote above. :)
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Back from a brisk jog - not an easy jog, but we got the jog job done.
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Packaged up a couple more orders and shall now drive about in my motor car, and then go to Ye Olde Poste Office at two.
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A JOG WELL DONE - a new musical about a middle-aged Marathoner (oh, wait, that's been done)
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I think the Jon Hall movie is the one I remember - was there another Universal film from the same period that's an Arabian Nights film? Maybe the other one I remember is Son of Sinbad - but I think I also remember a second Arabian Nights film - I think both were on laserdisc. Are those films on DVD yet?
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves/Arabian Nights (1942) - both released on the same LaserDisk by MCA/Universal on 1993
der Brucer
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T-Shirt of the day:
(http://images.etsy.com/all_images/5/55c/176/il_430xN.5256285.jpg)
der Brucer
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It is lunch time and I have nothing to post...but since I don't see a page 4 dance yet, let us let one of my favorite Bollywood actors, Akshay Kumar, have the floor....
(http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/dec/20slide10.jpg)
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Ok, I do have something to post...how do people like Virginia Representative Virgil Goode ever get elected! People like him scare the heck out of me....Lawmaker Fears Election of 'More Muslims'
-->http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/lawmaker-fears-election-of-more-muslims/20061220182909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001 (http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/lawmaker-fears-election-of-more-muslims/20061220182909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001)
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BK, I totally agree about the tracks...I like it when the tracks start when the music starts and the patter is left at the end of the previous song. I'm sure the DJs appreciate it, too!
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Off to Ye Olde Post Office here as well!
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Ok, I do have something to post...how do people like Virginia Representative Virgil Goode ever get elected! People like him scare the heck out of me....Lawmaker Fears Election of 'More Muslims'
-->http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/lawmaker-fears-election-of-more-muslims/20061220182909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001 (http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/lawmaker-fears-election-of-more-muslims/20061220182909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001)
Sadly, he probably represents the majority of his voting constituents.
der Brucer
This whole "taking the oath on the Koran" bit really annoys me. If someone is to take an oath, I want him to take it on "his book", not "my book". The same logic should apply to seasons greetings: I should wish you a "Happy (your day)", not a Happy (my day)". To knowlingly wish a Jew "Merry Christmas" is not just insensitive, it's silly!
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DR Marnum's region has provided me fodder for one of my recent conversational gambits; goes like this:
You, there is a major problem with Mexican immigrant laborers have language problems.
Know why?
Because they cant speak English, or SPANISH!!!!
They speak one of the other 161 languages used in Mexico today.
Do you where, geographically this is a major problem?
TRY OREGON!
Read about it HERE (http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/09/18/news/state/91706191539.txt)
der Brucer
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Sort of TOTD:
I did see a Pantomime presentation of "Aladdin" in London in 1975. It was very long and had so many current pop songs thrown in to the show. Some of the younger cast members of Upstairs Downstairs were in the show.
I prefer the "score" for the 1964/5 5 version with Cliff Richard and The Shadows. It had the song "I Could Easily Fall In Love" and the instrumental "Genie With The Light Brown Lamp"
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Associated Press (http://www.southernvoice.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=10550)
(http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/images/andtangomakesthree-299.jpg)
der Brucer (and the birds weren't raised on soy milk!)
Yes, this controversy is going on here right now, but the latest decision is that the book has gone back on the shelves until a committee is formed to discuss the relative merits of the book.
BTW, if I read the article in today's paper correctly, the parent here objected after reading about a successful removal of the book in Ohio, I believe, or it may have been Missouri.
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A sneak peak at elmoore's sitting room:
(http://cdn.channel.aol.com/channels/01/04/458aaf36-00352-06003-400cb8e1)
der Brucer
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I watched several shows on DVD this afternoon.
I began with the remaining shows on disc 4 in the MEDIUM set which I had begun last night.
This one involved a man who smothered prostitutes and then buried them in the desert. Allison happened upon the man at a clinic having an MRI done after she slipped and banged her head on the floor. The only thing was the man at the clinic was so friendly and non-threatening. She got no hostile vibe from him at all in person, only in her dreams. What's more, when she dropped hints to him about prostitutes and the desert, he had no reaction of fear of discovery which left her even more perplexed.
Good little mystery.
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Finished off the MEDIUM disc 4 with a poignant episode in which we learn that Allison and Joe lost a male child early in their marriage. Allison began having a series of dreams of their boy now a 15 year old in trouble.
One of the most heart-wrenching of the Season 2 episodes.
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In attempting to get through my usual Christmas movie selection, today came NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION. This was always one of my ex-partner's favorite movies. I have always found it only fun in spots, but it's kind of a ritual, so I ran it this afternoon as I packed gifts up to take to the party tonight.
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And I finished my viewing this afternoon with A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS which I hadn't seen thus far this season. I didn't see it on TV when ABC showed it this year, and I hadn't gotten around to it until today.
The DVD transfer looked better than I remembered which was something of a relief since I thought the Thanksgiving show looked worse than I remembered.
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A sneak peak at elmoore's sitting room:
(http://cdn.channel.aol.com/channels/01/04/458aaf36-00352-06003-400cb8e1)
der Brucer
Did our DR MBarnum pass that photo of my palatial estate to you?
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Thanks for correcting the link George...
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Sinbad the Sailor (1947) - RKO (on DVD)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Slezak
Anthony Quinn
Is Walter Slezak any relation to Erika Slezak, an actress on One Life to Live?
I will have to check some of these movies out at some point. Enjoying the Sondheim in the Movies cd that I picked up from the library.
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Did our DR MBarnum pass that photo of my palatial estate to you?
Indeed he did - with complaints about how you had him on his knees scrubbing the hearth.
der Brucer
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Just got back from picking up the gift certificates for my neices and nephews. Lovely day here with temps around 40. Unusually nice for here in December and I am not complaining.
Stay dry Cilla...
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One group a few years ago tried to get Harry Potter banned in the libraries in Fargo and they failed. The same group tried this past year to get several books banned from the Fargo NOrth High School including several John Grisham novels yet they allowed graphic science fiction novels. Go figure! They have lost that battle also!
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I like the Arabian Tales too. Maybe it's because the "baddies" always get their just deserts. (Groans and all that).
The biggest desert groan was "Ishtar"
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BTW, if I read the article in today's paper correctly, the parent here objected after reading about a successful removal of the book in Ohio, I believe, or it may have been Missouri.
Illinois - Charotte-Observer (http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/16287037.htm)
Congrats to your School Sup for stepping up to the plate.
der Brucer
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DR Marnum's region has provided me fodder for one of my recent conversational gambits; goes like this:
You, there is a major problem with Mexican immigrant laborers have language problems.
Know why?
Because they cant speak English, or SPANISH!!!!
They speak one of the other 161 languages used in Mexico today.
Do you where, geographically this is a major problem?
TRY OREGON!
Read about it HERE (http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/09/18/news/state/91706191539.txt)
der Brucer
That many languages, I am not surprised.... I know there is one person in Fargo that gets called on by a lot of places as far away as the Twin Cities and the west coast due to speaking Quechua and familiarity with several other languages.
The Spanish they speak in Mexico is dialectally different from Catalan Spanish.
There are as many if not more languages in North America if one stops to think about it but they do have familiarity with English here. Many groups are struggling to maintain their linguistic identities. Dakota, Ojibwe and several other languages are taugh in this area. A friend of mine speaks Algonquin, the language of the Cheyenne.
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I see we have made it to page 5
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Is Walter Slezak any relation to Erika Slezak, an actress on One Life to Live?
Her father.
der Brucer
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Indeed he did - with complaints about how you had him on his knees scrubbing the hearth.
der Brucer
I wanted to help him fulfill his Cinderella fantasies.
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This is a program to help preserve the Native American languages...
http://www.native-languages.org/ (http://www.native-languages.org/)
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Her father.
der Brucer
I have seen him in a few other things also, he is an excellent actor and his daughter inherited teh same passion for the profession.
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Indeed he did - with complaints about how you had him on his knees scrubbing the hearth.
der Brucer
Is that the current euphemism these days? :o
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One thing that was really fun at last night's session: Vinnie did really rough band mixes for the singers to sing to, and boy do elmore's orchestrations sound swellegant. It's fascinating to me - sometimes he sticks precisely to my piano part and chooses the perfect instrumentation - and sometimes, always at the right time, he fills out things in ways I could never approximate because I don't play all that well and can only do what I do. A perfect example of that is the bridge to The World Of Tomorrow, where he literally takes us on the trip that the lyrics promise.
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Back from the post office - there was a grand total of one person in line - what a great thing that was - I was in and out in ten minutes. I LOVE that.
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I'm definitely making up for lost time. Earlier I'd made up for it, but I got bored of making up for it and switched over to lost time. I'm posting like a whirling dervish or, to put it another way, a derving whirlish.
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I'm on a roll, baby.
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A kaiser roll.
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A Kaiser Willhelm roll. Of course, if I played Kaiser Willhelm, I'd be on a Kaiser Willhelm role.
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I WILL get us to page six.
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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. Or is it speed the torpedoes, full damn ahead?
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Well, I got us half-way to page six.
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I'm heading down now to load up the car with the gifts for tonight.
And I'm looking forward to dinner! I've had nothing today but a bowl of ice cream.
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This Disgusting Mistake
That is the name of my NEW musical revue!
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I guess my question is:
When did the body with a voice suddenly fancy itself a mind?
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I was in and out in ten minutes. I LOVE that.
I don't! ;D
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5 pm and already dark here in Indiana....literally.
It's otherwise ALWAYS dark in Indiana.
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Somebody had to say it.
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Ok, I do have something to post...how do people like Virginia Representative Virgil Goode ever get elected! People like him scare the heck out of me....Lawmaker Fears Election of 'More Muslims'[/
God forbid they participate in our democratic institutions!
We just got a "love letter" to our Sacco and Vanzetti site that I felt I must share. Author unknown, but goes by the pen name of Howard Roarke. He's so mad at Muslims that he lost his ability to spell! I bet he ends up seeing the movie, so he can hate it even more!
I just watched the trailer for your documentary.......and I have to say it....as an Italian-American....no, forget that....as an AMERICAN.....I am simply OUTRAGED at the utterly PREPOSTEROUS comparisons that are drawn between what happened to those two gentlemen (I actually wrote a term paper on that very subject at U.S.C film school) in the 1920"s and the social climate the exists here today for Muslem-American immigrants living in a post-911 U.S.A.......HOW DARE YOU......in all honesty.....I don't even know where to begin.....I was knocked SIDEWAYS by the very notion of drawing ANY comparison.....on ANY level.....I'll give you just one.....have you NOT REALIZED....the uber-important fact that Italian-American immigrants were simply NO THREAT WHAT-SO-EVER....they were unjustly treated upon their arrival here for the very same reasons ALL immigrants who came here (then AND now) were treated unfairly....because they were the NEW guys....that's IT...plain and simple.....forget racism....forget being different in any way....the new guy alwasy starts out at the bottom.....now......let's look at the Muslims....there are an estimated 4 miilion currently residing in the U.S.....let's say that maybe one-tenth of one percent ( and that's TWENTY THOUSAND people, by the way, folks) are terrorists awaiting instruction to carry out their next act of INSANITY....does not THAT ONE SIMPLE FACT completely NEGATE your entire fucking arguement.....and let's even forget all of that....where IN THE HELL is our government mistreating Muslims here in our country....where are the RAILROAD COURTS.....where is the RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.....where's the suspension of HABEAUS CORPUS......just what kind of mistreatment are you talking about.....you do your country a GRAVE INJUSTICE.....what's so disturbing is your'e obviously convinced your'e helping out....maybe your trailer is somehow misleading....I seriously DOUBT IT.....I'll bet it's the exact OPPOSITE....I'll bet if I saw the film....I'd walk out of the theater NUMB.....
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I know there is one person in Fargo that gets called on by a lot of places as far away as the Twin Cities and the west coast due to speaking Quechua and familiarity with several other languages.
I edited a film that was in Spanish and 2 Mayan dialects. I had to go all the way to New Orleans to find someone to translate the Mayan to Spanish and then translated that to English. The translations were totally paraphrased. An answer in Mayan that would take a minute would have a one-sentence translation and vice-versa, so I was never sure if I was editing in the right place. The syntax was SO different from English and Spanish. Fortunately, not very many Mayans would see it. They haven't come hunting me down. As far as the Howard Roarke dude, I guess I'd better watch my back!
Maybe he'll come to the "Projectile Festival"!
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I must say that so far I have endured no long lines. I still have a bit of shopping to do but I've struck quite a few off my list of 50!
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Let's give Howard Roark the benefit of the doubt--perhaps after laughing and jumping off the cliff, he hit his head in the water. :)
The suspension of habeas corpus is just one of the "new, improved" Constitution-bashing "achievements" of President Shrubby and Company.
Perhaps Howard hasn't read of the railroad courts committing religious persecution delivering completely innocent Muslims to Syria for torture, or even here in Portland, of Brandon Mayfield being locked away without access to family, friends or even legal counsel for weeks on a completely mistaken charge!
I weep for the intellectual vacuity that has overtaken our nation, starting with its purported leader.
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An appreciative Oz thank you to Dear Reader Ron Pulliam for his well-timed assistance in helping us to cope with the raging fires here. It is hot and windy again today. Ron has helped to take our minds off the situation and ponder other worldly delights. HHW to the Rescue.
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One thing that was really fun at last night's session: Vinnie did really rough band mixes for the singers to sing to, and boy do elmore's orchestrations sound swellegant. It's fascinating to me - sometimes he sticks precisely to my piano part and chooses the perfect instrumentation - and sometimes, always at the right time, he fills out things in ways I could never approximate because I don't play all that well and can only do what I do. A perfect example of that is the bridge to The World Of Tomorrow, where he literally takes us on the trip that the lyrics promise.
BK, what a very sweet thing to say! I feel like the kid in the Sixth Sense: I Hear Things!
Often, I really don't know what I channel or where in my psyche the things I put on paper come from. I pretty much scored the show in sequence, starting with the three versions of the title song, and I couldn't proceed with any of the score until I figured out what the opening number should sound like. I'd scribble out a score, go back and listen to your sound files, make notes, erase a lot and rewrite. I can't work on a computer; I need that eraser and that pencil like a oouija board needs its planchette! I really liked the songs for The Brain, and I liked the fact that I could take the feel of the songs you as you played them and run with them. I knew the score was fun, although I completely underestimated how much I would fall in love with the heart and silliness of the book.
It depends, too, on what dramatically and emotionally in the material appeals to me. I wish I'd been in LA during the rehearsal process because I like to get input from what's going on in rehearsal and hearing what the singers are doing. I also missed listening to your ad lib doo-waps in rehearsal because they often gave me an idea of what youre hearing, whether I take what you're doing or play games with it.
I always go into a project with the theory I'm going to be fired after the first band rehearsal: there's always that bit of fear while you're working "what if they hear it differently than I do?" Usually, though, you're hired because the employer's heard your work and knows what you can do. And you've certainly heard enough of my work in the past 12 years.
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Did our DR MBarnum pass that photo of my palatial estate to you?
Yes, that was the view from the fire escape, as I recall.
I remember how warm and inviting that fire looked.
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Indeed I have and I knew you'd do a great job on this. And elmore is right - when you hear the orchestration for the title song, you'll know he captured exactly the feel and style of the show. It's funny - I wrote what I consider to be one of my best opening vamps for that song - it just sets the tone perfectly. I never would have imagined it played on anything but piano, but elmore assigned it to sax and organ and it's brilliant.
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I wanted to help him fulfill his Cinderella fantasies.
Well, how come Prince Charming never showed up? That is what I would like to know!
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Somebody had to say it.
But NOT a Lady :)
der Brucer
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That e-mail Edisaurus is frightening, but evidently not an unusual opinion. Not long ago I went to Portland with some family members as we were meeting at a diner near a place where my little neice Taylor was having a dance recital that evening. My mom and I arrived early and I spent some time shopping in a little store run by the neatest old Iranian guy. We chatted about various middle eastern singers and what not and then I bought some CDs from him and went next door to meet up with my sis and brother in law.
Well, when my brother in law found out where I had been he hit the ceiling, going on and on about how Iran is our enemy, blah, blah, blah and we were at war with them, etc., etc.
I informed him that we were fighting in Iraq, and it was insurgents we were supposedly battling, not the Iraqi people (I am told we were attempting to free the Iraqi people or something) ...and definately not the Iranian people...in particular not this little old shop keeper.
He also later got a stern talking to by my sister who apoligized to me.
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Well, how come Prince Charming never showed up? That is what I would like to know!
Very much a case of "Blame Jose" I suspect!
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He was the same brother who freaked out when he saw the little statue of a Buddha in my back yard.
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....as an AMERICAN.....I am simply OUTRAGED at the utterly PREPOSTEROUS comparisons that are drawn between what happened to those two gentlemen (I actually wrote a term paper on that very subject at U.S.C film school) in the 1920"s and the social climate the exists here today for Muslem-American immigrants living in a post-911 U.S.A.......HOW DARE YOU......in all honesty.....
OK - I'll bite! How could you not?
Perhaps I might argue with some conclusions you reach, but the "comparison" is obvious - comparisons highlight both similarities and differences; any thoughtful person (aye, there's the rub) needs to wait for the product before rendering judgment.
I doubt if S&V will be as innocuously non-judgmental as the Internationale, but the very telling of the tale with all it's uncertainties and contradictions should be thought provoking.
der Brucer
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Well, when my brother in law found out where I had been he hit the ceiling, going on and on about how Iran is our enemy, blah, blah, blah and we were at war with them, etc., etc.
Shucks - I'll make the case that Iran is our enemy and we should be at war with them. Being at war with a nation does not mean being at war with its peoples. The expatriate immigrants are often at the very heart of out attempts to bring about "regime change".
der Brucer - fondly recalling the banning of Madame Butterfly during WWII because it was "Japanese Opera".
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Well, how come Prince Charming never showed up? That is what I would like to know!
Maybe you're not Cinderella after all! I heard you were Snow White till you drifted.
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I edited a film that was in Spanish and 2 Mayan dialects. I had to go all the way to New Orleans to find someone to translate the Mayan to Spanish and then translated that to English. The translations were totally paraphrased. An answer in Mayan that would take a minute would have a one-sentence translation and vice-versa, so I was never sure if I was editing in the right place. The syntax was SO different from English and Spanish. Fortunately, not very many Mayans would see it. They haven't come hunting me down. As far as the Howard Roarke dude, I guess I'd better watch my back!
Maybe he'll come to the "Projectile Festival"!
I had a Somali client and it was really interesting to listen to the language and the interpreter. It was similar with the long explanation in Somali and then 3 or 4 words in English and vice-versa
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COOL BEANS!!!!! Barbaro the horse is limping but he is healing! He will never be ridden again, but he could live into his 20s on a stud farm.
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Well, the Jet Heating man called me to let me know that despite the fact they said I would have my leaking gas heater fixed and working today it in fact will not be fixed until sometime next week.
I am going to be a very cold and unhappy camper this weekend.
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I still have to decide how we're doing The Brain Tap for the CD - in the show it involves audience participation - we thought about having a "guest star" for the CD, but a) I don't know who that would be, and b)
Perhapd you could drag Vinnie out of the soundbooth and use him.
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my locally high profile client will be in court tomorrow. The media figured it out this time so she'll have to deal with the cameras outside the federal building. http://www.ktiv.com/News/index.php?ID=7237
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I am going to be a very cold and unhappy camper this weekend.
Ask your self, what would Jesus BK do?
You get on the phone and talk to Mr. Heater guy's boss and tell him you'd like some space heaters delivered pronto or we'll talk in small-claims court (after we file a report with Better Business Bureau (http://www.oregonandwesternwa.bbb.org/commoncomplaint.html)):
What types of complaints does the BBB handle?
Complaints involving marketplace activities -- misleading advertising, improper selling practices, non-delivery of goods or services, misrepresentation, un-honored guarantees or warranty, unsatisfactory service, credit/billing problems, contracts not fulfilled, collection practices, etc., are handled by the Better Business Bureau where the company is located.
You might ask him if he recommends you keep using the leaking heater. You might also ask him what his attorney says about the health implications of long term natural gas inhalation!
der Brucer
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Maybe you're not Cinderella after all! I heard you were Snow White till you drifted.
You can bank of that!
der Brucer
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The link gave me a blank page, Cillaliz.
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The link gave me a blank page, Cillaliz.
I changed it to an old news story, rather than her wanted poster. Same photo http://www.ktiv.com/News/index.php?ID=7237 She's being charged with helping Ryan flee during his trial
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Is that JLO?
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Wouldn't it be JRO
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Thanks, Cillaliz. I don't think I've heard about this case. She's lucky she's got you.
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I called Jet Heating and oddly enough none of the bigwigs were in the office or available to speak to me today.
So I told the receptionist to have somebody arrange for a nice, comfy, warm hotel room for me and my pets to stay in until the leaking heater is repaired.
Someone called shortly thereafter and they decided that a temporary patch work could be used for the heater so that I could have heat through the weekend*
I said that was fine (even though they won't be able to do that until tomorrow..so one more cold evening).
*I requested that they sign a letter on the company letterhead stating that this "temporary fix" was 100% safe and that I wouldn't wake up dead or blown to bits. I will keep the document at work just in case.
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Such a shame. A young woman with her whole adult life ahead of her. She messed up big. Allegedly.
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Good for you, MBarnum.
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Thanks, Cillaliz. I don't think I've heard about this case. She's lucky she's got you.
Thanks DR Laura. I really like her and have enjoyed representing her for the past couple weeks.
You wouldn't have heard of the case. It's a big deal locally but I don't think anywhere else. Most of our cases are totally under the radar. Maybe a mention when the sentencing is over and the US Attys office sends a press release. But this one is different. I get a kick out of the reporters hanging around, but it's really in my client's best interest to not be in the spotlight, so we've been dodging them and I don't comment.
I had one high profile case in state court that had cameras in the courtroom. It was an experience. I learned that I needed to cut my hair in the back. (the cameras were behind us).
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Such a shame. A young woman with her whole adult life ahead of her. She messed up big. Allegedly.
Here I come to save the day....... she'll be ok. Can't say more than that right now.
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The link gave me a blank page, Cillaliz.
Assuming you have an Adobe reader on your computer, the Wanted Poster .pdf file still takes a long time to load - giving the appearance of a blank screen.
der Brucer
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I called Jet Heating and oddly enough none of the bigwigs were in the office or available to speak to me today.
So I told the receptionist to have somebody arrange for a nice, comfy, warm hotel room for me and my pets to stay in until the leaking heater is repaired.
Someone called shortly thereafter and they decided that a temporary patch work could be used for the heater so that I could have heat through the weekend*
I said that was fine (even though they won't be able to do that until tomorrow..so one more cold evening).
*I requested that they sign a letter on the company letterhead stating that this "temporary fix" was 100% safe and that I wouldn't wake up dead or blown to bits. I will keep the document at work just in case.
Can't you follow your friend DR Jose's behavior and find a hot body to keep you warm?
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An appreciative Oz thank you to Dear Reader Ron Pulliam for his well-timed assistance in helping us to cope with the raging fires here. It is hot and windy again today. Ron has helped to take our minds off the situation and ponder other worldy delights. HHW to the Rescue.
You are very welcome.
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of Brandon Mayfield being locked away without access to family, friends or even legal counsel for weeks on a completely mistaken charge!
Hey - at least he collected $2,000,000 of my tax dollars for his stay.
der Brucer
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Assuming you have an Adobe reader on your computer, the Wanted Poster .pdf file still takes a long time to load - giving the appearance of a blank screen.
der Brucer
Ah. Well, I'll try again and see if it will load while I get ready to see DR Sandra's class do their Christmas nativity.
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DR Sandra: I have caught up from yesterday evening's postings....and I was having quite a good time reading of the travails of Cassandra, good witch of the playground.
There was something in that tale for everyone...including the copraphages.
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For what it's worth, I slept very well last night.
Very well, indeed.
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DR MBarnum: It's quite disheartening to read that the heating people have failed to repair your heating system.
I think you should insist on their sending you a heating specialist to keep you warm until such time as the system is repaired.
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My mom and I went shopping today in Aiken SC. I wasn't so much "into" shopping as I was into "looking."
My mom had other ideas, seeking to find things that interested me to, later, put under our tree.
Of course, that was fine once I understood the rules of the game.
It's quite disconcerting, however, having to justify why I picked something up or what would I want with "that" or "why" I would want something.
I was, honestly, just looking.
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So...imagine going from store to store full of intriguing, and sometimes beautiful, things, and daring not to touch something, or be too obvious about looking at something, etc.
And then...there is the cost of something I am willing to pay for because it's worth it to me and learning that it's considered too expensive and not something most people would want.
:D
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It's been rainy and dreary here today.
I'm in a funk.
My mom has been off-and-on cranky, too.
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Oh, I was more than cranky for part of the day. I think it's something in the stars and planets....JRand, am I close?
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Is that the current euphemism these days? :o
Yes, "scrubbing the hearth"....the physical act of "XXXing the XXXXX after XXXXXX."
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DR ELMORE please email me - lost your email addy in the computer catastrophe and I need to send you a note....
I must repair this disgusting mistake.
DR MBARNUM - thanks SO MUCH for the photos from LA LA LA....they are intriguing and wonderful.
In fact, they are divoon!
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Oh, I was more than cranky for part of the day. I think it's something in the stars and planets....JRand, am I close?
Yes new moon in Sagitarius will do that to you. :P
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This afternoon I went for a walk at the river preserve, and this is what I saw:
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And this (even though it was in bad light and up high in a tree):
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Photos are beautiful, as always, DR Laura
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Enjoying the Sondheim in the Movies cd that I picked up from the library.
Nice disk, but it is missing a major Sondheim movie song:
I Never Do Anything Twice" (from 7.5 Percent Solution).
I wonder why BK left it out?
Check and see if your Library has the Bernadette Peters Album "Sondheim, etc." If they do, you might want to check it out and see if it is the original release with the wonderful (etc, not Sonheim) song "Making Love Alone" - Track #4, or have they the exprugated version that deleted that track!
der Brucer
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Most of the trees have lost their leaves by now. This would have been a great photo last week:
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Thank you.
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Oh, I was more than cranky for part of the day. I think it's something in the stars and planets....JRand, am I close?
Is "hormones" a dirty word ;D
der Brucer
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Here is the path I walked on:
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Is "hormones" a dirty word ;D
der Brucer
No,but that's not this week
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Nice disk, but it is missing a major Sondheim movie song:
I Never Do Anything Twice" (from 7.5 Percent Solution).
I wonder why BK left it out?
Check and see if your Library has the Bernadette Peters Album "Sondheim, etc." If they do, you might want to check it out and see if it is the original release with the wonderful (etc, not Sonheim) song "Making Love Alone" - Track #4, or have they the exprugated version that deleted that track!
der Brucer
I have the original Bernadette release with that song! When the second disc was released, I remembered an article on Playbill.com where someone reviewed the whole concert and listed all the songs in the correct order. I took the two individual officially released CDs and made one whole complete double-disc concert recording. I think I did a good job. :) I did make a change in the order of songs in one section to make things easy on me, and I cut about five seconds from act one because the two original CDs each had an introduction, but it's a great concert and I think it's better in the (predominantly) correct order. ;D
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Nice disk, but it is missing a major Sondheim movie song:
I Never Do Anything Twice" (from 7.5 Percent Solution).
I wonder why BK left it out?
Check and see if your Library has the Bernadette Peters Album "Sondheim, etc." If they do, you might want to check it out and see if it is the original release with the wonderful (etc, not Sonheim) song "Making Love Alone" - Track #4, or have they the exprugated version that deleted that track!
der Brucer
Because BK had just recorded it for another album - a Sherlock Holmes collection, sung by Miss Judy Kaye. I didn't feel like doing it again, frankly.
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We're going to top three hundred posts - that is my feeling at this time, oh, yes, at this time that is my feeling.
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Even if I have to make 100 postings to do it!
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There is no stopping me.
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I have finished The Devil Wears Prada and will now begin another motion picture on DVD.
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Do it. Do it now. The time is nigh.
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I am enjoying Ugly Betty. I just started watching it last week.
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20 more posts and I'll be at 6000
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I want a White Christmas....I'm not dreaming, this is Iowa. We don't have rain in December, we have snow. This is most unseemly
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I am finally relaxing and am getting hungry for something...I may have to wander to the kitchen after Ugly Betty and find something to eat
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After hearing so many wonderful things about The Brain...I am most anxious to hear and see it. Will the CD and/or the DVD be available at some point
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Others can just sit there like so much fish, but we WILL reach three hundred postings before midnight.
And you can tell Jose THAT. I must say, his abandonment of this here site is unfeeling and incredibly thoughtless at this lovely time of year - and please don't hand me any malarky about how busy he is - we're ALL busy - I was busier than busy, what with putting up a new musical, running said musical, taping said musical, recording the cast album for said musical, shipping hundreds of Skinner/Ripley discs and, well, I could go on but you get the drift.
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Can someone do a dance for me? Pretty please?
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The CD will hopefully be available end of January/early February. The DVD is more for archival and sales purposes, and won't be released.
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Page eight, baby! That's what I'M talkin' about! Tell Jose THAT!
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Even when I must be errant and truant I'm around.
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I'm happy to see these Arabian Nights film choices - I will have to watch some that I haven't seen.
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The CD will hopefully be available end of January/early February. The DVD is more for archival and sales purposes, and won't be released.
I thought you'd say that about the DVD....hey Edi....need and assistant ;)
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Looking forward to the CD
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Because BK had just recorded it for another album - a Sherlock Holmes collection, sung by Miss Judy Kaye. I didn't feel like doing it again, frankly.
Hmmm
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No wonder I don't have it - it's out of print!!!!
der Brucer
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I'm at work and I'm about to fall asleep! Must at least pretend to be awake!
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DR Elmore - you recently saw DR Jose...how is he and is he ever coming back?????
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Re: Brandon Mayfield's settlement. I wasn't aware the entire $2 mil came from your pocket, DerBrucer. ;D Since the US population is well over 300 million now, even lowballing taxpayers at 1/3 of that, 100 million, means each person's "share" is, you guessed it, your 2 cents' worth!
Having met and spoken with Brandon and his wife (long before the settlement, but after his release), personally I think they deserved 10 or even 100 times that amount. And I hope his continuing lawsuit against the fascistic elements of the dubiously named "Patriot Act" are completely successful.
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I am so glad I am not at the airport in Denver. Although you could ride the train back and forth between the terminals....
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Re: Brandon Mayfield's settlement. I wasn't aware the entire $2 mil came from your pocket, DerBrucer. ;D Since the US population is well over 300 million now, even lowballing taxpayers at 1/3 of that, 100 million, means each person's "share" is, you guessed it, your 2 cents' worth!
Having met and spoken with Brandon and his wife (long before the settlement, but after his release), personally I think they deserved 10 or even 100 times that amount. And I hope his continuing lawsuit against the fascistic elements of the dubiously named "Patriot Act" are completely successful.
I couldn't agree more JMK. Not only was his home and office searched with sneak and peek warrants - you aren't told that they have been in your residence or office - but 4 US government experts were 100 percent sure it was his fingerprint on the bag. The European experts said no, and thank god they arrested the real culprit and Brandon Mayfield was freed. It has caused a ripple throughout the fingerprint examiners community. I'm not sure the changes they are making will be better "science" or if they will just CYA for the examiners. It's scary.
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From DakotaCelt:
Jane, glad to hear that you have a lovely chat with PennyO.. Sherlock must have adored playing with Penny.
He did and we enjoyed watching Penny's antics. ;D ;D
Power vibes for Penny!
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I couldn't agree more JMK. Not only was his home and office searched with sneak and peek warrants - you aren't told that they have been in your residence or office - but 4 US government experts were 100 percent sure it was his fingerprint on the bag. The European experts said no, and thank god they arrested the real culprit and Brandon Mayfield was freed. It has caused a ripple throughout the fingerprint examiners community. I'm not sure the changes they are making will be better "science" or if they will just CYA for the examiners. It's scary.
He's actually a very (and I mean very) soft-spoken, unassuming guy. I was beyond impressed with him and urged him (this was probably two years or so ago) to sue the f*** out of the FBI. I also pleaded with him to name Ass--er, Ashcroft as an individual defendant. Not sure if he did that (maybe you know), but it made him laugh at the time. Of course he was represented by Gerry Spence and several others, so I'm sure his "windfall" is in the hundreds of thousands after they're paid.
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We just got a "love letter" to our Sacco and Vanzetti site that I felt I must share.....
How sad.
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Din-din is out of the oven.
A small roast of pork loin, slivered with ginger and garlic and doused with soy sauce.
To be accompanied by sesame noodles (a mix by Lipton/Knorr) and a salad of lettuce, mandarin oranges, and whatever else makes sense.
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Watching DVD number two. A strange film, poorly written and directed, but it's at least holding my attention mainly due to its two leading players, Paul Giametti and Bryce Dallas Howard.
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Back from a brisk jog - not an easy jog, but we got the jog job done.
Dear Esteemed BK -
Do you jog a different route each day, or do you jog a route you have memorized (in other words, jog your memory) ?
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I feel three hudred posts - perhaps even more. As Newley and Bricusse once said, Nothing Can Stop Me Now.
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Page nine, coming soon.
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Dear Esteemed BK -
Do you jog a different route each day, or do you jog a route you have memorized (in other words, jog your memory) ?
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I jog the exact same route every day - sometimes I go a few extra blocks, but it's always the same. I varied it one day and did not enjoy the variance.
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I had a Wolfgang Puck chicken Caesar salad for lunch, dinner, and every other meal.
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Back to the movie.
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Sandra I believe your pre-school stories are going to surpass your strange professor stories.
Rain vibes to those who need them-I’ll take no-rain vibes over the long weekend.
Elmore-good news about your brother! Vibes this is the end of his antics!!!!!
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He's actually a very (and I mean very) soft-spoken, unassuming guy. I was beyond impressed with him and urged him (this was probably two years or so ago) to sue the f*** out of the FBI. I also pleaded with him to name Ass--er, Ashcroft as an individual defendant. Not sure if he did that (maybe you know), but it made him laugh at the time. Of course he was represented by Gerry Spence and several others, so I'm sure his "windfall" is in the hundreds of thousands after they're paid.
I don't know the details of the civil suit. I do know about what happened to him from hearing the lawyers who represented him when he was arrested speak at a meeting I attended. I also had to cross a fingerprint examiner in a trial last year, so I studied a lot about his case and used it in the courtroom.
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Ok, I do have something to post...how do people like Virginia Representative Virgil Goode ever get elected! People like him scare the heck out of me....Lawmaker Fears Election of 'More Muslims'
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What is scary is that a lot of people are agreeing with this jackhole!
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As much as I'd like a white Christmas, I have to admit it would have really screwed things up this week. Many court appearances, family members and witnesses to bring in etc. That's a royal pain when people can't get there because of bad roads...so I'm ok with the rain. We may have freezing fog overnight tonight
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On Tuesday this week, I thought it was Thursday. On Wednesday this week, I thought it was Thursday. Now it's Thursday and it really doesn't feel like it.
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Page 9 Singing in the rain dance...
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...I don't know that she agreed or disagreed, but in the review he goes out of his way to mention that the CD is tracked the way it is and that that is a good thing.
Back when I was reviewing discs at Sondheim.com (ages ago, really), what ticked me off on live performance discs was the inclusion of an unseemly amount of applause. I actually timed the amount of applause included on a disc by Betty Buckley, and listed how long it lasted in the review, track by track. The second disc I reviewed at the same time, Bernadette Peters' Sondheim, Etc., was particularly good at keeping this egotism in check.
But I agree, being able to jump to the start of a song is a good thing. (A Martha reference, even though none is needed.)
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On Tuesday this week, I thought it was Thursday. On Wednesday this week, I thought it was Thursday. Now it's Thursday and it really doesn't feel like it.
That's because it is Friday afternoon.
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Sadly, he probably represents the majority of his voting constituents.
der Brucer
This whole "taking the oath on the Koran" bit really annoys me. If someone is to take an oath, I want him to take it on "his book", not "my book". The same logic should apply to seasons greetings: I should wish you a "Happy (your day)", not a Happy (my day)". To knowlingly wish a Jew "Merry Christmas" is not just insensitive, it's silly!
This goes even further, as when I really didn't know what the heck I should wish a customer today. She was wearing her head in a scarf, which suggested Muslem, but I couldn't be sure. I mean, she didn't have her face veiled. In any case, I'm not sure there is an Islam holiday during this season. So I wished her a "pleasant holiday season" instead, since so many holidays are crammed in at this time.
But I'm not sure what message that sent.
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I am so glad I am not at the airport in Denver. Although you could ride the train back and forth between the terminals....
Last October, on my return trip home from NY, I spent a "fun" day at the Denver airport thanks to a surprise storm. I was very, very, very grateful to sleep in my own bed that evening.
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DR Elmore - you recently saw DR Jose...how is he and is he ever coming back?????
Yes, dear, he will be back. I doubt it will be before Jan 2, after the Arena Stage gig ends and he's back in New York. I can't speak for him, but he knows he is missed and we look forward to his return.
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Elmore-good news about your brother! Vibes this is the end of his antics!!!!!
I sincerely doubt it. He's been an ass since July, and I don't think the Macbeths are finished yet.
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That's because it is Friday afternoon.
But of course! And it's the longest day of the year, right?
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Yes, dear, he will be back. I doubt it will be before Jan 2, after the Arena Stage gig ends and he's back in New York. I can't speak for him, but he knows he is missed and we look forward to his return.
If you talk to him, tell him hello and happy holidays for me.
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I sincerely doubt it. He's been an ass since July, and I don't think the Macbeths are finished yet.
Only since July? ;)
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I have no idea how Penny can say I look good, ??? I seem to be continuously tired and sleepy & can barely see straight. My sciatica acted up which of course threw everything else out of whack making it difficult to sleep. Yesterday was my first good day in awhile & last night I slept well until around 4:45AM.
That is when Sherlock decided to snuggle on top of me in the wee hours of the morning, body on my stomach with his head on my chest. After almost an hour I was able to get him off when he sat up thanks to a case of hiccups. Keith of course slept through my pleas of help. ;D The next hour I had just enough room to sleep on one side, the left giving me covers, the right side more comfortable but chilly. ;D
Penny’s right, we do adore Sherlock and while I can’t keep my eyes open & have been struggling health wise, Keith is very happy (I am too). While I was gone it was good to hear the joy in his voice over the phone. During my last couple of yearly trips he was very sad. :)
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Only since July? ;)
I never saw this side - poor concern for our father, pettiness, stinginess, hostility - coming from him at all when we were growing up. I guess sibling rivalries go deeper than I could imagine.
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I sincerely doubt it. He's been an ass since July, and I don't think the Macbeths are finished yet.
I know, just wishing they will be better.
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And now I toddle off to bed. I slept poorly last night, I was in a bad mood most of the day, and, dammit, tomorrow will be better!
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I never saw this side - poor concern for our father, pettiness, stinginess, hostility - coming from him at all when we were growing up. I guess sibling rivalries go deeper than I could imagine.
Sorry to hear that. Family issues always seem to cut so deep. Hope things get better.
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I know, just wishing they will be better.
The wish is appreciated, but I hold no hopes.
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And now I toddle off to bed. I slept poorly last night, I was in a bad mood most of the day, and, dammit, tomorrow will be better!
Wow, you had the same day I did....here's to a better tomorrow...maybe the sun'll come out
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I'm sleepy, night
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I want a White Christmas....I'm not dreaming, this is Iowa. We don't have rain in December, we have snow. This is most unseemly
Same here Cilla... No snow!!
Quite unseemly!
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Lovely photographs Laura!
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My cousin Christine just got power after being 7 days without power.. Ironic, she works with disasters and was just through the power outages...
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'night
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Page 9 Singing in the rain dance...
Just got the cast studio recording of Singin' in the Rain!
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support vibes to Elmore!
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DR Sandra's children were precious. They all behaved very well.
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Here I am to tell you all that DS Rob and I survived an afternoon in the Dayton Mall area. We actually had a lot of fun being out in the holiday hustle and bustle and finished up the last of our shopping. Our main mission was to visit the Verizon store for the equipment upgrades to which we were both entitled. We have new cell phones that are much cooler than the ones we replaced 8)
No change in my phone number, by the way, for those who've had it programmed into their phones (and you know who you are...)
While we were away a lovely surprise package arrived from DR Elmore - thank you :-*
We went to the annual Troop 810 potluck Christmas dinner tonight. This is the Scout troop in which DS Rob advanced to Eagle and DH Richard served as assistant scoutmaster for many years. That's why I was making Jello Jigglers at 7am today.
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I finished up hte last of mine also. I had a few gift certificates for pick up and one gift to buy for my dad.
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Because BK had just recorded it for another album - a Sherlock Holmes collection, sung by Miss Judy Kaye. I didn't feel like doing it again, frankly.
Or, you never do anything twice.
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AN ASS SINCE JULY - that really should be the title of something
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And one for Marley
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The mango salsa I served with the pork was, in der B's words, too crunchy. It was, however, store-bought (and store brand).
I'm thinking next time heating it up, so the mango softens and the flavors meld.
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More mouths in the shape of the letter "o" from pre-verbal tykes seeing me in my Santa hat at work today.
Perhaps even more tomorrow.
Which will arrive too soon - I start early, and should beddy-bye myself.
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I've come up with a politically incorrect variant lyric to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". It's my reaction to listening to the same dang Christmas songs (but no carols) over and over while at work. But it's too rude for me to post here.
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Only 5569 more posts until I'll have posted more posts than DR Jose!
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Love the idea of letting DR Jose know that he is missed and that his return will be a welcome one.
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Am STILL fighting a cold that "wants" to take hold. So far, though...AIRBORNE seems to be keeping it at bay.
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Finished motion picture number two on DVD, and shall now move on to number three. THREE HUNDRED POSTS HERE WE COME!
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PEACEFUL AND SLEEP-FULL NIGHTS VIBES FOR DR JANE
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VIBES FOR LESS FAMILY STRESS FOR DR ELMORE
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peaceful sleep vibes for jane!
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Once again, DR MBarnum has unearthed a cherished Christmas album from my yout', Don Janse's Little Drummer Boy. The version I remember had different cover art, but the gilt title was same. I was never allowed to play this one at 45 rpm--it had "holy" Christmas music on it.
Now if I could only find the Guy Lombardo Christmas album...
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... Penny's antics.
Poker?
der Brucer
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Three hundred posts - let's not slow down now, for heaven's sake. I began watching the documentary Wordplay, but even though I'm a crossword fan, I found it not so interesting, so I'm moving on to something else.
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You can sit there like so much fish, but that will not stop us reaching three hundred postings.
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I'm listening to Laurie Beechman singing "I Thank You For Your Love". Such beauty. Perfect.
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DR Sandra's precious children at their Christmas Program tonight:
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"BONES" in real life:
Skull mystery deepens (http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4877283)
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A Montebello man flagged down a police officer after he found a skull wrapped in paper towels and a plastic bag in a trash can. A four-page letter near the skull, written in Spanish, explained that it was found in the desert in Mexico while the writer was crossing into the U.S. (Montebello Police Department)
der Brucer
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Only 13 more posts to go!
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Three hundred posts - let's not slow down now, for heaven's sake. I began watching the documentary Wordplay, but even though I'm a crossword fan, I found it not so interesting, so I'm moving on to something else.
I saw it in the theatre and really liked it. The whole subculture of the fanatics, the way the minds of the creators work Dunkin' Donuts---move the D to the end and you have "Unkind Donuts", etc.
We were with Ken Burns, who is in the film, when we saw it so maybe that added an extra element...
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DerBrucer, will you have a white christmas?
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BK, did Merrill fly to Atlanta when you dropped her at the airport? you should have sent your BETAs with her!
I will IM you an address where you can send clones of your tapes and they will be delivered safely. (Which is NOT at my house!)
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BK---in your piles of DVD's, did you happen to get a copy of "The Internationale"? Just wondered if you received it.
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MBarnum, there is a package on its way to you today.
I have yet to wait in a long line for the post office or any stores. It doesn't feel like Christmas!
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A director that Greg works with a lot took us out for dinner at a fancy restuarant. It was delish, but now I'll probably be waking up at 4:30AM!
Vanilla/ginger creme brulee, just as an example...
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Must....reach...post #300....
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Does anyone have one of those navigational thingamabobs, like Tom-tom? Any recommendations?
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Gee...I feel so alone....
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Just now back from Christmas dinner party and movie watching. It's taken me a long time to catch up on all the posts since I was last here. WoW!
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We've been busy, Matt!
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And here we are!!!
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Page eleven dance...Matt's choice...
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I was delighted to get a few DVDs of films I didn't already have in my collection including SILENT MOVIE and THE LOVED ONE. Will look forward to watching them over the course of the next week.
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And i'm spent! Goodnight!
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Page eleven dance...Matt's choice...
If I were upstairs, I'd put on a Disney character dance, but since I'm not at that computer, I'll have to do my own Isadora Duncan stylized mazurka!
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We began our evening of viewing with RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. It was rebroadcast on CBS tonight, but we watched it from a DVD thus avoiding all commercials. I never watched this when I was growing up. I was a teenager when it first started appearing, and I guess I felt I was too old for it. Now, it's sort of primitive and sweet.
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And then we watched (also from a DVD) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Didn't get to it last year, so it was good to see it again, and I cried at the end just like I always do.
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And now I think I will also follow the lead of others and head for bed.
Good night!
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DerBrucer, will you have a white christmas?
Most unlikely. The projected temps through Monday are 40-50 degrees F and precipitation limited to so,e showers.
Boring :(
der Brucer
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I'm watching "The Kennedy Center Presents the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Neil Simon." I recorded it on November 22nd and I'm just NOW watching it. It's great! Nathan Lane, Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz singing "They're Playing My Song," Christina Applegate singing "Hey, Big Spender!" That's as far as I've gotten, so far. :)
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not watching the telly at the moment... cleaning some more in the puter room...
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"They're playing My Song" - I wiped it from my memory bank. A waste of time and space IMHO.
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JUST for DR Tomovoz!
THEY’RE PLAYING MY SONG
Ho, ho they’re playing my song;
Oh, yeah, they’re playing my song,
And when they’re playing my song
Ev’rybody’s gotta sh, sh, sh,
Don’t say a word now, listened to the sweet melody.
I’m happy to say, in my own humble way,
Ev’ry perfect note of that was written by me.
Ah, ha, they’re playing my song;
That table’s humming along.
That couple half out the door
Is coming back to hear more of my music.
At first, I thought this place was a dive.
I chose it in haste but they showed they got taste,
As long as they’re playing my song.
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Heather Headly is singing a very jazzy version of "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" from Promises, Promises...she's good!
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Thank you for the spirit of giving François. Fortunately the song is so bad it won't hang around in my head like so much fish!\
Lyrics are almost as banal as those by Robin Gibb.
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MMM another Pop musical I've never bothered to get on CD! (Yes I know it's a favourite of many).
I do like the songs as sung by Dionne Warwick, but not the musical at all! A regular turkey!
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Horseracing. ;)
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Indeed it is George. Some people even enjoy "Blood Brothers".
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edisaurus, I did the The Internationale, and it's slated for tomorrow's viewing.
Three hundred, baby, that's what I'M talkin' about.
I wish I'd thought of giving Merrill the tapes - durn. Well, we'll get them to you.
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Back to DVD number three - Rocky, the new Special Edition.
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I'm on a posting jag and it will not abate for quite some time so fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
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Before Cannibal: The Musical ended, I wanted to give the other "Indians" a closing night gift (which I've never really done before). Anyway, I had this idea to make a CD with pictures of us in costume and the songs would be Madonna's "Vogue" (we actually used some Vogue poses in the show...it was our inspiration!), Bette Midler's "I'm Beautiful," RuPaul's "Supermodel (You Better Work)" and through very kind courtesy of Michael Shayne (because my copy is still in storage) "Wishing You a Drag Queen Christmas," sung by B.D. Wong. I had to borrow my niece's printer and install it on my computer (her computer is not working after the power outage this past weekend) but I'm finally able to finish the CDs and print the booklets! Hopefully, I'll be able to get them to the guys before Christmas...or at least, not too long after. And that's what I've been working on tonight: printing the booklets. :)
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Now I'm watching November 30th's episode of "Ugly Betty."