Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 8 => Topic started by: bk on January 02, 2007, 12:21:21 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes gave you the business, and now it is time for you to post until the back in business cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DEFENESTRATE!
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Nobody here but us chickens.
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The WUSSBURGERS have WUSSBURGERED.
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Now's my chance to have an entire page of ME.
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I'm the only one in the jernt, save for three GUESTS. Won't someone join me?
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I'm not quite ready for bed yet, so I shall stay here and do a monologue.
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Sad to be all alone in the world.
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Yes, we have no bananas.
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I feel like HAL in 2001.
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Well, all right then, I suppose I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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I am back but I needs must attend to other things (such as work). I have a few days of posts I need to read (you folks were busy while I was away). I'll be in and out as I get the chance.
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Well. I'm sick! I've picked up some sort of a bug, and I will not be laving the apartment today unless I truly need something. I do not like feeling puny.
However, the news of the Manhattan return of DR Jose is occasion for festivity, and that news cheers me up.
I have never played a video game.
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TOD: The only video games I've played have been in the laundromat. Of those, my favorite was Galaga, and I got pretty good at it, for someone who only plays tiwce a month.
I also admit a potential addiction to Tetris. I have never bought a copy of it because I recognize this.
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DR Elmore, I hope you feel better soon. If it's anything like the flu Greg and I had---fever, chills and stomach ache, I got over it in 24 hours. So lay low. Maybe DR Jose will bring you some chicken soup!
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And the word of the day is: DEFENESTRATE!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde
Closer and closer to the balcony
Set high on the 200th floor -
Or so he imagined.
In reality, he sat chortling quietly in a windowless padded cell,
Wrapped in a straightjacket,
Where there was no chance that he could DEFENESTRATE
Any more innocent passersby.
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The WUSSBURGERS have WUSSBURGERED.
Last night, der Brucer and I had fries with our bacon and cheese wussburgers. They were quite tasty.
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I feel like HAL in 2001.
I thought I heard someone singing "Daisy."
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Non-buggy vibes for Elmore
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Der Brucer is a Free Cell player. I enjoy the game, as well, and also play Minesweeper - both hangovers from the early days of Windows.
As for on-line computer games, JigSaw Soduko (http://www.jigsawdoku.com/) makes a nice break in the routine. And I recently came across White JigSaw (http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/whitejigsaw/whitejigsaw.html), addictive in it's own way.
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Feel-better vibes to elmore.
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Three days in a row of the post office being closed!!!
That's what I'M talkin' about.
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Der Brucer wants to get on-line. Whether he'll be chatting here, or really taking care of business, who knows.
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Good morning!
It's a grand and glorious day outside despite being very cold. (40 right now). But the temps are supposed to warm up each day this week, so it promises to be a nice one.
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I, too, am most preturbed about the post office being closed for three days. Very irritating.
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Sorry you're not feeling well, DR Elmore. Hope you get to feeling better as the day wears on.
I don't know why but I always DREAD getting sick during the winter. For some reason, I can take it better when I come down with something during hot weather.
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The first computer games I ever played were with my Atari 800XL computer. Atari ported over many of their arcade games to their computers, and I loved DONKEY KONG, MS. PAC MAN, DIG DUG, and others.
I also played a lot of those Infocom text mystery games like DEADLINE, WITNESS, and BALLYHOO. Lots of fun.
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As far as PC games now, I basically play two that came with Windows: Spider Solitaire and Pinball. I also bought a Mah Jongg game which I can waste a few hours a week on. If I'm sitting at my desk and the telephone rings, I can usually carry on a conversation with the person and play Mah Jongg while I'm talking.
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I looked over my too large stack of DVDs on the to-watch shelf and selected SUPERMAN III to watch this afternoon. I haven't seen it since I saw it at the movies. Not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but it'll be good to see Christopher Reeve again, and I seem to remember liking Annette O'Toole as Lana Lang in it, so I look forward to seeing it again.
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And I was correct about NBC having new episodes of its LAW & ORDER shows on tonight. Brian Dennehy guests on SVU.
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Does this take us to Page Two?
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Page Two SWORD IN THE STONE Dance!!!
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I enjoyed your Christmas pics from last night, DR MBarnum. Thanks for sharing.
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Good Morning!
Ah, sleep...
Now to finish up the packing...
Hopefully, I'll be on the road by 1:00... *And after listening to the traffic reports on the radio, that's probably a good thing. In addition to all the road closures today due to Ford's Funeral, it's been quite the morning for accidents(!).
OK.... I should run... -Since I also have to disconnect my wireless set-up here... Next post from NYC!
:):D:)
Laters...
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I've got some time before I start lunch, so I think I'll clean the living room this morning instead of leaving it for later.
WBBL.
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Woo Hoo! Three days off in a row for postal workers!
The way I look at it is NO BILLS TODAY!
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Drat!
Curses! Spoiled AGAIN!
I HATED getting out of bed at 6:30 a.m.
I HATED having to get dressed for WORK!
I LOATHED and DESPISED every one of the 4 miles I drove to get to work.
And now that I'm here....well....
Oh, well...!
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DR TD: To answer the question you posed last night: "Yes!"
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DR S. Woody: Re: Shaving vs. waxing -- I find it gratifying to have a bit of stubble.
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DR MBarnum:
That's a nice collection of Christmas Salt 'n Peppers.
Tell me, though....how do they stay on top of the washer when you're doing a load of clothes?
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DR MBarnum:
That's a nice collection of Christmas Salt 'n Peppers.
Tell me, though....how do they stay on top of the washer when you're doing a load of clothes?
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Superglue? Spoo!
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The only video game I have ever played was PONG, and that was a loooooong time ago.
BOOKWORM is the only game I have played on the PC and I do try to stay away from it otherwise 3 or 4 hours can easily be eaten up.
I think I may have played a few games of PAC MAN back in the day when they had those machines at the pizza places.
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Man Bait AKA The Last Page, screenplay by Mark Foley. ;)
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I'm up, I'm up. As usual, my head is now a fountain of book thoughts, and I'm scribbling like mad on various and sundried pieces of paper.
Had a few e-mails to deal with this morning, which I have done. I now must ungroggify so I can joggify. Today I'm back on my maintaining or losing weight regime.
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Every day I shall maintain or lose weight religiously: Today I'll be losing weight in an Episcopal sort of way.
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Is that how to spell Episcopal? How should a Jew know these things?
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Is that how to spell Episcopal? How should a Jew know these things?
Try being a Jew who Music Directs for Episcopalians! ;D
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No wind this morning and a clear blue sky.
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I've said it before, but I must say that unlike my other home environment, from the bedroom in this home environment you get complete stillness and silence most of the time - the other home environment bedroom was filled with annoying sounds day and night.
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Yesterday evening, I was most errant and truant. I went to my parents' for dinner (spaghetti, corn bread and homemade cookies for dessert) and then we all watched "We're No Angels." I'd seen bits of it over the years, but I don't think any of us (except my dad) had seen it all the way through. I didn't know that it was based on a play! It was funny in ways that movies today aren't. A very good time was had by all. :D
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After the movie was over, we all went to our respective homes. I came here and decided to watch recorded episodes of "Battlestar Galactica" that I've been saying I need to watch. ::) I was able to watch two episodes before getting too tired (too tired to log on, too), so I went to bed. I only have the fall season finale to watch and then I'm all caught up on BG. :)
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Topic of the Day:
Computer games: FreeCell and various forms of Solitaire
Video games: "Super Mario World" (and several other Super Nintendo Mario games) and "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" were my two most favorite games. I only had the Super Nintendo game console. When I had the Texas Instruments 99/4-A (when I was in high school in the 1980s), it came with two game cartridges, but I don't even remember what they were. And a few years before that, my parents bought a version of Pong. That was fun! ;)
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And now, I must shower, shave (or not ::)), dress and get my buttcheeks to work!
To quote Jose, "Laters!"
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WEHT singingnymph?
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I'm still to groggy to joggy.
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If anyone wants a sweet, but slightly confusing story watch THE LAKE HOUSE (with keanu reeves and sandra bullock). I like complex stories that you really have to think about. Although i could see some people finding this movie way too confusing.
But you'll need many kleenex! I loved it.
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Happy New year to everyone (a day late)!
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Feel better vibes to DRs Elmore and Danise! ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gosh i have 28 pages of posts to read from 2 days ago!
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Just got a decent Footlight order to start the New Year off.
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But I must say we haven't had any kritzerland orders since December 31st.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
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At least we're on page three.
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Does elmore know about Airborne and emergenC?
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DR MBarnum:
That's a nice collection of Christmas Salt 'n Peppers.
Tell me, though....how do they stay on top of the washer when you're doing a load of clothes?
Look closer, Betty Crocker, they are on the back of the range.
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Catching up on posts from Sunday I see there was a contest to see how many posts a day BK has made.
Well all you need to do is click on BK's name and look at his profile. It says right there that he's made an average of 19.3 posts a day! :)
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Now....I play BlackJack on Excite.com which is fun. But there was another game that I found yesterday....more a "skill" test than a game. I think I will see if I can find it.
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Look closer, Betty Crocker, they are on the back of the range.
Well thanks, Mrs. Smith.
;D
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Oh and yesterday I think people were talking about UGLY BETTY. That and HEROES are definitely my two faves of this Fall.
Btw, will anybody here be watching the GREASE musical reality show starting next sunday?
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I've made a small dent in my accumulated workload.
Distribution will thin things out considerably.
I'm also mostly caught up on everything I've missed (not that I truly missed anything important).
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It's a gray day in Oakland C-A.
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FWIW, I'm Episcopalian.
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Does elmore know about Airborne and emergenC?
Well, between the two of us, these two fabulous products have certainly been touted loudly enough on these here pages.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
It's the first day of the first work week of 2007. Unless, of course, you work for the USPS.
I'm thinkin' a lot is gonna be slow today.
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It's called Escape. If you can last 18 seconds you are a champion.
The longest I have made it: 4.55 seconds. 8)
http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/escape.htm (http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/escape.htm)
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Well thanks, Mrs. Smith.
;D
Thanks but I am Katy Winters....use Secret! 8)
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It's called Escape. If you can last 18 seconds you are a champion.
The longest I have made it: 4.55 seconds. 8)
http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/escape.htm (http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/escape.htm)
7.58 seconds!
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6.7 seconds, a new personal record!
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7.58 seconds!
Congratulations!!! ;D
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Congratulations!!! ;D
Thanks.
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Well....let me make some more dents in my pile of paperwork.
Ciao-ders...
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Happy new year's wishes to everyone! Sorry for my long absence. I spent the holidays at my mother's house in California and she has limited to no internet access. And while I missed being in touch with everyone, it was kind of nice to be out of touch with technology for a while.
I hope everyone had lovely holidays.
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TOD: computer game favorites are Solitaire and Dynomite. video games favorites are Tetris and Dance Dance Revolution. I don't quite have the hand-eye coordination for much else.
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And happily, the fact that I am posting means that I have finally been granted internet access at work. I must not abuse it but I am much too exhausted and jet lagged from travelling to get much else accomplished today.
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Hello DR TPUNK!
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Hi JRand!
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7.58 seconds!
This is only my third try ::):
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Happy new year and welcome back, TPunk!
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MBarnum-great photos and commentary! ;D
DRLaura-What does a fountain for cats look like?
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After several tries of lasting less than 1 second, I did a 16.68!! Woohoo!
But boy it was a scary 16.68 seconds! LOL!
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Hi TPunk,
Glad you had a good Christmas!
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Elmore- SUPER SPEEDY FEEL BETTER VIBES! [/size]
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After several tries of lasting less than 1 second, I did a 16.68!! Woohoo!
But boy it was a scary 16.68 seconds! LOL!
Congratulations! I eventually got up to 17.676 seconds (so far). I must try this at home...when I have more time. ;)
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Hi MBarnum and FJL!
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MBarnum, I enjoyed your holiday photos from yesterday.
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Oh and yesterday I think people were talking about UGLY BETTY. That and HEROES are definitely my two faves of this Fall.
Btw, will anybody here be watching the GREASE musical reality show starting next sunday?
I love both "Ugly Betty" and "Heroes"...and I certainly plan on watching the "Grease" publicity stunt show. ;)
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TPunk-Welcome back, glad you had a nice holiday.
George- Which WE’RE NO ANGELS did you watch, the original or the remake?
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It is amazing how little I have managed to accomplish today.
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TP, I the same! I have put aside some work to try and catch up here, much more important than looking at some diagnostics for DOMREG codes :-)
I only have to look at yesterdays posts and pick up from page 5 of the day before that and I will be caught up!
Getting up at 6:15 today was more difficult than I thought. Oh, well. I have to do it for the next eleven months so I should get used to it.
We are extending our holiday period and this evening we will be visiting a friend before he takes down his tree. I'm seeing The Apple Tree tomorrow and on Saturday guests will grace Chez Morelli and McLaughlin. We expect to have Mr. Moore over at some point as well, when he's feeling better so we can sit and gossip about everyone we know (or don't know).
Otherwise, things are calm and collected on my first day back to work. I have things I should be attending to and I will as soon as I hit post.
Edi/Amy, I'm sure you've posted this many times but when will you be in New York? I want to see Sacco and Vanzetti and also meet your lovely self in person.
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Hi, Fred, Bye Fred!
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TPunk is back and all is well with the world and haineshisway.com. She only has about sixteen hundred postings to catch up on.
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Back from a slow jog - slow, but I finished it.
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I've already written three pages, and shall now connect them to some stuff that used to be in the second chapter of the old version. Then I have to majorly rewrite that stuff, but the idea of it is good and that shouldn't be too hard.
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I realize I have a LOT of writing to do this week, by Friday. I have to do the booklet notes for The Brain. And here's an interesting conundrum - we want to do a twelve-page full color booklet, because we have all those great color photos and I really want people to see what the show looked like. The designer thought it would be fun to include the lyrics, but after having seen the layout, it doesn't leave room for pix at all, and I just don't like the look of it. I think the lyrics are pretty easy to understand - everyone enunciates clearly, so my instinct is a brief history, a brief synopsis, and LOTS of photos. Opinions?
Then I have to write the booklet notes for The Creature Wasn't Nice soundtrack release.
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I realize I have a LOT of writing to do this week, by Friday. I have to do the booklet notes for The Brain. And here's an interesting conundrum - we want to do a twelve-page full color booklet, because we have all those great color photos and I really want people to see what the show looked like. The designer thought it would be fun to include the lyrics, but after having seen the layout, it doesn't leave room for pix at all, and I just don't like the look of it. I think the lyrics are pretty easy to understand - everyone enunciates clearly, so my instinct is a brief history, a brief synopsis, and LOTS of photos. Opinions?
Then I have to write the booklet notes for The Creature Wasn't Nice soundtrack release.
No lyrics. Save that for your potential producers.
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Still absolutely beautiful outside but cold still! I have preferred to stay inside wrapped in a blanket and just enjoy having a "bum" day.
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I agree. I'd rather have pictures and liner notes but no lyrics.
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I watched two movies this afternoon thus clearing two spaces on my to-watch shelf.
The afternoon began with SUPERMAN III. It was a really bad movie though Christopher Reeve did a wonderful job playing Superman, Clark Kent, and bad Superman, all three credible characters. But the rest of the story was really terrible.
I think the producers missed the boat by not doing the next Superman movie with a rivalry between Lois and Lana. Obviously, Lois was Superman's favorite, and Clark seemed smitten with Lana, so why not set up a movie with those two woman tearing Superman/Clark's heart in two. Could have really been something new to the franchise.
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I ended the afternoon with IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. This has been sitting on my shelf for years, and while I had seen the movie many times, I hadn't opened this DVD. Of course, it goes without saying that the film was delightful, but the transfer looked better than revival I saw at our revival theater theater in the 1980s when Frank Capra was in town and gave a talk before the movie.
The transfer did have some dirt and an occasional slight scratch, but for the most part, it looked very good with just enough grain in the image to make it look film-like.
A thoughly enjoyable 95 minutes.
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DR George, both DR JRand and I have appeared in the play version of WE'RE NO ANGELS and have talked about it here. It's called MY THREE ANGELS.
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Before the NBC dramas begin tonight, I'll probably watch some CSI episodes.
Also, for those who are interested, Courtney Cox's new drama series about tabloid journalism, DIRT, begins on FX tonight at 10.
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George- Which WE’RE NO ANGELS did you watch, the original or the remake?
The original with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray! It was quite good! ;D
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I realize I have a LOT of writing to do this week, by Friday. I have to do the booklet notes for The Brain. And here's an interesting conundrum - we want to do a twelve-page full color booklet, because we have all those great color photos and I really want people to see what the show looked like. The designer thought it would be fun to include the lyrics, but after having seen the layout, it doesn't leave room for pix at all, and I just don't like the look of it. I think the lyrics are pretty easy to understand - everyone enunciates clearly, so my instinct is a brief history, a brief synopsis, and LOTS of photos. Opinions?
Lyrics to a show are always nice, but if the words are easy to understand from the recording, I'd say go with the pictures. You know what they say...a picture says a thousand words! :D
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Thanks for all the comments, very helpful.
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I'm having tuna sandwiches for my meal o' the day. I'll take a lunch break, watch a bit of a DVD, and then either continue with the book writing, or switch over to booklet writing.
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Hey everyone! (And Larry, thank you for checking in on me!)
Sorry for dropping off again. My little old computer's been beset with problems. I think I had a rootkit...it's the only explanation that made sense given my problems. I kept it off for a few days while I figured out what to do. I ended up backing up nearly everything onto my giant external hard drive (good thing I had that). Then I did the HP destructive system restore, which takes your computer back to all it's default factory settings & deletes everything you've ever installed. I still need a new computer but this should buy me some time.
Been watching a lot of movies while I've been sans internet... Evolution, Mystery Men, People Will Talk, School Ties, 200 Cigarettes, the slasher version of PTO w/ Robert Englund & Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead.
I also just got the London '96 soundtrack of Superstar & have been listening to it rather obsessively. Voice-wise, I think I like everyone but Mary Magdalene. Judas is my favorite & Alice Cooper comes in a close second as Herod. Then I think Caiaphas...love that basso profondo! Then Annas, Jesus & Pilate about equally.
One of my ratties, Bedu has been sick. I think she's got some lung issues & I'm trying to treat her as best I can. Our family vet doesn't see rats. Please think some happy healing thoughts for her. I have 2 rats, Roma (cream colored) & Bedu (charcoal colored). They're my babies, if you will, & I'm really concerned.
I will try to check in regularly, but school starts back tomorrow & work next week. Mom also got me a piggyback on her gym membership! So I'll be there often, I hope. For the sake of my health (diabetes & heart disease run in my family) I really need to drop some weight.
Love & blessings to you all in this new year!
-Meg
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Vibes for Bedu.
My sister had a pet rat for a time, her name was Kisses and she was the most excellent pet.
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BK, my vote is for pictures over lyrics.
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Vibes for Bedu.
My sister had a pet rat for a time, her name was Kisses and she was the most excellent pet.
Thank you. Rats are fantastic pets. I'd get more if I had the room for & could afford a bigger cage.
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I certainly did miss not getting mail today. Pure torture.
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Lyrics to a show are always nice, but if the words are easy to understand from the recording, I'd say go with the pictures. You know what they say...a picture says a thousand words! :D
Ooh, tough decision! My preference is usually lyrics so I can sing along. ;D No matter how easy the recording is to understand, I usually get a few words mixed up.
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And now, I'm headed down to read some more in KATE (I'm up to the period between LONG DAY'S JOURNEY and GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER).
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My vote is for pictures in the book with liner notes.
BUT...a link to the lyrics at this here or the Kritzerland site could be printed in the book for those who buy the CD...and if anyone wants the lyrics...ta and da.
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The sun is gamely trying to make a dent in the cloud layer here.
It's pretty much a lame game attempt.
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DR TPunk....when were you here in California?
When did you return?
If you were here last Wednesday, were there ultra-strong winds knocking things around at your mother's house?
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Did Rodzinski also go to California?
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Page Five Dance!!!
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I started watching Ugly Betty online last night. It's quite good for today's TV shows. I don't watch TV much & can never keep track of when anything's on, or what channel. So as they have the whole season up thus far, this could work out for me.
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My vote is for pictures in the book with liner notes.
BUT...a link to the lyrics at this here or the Kritzerland site could be printed in the book for those who buy the CD...and if anyone wants the lyrics...ta and da.
Yes! *hugs that idea*
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Back from a mini break and battling the stomach virus. I had it first and then the rest of my visiting family members got it. I went back to work, but I am still feeling the lingering results from it.
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Oh no! Feel better, Michael!
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Looks like I'll be back in SoCal this summer!
http://www.midnightinsanity.com/PirateCon/
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BK informed me that www.brucekimmel.com is down. I tried to contact the host provider, but the phone has been disconnected, his website is down and I emailed him. I hope I hear back. If not I'll have to find a new one. I might go with BK's provider or with GODADDY which hosts www.larrymooremusic.com
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Oh no! Feel better, Michael!
Thank you.
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And now I have to catch up with the notes and posts.
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DR Elmore3003 -- what is the title of the Anthony Warlow CD to which you've been listening?
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I realize I have a LOT of writing to do this week, by Friday. I have to do the booklet notes for The Brain. And here's an interesting conundrum - we want to do a twelve-page full color booklet, because we have all those great color photos and I really want people to see what the show looked like. The designer thought it would be fun to include the lyrics, but after having seen the layout, it doesn't leave room for pix at all, and I just don't like the look of it. I think the lyrics are pretty easy to understand - everyone enunciates clearly, so my instinct is a brief history, a brief synopsis, and LOTS of photos. Opinions?
Then I have to write the booklet notes for The Creature Wasn't Nice soundtrack release.
I say go with PHOTOS!!!
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I might go with BK's provider or with GODADDY which hosts www.larrymooremusic.com
Hehehe! Recognize anyone?
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/superbowl06/timeline.asp?se=+&ci=5478
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DR Elmore3003 -- what is the title of the Anthony Warlow CD to which you've been listening?
This wonderful recording of tenor-baritone duets; it's primarily Victorian and Edwardian parlour songs, which I love, and this one as well:
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This swing album is quite delightful as well, and he's also on the Australian cast recording of THE SECRET GARDEN, and on a couple of Gilbert & Sullivan DVDs from Australia that are available on Region 1 DVD:
PATIENCE
HMS PINAFORE & TRIAL BY JURY
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BUT...a link to the lyrics at this here or the Kritzerland site could be printed in the book for those who buy the CD...and if anyone wants the lyrics...ta and da.
This is exactly what I was just thinking...before I read your post. ::)
BK, you could have a special section on Kritzerland.com with all the lyrics that you wanted to put there. The Manhattan Transfer's fan site (http://www.tmtfanclub.com/) has lyrics to all of their albums (and CDs)...with this disclaimer:
This archive is furnishing the referenced lyrics to be used only for purposes of private study, scholarship, or research. A user who copies such items for other uses may be in violation of copyright laws. Many items in this archive do not contain individual copyright notices. The lack of a notice does not necessarily mean than the work is not protected by copyright law.
:)
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RLP has had the idea of the day, and that's what we'll do. We'll even use that disclaimer.
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As Shayne notes, his site is down, and I recommend he switch over to godaddy today and not wait for Mr. Bakalor - I also e-mailed to no response.
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We finally just had our first order for the New Year at kritzerland.com. Whew!
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This is exactly what I was just thinking...before I read your post. ::)
Me too---but I'm just now reading the notes after my session. Pictures, yes, and lyrics on the site.
What looked like a dry month is starting to soggify.
DR Ben, the S&V NY premiere is March 23rd, so I will be up for that. Here's the particulars:
http://www.quadcinema.com/static/quadcinema/coming.php
Looking forward to it, and would love to meet you, too!
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edisaurus, my plan is to overnight the tapes to you either tomorrow or Thursday, so they'll be there Friday at the latest.
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RLP has had the idea of the day, and that's what we'll do. We'll even use that disclaimer.
Cool!
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Tuesday evening greetings! I got up this morning with a slightly upset stomach and feeling like I was getting DH Richard's sore throat. Called in sick to work and lounged on the couch all day watching the President Ford funeral. Not feeling much better, but not any worse, so I'll probably go to work tomorrow. Just the blahs, I guess.
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Feel better vibes for DRs Elmore and Michael S and anybody else who needs them!
And welcome back to DR TPunk - we missed you!
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This afternoon I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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I'm about written out. Did a rough draft of some introductory "history" notes for the Brain, and must still do a synopsis.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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I think I shall now go sit on my couch like so much fish.
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Page six, and not a moment too soon!
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I was in San Jose last week and yes the house did shake a bit on Wednesday.
Rodzinski was in Berkeley with his family.
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We use www.bluehost.com for our theatre website and I have been very happy with the hosting AND the tech support.
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Feel better vibes for all who need them.
Yes, pictures instead of lyrics....although the vote has already been counted. The only time I look at the lyrics is when I can't understand what the singer is singing, and I cannot imagine that happening on a BK-produced CD!
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Tuesday....seems like Monday....
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Yes, DRGEORGE, I played the Peter Ustinov part and enjoyed it very much, except that the "actor" playing the Humphrey Bogart part did not know ANY of his lines, and those he did say, he said right to the audience.
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This wonderful recording of tenor-baritone duets; it's primarily Victorian and Edwardian parlour songs, which I love, and this one as well:
Holy Cow! I love David Hobson. Had no idea that Warlow had done an album with him.
It doesn't come up when I enter Warlow at Amazon.com.
Where did you find it?
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I was in San Jose last week and yes the house did shake a bit on Wednesday.
Rodzinski was in Berkeley with his family.
I thought I felt a "too cool" vibe when my plane landed last Wednesday!
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DR MBarnum, Oregon Ballet Theatre does George Balanchine's wonderful production of NUTCRACKER and you don't take your niece? Shame on you, buster!
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Holy Cow! I love David Hobson. Had no idea that Warlow had done an album with him.
It doesn't come up when I enter Warlow at Amazon.com.
Where did you find it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?node=468294
Actually, I'm wrong. It is on Amazon.com; look up Anthony Warlow in popular music.
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RLP has had the idea of the day, and that's what we'll do. We'll even use that disclaimer.
Hoo Ray for me!
Hoo Ray for George"
And Ki Yi YIPPEE YAY for BK!
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?node=468294
Actually, I'm wrong. It is on Amazon.com; look up Anthony Warlow in popular music.
Well....that made a liar out of me, didn't it!
I searched Warlow last night and didn't see a thing by him that I didn't have on CD.
But...I obviously missed the very one. It pops up prominently when I search Hobson.
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Tuesday....seems like Monday....
Yes....a lo-o-o-n-g Monday.
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Yes, DRGEORGE, I played the Peter Ustinov part and enjoyed it very much, except that the "actor" playing the Humphrey Bogart part did not know ANY of his lines, and those he did say, he said right to the audience.
I hate it when that happens!
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edisaurus, my plan is to overnight the tapes to you either tomorrow or Thursday, so they'll be there Friday at the latest.
Friday would be good. I should be able to work on them next week. I just need to find enough drive space. I have friends who are opening up a new post place next week and will have a fresh new AVID so I may try to jump in before it gets all loaded up with media!
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Hoo Ray for me!
Hoo Ray for George"
And Ki Yi YIPPEE YAY for BK!
So...do we get credit on the website for the ideas?? ;)
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I'm working on my plans for my March trip to New York. I'm thinking Thursday (March 1) night - Curtains, Friday Night Spring Awakening and Saturday matinee Company. I've been debating substituting Mary Poppins for Company, but I have the feeling it will be running for quite a while so I can see it later.
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I'm not sure I'm going to like Spring Awakening, but with all the hoopla, I figure I should see it before I go to the Tonys
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I got very sleepy once I hit the couch. This happens whenever I hit the couch, but the couch is a bit sadomasochistic, so hit it I must. I'm watching a Hammer noir - for this one the slumming American "star" is Barbara Payton, one of the sleaziest female "stars" I've ever seen on the screen - outdoing even the girl from Detour, Ann something.
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Singingnymph-GOOD VIBES FOR BEDU!! I hope you find a vet in the area that does treat rats.
DRAnn used to have a pet rat.
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Michael S, elmore, Ginny & all DR’s who need them-FEEL BETTER VIBES!
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Michael S, elmore, Ginny & all DR’s who need them-FEEL BETTER VIBES!
Thanks, Jane. I think my problem is just post-holiday let down along with some angst over a looming deadline for something I should never have volunteered to do in the first place.
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Man, I've just been reading up on Miss Barbara Payton - whew!
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Guess I'll go finish Bad Blonde.
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Thanks, Jane. I think my problem is just post-holiday let down along with some angst over a looming deadline for something I should never have volunteered to do in the first place.
I just hate when I volunteer like that. That almost happened to me recently, I will still be volunteering but I won't be organizing something I really don't feel comfortable with in the first place.
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I just hate when I volunteer like that. That almost happened to me recently, I will still be volunteering but I won't be organizing something I really don't feel comfortable with in the first place.
Well, this thing I've gotten into will occupy huge chunks of my time until the end of April :P
But, I've done about all I can do tonight and have to get up early for work tomorrow, so...
'night.
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DRLaura-What does a fountain for cats look like?
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Finished with Bad Blonde and shall now watch something other than a Hammer Film Noir.
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I'm very logey.
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And one for logey.
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I just hate when I volunteer like that. That almost happened to me recently, I will still be volunteering but I won't be organizing something I really don't feel comfortable with in the first place.
I am proud of myself for declining a volunteer opportunity that would have taken me out of town and working for free for two weeks.
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Now how fast can we get off this infernal page seven?
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I've decided that my little history of The Brain isn't what I want, so I'm going to redo it and make it very short and sweet - kind of what I wrote for that newspaper thing I did.
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Well I have been catching up on all the notes and postings for the past week. I will leave the 28 pages and 800 postings until tomorrow.
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Well I will switch over to godaddy tomorrow when I get home from work.
No way to run a business. I guess he wants to be an actor more than a web guru type of guy
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I am working on updates for BK and Larry's sites. Taking a little longer than I thought. Cason is writing something for The Brain From Planet X page.
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We are having trouble with our web server too -- my son (the webmaster) hasn't been able to access our site to update it for a couple of months. Emails to the server have produced no results.
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I see Cason's mom has finally joined the ranks.
Welcome
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Happy belated birthday wishes to all that had birthdays.
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Good health vibes and any other kind of vibes to those that needed them. I truly believe HHW vibes really work.
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BK:
Did you get a response about the program from Stop the World....?
Another page I should add.
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DRLaura-Thanks for the photo. In the past we have had a few cats that would have loved the fountain.
'night.
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DRLaura-What does a fountain for cats look like?
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/fountain.JPG)
This is exactly what I bought for my cat, but I don't think she ever drank out of it...she always seemed afraid of it. :-\
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Good Evening!
Am I here yet?
YES!
:)
Film at 11:00... or at least later tonight. ;)
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Sorry to read you have been ill, DR Michael S. Hope you can shake the linger effects of the bug soon.
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Good Evening!
Am I here yet?
YES!
:)
Film at 11:00... or at least later tonight. ;)
Excellent![/b]
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I am watching a really bad, bad World War ll comedy from 1942 called FALL IN...but it stars my interviewee Rebel Randall and a lady I met in Los Angeles last year, Jean Porter, so I will stick with it.
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I watched a couple of CSI episodes to begin my evening. One was last season's famous one with the forensic documentary camera crew following around the CSIs as they worked on a particularly perplexing case.
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The other had to do with the murder of a psychic in her occult shop. This was one of the easier ones to identify the murderer though the motive for murder wasn't revealed until quite a long time into the program.
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To take me up to the beginning of the prime time programming I wanted to view, I rewatched the Stanley Donen PRIVATE SCREENINGS. I only got up to SEVEN BRIDES in his discussion of his career, but I did like the interview.
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Yes, BK, Barbara Payton was the original "bad girl," and how!
(http://www.atomicpinup.com/images/Barbara_Payton_2.jpg)
I believe that DR Rodzinski is rather a fan of hers.
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LAW & ORDER: CI had a sad story of the murder of a Palistinian girl right under the Unisphere in NYC. Once all the suspects were revealed, it was a pretty easy murder to solve. Sadly, there was another murder of an innocent person that took place during the investigation.
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I decided to watch LAW & ORDER: SVU tonight since not only was Brian Dennehy a guest star but Karen Ziemba was also featured as a doctor on the show. Nice to see Mariska Hargitay back as a regular working with Christopher Meloni.
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I'm sure MEDIUM will have a new episode tomorrow night. Not sure what else is coming on prime time TV that I might want to see tomorrow night.
As for DVDs tomorrow, I have made no decisions yet. I'll have to look back over the DVD stacks tomorrow.
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LAW & ORDER: CI had a sad story of the murder of a Palistinian girl right under the Unisphere in NYC.
Wow---is that still there?
I remember how impressive it was when we went to the World's Fair there in between moving from one state to another. '64, was it?
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Good Evening! -Again...
So... Basically, I just had accumulated waaaaaaaaaay toooooo much stuff in my DC apartment to take back in one car trip. I did make three trips to my parents' house yesterday to drop-off/stash some stuff... And I ended up making a two or three more today - I actually can't remember if I did make two or three?!?!?... So, after deciding that I had enough room in my car for the stuff I still had in the apartment, I packed(!) the car up, and started the trip back to NYC... At 4:30!
Thankfully, because the government offices were closed, the rush hour traffic in DC was basically non-existent, and the only slow-downs were due to two small accidents just past Baltimore. I arrived the George Washington Bridge at little before 8:30 - made great time just going the speed limit - and I pulled up in front of my apartment a little before 9:00. *A semi had broken down a couple of feet from the toll booths, so... Ah, well...
I'm Home!
I unloaded the car, and I'll unpack everything tomorrow. -I also need to do some cleaning since the handy-man did not really clean up after fixing/replacing a bunch of tiles in my bedroom. Dust, dust, dust.
*And I just had some Popeye's fried chicken for a late dinner. :) "Love that chicken..."
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DR elmore - Hope you're feeling better. Will you be receiving visitors tomorrow?
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DR Michael Shayne - Some patented, scientifically proven HHW GET WELL VIBES heading your way~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Ginny - Hope you're feeling better too. -Now, if you had just bought that iPod this past weekend, you could have spent today listening to all your favorites tunes. ;)
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And that brings us to Page 8!!!
Well, since I heard de Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" on the radio while crossing the GW Bridge...
Let's do the JOTA!
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DR TPunk - Good to see that you're back (too)! Hope to see you and Rodzinski sometime in 2007! :)
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bk - I know my timing is off... But... As for pictures vs. lyrics... You could also do an "e-booklet", "digital booklet" like they do for some of the albums on iTunes.
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As for now mail for three days...
Well, if packages were expected... Just look at today as an opportunity to catch up those unopened, unviewed CDs and DVDs.
And as other DRs have expressed... Just another day without bills! *Alas, the bill for my ER visit came in sometime last week... And, alas, my insurance has "refused payment" for the services, so... :-\ Guess I have some phone calls to make tomorrow.
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Yes, we went to the World's Fair, too, and saw the Unisphere along with "It's a Small World" at the Coca-Cola Pavillion and other notable sites. I remember Ford's site having the longest line. IBM was a very interesting site, too.
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I'm off to bed now.
Good night!
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Normally, I take a few breaks watching DVDs, but I must say I'm finding Voyage Of The Damned, a film I've never seen, quite compelling, albeit a tiny bit over the top at times.
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Now I shall finish it - only about forty minutes left (it's a two-and-a-half hour movie).
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Yes, we went to the World's Fair, too, and saw the Unisphere along with "It's a Small World" at the Coca-Cola Pavillion and other notable sites. I remember Ford's site having the longest line. IBM was a very interesting site, too.
Do you remember the Show-Go-Round at the Chrysler Pavillion? I only heard the theme to that show once and it stuck in my head. (And not in a good way, but more in a "It's a Small World" way.)
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I looked up the Show-Go-Round, which featured Bil Baird's puppets, and ran across a Broadway musical he worked on with Yip Harburg, who wrote the book and lyrics, called "Flahooley, a fantasy about a mass-produced laughing doll who unintentionally threatens the American industrial system." according Wikipedia. Anybody know anything about this?
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Of course...since I am talking to myself, I really don't expect and answer...
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Voyage of the Damned is done, and I am done with motion pictures for this evening, even though I really have time for one more - maybe I'll finish the Hammer Noir I've been watching in the bedroom environment.
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Or maybe I'll start a posting frenzy.
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Or maybe I'll have another Diet Coke.
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Certainly I will not be eating any foodstuffs.
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I looked up the Show-Go-Round, which featured Bil Baird's puppets, and ran across a Broadway musical he worked on with Yip Harburg, who wrote the book and lyrics, called "Flahooley, a fantasy about a mass-produced laughing doll who unintentionally threatens the American industrial system." according Wikipedia. Anybody know anything about this?
Only what I've read. Basically, the plot was all over the place, and one of the leads was a very young and very slender Barbara Cook.
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I looked up the Show-Go-Round, which featured Bil Baird's puppets, and ran across a Broadway musical he worked on with Yip Harburg, who wrote the book and lyrics, called "Flahooley, a fantasy about a mass-produced laughing doll who unintentionally threatens the American industrial system." according Wikipedia. Anybody know anything about this?
I've never seen the show itself, but I do have the recording - see below - and I've played some of the songs from the show from time to time at auditions and such.
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001CNR1Q.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
FLAHOOLEY (http://www.amazon.com/Flahooley-1951-Original-Broadway-Cast/dp/B0001CNR1Q/sr=8-1/qid=1167803707/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4997729-8163855?ie=UTF8&s=music)
And I believe the show "provided" the Broadway debut of the always and still wonderful Barbara Cook.
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Only what I've read. Basically, the plot was all over the place, and one of the leads was a very young and very slender Barbara Cook.
Weren't we all "very young and very slender" at one time?
;)
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Hmm... To paraphrase another show that Barbara Cook was in...
"Young and slender..."
DR FJL - I'll leave it up to you to finish the stanza. ;)
*Do you think a proper Amish rhyming scheme would resemble the one in Spring Awakening? ;D
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Der Grampa and I had a very good time with the grandlads today.
First, we picked them up at school as it let out, and then drove north to Christina, DE, where there is a Border's Bookstore. There, Alex (who "hates" to read) found one book that he read right there in the store, and then found another for reading later and a third that he was fairly well through by the time we left. William found a handful of books, not bad for a first-grader. Add a DVD for each of them, they scored pretty well.
Me, I found three food books (including an actual cook book), and der Grampa found some DVDs.
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OHH!!! And Yma Sumac too!
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Der Grampa and I had a very good time with the grandlads today.
Me, I found three food books (including an actual cook book), and der Grampa found some DVDs.
What did you get?
*I'm awaiting my order from The Good Cook (BOMC) End of the Year Clearance Sale. I just could not resist at $9.99 a book. And NO shipping and handling!
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...I mean... Yma Sumac was also in Flahooley.
*Oh, and I have the previous CD reissue of the OCR that was released on by EMI as part of their Broadway Angel series. The current version is pressed by DRG.
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Well, upon closer inspection, there's a bit more dust in my room, on my desk, on the shelves, etc., than I would like right now. I guess that would happen after being away for four and a half months as well as having some new floor tiles put in. So, I think I'm going to camp out tonight on the couch in the living room, and spend a good chunk of time getting things "un-dusted" - un-dusty ??? - tomorrow.
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We then all went to see a cinematic experience named Night at the Museum. It is not a high drama. Rather, it is a fun piece of fluff starring Ben Stiller as the new night watchman at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. Nothing grand, just a lot of slapstick and a number of nice cameos by Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Ricky Gervais, a restrained Robin Williams, and (in a bit of stunt casting that der Grampa and I were probably the only ones in the theater to "get") Anne Meara. We all had a good time.
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We then went to dinner at a nice steakhouse in the area, where der Grampa tried to make sure the lads had their homework completed before we took them home.
We then took them home, and Magic Mommy still yelled at them regarding their homework.
Some people know how to spoil any day.
And now we're home again.
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OHH!!! And Yma Sumac too!
Yma is my name, in Kritzerland...
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We all had a good time.
I never had grandpas as cool as that!
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*Oh, and I have the previous CD reissue of the OCR that was released on by EMI as part of their Broadway Angel series. The current version is pressed by DRG.
I saw it for 10 bucks...being a Harburg fan, I may get it.
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The Harburg foundation has given us nice grants for our films. It's the least I can do!
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Page nine...that's fine!
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What did you get?
*I'm awaiting my order from The Good Cook (BOMC) End of the Year Clearance Sale. I just could not resist at $9.99 a book. And NO shipping and handling!
Best Food Writing 2006, ed. Holly Hughes
The Botany of Desire: a plant's-eye view of the world, by Michael Pollan
Happy in the Kitchen, by Michel Richard
(I wanted to nab What to Drink with What You Eat, by Dornenberg and Page, but that was out of stock.)
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I heard de Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" on the radio
I heard Alicia De Larocha play this live and was awestruck. I met her afterwards, and my small hand engulfed hers when I shook it.
How does she do it?
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Weren't we all "very young and very slender" at one time?
Yes, a LONG time ago!
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I never had grandpas as cool as that!
Der Brucer is the Grampa, I'm "The Spare."
The other Grampa, aka PopPop, is an ok fellow, a farmer in close range, but he doesn't connect with this modern world that the grandlads are going to have to live in.
And, as selfish, petulant, and agravating as the grandlads can be at times, they're pretty cool, too.
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nice cameos by Dick Van Dyke
Speaking of Van Dyke...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, (in a matter of hours) VAN DYKE PARKS!
Greg and I are sipping champagne in honor of his 64th birthday.
(I will still need him, I will still feed him, when he's 64.)
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I should head to bed.
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a farmer in close range
if you have good aim.
Is that why they call him PopPop?
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I should head to bed.
I'm with you. In a manner of speaking...
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Best Food Writing 2006, ed. Holly Hughes
The Botany of Desire: a plant's-eye view of the world, by Michael Pollan
Happy in the Kitchen, by Michel Richard
(I wanted to nab What to Drink with What You Eat, by Dornenberg and Page, but that was out of stock.)
Nice selection.
I've adored Michel Richard ever since the first time I tried the Hot Chocolate Truffles at Citronelle. Absolutely amazing! And I've even made them at home a few times. He shared his recipe on one of those "Great Chefs..." series on PBS many years ago. -Or was it on Julia Child? Hmm.. In any case... It's basically a regular chocolate truffle, rolled in sugar, chilled, and the deep-fried. -Well, more like "shallow-fried" since the truffles aren't that big. Quite the wonderful taste sensation - the slight crunch/crackle of the sugar crust followed by some warm, melted chocolate, followed by (hopefully), a small, still solid nugget of chocolate in the center. Pure sensory overload!
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I heard Alicia De Larocha play this live and was awestruck. I met her afterwards, and my small hand engulfed hers when I shook it.
How does she do it?
She does indeed have small hands. Tiny. As to how she does it? She just does. I've met her a few times, and she's always been very gracious and humble, unassuming. And she actually helped a friend of mine who was having problems with pre-, during and post-performance nerves. My friend asked her if she had ever had a problem with nerves, she responded with a resounding, "Si!". After a bit more chat, she suggested to my friend that she take a Vitamin B supplement since that's what helped her. And, lo and behold, that did the trick. *And my friend even went to her doctor just to make sure it was the Vitamin B helping her deal with her nerves and not some power of suggestion... Sure enough, after some tests, her doctor found that her system processed Vitamin B very fast, so, in essence, she was Vitamin B-deficient for most of her post-adolescence life. Not anymore. (Since Vitamin B is an important component of proper nervous system function...)
In any case...
Ms. de Larrocha is indeed an amazing pianist, although, I believe she recently retired from concert life. I seem to remember a "farewell tour" in the recent past for her. Thankfully, her recordings of the major works of the Spanish canon - Albeniz, Granados, de Falla, etc. - have remained in circulation over the years.
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OH! And one other interesting "note" about Alicia de Larrocha. As previously mentioned, she is a woman of small stature with small hands. One of the "casualties" of her aging process was that her hands got smaller as she aged. Consequently, she had to drop certain pieces - and composers (like Rachmaninoff) - from her recital repertoire due to her diminishing hand-span. However, a upshot of this was her Mozart concerti cycle. Quite wonderful.
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DR MBarnum - CLICK HERE! (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104583.html)
Other DRs may Click There too. :)
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Nice selection.
I've adored Michel Richard ever since the first time I tried the Hot Chocolate Truffles at Citronelle. Absolutely amazing! And I've even made them at home a few times. He shared his recipe on one of those "Great Chefs..." series on PBS many years ago. -Or was it on Julia Child? Hmm.. In any case... It's basically a regular chocolate truffle, rolled in sugar, chilled, and the deep-fried. -Well, more like "shallow-fried" since the truffles aren't that big. Quite the wonderful taste sensation - the slight crunch/crackle of the sugar crust followed by some warm, melted chocolate, followed by (hopefully), a small, still solid nugget of chocolate in the center. Pure sensory overload!
OH! There's a video! :)
Hot Chocolate Truffles (http://www.pbs.org/juliachild/meet/richard.html)
*It was Julia Child! ;)
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Well, it's been a long day... And I don't want to end up sleeping through most of tomorrow, so...
Goodnight.
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New notes going up on time.