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Well, you've skipped the notes (April Fools!), the notes were filled with bile and vitriol (April Fools!), and now it is time for you to post until the cows leave home (April Fools!)
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And the word of the day is: SALTANT!
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And now - Jerry at the piano. April Fools!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday wish to vintek and brucedow, whomever they may be.
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I just noticed that the last two days had exactly the same number of posts...623! What a coinkydink! ;)
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And now, I must get back to reading yesterday's posts. I just started on page 10...of 21. ::)
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I was kept very busy the last 2 hours trying to deal with vixmom's poat:
I also liked the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet...not so much for Gibson as for the actress who played Gertrude...oh lordy I cn see her face and cannot remember her name,...she layed Robin Williams mother in Garp...
Try as I can, I find no reference to Glenn Close getting layed by another women in Garp.
der Brucer
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we were busy, there was even a very lively tea partay!
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Thats why u have been so quiet... we were beginning to wonder if you were mad at us... ;)
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George:
We took the youngest Grandlad to see Meet The Robinson's today - he was totally entertained!
Woody went right out and bought the CD of the score (mainly Danny Elfman with some Rufus Wainwright songs).
der Brucer
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I was kept very busy the last 2 hours trying to deal with vixmom's poat:
I also liked the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet...not so much for Gibson as for the actress who played Gertrude...oh lordy I cn see her face and cannot remember her name,...she layed Robin Williams mother in Garp...
Try as I can, I find no reference to Glenn Close getting layed by another women in Garp.
der Brucer
It was from the unrated version with extra scenes added by Bob Guccione.
;)
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I am off to bed.... It has been far too lively a night....
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Good night, DakotaCelt. :)
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Last night, the elder Grandlad joined us and we went to see The Last Mimzy; a very strange film, but enjoyed by all.
der Brucer
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I kind of want to see that, also.
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Last night Jose posted (on enjoying Happy Feet):
Umm... No. Surprisingly dark. A bit too long. And kind of confusing - was this really marketed to kids? Lots of mixed messages.
Again, we took both the Grandlads to see this one - they enjoyed it more than I did! We bought the DVD, and both kids put it on after we got them home late last evening and stayed glued to the tube. I think they are kept "tuned in" by the music and enjoyed many of the spectacular CGI action sequences. They did not, however, seem to get that emnotionally engaged by the film - unlike Bridge to Terabithia which had them both totally engaged (and the eldest Lad in tears at the end). He didn't want to leave his seat when the movie was over because he didn't want anyone to see that he had been crying.
For kids that are going to see SpiderMan, X-Men, and Harry Potter - Happy Feet doesn't seem so very dark.
der Brucer
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Well, I haven't caught up with all of the posts from last night (note to self...I just reached page 13 ::)), but I'm going to bed. I'm tired. Good night, Der Brucer and Singdaw. Sleep well!
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I simply CANNOT BELIEVE that DR George broke his own cardinal rule and POSTED before reading all previous posts. It MUST be April Fool's!
Mon dieu!
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DR TCB - you are a complete hoot! :) :)
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DR Tomovoz: Yes, there is much lovely wordplay and lovely and lively music in Loving Repeating. I highly recommend it.
One might say that listening to it makes one saltant.
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Knit one, purl two
Here, Dear George, a Dalek for you
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000dr1zp/s640x480)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000ds5ee)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000dt8ks)
Meet the Artist (http://shigella.livejournal.com/519884.html)
der Brucer
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And the word of the day is: SALTANT!
When I was yonger my hair was SALTANT PEPPER.
der Brucer
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So I gather that April Fool's Day is not the same thing as Switchies Day here at HHW?
Pity...
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DR der Brucer...
I looked at that photo...
And all I can say is...
OUCH!
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And WHY, praytell, is the dalek sitting on the counter next to the shaving cream?
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Long day today.
Two church services and two rehearsals [and, since I am up on only about 4 hours sleep, I fear I won't make it through the same sermon - twice].
Followed by an afternoon concert [SwishySarah, it's a program of all Herbert Howells choral and organ music].
Followed by an evening rehearsal for next week [requiems of Fauré and Rutter].
So I will not have a chance to revisit here until late tonight. At which point I will be pooped. But solvent.
Happy posting, all you wonderful April Fools!
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Just had to leave you with this clip, which I certainly enjoyed.
Appropriate for it being April Fool's on a Sunday:
ecclesiastical trickery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY)
Smooches, kids!
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Latest Pet Food Recall Data: (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=86259&p=irol-mediaArticle&ID=980494&highlight=)
Nestle Purina PetCare Co. said it was recalling all sizes and varieties of its Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes. Purina said a limited amount of the food contained a contaminated wheat gluten from China.
Click Here For a List of Pet Food Brand Names Subject to Recall.
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260784,00.html)
Also Saturday, Del Monte Pet Products voluntarily recalled select pet treats sold under the Jerky Treats, Gravy Train Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels, as well as other dog snacks and wet dog foods sold under other private label brands.
der Brucer
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Good morning, all! I'm sleepy and want to go back to bed. I didn't make it to Toyland yesterday, so I will go this morning, do some edits and head to a festive brunch with DR FJL, his talented partner Skip, and a group of bizarre people.
That is all.
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See you later, Larry!
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Page eight, ladies and gents, and before 8 in the morning.
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:)
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Sunday morning greetings! DS Rob and I are going to Palm Sunday (Anglican) mass with DH Richard this morning.
I hope the festive brunch at Fred & Skip's is a huge success and there are lots of photos!
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Good morning, Ginny!
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Hi, Fred!
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Sunday morning greetings! DS Rob and I are going to Palm Sunday (Anglican) mass with DH Richard this morning.
I hope the festive brunch at Fred & Skip's is a huge success and there are lots of photos!
The Vixter and I are headed out to our (Lutheran) Palm Sunday service and then in to NYC be bizarre people at FJL's and Skips ' brunch
(Rodz should that be FJL and Skip's or the way of have it above... I always get that wrong)
Ginny I plan to bring my camera!
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So off to the showers for me now!
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Glenn Close!!! Thanks derB!! Of course I "puposely" missed out that "p" in playing to intrigue someone into doing the research Ai was too lazy to do myself.......
April Fool!
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BK didi not respond to my PM re cd's .... did you not get it BK?
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Hi to DRs Elmore, Vixmom, and Edi, too. Have fun, fun, fun today everybody!
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Hi to DRs Elmore, Vixmom, and Edi, too. Have fun, fun, fun today everybody!
Thanks, Ginny! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone, and we brought our camera, too. But since I am so sleep deprived, I hope to be on the periphery of any photo ops!
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Thanks, Ginny! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone, and we brought our camera, too. But since I am so sleep deprived, I hope to be on the periphery of any photo ops!
So, how have the screenings gone? Haven't you and Peter also been doing Q&A sessions?
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Damn! Southwestern Ohio Biblebelt mentality drives me insane!
I just tried to check the estate account online, and I cannot login; the password's no longer working. This could be one of four possible things:
1. The bank's doing cleanup today so it's down
2. I accidentally did something the last time I was online
3. One of my siblings screwed it up trying to check on me
4. We've been done in by a hacker
So, I called the bank and there's no one workng today. I cannot do a thing but fret until tomorrow. The hell good is 24/7 online banking without some semblance of a 7-day support group? Citibank certainly has it.
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I was kept very busy the last 2 hours trying to deal with vixmom's poat:Try as I can, I find no reference to Glenn Close getting layed by another women in Garp.
der Brucer
Nor of vixmom "poating" in any way, whatsoever.
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Thanks for your restraint, DR DAKOTA CELT.
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I just read on Comcast Entertainment News that they are remaking WEST SIDE STORY as a hip hop musical set in Los Angeles.
With additional songs by Academy Award Winners Two Live Crew!
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April Fool! :)
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Yes we must have LOTS of pictures from HHW East Coast Hip Hop Gathering Today. We love to see pictures of HHW'ers, but also pictures of those who are written about by HHW'ers!!
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In an April dream
Once you came to me
When you smiled I looked into your eyes
And I knew I'd be loving you
and then you touched my hand
And I learned April dreams can come true
Oh are we just April fools
Who can't see all the danger around us
If we're just April fools
I don't care, true love has found us now
Little did we know
Where the road would lead
Here we are a million miles away from the past
Travelin' so fast now
There's no turning back
If our sweet April dream doesn't last
Are we just April fools
Who can't see all the danger around us
If we're just April fools
I don't care, we'll find our way somehow
No need to be afraid
True love has found us now
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I woke up about 20 minutes ago...dry mouth, dry throat, dry sinuses.
Sigh.
So, I've been hydrating...slowly...in hopes of getting some more sleep. But my throat remains dry despite my efforts.
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So, how have the screenings gone? Haven't you and Peter also been doing Q&A sessions?
They've been great! Friday early show was sold out and about 2 dozen people turned away. (But it's a small theatre...). The late show as about 5/6 full.
Peter answers questions and I am there to occasionally refresh his memory or answer technical question or about the editing process (we had several last night.)
Last night, we got blasted by some old Commies for not expounding on a statement by an interviewee in the film, because it makde their movement look callous and opportunistic. aSome old Anarchists jumped into the fray and for a minute I thought a hockey game was going to break out!
Fortunately, one of our scholars was there to clarify and back us up!
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Everybody ought to have a scholar...
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Oh! Oh! Wouldn't it be delightful...
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Wouldn't it be insightful...
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Apologies to Sondheim.
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I feel Morpheus hovering over me.
Time for a bit more shut-eye.
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They've been great! Friday early show was sold out and about 2 dozen people turned away. (But it's a small theatre...). The late show as about 5/6 full.
Peter answers questions and I am there to occasionally refresh his memory or answer technical question or about the editing process (we had several last night.)
Last night, we got blasted by some old Commies for not expounding on a statement by an interviewee in the film, because it makde their movement look callous and opportunistic. aSome old Anarchists jumped into the fray and for a minute I thought a hockey game was going to break out!
Fortunately, one of our scholars was there to clarify and back us up!
Woo hooo! ;D
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I feel Morpheus hovering over me.
Time for a bit more shut-eye.
At least it isn't Morbeus. :D
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Glad there was no fight at the Quad!
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Edi - Don't worry, the place won't be TOO clean. :)
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And one for scholar
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Edi - Your PM mailbox is full.
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And it's only the A.M.
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vixmom - Please tell vixter no intentional feeding of the boys except with the actual dog treats!!!
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The fried chicken smells delicious.
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As does the red velvet cake.
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Edi - Don't worry, the place won't be TOO clean. :)
Where is Matt H when you need him?
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It's a feeding frenzy
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I'm not eating anything before coming there!
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Jose - When you know whether you're coming, just give us a call.
We only have seating for eleven, so we'll have to kick someone out.
(That last line was an April Fool, but just let us know if you're on your way.)
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Wow, page 25 before 10 a.m. !!!
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We're going to go to the police station on the way and get a copy of the police report. If they don't hold us there on unrelated charges, like disseminating radical films, we will be there!
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OK, time to shop a little and clean a little.
It seems I have Edi's implicit permission to leave some of the dog hair. :)
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It's the middle of the page, but since it's April 1
And one for squalor
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Good Morning!
Greetings from Chelsea Studios. -The last day of NYC rehearsals for All About Us.
It's a gray, damp morning here in NYC. And I don't have an umbrella with me, so... Ah, well...
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DR FJL - I'll call if and when I'm on my way. We're starting off with a notes session, so I have a feeling I'll probably be "working" by the time Noon comes around. But ya' never know.
*When does DR edisaurus head back down to Georgia? This afternoon?
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DR vixmom - If you happen to check this again before heading into NYC - Lots of road closures today in the city. The street fair season has begun.
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Good morning!
White sky here at the moment, and we're expecting rain later today. Promises to be a good day to stay inside, and that's fine since I have plenty of chores including laundry and cleaning my bathroom.
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Where is Matt H when you need him?
Scouring my own place! ;D
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Happy April Fools Day to everyone!
Glad it's landing on a Sunday so I'll be inside and not wide open to flop into any pranks.
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DR singdaw - I remember attempting to play a rehearsal of the Howell's "Hymnus Paradisi". I was a last minute emergency sub for the National Cathedral Choral Society. That's definitely not a piece that's sight-readable - especially when you're rehearsing in the National Cathedral: I would hit a key on the piano, and then hear the sound about two seconds later. -The Dvorak "Te Deum" was a bit easier to deal with during that rehearsal.
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Looking forward to finishing RUMOR HAS IT today (despite it being only marginally passable for the first 45 minutes last night) and then moving on to other things. Anxious to see that CRIME DOCTOR movie. It's short, and I've never seen any in the series. Hope it's a decent mystery.
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DR singdaw (Part Deux) - I'll be heading up to Westport Thursday morning, and then heading back either Saturday night or Sunday morning. -I'm aiming for Sunday morning so that I can stay for the run-thru Saturday night. More details as they become known to me.
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Thanks for the early review of THE TUDORS, DR Elmore. I'm looking forward to seeing it, but it probably won't be tonight. There's a new episode of BROTHERS & SISTERS airing opposite, and I'm sure I'll watch that "live."
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For fans of the show, RENO 911! starts a new season tonight at 10:30 on Comedy Central.
There is also a new episode of COLD CASE tonight in the 10 p.m. time slot. For some reason, CBS is showing two episodes of THE AMAZING RACE back-to-back tonight.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES is a clip show tonight.
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And since GREASE is no longer with us, that frees up an hour of prime time for me to watch more DVDs or stuff off the DVR. Still haven't gotten to LAYER CAKE or SHORT CUTS yet.
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Has anyone noticed that the posting time is an hour ahead that it should be here in the east coast?
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I think the posting problem is related to the dreaded Daylight Savings Time. The server on which this site is hosted perhaps did not have a patch to ensure proper realization of DST. It, therefore, changed over today, as did my computer at home. I have Windows XP but I never installed Service Pack 2 so I couldn't download and install the DST patch. I woke up this morning to find the computer had changed the internal clock, setting it ahead an hour.
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Has anyone noticed that the posting time is an hour ahead that it should be here in the east coast?
A couple of sites and computers are off this morning since this is the weekend that Daylight Savings Time used to occur.
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What DR Ben said.
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So... After I had just snatched one of the brownies that the stage manager brought in this morning, Eartha Kitt gave me a "look" and a little "cough". "I know it's none of my business, but you kids eat entirely too much sugar." -There were other cast and crew enjoying the freshly baked brownies too. In any case...
I've been noticing that it's time for me to "get healthy" (again), and Ms. Kitt's "gentle reminder" was just what I needed. So...
DR FJL - If I can't make it to brunch, could you save me a slice of Red Velvet Cake? ;)
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Sounds like Ms. Kitt has the same aversion to sugar that the late Gloria Swanson had. Used to parade around the country extolling the evils of sugar.
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DR Cason - RE: Your new avatar (again). From the angle of the pics, the pose your holding and the expression on your face, I first thought it was an "old pic". You look young. -Well, you are young(er), but you look 12 years old to my eyes in that pic.
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Sounds like Ms. Kitt has the same aversion to sugar that the late Gloria Swanson had. Used to parade around the country extolling the evils of sugar.
I'm not sure she has an aversion, but I do know that she eats very healthily. I think she was just stating the obvious - there are a lot of sugar and carb lovers in this company.
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I was kept very busy the last 2 hours trying to deal with vixmom's poat:Try as I can, I find no reference to Glenn Close getting layed by another women in Garp.
der Brucer
Check the Deleted Scenes on the DVD.
;)
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And, apparently, there's a really nice farmer's market that sets up right in the yard of the theatre on Thursday. Good timing.
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there are a lot of sugar and carb lovers in this company.
The way God intended it to be! ::)
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Off to get laundry started and then some lunch preparation before settling in for some afternoon viewing.
WBBL.
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I woke up about 20 minutes ago...dry mouth, dry throat, dry sinuses.
Sigh.
So, I've been hydrating...slowly...in hopes of getting some more sleep. But my throat remains dry despite my efforts.
DR Ron Pulliam - Have you ever considered a complete sinus and nasal passage transplant? ;)
Seriously... Have you recently been tested for a wheat, gluten and/or lactose intolerance? A colleague of mine was constantly dealing with allergy symptoms year-round until a few months ago. His doctor finally suggested that he get checked for food intolerances, and, lo and behold, it turned out he had developed a wheat and gluten allergy. After just a few days of cutting out flour, he noticed that he was generally feeling much, much better. *And, thankfully, after some "experimentation", he found that he did not have to cut out bread, cookies, etc. completely from his diet. All a question of moderation.
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Yesterday, DR Miss Karen wrote:
I'm innocent... I did not write that letter...three words: Jose did it!
Hmmm... Now I'm think I should market one of those "t-shirt pairs" - Like "I'm With Stupid" on one, and "I'm Stupid" on the other. I can make up a bunch of "I Blame Jose" ones, and then wear my "I'm Jose" one. ;)
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Almost brunchtime
Wonder if there'll be time to do a "red carpet."
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Well... Since someone needs to conduct today's matinee of A Chorus Line, I'll be here for the duration of rehearsal this afternoon. So, no brunch for me. :(
I really wish I could join the festivities, but I'll have to settle for being there in spirit. However, fried chicken and red velvet cake make great leftovers.
*Now, if any DRs would like to head down to Chelsea Studios after brunch... I'm sure Ms. Kitt would love to meet all of you. ;)
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Sounds like Ms. Kitt has the same aversion to sugar that the late Gloria Swanson had. Used to parade around the country extolling the evils of sugar.
As did Lola Falana, as I recall.
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Someone please tell vixmom that she sent me an e-mail not a PM and that I did respond. Let me know what she says.
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Almost brunchtime
Wonder if there'll be time to do a "red carpet."
No live web cam?
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And someone tell edi it's fine to get me a list and I'll hold the CDs till her probs are sorted out.
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Oh, and I'm up.
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And I hope we have visual aids from the bruncheon.
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I also viewed the animation film HAPPY FEET last night, and I also did not care for it. It was initially promising--I loved the first five minutes--but I found the rest of the movie derivative of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSE REINDEER, not to mention thematically confusing and emotionally uninvolving.
And after watching the early Warner Brothers cartoon included in the extras, I can't get "I Love to Singa" out of my head!
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I wonder if the bogus time change is also effecting the bank web site that DR Elmore was having trouble with this morning.
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L They did not, however, seem to get that emnotionally engaged by the film - unlike Bridge to Terabithia which had them both totally engaged (and the eldest Lad in tears at the end). He didn't want to leave his seat when the movie was over because he didn't want anyone to see that he had been crying.
That is so sweet! :)
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I love to sing-a!
About the moon-a
And the June-a
And the spring-a!
I love to sing-a!
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I think the posting problem is related to the dreaded Daylight Savings Time. The server on which this site is hosted perhaps did not have a patch to ensure proper realization of DST. It, therefore, changed over today, as did my computer at home. I have Windows XP but I never installed Service Pack 2 so I couldn't download and install the DST patch. I woke up this morning to find the computer had changed the internal clock, setting it ahead an hour.
Just when I was getting used to the clock in my car reading an hour early I will have to remember it is finally showing the correct time.
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What bogus time change??? I think I saw a post about daylight savings time but I was too groggy to understand it.
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I do see that the VCR, which hadn't reset the time when the time changed happened, HAS the correct time now.
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Yesterday, DR Miss Karen wrote:Hmmm... Now I'm think I should market one of those "t-shirt pairs" - Like "I'm With Stupid" on one, and "I'm Stupid" on the other. I can make up a bunch of "I Blame Jose" ones, and then wear my "I'm Jose" one. ;)
;D
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I sent a note to Mr. Bakalor to see if he could fix the time stamp.
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Will we never get to page five?
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I am trying to de-groggify, and my allergies have made me very congested.
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I entire time we were in Portland with Sherlock I kept mentioning how glad I was to have daylight savings already. We only had to go out once with him when it was dark & we made the long drive home while it was still light.
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The NY brunch should be in full swing! Looking forward to reading the minutes and seeing photographic evidence.
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And I wonder if Dylan and Toby have full bellys yet.
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The weather report says rain today, but right now there are no clouds in the sky and the sun is shining brightly...I hope it stays that way so that I can get the lawn mowed. The grass is so high now that you can barely see the home environment through all the foilage.
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And now off to read a book I picked up yesterday. War and Peace.
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April Fools! Hee hee.
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The NY brunch should be in full swing! Looking forward to reading the minutes and seeing photographic evidence.
I just got an e-mail informing me that the live webcam to the HHW brunch (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qwirWWnzJKM) is up and running!
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The Vixter and I are headed out to our (Lutheran) Palm Sunday service and then in to NYC be bizarre people at FJL's and Skips ' brunch
(Rodz should that be FJL and Skip's or the way of have it above... I always get that wrong)
I do so appreciate a well conceived, well executed post. Your careful use of language and typing shills are to be commended.
der Brucer (please note topic title)
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Knit one, purl two
Here, Dear George, a Dalek for you
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000dr1zp/s640x480)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000ds5ee)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000dt8ks)
Meet the Artist (http://shigella.livejournal.com/519884.html)
der Brucer
Too funny!!
There was one time I was reading an interview with Terry Nation and he mentioned they even had Dalek wallpaper at one time.
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Good morning/afternoon, HHW!
Hope you're all having a delightfully foolish day!
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Welcome to new Dear Reader Eartha Kitt!!
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APRIL FOOLS!!
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I just got an e-mail informing me that the live webcam to the HHW brunch (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qwirWWnzJKM) is up and running!
Very cute.
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What? Did I chase everyone away?
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At least it isn't Morbeus. :D
Better Mabius:
(http://image.com.com/tv/images/processed/photo_viewer/36/71/52413.jpg)
der Brucer
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Better Mabius:
(http://image.com.com/tv/images/processed/photo_viewer/36/71/52413.jpg)
der Brucer
Thanks, DER BRUCER, but JUST NOT MY TYPE!!
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DER BRUCER,
don't you have an APRIL FOOLS for us?
(I just typed APRIL FOODS, which is actually rather appropriate for this group.)
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Where's Der B? He must be looking something up.
(God only knows...)
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The NY brunch should be in full swing! Looking forward to reading the minutes and seeing photographic evidence.
Who has copies of the Brunch Bunch By Laws?
(I"m sure Fred will have photo release forms available)
der Brucer
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I do so appreciate a well conceived, well executed post. Your careful use of language and typing shills are to be commended.
der Brucer (please note topic title)
Yes, I appreciate good language shills also.
Isn't a shill someone who is a planted customer, ie someone arranged to get real customers to buy more?
(where's my Yiddish dictionary?)
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He's probably still catching up on the posts.
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DER BRUCER,
don't you have an APRIL FOOLS for us?
(I just typed APRIL FOODS, which is actually rather appropriate for this group.)
George Bush today acknowledged the error in the vote counts of 2000/2004 and has resigned the presidency.
Al Gore to be sworn in tomorrow.
Dick Cheney was seen clinging to his office door and heard to be muttering something about "not from my cold dead hands".
der Brucer
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Well, I'm off to lunch with Daniel Craig. He's in town, shooting a new film, and asked to get together.
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George Bush today acknowledged the error in the vote counts of 2000/2004 and has resigned the presidency.
Al Gore to be sworn in tomorrow.
Dick Cheney was seen clinging to his office door and heard to be muttering something about "not from my cold dead hands".
der Brucer
Thank you, Der B. I didn't think you'd disappoint us.
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DER B,
Got anything for karl rove?
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WBBL, y'all.
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Will we never get to page 146? April Fools.
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Will we never get to page six? No April Fools.
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I have opened the chocolate basket and am happily sucking on a See's dark chocolate sucker.
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Tim Buton has announced that Sanjaya Malakar will play Tobias in the film of Sweeney Todd.
der Brucer
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Many interesting things in the basket, including two huge boxes of Russell Stover candies, many See's suckers, a box of Godiva truffles, Hershey's kisses in a Hershey's kisses ceramic jar, other Hershey products, some high-end hot chocolate and many interesting candy bars that I've never heard of. I should be finished eating it all in about twenty minutes. April Fools!
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I have written two count them two pages thus far, although I've also been doing some additions to yesterday's pages, so it's a bit more than that.
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Oooh - happy sucking sounds from bk's home environment :o
der Brucer
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Now up for bids on EBay:
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/findagrave/photos/2001/302/4283_1004467492.jpg)
der Brucer
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bk - From where did this basket of chocolate come from again?
*And there was a time when I probably could have gone through all that chocolate in about 20 minutes. :P
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I want Brunch Reports!!!!
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Hmmm... If brunch ends up turning into a nice afternoon gathering, I guess I could head on up after rehearsal... Hmm...
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Although...
I MUST(!!!!!!!!!!!) go through the pile of mail on my desk tonight, or I'm going to be in deep doo-doo as the week goes on.
And I MUST(!!!!!!!!!!) do some laundry tonight too. *Although, I'm very tempted just to drop it off at the laundromat up the street tomorrow morning. Hmm..
-Just had to say the above "out loud".
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I want Brunch Reports!!!!
I hear they are all wearing "JUST SAY NO TO THE INTERNET"
buttons.
der Brucer
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I won the chocolate basket at last night's silent auction, at a fraction of what it's worth. I love those See's suckers.
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DR TCB - you are a complete hoot! :) :)
Thanks! Ah, you aren't talking about my avatar are you?
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Jose, several of our guests are shill here ( a Der Brucer misspelling reference)
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Sunday morning greetings! DS Rob and I are going to Palm Sunday (Anglican) mass with DH Richard this morning.
I hope the festive brunch at Fred & Skip's is a huge success and there are lots of photos!
I feel very guilty. I skipped Palm Sunday services this morning. I got up bright and early, and in plenty of time; but I was just feeling out of sorts (who enjoyed it immensely), so I made excuses to myself, not to go. Now I wish I had gone.
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In an April dream
Once you came to me
When you smiled I looked into your eyes
And I knew I'd be loving you
and then you touched my hand
And I learned April dreams can come true
Oh are we just April fools
Who can't see all the danger around us
If we're just April fools
I don't care, true love has found us now
Little did we know
Where the road would lead
Here we are a million miles away from the past
Travelin' so fast now
There's no turning back
If our sweet April dream doesn't last
Are we just April fools
Who can't see all the danger around us
If we're just April fools
I don't care, we'll find our way somehow
No need to be afraid
True love has found us now
Thanks ,Ron, one of my favorite songs.
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NEWS FLASH
Rare dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in a pre-school playground in Arizona. Scientists from the Smithsonian are enroute to investigate.
In other news from the Copper State: a perky brunette was found wanding about the desert near Interstate 8. The lass seemed disoriented and kept taking about tap-dancing aliens. She has been flown to Portland, Oregon to be treated at the Frances Farmer clinic.
der Brucer
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As does the red velvet cake.
Red velvet cake! Nobody told me you were serving red velvet cake!!!
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Jose, several of our guests are shill here ( a Der Brucer misspelling reference)
Ah, already enshrined in history!
der Brucer
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I'm back from a delightful HHW gathering at the home of DR FJL, his partner the mighty talented Skip, and their delightful children Toby and Dylan, starring the fantastic cuisine of Mr Skip Kennon. Today's specialty was the best fried chicken - and I'm from a long line of experts in great white trash fried foods - I have ever tasted. The food was plenty and tasty, the company sparkled, the vixter was raising hell somewhere, and the conversation was witty. All you DRs should be suffering earburn for the next day.
The guests were the usual suspects - Skip, FJL, Anthony, Ben, vixmom, the vixter, moi, Rodzinski, and TPunk - and our Georgia guests DR edisaurus and her DH Greg. As for DR Jose, who seems to feel that work comes before good times, he was missed.
And now I'm tired.
Oh, the good news is the bank account is now running, so I guess my fear of hackers is over. For now. I'm still afraid of Lady Macbeth.
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My parents just called me. They are about 3 hours away from here and for the first time told me they will be staying here tonight! AHHH!!! Time for me to speed clean. So nice of them to give me some warning.
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I've been noticing that it's time for me to "get healthy" (again), and Ms. Kitt's "gentle reminder" was just what I needed. So...
Does Ms Kitt know that you eat daily three times your body weight to survive?
BTW, the cake was tuly amazing!
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Jose, several of our guests are shill here ( a Der Brucer misspelling reference)
Hmm...
Any more fried chicken? Cake? -You could always prepare a take away bag for me and leave it at the desk. ;)
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April Fools! Hee hee.
I knew you were really reading Whore and Piece!
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I just got an e-mail informing me that the live webcam to the HHW brunch (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qwirWWnzJKM) is up and running!
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
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Almost brunchtime
Wonder if there'll be time to do a "red carpet."
Why? Did you drop the cake?
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I knew you were really reading Whore and Piece!
I thought it was Warren's Piece?
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Well... Since someone needs to conduct today's matinee of A Chorus Line, I'll be here for the duration of rehearsal this afternoon. So, no brunch for me. :(
I really wish I could join the festivities, but I'll have to settle for being there in spirit. However, fried chicken and red velvet cake make great leftovers.
*Now, if any DRs would like to head down to Chelsea Studios after brunch... I'm sure Ms. Kitt would love to meet all of you. ;)
I want to meet Ms. Kitt!!!
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Fried Chicken! I would have flown out for the HHW get together if I had known homemade fried chicken was being served!!
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While you NY and Georgia HHWers were having, and possibly are still having, a grand 'ole time at FJL, Skip, Dylan, and Toby's apartment, I was interviewing the delightful 1950s/60s actor Ron Hagerthy...if you have ever tuned in to a TV show from those two decades then you have seen his handsome face...he was in just about every show ever made! He really did work a lot...and in films as well...like TITANIC, I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI, CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, and the classic 18 AND ANXIOUS.
He also spent two seasons as Clipper on SKY KING.
(http://www.scifilm.org/tv/tvgraphics/veil-destnight.jpg)
He was one of those actors that played teenagers until he was nearly 40 years old! LOL!
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I want to meet Ms. Kitt!!!
And her lomg time partner - Mr. Kaboodle.
der Brucer
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Clouds are moving in so I had better get out and mow the lawn before the rain comes.
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While you NY and Georgia HHWers were having, and possibly are still having, a grand 'ole time at FJL, Skip, Dylan, and Toby's apartment, I was interviewing the delightful 1950s/60s actor Ron Hagerthy...if you have ever tuned in to a TV show from those two decades then you have seen his handsome face...he was in just about every show ever made! He really did work a lot...and in films as well...like TITANIC, I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI, CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, and the classic 18 AND ANXIOUS.
He also spent two seasons as Clipper on SKY KING.
(http://www.scifilm.org/tv/tvgraphics/veil-destnight.jpg)
He was one of those actors that played teenagers until he was nearly 40 years old! LOL!
You are the Margaret Meade of kitsch.
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Frahd chicken??? Damn them, damn them all to hell. I want me some frahd chicken now! Instead, I'll be eating gefilte fish. Where is the justice?
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Will we never get to page seven?
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So it is spoken, so it shall be done - page seven.
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I've written a little over three pages, and shall probably do two more at some point, along with adding the rest of the detail stuff to earlier pages - that should add one more page to the two I've already added.
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I think I'll shower now, get ready for the seder, and then do as many pages as I can before leaving.
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Hmm... Although I guess I could also stop by "Piece of Chicken" on the way back uptown. It's operated out of the kitchen entrance of Jezebel. You can order a piece of chicken (fried), a piece of fish (fried), and some sides (mac'n'cheese, collard greens, etc.), and they even have cups of soup too. And it's all pretty tasty. Best off all, a piece of chicken (or a piece of fish, or a cup of soup) costs just a dollar!
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Frahd chicken??? Damn them, damn them all to hell. I want me some frahd chicken now! Instead, I'll be eating gefilte fish. Where is the justice?
Well, tomorrow night is the first night of Passover, so... Gefilte fish is more appropriate for a Seder than frahd chicken.
;)
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Jose - We saved a piece of red velvet cake for you. It's in the fridge. (No April fool.)
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Well, I'm gonna shut down the laptop before my battery runs out...
Laters...
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Jose - We saved a piece of red velvet cake for you. It's in the fridge. (No April fool.)
Twist my arm, why dontcha?
*See you around 4:20. :)
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Jane Fonda is returning to her acting career: she is taking the leading role in the new PBS Biography "A Few Kind Words - the story of Ann Coulter".
Really Useful Group has announced they are mounting a revival of Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland" with new orchestrations by the master, Andrew Lloyd Webber, himself.
der Brucer
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Where is the justice?
Read "Rewind"
der Brucer
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Jose - Get your butt over here. Rodzinski, vixmom and vixter, and red velvet cake are waiting around to see you.
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Gut Yontev!
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To all the Dear Readers who celebrate Passover. Of course, if I would study my half of the Bible, I suppose the greeting applies to all of us; since Jesus went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover.
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Many interesting things in the basket, including two huge boxes of Russell Stover candies, many See's suckers, a box of Godiva truffles, Hershey's kisses in a Hershey's kisses ceramic jar, other Hershey products, some high-end hot chocolate and many interesting candy bars that I've never heard of. I should be finished eating it all in about twenty minutes. April Fools!
So, in other words, it is already gone?
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Will we never get to page five?
It will happen.
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Will we never get to page six? No April Fools.
It will also happen. No April Fools either.
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I always enjoyed Clipper on SKY KING episodes. Glad you got to interview him.
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I always enjoyed Clipper on SKY KING episodes. Glad you got to interview him.
I always wanted to enjoy Clipper on SKY KING!
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I ended up rather enjoying RUMOR HAS IT. Not a great romantic comedy, but it certainly had some sentimental moments that were wistful, Shirley MacLaine was good for several big laughs, and I've always liked Richard Jenkins as a character actor, too.
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More Gotham News:
In a continuation of his Eat Healthy New York program (recently kicked off by the banning of Trans-fats), Mayor Bloomberg announced a new initiative to ban the selling of all cookies, brownies and other "take-along" sweets. No longer will we have to witness chunky New Yorkers trailing Levain cookie crumbs as they saunter our fair avenues.
(The Italian-American Association successful lobbied for the exclusion of cannolis from the proposed ban.)
der Brucer
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Next, I watched THE CRIME DOCTOR'S COURAGE, a okay 1945 Columbia programmer in the CRIME DOCTOR series. This is the first one I've ever seen. Reliable actors from the contract player list: Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan. Once you debunked the entire vampire scam, the murderer was easy to spot. I wouldn't mind seeing the other films in this series. I'll have to keep my eyes open for them to p[op up on the cable guide for TCM.
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I completed my afternoon rewatching THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, that soapy drama with Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, and the teeth-gnashingly awful Robert Evans.
It's a nice CInemascope transfer, but IMITATION OF LIFE is a FAR superior soap opera.
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Heading down now to clean my bathroom and then settle in for some evening viewing.
WBBL.
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Jose - We saved a piece of red velvet cake for you. It's in the fridge. (No April fool.)
No organic flour this time? ;)
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Well, they called about 15 minutes ago and were 80 miles away. SO, I've vacuumed the house, put the screen door on the front door, first load of laundry is in the dryer - second load in the washer, guestroom bed has been stripped and made with clean sheets, cat hair has been cleaned off the futon so it's ready to turn into a bed, bathroom cleaned and kitchen counters are clean...whew!
I had a funny feeling I wasn't going to see Obama, I didn't realize I'd be cleaning
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Heading down now to clean my bathroom and then settle in for some evening viewing.
WBBL.
I assume you switch rooms for the second activity?
der Brucer
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I had a funny feeling I wasn't going to see Obama, I didn't realize I'd be cleaning
Did you do the Roomba!
der Brucer
Gee sounds like Letterman at the Oscars: Obama, Roomba" Roomba, Obama!
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Ok, better get back to work. Enough of a break. What not to Wear is really funny right now
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I hear they are all wearing "JUST SAY NO TO THE INTERNET"
buttons.
der Brucer
;D
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Did you do the Roomba!
der Brucer
Gee sounds like Letterman at the Oscars: Obama, Roomba" Roomba, Obama!
No the Roomba doesn't work very well and takes a long time. Something I didn't have much of
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NEWS FLASH
Rare dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in a pre-school playground in Arizona. Scientists from the Smithsonian are enroute to investigate.
In other news from the Copper State: a perky brunette was found wanding about the desert near Interstate 8. The lass seemed disoriented and kept taking about tap-dancing aliens. She has been flown to Portland, Oregon to be treated at the Frances Farmer clinic.
der Brucer
;D ;D
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Cilla - No organic flour for the red velvet cake this time, just normal cake flour.
Amy and her DH Greg left about 2:30 to catch their show. Party completely broke up about 20 minutes ago. Jose came by for an hour or so and had the last of the cake.
Safe travel vibes to Amy and DH Greg. How wonderful to finally meet these delightful people.
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Oh boy, my research trip today was long (9:30-1:30), depressing, and no fun, but I got alot of great stuff for the book, so I guess it was worth it.
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Back from a delightful Palm Sunday in Cincinnati. After church, DH Richard, DS Rob, and I went to Daybreak for brunch - they had breakfast-type foods and I had a Maurice salad. Then we stopped at Busken Bakery (http://www.busken.com), dropped Rob back at UC, visited my mother-in-law, and just got home. It's a beautiful spring day and it was lovely to be out together as a family.
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I think perhaps I will mosey down to Walmart and buy some fried chicken for dinner.
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Ok, I think I'm pretty much ready for them. I'm hoping to get the last load of clothes in the washing machine before they get here, but that may be wishful thinking. Now, can I get them to watch TAR tonight? Hmmm maybe
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Safe Travel VIbes to DR Edisaurus and DH Greg~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The sun came out today. Funny every time I have left here in 2007 they have had a storm and it has ended every time I come home. Coincidence? I think not :)
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Better go, I still have a couple things to do. The upside of this is that I probably would have sat around and relaxed or gone to see Obama and gotten nothing done. This way all my chores are done and I got the gist of his talk ...they;re here
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I simply CANNOT BELIEVE that DR George broke his own cardinal rule and POSTED before reading all previous posts. It MUST be April Fool's!
Mon dieu!
No...the cardinal rule is to read BK's NOTES before posting on that day...reading previous posts by Hainsies and Kimlets is not actually required. ::)
;)
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Knit one, purl two
Here, Dear George, a Dalek for you
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000dr1zp/s640x480)
der Brucer
Now that's pretty cool! ;D
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I am now watching Edisode Two of THE TUDORS. Doesn't it begin on SHOWTIME tonight? If you have the station, I recommend it, even with my reservations of last night. I'm at the part where the Boleyn girls are being pimped by their father. More dysfunction.
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No...the cardinal rule is to read BK's NOTES before posting on that day...reading previous posts by Hainsies and Kimlets is not actually required. ::)
;)
Hur-rump! What are we -- chopped liver?!
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I'm happy, it's April, I'm a fool, and it's still day time -- so Happy April Fool's Day!
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For fans of the show, RENO 911! starts a new season tonight at 10:30 on Comedy Central.
Thanks for posting this! I didn't realize that it started tonight. :D
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Knit one, purl two
Here, Dear George, a Dalek for you
(http://pics.livejournal.com/shigella/pic/000dr1zp/s640x480)
der Brucer
Looks like R2D2 dressed to go snow skiing... or to rob a bank...
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Many interesting things in the basket, including two huge boxes of Russell Stover candies, many See's suckers, a box of Godiva truffles, Hershey's kisses in a Hershey's kisses ceramic jar, other Hershey products, some high-end hot chocolate and many interesting candy bars that I've never heard of. I should be finished eating it all in about twenty minutes. April Fools!
Russell Stover in the same basket with See's? I hope that was an April Fool's joke.
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Looks like R2D2 dressed to go snow skiing... or to rob a bank...
...or that monster cousin (or uncle or whatever) on The Addams Family who got his hair all braided on some beach while he was on vacation in the tropics, but minus the beads...
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MBarnum I actually paused at your War & Peace post before continuing down to your April Fools. Silly me, I was pondering if I should be excited you might really read it. ;D
Dan (the Man) while I suspected the webcam was a joke or I was too late to see anything, I was curious- ;D
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Good Evening!
Hmm.... Fried Chicken.
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Hmm.... Red Velvet Cake.
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Hmm.... Girl Scout Cookies.
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Although, not necessarily in that order.
;)
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FYI (cause I know inquiring HHW minds will now want to know): Looked it up, that monster with the long hair was Cousin Itt....
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DR FJL - Thanks again for your hospitality. And be sure to Thank Skip again for the great food. The Red Velvet Cake was very good, and the fried chicken you sent home was also very good. -I picked up some collard greens from the place on the corner to go with the chicken - Dinner!
*Hope you two enjoyed Face the Music tonight.
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Hmm.... Girl Scout Cookies.
..What kind of Girl Scout Cookies? (makes a difference as to whether I should be envious or not...)...
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DR vixmom and the vixter - Many, many thanks for the cookies and the chocolates. And it was good seeing you again too.
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FJL if I make it back to NY I hope Skip will have some Red Velvet Cake for me to try.
Elmore, good news on the bank account! Did your office situation get settled?
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..What kind of Girl Scout Cookies? (makes a difference as to whether I should be envious or not...)...
Thin Mints, Little Brownies (Sugar Free), and Trefoil Mints (which I thought were the Trefoil Cookies covered in chocolate, but turned out to actual chocolate mints - like over-sized Andes mints - yum!).
Jealous? ;)
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The "What Kind OF Fool Am I Page Nine Waltz"
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DR Rodzinksi - It was good seeing you again too!
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Russell Stover in the same basket with See's? I hope that was an April Fool's joke.
And Hershey's too! :o
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The "What Kind OF Fool Am I Page Nine Waltz"
Do you really want to know the answer to that question?
:P
;D
:-*
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...it's a riddle too -- An April Fool, of course...
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And Hershey's too! :o
and Godiva...
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Thin Mints, Little Brownies (Sugar Free), and Trefoil Mints (which I thought were the Trefoil Cookies covered in chocolate, but turned out to actual chocolate mints - like over-sized Andes mints - yum!).
Jealous? ;)
Always! :)
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...And if I wasn't feeling so tired right now, I'd be more elucidative. -Is that a real word? In any case... And after the Red Velvet Cake, the Fried Chicken, and some Girl Scout Cookies (in that order), I'm also in a partial food coma right now. But it's a Good Food Coma. :)
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Trefoil Mints (which I thought were the Trefoil Cookies covered in chocolate, but turned out to actual chocolate mints - like over-sized Andes mints - yum!).
Jealous? ;)
Maybe. I didn't see the mints for sale here. I did have some Thin Mints, transfat free & I think they tasted better than last years. To be honest, the last couple of years they were giving me acid reflux, so I'm either better than I was or the change made a difference. I can now comfortably eat Thin Mints again. :D
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Elmore, good news on the bank account! Did your office situation get settled?
No, we're still looking, but we're okay for the nonce.
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Do you really want to know the answer to that question?
:P
;D
:-*
It was a RHETORICAL question!..... ;) ....Actually, it was supposed to be a riddle hidden in the title of the Page Dance.... but I knew SOMEONE would take it and run with it...Jose did it! (I got to say it! -- ;D) " I, Mz Karen, am an April Fool, along with many other types of tom-foolery"...is that the answer you were fishing for, hmmmmm?
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I remember when cleaning up for visits from Mom meant hiding all the dirty books and magazines. These days it means hiding receipts from Target ("You paid full price for that?!?")
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Clouds are moving in so I had better get out and mow the lawn before the rain comes.
Less than an hour ago, while the sun was shining, it started to hail! It only lasted less than a minute and then it was done. I was in my kitchen and couldn't see how cloudy it was, but it seemed to be quite sunny...and still is. Just had to share. :)
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What an absolutely fantastic and fun day at FJL and Skip's home today!!
They are absuolutely wonderul hosts...and whata great chef that Skip is!!
The Red Velvet Cake was spectacularly delicious... I am sorry I did not get a picture because it was also absolutely beautiful... it had a cream cheese icing and was decorated with blueberries and strawberries in a very artistic fashion.
The fried chicken was marvelous.. I plan to try Skips' recipe (yes he's very generous about sharing his culinary expertise as well!!) next time I attempt to try to make fried chicken.
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The conversation was sparkling and we laughed and laughed and then we laughed some more
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Ginny I plan to bring my camera!
WELL......
der Brucer
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Edisuarus and her DH are delightful and lovely people
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The NY brunch should be in full swing! Looking forward to reading the minutes and seeing photographic evidence.
Me, too! But where are the pictures??
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Tonight, I'm planning on going to a movie with a friend from work...sadly, just "a friend." ::) However, he hasn't called me yet and the movie starts at 7:15 (it's now about 5:20 PDT). I suppose I could pay my bills to pass the time, since I'm caught up with all of yesterday's and today's posts...I suppose. ;)
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WELL......
der Brucer
I hope that my camera shills are up to your high standards
;D :-*
Ant, the Vixter and Ben
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Me, too! But where are the pictures??
The Delightful Edisaurus and the Host with the Most, FJL.
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Edisaurus' DH Greg
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Elmore and Vixmom
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TPunk, Rodzinski & Ant
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elmore-glad you are okay hope it all works out for the best.
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Yea! Pictures!! ;D
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OH!! And Singdaw sent a lovely bouquet, red roses in a red glass vase.. forgot to photgragh that too.... sorry!
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Less than an hour ago, while the sun was shining, it started to hail!
It's His vengeance for what is happening to the used-to-be Evergreen State:
(http://www.thenewstribune.com/ips_rich_content/504-FORESTS.jpg)
(http://www.thenewstribune.com/images/unisys-images/20070401-images/NWS0401_FORESTS_P3.JPG)
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LOVE THE PHOTOS!!!!
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OH!! I stopped at The Little Pie Shop and picked up an Apple pie, and a Mississippi Mud Pie... I saw them on the Fod Channel yesterday... off to have pie!!
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I love this shop!
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Awhile back I copied a recipe for Black Bottom Cupcakes.
I can’t remember who I got them from & I didn’t include the baking directions or how, or when, to add the filling.
For a tiny treat, I make about 48 of these in gem-size muffin tins; the same
batter produces 24 regular cupcakes.
FILLING
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
6 oz. chocolate chips
Beat everything together until smooth, then add in the chips. Set aside.
BATTER
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cocoa
1 cup water
1 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup vegetable oil
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Is this the (bad-taste) joke of the day, you ask?
(http://img.breitbart.com/images/2007/4/1/D8O7U71O0/D8O7U71O0.jpg)
der Brucer
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Is that the chocolate naked Jesus?
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Thanks! Ah, you aren't talking about my avatar are you?
No, silly! :) Referring to your posts from Saturday night. I'm just behind the times. Always.
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Wonderful photos of our friends at today's brunch, DR Vixmom! I miss all of you.
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I had a Maurice salad.
Spensa salad? Maurice salad?
Boy, I feel clewless about salad!!
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Singdaw I hope to meet you in person one day. You are so sweet to send flowers to the gathering today.
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Ok, I think I'm pretty much ready for them. I'm hoping to get the last load of clothes in the washing machine before they get here, but that may be wishful thinking.
It's a race against time!!! Pretend you're on TAR like you did the other day at the airport.
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Spensa salad? Maurice salad?
Boy, I feel clewless about salad!!
DR singdaw - Maurice Salad (http://www.askyourneighbor.com/recipes/054.htm) is a fond memory from J. L. Hudson's, the department store in Detroit (where I grew up). While the salad I had for lunch today was good, it wasn't authentic.
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The "What Kind OF Fool Am I Page Nine Waltz"
If I were you - I wouldn't ask!
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Do I see a new avatar, DR TCB?
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Singdaw I hope to meet you in person one day.
It shall happen!! I declare it. :)
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DR Ginny - Thanks very much for the recipe. I love recipes! Especially ones with some sort of nostalgic connection.
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OH!! I stopped at The Little Pie Shop and picked up an Apple pie, and a Mississippi Mud Pie... I saw them on the Fod Channel yesterday... off to have pie!!
You had red velvet cake AND now pie??
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DR JoseSPiano...
Howell's Hymnus is wonderful and gorgeous, but definitely not for sight-reading...even for someone of your superior skills! And you're right; the reverb doesn't help. I assume that the National Cathedral has some sort of closed-circuit monitor for these kinds of situations?
I remember a friend of mine playing for a situation like that. He wasn't with the conductor during a rehearsal. She cut the choir off and yelled out, "What are you DOING back there with that monitor...watching DALLAS???!!!"
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Do I see a new avatar, DR TCB?
A new avatar? Do I look like a follower?
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You had red velvet cake AND now pie??
LOL-I was too nice to comment. Obviously I'm not too, too nice or I wouldn't have commented on your comment. ;D
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You had red velvet cake AND now pie??
So, I s'pose I shouldn't mention that I had frozen yogurt twice in the same day last week?
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DR JoseSPiano...
Howell's Hymnus is wonderful and gorgeous, but definitely not for sight-reading...even for someone of your superior skills! And you're right; the reverb doesn't help. I assume that the National Cathedral has some sort of closed-circuit monitor for these kinds of situations?
Jose's superior skills? Oh, of course, he was playing the organ!
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LOL-I was too nice to comment. Obviously I'm not too, too nice or I wouldn't have commented on your comment. ;D
:) :) :)
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DR JoseSPiano...
Howell's Hymnus is wonderful and gorgeous, but definitely not for sight-reading...even for someone of your superior skills! And you're right; the reverb doesn't help. I assume that the National Cathedral has some sort of closed-circuit monitor for these kinds of situations?
I remember a friend of mine playing for a situation like that. He wasn't with the conductor during a rehearsal. She cut the choir off and yelled out, "What are you DOING back there with that monitor...watching DALLAS???!!!"
Aw, thanks. Well, I sure did not feel "superior" during that rehearsal. The conductor had warned me in advance about the acoustic, and the delay. He told me just to follow his baton and try not to listen to the sound. You want me to do what?!??! Like I said, I managed to make it through the Dvorak "Te Deum" that started off that rehearsal, but after a page or two of the Howells, the conductor made his way off his podium and gently nudged me off the piano bench. "It's OK. You'll still get paid." :-\
After the rehearsal was done, the conductor and the section leader who called me both thanked for me coming in, and for dealing with such a challenging score and situation. That sort of made me feel better. But, frankly, I have to say I was sort of relieved that I was nudged off the piano bench. If I had known that the sound delay was going to be that bad, I would have played with earplugs in my ears.
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Russell Stover in the same basket with See's? I hope that was an April Fool's joke.
Ditto.
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***PARENTAL VIBES*** to DR Cillaliz
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***TRAVEL VIBES*** for DR Edisaurus and DH Greg
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I guess the cook was camera shy?? :)
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Thoroughly enjoyed FACE THE MUSIC, even if I was a little tired from how hard Skip worked today. :) :)
Also had the great pleasure of meeting Russell Warner, who is as nice as I had heard, and I really enjoyed Russell's work on the show's orchestrations.
Larry, you were spoken of quite lovingly. Were your ears burning (in a warm fuzzy way) around 8:45 or so?
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DR singdaw - Westport Update: I will be coming in Thursday morning around 11:00. I'll be at the theatre from Noon to 11:00pm - it's a "10 out of 12" day. However, the dinner break is from 4:00-6:00. In fact, the dinner break is from 4:00-6:00 each day.
I'll be heading back Sunday night on the vans with the cast. However, most of my Easter Sunday will be free. *And if you would like to come to the final dress Sunday night...
More details as I get them from stage management.
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Thank you, DR VIXMOM, for all the pics!
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Thoroughly enjoyed FACE THE MUSIC, even if I was a little tired from how hard Skip worked today. :) :)
I hope Skip enjoyed Face the Music too. And that he's able to get a night's sleep tonight.
Have you done the dishes yet, DR FJL? ;)
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Thank you, DR VIXMOM, for all the pics!
Ditto. :)
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BTW, one avatar that I hope NEVER changes: DR ELMORE's. That smile of his goes perfectly with all the clever and witty things he says.
Don't change. OK, ELMORE?
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RE: Tonight's two-hour(!) "The Amazing Race"
WOW! What an amazing journey! And what an emotional roller-coaster the show turned out to be tonight.
*I just have a question about the rules: So, does only one team get to take advantage of a Fast Forward?
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Thank you, DR VIXMOM, for all the pics!
The VIX PICS...
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Yes, ditto...
Very nice of you, DR Vixmom, to be the official photographer!
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Comments re: tonight's AMAZING RACE.
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RE: Tonight's two-hour(!) "The Amazing Race"
WOW! What an amazing journey! And what an emotional roller-coaster the show turned out to be tonight.
*I just have a question about the rules: So, does only one team get to take advantage of a Fast Forward?
Normally only one team can win a fast forward. Any number of teams can try to get it, but only the first team to finish it gets it.
However tonight there was an intersection (which rarely happens). It meant that 2 teams had to work together. So they let both those teams go for the ff and get it. But the 3rd and 4th place teams could not have gone for the ff cause it was already taken (i mean they could have gone for it but it would have said "taken").
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Back - finally back. The two o'clock seder actually began at four-thirty, and we didn't really eat until five-thirty. Now I am stuffed to the gills and I don't know if I'll end up doing another page or two or not - I did manage to do five, so that's fine. Tomorrow, I have to go back and implement this plethora of research detail into what I've done, much of which I just wrote as a placeholder until details were confirmed.
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DR Vixmom, I love the pics, aussi! The one with you and DR Elmore made me smile.
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The one with you and DR Elmore made me smile.
Me too :D
'night
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DR Jennifer - Thanks for the rules clarification.
Now... If a team did not complete the FF, would they get another opportunity to complete it? Or would they have to go on to the other tasks?
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FYI (cause I know inquiring HHW minds will now want to know): Looked it up, that monster with the long hair was Cousin Itt....
I met cousin It once...he was sort of a grumpy little guy.
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Hello all! Well mom and dad are tucked into bed. My mom still is pretty weak from being sick a couple days ago. She told me they both slept 10 hours last night and then drove from Dodge City, KS to Sioux City. We had dinner. She didn't eat much, but she did eat, so that's good
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DtM, for me, cleaning for Mom and Dad means more when they are sleeping here than when they aren't. Gotta make sure the cat hair is off the sleeping areas.
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Dr Jose, if a team doesn't complete a FF they can go back and do the other task, sort of like when you start a task and decide you want to do the other one. The the FF is still up for grabs and you lose the time you spent trying to do it
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Cilliliz, glad you parents made it. Hope your mom feels better soon...your turn to supply the chicken soup!
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Vixmom, thanks for the great photos of some of my favorite people!!
And the photo of the Vixter with Anthony and Ben is priceless! So cute...all three of them!
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I have big news! I got a call tonight telling me that the person who won the bid for weatherperson for a day in an auction a couple weeks ago never got back to the people at the auction, so they decided to give it to the person with the second high bid....ME! So at some time in the not to distant future, I will be going to KTIV TV and training with the weather people and then doing the weather at noon on that day. What a kick! I'm really looking forward to this. Being a weather person is one of my nerdy fantasies.
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DR Vixmom, thanks for the photos. Great to see Amy and Greg
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Oh, great to see everyone else, of course...but I haven't met Amy yet...
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FJL- Love the Corgi Pillows and Throw in the background of the photo. I don't think I noticed them when I was at your apartment
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TCB - Nice Avatar
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One more thing about the photos, they really show how much the people here in BK's living room (a Music Guy Reference) really care about each other. So cool
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Dr Jose, if a team doesn't complete a FF they can go back and do the other task, sort of like when you start a task and decide you want to do the other one. The the FF is still up for grabs and you lose the time you spent trying to do it
Thanks, DR Cillaliz - That's what I thought. It just wasn't specified on the program tonight what would have happened if they had not completed the FF. -So, I'm guessing that means that they only had once "chance" to get it right - ???
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And that's great news about the auction, DR Cillaliz!
And good to know your parents made it to your place safe and sound. How long will they be staying?
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And that's great news about the auction, DR Cillaliz!
And good to know your parents made it to your place safe and sound. How long will they be staying?
They're just spending the night. They are only 2 hours from home, but had such a long drive today that they didn't want to go any farther and I'm very glad to have them stay. That's why I only had a couple hours notice that they would be staying here. They both told me mom has never been sicker in her life than she was the night they were in New Mexico and she had to go to the hospital. I think she just wants to get home.
Mom now wants one of us to drive them out there next year. I think dad is coming around to that idea too.
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Is that the chocolate naked Jesus?
Sadly, Yes.
der Brucer
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I had fried chicken today as well. Was it ever good! DE-licious!
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My last load of laundry just finished (I forgot about it and had to throw it in the dryer a little while ago). I think I'll get things put away and go upstairs and read.
Night
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Congrats on your weatherperson gig, DR Cillaliz. I hope you have some exciting--but not too exciting--weather to report.
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Super pictures, DR Vixmom. Thank you SO much for sharing them with us. Looks like everyone's in sheer heaven, and from the description of the food and the looks of the company, I can understand why.
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Well... I have another full day in store for me tomorrow, and I definitely want to be fully rested for the auditions tomorrow. So...
Goodnight.
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Page Twelve Hermione and Gilderoy Lockhart Dance!!!
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I started my evening by finishing THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. They certainly rush through the last portions of all the plotlines, especially Hope Lange's.
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Next, I watched a new Criterion DVD I received yesterday, a film I had never seen before called OVERLORD. Very unusual kind of World War II film that mixes live action actors juxtiposed with actual archieval footage from various war sources. There are lots of really haunting images, and there's a gorgeous theme for the picture by Paul Glass, but I don't think the film fully achieves its aims due to a too simple basic story and the uneasy mix of some gorgeous "new" photography mixed with the rougher, somewhat damaged war footage used in counterpoint.
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There are lots of special features on the disc I'll watch tomorrow. I started rewatching the film with the commentary turned on, and the director and leading actor were offering their views on the film which were interesting.
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Cillaliz, if this is April Fool's Day are you sure they were calling from the television station?
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Thoroughly enjoyed FACE THE MUSIC, even if I was a little tired from how hard Skip worked today. :) :)
Also had the great pleasure of meeting Russell Warner, who is as nice as I had heard, and I really enjoyed Russell's work on the show's orchestrations.
Larry, you were spoken of quite lovingly. Were your ears burning (in a warm fuzzy way) around 8:45 or so?
I don't recall burning ears, just a buzzing pain; I thought it was from talking to DR MBarnum on the telephone. It has been scientifically proven that talking to him for five minutes lowers your IQ and sets your heart afire for a physique magazine AND a velvet painting.
Isn't Russell wonderful?
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES offered a clip show with scenes going all the way back to the first season. Entertaining for what it was but, of course, very familiar.
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I like your new avatar, DR TCB. Looks very nice. Is it taken from an ANNE FRANK still or from some other photo?
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BROTHERS & SISTERS had a grand episode with several relationships now in trouble. I really love this show!
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With tomorrow's network TV schedule being very light for me, I'm sure I'll get to THE TUDORS tomorrow along with tonight's COLD CASE unless the CBS broadcast was delayed for some reason. I didn't set the DVR to record anything past 11 p.m.
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Nice new avatar, DR TCB!
Love the pictures DR VIXMOM.....looks like a great time was had by all and Sunday!
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DR CILLA LIZ that is GREAT news about your weatherperson gig!
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I spent the afternoon watching Frank Langella's DRACULA - my all-time favorite version of the story. Do you suppose Frank was wearing a toupee way back then?
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Watching SINGIN' IN THE RAIN on TCM.....what a terrific movie....what a cast....what songs and dances....
"Well tonight I'm gonna do my own talkin' - I'm gonna make the speech!"
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"If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives then it makes us feel that all our hard work ain't been in vain, for nothing...."
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Actually, I had two delightful phone calls from DR MBarnum this evening. Of course, I had to make four phone calls to get the two respnses since he was neither home nor glued to his cell phone. He claims he was out doing "manly" work. I think it's a euphemism. Maybe he couldn't find a phone at the old folks home?
DR Cillaliz, the weathergirl! We want live footage, lady. I wanna see this one.
DR MattH, you've got to drop those folk who tie you down when y'all come to New York and be where the real partay is! I wish Dan(theMan), Singdaw, and others would hightail it in as well. Ah haz spoke!
There are also rumors that DR Cason may be heading east to take up a space on my floor, since acting is appreciated much more in Manhattan than in Hollywood. No dates have been set yet.
I sound like Mary (ugh) Hart!
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I have some writing to do, so I'm logging off now.
Good night!
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DR MattH, you've got to drop those folk who tie you down when y'all come to New York and be where the real partay is! I wish Dan(theMan), Singdaw, and others would hightail it in as well. Ah haz spoke!
Plans are still tentative for a trip this summer, but if we do come, I'll certainly make it known. Would love to meet the HHW/NYC chapter.
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...tonight's COLD CASE unless the CBS broadcast was delayed for some reason.
It was aired punctually.
der Brucer
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Plans are still tentative for a trip this summer, but if we do come, I'll certainly make it known. Would love to meet the HHW/NYC chapter.
I look forward to your TUDOR thoughts.
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I am convinced that DR Rodzinski has lost weight, he said jealously.
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Just wrote two solid pages of details from the research, and it's really fun and interesting. So, that's seven pages today - haven't read what I wrote earlier, and won't go back to it until I finish the one or two more detail pages. Once those are done, then I'll polish or fix what I wrote earlier.
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There are also rumors that DR Cason may be heading east to take up a space on my floor..
I sound like Mary (ugh) Hart!
No you sound like Ursula inviting Ariel to spend the night in her cave!
(http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0097757/th-IMG0008.jpg)
der Brucer
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Sorry about the avatar montage today. I put up the Anne Frank photo hoping that it was curmudgeon-y enough that derBrucer would want to buy it for his own. But since he didn't make an offer, I switched back to HELLO DOLLY.
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I hope that my camera shills are up to your high standards
;D :-*
Ant, the Vixter and Ben
ALL your "shills" were loverly photo subjects!
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DR derBRUCER that was a suspiciously familiar name plate you found on EBAY!
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I switched back to HELLO DOLLY.
Horace Vandergelding?
der Brucer
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DR derBRUCER that was a suspiciously familiar name plate you found on EBAY!
Just wait 'till they auction the relics!
der Brucer
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..What kind of Girl Scout Cookies? (makes a difference as to whether I should be envious or not...)...
Are they made from real girl scouts?
( an addams family reference which makes sense if you read the rest of the page about cousin It, but I am hours and pages late and very tired.)
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wow, thats a bad way to start a page....
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only 35 posts from my first milestone....
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Did my rambling post scare everyone off from posting?
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Who would have thought I would start a frenzy
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The party looked lovely, I wish I could have been there to meet those I don't know and give big hugs to Larry
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( an addams family reference which makes sense if you read the rest of the page about cousin It, but I am hours and pages late and very tired.)
It's not It it's Itt.
der Brucer
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I don't recall burning ears, just a buzzing pain; I thought it was from talking to DR MBarnum on the telephone. It has been scientifically proven that talking to him for five minutes lowers your IQ and sets your heart afire for a physique magazine AND a velvet painting.
That is so not true DR Elmore...framed paint-by-numbers of horses, barns, and kittens perhaps, but not velvet paintings.
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There are also rumors that DR Cason may be heading east to take up a space on my floor, since acting is appreciated much more in Manhattan than in Hollywood. No dates have been set yet.
What do you mean Cason gets the floor??? How come HE doesn't have to stay on the fire escape like I do?
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What do you mean Cason gets the floor??? How come HE doesn't have to stay on the fire escape like I do?
Perhaps Cason does "needy" better than you?
der Brucer
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Hello, fellow Dear Readers.
It has been a terrible weekend. We (the DKids and I) drove up to Las Vegas for the weekend. The trip was pretty uneventful, until a security guard approached me about taking photos of the ceiling. I tried to explain about the casino carpet and casino ceiling photos, but he thought I was crazy. So, long story short, police were called, I was put in handcuffs, and taken to the psych ward for evaluation.
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What's the casino carpet and casino ceiling photos and why did they think you were crazy?
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Will we never get to page fourteen?
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but not velvet paintings.
This is not an MBarnum original?
(http://www.velvetpaintings.com/Velvet/Tijuana_BlackVelvet_Standards/Tijuana_BlackVelvet_Standards-Images/2.jpg)
der Brucer
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I was put in handcuffs, and taken to the psych ward for evaluation.
Have you photos of their ceiling?
der Brucer
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Do I see a new avatar, DR TCB?
That's a very good picture, TCB!
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DearReaderLaura:
Will Sandra be testifying for the Prosecution or the Defense?
der Brucer
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I have big news! I got a call tonight telling me that the person who won the bid for weatherperson for a day in an auction a couple weeks ago never got back to the people at the auction, so they decided to give it to the person with the second high bid....ME! So at some time in the not to distant future, I will be going to KTIV TV and training with the weather people and then doing the weather at noon on that day. What a kick! I'm really looking forward to this. Being a weather person is one of my nerdy fantasies.
Congratulations! You will send copies of the tape to those of us who would like to see it, won't you?? :)
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Being a weather person is one of my nerdy fantasies.
I wonder if having a lawyer do the weather will make the forecasts more or less believable?
der Brucer
Nightmares of Nancy Grace as a nightly weather girl 8)
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If I were you - I wouldn't ask!
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And if I were you, I would ask.....you say tomato, I say tamato....
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I say tamato....
I know...whatza tamato with you?
der Brucer
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It's not It it's Itt.
der Brucer
Itt'snot?
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I know...whatza tamato with you?
der Brucer
I don't know..whatza tomato to you?
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and it is April Fool's Day I guess.
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I wonder if having a lawyer do the weather will make the forecasts more or less believable?
der Brucer
or more or less confusing...may need my lawyer present to look it over...
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This is not an MBarnum original?
(http://www.velvetpaintings.com/Velvet/Tijuana_BlackVelvet_Standards/Tijuana_BlackVelvet_Standards-Images/2.jpg)
der Brucer
Another new avatar, der Brucer? Make up your mind.....oh wait, I just read the cutline..never mind...
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DearReaderLaura:
Will Sandra be testifying for the Prosecution or the Defense?
der Brucer
Lucky for me, there were no charges filed. I just have to take the medication and I should be all right.
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Tim Burton has announced that Sanjaya Malakar will play Tobias in the film of Sweeney Todd.
der Brucer
LOL....
I also corrected your spelling error! Buton ...
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Lucky for me, there were no charges filed. I just have to take the medication and I should be all right.
Are you allowed visitors? Or should we just send flowers (or a "cake" with a "surprise" inside -- use the old pillow under the blanket trick -- we're waiting on the outside with the engine running and can make a run for the border....)
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Well...since we're so close. ::)
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PAGE 14 DANCE!!
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Itt'snot?
Something to wipe on a handkerchief?
der Brucer
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Beautiful photo Vixmom and thanks for sharing!
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Something to wipe on a handkerchief?
der Brucer
Ittis!
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I just have to take the medication and I should be all right.
New word for Quan: PROZAC!
der Brucer
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Ittis!
As the librarian said to the hairy guy : Shitt!
der Brucer
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Like your new avatar, TCB, it is very nice.
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As the librarian said to the hairy guy : Shitt!
der Brucer
Who replied to her: Gesundhe-itt!
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MK, did you see derBrucer's spelling error I corrected on the previous page....
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Busy night tonight at work... However I did pull a prank on DBF .... I told her he had a hole in his pants via email. He wrote me back and said he had returned from teh bathroom and found no hole....
I had a big smile
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Sweet aren't i!
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MK, you are only 3 posts from 1500
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I appear to be on my on frenzy!
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So here are the ceilings that got me into trouble:
Wynn
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/wynnceiling.jpg)
Treasure Island:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/TICeiling.jpg)
Sahara:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/SaharaCeiling.jpg)
The Mirage:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/MirageCeiling.jpg)
Mandalay Bay:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/MandalayBayCeiling.jpg)
Luxor:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/luxorceiling.jpg)
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I'm baaaack, I was checking something on the internet...
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BEautiful photos!
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I vote for the one at the Wynn -- most whimsical... and colorful..
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And we found this one at Circus Circus, which we thought looked like vomit on the ceiling:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/CeilingVomit.jpg)
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So here are the ceilings that got me into trouble:
<SNIP>
Luxor:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/luxorceiling.jpg)
You were at the Luxor?? My sister and niece were at the Luxor this past week! They came back (to Olympia, Washington) just yesterday. What a coinkydink!
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If Las Vegas took in everyone who had taken pictures of the lobbies- which they worked so hard to make photographable- they would have quite a problem on their hands....
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Those are very good pictures, DearReaderLaura. :D
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Why am I still awake...
the joke is that I am not
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And we found this one at Circus Circus, which we thought looked like vomit on the ceiling:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/CeilingVomit.jpg)
Hmmmm...it makes one wonder: Who would want to point at that and proudly say, "I created that!" -- Just goes to show: One man's art is another man's vomit on the ceiling...
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.... I told her he had a hole in his pants...
Talk about gender confusion!!!!
der Brucer
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If Las Vegas took in everyone who had taken pictures of the lobbies- which they worked so hard to make photographable- they would have quite a problem on their hands....
They seem to not like it if you take photos over the gambling areas -- like where all the security cameras are located.
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So here are the ceilings that got me into trouble:
Certainly no sign of insanity...a terroist plotting an attack, or a ganster ploting a heist, or someother nefarious purpose...perhaps.
Obviously you are guilty and the need for punishment clear, we just have to figure out the crime.
der Brucer
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The lights just flashed, last call -- bk is in the house....Night All!
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Hmmmm...it makes one wonder: Who would want to point at that and proudly say, "I created that!" --
Oh, any number of pre-schoolers ;D
der Brucer
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Sometimes I think Las Vegas takes themselves way too seriously
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Now, as the Amish would say:
Time to make out with the trash.
der Brucer