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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 12:15:58 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had words and sentences and paragraphs, and now it is time for you to post until the blank cows come home.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 12:18:50 AM
And the word of the day is: AFFIANCE!
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:22:33 AM
Oh, my. It's 7:16am in New York and I'm making the first post after Bruce at 3:18am California time??? What's goin' on?
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:22:45 AM
Me, Myself and I.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:24:59 AM
Here are a few early morning pictures. We are winding down and the last few pictures will be posted today and tomorrow.

First, remember those coconuts I mentioned? This bad boy fell from a tree and one of the foodies brought it in. After the picture he cut off the end, opened it and drained the "milk". Very tasty.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:25:24 AM
Here is a shot from our balcony.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:25:46 AM
A shot of my keeping busy.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:26:17 AM
After all that work I was allowed to jump into the pool.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:27:33 AM
Then we got dressed and went biking. An exciting couple, Anthony and I. We visited a cemetery.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:28:04 AM
Good morning gentlemen.

I am done posting pictures.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 04:28:15 AM
Until tomorrow, that is.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 04:28:21 AM
"This bad boy"  Ant. fell from a tree?  LOL

Thanks for the pics Ben
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 04:32:59 AM
Put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 04:33:15 AM
Great pics this morning from DR BEN.....everybody into the pool!!

Thanks for the pics last night, DR DAKOTACELT.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 04:33:45 AM
Because I am neither chef nor cook of any kind, the most interesting thing I have done with fruit or vegetables is....eat them.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 04:35:15 AM
I always liked ARTISTS & MODELS - Martin/Lewis version....but Dorothy is a bit out of place, lovely to look at though.

Working again today.  Oh well....

MR BK - sounds like rehearsals are going well.  Did you say Mr Gene Castle was one of the HULLABALLOO dancers?  Did he also appear in BILLIE with Ms Patty Duke and Mr Warren Berlinger?
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 04:35:41 AM
Put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning.

Sank you, Doctor.  ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 04:36:33 AM
Well.....I finally got my screen to stop shaking.  All I had to do was remove the empty "bookmark" toolbar.  I thought my computer was broken.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 04:37:37 AM
Good morning DRs Jrand and Ben
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 04:43:11 AM
Good morning DRs Jrand and Ben

Bit rainy here today, but that's all right.   ;D
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 04:52:16 AM
Dean Martin's "Innamorata" was from "Artists and Models".

Seeing that film and "Three Ring Circus" were childhood treats for my sister and me.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:52:45 AM
After all that work I was allowed to jump into the pool.


You, two, are so cute!

(That would be Ben and Ant, not you two.)




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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:54:56 AM
Good morning, Mr. oz.  Good morning, Mr. 56.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:56:56 AM
I am going to try to work today.  My back keeps getting worse and worse, but I refuse to give in to the pain.  I am determined that nothing is going to keep me from seeing the WSMA at the end of June.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 04:57:14 AM
Cute they are indeed Mr TCB.

Good morning.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 04:58:22 AM
Warm and healing thoughts for you DR TCB.

(put the lime in the coconut)
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:59:15 AM
Cute they are indeed Mr TCB.

Good morning.


As are you, Ozzie.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 05:00:23 AM
Warm and healing thoughts for you DR TCB.

(put the lime in the coconut)


Thanks, Tom.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 05:00:23 AM
We short folk are well known for our cuteness.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 05:01:12 AM
Did I scare Jack away?
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 05:02:10 AM
Good morning, elmore!



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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 05:02:58 AM
He's been replaced by DR Elmore.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 05:07:36 AM
No never....not scared...still here...doing some other morning before work stuff.  8)
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 05:16:16 AM
Regarding the burger conversation from last night (well Jose's musings on burgers anyway), there are two excellent burger places in Chelsea. One is in the Gayborhood of Eighth Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street. It's called

Better Burger (http://www.betterburgernyc.com/home.html)

 I know, I know, if you're going to eat a burger, eat a burger, but these are good healthy burgers. You can get meat burgers, turkey burgers and veggie burgers and they have "healthy" hot dogs, if that isn't an oxymoron. The fries, cole slaw and chili sides are also very good. There are Better Burgers around the city with another location on 9th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Street (close to FJL). I will go there sometimes if I'm seeing a show at Playwrights Horizons and I need a quick, tasty meal.

The other place is called

New York Burger Co. (http://www.newyorkburgerco.com/)

It's on Sixth Avenue between 21st and 22nd Street. They have very good burgers and very good hot dogs and all kinds of fixings. They also offer grilled chicken. If you're on a shopping excursion up or down Sixth Avenue and you get hungry I recommend it. You will leave full so you will need to continue your walking to work off the meal.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 05:16:36 AM
Off to work.....no burger for me today. :(
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 05:19:05 AM
Bedtime in OZ.

It will soon be time for DR François to put in an appearance on the board.  
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:20:20 AM
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What are the most creative things you’ve done with fruits and vegetables

I'm guessing bk means of the food variety...  
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 05:20:52 AM
Goodnight from OZ.  Should I leave SwingShift in charge?
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:21:35 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***pain-free back vibes***[/size][/color][/move]
to dear DR TCB
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:22:02 AM
Goodnight from OZ.  Should I leave SwingShift in charge?

Good night, DR Tomovoz.  That would be a very bad idea.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 05:22:11 AM
I'm guessing bk means of the food variety...  
I decided it would be unseemly to mention some stories - even about the food type!
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:23:02 AM
DR DakotaCelt - thanks for sharing all your pictures last night!  What a great trip.

DR Ben - love, love, love that shot of you and Ant in the pool!
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 05:23:14 AM
No matter SingDaw - the blame will be upon Jose whatever  eventuates.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:24:49 AM
(http://www.fitnessmantra.info/fitness/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/fruits_veggies.jpg)
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 05:26:47 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***pain-free back vibes***[/size][/color][/move]
to dear DR TCB


Thank you, slingblade.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:27:43 AM
I used to make a fruit pizza [really sort of a fruit tart] that looked something like this:
(http://www.kraftfoods.com/images/recipe_images/PHILADELPHIA_Fruit_Pizza.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:32:09 AM
Interesting article here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100365.html) from the Washington Post about the movie Godspell and filming at the WTC before it had opened to the public.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:33:05 AM
Apparently Joe Mantello will be directing The Ritz at The Roundabout, with Rosie Perez potentially playing Googie Gomez.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 05:34:49 AM
And Kevin Chamberlin (from Seussical) playing the Jack Weston role, I believe.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 05:47:42 AM
Good morning, all! Back to Toyland and then the NYPL! Hooray!

I spent a bit of last evening reading large sections of Ethan Mordden's new book on American theatre 1919-1959 ( I believe these are the dates on the cover ), and spent half the book wondering two things: was he relying on memory or had he actually reread plays since he missed things and why the proofreader was so lax.  I also found it irritating that, because his audience is primarily musical theatre fans, he was constantly throwing in musical theatre references, including a photo of the Clambake number from CAROUSEL.  I found what I read to be full of generalizations, unidentified sources for information he wasn't alive to have witnessed, and a smug, aren't-I-whimsical approach to writing.

TOD:  Maybe later.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 05:53:55 AM
vegetables: friend or foe?
(http://www.unc.edu/~melaffer/Pathfinder/vegetables.jpg)
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 05:58:12 AM
I loved Kitchen Kabaret at Walt Disney World.

The drag performer Hedda Lettuce is a favorite of some people here on HHW, I think.
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 06:00:07 AM
Isn't there a restaurant somewhere called Lettuce Entertain You?
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 06:01:55 AM
I tried take out from Better Burger, and it was a little messy in the packing.  That turned me off to them a little (first impressions and all), but I must try it again.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 06:05:57 AM
I tried take out from Better Burger, and it was a little messy in the packing.  That turned me off to them a little (first impressions and all), but I must try it again.

Actually, Fred, you're correct, the package can get a bit messy, especially if you have lots of stuff on your burger. It's the kind of burger you need to eat with a fork (or your fingers). You pick up the fixings that fall off the burger but it's all wrapped in foil so you don't need to wash a plate  ;)
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 06:24:19 AM
Dan-the-Man, watch your mailbox.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 06:31:32 AM
Lovely pictures Ben of you and Ant!

It appears you both had a great time!
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 06:38:17 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  Since today's the last day of the month, I've turned my calendar because I prefer looking forward to looking back.  The best news is that the month I'm looking at now includes NYC on the last 3 days!

In a few minutes, I'll be scooting to another window on my computer to attend a "webinar" about human services grantmaking in Ohio.
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 06:39:57 AM
I, too, have enjoyed seeing the vacation photos posted by DRs DakotaCelt and Ben.  Even after a 4-day holiday weekend:

I Still Need a Vacation!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 06:48:38 AM
Interesting article here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100365.html) from the Washington Post about the movie Godspell and filming at the WTC before it had opened to the public.

I've been avoiding the GODSPELL movie for years.  I find "Beautiful City" to be annoyingly grating on my ears.  My chorus teacher in high school knew I hated it, and she would often drag it out and make us sing it, driving me to tears.  (Of course, I was alone with my opinion--the song was loved by my peers.)  Maybe I'll watch the DVD one of these days, and just turn down the sound when this number appears.
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Post by: Michael on May 31, 2007, 06:49:46 AM
tod
glad that dr singdaw brought the clarification question first.

I will don't have a favorite to add to the topic, but singdaw's tart looks real good.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 06:57:20 AM
TOD:

Do pumpkins count?  I can make killer Jack O'Lanterns.  My sister and I did those intricate design carvings with regular kitchen utensils years before they became popular and were sold in sets with the easy to use tools.
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 07:09:04 AM
And here, from our internal calendar, is the very Webinar of which DR Ginny speaks (along with some other events happening in our Cleveland office)

Cleveland
10:00 am -- Webinar: Spotlight on Human Services Grantmaking in Ohio Presenter: Cindy Bailie, Kippy Ungerleider King, Mathile Family Foundation & Quentin McCorvey, Key Foundation
2:00 pm -- Finding Foundation Support for Your Education @ Classroom Presenter: Achala Wali
3:00 pm -- Getting Started with Foundation Grants to Individuals Online @ Computer Lab Presenter: Achala Wali
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 07:39:19 AM
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up.

And Martha Stewart was just asked about her shoes.  Exciting, huh?
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 07:41:17 AM
Good morning!

Warmer this morning, so opening everything up and blowing out the house with the attic fan is only partially refreshing this morning. From the looks of the five-day forecast, the nice, cool mornings are now a thing of the past. The central A/C is looking more and more like a coming reality.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 07:45:40 AM
I haven't seen ARTISTS AND MODELS since I was a kid. I loved all of the Martin & Lewis movies then. I find many of them unwatchable today, but I'd love to see this one again for the cast if nothing else.

Shirley has said that working on the film was pretty much a nightmare. M&L were in a very bad place by this time and never spoke to each other face to face. They would either talk about one another in the other's presence: Jerry to director: "Is he going to say it THAT way?"

or they would speak through intermediaries. Shirley got along with both of them very well, and liked them both. She didn't care for Hal B. Wallis (she always calls him "Hal B. Wallis" as she found him puffed up with his own importance) despite his owning her contract at the time.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 07:48:15 AM
I love fruit very much, and I wish it wasn't so expensive as I'd eat a lot more of it if it wasn't so high. As I grown older, I've developed much more a taste for vegetables, too. I was a very picky eater as a kid and wouldn't touch asparagus or brocolli or squash. Now, I love all of them.

Don't have any fancy cooking stories with them, however.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 07:51:40 AM
I guess I'll record STUDIO 60 again tonight (it may not be on much longer if it can't pull in higher than 3.9 million viewers against all rerun competition on the other networks).

But I plan to spend another day watching DVDs.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 07:52:17 AM
Regarding the burger conversation from last night (well Jose's musings on burgers anyway), there are two excellent burger places in Chelsea. One is in the Gayborhood of Eighth Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street. It's called

Better Burger (http://www.betterburgernyc.com/home.html)

 I know, I know, if you're going to eat a burger, eat a burger, but these are good healthy burgers. You can get meat burgers, turkey burgers and veggie burgers and they have "healthy" hot dogs, if that isn't an oxymoron. The fries, cole slaw and chili sides are also very good. There are Better Burgers around the city with another location on 9th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Street (close to FJL). I will go there sometimes if I'm seeing a show at Playwrights Horizons and I need a quick, tasty meal.

Ah, yes, Better Burger!  Another good burger in NYC.  Just be careful of their fries - which are baked :): those small wedges of potato are hot(!!).  I've burned my tongue a few times thinking they had cooled off enough. However, one of their smoothies helps to ease the burn.

One additional "amenity" about the Chelsea location is that it is located near New York Sports Club, and there are usually some Chelsea "bois" and men in there for their pre- or post-workout meal.

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The other place is called

New York Burger Co. (http://www.newyorkburgerco.com/)

It's on Sixth Avenue between 21st and 22nd Street. They have very good burgers and very good hot dogs and all kinds of fixings. They also offer grilled chicken. If you're on a shopping excursion up or down Sixth Avenue and you get hungry I recommend it. You will leave full so you will need to continue your walking to work off the meal.

You have excellent taste, DR Ben!  :)

And there's also the similarly menu'd American Burger & Co. near Macy's on 32nd Street.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 07:52:44 AM
Forgot to mention--yesterday at lunch, my boss and I went for a walk and browsed around at Freeman's Auction House on Chestnut Street.  They were showing a fine book and poster sale.  As we strolled through the book section, I happened to glance on a shelf that had a copy of Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?  I had thought that it must be autographed, so I gingerly opened to cover and flipped through the frontis pages.  Sure enough, there were two signatures--the first was small and sort of printed and the other a large swirly script.  I couldn't make out either "Edward" or "Albee" from the script, so I focused on the printed signature--Richard Burton.  The other name became immediately recognizable--Elizabeth Taylor.  I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped.  

I planned to check out the Freeman's website when I got back to the office to see what the book was going for, but I got wrapped up in other issues and forgot about it until today.  I just checked it out and the book was going for $200 to $400.  Unfortunately, yesterday was the last day for the auction.  Damn!  I would have liked to have tried for that book.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 07:57:19 AM
So, the line-up will be ANGEL, THE CLOSER, MORNING GLORY, and an episode of PLANET EARTH which I want to see again now that I uploaded the new scaling firmware upgrade in the Blu-ray player.
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 08:19:20 AM
Because I am neither chef nor cook of any kind, the most interesting thing I have done with fruit or vegetables is....eat them.

That's been the extent of my experience, as well. ::)

;)
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 08:21:18 AM
I am going to try to work today.  My back keeps getting worse and worse, but I refuse to give in to the pain.  I am determined that nothing is going to keep me from seeing the WSMA at the end of June.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~SUPER BACK VIBES SO THAT TCB CAN SEE THE WSMA!!!!~~~[/move]

;D
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 08:22:25 AM
I'm up early (well, early for me)...so I might as well go to work early!

:D
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 08:22:37 AM
Have a good day, all!
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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 08:23:35 AM
If you go in early are you allowed to leave early?
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:31:28 AM
Heading down now to shave and shower since I'm having lunch today with best friend John.

WBBL.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on May 31, 2007, 08:34:02 AM
BK, where is the book fair today?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 08:50:45 AM
I love fruit very much, and I wish it wasn't so expensive as I'd eat a lot more of it if it wasn't so high. As I grown older, I've developed much more a taste for vegetables, too. I was a very picky eater as a kid and wouldn't touch asparagus or brocolli or squash. Now, I love all of them.

Don't have any fancy cooking stories with them, however.


How about collards and turnip greens......YUMMMMMMMM?


Or Swiss chard?

As for fruit, I think you'll find a vast price difference between supermarkets and farmer's markets, should you be inclined to seek one out.

I've gotten some wonderful bargains at farmer's markets...and the fruit is infinitely tastier...and fresher!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 08:53:33 AM
Well...it's the ultimate day of May.

I wonder.  Has May been "depraved in every way" for any of you?
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 08:54:29 AM
Tonight on tv we have the new Mark Burnett series Pirate Masters  (in the Survivor timeslot on CBS).  I am quite curious about this show since it sounds so odd.

We also have another So You Think You can Dance.  And a new Studio 60.

BTW, re: last night's SYTYCD.  

Besides having Benji's sister (how interesting to have benji, his cousin heidi and now his sister). I think she is very good. But I also think because she is benji's sister that people will vote for her.

I was so so so happy to get Hawk back (the asian guy with the british accent who got kicked off the show last year because he didn't have a work visa).

And wow that girl with the arm. I don't really think she's good enough to make the show. But my gosh i can't even imagine what it would be like if she did. There is so much partner work with lifting and holding. I think it would be quite interesting to watch her.

Btw, i'm hoping next week we get the Vegas shows where they train the dancers. I love love love this part of the show!
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 08:58:10 AM
I almost always get my fruit at the supermarket. But i guess it depends if you only go to one store or if you check the weekly circulars. There are always fruit and veggies on sale. You just have to see where they are on special!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 08:58:17 AM
Tonight on tv we have the new Mark Burnett series Pirate Masters (in the Survivor timeslot on CBS).  I am quite curious about this show since it sounds so odd.

We also have another So You Think You can Dance.  And a new Studio 60.


I am absolutely RELISHING being NOT invested in any more reality TV.  

My nights are my own...to watch whatever or listen to whatever I want from a vast (I say VAST) assortment of DVDs and CDs I've YET to watch/hear.


Ahhh...the sheer bliss of it all.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:02:08 AM
Ah, the pirate show...I may watch it if I don't forget.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 09:02:49 AM
I wonder.  Has May been "depraved in every way" for any of you?

No.

Uh...no.

Not unless eating 2 [two] Levain's cookies counts.   :)
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:03:07 AM
The post last night made me blush  :)

I wonder if Simon Pegg needs a stand-in...I wonder if stand-in work pays well?

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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:04:03 AM
By the way, I will pretty much show my petunias to anyone who asks.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:05:45 AM
TOD:

I used to make a nifty spinach meatloaf roll. You would make up the meatloaf and spread it out in a flat rectangular shape...then spread the spinach and roll the thing up. After it cooked and you would slice it, it would show a pretty green spiral...sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 09:05:56 AM
I am absolutely RELISHING being NOT invested in any more reality TV.  

Maybe it's just me. But i love summer reality tv (well some of it).

Here we have Canadian Idol starting next week.

And Big Brother.

And So You Think You Can Dance.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:06:16 AM
I do try to eat several servings of fruit and veggies each day.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:06:29 AM
Good Noon!

-Well, it's Noon here.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:07:17 AM
I also look forward to BIG BROTHER...my all time favorite "reality" type show...or "game show"...or whatever you want to call it. I call it "fun"!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:08:33 AM
By the way, I will pretty much show my petunias to anyone who asks.

I asked, but you didn't show me.  :(
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:11:07 AM
Well, they don't travel very well Jose.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:11:25 AM
Fruit is not that expensive.  Yes, it costs more than it did a few years ago, but even just two pieces of fruit a day - apples, oranges, pears, bananas, etc. - won't exactly clean out your wallet.  Just think of all the apples you could buy for the same price of a five-disc DVD box set?

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:11:46 AM
Well, they don't travel very well Jose.

;D

ROTFLMAO!!!!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:12:28 AM
Page 4 Lemon Petunia dance


(http://www.garden-collection.com/images/fullsize/DHT2510.jpg)
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:12:59 AM

Good morning studlies and lovelies!  What a festive group in the Living Room this morning.

Many thanks dear Jose and dear Ben for the comments on the burger places. :)

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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:13:28 AM
That is right DR Jose, and grapes are $1 a pound at Safeway this week!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:15:24 AM
And speaking of traveling...

After a few phone calls and some confirmations, I'm all set to head down to Richmond via Amtrak tomorrow morning.  And I got to use Amtrak Guest Rewards points too!  I'll be staying with Steve tomorrow night, then meet up with my parents at their new house on Saturday.

*And I was going to treat Steve to a belated birthday dinner - he turned the big 5-0 this past Sunday, but it turns out he has a gift certificate to one of our favorite Chinese restaurants, Peking, as well as a dinner certificate to Morton's(!).  Hmm... Steak!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:17:10 AM
Upen Patel's first lead role film SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM was just released on DVD yesterday, if anyone cares. (I myself will be ordering my copy right today!)

(http://image.ohmynews.com/down/images/1/mthozomeen_355057_1%5B607681%5D.jpg)



Here is the films official website where you can see shots of Upen in all his glory  8)  : http://www.shakalakathemovie.com/ (http://www.shakalakathemovie.com/)
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 09:17:23 AM
Maybe I'll show my petunias (though no one has asked me to.)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:17:30 AM
No.

Uh...no.

Not unless eating 2 [two] Levain's cookies counts.   :)

Oh, and I meant to ask... Did that second cookie make it all the way back home?  ;)
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:18:01 AM

The problem with so much supermarker fruit, is that it is supplied by sources that keep breeding and developing fruit based on size, color, and appearance.  It is almost always harvested way ahead of time and then gassed or processed to make it appear ripe.

The one element that gets eliminated in all of the above process, is FLAVOR !!

I grow peaches and apricots (yes, here in Arizona), and even though my peaches are about half the physical size of the supermarket varieties,  the flavor is so intense and wonderful that it would amaze you.

And so far this season, over 400 pounds of peaches have been harvested from my trees.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 09:19:32 AM
DR Musicguy, I didn't realize your peaches were so tasty?
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:21:56 AM
DR Musicguy, I didn't realize your peaches were so tasty?

You know it Baby !!  You just nestle your little petunias over here !!

(Jose, I may need help with this! :) )
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 09:24:03 AM
Upen Patel's first lead role film SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM was just released on DVD yesterday, if anyone cares. (I myself will be ordering my copy right today!)

(http://image.ohmynews.com/down/images/1/mthozomeen_355057_1%5B607681%5D.jpg)



Here is the films official website where you can see shots of Upen in all his glory  8)  : http://www.shakalakathemovie.com/ (http://www.shakalakathemovie.com/)

WAsn't there a song called Boom Shakalak by Apache Indian?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 09:24:40 AM
I used to make a fruit pizza [really sort of a fruit tart] that looked something like this:
(http://www.kraftfoods.com/images/recipe_images/PHILADELPHIA_Fruit_Pizza.jpg)

Have you read The Randy Vicar and the Fruit Tart?

der Brucer
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 09:24:53 AM
I like fruit, I like to cut peaches, strawberries and even bananas up andmix it with yogurt. Rather tasty treat.  I do prefer Yoplait.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:25:06 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

When I cook vegetables at home, I usually do something very simple with them - boil, steam, saute, bake, etc.  And even though I have been quite the "regular" cook over the past couple of years, my knife skills are still on the slow side, so the less the chopping and dicing the better.  Sometimes there's nothing better than a perfectly baked baked potato.  Or a baked sweet potato.  Or a roasted bulb of fennel.

I came across and Afghan - I think it was Afghan - dish a few years ago, that's basically comprised of caramelized onions, tomatoes and chick peas.  Very easy to prepare and quite delicious.  *And for some protein, you can poach an egg in the cooking liquid.

I'm the same with fruits.  I prefer to eat them out of hand.  If I want a "fancy" fruit tart, I'll order one when I'm out at a restaurant.  However, depending what I happen to find at the market, I will occasionally make a crostata with the aid of a store-bought pie crust.  Just plop the fruit on top of the pie crust, top with some sugar and cinnamon, dot with a few pats of butter, then bring the pie crust up around the fruit and bake.  Yummers!
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:25:30 AM

And before I go do a few errands....

Good Morning to dear Esteemed, rested, rehearsed, rice-pudding'd, transposed, and rippling buns-of-steel BK --

And I can't believe that you would throw such a "can of lighter fluid on the fire" to this crowd, as you did in the TOD.....

".......Today’s topic of discussion: What are the most creative things you’ve done with fruits and vegetables......"

My god, the mind boggles...... ( just thinking of Elmo's VCR !! )
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:26:13 AM
You know it Baby !!  You just nestle your little petunias over here !!

(Jose, I may need help with this! :) )

The mind boggles.  Simply boggles.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 09:26:37 AM
I am surprised that DerBrucer has not made a comment about Middle Spunk...
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:27:51 AM
I can tell you all from first-hand experience that MusicGuy has very tasty peaches.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:27:59 AM

My god, the mind boggles...... ( just thinking of Elmo's VCR !! )

The mind boggles.  Simply boggles.

Now that's spooky!
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:28:54 AM

... :o ...Oh Arthur, you've used more vegetables than anyone else in this room!... :-X
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:29:28 AM
This morning I went for a walk and this is what I saw:

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/grtgrackle.jpg)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:29:32 AM
Hmm...

So, for 3000 Amtrak Guest Rewards points, I can travel from Richmond to Boston, or from New York to Boston, or from DC to Philadelphia, or even from New York to Newark.  Hmm... It's not a distance-based reward redemption.  Hmm...
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:30:12 AM
DakotaCelt, I enjoyed your vacation photos. And I have enjoyed Ben's vacation photos.
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:30:14 AM
I can tell you all from first-hand experience that MusicGuy has very tasty peaches.

Why, thank you dear DR Laura....... and everyone knows that you are a good church-lady, and always tell the truth!  
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:32:09 AM

It's time to do a little bit of productive work..... so tip-toe, and don't disturb the sleeping Grande Mensch......he is restoring his punim !
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:32:41 AM

And, I guess we'll have a "page 5  PUNIM DANCE !
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 09:32:55 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/katiecarrotsm.jpg)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 09:32:57 AM
The mind boggles.  Simply boggles.

I do like the game BOGGLE
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 09:33:19 AM
Back from the webinar.  It was an interesting way to deliver professional development content.  We had PowerPoint, handouts, audio (via phone), and the capability to ask questions (filling out a form on the web).  The coolest thing was the "instant polls" they had built into the presentation - sort of like asking for a show of hands in person, but the results were displayed on the screen as pie charts.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 09:34:46 AM
I love peaches, hard to find good ones here...

Laura, what kind of bird is taht in the picture?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:35:18 AM
Hmm...  I'll have to Google for the particulars later, but there was just a story on the news about some high school graduates who were not given their diplomas due to the fact that their parents and relatives clapped during the graduation ceremony.  The school has a "No Clapping" clause.  And the students even have to sign a paper stating that they will not clap for their classmates.  And, apparently, it applies to their relatives too - who don't sign the paper in advance.  However, the students will receive their diplomas after they serve one day of community service.

W-T-F?!?!?!?![/i]
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Post by: JMK on May 31, 2007, 09:36:21 AM
I am amazed that with the likes of Elmore, Jose and especially TCB 'round these here parts that the phrase "what is the most creative thing you've done with vegetables" hasn't been....explored more thoroughly.   ;D
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Post by: JMK on May 31, 2007, 09:36:53 AM
I love peaches, hard to find good ones here...

Laura, what kind of bird is taht in the picture?

Does anyone still eat a peach?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:38:14 AM
I am amazed that with the likes of Elmore, Jose and especially TCB 'round these here parts that the phrase "what is the most creative thing you've done with vegetables" hasn't been....explored more thoroughly.   ;D

Well, we don't have to share everything we've explored.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:38:14 AM
DakotaCelt, it is a male great-tailed grackle.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:45:58 AM
Well, we don't have to share everything we've explored.

But the day is still young, so...
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 09:53:24 AM
By the way, I will pretty much show my petunias to anyone who asks.


I suspect Elmore's already SEEN your petunias!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 09:54:18 AM
I also look forward to BIG BROTHER...my all time favorite "reality" type show...or "game show"...or whatever you want to call it. I call it "fun"!

Me, too, but I haven't heard a whisper of a rumor about another one this year.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 09:55:24 AM
Fruit is not that expensive.  Yes, it costs more than it did a few years ago, but even just two pieces of fruit a day - apples, oranges, pears, bananas, etc. - won't exactly clean out your wallet.  Just think of all the apples you could buy for the same price of a five-disc DVD box set?

;)


[SLAP]


[SLAP-SLAP]


"SNAP out of it!"

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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 09:56:40 AM
Does anyone still eat a peach?

I had two white peaches three weeks ago.  They were very "dear" ($.75 each), but they were luscious.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 09:58:21 AM

Good morning studlies and lovelies!  What a festive group in the Living Room this morning.

Many thanks dear Jose and dear Ben for the comments on the burger places. :)




I'm actually on the patio watching the hot tub bubble.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 09:58:47 AM
Maybe I'll show my petunias (though no one has asked me to.)


I'll pass....



;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 10:14:41 AM
OOPS!

Those crazy news people (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu6u3OMIm08)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 10:17:33 AM
...but it's all wrapped in foil so you don't need to wash a plate  ;)

Do they do take-out oatmeal?

der Brucer
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 10:21:35 AM
Oh, and I meant to ask... Did that second cookie make it all the way back home?  ;)

Yep!  But inside my belly, for safe keeping...     ;)
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Post by: JMK on May 31, 2007, 10:23:54 AM
I had two white peaches three weeks ago.  They were very "dear" ($.75 each), but they were luscious.

Umm...that was my T.S. Eliot reference of the year, LOL.   ;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 10:23:59 AM
Yep!  But inside my belly, for safe keeping...     ;)

Hmm... I guess I could take some Levain cookies down to Richmond tomorrow.  Hmm...
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 10:24:51 AM
I was in a Borders at lunch.  The following jumped into my hand, and would not leave me alone unless I left the store with them:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XS0ZE96DL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-XnhLYhlL._AA240_.jpg)
What could I do but comply?    :)
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 10:25:05 AM
If you go in early are you allowed to leave early?

I am. :) I have a very nice supervisor (unlike my friend/co-worker Margo who has a NOT very nice supervisor ::)).
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 10:30:50 AM
Re:  "Big Brother 8"

SPOILER

I found this at a "Big Brother" site:

"A new group of houseguests will move in to the "Big Brother 8" house. Big Brother enters a new era after an All-Stars season was aired last summer.

"July 5th is the TBA premiere date, pending the offical premiere date announcement from CBS."
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:35:04 AM
My favorite way to eat fruit is in a cobbler, like the one at Joe Allen.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 10:35:52 AM
I am surprised that DerBrucer has not made a comment about Middle Spunk...

Oh? I thought it was Middle Spank - an ad for for an S&M Spa

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:35:55 AM
Pogue - the book fair is Saturday and Sunday in Pasadena - I don't really care for that one, but I do like to drop by and say hello to my dealer friends.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:36:32 AM
Slept late again, and I'm feeling all caught up, sleep-wise, and starting tomorrow I must arise early for the next few days.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:37:07 AM
I think Gene is in Billie - I may have remarked on it at the time I watched the DVD.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 10:46:03 AM
Why, thank you dear DR Laura....... and everyone knows that you are a good church-lady, and always tell the truth!  

I'm not sure good church-ladies should be talking about sampling neighborhood gentleman's fruits!

Than heavens you don't have a walnut tree!

der Brucer
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 10:47:25 AM
Nice flowers DR MBarnum.

This year i went with impatiens only.  They seem to survive the best for me.  So i have 2 hanging baskets. One window box. 2 standing containers. And 2 gardens full of impatiens.  For some reason this year my favorites are the orange ones.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 10:47:53 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]*****  BREAKING NEWS FROM THE HHW NEWS DESK  *****[/move]

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/image2870453g.jpg)

...HHW News has learned that the Extreme TB Patient, who is currently under federal quarantine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, is exceptionally handsome...

...We repeat, HHW News has learned that the Extreme TB Patient, who is currently under federal quarantine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, is exceptionally handsome...

...More on this story as it develops...

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Post by: Ben on May 31, 2007, 10:48:59 AM
A new Theatre/Center for the Performing Arts is being built, not on the East or West Coast but in Fairfield, IA (that's in the southeast part of the state)! It's will be named after:

Stephen Sondheim (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108442.html)

Perhaps Cillaliz can drop by when it's finished and give us a report. It will be a bit of a drive, but it sounds like fun!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 10:49:52 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]*****  BREAKING NEWS FROM THE HHW NEWS DESK  *****[/move]




:D



Alas, he's also exceptionally contagious.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 10:50:14 AM

It's time to do a little bit of productive work..... so tip-toe, and don't disturb the sleeping Grande Mensch......he is restoring his punim !

(http://re3.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/1940136719)

der Brucer
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 10:50:40 AM
I've seen quite a few BIG BROTHER commercials i believe on CBS.  They haven't shown any new footage. But they have been promoting it.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 10:52:56 AM
I am amazed that with the likes of Elmore, Jose and especially TCB 'round these here parts that the phrase "what is the most creative thing you've done with vegetables" hasn't been....explored more thoroughly.   ;D

Personal tales of explorations involving fruits and vegetables would cause a site melt-down ;D

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 10:54:42 AM
Well, I think I'm going to head out for a bit.  And then once I'm back, I guess I should pack for my couple of days back down in Richmond.  In any case...

Laters...
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:56:42 AM
I'm still trying to de-groggify.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 10:57:10 AM
:D



Alas, he's also exceptionally contagious.

Thus, the tragic twist of the tale...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:59:05 AM
A new Theatre/Center for the Performing Arts is being built, not on the East or West Coast but in Fairfield, IA (that's in the southeast part of the state)! It's will be named after:

Stephen Sondheim (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108442.html)

Perhaps Cillaliz can drop by when it's finished and give us a report. It will be a bit of a drive, but it sounds like fun!

INteresting, perhaps she can...

IN Wisconson, the small town of Amherst has an incredible small theatre. It is gorgeous and they actually stage a lot of plays. It is on the banks of the Tomorrow River.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:59:33 AM
:D



Alas, he's also exceptionally contagious.

I will pass on both accounts!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:00:02 AM
I have sympathy for the passengers taht were on the same plane as him
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 11:01:06 AM
Is anyone having a problem connecting?  I'm not, and obviously there's a lot of people here posting, but dear reader Adriana Patti has contacted me and she's telling me that she can't get on here - Safari won't connect, nor firefox.  I'm on Safari right now, no problem, loads very fast, same with AOL.  
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:02:59 AM
So far I am not having trouble, I did earlier today with my dailup connection.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 11:09:26 AM
It is on the banks of the Tomorrow River.

Where, at any moment now, the sun'll come out...     :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 11:10:43 AM
Thus, the tragic twist of the tale...

In Tragic Twist, Tail Triggers Tuberculosis Terror...
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 11:11:45 AM
I'm not sure good church-ladies should be talking about sampling neighborhood gentleman's fruits!

Than heavens you don't have a walnut tree!

der Brucer

I think he has a pecan tree.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 11:17:39 AM
DR Danise-

Thanks for checking in last night...

Hang in there!   :)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 11:19:34 AM
:D



Alas, he's also exceptionally contagious.

Actually not. TB is actually difficult to catch - it takes lengthy close contact.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 11:21:32 AM
I think he has a pecan tree.

OK, I'll play - tell us about MusicGuy's nuts!

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 11:24:02 AM
Edisaurus- put down that kitty!

AP (http://news.aol.com/strange/story/_a/woman-unwittingly-rescues-injured-bobcat/n20070529160809990012)

Quote
Woman Unwittingly Rescues Injured Bobcat

MOBILE, Ala. (May 29) - A woman who helped rescue an injured cat on the roadside got a surprise when a veterinarian told her it was a wild and potentially dangerous bobcat.

Liza Eldred, her teenage daughter and the girl's friend found the female bobcat Saturday on U.S. 98 in south Baldwin County, wrapped it in a sweatshirt and drove it to an animal clinic for treatment.

Veterinarian Andy Duke said the women were "extremely lucky" that the bobcat, which had a broken paw, did not panic and injure them.

They were in "a lot of danger," Duke said.

Eldred believes the bobcat didn't harm them because it sensed they were trying to help.

"It was not moving, making a sound," she said. "It hissed once, so we stopped once so my daughter's friend could move into the (far) back seat."

Duke's staff named the 11-pound bobcat Bobbi. He said it is undersized at 10 to 12 months old, and the animals typically grow to about 35 pounds.

der Brucer
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 11:24:41 AM
It takes so little to send us on the slippery downward slope!  :)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 11:31:10 AM
The tileman is tiling.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 11:32:13 AM
MusicGuy has nice pecans.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 11:43:52 AM
I love those nuts roasted....and salted.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 11:47:04 AM
The Roast of Utopia...
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 11:55:01 AM
I've seen quite a few BIG BROTHER commercials i believe on CBS.  They haven't shown any new footage. But they have been promoting it.

I simply don't watch CBS as often as you, it seems.  

I've seen no promos of any kind, thus far.  But I admittedly haven't watched CBS since the series finale of "Jericho" (or the season finale to "Survivor", whichever came first).
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 12:01:31 PM
What an interesting morning.  Over the weekend I finally found the paperwork from when I'd licensed Spaceship/Naked Space to Germany, and I'd allowed my print to be stored at a lab for ten years with the proviso that I have access to it whenever needed.  So, now that we're thinking about issuing it here, I had the decision to either use the transfer on the German DVD, which is really good but non-anamorphic (although I can probably do it anamorphic, but it would result in slight quality loss from what I understand), or just do a new transfer from the print, which is pristine.  So, I called the lab and after a little while they found the file.  Well, it turns out these lovely people I'd done the deal with never paid their lab bill and then just disappeared, so I'm told the print was auctioned off in 2003.  I told them since my name and signature was on the lab access letter, as well as my address, and that I was the licensor, that it would have been nice had they called me.  They're now trying to track down who it was sold to (they seemed to know him), and so I may be able to buy it back.  If not, I have a friend who can probably find a print for me.  It's most annoying, but typical.  I did get paid a fair amount of money, so it's not like I wasn't well-compensated for the print, but still, it's not right.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 12:03:12 PM
By the way, I will pretty much show my petunias to anyone who asks.

The Greeks Had A Word For That!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 12:05:11 PM
I asked, but you didn't show me.  :(

DR Jose, "Ask" and "Attack" are not synonymous.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 12:10:30 PM
I suspect Elmore's already SEEN your petunias!

Nope.  Nada.  No way.  DR MBarnum is a very modest guest.  I believe he wore his PJs with the bunny ears under his daily clothing.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 12:17:44 PM
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...HHW News has learned that the Extreme TB Patient, who is currently under federal quarantine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, is exceptionally handsome...

...We repeat, HHW News has learned that the Extreme TB Patient, who is currently under federal quarantine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, is exceptionally handsome...

...More on this story as it develops...



I think he's also extremely stupid and inconsiderate: he was asked to not fly to Europe, so he did for his wedding.  He was asked to fly back under security conditions, so he flew a commercial flight and may have infected all the passengers.  I'm against government control of our lives but I think health security is a whole different issue.

On another health front,  I was just informed that Helen Weinberger, my music teacher from grades 10-12, passed away yesterday.  She was a wonderful teacher and a dear lady.  I visted her around three years ago when I was back in Ohio, and I was quite fond of her.  She was a major inspiration and one of the best teachers I ever had.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 12:19:42 PM
Well, it turns out these lovely people I'd done the deal with never paid their lab bill and then just disappeared, so I'm told the print was auctioned off in 2003.

STRING THEM UP BY THEIR THUMBS!

Chinchy bassas.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 12:24:10 PM
requiescat in pace, Helen Weinberger!
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 12:25:18 PM
Tonight on tv we have the new Mark Burnett series Pirate Masters  (in the Survivor timeslot on CBS).  I am quite curious about this show since it sounds so odd.

I've never even heard of this!  I don't think know I won't watch this...I have rehearsal AND the only "reality" show that I've watched was "The Apprentice."  Those sorts of shows just don't usually interest me. ::)
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 12:29:41 PM
I've never even heard of this!


ARRRRGH!   String him to the mizzenmast!  Make him walk the plank!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 12:32:10 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/katiecarrotsm.jpg)

Oh my golly that brings back memories! There were also a Ketchup bottle and a Mustard jar characters...I didn't own them myself, but my best friend Scott Adams did...these were my top favorite toys.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 12:35:30 PM
ARRRRGH!   String him to the mizzenmast!  Make him walk the plank!

Is the view from the mizzenmast almost as good as from the orchesmast?  Are there any obstructions?
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 12:36:42 PM
One of my co-workers just got back from Vegas and he brought me the latest copy of the magazine, What's On.  On the back cover of this issue is a full-page ad for the Las Vegas production of THE PRODUCERS, starring Brad Oscar.  What is strange about the photo, is that if I didn't already know that Larry Raben was playing the other leading role; I would swear that DR Ben's ever-lovin' Ant had been running off to do the show in Nevada. (I wish I had a scanner so I could show this photo.)

I also noticed that as of sometime in May, Mr. Hasselhoff is no longer part of THE PRODUCERS.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 31, 2007, 12:38:09 PM
Oh my golly that brings back memories! There were also a Ketchup bottle and a Mustard jar characters...I didn't own them myself, but my best friend Scott Adams did...these were my top favorite toys.

LOL!  I remember having no problem with carrots, potatoes, peppers and cucumbers with eyes, noses, mouths and ears, but that I drew the line at ketchup bottles and mustard jars--that was just plain silly!
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 12:38:45 PM
Okay, I'm going to give you dear readers a head's up - I have gone deep into storage and found another cache of Bay Cities boxes.  I suspected I had these, but couldn't be sure.  Happily, I was very smart in what boxes I took when the company folded.  So, this is not for publication yet (I won't be posting about this for another day on the film music boards), but I have found the title I was hoping to - David Shire's masterpiece, Return To Oz.  I'm giving you dear, dear people first crack at these.  I haven't unpacked the boxes yet, and I have to remove them from their blisterpax, which will take a couple of days.  I can't let these go cheaply, I'm afraid, and I haven't decided on which of two prices I'm going to charge, but I'll give you dear readers the lower of them, which is $25 plus shipping.  Considering this title usually goes for close to $100 or even more (and they don't come up for auction very often - and amazon sellers don't even have one copy), I think it's a bargain.  They sold for sixteen bucks new, so it's really not that much more.  I'm probably going to end up charging $30, so if you're interested, e-mail me at kritzerland@aol.com and I'll tell you how to proceed from there.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 12:40:41 PM
It takes so little to send us on the slippery downward slope!  :)

...and of course many (no names please) have long been at the bottom, trying in vain to make it back to up that steep, steep slope.  8)
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 12:46:02 PM
...
On another health front,  I was just informed that Helen Weinberger, my music teacher from grades 10-12, passed away yesterday.  She was a wonderful teacher and a dear lady.  I visted her around three years ago when I was back in Ohio, and I was quite fond of her.  She was a major inspiration and one of the best teachers I ever had.

Oh, DR Elmore, I hadn't heard that.  DH Richard will be interested, I'm sure.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 12:48:50 PM
I didn't own them myself, but my best friend Scott Adams did...

A likely story!   ;)    Why anyone who owned the Freakies collection wouldn't also own the mustard and ketchup bottles...      :)
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 12:51:33 PM
I have been doing some reading (don't faint Elmore3003) on the plight of Iraqi refugees. I was totally unaware of any of this, but there seem to be over 1 million refugees from that country, people who because of helping American's or being govt workers, have had to leave their homes and country behind as their lives were in danger...and now are living in relocation camps in Syria and Jordan (can you even imagine how horrible that would be to have to put your family through).

The US, who has had a bit of a hand in what is currently happening in Iraq, has so far only let 800 (eight hundred) refugees into our country to resettle. I think that is outrageous and inhuman!

Britain and Germany have not helped much either....the country resettling the most refugees appears to be Sweden, of all places!!

Ok, rant over.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 12:59:22 PM
If you don't know it, David Shire's Return To Oz score is one of the great scores of all time.  The recording is amazing, it's the London Symphony Orchestra, and it was the first Bay Cities soundtrack CD.  
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 12:59:29 PM
See, I wasn't just whistling dixie!!! I was so lucky to grow up in the 1960s and 70s!!!

(http://www.mrpotatohead.net/1960/frankie.jpg)



(http://www.mrpotatohead.net/1960/frenchfry.jpg)



(http://www.mrpotatohead.net/1960/willybox.jpg)


Mr. Ketchup Head and Mr. Mustard Head (actually I always made it into Mrs. Mustard Head...it just seemd right) were my favorites...and I had all but forgotten Mr. Frenchy Fry and Mr. Willy Burger!!!!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 01:00:09 PM
A likely story!   ;)    Why anyone who owned the Freakies collection wouldn't also own the mustard and ketchup bottles...      :)

Believe me, I am checking Ebay right now!!!! LOL!
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 01:00:41 PM
Ok, rant over.
(http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/soapbox/soapbox.jpg)
;)
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 01:01:46 PM
But I must say...I don't think Scott and I even knew this one existed...but boy would I have loved to have this one!!!!!!

(http://www.mrpotatohead.net/1960/moon5.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 01:03:22 PM
Mr. Willy Burger gives me the willies!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 01:03:47 PM
I have been doing some reading (don't faint Elmore3003) on the plight of Iraqi refugees. I was totally unaware of any of this, but there seem to be over 1 million refugees from that country, people who because of helping American's or being govt workers, have had to leave their homes and country behind as their lives were in danger...and now are living in relocation camps in Syria and Jordan (can you even imagine how horrible that would be to have to put your family through).

The US, who has had a bit of a hand in what is currently happening in Iraq, has so far only let 800 (eight hundred) refugees into our country to resettle. I think that is outrageous and inhuman!

Britain and Germany have not helped much either....the country resettling the most refugees appears to be Sweden, of all places!!

Ok, rant over.

WE have a lot of refugees in FArgo from both Iraq, namely Kurds, and also from Sudan and Liberia
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 01:04:54 PM
Fruit and vegetables - exotic ways of preparing same.
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 01:05:08 PM
It never occurred to me to want to "change fruits and vegetables into space ships," but at least it's ON TOPIC for today!  :)

What a strange childhood you must have had, DR MBarnum!  ;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 01:12:07 PM
STRING THEM UP BY THEIR THUMBS!

You do so love to show others a good time!

der Brucer
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Post by: singdaw on May 31, 2007, 01:13:31 PM
You do so love to show others a good time!

Kinky!   ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 01:21:10 PM

I have been doing some reading (don't faint Elmore3003)


I was thrilled to know they're still publishing The Weekly Reader.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 01:21:57 PM
See, I wasn't just whistling dixie!!! I was so lucky to grow up in the 1960s and 70s!!!

(http://www.mrpotatohead.net/1960/willybox.jpg)


Will Mr. Moore give a testimomnial to your being all grown up?

Must have been nice to have a kit to decorate your Willy!

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 01:25:36 PM


I also noticed that as of sometime in May, Mr. Hasselhoff is no longer part of THE PRODUCERS.

Probably becasue he returning to his judgship on that America's Talent reality show.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 01:34:25 PM


What a strange childhood you must have had, DR MBarnum!  ;)

"had"? Sems he's still "having".

How will we know when he enters his second childhood?

der Brucer
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 01:35:20 PM
I was in a Borders at lunch.  The following jumped into my hand, and would not leave me alone unless I left the store with them:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XS0ZE96DL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-XnhLYhlL._AA240_.jpg)
What could I do but comply?    :)

No smarter purchases could have been made. This is one of the finest procedural dramas on television, and it's elevated by having a fascinating set of regulars who are all interesting characters on their own.
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 01:36:39 PM
I am amazed that with the likes of Elmore, Jose and especially TCB 'round these here parts that the phrase "what is the most creative thing you've done with vegetables" hasn't been....explored more thoroughly.   ;D

So...what's YOUR contribution to the conversation??

;)
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 01:38:59 PM

I've never even heard of this!

ARRRRGH!   String him to the mizzenmast!  Make him walk the plank!

I'd rather peek at MBarnum's petunias...is that an optional punishment??

;)
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 01:42:14 PM
Lunch started late and lasted quite a long time. After lunch, we went to Best Buy. He's been looking into M3 players for his daughter, and I wanted to buy the first season of VERONICA MARS which is on sale there this week, cheaper than I could even find used copies on the internet. I had some gift cards for BB, so it didn't actually cost me anything. (I had found season two of VM earlier this week at Amazon with the same sale price as BB.)
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 01:42:19 PM
Okay, I'm going to give you dear readers a head's up - I have gone deep into storage and found another cache of Bay Cities boxes.  I suspected I had these, but couldn't be sure.  Happily, I was very smart in what boxes I took when the company folded.  So, this is not for publication yet (I won't be posting about this for another day on the film music boards), but I have found the title I was hoping to - David Shire's masterpiece, Return To Oz.  I'm giving you dear, dear people first crack at these.  I haven't unpacked the boxes yet, and I have to remove them from their blisterpax, which will take a couple of days.  I can't let these go cheaply, I'm afraid, and I haven't decided on which of two prices I'm going to charge, but I'll give you dear readers the lower of them, which is $25 plus shipping.  Considering this title usually goes for close to $100 or even more (and they don't come up for auction very often - and amazon sellers don't even have one copy), I think it's a bargain.  They sold for sixteen bucks new, so it's really not that much more.  I'm probably going to end up charging $30, so if you're interested, e-mail me at kritzerland@aol.com and I'll tell you how to proceed from there.

I think that I may already have this, but I won't be able to check until I get home from rehearsal.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 01:44:20 PM
When I got home, I did have some time for some TV-on-DVDs.

I began with the next episode of ANGEL, a kind of filler episode as signs of a coming apocalypse get stronger and stronger. By the time the demon spouted forth from the earth near the end of the episode, it was clear this was actually a two parter.

Additionally, nothing beat the cringe-inducing love scene between Connor and Cordelia.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 01:45:54 PM
I couldn't end the afternoon without watching another episode of THE CLOSER. This is the one with the wife of a famous chef murdered in the restaurant she managed. Douglas Sills was back as number 1 suspect Dennis Dutton, and the chemistry he has with Kyra Sedgwick is superb. I hope he shows up for a season three episode!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 01:47:24 PM
I got Criterion's new release of Lindsay Anderson's IF. . .  in the mail today, but I'm not sure right now if I'll watch it tonight or tomorrow morning.

I still wanted to get to that PLANET EARTH episode and MORNING GLORY today.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 01:51:46 PM
I couldn't end the afternoon without watching another episode of THE CLOSER. This is the one with the wife of a famous chef murdered in the restaurant she managed. Douglas Sills was back as number 1 suspect Dennis Dutton, and the chemistry he has with Kyra Sedgwick is superb. I hope he shows up for a season three episode!

Is this the  "Just plain Brenda" episode?

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 01:53:21 PM
Just ran my music and I'm more comfortable with it, so after tomorrow's little music rehearsal I should be okay.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 01:53:48 PM
The script is a whole other kettle of fish.  I am having trouble even wanting to pick it up and look at it.  
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 01:58:54 PM
Does anyone heree use the Long island Rail Road?  This just in (OK, it came in about an hour ago but I just saw it):


MTA Long Island Rail Road

Service Alert

Thursday, May 31, 2007  3:45 PM

Evening Rush Hour Service:

Beginning at 4 PM the LIRR is anticipating operating its regular evening rush hour service out of Penn Station and Brooklyn; however customers should expect delays of 10-15 minutes and some canceled and combined trains.

We currently have limited service restored west of Jamaica Station between  Jamaica Station and Penn Station, as well as between Jamaica Station and Flatbush Avenue while we continue to assess and repair the damage to the signal system from the earlier brush fire west of Jamaica.

NYC Transit is also honoring LIRR tickets at Penn Station, Flatbush Avenue,  Jamaica, Woodside, Forest Hills, and Kew Gardens.

 
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 02:02:38 PM
BK - Did the CD (in the envelope bearing many of our unused 39-cent stamps) get to you?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 02:03:27 PM
The US, who has had a bit of a hand in what is currently happening in Iraq, has so far only let 800 (eight hundred) refugees into our country to resettle. I think that is outrageous and inhuman!

Do we invite the Sunnis who are fleeing the Shiites or the Shiites who are fleeing the Sunnis? Maybe a mix of both so they can continue the civil war over here?

I suspect that the refugees are fleeing other Arabs, not the U.S.

How many thousand non-English speaking Muslim Arabs would Salem like to welcome? Ask your neighbors - I suspect you'll find the response disheartening.

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:16:15 PM
Good Afternoon!


Aaaahhhh....

-Notice I did not say, "Whew!" this time.  ;)

Just back from a nice walk through the northwest quadrant of Central Park.  After having lunch at the Hampton Chutney Co., I headed over to Central Park.  Walked around the Reservoir, then made my way through the North Woods.  I finally "discovered" Huddlestone Arch, as well as some other Central Park landmarks.  I eventually made my way to the top of the Park, and came out at the northwest corner where there are some spiffy new residential towers.

It was a bit on the warm side, and, alas, I could tell that the air was not at its best today - there was a definite brown tinge hanging in below the clouds.  But since I wasn't doing anything strenuous, I was OK.  And it was a good head-clearing walk.


Aaaahh...
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 02:16:49 PM
Is this the  "Just plain Brenda" episode?



No, that's from season one (penultimate episode), and Douglas Sills wasn't the guest star in that one.
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 02:17:41 PM
Libraries that want to receive the new Harry Potter book before its July 21 release date have been required by the publisher to limit the number of staffers who will handle the copies and to provide names and contact info for each branch manager.  Apparently, the system for which I work has complied.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:18:14 PM
Does anyone heree use the Long island Rail Road?  This just in (OK, it came in about an hour ago but I just saw it):


MTA Long Island Rail Road

Service Alert

Thursday, May 31, 2007  3:45 PM

Evening Rush Hour Service:

Beginning at 4 PM the LIRR is anticipating operating its regular evening rush hour service out of Penn Station and Brooklyn; however customers should expect delays of 10-15 minutes and some canceled and combined trains.

We currently have limited service restored west of Jamaica Station between  Jamaica Station and Penn Station, as well as between Jamaica Station and Flatbush Avenue while we continue to assess and repair the damage to the signal system from the earlier brush fire west of Jamaica.

NYC Transit is also honoring LIRR tickets at Penn Station, Flatbush Avenue,  Jamaica, Woodside, Forest Hills, and Kew Gardens.

 

And to complicate matters, the MTA's Credit/Debit Card authorization system is down too this afternoon.  All MetroCards must be paid with cash.  I can't imagine what the lines are like in Times Square and Penn Station at the kiosks.  And at the nearby ATMs.  :-\
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:19:26 PM
The script is a whole other kettle of fish.  I am having trouble even wanting to pick it up and look at it.  

So... I just have to ask...  Didn't you get the script and score before you said, "Yes"?
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 02:20:01 PM
Forgot to mention that Debra Messing's new miniseries begins tonight - THE STARTER WIFE at 9. It's on one of the cable channels - Lifetime or USA or one of those. I'll have to look at the cable guide to be sure.

I'll give it a try.

Definitely not interested in PIRATE MASTER.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 02:20:36 PM
Well, I need to clean the bedroom areas and then get settled in for more TV.

WBBL.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:21:31 PM
DR Jose, "Ask" and "Attack" are not synonymous.

Hey, at least they begin and end with the same letters.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:23:39 PM
The Roast of Utopia...

A friend of mine is currently in the Broadway company of Forbidden Broadway, and come the new fall, he'll also have a cast recording to his credit for the yet unnamed new edition.  And his OCR will actually get released!

:-\

:)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 02:24:00 PM
Forgot to mention that Debra Messing's new miniseries begins tonight - THE STARTER WIFE at 9. It's on one of the cable channels - Lifetime or USA or one of those. I'll have to look at the cable guide to be sure.

USA 9-11

der Brucer
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 02:25:09 PM
"MORE OVALTINE HOT, PLEASE" has become "MORE OVALTINE SHAKES, PLEASE" - at least this summer version of the commercial makes sense.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:27:28 PM
Actually not. TB is actually difficult to catch - it takes lengthy close contact.

der Brucer

Well, the strain he has has a lengthy incubation period.  Consequently, his seatmates will have to be tested for the next two years just to make sure no infection has taken hold.  Whether something is "highly" or "lowly" contagious, there's still a possibility he could have infected other people.

On the "bright side" - if their is one - besides being "attractive", he's also a lawyer.

And then on the "how stupid can you be" side, his father-in-law is a doctor who specializes in TB.  :-\
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:28:48 PM
Is anyone having a problem connecting?  I'm not, and obviously there's a lot of people here posting, but dear reader Adriana Patti has contacted me and she's telling me that she can't get on here - Safari won't connect, nor firefox.  I'm on Safari right now, no problem, loads very fast, same with AOL.  

Has she cleared her cache?
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 02:28:52 PM
FJL - hasn't arrived yet, but I did get Tomovoz's CD today.

Jose - I said yes prior to hearing the score.  I read the script early on, thought it wasn't too hot, but the guy was persistent and really wanted me to do it, and I thought what the hell.  In hindsight, I should have said no.  The script has amusing things in it - the score is what's really dreadful.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 02:29:33 PM
We have an alumni association meeting at four, and I may have one further meeting after that - if the latter doesn't happen, it may happen in the morning.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:29:57 PM
Nope.  Nada.  No way.  DR MBarnum is a very modest guest.  I believe he wore his PJs with the bunny ears under his daily clothing.

Along with his black underwear.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 02:31:22 PM
I was thrilled to know they're still publishing The Weekly Reader.


And I was pleased to note that he seems to have done this without any supervision.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 02:31:38 PM
"MORE OVALTINE HOT, PLEASE" has become "MORE OVALTINE SHAKES, PLEASE" - at least this summer version of the commercial makes sense.

What about Australia?

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 02:32:29 PM
Also, I'm not ever going to be listing Return To Oz in the notes, so only those who peruse the board will know about it.  I really cannot say enough about this score - it's brilliant and filled with classic Shire melodies.  I wouldn't wait too long either - there aren't unlimited supplies - in fact, one this hits the film music boards tomorrow, it will go really fast - especially because I'm allowing one mail order house to purchase quite a few copies.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 02:33:45 PM
Forgot to mention that Debra Messing's new miniseries begins tonight - THE STARTER WIFE at 9. It's on one of the cable channels - Lifetime or USA or one of those. I'll have to look at the cable guide to be sure.

I'll give it a try.

Definitely not interested in PIRATE MASTER.


Am only one episode into "More Tales from the City" DVD.  I'll likely skip all network TV until "Big Brother".
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:33:49 PM
Well, now that I've stretched and cooled down, it's time for me to wash the dust and pollen off me.  The string of dry days has dried out the walking paths in the park - especially around the Reservoir - and there was a lot of dust being kicked up and in the air.  I had to shake out some dirt from my shoes in the midst of today's trek.

Laters...
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 02:34:28 PM
Do we invite the Sunnis who are fleeing the Shiites or the Shiites who are fleeing the Sunnis? Maybe a mix of both so they can continue the civil war over here?

I suspect that the refugees are fleeing other Arabs, not the U.S.

How many thousand non-English speaking Muslim Arabs would Salem like to welcome? Ask your neighbors - I suspect you'll find the response disheartening.

der Brucer

I did not say that the Iraqi's were fleeing the US...they are fleeing Iraq because their lives are in danger for having helped the US (or other foreign invaders...so to speak)...this is one of the reasons (besides humanitarian reasons) that the US should be at the forefront of helping these displaced people who are languishing in camps with no place to go. Others are govt workers and their families who have been forced to  flee due to the insurgants dislike of the new govt and anyone who was or is associated with it.

Some are Muslim, many are Christian...and I imagine with over 1 million of these refugees there are other religions in the mix as well as a smattering of athiests, not that it should matter.

And I am sure there are many in Salem who would not want Iraqi refugees here...but frankly I don't give a darn.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:34:36 PM
And I was pleased to note that he seems to have done this without any supervision.

But has he stopped moving his lips while he reads?
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 02:34:52 PM
Libraries that want to receive the new Harry Potter book before its July 21 release date have been required by the publisher to limit the number of staffers who will handle the copies and to provide names and contact info for each branch manager.  Apparently, the system for which I work has complied.

My supervisor (and his supervisor also...I think) had to sign a contract, as well...I work in the acquisitions department of the Timberland Regional Library (http://www.trlib.org/).  We'll get it that week, be we won't actually release ANY of the copies until Monday, July 23 because no one works here on Saturday and the books wouldn't even be able to get to the branches on Friday.  People will get the books when they get them...they better not complain.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 31, 2007, 02:35:01 PM
Well, now that I've stretched and cooled down, it's time for me to wash the dust and pollen off me.  


Welll....haven't you been the busy butterhoneybee!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 02:36:11 PM
Forgot to mention that Debra Messing's new miniseries begins tonight - THE STARTER WIFE at 9.

I know JRand56 will be there!!!

Not! LOL!
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 02:37:47 PM
A friend of mine is currently in the Broadway company of Forbidden Broadway, and come the new fall, he'll also have a cast recording to his credit for the yet unnamed new edition.  And his OCR will actually get released!

:-\

:)

What has been recorded but not released??

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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 02:38:33 PM
But has he stopped moving his lips while he reads?

Ok, ok...actually someone read it to me.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:38:43 PM
Better late than never...

PAGE NINE HUDDLESTONE ARCH DANCE!!!

(http://www.nynewsday.com/media/photo/2003-06/8409837.jpg)
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 02:39:33 PM
I simply don't watch CBS as often as you, it seems.  

I've seen no promos of any kind, thus far.  But I admittedly haven't watched CBS since the series finale of "Jericho" (or the season finale to "Survivor", whichever came first).

I'm not actually sure if i saw the promos on CBS or on the Canadian channel that carries BIG BROTHER.  I just know i've seen many promos.

If a Canadian channel is running the same program CBS is running (at the same time) then we see the Canadian commercials. So that is another reason i am not sure.

I do watch Global a lot (the Canadian channel that BB is on). And i'm trying to think what i watch that is only on CBS.  I'm not sure.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:39:40 PM
Ok, ok...actually someone read it to me.

:)

You're the bees' knees, DR MBarnum!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 02:41:32 PM
FYI:

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Huddlestone Arch: C105

[Constructed 1866]
Designer: Calvert Vaux 1824-1895 • England

Architectural Highlights
Dimensions: Width - 22 feet: Height - 10 feet.
Hidden away amidst the quiet country setting
of the Ravine, is one of Central Park’s most
picturesque arches, the Huddlestone.
Beyond its visual appeal, this arch is a
remarkable feat since it was built without
the seal of mortar or metal supports.
Relying on force exerted by gravity and
friction, Huddlestone Arch is constructed entirely
of immense uncut boulders, one weighing
100 tons, which gives Huddlestone its
unique natural appearance and remarkable
sturdiness.

In springtime, one of the attractions of
Huddlestone in Central Park is the yellow
forsythia that hangs over the rock’s
passageway on the arch's south side.
Parallel to the walkway,
is the Loch’s waterway that gently flows
under the arch as it disappears from view
when it meets the jarring structure of the
Lasker Rink on its northern side.
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 02:53:34 PM

Well, I can't just let the page lie there like so much fish.......
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 02:55:01 PM
Jennifer, I do know that Global does run some American shows the day before they air in the states.
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 02:55:31 PM

but now it's "rest the bones" time for a little bit.

And thank you DR Laura!  And to all who were wondering......

.....YES,.... my Pecans are just as nice as my peaches.    :)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 02:56:01 PM
...his seatmates will have to be tested for the next two years just to make sure no infection has taken hold.  

Sure glad I wasn't on one of those flights. Ever since my teen years I have tested postive for TB (the skin test) - naturally the Docs then want to do a lung Xray - then they discover that "little dark spot" that has also been there since my teen years!

I will probably die of radiation poisoning trying to demonstrate that I do not have TB!

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 03:02:42 PM
FYI:

This it?

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/162781084_c5a99ac273.jpg?v=0)

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 03:14:01 PM

And I am sure there are many in Salem who would not want Iraqi refugees here...but frankly I don't give a darn.

Good for you! Unfortunately the folks who will make the decisions (the Politicians) care a great deal about the vocal outcry from the community. Imagine the uproar if an amendment to admit 250,000 Iraqi refugees were added to the current Immigration Bill!

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 03:18:08 PM
People will get the books when they get them...they better not complain.

I would expect Saturday Noontime riots!

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 03:19:27 PM
Will we never get to page ten?
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 03:26:51 PM
FJL - hasn't arrived yet, but I did get Tomovoz's CD today.



so Dance Ballerina Dance
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 03:28:54 PM
I hope there will be no repercussions at my refusal to press the FART button at the top on the page.

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 03:29:00 PM
This it?
der Brucer

Ah, that's the view coming from the north.  The pic I posted earlier was from the south.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 03:31:47 PM

.....YES,.... my Pecans are just as nice as my peaches.    :)

And do the local Nuns frolic in your cucumber patch?

der Brucer
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 03:32:00 PM
I heard from our E&T DR Miss Karen today.and truant.  She says she's been away for "any reasons, many lame and not so lame, excuses. But nothing personal and nothing to do with HHW -- I've missed you all terribly and I'll be back with a gratuitous posting frenzy here shortly. I've been in and out of town a bunch which keeps me off the net a lot -- and I'm down to the wire with all my final stuff of my first semester -- most coo-koo at this point. I'm surprised the men in white coats have not been by to cart me off to Happy Haven...but to quote Ah-nold: 'I'll be baa-ck!'"
 
However, I have no idea of what happened to DR Brettyspaghetti.  Neither of my PMs have been answered.

As Noel Coward would say, "That is the end of the news."  
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 03:33:51 PM
Ah, that's the view coming from the north.  The pic I posted earlier was from the south.

I posted the "Grant" view, you the "Lee".

(And both quite lovely!)

der Brucer
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 03:39:01 PM
For those of you who remember.  "Return to OZ" was very much a favourite of young OzDerek. I'm still in contact with his sister Maureen a few times each week and Derek's Bears are still very much part of the family here.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 03:40:18 PM
Michael Ball will be appearing in a London production of "Kismet" in June. As will be Faith Prince.

(apologies if that has already been posted).
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 31, 2007, 03:42:31 PM
"Kismet" wil be staged at "The Coliseum" which is an enormous theatre recently refurbished. It is better known as a home for Ballet and Opera.
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 03:43:28 PM
Huzzah My internet finally allowed me to load the website :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 03:44:05 PM
Thanks for the updates DR ELmore on E&T MissKaren. She has been missed and I look forward to a posting frenzy when she returns
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 03:56:14 PM
By the way, I will pretty much show my petunias to anyone who asks.


WOW!
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 03:59:28 PM
Page 4 Lemon Petunia dance


(http://www.garden-collection.com/images/fullsize/DHT2510.jpg)


Gee, there even bigger than I imagined!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 04:02:13 PM
Gee, there even bigger than I imagined!
[/quote

And that's BIG!
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:06:22 PM
I suspect Elmore's already SEEN your petunias!


As I recall, last year he kept the wrapper.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:09:08 PM
My favorite way to eat fruit is in a cobbler, like the one at Joe Allen.


I once knew a fruit named Joe Allen, and I believe he was a cobbler.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 04:12:20 PM
Is anyone having a problem connecting?  I'm not, and obviously there's a lot of people here posting, but dear reader Adriana Patti has contacted me and she's telling me that she can't get on here - Safari won't connect, nor firefox.  I'm on Safari right now, no problem, loads very fast, same with AOL.  


Has she paid her bill?
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 04:17:20 PM
As I recall, last year he kept the wrapper.

I hate it when that happens.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 04:21:58 PM
Gee, there even bigger than I imagined!

Sadly, those petunias are not mine.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 04:26:46 PM
Hello!  
Tree men finished today.  8 trees!  That was a lot of climbing and cutting. I stayed home, pruned the rose bush,  took the plastic I had up on the gazebo to protect it from the snow, and put up the border in the bathroom.  It is now finished.  Whew!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 04:28:38 PM
Police work strikes again!

SPECTOR DEFENSE FOCUSES ON MISTAKES IN COLLECTING EVIDENCE (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276619,00.html)

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LOS ANGELES —  A coroner testifying in Phil Spector's murder trial acknowledged there were crime lab mistakes in evidence collection and handling including moving Lana Clarkson's body, which ended up compromising evaluation of at least one item at the crime scene.

Dr. Louis Pena also said Wednesday during cross-examination by Spector's defense attorneys that medical findings could not determine who held the gun that fired the bullet that killed the actress.


The medical examiner also said criminalists made mistakes in evidence collection and handling, including the loss of a piece of one of Clarkson's teeth.

The missing tooth fragment was among items in an in-house coroner's office memo about concerns in the case.
The memo also said a criminalist used lift-off tape on Clarkson's dress to collect samples of evidence and inadvertently compromised investigators' ability to evaluate blood spatter on the dress.

Pena acknowledged during cross-examination that Clarkson's body was mistakenly moved, causing blood to flow from her mouth, compromising evaluation of her dress for blood spatter.

Gee only Detective Mark Fuhrman is missing!

der Brucer
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 04:28:42 PM
I am now deciding whether or not to go to Jesus Christ Superstar.  I am really tired and I've seen it several times, so I'm not thrilled about going. There is a meet and greet with Jesus going on right now...ok Ted Neeley.
I'm trying to get ahold of Paul to see if he wants my ticket
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 04:30:04 PM
Yeterday I became a Great Aunt for the first time! Sophie was born around 4:00 PM, jhvw is very excited to be an uncle
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 04:32:32 PM
I wish I wasn't so tired. I should have gone to work instead of staying home with the tree cutters, lol. I wouldn't have done much there
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 04:33:19 PM
I was a bit shocked to see the TOD was creative things we've done with Fruits and Vegetables, I thought this was a family site ;)
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 04:36:26 PM
A family site.  Sure, if your family happens to be the Hilton family.  :)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 04:45:07 PM
ANOTHER GUILTY BASTARD BITES THE DUST!

MICHIGAN MAN FINED FOR USING COFFEE SHOP'S WI-FI NETWORK (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html)

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A Michigan man has been fined $400 and given 40 hours of community service for accessing an open wireless Internet connection outside a coffee shop.

Under a little known state law against computer hackers, Sam Peterson II, of Cedar Springs, Mich., faced a felony charge after cops found him on March 27 sitting in front of the Re-Union Street Café in Sparta, Mich., surfing the Web from his brand-new laptop.

Peterson, a 39-year-old toolmaker, volunteer firefighter and secretary of a bagpipe band, wanted to use his 30-minute lunch hour to check e-mails for his bagpipe group.

He got on the Internet by tapping into the local coffee shop's wireless network, but instead of going inside the shop to use the free Wi-Fi offered to paying customers, he chose to remain in his car and piggyback off the network, which he said didn't require a password.

He used the system on his lunch breaks for more than a week, and then the police showed up.

A few weeks later Peterson said he received a letter from the Kent County prosecutor's office saying that he faced a felony charge of fraudulent access to computer networks and that a request had been made for an arrest warrant.

The law, introduced in 1979 to protect Internet and private-network users from hackers, and amended in 2000 to include wireless systems, makes piggybacking off of Wi-Fi networks, even those without a password, illegal.

"It wasn't anything we were looking for, and it wasn't anything that we frankly particularly wanted to get involved in, but it basically fell in our lap and it was a little hard to just look the other way when somebody handed it to us," said Lynn Hopkins, assistant prosecuting attorney for Kent County.

Under the statute, individuals who log on to a Wi-Fi network with the owner's permission, or who see a pop-up screen that says it's a public network, can assume they're authorized to use the network, Hopkins said.
If they don't, they could be subject to prosecution.
...


Good use of Tax Dollars!

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 04:46:54 PM
I was a bit shocked to see the TOD was creative things we've done with Fruits and Vegetables, I thought this was a family site ;)

Well, you're the one talking about pruning your rose bush 8)

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 04:53:18 PM
Oh, and while walking through the Park today, I'm prompted to ask...

If during the course of a walk you happen to come across a hopscotch, do you proceed to hop?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 04:54:19 PM
As I recall, last year he kept the wrapper.

Auctioned off, as I recall.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 04:56:47 PM
Starighten up, Guys!

(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_1799_images/0529071031_M_marilynmonroe_exhibit2.jpg)

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 05:00:07 PM
Oh, and while walking through the Park today, I'm prompted to ask...

If during the course of a walk you happen to come across a hopscotch, do you proceed to hop?

Only if you're drinking scotch!

der Brucer
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 05:02:00 PM
I am now deciding whether or not to go to Jesus Christ Superstar.  I am really tired and I've seen it several times, so I'm not thrilled about going. There is a meet and greet with Jesus going on right now...ok Ted Neeley.
I'm trying to get ahold of Paul to see if he wants my ticket

This must be the same tour that I saw a few months ago.  Ted Neeley was the nicest guy.  All the performers were very good, too. :)
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 05:02:17 PM
Gratuitous Post # 300!!
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 05:02:44 PM
Yeterday I became a Great Aunt for the first time! Sophie was born around 4:00 PM, jhvw is very excited to be an uncle

Congrats to Cillaliz & JHVW!! :D
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 05:03:41 PM
I'm now off to the Washington Center for the Performing Arts' annual volunteer appreciation dinner!  Free food!  But the best part is that they're announcing next season's shows!  After that will be rehearsal.  Be back later!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 31, 2007, 05:24:59 PM
it is a male great-tailed grackle.

My...it does have a great tail! Just like Cilla's tree man!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 31, 2007, 05:26:13 PM
I was in a Borders at lunch.  The following jumped into my hand, and would not leave me alone unless I left the store with them:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XS0ZE96DL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-XnhLYhlL._AA240_.jpg)
What could I do but comply?    :)

Yay! I'm almost tempted myself, just to see the DVD extras.

Also, Comcast On Demand sometimes has Closer extras.
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 31, 2007, 05:28:18 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]*****  BREAKING NEWS FROM THE HHW NEWS DESK  *****[/move]

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/image2870453g.jpg)

...HHW News has learned that the Extreme TB Patient, who is currently under federal quarantine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, is exceptionally handsome...

My DH has spent the last two days covering this story---sometimes from a rooftop overlooking Atlanta, for CBS, and throwing live to Katie Couric. But we haven't been able to watch any of it!
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 05:29:43 PM
One meeting finished, and another taking place at a little jernt near here in twenty minutes.
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 31, 2007, 05:32:24 PM
Edisaurus- put down that kitty!

AP (http://news.aol.com/strange/story/_a/woman-unwittingly-rescues-injured-bobcat/n20070529160809990012)der Brucer


My mother did something similar---rescued a big turtle and then took it to her boyfriend's house. She went to feed it a carrot and it poked its head out and snapped the carrot in half, Then she realized that she had rescued a snapping turtle and was afraid to pick it up again.

Guess who got to release it into the wild? :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 05:51:22 PM
For all of you Anthony Warlow fans, I'm watching the new DVD of the Australian Opera production of DIE FLEDERMAUS, which is quite a hoot and very broad.  For some reason, the production is set neither in 1874, the year of its premiere, nor in a suburb of Vienna, but in a New York of the 1930s with a lot of Art Deco.  This is the first production I've seen in which the Act One Finale was sung complete without the standard musical cut.  However, the opening chorus of Act Two has the standard cut so I guess it won't be a complete musical text. A lot of the updating works in a very broad way: Frank the chief of Police is now an Irish cop, Eisenstein a New York rather than Viennese business man, Prince Orlovsky a rich Russian after the Revolution, and Rosalinda in disguise is no longer a Hungarian Countess but a Hungarian movie star.

I have to say, though, with all this 30s additions, I wish they were using the Howard Dietz lyrics and Garson Kanin book which are very New York Broadway.  Incidentally, another inducement for prospective purchasers is that DIE FLEDERMAUS had a very successful 500+ performances run on Broadway in 1944 as ROSALINDA, wth Shelly Winters as Adele's sister Ida.
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 05:55:44 PM
DH Richard, DS Rob, and I are back from a little surprise cake reception for the Scoutmaster of the troop in which Rob became an Eagle.  He's been leading this troop for 12 years and has decided to "retire."  We saw several of Rob's contemporaries and a couple of dads with whom Richard assisted the Scoutmaster.  Mrs. Scoutmaster pointed out that the boys who just entered the troop weren't even born 12 years ago.
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 06:05:28 PM
Larry - Skip heard the word "partitur" on the National Spelling Bee on ABC and thought of you.
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 06:09:37 PM
This must be the same tour that I saw a few months ago.  Ted Neeley was the nicest guy.  All the performers were very good, too. :)


Shouldn't Ted Neeley be just about the right age for MBarnum?

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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 06:09:55 PM
Congratulations to DGA (Dear Great Aunt) Cillaliz and DU (Dear Uncle) jhvw on Sophie's arrival!
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 06:12:22 PM
Following the lead of DR Cillaliz, DH Richard and I are considering making our Broadway debut by purchasing on-stage seats for Inherit the Wind.  Anyone here have any insights into that experience?
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Post by: TCB on May 31, 2007, 06:24:33 PM
Following the lead of DR Cillaliz, DH Richard and I are considering making our Broadway debut by purchasing on-stage seats for Inherit the Wind.  Anyone here have any insights into that experience?

Having not seen the other production, I have no way of knowing how that works.  However,  the court room scenes in INHERIT THE WIND were written so that audience members could make up the jury.  I would think it would be a wonderful experience, with a lot of the speeches delivered directly towards you.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 06:39:23 PM
Watching SO YOU THINK CAN DANCE

I still like this show.  Really smart judges...and they show the GOOD people more than the freaks!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 06:42:37 PM
Hmm...

Just reading today's NY Times, and there's a review of The Puppini Sisters current NYC engagment.  Some DRs may wish to check out the review.  Or not.  :-\
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 06:46:09 PM
And then there's the write up of the actor who was injured in the current London production of The Lord of the Rings.  -It's also up at Playbill.com.  They don't go into graphic detail of the accident, but what they do describe is "enough". I wish the actor - and any injured actor - a speedy and full recovery.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 06:48:37 PM
As for the new show with Debra Messing.....DRMBARNUM called it correctly for me.

She's the new Lucille Ball, you know, just ask her.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 06:49:09 PM
Great aunt DR CILLA LIZ has become a Great Aunt!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 06:49:45 PM
DR ELMORE....does this avatar still freak you out?











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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 06:50:08 PM
DR Jose, I just read about the poor actor in The Lord of the Rings.  Back in the late 1970s theree was a dancer who lost his toes in a hydraulic accident during the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 06:50:46 PM
DR ELMORE....does this avatar still freak you out?






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ummm. . . . . . . . .yes. :-*
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 06:50:59 PM
Wot hoppen to da guy?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 06:59:24 PM
Wot hoppen to da guy?

Actor Injured in London Rings (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108462.html)

der Brucer



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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 07:01:27 PM
DR Jose, I just read about the poor actor in The Lord of the Rings.  Back in the late 1970s theree was a dancer who lost his toes in a hydraulic accident during the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

I still remember the apprehension the first time we tried the chute in the Parlor/Barber Shop unit at the Kennedy Center for the Sondheim Celebration Sweeney Todd.  When the national tour was there back in the 80s, Angelina Reaux who was playing the Beggar Woman had a horrible accident.  And since Walter Charles who was playing Judge Turpin was in the national tour cast, he was able to share the details.  -Which I will spare here.  :-\
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 07:08:21 PM
I do not like Fed Ex. At all.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:10:30 PM
Thanks for the link DR derBRUCER.....so scary.

And DR JOSE....I appreciate the sparing of the details.  My horrifying guess is that that is the reason details are sparse in the RINGS story.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 31, 2007, 07:10:32 PM
ummm. . . . . . . . .yes. :-*

I think the reason, DR JRand56, is that it seems out of focus to me.

I finished the FLEDERMAUS; it's really quite good, even if the score sequence is mucked about and I missed an Act Two ballet in the spot where it's supposed to go. Warlow is having a great time.  I think of him as a baritone, but Eisenstein's tessitura is high.  He's got a vocal range rather like Ron Rainse: I think of him as a bariton but he's got the top.  My one reservation was the singer playing Dr Falke, whose voice seems too tenor-y for the part; I'm used to heavy baritones in the role.  I liked the actor playing Frosch the jailer, who was right out of The Front Page.  
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:10:57 PM
I do not like Fed Ex. At all.

Is it the uniforms, or the trucks, or the hats?  Or what?  ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:11:41 PM
LOL....DR ELMORE....it is blown up and grainy AND out of focus to be sure....just like its subject.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 07:12:48 PM
As for the new show with Debra Messing.....DRMBARNUM called it correctly for me.


Hee, hee...of course that wasn't really very nice of me, especially since I actually do like Debra Messing....although she has an uncanny appearance to Veronica Hart.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:13:13 PM
And just because it's been so long....a page 12 REAL Lucille Ball dance.



(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/working.moms/stories/media.moms/story.lucille.ball.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:13:59 PM
You LIKE Debra Messing?

YOU LIKE DEBRA MESSING????

YOU - LIKE - DEBRA - MESSING???????

I am speechless.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:15:52 PM
Here's her senior high school picture.  

2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten.

(http://img.timeinc.net/instyle/onlyonaol/images/pg/020705_pg_01.jpg)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 07:16:03 PM
Is it the uniforms, or the trucks, or the hats?  Or what?  ;D

The service. Or lack thereof.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 07:16:42 PM
At this moment I am listening to a Bollywood soundtrack for the movie KASAM PAIDA KARNEWALE KI (197?)...it is so totally disco...in Hindi...and it is both fun and bizarre at the same time...I image the picturizations of each song in the movie itself are equally so.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 07:17:48 PM
Back from a nice meeting where I ate too much pizza because it was so suprisingly excellent.
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 31, 2007, 07:18:17 PM
Is this the  "Just plain Brenda" episode?
der Brucer

I think that's "Fatal Retraction" the one with Bill Kroelick the pyromaniac...who "may" make an appearance in season 3,
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 07:18:26 PM
I'm happy to once again give you hainsies/kimlets another scoop:

Added to our fundraiser show - Brent Barrett!
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 07:20:18 PM
I met Brent Barrett once. I am sure he remembers me.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 07:21:25 PM
Up for pre-order:

(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XBh+R0tmL._AA240_.jpg)


This DVD box set includes all 23 season-one episodes on 7 discs along with several behind-the-scenes featurettes, mini-documentaries, 50 deleted scenes, select episode commentaries, the original pilot (w/ commentary), and a character map.

der Brucer
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Post by: MBarnum on May 31, 2007, 07:21:48 PM
I'm happy to once again give you hainsies/kimlets another scoop:

Added to our fundraiser show - Brent Barrett!

Why do I get the feeling that most every male HHW (with one or two hetero exceptions) are now on Expedia.com looking for flights to LA.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 07:22:46 PM
I've decided not to announce Oz on the film music sites for another week - until I get them all out of their blisterpax - that way I can ship when they're sold.  So, it's an exclusive here at haineshisway.com until that time.
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Post by: Ginny on May 31, 2007, 07:24:15 PM
Just watched the big finish of the spelling bee and now I'm going to sleep.

'night!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 31, 2007, 07:28:21 PM
Following the lead of DR Cillaliz, DH Richard and I are considering making our Broadway debut by purchasing on-stage seats for Inherit the Wind.  Anyone here have any insights into that experience?

Wouldn't that be more like "hindsight"?
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 07:29:27 PM
Will the people from our message board get to attend a party after the benefit show and meet the singers?
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Post by: Michael on May 31, 2007, 07:30:50 PM
If you don't know it, David Shire's Return To Oz score is one of the great scores of all time.  The recording is amazing, it's the London Symphony Orchestra, and it was the first Bay Cities soundtrack CD.  

Is it a actual soundtrack or is it the London Symphony Orchestra studio sessions?
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Post by: Michael on May 31, 2007, 07:49:18 PM
I still remember the apprehension the first time we tried the chute in the Parlor/Barber Shop unit at the Kennedy Center for the Sondheim Celebration Sweeney Todd.  When the national tour was there back in the 80s, Angelina Reaux who was playing the Beggar Woman had a horrible accident.  And since Walter Charles who was playing Judge Turpin was in the national tour cast, he was able to share the details.  -Which I will spare here.  :-\

You can't not mention it now.
Sherridan Whiteside sang in SHERRY!  Just start with the dirt, That's why we're here.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:51:14 PM
The service. Or lack thereof.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  :D
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Post by: Jennifer on May 31, 2007, 07:51:37 PM
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE COMMENTS (tonight's show):

Watching SO YOU THINK CAN DANCE

I still like this show.  Really smart judges...and they show the GOOD people more than the freaks!

I love this show. But i think i liked last night more. Even though they show a lot of good dancers. They (the judges) sort of bugged me tonight. They applauded for a bunch of dancers and then did not let them do the choreography.

To me if you are that thrilled by them then at least them have the chance to try the choreography. You never know what they might do (example the football ballerina guy whe they were gonna cut).

I cannot wait till next week. I hope they show a lot of them learning choreography. Although my guess is they will probably only do it for the 2 shows next week.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:52:54 PM
Just listened to Ms Paula Abdul's breakdown telephone call to her "representative"......she needs some help, folks.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 07:53:18 PM
You can't not mention it now.
Sherridan Whiteside sang in SHERRY!  Just start with the dirt, That's why we're here.

DR Michael S - I shall PM you the details.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:53:49 PM
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE COMMENTS (tonight's show):I love this show. But i think i liked last night more. Even though they show a lot of good dancers. They (the judges) sort of bugged me tonight. They applauded for a bunch of dancers and then did not let them do the choreography.

To me if you are that thrilled by them then at least them have the chance to try the choreography. You never know what they might do (example the football ballerina guy whe they were gonna cut).

I cannot wait till next week. I hope they show a lot of them learning choreography. Although my guess is they will probably only do it for the 2 shows next week.

I was happy to see Myles go through to Vegas as well, DR JENNIFER.  I guess he is my favorite so far.  ;D
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 07:54:07 PM
Although, if you walk into their office and announce that you are a very unhappy customer, they don't waste time finding your package for you.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 07:54:29 PM
The breakdown of the week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F6cTuP6EgI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F6cTuP6EgI)
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 08:06:30 PM
Ginny,
I found this on Playbill.com
Sixty-three onstage seats are available to theatregoers for each performance. The onstage seats represent spectators at the trial; all seats face the orchestra section of the theatre (the defense and prosecution tables, however, are angled in such a way that the onstage audience doesn't just get back-views of the stars).

If you don't mind sometimes seeing backs, I think it would be fabulous to see this onstage.  

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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 08:07:47 PM
Is it a actual soundtrack or is it the London Symphony Orchestra studio sessions?

It's the soundtrack recording, which was conducted by Mr. Shire with the LSO.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 08:09:28 PM
Time for to go to bed.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 08:12:43 PM
New York City to London....I was with them until Step #21.  ;D

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=wl&hl=en (http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=wl&hl=en)

click on "get directions"  and type in New York City to London
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:13:20 PM
Will we never get to page ten?

Sure we will.
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Post by: Michael on May 31, 2007, 08:16:29 PM
Long day tomorrow.
 See y'all later
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Post by: François on May 31, 2007, 08:16:55 PM

If you were to see only one movie this year, make it this one:

http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=5816

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diving_bell_and_the_butterfly/

My humble opinion!
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Post by: François on May 31, 2007, 08:17:31 PM
Sure we will.

But page 14?

That's another story!
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 08:19:21 PM
Just opened one of the Return To Oz's - always worried something this old (1990) won't play, but there it was, issuing forth in gorgeous full-bodied sound, and now I can't shut it off.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:20:24 PM
I think that's "Fatal Retraction" the one with Bill Kroelick the pyromaniac...who "may" make an appearance in season 3,

That would THRILL me to pieces! As I have said many times on this site, that was BY FAR my favorite episode of the first season. Jason O'Mara lights a fire in me just by his very presence. I just wish his series IN JUSTICE was still airing.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:21:07 PM
But page 14?

That's another story!

I don't think there is any reason to worry.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 08:21:45 PM
Congrats to a very young and lively great-aunt Cilla and Uncle JVHW on the birth of Sophie!! May you both spoil her properly!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:23:04 PM
Page Thirteen Neville Longbottom Dance!!!


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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 08:23:18 PM
Michael S's post reminds me that I used to get the lyrics wrong on "The Day After Forever," thinking it started with "long day tomorrow."

How about a "Day After Forever" dance?

All day tomorrow,  (or is it Long day tomorrow?  :) )
I'll be whispering your name
And the day after forever
I know I'll do the same.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 08:23:32 PM
I have managed to take most of the week off, but alas, the tree men are done and I have no more excuses. Good thing tomorrow is Friday.

I do need to spend some time at the office catching up on paperwork and have a jail visit to do, but it's really strange to not be getting new cases.  I've been wanting it to happen for a long time, but it's the new cases that take up most of the time, so now when I'm at the office, there just isn't much for me to do.  
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:24:16 PM
I began my evening rewatching an episode from PLANET EARTH to check out the newest capabilities on the PS3 with its firemware upgrade.

I chose "Mountains," one of the most startling in its detail. Very enjoyable to see it again.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 08:24:40 PM
Thanks to all for the good wishes regarding Sophie.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:25:43 PM
Next, I watched another ANGEL episode, the second part of the story arc featuring the demon who managed to turn almost all of Wolfram and Hart into zombies. I'm sure we haven't seen the last of this villain.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 08:25:51 PM
bk, I hope everything continues to fall into place for your fundraiser!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 08:27:13 PM
About 40 minutes early....but Welcome to June!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRub1Ri0YI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRub1Ri0YI)
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Post by: François on May 31, 2007, 08:27:31 PM
I don't think there is any reason to worry.

I don't worry!

I'm happy! ;)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 08:27:32 PM
Congratulations to Great Aunt Cillaliz!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:27:38 PM
Up next was Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in MORNING GLORY. Amazing that the character of Eva Lovelace would have found the Adolphe Menjou character more appealing than Fairbanks, Jr.'s character.

The transfer had a very sharp picture with good grayscale, but there was plenty of damage to the print they used for this DVD.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 31, 2007, 08:27:56 PM
This weekend we are showing "The Lives of Others" at the Orpheum. I'm looking forward to seeing it
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:28:17 PM
About 40 minutes early....but Welcome to June!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRub1Ri0YI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRub1Ri0YI)

It will soon be bustin' out all over!
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 08:30:17 PM
For next month, we'll have to start with "July, and you'll be sorry" from Pillow Talk

:)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 08:30:49 PM
My musical-hating DH and DS both laughed and laughed when I showed them that clip.
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 08:31:03 PM
Congrats, Cilla and John
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:32:51 PM
Next, I went to the to-watch shelf and picked out SOLDIER, a 1998 Kurt Russell action/sci-fi picture. I got this used for a few dollars because a friend had told me how stupendous Kurt looked in this movie. He sure was right. I can't think of another movie where his body was so chisled - astounding.

As for the film, it's the mind of mindless adventure film that the RAMBO sequels were. Stallone would have fit right into this scenario had he still been a box-office draw in 1998. The last 35 minutes basically was Russell being a one man army against theis elite squad of soldiers who had earlier termed his kind of soldier obsolete.

No surprises at all about what happens, but there was a good cast along with Kurt: Connie Nielsen, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:34:23 PM
I ended the evening with a Droopy cartoon, "Out Foxed." The fox being chased by the hounds had a hilarious Ronald Colman accent. The jokes were duds, however.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 31, 2007, 08:35:38 PM
My musical-hating DH and DS both laughed and laughed when I showed them that clip.

Well...it's not often you hear hucka the bejeepers in a Rodgers and Hammerstein song....   ;D
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 08:37:06 PM
I think BK should title tomorrow's notes "June, June, Joan!"
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 08:47:40 PM
I'm restless.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:50:24 PM
I decided to save IF. . . .  until tomorrow morning to watch.

The next film in the Hepburn collection set is WITHOUT LOVE, but I may not get to it tomorrow. Certainly I will at some point this weekend.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:51:46 PM
I don't worry!

I'm happy! ;)

That's a great attitude to have!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:53:54 PM
Page Fourteen Harry Potter Dance!!!


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Post by: Matt H. on May 31, 2007, 08:54:27 PM
I'm heading downstairs to bed now.

Good night!
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Post by: François on May 31, 2007, 08:54:40 PM
Well...it's not often you hear hucka the bejeepers in a Rodgers and Hammerstein song....   ;D

I guess it also was a one time thing too! ;)

I'd like to know what that man calling out her name told her just after the song!
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Post by: François on May 31, 2007, 08:55:29 PM
 
Page quatorze?

 
That's quatorzestrophic!
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Post by: François on May 31, 2007, 08:56:28 PM
I'm restless.

So was Leslie Uggams! :D

... as well as wordless!
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 08:58:24 PM
She's as restless as a heebie with a jeebers
She's as jumpy as a rebus with a zing
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 08:58:42 PM
The bathroom was tiled today; tomorrow it will be grouted.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 08:59:35 PM
Then the plumber can come back and put the rest of the bathroom in the bathroom. Currently, it is in the backyard.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 08:59:52 PM
And the dishwasher is in the driveway.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:07:41 PM
:(

I just received word that Gil Mead, a longtime supporter of the Arts, especially Theatre, in the DC area and elsewhere has passed.  He and his wife, Jaylee, were constant presence at Arena Stage.  Not only have they sponsored the annual "big" musical each season for the past couple of years, they also recently gave Arena Stage $35 Million for their new building fund.  However, the Meads not only helped out Arena, they have also given their time and money to almost every major and minor theatre in DC.

Gil used to musical direct and conduct shows for various community groups, and the parties at their Watergate condo always ended with a sing-along around the piano.  He will be dearly missed.  My thoughts are with Jaylee, their children and their many(!) grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:19:21 PM
DR DearReaderLaura - Well, I guess it's good that it doesn't rain (that much) in Phoenix.  :-\
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:24:24 PM
DRs Cillaliz and jhvw - Mazel tov!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:31:26 PM
Well... I got my laundry done, and I think I'm just gonna wake up a little earlier tomorrow and pack then.  -I keep getting up at 6:30 anyway, so...  I just won't go back to bed this time. I hope.  I better not.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:33:46 PM
Tonight's blue moon:
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:35:07 PM
Tomorrow DR Sandra and I are going on a nice long drive. Perhaps we will have some photos to share upon our return.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 31, 2007, 09:38:34 PM
OK.. Me sleepy.

Goodnight.
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Post by: FJL on May 31, 2007, 09:40:27 PM
Jose is soooooooo close to 19000.  
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 09:43:16 PM
Then the plumber can come back and put the rest of the bathroom in the bathroom. Currently, it is in the backyard.
...
And the dishwasher is in the driveway.


Who does your decorating, the Dukes of Hazzard?

der Brucer
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:45:12 PM

Have a good and safe trip dear Jose....take some pictures of nieces and nephews with you... and then I want to see the pics.  :)

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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:46:14 PM

Goodnight dear DR Laura...... I'm glad you are FINALLY seeing some progress on getting some of those projects finished up.
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Post by: MusicGuy on May 31, 2007, 09:49:47 PM

And I think I need an early bed visit myself tonight.

    ".........Oh Arthur,.........."
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 31, 2007, 09:54:20 PM
Who does your decorating, the Dukes of Hazzard?

der Brucer

You know that I have exceedingly bad taste.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:16:46 PM
Tonight's blue moon:



HOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 31, 2007, 10:25:14 PM
HOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DE-DUTY?

der Brucer
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:39:02 PM
HOWL!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:41:06 PM
The Brain Tap! Brain Tap!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:42:23 PM
Perhaps I can Brain Tap right on to page 15!
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:43:26 PM
Welcome eighteen GUESTS.
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:45:49 PM
Will we never get to page fifiteen?  I'm listening to the marvelous soundtrack to The 5000 Fingers Of Dr. T.  I was given 2 CD's worth of stuff, including many cut songs - hard to know if they were all filmed, given the film's brevity, but they're all wonderful.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:49:15 PM
I am listening to Brain from Planet X a lovely gift I got from a fellow dear reader...

Wonderful job Bruce and company!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:49:50 PM
Brain Tap dance to page 15!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:52:10 PM
It is truly excellent!
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 10:52:17 PM
Dakota Celt finally got a Brain!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:54:24 PM
Yes!!!  Great stuff... I am sitting here with a HUGE smile!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:55:31 PM
Bruce, you have HIT!!

I really like it!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:57:05 PM
I do have one question... In one of the stills that are in the booklet... is that a wig that Alet has one where her hair is standing straight up?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 10:58:56 PM
Cason is so Zubrick!
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:00:26 PM
Hurray you now have the pleasure of The Brain From Planet X :) now you get to see that all the Bru-ha-ha is true
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:00:54 PM
I do have one question... In one of the stills that are in the booklet... is that a wig that Alet has one where her hair is standing straight up?

Yes, Yes it is :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:01:25 PM
Yep... It is very good and your hardwork paid off...

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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:02:00 PM
Zubrick as a florist.... LOL

This last track is a hoot!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:02:47 PM
Remember the Brain from Planet X!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:05:14 PM
DR Elmore did an excellent job with the orchestration!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:07:02 PM
I was wondering about Alet's hair. The costumes were great. It is fun to listen..  

Like your new avvie Adriana!
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:07:37 PM
Studying for my music final tomorrow...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:07:44 PM
You changed your avvie again :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:08:39 PM
Good luck with your final Adriana... Knock 'em dead!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:09:39 PM
The score really flows beautifully and the lyrics are great fun and one cannot help but smile and tap their toes.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:10:15 PM
In Track 8, was that spanish or japanese?
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:12:42 PM
english, russian, and japanese
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:13:29 PM
I didn't like the way the new one looked, too stretched
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:16:19 PM
I should be going to be but darn this is just too much fun to listen too...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:17:34 PM
ahhh, I see Adrianna..

Spanish, Russian and Japanese... I picked out two but not Russian
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 11:20:44 PM
Shouldn't Ted Neeley be just about the right age for MBarnum?

I think so!  But Mr. Neeley isn't the muscle-bound hunk that MBarnum seems to prefer. ::) Ted is tiny. ;)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:23:22 PM
I dont think I will ever be able to watch 1950s sci fi films again in the same way... This is just way too much fun.. Excellent!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:44:56 PM
In all the music listenin' I forgot to mention that DBF and I are going to see SPAMALOT later this summer in St. Paul at the Ordway.
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Post by: George on May 31, 2007, 11:53:17 PM
I'm now off to the Washington Center for the Performing Arts' annual volunteer appreciation dinner!  Free food!  But the best part is that they're announcing next season's shows!  After that will be rehearsal.  Be back later!

I came home from rehearsal and watched "Studio 60" and had to catch up with the posts.  Anyway, at the volunteer dinner (sandwiches, salads, apple crisp...and afterwards, we all played Bingo!) they announced the new season for the Washington Center.  Nothing's truly official until the brochure is sent out, but it's at the printer and won't be changed at this point.  The shows that are coming (that I'm interested in) are the national tours of Ring of Fire, the Johnny Cash musical; Peter Pan; Gypsy; 1984, directed by Tim Robbins; and the Carl Rosa production of H.M.S. Pinafore!  There's a lot more to their season, but those are all the big shows!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on May 31, 2007, 11:54:58 PM
H.MS Pinafore and Gypsy sounds good
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:55:05 PM
Peter Pan is always fun :)
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Post by: Adriana Patti on May 31, 2007, 11:55:42 PM
Who is in the tour of Gypsy ( for Mama Rose?)
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Post by: bk on May 31, 2007, 11:58:55 PM
Big thumbs down for Ring Of Fire, for reasons elmore knows.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:03:07 AM
Not a huge fan of Johnny Cash so I will pass on Ring of Fire.

Peter Pan would be fun.

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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:03:59 AM
I am hoping there will be a touring company of THE BRAIN!  Now that would be fun!
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:04:37 AM
Peter Pan is always fun :)

Not always!  Someday, I'll have to tell you about the production that I was in. ::)

;D
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:05:06 AM
Who is in the tour of Gypsy ( for Mama Rose?)

I don't know...I don't think that they know.  We just got the titles of the shows. :-\
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:06:07 AM
Big thumbs down for Ring Of Fire, for reasons elmore knows.

That's not what they said.  When they announced it, they mentioned something about "award winning" show. ::)

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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:06:27 AM
I am only familiar with a taped performance of Peter Pan that had Mary martin
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:06:54 AM
Here's her senior high school picture.  

2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten.

(http://img.timeinc.net/instyle/onlyonaol/images/pg/020705_pg_01.jpg)

I thought she was a natural redhead! :o

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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:06:55 AM
The movie Neverland harkens to the journey in creating Peter Pan
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:07:33 AM
I am only familiar with a taped performance of Peter Pan that had Mary martin

I'm wondering if it's based on the Cathy Rigby production...the flying is much more exciting!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:07:40 AM
I thought she was laso GEorge
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:08:03 AM
Remember the Brain from Planet X!

...and the Golden Rule!

;D

(read that all again with Robert Preston's voice in your head ;))
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:08:14 AM
I forgot she had one version also
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:08:57 AM
HEE HEE HEE
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:09:30 AM
I am only familiar with a taped performance of Peter Pan that had Mary martin

Cathy Rigby's version is also available on DVD...and they digitally removed the wires.  
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:09:34 AM
now i have it in me head and the brain is talking....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:10:31 AM
Cathy Rigby's version is also available on DVD...and they digitally removed the wires.  

To make it appear taht she was actually flying.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on June 01, 2007, 12:11:56 AM
digitalization can be nice in some instances but a nuisance in other instances
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Post by: George on June 01, 2007, 12:16:09 AM
digitalization can be nice in some instances but a nuisance in other instances

I thought it was very well done.
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Post by: bk on June 01, 2007, 12:21:33 AM
An award-winning show, huh?  That must be why it closed in less than a month.  It might have won an award in Buffalo - what else would they give an award to?  We can only wish that the producer of the show, who must have lost his investors quite a lot of money, continues to get the karma he so richly deserves.