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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were very June-like and very moon-like, and now it is time for you to post until the rhyming cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PAWKY!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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TOD
Nothing at the moment in VHS OR DVD player
CD Player: Shakespeare on Broadway, Kevin Spirtas and The Brain....
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I must really get soem sleep for morning comes quick and it is after 2am my time... Pleasant dreams George and have a lovely day Tom!
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For those who've ordered the Return To Oz CD, please do your paypal payments soon - it gets very hard to keep up with and I need to print out the order pages and get everything ready for shipping. And for those who are thinking about it - don't think too long.
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I must really get soem sleep for morning comes quick and it is after 2am my time... Pleasant dreams George and have a lovely day Tom!
Thanks! Sleep well, yourself! 8)
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For those who've ordered the Return To Oz CD, please do your paypal payments soon - it gets very hard to keep up with and I need to print out the order pages and get everything ready for shipping. And for those who are thinking about it - don't think too long.
Okay, I've sent my e-mail. :) I'm pretty sure that I already have this, but I'm not 100% certain that I still actually have it.
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I'm still trying to access my paypal account!
goodnight all.
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I'm off to bed. Good night, Tomovoz!
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Goodnight George.
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TOTD:
Ray Charles "Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music"
Joni James "Jukebox Joni"
Dee Dee Sharp "The Best of.."
Carly Simon "Into White"
Bryan Ferry "Another Time Another Place"
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Is it a late start for oatmeal eaters I wonder.
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TOTD continued.
Disc 4 Series 2 Deadwood has just been viewed. I am fascinated by the blend of historical and fictional events and characters is this excellent series. Such wonderful writing.
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Cd list continued:
Brian Wilson "Smile"
Johnny & The Hurricanes "Greatest Hits"
Mitch Miller "50 All-American Favorites"
Ricky Nelson "Rick is 21"
Various Artists "Hillbilly Fever" -legends of the West Coast.
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All of the Cds have one track in common.
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Word of the day. I guess that opens the Paw box.
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Good morning Tacoma.
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Good morning New York
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DRs Elmore and TCB have not yet made it to June.
Have a good day gentlemen.
Bedtime here.
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Good morning friends.
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Time for the final round of pictures.
We are walking to the beach to watch the sunset on our last night in Florida
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Here is a shot of the two of us on the same trek
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A shot on the beach
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Walking back to the house Mr. Morelli thought of a photo opportunity
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And finally, a shot of what I did a lot while in Florida (not just on the couch). Ahh, total relaxation.
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And that, ladies and germs, was what we did on our summer vacation.
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Lovely photographs Ben! Great one of you and Ant peaking around the gate!
Nice to see you guys being very relaxed and having fun!
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Good morning, all! This morning I will return to Toyland to continue packing up of the office, leaving out the essentials I'm working on. we're operating on the assumption that we will be relocating before too long and preparing for the eventuality. After that, the NYPL for a while.
At 5:30, bruce mcclung is getting the Theatre Library Association book award for his study of LADY IN THE DARK, and I'd like to attend. I haven't seen bruce in several years and I'm very happy for him.
TOD:
DVD: Popular (Season 1) Disc 3, several operas
CD: Charlotte Rae, BABES IN TOYLAND, Thomas Tallis choral music, ROSE-MARIE
VCR: What is there to watch?
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Do you mean to say that I have to spend five days in bloody hot Las Vegas to see the WSMA, and I could have waited until this fall and seen Brent and Alice and Kevin and Bruce (and Disneyland) all at the same time?
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Dakota Celt, what are you doing up?
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Brent Barrett.....I have heard that name before. I think he is one of that pair of pitiful penniless bums I have heard around here.
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Great pics, DR BEN.
So DR LAURA's bathroom is in the backyard and her dishwasher is in the driveway.....those crazy Western customs are a riot, I tell ya, a riot.
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Wasn't Pawky one of The Group?
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TOD:
CD - Michael Buble
DVD - The Prestige
VCR - The Mask - the 1961 3-D movie presented by Elvira Mistress of the Dark
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Thanks for your pics last night, DR JoseSPiano. And
***travel vibes***[/size][/color]
to you today!
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CONGRATULATIONS[/size][/color]
to you, Great Aunt Cillaliz and Uncle jhvw!!
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DR Ben, you all look so happy and relaxed...WONDERFUL!
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Congratulations, bk, on snagging BB for the benefit.
***excellent and prosperous JUNE vibes***[/size][/color]
to all!
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WOD...
I can think of quite a few DRs who fit the bill! :)
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TOD / Media check:
CD player [home]: Nine, London concert [complete]
CD player [car]: Barbara Cook's latest, No One Is Alone
DVD player: Venus
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Yes, I will also add travel vibes to DR JOSE.
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Off to do some Friday morning things.
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Dakota Celt, what are you doing up?
getting ready for work... I am on summer hours...
Definitely not a morning person... Was up way too late last night... Oh well :) The Brain was fun to listen to!
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I just picked up No One is Alone yesterday. It was on sale at Virgin. I also finally got the new Broadway cast recording of Grey Gardens. All I was able to find in the stores was the Off-Broadway recording which I already have. The two packages look almost identical except. It does say Broadway Cast Recording on the sleeve of the new one but it's not enough of a difference. I knew for sure because Sara Gettelfinger did the Playwrights Horizons production but not the Broadway production. Her name is on the Off-Broadway recording but not the Broadway recording.
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travel vibes to DR JOSE!
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Folks, it could be worse...
Your day job COULD involve wearing THIS getup all day long:
(http://www.breakfastservedallday.com/images/interview.jpg)
:)
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Speaking of Playwrights Horizons, I'm seeing Crazy Mary tomorrow evening. It's the last play in the subscription and it stars Sigourney Weaver.
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Great pics, DR BEN.
So DR LAURA's bathroom is in the backyard and her dishwasher is in the driveway.....those crazy Western customs are a riot, I tell ya, a riot.
Oh well.... At least it is not pouring rain there....
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WOD...
I can think of quite a few DRs who fit the bill! :)
OH yes... and it is the reason I have not responded!
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As soon as DR Sandra gets up, we are off for our drive. Today is a self-declared holiday where I get to name the activity.
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Travel vibes to Jose
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The two packages look almost identical
DR Ben - they must have changed the packaging somewhere along the way. My two copies look very different. The old:(http://www.psclassics.com/images/greygardenspp.jpg)
And the new: (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UuCY6egAL._AA240_.jpg)
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As soon as DR Sandra gets up, we are off for our drive. Today is a self-declared holiday where I get to name the activity.
...and I'm guessing that "Watch the Grouter" is not your choice? ;)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes to our DR Jose! Enjoy Your Holiday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I'm now listening to Roger Quilter's glorious "Children's Overture" so add that to my TOD CDs!
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She's up!
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You're right, Sing, they did change the packaging! Ah, marketing.
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I'm now listening to Roger Quilter's glorious "Children's Overture"
I love his songs, but don't think I've ever heard any of his purely instrumental music.
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Now the Quilter has me wanting to hear Eric Coates' "London Suite," and I have to (sob!) head to Toyland.
Alas alack.
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At 5:30, bruce mcclung is getting the Theatre Library Association book award for his study of LADY IN THE DARK, and I'd like to attend. I haven't seen bruce in several years and I'm very happy for him.
Gee, last night I ordered that book for Woody!
der Brucer
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I love to sing-a!
About the moon-a
And the June-a
And the spring-a!
I love to sing-a!
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Wonderful pics, DR Ben!
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NYC Sobriety Check:
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/060107_gw_suicide.jpg)
der Brucer
SingDaw - stay out of the city today!
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Good Morning!
Well, I allowed myself to just lie in bed this morning and listen to WQXR for a bit, but once 8:00 came along, I've been puttering about every since.
I just did a quick scan of the posts, and thanks for all the Travel Vibes. They are much appreciated. My train leaves at 10:30, so, I will be heading down to Penn Station shortly. And then I'll be incommunicado for the next six to seven hours, so... Call me errant and truant and hit me with the bitch-slap machine, but it just can't be helped. ;)
OK... I have one last bit of packing to take care of...
Laters...
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media check
iPod: Richard Thompson--Sweet Warrior
Fats Waller compilation
Tivo: nothing of note.
DVD Player: nothing
...that seems kind of pitiful...
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SingDaw - stay out of the city today!
I am rarely sober.
:)
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And then I'll be incommunicado for the next six to seven hours, so... Call me errant and truant and hit me with the bitch-slap machine, but it just can't be helped. ;)
No Wi-Fi on Amtrak?
der Brucer
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I love his songs, but don't think I've ever heard any of his purely instrumental music.
It's a glorious piece, about 12 minutes long, based on Nursery Songs. I recognize "Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play," "A Frog He Would A-Courting Go," "Oranges and Lemons," and "Over the Hills and Far Away." It's very much like Quilter's arrangements of old songs like "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes," and beautifully scored and written.
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I am rarely sober.
:)
Even sober all roads in/out of nothern Manhattan will be jammed no end!
der Brucer
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Last night DR Jose said:
Hmm...
Just reading today's NY Times, and there's a review of The Puppini Sisters (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/arts/music/31pupp.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin) current NYC engagment. Some DRs may wish to check out the review. Or not.
Based on a listening to their newly released CD, I'm inclined to agree with what this review says of the group. I find their singing pretty much on the flat side. They lack the--i don't know--texture?--that other three part harmony groups like the Andrews Sisters, the Maguire Sisters, Manhattan Transfer and the Roches ably demonstrate. Once the novelty wears off, it gets a little tedious.
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Friday morning greetings!
WAIT, DR Jose, don't leave before I add my travel vibes for you for today!
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Thanks for the tip, DR elmore3003! :)
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~~~~ HHW Celebrity Gossip News ~~~~
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/paris.jpg)
Paris Hilton sinks her claws into exceptionally handsome Extreme TB patient!
Attempting to forget her troubles and pending stay in the pokey, Paris visited infectious hottie Andy Speaker at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver. While posing for pictures for the press, the future young jail-bait was told of the contagiousness of the TB-ridden hunk. Paris replied, "That's hot!"
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DR Dan (the Man): you ALWAYS make me laugh! Thank you... :)
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As soon as DR Sandra gets up, we are off for our drive. Today is a self-declared holiday where I get to name the activity.
Yesterday was my self declared holiday where I got to work on my house all day when it wasn't Saturday or Sunday. I like days like that!
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I'm at work and after missing an entire day had 3 messages, 1 about my new office and 2 from lawyers asking advice. That was all I missed.
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TRAVEL VIBES TO DR JOSE
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Time to be productive and maybe seek out more coffee...
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I guess DR Cillaliz really doesn't have any photographic displays from yesterday... :(
Have you watched the DVD footage yet from your television appearance some time back?
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Our building is having a tenent appreciation day, so at lunch time there will be free pretzles, hot dogs, soda, water ice and Mr. Softee ice cream in the plaza. I think I will partake of a Mr. Softee.
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Mr. Softee ice cream in the plaza.
Sans treacly music, I hope!
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As
threatened promised, my petunias:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/petunias.jpg)
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DR Singdaw, I love the Mr. Softee music!
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DR Dan (the Man) - perhaps I have confused it with one of the competitors. Some of them are pretty darn awful.
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I agree, DR Singdaw--the Blue Bunny truck grates on my ears.
THere were two other ice cream trucks during the years of my yout'--Freezer Fresh and Jolly Roger. I don't recall their having any music at all.
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Theoretically, next week brings us the DVD release of the film version of A Little Night Music, as DR Matt H. has mentioned, as well as the OBC of Curtains.
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Good morning!
Same as yesterday. A fairly cool morning leading into a very hot afternoon. Still haven't turned on the A/C but have been very tempted.
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Those Martin and Lewis movie that bk has been talking about come out next week, too.
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HOLLYWOOD OR BUST was their last film together. I'm sure I saw it at the time of its release but never since. Since this boxed set isn't very expensive, I'm very tempted to get it just to relive some of these memories. Alas, there are other things that I want, so I will probably wait.
I noticed that Universal lowered the prices on many of their Abbott and Costello, Franics, and Ma and Pa Kettle boxes over the last few months.
Of course,m Paramount is not Universal, so who knows if the price will ever come down?
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Page Four Harry Potter Dance!!!
(those are some BIG pumpkins!)
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I spent this morning revisiting Lindsay Anderson's terrific film IF. . . .
I hadn't seen it since watching a double feature with it and O LUCKY MAN at a revival theater here in town (long since closed) in 1980.
What a powerful film, and I got chills all over again seeing Malcolm McDowell in his first really big movie role. What a striking impression he must have made at the time. Easy to see why Kubrick wanted him for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. That wildness in his eyes is unmistakable.
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We also get the new cast recording of 110 in the Shade on June 5
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Friday Media Check:
CD - MISS LIBERTY (OCR)
DVD - IF. . . . , disc 2
ANGEL, Season 4, disc 3
THE CLOSER, Season 2, disc 2
WITHOUT LOVE
THE LOVED ONE
DVR - last night's THE STARTER WIFE
last night's STUDIO 60
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Want to do a bit of writing before heading down and getting cleaned up before going out on my usual Friday errands.
WBBL.
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TOD:
DVR:
THE NIGHT HOLDS TERROR starring Jack Kelly and Vince Edwards
(Columbia's version of THE DESPERATE HOURS)
DVD:
Maybe one of those Mexian Santo films.
CD:
Best of Himesh Reshimaya
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BK, must you torment me with the knowledge that there is a soundtrack for Dr. T with cut songs? That is so cruel!
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DR Cillaliz, congrats and welcome to little Sophie! I have my own niece named Sophie whom I adore. Post pictures when you have some!
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Ben, I love all the photos. That looks like a perfect vacation and makes me want to take one! (But I can't until THE CLOSER is done...)
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I am enjoying the Claus Ogerman CD that I got in the mail this week. I had never heard of him but I'm glad to now know about him.
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Randy Newman alert: he is taping A Prairie Home Companion on Friday night at the Greek Theatre and it will air this weekend on NPR.
DF Susan is going so I look forward to hearing about it.
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We also get the new cast recording of 110 in the Shade on June 5
The recording's been available a week early at psclassics.com (http://psclassics.com/cd_110intheshade.html) (though it's a dollar cheaper at Amazon.)
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Anyone recall who played opposite Tommy Tune in BUSKER ALLEY? I can't find much on the net about this production except for stories about Tune breaking his foot.
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DtM- Was it Darcie Roberts? That name sticks out for some reason.
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That's also what I found in some searches.
Here is her Web site with notices about BA
Darcie Roberts (http://web.mac.com/tmagino/iWeb/darcie/press.html)
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Some BUSKER ALLEY info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busker_Alley
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Here is a very small picture of her from Busker Alley. The poster I found doesn't blow up well enough to read anything so I won't post it.
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You are correct, DR FJL. I've found the info on her now through Google. Thank yee!
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Thank yee, too, DR Ben, for the links!
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Gad and zooks.
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Ye and gads!
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Tee and Hee!
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Hardy and Har and Har?
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Seeing Tommy Tune standing next to Kristin Chenoweth at the Drama Desk awards just made me smile... :)
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Seeing Tommy Tune standing next to Kristin Chenoweth at the Drama Desk awards just made me smile... :)
It was deliberate, of course.
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Darcie Roberts....I remember the play about her father.
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Chenoweth not even close to his chinny-chin-chin!
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I have never forgiven Michelle Pawky for appearing in that other Reefer Madness musical. ;D
You guys probably talked about this yesterday after I left, but I literally LOL'd twice listening to the news reports about the TB guy--first, finding out he's a P.I. attorney (experience that will no doubt come in handy with his upcoming multi-million dollar lawsuits--as a defendant), and that his father-in-law works for CDC as a TB expert.
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And Re: today's notes. I co-wrote a song with a very nice lady who unfortunately passed away at a too young age (she executive produced Pillars of Portland, the 2 hour CBS TV movie that is featured in the book The Sweeps, for which I wrote the original score). The opening line of said song was:
Moon always rhymes with tattoo
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Our company begins its summer hours program today. Employees in Group A get to leave at 12:30 today, Group B leave early next Friday, and so on and so on until after Labor Day.
I am in Group B so I have to wait a week, but the good part is that so many people are missing for the rest of the afternoon that one can do not much more than goof off.
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Page Five Mr. Softee Dance:
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so many people are missing for the rest of the afternoon that one can do not much more than goof off.
Aside from the fact that, of those who are left, no one is going to approach the crazy guy, sitting in his office, clapping his hands and singing! ;)
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Yo, Gang!
Well, where the HELL have i been??
Just got home last night from The Cabin... tonight begins yet-another (last until October...) mrathon weekend for my Master's Degree. I managed to complete a 17-page paper for tonight - one more to go before I leave for incarceration.
Then, make-up's for missed classes on Monday and Tuesday nights - those papers will be dashed off right before class...
PLUS - I'm doing ANOTHER Art As Lifework, Life As Artwork series beginning June 10/17/24 in Eagle Rock (info at www.blissfulsoul.com), before heading back up to the Cabin, for serious repairs - whatta winter I had up there - floods, leaks, plumbing disaster, electrical disasters, fallen trees (yes, one took out my tool shed...), all sandwiched between concurrent efforts at an MA and BA.
And I finally started vocalizing (In the car, actually, during long drives...) for this gig I have in mid-July in Seattle. Oy! Keeps me youn. I guess.
And how are YOU?
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Aside from the fact that, of those who are left, no one is going to approach the crazy guy, sitting in his office, clapping his hands and singing! ;)
Not if they value their hides...
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I literally LOL'd twice listening to the news reports about the TB guy--
Yes, there's irony in there, somewhere... ;)
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er... that's YOUNG, with a G. Or youn.
Okay, so to work on this paper for tonight. Love to all.
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So nice to hear the nice news from DR PENNYO....congrats!
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Hey, PennyO!
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DR PennyO - JEEPERS! It makes me tired just reading about all of that! More power to ya! :)
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Hiya, Lads!!
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Does anyone want to whip off a 17 page paper on "Double Entendre and Unseemly Insinuation at HHW"?
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The prodigal PennyO comes home.
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Ben had to buy No One Is Alone on sale at Virgin? We didn't have it on sale here weeks ago?
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Went to check on paypal payments and got a server error - not such a good thing with a company like paypal. I'd imagine their phone lines will be VERY busy until this is fixed.
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Didn't sleep quite as late as the last two days, but still got a good night's sleep, albeit with weird dreams.
The sun is trying to break through the overcast sky and it looks like it will succeed.
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Went to check on paypal payments and got a server error - not such a good thing with a company like paypal. I'd imagine their phone lines will be VERY busy until this is fixed.
And there shall be consequences....oh, there shall be consequences...
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Our very own Rodzinski interviews Raul Esparza from COMPANY, and also interviews B.D. Wong on his performance in Skip's show HERRINGBONE at Williamstown Theatre Festival this month.
Rodzinski - Skip says thanks so much!!!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108479.html
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Ben had to buy No One Is Alone on sale at Virgin? We didn't have it on sale here weeks ago?
Mayhaps that was during his summer vacation?
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OK, weirdness on the web department: HHW just asked me to sign in again (even though I just posted a moment ago), and then thanked me as the "newest member" with some gobbledy-gook string of letters when I did. When I got here I was recognized as me. Whew.
I also got the server error on PayPal when I went to pay for an auction this morning. Of course the joke is you need to access their site to get their phone number, and even then they don't make it easy to find.
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Well, then poor Ben never saw the lists, I guess.
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Has anyone tried paypal?
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Ben's "No One is Alone" is the new Barbara Cook album, released last week by DRG.
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And the word of the day is: PAWKY!
Sorry, BK, but there is no such place as Paw, KY.
There is, however, a place known as Paw Paw, KY (http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Paw-Paw-Kentucky.cfm), close to the border with Virginia. The estimated population there is 3076.
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Has anyone tried paypal?
Well I guess I know my posts are being skipped. ;)
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I cannot access PayPal either.
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Sorry, BK, but there is no such place as Paw, KY.
There is, however, a place known as Paw Paw, KY (http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Paw-Paw-Kentucky.cfm), close to the border with Virginia. The estimated population there is 3076.
Founded when all of the males of Walla Walla, WA migrated south for the winter.
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Our very own Rodzinski interviews Raul Esparza from COMPANY, and also interviews B.D. Wong on his performance in Skip's show HERRINGBONE at Williamstown Theatre Festival this month.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108479.html
I always enjoy DR Rodzinski's work, but this column is particularly engrossing.
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Friday media report:
CD(car) - audiobook, The Light in the Window by Jan Karon
CDs - Jane Monheit's Taking a Chance on Love and In the Sun and Josh Turner's Your Man. These 2 singers were unfamiliar to me until Sunday's broadcast of the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS.
DVD - Wordplay, "a journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times."
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And one for Monheit
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DVD - Wordplay
That is in my queue, too, DR Ginny! :)
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Oh, Barbara Cook - I wasn't aware that she'd resorted to copying our album titles. What's next for her? Drat! The Cook!
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I wonder how long this paypal problem has been going on and I wonder if they'll have the courtesy of having an explanation and apology on their home page when it's finally fixed. Does anyone happen to have the paypal number?
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Drat! The Cook!
Songs from the Mess Halls of the Armed Forces...
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The latest addition to our fundraiser show (he has to clear a little conflict but says it shouldn't be a problem and to count him in):
Mr. Jason Graae.
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Good luck vibes to PennyO!
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DVD - Wordplay, "a journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times."
I loved this!
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PayPal
1-888-221-1161
or 402-935-2050
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The latest addition to our fundraiser show (he has to clear a little conflict but says it shouldn't be a problem and to count him in):
Mr. Jason Graae.
Quite a stellar line-up! But you still haven't told us if the elusive Guy Haines will make an appearance. It would be fun to have him do a number in silhouette---"Me and My Shadow", maybe?
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Well, Paypal better be back up an working by the time my auctions end this weekend!! I needs the money!
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Paypal has finally put a placeholder on the site - they say they're doing weekly maintenence which is, of course, horse manure. They don't do that in prime time, they do it week in and week out for two hours at midnight on a weeknight. They say the site will be back up and running at eleven-thirty, which is fifteen minutes from now.
So, if you haven't been able to make your Return To Oz payments, you'll be able to then.
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I agree, DR Singdaw--the Blue Bunny truck grates on my ears.
Does Blue Bunny music go Boing Boing Boing?
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Ben's "No One is Alone" is the new Barbara Cook album, released last week by DRG.
Yeah, what he said!
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I was going to post the link to the Leading Men review but FJL beat me to it.
I now must leave because we have to do stress testing on a new database. It will take an hour. We have to create new source documents, add grants, delete grants, modify grants, change batch status and run all applicable reports. Sounds like fun - not.
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we have to do stress testing on a new database.
Be careful, or you'll be hearing from the SPCD - the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Databases...
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But before I go, does anyone know if there are demo CDs of Legally Blonde and/or Pirate Queen floating around? I am trying to find some clips from said shows. Neither Web site has the usual practice of including a song clip or two.
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Hardy and Har and Har?
Hardy Har Har, as I recall, was a very unhappy hyena, teamed with Lippy the Lion in some Hanna/Barbera cartoons.
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Page Five Mr. Softee Dance:
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Proof that Mr. Softee is really a Southern drag queen, what with that high hair!
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Well, Paypal better be back up an working by the time my auctions end this weekend!! I needs the money!
Got a date at the Old Hustlers' Home?
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Proof that Mr. Softee is really a Southern drag queen, what with that high hair!
And I thought it was Delta Burke.
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Does anyone want to whip off a 17 page paper on "Double Entendre and Unseemly Insinuation at HHW"?
Just seventeen pages?
We could whip off seventeen pages just about DR MBarnum!
And another seventeen pages about DR Elmore!
And yet another seventeen pages about DR Jose!
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Ben - try the following searches on youtube for Legally Blonde audio clips:
omigod blonde
AND A DIFFERENT SEARCH:
so much better
I really like the song "So Much Better," particularly the lyric.
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illegal Legally clips?
illegal Legal eclipe?
???
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singdaw - Some of the Legally Blonde audio clips have been up on youtube for months, so I'd bet the people behind the show are like totally OK with their being there. :)
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OMG!!!!!!
:)
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Marty, our big black Lab mix, hasn't been feeling well.
We're not sure what's wrong. He's just acting tired, and wheezing some.
He isn't a young pup, of course. He's been with us for over ten years. And he's always had a heart murmur. The original vet who saw him said Marty'd be lucky to see his fifth birthday.
We'll be taking him to the vet this evening.
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~~~~~~~VIBES FOR MARTY~~~~~~~
MAY YOU PERK UP SOON!
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Vibes for Marty!
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OK it must be said
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And one for Marty - and I meant it!
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Actually, many vibes for Marty
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DR Ben - they must have changed the packaging somewhere along the way. My two copies look very different. The old:(http://www.psclassics.com/images/greygardenspp.jpg)
And the new: (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UuCY6egAL._AA240_.jpg)
"The old Grey" sounds like my cup of tea!!
What a wonderful singer Miss Ebersole is! :-*
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Okay, I spoke to the first obnoxious and ill-informed paypal person ever - normally they have the best customer service, but this was some idiot who'd obviously been handed a script to read, and that never sits well with me. She told me of the problems and that they were working on it, but then told me if I was getting an error message saying it wasn't recognizing my password, that I was logging in incorrectly. Oh? Not possible, since my password is SAVED and appears automatically and has worked for years that way. She had me log on, and I guess at that moment they fixed it because I finally got into my account, where I was dismayed to see that no payments after midnight last night had arrived. So, once again, if you ordered Oz and haven't been able to do the paypal payment, you should be able to now.
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Now I must get ready to go to a rehearsal I'd much rather not go to.
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The latest addition to our fundraiser show (he has to clear a little conflict but says it shouldn't be a problem and to count him in):
Mr. Jason Graae.
Do you have Miss Karen Morrow (at LAST!) on the roster?!
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"The old Grey" sounds like my cup of tea!!
Not to mention Earl! ;)
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Anyone recall who played opposite Tommy Tune in BUSKER ALLEY? I can't find much on the net about this production except for stories about Tune breaking his foot.
Mr Most-Handsome-Man-On-The-Planet (copyright DR George!) was in the cast! (NOT in a cast! Tommy WAS in a cast..... )
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I am rarely sober.
:)
We've noticed! :-* ;)
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It's a glorious piece, about 12 minutes long, based on Nursery Songs. I recognize "Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play," "A Frog He Would A-Courting Go," "Oranges and Lemons," and "Over the Hills and Far Away." It's very much like Quilter's arrangements of old songs like "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes," and beautifully scored and written.
I have that cd... as if you had to know that! :D
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We've noticed!
Does it show?
[a Hello, Dolly! reference]
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As threatened promised, my petunias:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/petunias.jpg)
The only petunia I like is Petunia Clark, who, actually, is an English rose!! ;)
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For the Faerie who has everything...
(http://thesnailandthefox.com/bubblesAD.jpg)
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Does your mother know you're out tonight, Petunia
Does she know that I'm about to prune ya
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My eyes adored ya...
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Marty raised his head when I told him about the vibes.
Right now, he's taking things quietly.
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Got all my Friday errands taken care of even though it's just like summer outside. Not a whiff of cool air anywhere to be found.
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I began my afternoon viewing with the next episode in THE CLOSET second season set: one of my favorites of the past season. This was the one where Lts. Provinza and Flynn find a body in Provinza's garage, but since they have skybox tickets to see the LA Dodgers play, they postpone calling it in. Of course, the body is gone the next time they look for it.
Very elaborate investigation, and a number of satisfying conclusions.
I don't know which episode Kyra will submit for her Emmy nomination, but she'd be hard pressed to find a better one than this.
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Next, I watched THE STARTER WIFE. It's more a melodramatic comedy like DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES than the usual comedy.
Frankly, I didn't find much of it amusing. I was disgusted with the waste of the great Judy Davis, and the blackmailing Russian nanny was such a tired plot. Ditto the unattractive husband diddling with a barely 20 year old girl modeled on Brittany Spears.
It was a long two hours though Messing was OK.
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I am sneaking out of here--fifteen minutes early! Bwah-ha-ha!
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I finished the afternoon with a LAW & ORDER episode on TNT-HD, one of the few episodes where Jack McCoy showed more of his heart than a willingness for justice. I can only remember one other case where he chose to show real mercy to someone on trial rather than go for some kind of conviction.
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Tonight, I'll be finishing the audio commentary on the IF.... DVD, checking out the special features on the second disc in the set, and then watching more ANGEL episodes and STUDIO 60 from last night.
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For the Faerie who has everything...
(http://thesnailandthefox.com/bubblesAD.jpg)
Wow! Holes in all their... glory!! :o (Sorry! :-\)
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Does it show?
[a Hello, Dolly! reference]
Na!
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Not to mention Earl! ;)
Yes, that's the kind of tea I had in mind!
-- Sugar? Just a lump!
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So nice to hear the nice news from DR PENNYO....congrats!
DR Jrand, you made me laugh because all PennyO's news is not nice....
"before heading back up to the Cabin, for serious repairs - whatta winter I had up there - floods, leaks, plumbing disaster, electrical disasters, fallen trees (yes, one took out my tool shed...)"
... but she, we know what you meant! ;)
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I began my afternoon viewing with the next episode in THE CLOSET second season set
???
Is there something Kyra's not telling us?
;)
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DR MBarnum, My Brother...Nikhil arrived today - already! I must say, Indiaweekly.com has great service! :)
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My music final was fun, 2 hours of listening to good music and answering easy questions about it.
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YAY! for DR Adriana Patti!!!!!!
And it's FRIDAY!!!
What could be better than that?
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Ben had to buy No One Is Alone on sale at Virgin? We didn't have it on sale here weeks ago?
Were you selling the last Babara Cook cd entitled No One Is Alone here recently? ???
I think DR BEN was talking about the Cook cd! The new release from her!
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YAY! for DR Adriana Patti!!!!!!
And it's FRIDAY!!!
What could be better than that?
Well, let me think!.....
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YAY! for DR Adriana Patti!!!!!!
And it's FRIDAY!!!
What could be better than that?
Ice Cream and Friday :)
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With whipped cream
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Tonight, I'll be finishing the audio commentary on the IF...
You mean they sell it... unfinished! ???
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Ice Cream and Friday :)
They make you FAT! Ice creams AND Fridays! 8)
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With whipped cream
Even WORSE! :P
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I had a wonderful PLD....will anyone applaud and shout "Hooray"?
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You mean they sell it... unfinished! ???
Well...if Schubert can get away with it...
;)
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DR MBarnum, My Brother...Nikhil arrived today - already! I must say, Indiaweekly.com has great service! :)
Oh, your brother has quite a name! ::)
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Where's Missy Karen? I'm feelin' snarky!
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Well...if Schubert can get away with it...
;)
Oh, he just plagiarized Beethoven you know! ;)
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I had a wonderful PLD....will anyone applaud and shout "Hooray"?
*clapping*
Hoo and Ray for DR Ron Pulliam's Perfectly Lewd Display!
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I had a wonderful PLD....will anyone applaud and shout "Hooray"?
Do you mean a Pacon Lettuce and Domato?! ;)
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I'm feelin' snarky!
I'm feelin' hutch! :o (To each his own!!)
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*clapping*
Hoo and Ray for DR Ron Pulliam's Perfectly Lewd Display!
Coming from DR RON, that would be the day! ;)
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Predictably Loud Diatribe?
Perceptibly Licentious Dilletante?
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Predictably Loud Diatribe?
Perceptibly Licentious Dilletante?
Pulliam's Last Diner?!
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Publically Licensed Dustbin?
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I began my afternoon viewing with the next episode in THE CLOSET second season set: one of my favorites of the past season. This was the one where Lts. Provinza and Flynn find a body in Provinza's garage, but since they have skybox tickets to see the LA Dodgers play, they postpone calling it in. Of course, the body is gone the next time they look for it.
THE CLOSET? Is this the mystery series in which Brenda pretends to be a lesbian to keep her job on the force when she learns she's being passed over for a promotion to maintain the LAPD's need for gay officers?
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Hmmm...
Looks like we may get a micro-burst.
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DR MBarnum, My Brother...Nikhil arrived today - already! I must say, Indiaweekly.com has great service! :)
Yes, I find they ship very fast! Don't forget to report your thoughts on the movie!!!
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OK, time to head back to the NYPL for these book awards.
I'd rather nap.
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Pesky Little Ding-a-ling?
Pineapple/Lemon Donut?
Pornographic Lesbian Daguerrotypes?
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THE CLOSER - THE CLOSET. . . .
Only one letter off. Pretty good typing for me! ;D
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TOD:
Books: What to Drink With What You Eat, by Andrew Dornenberg and Karen Page. Basically a book of lists, pairing different types of foods with different wines and other quaffables. Unfortunately, D&P proclaim that it is "The most important book you will read this year," which is so egotistically over the top as to make the rest of the book dismissable.
DVD: Terry Gilliam's Brazil. Bizarre film, I must say.
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Pornographic Lesbian Daguerrotypes?
I used to work at a place near the rue Daguerre here in Paris, on which street Jacques Demy's widow, Agnès Varda (A wonderful movie director in her own right) lives and where she filmed "Daguerrotypes":
http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-St-Ve/Varda-Agn-s.html
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And one for Agnès!
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The Closet - Every week, Kyra goes to find something to wear, and instead encounters these fabulous boys who not only are wearing everything she owns, but look much better than she does in every item! Hilarity ensues.
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Flaming Agnès, bien sur!
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Time to get dressed for the vet visit.
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PLD = Pouty Lips Display
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Not.
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Soon I'll leave work and meet DH Richard at the "Goodbye, Rosedale School" dinner. Rosedale is the elementary school where he taught fifth grade from about 1972-1979 and then was principal there from 1984-87. Its program is being relocated to a new building with a new name. The old building is supposed to be used for special programs, but they're probably going to be cut as a result of last month's levy failure.
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;D
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:-*
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The weekend looms large like a leaping lemur loping limb to limb.
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Health vibes for DD Marty!
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Time to get dressed for the vet visit.
Black tie & tails?
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Black tie & tails?
And a fur coat at leash, err, at least, if you want to look like a hot dog?
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Heading down now to do that most hateful of all cleaning chores: mopping the kitchen floor.
Then, a little reading and then back to the TV for more entertaining viewing.
WBBL.
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Heading down now to do that most hateful of all cleaning chores: mopping the kitchen floor.
Then, a little reading and then back to the TV for more entertaining viewing.
WBBL.
"Mopping The Kitchen Floor" should be a new dance!
"You Clean While You're Dancing
The Kitchenentale!"
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Heading down now to do that most hateful of all cleaning chores: mopping the kitchen floor.
DR Matt H.: Sometimes carefully chosen music can make the most unseemly task seem bearable.
;D
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What would one rather do:
Mopping The Kitchen Floor
or
Doing The Riviera?
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Ah! I mentioned last night that I could not get paypal to co-operate!
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DR Matt H.: Sometimes carefully chosen music can make the most unseemly task seem bearable.
;D
Your old friend Snow White might have told you that, no? ;)
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A co-worker of mine [at a previous company] used to say, "Gee, shove a broomstick up my a**, and I'll sweep the floor while I'm at it [my work]!"
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Ah! I mentioned last night that I could not get paypal to co-operate!
Co-operate.... or operate?
AND?.....
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Your old friend Snow White might have told you that, no? ;)
She just might have done! ;D
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A co-worker of mine [at a previous company] used to say, "Gee, shove a broomstick up my a**, and I'll mop the floor while I'm at it [my work]!"
Oh, my! I am not too sure if I can bear reading the above note! :o
Some people can be VERY anal!! :o
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DR TOMOVOZ is being very hitchcokian about the paypal thing!
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Tomovoz is making a cameo?
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I'll not brooch that subject
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I'll not brooch that subject
Ahhh...a wise-nacre, eh??!!!
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Forgot to mention The Pirate Master (or whatever the hell it's called)--WORST SHOW EVER (even worse than On the Lot, believe it or don't). However, it had me LOL-ing at the BEST OCCUPATION EVER of one of its contestants:
SCIENTIST/EXOTIC DANCER
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I'll not brooch that subject
Pow-la, what have you done with the lovely brooch?
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Alright. Which one of you lovely, lovely people did it?
I came home from work to find a box by the front door, I haven't ordered anything so it was a puzzle.
When I opened it, there was two framed items. A star, Ursa Minor RA 13h22m8s D 73 dgrees23, has been named for my Mother, Helen D Hegerty. The card with it read:
To Danise
"First star on the right,
and straight on til morning."
From all of your friends
who love you at
Haines His Way
I will treasure this forever.
I love you guys. :-*
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And I'm crying like a baby right now. It's so lovely. I don't know what to say.
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In my CD player right now: My Life With Albertine, after which will be A Doll's Life again. I listened to it yesterday. :)
That's pretty much it...for now.
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And we have a tropical storm that might hit tomorrow morning. TS Barry. Can you believe it?
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For the Faerie who has everything...
(http://thesnailandthefox.com/bubblesAD.jpg)
Not only, but also:
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Looks like we may get a micro-burst.
Is that a euphemism?
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(http://www.completegamester.com/pages/AR-Signs/kitchen/FAIRYSOAP.jpg)
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Is that a euphemism?
:o
;D
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Many healing vibes to Dear Dog Marty!!!!!
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DR Danise - You've made it through to the weekend.
Relax, and recuperate!
:)
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And I'm crying like a baby right now. It's so lovely. I don't know what to say.
I'm crying just thinking about it!
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(http://www.completegamester.com/pages/AR-Signs/kitchen/FAIRYSOAP.jpg)
I have this as a fridge magnet--given to me by a little fairy! :)
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Some of us are very happy that it is a Bear constellation. (Little Dipper).
good tears Danise.
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given to me by a little fairy!
Gee, with your Little French Boy and your Little Fairy, you've got quite the menagerie! :)
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Gee, with your Little French Boy and your Little Fairy, you've got quite the menagerie! :)
WOW!!! Since when Little French Boys and Little Fairies are considered ANIMALS?!
Unless you mean menagerie à trois, and even then!
"Oh, You Beast!" ;)
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Gee, with your Little French Boy and your Little Fairy, you've got quite the menagerie! :)
A Little French Boy Is Not A Toy!
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Sorry, DR François; didn't mean to offend!
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Hiya, Lads!!
Hi Penny! Sorry I missed you!
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Sorry, I'm on the phone
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My husband just brought back "M" magazine from Paris. There are some lovely [not so little] French boys within.
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Hi, Danise!
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DR George - did you part the red sea or wage war upon Mars?
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Hi DR TCB,
I'm sorry--I had a phone call right in the middle of everything. My friend, Thelma wanted me to know about the tropical storm.
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Sorry, DR François; didn't mean to offend!
No offense at all! I was joking, of course!
I don't know that "M" magazine and I'm sure I'm missing something!
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Some of us are very happy that it is a Bear constellation. (Little Dipper).
good tears Danise.
Bear. ;D She would have loved that since she wanted him to be with her.
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I'm sitting here trying to think what I have done to deserve such wonderful friends. Last year when I was sick, the flowes that were sent and now all this kindess with my Mom gone.
I feel so humbled and so very, very blessed. :-* :'(
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You GUYS!
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(http://hometown.aol.com/cherokeeridge/cart/book13.jpg)
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Marty, our big black Lab mix, hasn't been feeling well.
We're not sure what's wrong. He's just acting tired, and wheezing some.
He isn't a young pup, of course. He's been with us for over ten years. And he's always had a heart murmur. The original vet who saw him said Marty'd be lucky to see his fifth birthday.
We'll be taking him to the vet this evening.
~~~Vibes for Marty!!~~~
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I think some (if not most of you) know the story about the fairy friend I had when I was a child. She knew my Dad and she brought those ice cones made out of marshmellows.
They always came out of my ears. :)
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Today we went for a drive through Jerome, Arizona, which is a ghost town (now a tourist stop) and this is what we saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/Jerome.jpg)
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There are lots of wildflowers, and I saw this:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/whiteflower.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/grasshopper.jpg)
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I began my afternoon viewing with the next episode in THE CLOSET second season set: one of my favorites of the past season. This was the one where Lts. Provinza and Flynn find a body in Provinza's garage, but since they have skybox tickets to see the LA Dodgers play, they postpone calling it in. Of course, the body is gone the next time they look for it.
Very elaborate investigation, and a number of satisfying conclusions.
I don't know which episode Kyra will submit for her Emmy nomination, but she'd be hard pressed to find a better one than this.
There is a TV show called THE CLOSET? Is it set in Salt Lake City?
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This was DR Sandra's favorite sight:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/deadthings.jpg)
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(http://hometown.aol.com/cherokeeridge/cart/book13.jpg)
I can only afford bats in my belfry! :)
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Hi, Danise, sorry i missed you.
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This was DR Sandra's favorite sight:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/deadthings.jpg)
??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Hey, BK: Did you do any consigments to that shop DearReaderLaura showed as a sign for?
I was thinking about those flying dead things you had once at your former house.
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Gee, with your Little French Boy and your Little Fairy, you've got quite the menagerie! :)
I was hoping the Little French Boy was the Little Fairy!
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Hi, Danise, sorry i missed you.
I'm here!
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THERE are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
It's not so very, very far away;
You pass the gardner's shed and you just keep straight ahead --
I do so hope they've really come to stay.
There's a little wood, with moss in it and beetles,
And a little stream that quietly runs through;
You wouldn't think they'd dare to come merrymaking there--
Well, they do.
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
They often have a dance on summer nights;
The butterflies and bees make a lovely little breeze,
And the rabbits stand about and hold the lights.
Did you know that they could sit upon the moonbeams
And pick a little star to make a fan,
And dance away up there in the middle of the air?
Well, they can.
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
You cannot think how beautiful they are;
They all stand up and sing when the Fairy Queen and King
Come gently floating down upon their car.
The King is very proud and very handsome;
The Queen--now you can quess who that could be
(She's a little girl all day, but at night she steals away)?
Well -- it's Me!
Rose Fyleman
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I do have many photos of the last few days. They are in my other computer, but I will post some later. I pruned the rose bush yesterday then I used the paste stuff to hang the border. I don't know if I reacted to the rose scratches - well I know I did, or if I reacted to the chemicals getting in the scratches but I was feeling pretty lousy last night, so I just went to bed. I'm much better this morning and the welts on my arm have gone away
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My photos of Sophie are also in my other computer, lol perhaps I should go get on the other computer.
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Vibes for Marty the dog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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for Marty.
I hope we hear good news soon!
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I'm sitting here trying to think what I have done to deserve such wonderful friends. Last year when I was sick, the flowes that were sent and now all this kindess with my Mom gone.
I feel so humbled and so very, very blessed. :-* :'(
Well, DR Danise, this is the best site in the universe! How's your week gone?
My wonderful sibling Randy and his great wife JoAnn have finally cleaned out our dad's RV to put it on the market. Randy would clean it out for 30 minutes at a time, break down in tears, and have to take a long break. We still have the house to empty and I think we should hire a crew to do it.
I'm back from the Theatre Library Awards. The presenters were fascinating and the books all sound quite interesting. My friend bruce signed my book and I got to visit with Carolyn Weber from the Kurt Weill Foundation. I'll post the five winners in a bit.
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Hi DR Elmore!
I understand about cleaning and crying. I did a lot of it this week and have much more to do.
I'm trying to find a picture that I can post of Mom's star but no luck so far. I want to take a picture of it but so far every time I try the flash goes off and it shines in the glass so you can't see the map.
I will have to wait for a sunny day and try it with out the flash. Right now, it's dark and rainy so I'm not having any luck with light from the lamp.
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Elmore, when my Mom died and we had to clean out the 4000 + SF home she had lived in with my Dad for 35 odd years, stuffed to the gills with stuff and more stuff, we just were ruthless--we got a dumpster and just ripped through the house, bagging up stuff to donate and throwing everything else away. If you do it quickly, it's not so bad.
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Elmore, when my Mom died and we had to clean out the 4000 + SF home she had lived in with my Dad for 35 odd years, stuffed to the gills with stuff and more stuff, we just were ruthless--we got a dumpster and just ripped through the house, bagging up stuff to donate and throwing everything else away. If you do it quickly, it's not so bad.
I probably won't be there for it; I'm stuck in NYC for a while, and I'm not keen on spending any time with the Macbeths. I'm jappy to send an estate check to cover any costs.
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Back from rehearsal - I now know at least everything perfunctorily. This composer will do two verses exactly the same - all the words fit on the notes, then suddenly in the next verse he'll leave out the pickup note and word, and it's just maddening and I HATE HIM!
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The Theatre Library Award winners for 2007 were the following:
THE MASKS OF ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA by Marvin Rosenberg, completed by Mary Rosenberg, University of Delaware Press
CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION by Amid Amidi, Chronicle Books
STILL MOVING: THE FILM AND MEDIA COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART by Steven Higgins
INGMAR BERGMAN: A REFERENCE GUIDE by Birgitta Steene, Amsterdam University Press
WAGNER AND THE ART OF THE THEATRE by Patrick Carnegy, Yale University Press
LADY IN THE DARK: BIOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL by bruce mcclung, Oxford University Press
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CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION by Amid Amidi, Chronicle Books
I was flipping through that book just the other day!
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/site/catalog/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=5562&store=books
And this is the author's site:
http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/
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Yep! The author is the youngest to win a TLA and he was quite interesting. I want this book now!
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a few minutes ago
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more
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Ice cream or a Tootsie Pop. What a decision
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White cockatoos.
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Beautiful Photos!
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My music final was fun, 2 hours of listening to good music and answering easy questions about it.
Don't you love it when that happens??
;D
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I read Water for Elephants this week. I enjoyed it even though parts of it made me cringe.
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Beautiful bird photos, Tomovoz. Thanks.
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Your photos from your trip inspired me to take them Laura.
I need to replace my camera!
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DR George - did you part the red sea or wage war upon Mars?
I watched the Martians' invasion of our tiny little blue planet set to musical accompaniment. :)
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The bathtub is grouted. The plumbers will be here Monday or Tuesday to put everything in place.
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I watched the Martians' invasion of our tiny little blue planet set to musical accompaniment. :)
Did you enjoy it? We loved it but we are very familiar with the concept Cd from the late 70's.
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Congratulations on having had the grouting completed Dear Reader Laura.
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The Theatre Library Award winners for 2007 were the following:
THE MASKS OF ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA by Marvin Rosenberg, completed by Mary Rosenberg, University of Delaware Press
CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION by Amid Amidi, Chronicle Books
STILL MOVING: THE FILM AND MEDIA COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART by Steven Higgins
INGMAR BERGMAN: A REFERENCE GUIDE by Birgitta Steene, Amsterdam University Press
WAGNER AND THE ART OF THE THEATRE by Patrick Carnegy, Yale University Press
LADY IN THE DARK: BIOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL by bruce mcclung, Oxford University Press
The library system (made up of 27 branches over five counties) where I work only has one of these titles, "CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION." I think I need to submit some "Request for Purchase" forms.
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Did you enjoy it? We loved it but we are very familiar with the concept Cd from the late 70's.
I've had the vinyl album for about 15 years. Just sitting there and watching it, it was a little too repetitive (musically) for my taste. I also watched it late at night after a longish day, so I was a bit tired. ::) So, it didn't hold my interest all the way through. I watched all of the first act but had to turn it off about half way through the second act. I'll finish it sometime soon. But I'm glad I got it. :)
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I'm still trying to work up to Val Kilmer IS Moses.
;)
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I'm still trying to work up to Val Kilmer IS Moses.
;)
Real courage needed.
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I'm jappy to send an estate check to cover any costs.
That's funny--usually Jewish American Princesses are loathe to send checks--they want to receive them. ;)
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Home from the memory-filled Rosedale School party. It was a retirement party for the building - many former teachers and principals were there, along with many of the current staff. They're quite melancholy about moving to a new building, but very much looking forward to working in air conditioning.
There was a package waiting for me, too, when I got home - the HHW Birth Date Songs CD! Thank you, thank you, thank you, DR Tomovoz!
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A pleasure DR Ginny
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"The Thing" is the thing.
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a few minutes ago
The "fairies" at the bottom of your garden are birds!
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I'm still trying to work up to Val Kilmer IS Moses.
;)
Val Kilmer might be still doing that too! ;)
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Not always DR François!
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Black tie & tails?
Black tail and green leash.
As der Brucer had anticipated, Marty's heart murmur is kicking in and slowing down his heart's effectivness. He's got a buildup of fluids in his abdomen, so we'll be taking him back to the vets early tomorrow so he can have the fluids drained. That and he's got a regimen of meds to take twice a day, and we're switching him from a kibble diet to one of ground meat (beef or lamb) and rice. (I'm now a doggy chef!)
In any case, Marty's days are numbered. He's not ready to say goodbye yet, nor are we. But we know it's coming.
Right now, der B is watching over him as he has his dinner, making sure the other pups don't try to help themselves.
This is sudden. Marty has only been acting "funny" for the last two or three days. I'd like to see him last through the summer - but I'm not sure why, if not simply because I need the time to get used to the idea of his not being with us much longer.
He's a good companion, both to der Brucer and me and to the other pups.
I need to stop writing now.
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Aww, Woody.
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and
(((((Woody))))) and (((((DerBrucer)))))
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Health Vibes to Marty and vibes to Marty's canine and human families~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Marty couldn't ask for better caregivers - vibes to DRs SWW and der Brucer.
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The bathtub is grouted. The plumbers will be here Monday or Tuesday to put everything in place.
Woo hoo!! No more bucket!
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Vibes to Woody and Der Brucer
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Today I invited some friends to a party at the bottom of my garden!
I had a camera and those are the pics I took! (Piczatook!!)
http://www.allrand.com/herndon07.html
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Good Evening!
Greetings from Richmond!
:)
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Now to see what I remember from the 12 pages of posts I just read...
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But, first, I need to reboot my computer since Steve just reset his network settings...
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DR Sandra, did you see the shower curtain we put up?
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That's funny--usually Jewish American Princesses are loathe to send checks--they want to receive them. ;)
Did I really mistype that? And here I am giving DR MattH a hard time for THE CLOSET!
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There was a package waiting for me, too, when I got home - the HHW Birth Date Songs CD! Thank you, thank you, thank you, DR Tomovoz!
Mine arrived today as well! Thankee, DR tomovoz!
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Good Evening!
Greetings from Richmond!
:)
And greetings from Manhattan, DR Jose!
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Good Evening!
Greetings from Richmond!
:)
OH! DR JosePiano! Your friend... you know.... Yannick Rénier has a very small part in a new movie with songs (Les Chansons d'Amour) and he even manages to appear very briefly sans shirt!
I KNOW you'll want to see that film... for the songs ;) and for the cast who's fantastic, headed by dreamboat Louis Garrel;
http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_film.php?IDfilm=15041
http://louisgarrel.free.fr/images/louis_ceci.jpg
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Vibes to dog Marty!
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I'm ba-ack...
:)
And, now, I post...
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DR Danise - I hope you are able to get some more rest this weekend. And I also hope that "Barry" stays away from you too.
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DR François - I guess I have another French film to keep an eye out for. Merci!
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There is a TV show called THE CLOSET? Is it set in Salt Lake City?
No, it takes place in a closet.
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DR Sandra, did you see the shower curtain we put up?
Nice! But I still say we should have gotten the one with the tassels.
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RE: Roger Quilter's Folk Song Settings - and his Shakespeare settings, etc... I do love them too, but, sometimes there's just too many notes - for the pianist! ;) "The Arnold Book of Old Songs" was practically a bible in my undergrad vocal studies.
*And there are some wonderful recordings of the Quilter songs on Naxos.
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Louis Garrel with Romain Duris in previous film by Christophe Honoré, Dans Paris!
http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/60/14/30/18643181.jpg
http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18729425&cfilm=125076.html
http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18730783&cfilm=125076.html
http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18730782&cfilm=125076.html
ww.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18730782&cfilm=125076&hd=1.html
http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18730782&cfilm=125076&hd=1.html
ww.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18730782&cfilm=125076&hd=1.html
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Nice! But I still say we should have gotten the one with the tassels.
You could always adopt a seasonal approach to your bathroom decor.
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DR François - I guess I have another French film to keep an eye out for. Merci!
This one needs BOTH eyes! :D
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As for the Friday Media Check...
DVD: "Match Point"
CD - via my iPod:
The Puppini Sisters - "Betcha Bottom Dollar"
Michael Bublé - "Call Me Irresponsible" - There are some amazing horn charts on this album. The second track, "It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)" sizzles!
Lang Lang - Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 1 and 4
Barbabra Cook - "No One Is Alone" - I'm trying to think... Is this the first original post-Wally Harper album that Ms. Cook has done? Just curious.
Jessica Molaskey - "Sitting in Limbo" - I think the "The Circle Game/Waters of March" track is my favorite. So far. With the reimagining of Billy Joel's "Summer Highland Falls" a very close second.
And that's about all I had time to listen to on the train ride from New York's Penn Station to Richmond's Main Street Station. ;)
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DR Ben - So... Did you do the stingray shuffle while you were on Sanibel/Captiva? And just how many "planks" of Bubble Bread did you have a The Bubble Room? ;)
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Thanks for your pics last night, DR JoseSPiano.
I posted pics last night?
???
*I shall check momentarily.
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Today I invented some friends to a party at the bottom of my garden!
I had a camera and those are the pics I took! (Piczatook!!)
http://www.allrand.com/herndon07.html (http://www.allrand.com/herndon07.html)
Thank YOU!! :D
;)
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No Wi-Fi on Amtrak?
der Brucer
Nope. Well, at least not in coach. I think internet access is only available in the First Class cars on the Acela trains. -And since I didn't want to eat up all my Amtrak Guest Rewards points...
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Believe me, I do play music while I'm mopping the floor, but the chore is still the chore. Ugh! :(
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Great pictures, DR Tomovoz!
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RE: Ms. Uggams "Bustin' Out"...
I can't remember if it was this year's or last year's Easter Bonnet Competition, but...
Sutton Foster came out to make an introduction, "Leslie Uggams was going to sing "June Is Bustin' Out All Over", but she hasn't learned the words yet."
:)
-And, yes, she does have a great sense of humor about that incident.
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Thank YOU!! :D
;)
Welcome!
Of course, I made a typo! I did not "invente" (NOT that smart!) I invited!!
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I began my evening of viewing with an ANGEL episode, this one continuing the indestructible demon. In this episode, we finally learned his true mission, to kill five primary auras and steal what they guard to cause the end of the world.
Things looked bad at the end of the episode, so this story arc isn't finished yet.
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Next, I listened to the running commentary on the IF.... DVD. It's a combination of David Robinson's analysis and background information with Malcolm McDowell's comments added at important points. Combined, they make for a terrific, entertaining track.
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At 8, TCM showed a mystery I've never seen before: GRAND STATION MYSTERY with a terrific cast including such MGM stalwarts as Van Heflin, Connie Gilchrist, Sam Levene, Tom Conway, Frank Ferguson, Cecilia Parker, and Virginia Grey.
I did figure out who committed the crime about halfway through the film, but not the method of murder. That was a surprise.
And throughout the film, I kept thinking that Heflin and Grey's parts could easily have been played by William Powell and Myrna Loy, and this could have been another THIN MAN mystery.
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At 9:30, I put in DREAMGIRLS on Blu-ray and watched the first act (so to speak). Wanted to make sure it looked and sounded as good as it did before I installed the upgrade to the machine a few days ago. It did.
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I didn't get to the second disc in the IF.... set at all, but I will get to it tomorrow.
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As for the train ride down, it was very pleasant if just a tad too long. The car I got on turned out to have a group of high school junior and senior boys from Boston, who were heading down to DC for an end of the school-year trip. Needless to say, they were a little rowdy, but since the train was full, I just took the first free seat I came across. Thankfully, their teacher/chaperone kept them in order and under control during the trip from NYC to DC. Most of them had iPods and Gameboys and Nintendos anyway. Or they were making frequent trips to the Cafe Car. In fact, their teacher turned out to be the "noisy one", since, like clockwork, she would yell out - in a wonderful Boston Back Bay accent! - "Get back in your seats!" "Don't block the aisles!" "Are you guys behaving!"... And then when she discovered the very cute baby who boarded - with her mother - at Philadelphia...."OH! Aren't you the cutest!" "Yeah! Look at your pretty Mommy!" "I just want to take you home with me!" etc., etc., etc.
At least it was entertaining. And I had my iPod and headphones too. ;)
The "funniest" part of the trip was the trek from Richmond's Staples Mills Station to the recently opened Richmond's Main Street Station. On the map, it's just about six miles from point to point. But due to track work, and speed controls due to residential areas, the trip took about 20 minutes on the train.
But I'm here.
:)
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DR MattH - The Virgin Megastores here in NYC have been having "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" specials on Blu-Ray discs. Anything I should keep an eye out for for you? ;)
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Seeing Tommy Tune standing next to Kristin Chenoweth at the Drama Desk awards just made me smile... :)
I remember getting into an elevator at Ripley-Grier one time with Tommy Tune and Larry Fuller. The tallest choreographer in the business, and one of the shortest one. *I think Baayork Lee is the shortest. :) Love ya, Connie Wong!
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DR Penny O - HI! :)
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But before I go, does anyone know if there are demo CDs of Legally Blonde and/or Pirate Queen floating around? I am trying to find some clips from said shows. Neither Web site has the usual practice of including a song clip or two.
DR Ben - I have the demos for Legally Blonde, as well as a pit-mix dub too. Sssshhh. As for The Pirate Queen, I think someone gave me those too at one point and time, but I don't know where I put them. However, I know someone who has a raw copy of the soon-to-be-released OCR, so... Ssshhh...
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And did anyone else see the "Omigod You Guys" the other morning - yesterday(?) - on "The View"? Frankly, I don't think the presentation showed the show in the best possible light. It was fun, but kind of lacking. *And the canned orchestra... Ugh. -I mean, Audra had live players! ;)
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~~~~~VIBES TO MARTY AND THE GRANDDADS~~~~~
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Hello, HHW.
TOD:
DVD: VENUS
SLINGS & ARROWS
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HEALTHY DOGGIE VIBES TO DD MARTY!!
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Prosciutto Lettuce and Dijon - ???
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My husband just brought back "M" magazine from Paris. There are some lovely [not so little] French boys within.
Well, the American version of "M" also has some nice articles too.
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Thanks for the "snaps", DRs DearReaderLaura and Tomovoz.
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DR MattH - The Virgin Megastores here in NYC have been having "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" specials on Blu-Ray discs. Anything I should keep an eye out for for you? ;)
That is so sweet; thank you, DR Jose.
Truth to tell, there aren't any releases that I want that I haven't already gotten. I haven't put any on the back burner because Amazon gave early Blu-ray buyers a 10% discount on all Blu-ray discs through December 2007, so I've been taking advantage of that discount since Christmas.
But if three do get released soon that I don't know about, I'll be sure to give you a holler!
Thanks!
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I'm off to do a little more writing before heading for bed.
Good night!
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Congrats on passing 19000, Jose.
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And congrats, MattH, on passing 25000. Now that's a real milestone!
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OH!
After Steve picked me up at the train station, we headed on over to Peking for some dinner. We took a chance with one of tonight's specials: Chicken Breast Stir-Fried with Honeydew, Cantaloupe and Strawberry. It smelled like dessert when it came to the table, but it tasted heavenly. And the heat from the stir-frying brought out the flavor and sweetness in the fruit. I remember seeing Alton Brown make a similar dish, but I believe this was an adaptation of a Martin Yan recipe. In any case, it was delicious!
And, best of all, the dinner was "free" since Steve was given a gift card for Peking from his condo's owners association... since he had put out a fire on the roof of his building this past Monday. :o -But that's a story for another day.
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Congrats on passing 19000, Jose.
But I passed 19000 a few years ago... Oh... Gotcha now... Nevermind...
::)
:P
;D
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Well, now I'm trying to work out the rest of my weekend here in Richmond. My parents will be at their new place down here sometime tomorrow, and I do plan to finally get over there and check out the new digs. -Plus, there are a few stray boxes there I need to go through too. :-\ However, I still have yet to take care of my car's inspection - remember that? - so... Steve has no real plans for this weekend, so he'll drive me over there in the afternoon, and then... well, I may just have to play this weekend by ear. However, I'm all set to bring my car into my mechanic on Monday, and, hopefully - once I find the title (thus the stray boxes) - it will be sold/given-away/dumped before I head back up to NYC on Wednesday morning. :)
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OH!!!!!!
And once I got back from dinner, there was a message from the Associate Conductor of the current revival of A Chorus Line. It looks like I'll be auditing her book next Wednesday night and/or Thursday, and I may start subbing in for her as soon as next weekend. HOO and RAY!
:)
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OH!!! (once again)
It looks like I'll be part of the volunteer staff for this year's Broadway Bares too.
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Comforting vibes to Woody and derBrucer.
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OH!!! (once again)
It looks like I'll be part of the volunteer staff for this year's Broadway Bares too.
(http://support.broadwaycares.org/images/content/pagebuilder/10513.jpg)
And you can buy the new BROADWAY BARES book later in 2007!
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And you can buy the new BROADWAY BARES book later in 2007!
Actually Amazon says the book will be published in April, 2008 - Not that I was interested.
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Actually Amazon says the book will be published in April, 2008 - Not that I was interested.
Although, it appears that Reed Massengill has numerous other volumes of photos available in the mean time.
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What a week. I have been ill for the last 12 days or so. A cold that turned into some kind of sinus infection or something. Whatever happened to the 3-day colds I grew up with?
Anyways, yesterday I went up to the old place for it was time for TPunk and I to put a little friend out of his misery. Our boy Walty had lost the ability to really digest food and pass it through his system and the vet had said there was pretty much nothing else left to do. He had spent the last few days hunched over or hiding inside a box springs, so TPunk made the call.
It was an extremely hard thing to do, but it was the right thing to do, and this was affirmed by the expression of total peace that came over him at the end. I will never forget it as it put me at ease.
Some of you who had been by had met Walty and might remember he was unusually friendly and responsive for a cat. Others here may remember when we got him and the wild days when we were not sure if he and Killbot would co-exist. They did. For a couple fun years. Now the question is how K-bot will do without her partner in crime.
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Nice interviews, Tom!
My sympathies on your loss.
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Tomovoz, your CD arrived today, so that is some musical fun to enjoy. Earlier this week, I watched COME NEXT SPRING, a DVD sent to me by MBarnum which is just an astonishingly good movie from Republic featuring the great Steve Cochran.
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~~~~~VIBES FOR TPUNK, RODZINKSI AND KILBOT~~~~~
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Thanks TCB, and also Singdaw for your kind words on that. Also glad Skip enjoyed it, Fred.
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And thanks Jose. By the way Jose, I was able to restore myself to my home IM capability. For those curious, Jose, when visiting at some point, logged on to IM at the apt, maybe months ago. I never really used IM, so knew nothing about it, but when I tried to log in a few days back, I came up as Jose and realized I could send instant messages as Jose. I threatened to destroy his reputation, but he wisely replied he no longer had such a thing. In any case, I have regained IM control of my own identity now.
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Not a pick-me-up film, but a very strong one, I saw Julie Christie in AWAY FROM HER last week. Highly recommended. Directed by actress Sarah Polley. A very realistic and raw look at the effect of Alzheimer's on a couple.
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And thanks Jose. By the way Jose, I was able to restore myself to my home IM capability. For those curious, Jose, when visiting at some point, logged on to IM at the apt, maybe months ago. I never really used IM, so knew nothing about it, but when I tried to log in a few days back, I came up as Jose and realized I could send instant messages as Jose. I threatened to destroy his reputation, but he wisely replied he no longer had such a thing. In any case, I have regained IM control of my own identity now.
Now, I just have to wonder if it ever crossed DR Rodzinksi's mind, that somehow the reverse situation might have happened. Where I was able to log in a him... Hmm... The mind boggles.
;D
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Good to know the CDs are arriving. Hope I got your year right Rodzinski.
Always worry that the pics look the same Jose. They really are different times and probably different birds.
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Supportive thought to TPunk and Rodzinski and Killbot. A loving decision.
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http://www.allrand.com/herndon07.html
Ah, yes, I remember it well!
der Brucer
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Finished the movie, and will now try to write the notes early so I can get a good night's sleep - I plan on getting up at 7:45 and jogging at 8:15 and the showering and I'll be out of the house by nine-thirty and to rehearsal by ten. All excellent vibes and xylophones for voice to hold up over the next five days. I gotta tell you, my character NEVER shuts his gob.
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Now, I just have to wonder if it ever crossed DR Rodzinksi's mind, that somehow the reverse situation might have happened. Where I was able to log in a him... Hmm... The mind boggles.
;D
Oh boy. My lawyers will be in touch. :)
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Oh boy. My lawyers will be in touch. :)
Umm... Are they as cute as the TB guy? ;D
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Thanks Tom. And yes that is the precise song. MBarnum, aka "Dominique," asked me today via email if I had known about the website that allows you to look up what was number one when you were born and I thought, website? I've been doing that for people using my Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits for years! Ah, technology.
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Beauiful photographs Laura and Tom! The birds are gorgeous!
Laura, was Jerome an old mining town?
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Hugs and support to SWW and derBrucer
Dogie Vibes to DD marty....
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DR Rodzinksi - That's a tough one. So sorry about DC Walty. :(
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DR JoseSPiano - Glad you survived the trip. I believe there is at least one previous BC album post Wally Harper. In fact, I think "TRIBUTE" features several songs written by WH. Also, congrats on the ACL news. And BB...were they still in need of fluffers? ;)
Oh, and ***CONGRATULATIONS*** on your new plateau, too... Whatever it is that you're measuring!!
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DR Tomovoz - love those pics! Are those all from right outside your door? I want to visit!!
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Thanks Sing. In happier news, I just passed 4,000 posts!
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Rodz and TPunk, I am sorry for your loss...
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DRs SWW and der Brucer...my sympathies to you. At least you still have some time with DD Marty. Hugs all around!
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DR François - if that's what's at the BOTTOM of your garden, the mind boggles at what might be at the TOP!?!?!?!
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Thanks Sing. In happier news, I just passed 4,000 posts!
But I passed 4000.... Oh... Nevermind...
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And on that note - and a self-incriminating one at that! - Goodnight.
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DRs SWW and der Brucer...my sympathies to you. At least you still have some time with DD Marty. Hugs all around!
Thanx.
Seems Marty heard about the creatures at the bottom of the garden - after a frantic 30 minutes search for him, he was found curled up in dirt hole underneath the backyard steps.
The cakes for the litter-box cake have been baked and are cooling.
Magic Mommy spoke with me a few hours ago; she wanted to know what we were giving William for his birthday. Seems she still hasn't decided what to give him - shucks, why worry, she has 16 hours before he starts opening presents!
der Brucer
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Tornado in Muscatine Iowa
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/060207_Iowa_Twister1.jpg)
der Brucer
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Yes DR StringDaw. The birds often come and sit on the window ledge to ask for food. You'd be most welcome to visit them. (and not necessarily sit on the ledge and ask for seed)
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(and not necessarily sit on the ledge and ask for seed)
Well, when in Rome...
;)
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DR François needs to assign a Country in his profile so that each time he posts, we can see the little French flag insignia..
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...and sing La Marseillaise!!!! :)
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KILLBOT is such a wonderful name for a cat...
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Where in tarnation is bk and the new notes?
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Only a few more posts
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are needed to take us to
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the big 1 - 6 -
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Why are we waiting?
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Are we THERE yet?
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Why are we waiting?
For Godot?
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...and sing La Marseillaise!!!! :)
Doesn't Paul Newman sell that?
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I've been re-listening to Nine...
What a wonderful score! Have never seen a production, however.
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Should George Forgo Dot.
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Doesn't Paul Newman sell that?
Yes, with all proceeds directed to charity.
The fund for pit musicians needing haircuts.
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Nine is such a beautiful score. The local production - which almost made it to London (John Diedtrich) was excellent.
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Should George Forgo Dot.
Never! But he does...
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Yes, with all proceeds directed to charity.
The fund for pit musicians needing haircuts.
not musician's 'pits needing a trim?
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Here's the grand mensch. We are about to be cut off...
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not musician's 'pits needing a trim?
Better from your lips than mine! ;)
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Frenzy, frenzy, frenzy...