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Well, you've read the notes, the notes made you yawn, and now it is time for you to post until the yawning cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DEIPNOSOPHIST!
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It's summer solstice. I don't know what that means, but it sounds nice.
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Unseemly indeedly! I clicked on the unseemly button and all I got was a rerun (a Peanuts reference) of the first section.
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I'll no doubt chatter about today's WOTD at the dinner table in a short while.
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One of my contacts in this cyber world lives in Finland and was awaiting the "Midnight Sun".
It is the shortest day here - winter solstice. (least hours of sunlight). This when we should be using those daylight savings we accrued in January. If only I could remember where I put them.
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I still can not get to the second part of the notes.
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That was weird - one of my cut-and-pastes didn't work. I've fixed it - you should be able to see it now, although you may have to refresh or clear your cache.
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Will we never get to page two?
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I guess I'll toddle off to the bedroom environment now to get some needed beauty sleep.
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No problems now BK. Perhaps it was recurrent dream.
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I am certainly a dreamer! I rarely have upsetting content in the dreams but have at times been in a situation with a death having occured. Many of my dreams relate to my working life - yet I did not dream about work when I was in fact teaching. In my dreams I tend to be an observer rather than a participant and am never sure if I am student or teacher.
often the time line of the classroom - my childhood and the more recent past - is quite confused. If "real" people are identifiable they are often not in the correct time frame at all.
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As far as I know, I've never had a recurring dream. And I rarely ever remember my dreams. I can't recall any right now. :-\
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DR George - agree with your "Joseph" comment. I find it sad that "Grease" went the same way too. I really enjoyed the innocence and nostalgia of the original. (Again I saw a London production - starring Richard Gere).
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Back in four hours!
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I'm going to bed. Good night, Tom...and Matthew!
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Goodnight DRs.
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It's summer solstice. I don't know what that means, but it sounds nice.
Good morning, all! I know! I know! Today is the longest number of daylight hours; it's the logest day of the year as opposed to the winter solstice which is the shortest day of the year.
I'm sleeeeeeepy! I have to be out of here at 8:15 for an eye examination.
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Agree totally about the Laurie Beechman-Bill Hutton JOSEPH - it was a delight.
I also very much enjoyed the versiopn that played BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in the 1970's, featuring Cleavon Little as the Narrator and David Carroll as Joseph.
Is this how we got on JOSEPH, from a discussion of crazy dreams - the dreamcoat and all that.
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The Joseph connection can be traced back to the Stoned Crows DR FJL
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I also like the recorded version with ex Manfred Mann lead singer Paul Jones. I saw him as London's "Pippin".
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Of course, but then how did the TOD become about strange dreams and their interpretations? :)
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Well stone the crows, that's how we got on that subject.
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David Carroll was known as David James Carroll in the 1970's, if anyone is trying to google that BAM prodcution.
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"Stone the flamin' crows" would be more OZ!
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In the 1950's and earlier!
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I guess not the David Carroll born in 1913 who was a conductor and arranger with successful hits in the early 1950s.
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The oatmeal kid is in town.
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I would blame the whole dream topic on DR Ron's corn (a Joseph Reference) but he would be in de Nile.
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Okay, I'm back! Quite groggy, and not looking forward to this exam. This doctor is notoriously slow and I've asked for his first appointment of the day. After that, I need to work on my second draft of editorial guidelines for Curtis and me to go over and adjust them tomorrow afternoon.
TOD:
Recurring dreams: I haven't had anything really recurring since about two months after the 1999 opening of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT when my nightmares about it finally stopped. I still do have, as you must all be aware by now, terrifying dreams about my grandmother's house at 711 Tenth Avenue and the house I grew up in at 3003 Goldman Avenue. Both houses had lots of paranormal activity and both had cellars that I would still be afraid to enter alone.
Worst dream: In the mid 1970s, while still living in Ohio, I dreamed that on a train several friends and I were pursuing a serial killer on a (isn't it always?) dark and stormy night. People kept vanishing and turning up dead. At one point, it seemed we'd traced the killer to a compartment and we could hear running water inside. When we broke down the door, we were actually in a bathroom; the running water was coming from the tap in the sink, which was filled with a dismembered body and my head sitting on top of it. I woke up quite alarmed. Several years ago, I realized that the apartment I live in now has a bathroom with the same geography as that in this dream.
Best dream: when I was a kid around 5 or 6, I used to dream that I could fly. I remember elevating and sailing over telephone poles and the elation these flights generated.
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Those flight dreams of childhood were special. I always seemed to start mine with jumping higher than anyone else and then soaring off in flight.
I do dream about train journeys quite frequently. But NO not tunnels.
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Yes, I'm here. I'm tired but here. I picked up my brother at Newark Airport. We took the AirTrain. I had reservations (not the ticket kind) but it worked out exceedingly well. I'm impressed and the next time weI travel to and from Newark Airport we will probably use the service.
We went to dinner and then walked around Chelsea and the Village. He was suitably impressed with the noise and the fast pace and the number of people on the streets. We walked all the way west to the Hudson River so he could see the transformation from rat-infested, trashy old piers to sparkling new park. Of course, he never saw the rat-infested, trashy old piers but that's another thing entirely.
We then returned home and Anthony showed him various slide shows of his picture albums. I then went to bed.
He's on his own this morning, heading uptown to the Empire State Building and the areas around 34th Street (Macy's, etc). I will meet him at 1:30 and we will do some downtown things like going to Wall Street and South Street Seaport.
I was stuck in a STUPID meeting yesterday morning before I left to pick up my brother so I wasn't in the best of moods as I set out on my journey but all is better now. I do have a meeting this morning but it won't be with stupid people saying stupid things and it will be over well before 1:30 when I plan on leaving for the day.
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I don't have any recurring dreams. I think I did when I was younger but I haven't had them in years and I don't really remember the details.
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Amy, so glad the CDs arrived. I think you'll enjoy them
Work has begun on the 4th CD which is actually Volume 3 of the reviews since the 3rd CD is a Special Edition of the Christmas radio interview in Cardiff.
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Oatmeal Boy must go.
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I hope your brother has a wonderful time Ben. Up the Rock is really worth it too as the view of DR Jose going for a JOG should not be missed.
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That could be a book title, Oatmeal Boy Must Go, that is
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Friday is the day for farther uptown pursuits. He will go to Midtown on Friday with a look at Rockefeller Center and a possible trek up to Top o' The Rock. Then on Friday afternoon we do the rest of downtown, Ground Zero and Battery Park. Depending on the time we may take a trip on the Staten Island Ferry. We will also pick up tickets for our trip to Ellis Island on Saturday.
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Goodbye for now to Tomovoz, TCB, FJL and Elmore3003
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David Carroll was known as David James Carroll in the 1970's, if anyone is trying to google that BAM prodcution.
David was a wonderful man! I knew him from around 1983 or so. My first memories of seeing him in something were for Bill Tynes' musicals in concert at Town Hall, which is when we met, and a turkey musical version of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS with a lovely score, good orchestrations by Bill (now William David) Brohn, and a misconceived book. The cast was great - Vickie Lewis, Nathan Lane, Nora Mae Lyng, and P.J. Benjamin - but the show was not.
My last memories of seeing him were backstage after a preview of GRAND HOTEL and a rehearsal shortly before his death when he and Wally Harper did a number with the NYC Gay Men's Chorus.
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Good morning, all! I know! I know! Today is the longest number of daylight hours; it's the logest day of the year as opposed to the winter solstice which is the shortest day of the year.
I'm sleeeeeeepy! I have to be out of here at 8:15 for an eye examination.
8:15 in the morning? You ought to have your eyes examined!
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I guess not the David Carroll born in 1913 who was a conductor and arranger with successful hits in the early 1950s.
One and the same.
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Good morning and goodnight friends.
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One and the same.
Nope. David [James] Carroll was born in 1950 and died in 1992.
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I have to be out of here at 8:15 for an eye examination.
ARE YOU SURE???? :)
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I would blame the whole dream topic on DR Ron's corn
Jerry likes DR Ron Pulliam's corn.
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Nope. David [James] Carroll was born in 1950 and died in 1992.
Yep, one and the same.
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Good morning! Today is the day of the beginning of the move into the new office. The car is packed to the gills and I will have several trips after this one. The movers will be at the Frances building at 10:00 AM to move in the furniture. So after that I'll start putting away things and getting settled in. I took today and tomorrow off so I can have 4 days in a row to move in. Woo hoo! It's going to be great!
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Let's try this photo again!
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ARE YOU SURE???? :)
Nearly.
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Yesterday I got notice that I was one of 5 people to win a book at one of the exhibitor's tables at the conference I went to. The choices were all very practical manuals that I looked at but decided not to buy. The cheapest is $200, so it was a real win!
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Well, I better get dressed and start my day. It's supposed to be very hot, so I'm hoping to get an early start.
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VIBES TO ALL WHO NEED THEM
Congrats to the "spookily lovely" Skip
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CONGRATULATIONS, DR Cillaliz, and all best wishes as you embark upon this new venture!
DR Adriana Patti, glad your computer is back!
***ACCEPTANCE VIBES*** for bk's USPS package this morning.
Yea! for Skip's great Herringbone notice!
DR JoseSPiano, very glad that you were not seriously injured. Are those hands insured by Lloyd's of London?
DR TCB, are you going to post photos of your neighbor's arms? :)
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Seriously, I do, of course, know of David Carroll. He was a very talented actor/ singer who taken far too soon by AIDS. He died while recording the OBC recording of GRAND HOTEL. He was replaced by an actor by the name of Brent Barrett.
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Like others, my favorite dreams [that I can remember] are of flying. I still have them occasionally, not just when I was younger.
My most frustrating dreams are of trying to walk somewhere - toward something - and finding it very difficult to move, like my legs are moving in extreme slow motion, against a great force. I also sometimes dream of driving a car while asleep, which is disconcerting, to say the least!
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***GOOD OUTCOME VIBES*** for DR Danise
***SUCCESS VIBES*** for DR MusicGuy
and various percussive instruments for anyone as needs 'em!!! :)
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THE CONUNDRUM OF THE YAWN:
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And NO, DR der Brucer, that is NOT the reaction of one of my dates!?!
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Has anyone heard from DRs der Brucer and/or SWW?
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Thursday morning greetings! Today is the actual last (half) day for my manager to work here :'(.
TOD - My recurring librarian dream involves not being able to get all the people out of the building at closing time. I don't have that one as much as I used to, because I'm not really responsible for that task anymore. My absolute worst dream was during the first Persian Gulf war in the early '90s: a very clear picture of DH Richard standing at our kitchen sink in battle fatigues saying goodbye to our preschool-age son.
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TOD:
I have a number of recurring dreams. There's my tornado dream, in which I see a tornado rapidly approaching my house (I always wake up before it strikes.) There's the dreams about my dad, in which he reveals that he is still alive after all these years and that his death was just a joke he was pulling on all of us. There's the dream in which someone is trying to force their way into my house and I have to get to the front door in time to close and lock it.
There's my theatre dream, in which I find myself at a college reunion party of my old theatre department. But to my confusion and horror, I find that it's not just a party--we are reviving a production of a Shakespeare play and I am fully expected to perform and I am in no way prepared.
There's my alien invasion dreams, which are so much like the movie SIGNS that I should have sued.
My least favorite dreams were sort of like DR Singdaw's--I'm trying to climb the stairs in my high school or one of the buildings in college and my legs are like lead--I have to pull myself up on the railings and it's almost impossible to ascend the steps. It's been a long long time since I had that dream, thank Buddha!
Aside from those dreams that I can't really talk about here (this being a family site and all), my favorite dreams are my flying dreams. Now I have some that are merely so-so--I just sort of float over the floor and I can only move if I push myself off of objects and I don't go very far. But there are wonderful dreams in which I can soar way up in the sky, over the roof tops and trees in my neighborhood. I sometimes find myself flying above the Jersey Pine Barrens, swooping over the forests and skimming and splashing over the wetlands. I love having those dreams!
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More TOD:
There's also my hidden room dream. It takes place either in my own home or in some vacation house in which I'm staying. I find that there's a space at the cornor of a room that I can slip through and I find a hidden room or whole wing that, while dusty and unused, is very comfortable and cozy and secluded. I liek those dreams a lot, too.
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HOW MANY TIMES do I have to tell you...you CANNOT borrow my red pumps!
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DR JRand56 is going to be working overtime today, given the TOD!
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Has anyone ever tried lucid dreaming? It's where you make yourself aware that you are dreaming while you are still dreaming and you make whatever you what to happen occur in your dream. The two or three times that I was actually able to do this led to the kind of dreams I can't discuss here. But it's been suggested to me that I should attempt it in my more anxiety-ridden dreams and perhaps fly up into the oncoming tornado or to welcome in and embrace whoever it is that is trying to force their way into my front door. I don't know if I have the guts to do that, even in my dreams.
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DR JRand56 is going to be working overtime today, given the TOD!
LOL--I was thinking that same exact thing. The Dream-o-matic 3000 is going to see a lot of activity today, not to mention his PayPal account.
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Now I can't get Debbie Gibson singing "Only In My Dreams" out of my head.
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Has anyone ever tried lucid dreaming? It's where you make yourself aware that you are dreaming while you are still dreaming and you make whatever you want to happen occur in your dream. The two or three times that I was actually able to do this led to the kind of dreams I can't discuss here.
DR Dan (the Man) - Very interesting line of questioning. I didn't know that it had a name, and wasn't consciously invoking it, but I have had that experience a few rare times, in the same circumstances. It was kind of weird and kind of wonderful! :)
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40 years ago today, my mother took me for my first visit to New York City. I still have the detailed daily diary I kept on New York Hilton stationery and am about to send Mom an email that includes Blue Gobo clips from the 2 Broadway shows we saw: Cabaret (original cast) and Funny Girl (with Mimi Hines).
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DR Ginny - that is so cool! 8) :)
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Has anyone ever tried lucid dreaming? It's where you make yourself aware that you are dreaming while you are still dreaming and you make whatever you what to happen occur in your dream. The two or three times that I was actually able to do this led to the kind of dreams I can't discuss here. But it's been suggested to me that I should attempt it in my more anxiety-ridden dreams and perhaps fly up into the oncoming tornado or to welcome in and embrace whoever it is that is trying to force their way into my front door. I don't know if I have the guts to do that, even in my dreams.
I have experienced dreams in which I saw or met people I would "later" meet and get to know very well. I have had dreams in which I got some closure by speaking with "deceased" friends (never a relative, though). I have had dreams in which I worked out my feelings about various people, finding myself in a typical situation with that person in which I felt conflicted, only to find myself at a remove and aware of the source of my conflicts. The dream (or my subconscious) was bitch-slapping me into seeing these people for who or what they were/are.
I have tried giving myself dream-inducing instructions, stating what it was I wanted to dream about and what I wanted the dream to resolve for me. To date, though, none of those "dream-it-and-solve-it" demands have been fruitful.
Happily, I've only wanted this kind of help a couple of times...and each issue worked itself out anyway.
Pet lovers will appreciate this: I have had dreams about my cats. My last was a couple of weeks before Miss Vickie passed on. My dearly departed cat Dickens, for whom I adopted Miss Vickie as a companion, came to me in a dream. He was walking around the condo, scoping things out. Vickie was asleep in her bed. I uttered a shout of "Dickens! Is that you?" Dickens walked over to me and jumped into my lap. He put his paws on my chest and looked me in the eyes. I stroked him and he purred. I could tell he had a message for me. I sensed, and then asked him, if he were "here" to get Vickie! He vanished, and I woke up.
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Now I can't get Debbie Gibson singing "Only In My Dreams" out of my head.
That's infinitely preferable to having "You Light Up My Life" sung by Debbie Boone going through your head!
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Edi, Glen Hansard does indeed look like the "Early Tymes" Nilsson. Though on a couple tunes he sounds like Cat Stevens.
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Well, it's time to put on some working duds and get out the door for my last workday of the week.
11:06 a.m. marks the "official" arrival of summer on the West Coast...so says the local news.
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That's infinitely preferable to having "You Light Up My Life" sung by Debbie Boone going through your head!
Are you kidding? "You Light Up My Life" is so good I wish the person who wrote it would do a whole Broadway show. It would be a guaranteed success.
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Ron is going do-mi-do-ing in his do-mi-do duds!
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I sometimes have dreams about the rock band Heart. These dreams go on when I close my eyes. Every second of the night I live another life.
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DR Ginny - that is so cool! 8) :)
Yeah, it was a real dream come true! Even though I'm about to visit NYC for the 14th time, nothing will top the excitement of that first trip!
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I have a number of recurring dreams. There's my tornado dream, in which I see a tornado rapidly approaching my house (I always wake up before it strikes.) There's
There's my alien invasion dreams, which are so much like the movie SIGNS that I should have sued.
Two of my most memorable dreams: I can't recall whether I was in college at the time of the dream or whether it happened after college....but I was "at" college and it was a cold wintry day. The news was dire....all were out of classes and watching TV as international tensions reached a breaking point. The news told us that weapons had been launched and that we should seek shelter. I remember feeling a sense of dread and longing. It started snowing and I wondered how long before the snow would be radioactive. I wanted to be with my parents and realized I would never see them again.
Another dream from the 1980s....I was back in the early 1960s in a house we lived in with a huge picture window out of which we could see the night sky. The news announced "visitors"...and then I witnessed the moving lights in the sky. I felt hopeful. My father, however, appeared to be wary and frightened. I remember telling my parents I thought this would be the start of a new age.
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Are you kidding? "You Light Up My Life" is so good I wish the person who wrote it would do a whole Broadway show. It would be a guaranteed success.
May that dream be granted for you.
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Here are the clips I just sent to my mother. Hope she can figure out to open them, especially with her dial-up Internet connection :P
Cabaret (http://www.bluegobo.com/video/_production.php?var=10038)
Funny Girl (http://www.bluegobo.com/video/_production.php?var=10103)
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He's on his own this morning, heading uptown to the Empire State Building and the areas around 34th Street (Macy's, etc).
Ask him to keep an eye out for my wallet! :)
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May that dream be granted for you.
I dreamed it already happened.
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Are you kidding? "You Light Up My Life" is so good I wish the person who wrote it would do a whole Broadway show. It would be a guaranteed success.
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Amy, so glad the CDs arrived. I think you'll enjoy them
Work has begun on the 4th CD which is actually Volume 3 of the reviews since the 3rd CD is a Special Edition of the Christmas radio interview in Cardiff.
Oh, I just love them! I got through most of CD 1 on my way to work, and actually got a bit weepy at your description of BIG RIVER (I saw the Broadway version in the '80's) and enjoyed following your trip to the UK, your birthday, etc. The host seems very fond of you and she is delightful. Thanks again!
You mentioned Daniel Jenkins from BIG RIVER. For a time, he was part of our Randy Newman internet group. He starred in the musical THE EDUCATION OF RANDY NEWMAN, where he plays a facsimile of Randy. (BK and Adriana met the creator of the show, Michael Roth, at our LA screening...he did some music for our film.) I hope to see EDUCATION..so far it's mostly played on the west coast but we hope it will hit Broadway one day. Why not?
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Two of my most memorable dreams: I can't recall whether I was in college at the time of the dream or whether it happened after college....but I was "at" college and it was a cold wintry day. The news was dire....all were out of classes and watching TV as international tensions reached a breaking point. The news told us that weapons had been launched and that we should seek shelter. I remember feeling a sense of dread and longing. It started snowing and I wondered how long before the snow would be radioactive. I wanted to be with my parents and realized I would never see them again.
Another dream from the 1980s....I was back in the early 1960s in a house we lived in with a huge picture window out of which we could see the night sky. The news announced "visitors"...and then I witnessed the moving lights in the sky. I felt hopeful. My father, however, appeared to be wary and frightened. I remember telling my parents I thought this would be the start of a new age.
Oy! I forgot about my Reagan era nuclear nightmares! They were similar to yours, DR Ron--hearing frightening news on the TV or radio, bright flashes of light happening off in the distance, unbearable fears of not being able to get home or of not seeing my family again. The worst ones would actually start off benignly--I was at a picnic or at the beach with friends. And then we would come the flashes on the horizon and the mushroom clouds growing in the direction of where Philly (or NYC) would be.
Pah-too! on such dreams!
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Will we never get to page two?
Old news by now.
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It's funny how we all share similar dreams. When I was young, I used to have a dream of being so tired but having to make my way somewhere, like at an airport, and I could stand up. I had to crawl there! Thankfully, I don't have that one anymore!
The last few years, I've also been dreaming of tornadoes. I am usually in some place safe but am torn between the instinct to stay safe and the desire to watch it form and witness the destruction.
And my dream of a hidden room, which I used to have a lot, is almost exactly like DtM's. The rooms are different in different dreams, in different cities and times of life, but the feeling of discovery is always the same. A wonderful feeling.
My DH interprets this as my desire to live in a bigger house! (Mine is tiny!) He can also do lucid dreaming.
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Good morning!
Unbelievable! It cooled off enough last night (low-60) that I cut off the A/C and turned on the attic fan and slept with fresh air! It continues this morning, too, so I am a happy camper. Of course, the summer warmth begins anew later today.
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When I was teaching, I never dreamed about school, students, or the classroom. Since I retired, I dream about it regularly, but never in a good way. I'm always dealing with a troublesome student (faceless) or grousing about some ridiculous paperwork that was taking time away from the students. I really detest these dreams.
I had many wonderful memories from my thirty years of teaching, but I never seem to recall those in my dreams. I only relive uncomfortable situations (which is no doubt why I had no desire to continue teaching as the difficult students and paperwork were increasing alarmingly during my last years.)
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Page Three Hermione and Ron Dance!!!
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Before my ancient 20 year old cat died, I knew his time was up and struggled with whether to put him to sleep, or let him go on his own. I had a dream about him in which he stroked my face with his paw and let me know that it was OK, and that he was ready to go. I woke up crying, but at the same time felt like I had received an answer.
I went into the living room, where he was laying on the floor ( he'd suddenly developed vestibular syndrome and had no balance) and I lay down on the floor next to him, looking into his eyes. Even though he didn't have much strength, he reached out his paw and stroked my face, which was covered in tears, just like in my dream.
That sealed my decision. I had videotaped him the day before, when he was having trouble walking, and took it to my vet. I was all ready to ask the vet to come to my house to give him the shot. But the vet surprised me and said that a cortisone shot might help the vestibular syndrome, and that I would know within 24 hours.
While we were waiting for 24 hours to see what would happen, he went into a seizure (he'd been having them every month or so) and then heart failure, I think. We were both holding him when it happened. Although it was tough, having that dream made it easier for me and ready to accept it, because I felt that he already had.
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One of my favorite dreams---haven't had it in awhile, is when I dream about my GaGa. I always feel good after one of those dreams, like we had a nice visit together.
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Today I have definitely slotted the series ACTION to begin viewing. I may pick back up with THE WILD WILD WEST, too, since I had gotten to disc 4 in the second season set and had put it aside for other shows and films.
The second season of DANTE'S COVE is now in my possession, too, so I may crack that open as well.
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Happy Solstice to all!!!!
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And of course---haven't had this for awhile, but the perennial favorite:
I have one test to take before I graduate, and not only haven't been to the class all quarter, but can't even remember what class it is supposed to be so I don't know how to find it! Who HASN'T had this dream??
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The most memorable dream I had is now 50 years old, and I still remember it. It was during the height of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB's popularity. I used to dream quite often about Tim Considine, that he was my friend, and we would participate in fun activities together like swinging on ropes across a creek and building campfires and roasting marshmallows.
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Speaking of "the longest day", I used to like that movie when I was a kid.
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Happy Solstice to all!!!!
Hi, Kerry! Nice to see you here!
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I've never liked JOESPH/DREMCOAT at all, but the small Broadway version is the least objectionable to me. Once it was blown up into this woolly mammoth of a musical, it became insufferable.
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Some friends and I are considering attending a performance of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (stage version) at some point over the next few days. It's not a great show, so I'm the least enthusiastic about going, but we'll see.
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I've never dreamed of flying, or of being naked in a clothed crowd, but I do have an unpleasant dream of being in a car going down a hill, with brakes that don't work. Plus I'm usually going backwards and trying to steer so I can stay on the road. If *that*'s not symbolic of something...
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I'm back from my eye exam. Outside of the fact that I am legally blind without benefit of visual assistance, everything looked in order. I have drops in my eyes so bright lights bother me and my vision is blurry but I hope all will be back to normal by mid-afternoon. I liked the doctor a lot; he was friendly, efficient, and found no problems.
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...which was filled with a dismembered body and my head sitting on top of it. I woke up quite alarmed.
Quite understandable, I'd say.
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Great cat story, Edisaurus. The dream was timed perfectly to give you comfort.
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Like DR GEORGE, I seldom remember my dreams. I have had no recurring dreams that I recall.
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I've never had the naked in public dream, either, but I remember that when I was a youngen back in grammer school I would have dreams of suddenly being in nothing but my long thermal underwear in class.
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CONGRATS to Skip on such a wonderful HERRINGBONE review! I'd love to see the show.
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When I was a kid, I would fall asleep with the radio on and it would lead to all kinds of weird dreams in which the pop songs of the day would incorporate themselves into my dreams.
One time, I dreamed I was in gym class and my pretty gym teacher was quitting, so we were doing jumping jacks while singing "Babe" by Styx. I was so overwhelmed with sadness, I woke up crying.
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DR elmore3003, my eye doctor has this new-fangled contraption that allows him to get what he needs without those hated dilation drops. Hoo and Ray for that! :)
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The most memorable dream I had is now 50 years old, and I still remember it. It was during the height of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB's popularity. I used to dream quite often about Tim Considine, that he was my friend, and we would participate in fun activities together like swinging on ropes across a creek and building campfires and roasting marshmallows.
Are you channeling Michael Barnum? Of course he'd want to do all that with Tim Considine at his current age, so you can add to the list "lead his walker."
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Some thoughts for DRs to ponder...
Which is worse? A bad dream? Or a wonderful dream?
The bad dream you wake up from and feel great relief.
The wonderful dream you wake up from with the disappointment that it was only a dream.
Of course the bad dream is worse while you're dreaming it.
But haven't you had wonderful dreams before that you wish you hadn't had?
I've had dreams before that have transformed some girl I was just friends with to an object of incredible desire. The power of dreams is unbelievable.
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I've never liked JOESPH/DREMCOAT at all, but the small Broadway version is the least objectionable to me. Once it was blown up into this woolly mammoth of a musical, it became insufferable.
Amen! I loved the version with Bill Hutton and Laurie Beechman as well. I had a friend in it, one of the brothers, who left the biz and became an attorney. I still think it's Lloyd Webber's best show: all the pastiche and silliness of his more serious shows and nothing he writes here outstays its welcome.
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Re: mail delivery problems.
I live in a neighborhood where all streets running north and south have NORTH or SOUTH in their names. This creates all sorts of havoc as many people have no idea which is which, or choose not to bother with that part of the address.
There's an association at the NORTH counterpart to my SOUTH address. Many, many times my mail has been delivered to them, whether the address was correct or not, and vice versa. The most unsettling was the check I was expecting that they received. They did send it on to me (the address was correct), but the envelope had been opened. A simple error, perhaps, but unsettling just the same.
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Must go run errands.
WBBL and try to catch up.
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Seriously, I do, of course, know of David Carroll. He was a very talented actor/ singer who taken far too soon by AIDS. He died while recording the OBC recording of GRAND HOTEL. He was replaced by an actor by the name of Brent Barrett.
Mr. Barrett has had work done on his face. click on link to see a slide of his new face.
http://brentbarrett.com/brentsite/galleryframes.html
I think he looks a bit like Eric Roberts
I think this photo is presurgery.
(http://www.castpartynyc.com/Images/pix/BrentBarrett.jpg)
He must have used Davis Gaines' doctor because after his surgery he no longer looked the same either
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Some friends and I are considering attending a performance of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (stage version) at some point over the next few days. It's not a great show, so I'm the least enthusiastic about going, but we'll see.
I detested and loathed and abominated the Broadway production, which had none of the stylishness or chic of the overlong film, although I did like Gavin, Marc, Harriet Harris and the office manager. I didn't like Sutton Foster, who's quite lovely, until DROWSY CHAPERONE.
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Are you channeling Michael Barnum? Of course he'd want to do all that with Tim Considine at his current age, so you can add to the list "lead his walker."
No, no channeling. When I was having those dreams, DR MBarnum wasn't even born yet.
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I detested and loathed and abominated the Broadway production, which had none of the stylishness or chic of the overlong film, although I did like Gavin, Marc, Harriet Harris and the office manager. I didn't like Sutton Foster, who's quite lovely, until DROWSY CHAPERONE.
I've pulled out the cast album to give it a spin. Haven't listened to it in years.
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Good Morning!
HEY! I thought I spied a certain DR Kerry!
Where'd he go?
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I have also had those dreams of flying ( I would always be making my legs go like I was on an invisible bike and then could just float up above everyone and everything), or of walking and not being able to get anywhere.
Another recurring dream I have is of being in a play and it is opening night and I have not even begun to learn my lines yet.
And one horrible dream I used to have, but haven't had in years, is of being chased by those NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (the 1968 version) zombies...sometimes I am by myself and sometimes with friends or family but always these zombies are out to get me/us and eat us alive.
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Great cat story, Edisaurus. The dream was timed perfectly to give you comfort.
I know that you can empathize with the situation, Rodz.
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Mr. Barrett has had work done on his face. click on link to see a slide of his new face.
http://brentbarrett.com/brentsite/galleryframes.html
I think he looks a bit like Eric Roberts
I think this photo is presurgery.
(http://www.castpartynyc.com/Images/pix/BrentBarrett.jpg)
He must have used Davis Gaines' doctor because after his surgery he no longer looked the same either
Brent has a new face! It's better than Davis Gaines' so it has to be a different surgeon. Brent doesn't have that "deer in the headlights" look of Mr Gaines.
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DR Rodzinski, I love having the wonderful dreams that make me wake up in a very good mood...even if I am sad that it was all a dream.
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Mr. Barrett has had work done on his face. click on link to see a slide of his new face.
http://brentbarrett.com/brentsite/galleryframes.html
I think he looks a bit like Eric Roberts
I think this photo is presurgery.
(http://www.castpartynyc.com/Images/pix/BrentBarrett.jpg)
He must have used Davis Gaines' doctor because after his surgery he no longer looked the same either
It is.
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No, no channeling. When I was having those dreams, DR MBarnum wasn't even born yet.
You had them the day before yesterday?
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I have had dreams of flying around in some sort of parachute/flying contraption. That was exhilarating.
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I meant to mention this yesterday. Next week, the first season of PSYCH comes out on DVD, but they're asking an ungodly amount for 13 episodes. Even discounted, it's almost $40. Compare that to the superb THE CLOSER which had four discs of episodes and I got it for less than $30 discounted.
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Reminders for those interested:
THE STARTER WIFE has another episode tonight, and STUDIO 60 has its penultimate episode.
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TOD
When I was a kid I would have a recurring dream once a year. It would be the same except I would have a "special guest star" Like Roger Moore as The Saint, Patrick McGoohan as The Prisoner, Sean Connery as James Bond, Robert Vaughn as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and a couple of others.
All I remember is that it was a spy adventure story. It took place in Italy (I think) in a small town. The centerpiece of the town was a huge church. The church had these two huge front doors that were carve ornately with biblical scenes. The plot (always the same) had the bad guys going to blow up the church at noon time. We tried to get the townspeople out of harms way. We succeed in doing this. The special guest star and I watch the front doors of the church slowly close (by themselves) and when the meet the church blows up and I wake up.
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Reminders for those interested:
THE STARTER WIFE has another episode tonight, and STUDIO 60 has its penultimate episode.
Is the Starter Wife a series? I thought it was just a movie,
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I think this photo is presurgery.
(http://www.castpartynyc.com/Images/pix/BrentBarrett.jpg)
If this is PRE-surgery, then why?????
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My most recent dream I had had such an amazing story attached to it I wrote it down as soon as I woke up and an adapting it into a film script. Not sure if it will work out but I am going to give it a try
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As for the Topic of the Day...
I honestly don't recall any specific dreams, good or bad, right now. I know I dream, and I know I have had a few memorable ones, but they tend not to stick in my consciousness.
However, like DR Rodzinksi, I have had dreams where music that was playing on the radio has been incorporated into them. But, again, I don't recall anything in particular right now.
And I don't think I ever had a "flying dream". Everyone else I know has had them - even a couple of DRs ;) - but I really don't think I've ever had a flying dream. ???
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If this is PRE-surgery, then why?????
I don't know why. I guess he has to compete against younger guys for roles. The new photos make him look soooo different
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Some thoughts for DRs to ponder...
Which is worse? A bad dream? Or a wonderful dream?
The bad dream you wake up from and feel great relief.
The wonderful dream you wake up from with the disappointment that it was only a dream.
Of course the bad dream is worse while you're dreaming it.
But haven't you had wonderful dreams before that you wish you hadn't had?
I've had dreams before that have transformed some girl I was just friends with to an object of incredible desire. The power of dreams is unbelievable.
I definately agree wit your last statement--there's been quite a few people I've seen in a different light once I dreamt about them.
But I would always rather have a good dream than a bad one. A good dream can make me feel good alll day long--a bad one could have the opposite lasting effect.
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I once had a very nice dream about Clint Walker and another one about Tom Wopat.
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How great is this "Dance Ballerina Dance" song on the mix from tomovoz?
Vaughn Monroe should be on Mount Rushmore, as far as I'm concerned.
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Next time I hope to have a dream with both of them in it at the same time. 8)
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Is the Starter Wife a series? I thought it was just a movie,
It is a mini-series: 6 episodes. The ratings have been so good that USA is considering turning it into a 13 episode-a-season series if Debra Messing is interested in continuing.
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In exactly one week from this very hour (adjusted for the time difference) I will be landing in NYC's JFK airport.
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for lunch with friends. I'm sure the MILLIE question will be addressed at that time.
WBBL.
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Has anyone been watching ARMY WIVES? I hear it is similar to DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and the reviews have been very good....but I keep forgetting to set my DVR for it.
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Time to check Ebay. BBL.
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Oh... Scratch that...
I did have a recurring nightmare of sorts when I was around 10 or 11. It was sort of a "continually falling" dream. Like down a well. And the walls around me were spinning. And they looked like they were tiled with those marble Composition books. The dream made me dizzy. And scared. I think it lasted about two weeks straight. And I do recall now being very afraid to go to bed, since as soon as I would close my eyes, I would start falling and spinning again.
And there was another dream where I felt my body starting to float about my mattress. Then I went through the top bunk bed. And eventually I went up to Heaven. I saw angels. I heard Herald Trumpets. And I saw God/Jesus/SomeOne. And He spoke to me: "You have answered my first three questions." And then I started to float back down. I could even feel myself floating back down to my bed, and I remember looking over to my left and noticing that the sun was coming up through the open window in my room. And when I woke up, I felt very, very calm. And I could feel the breeze blowing through my window. -However, I've always wondered what the "first three questions" were, and just how many more questions there were/are. And since I was going to Catholic grade and high school, I kept hoping to come across something in my Religion classes. But I never did.
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I shall not put any of these dreams through the HAL 6000 Dream-O-Matic, because they are all fascinating and sometime in the future will all make great expert testimony.
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Yes it is the solstice, the day for putting on a white robe and dancing around the StoneHenge replica that we all have in our backyards.
The perfect day for DR CILLA LIZ to start her new office adventure in the Frances Farmer building!
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Thanks for sharing the Herringbone review, DR FJL.
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In exactly one week from this very hour (adjusted for the time difference) I will be landing in NYC's JFK airport.
And DH Richard and I will be boarding a train at Washington's Union Station, due into Manhattan about 3pm :D
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Next time I hope to have a dream with both of them in it at the same time. 8)
Question asked and answered.
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DR EDISAURUS what is Barbara Rush doing in that DR T collage?
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Yes it is the solstice, the day for putting on a white robe and dancing around the StoneHenge replica that we all have in our backyards.
The perfect day for DR CILLA LIZ to start her new office adventure in the Frances Farmer building!
Times Square NYC held a Summer Solstice Celebration this morning in Times Square of all places. Yoga and meditation in the middle of Times Square. I was actually thinking I would go if I happened to be up that early since they were giving away some nice swag. And I also just wanted to see people doing Downward Dog in the middle of it all.
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Are you channeling Michael Barnum? Of course he'd want to do all that with Tim Considine at his current age, so you can add to the list "lead his walker."
You do know how to make me chuckle, Larry Moore!
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In exactly one week from this very hour (adjusted for the time difference) I will be landing in NYC's JFK airport.
And exactly one week from now, DR elmore will starting clearing the bird poop off his fire escape. At least just the stuff he can brush off with his broom. -Pray for a good rain, DR MBarnum. ;)
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In other news...
I just finished my Blueberry-Protein Smoothie, and I'm hoping to head to the Park to go for a run in a little bit. However, my right knee feels a little off this morning. Hmm... So, I may go ahead and lace up the running shoes, head down there, start off slowly, and see where it goes from there. Today is supposed to be a weight-training day, but I really feel like going for a run. And a longer run today too - three laps instead of my usual two. But again, we'll see.
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In other news...
Today is supposed to be a weight-training day, but I really feel like going for a run. And a longer run today too - three laps instead of my usual two. But again, we'll see.
Someone alert the "Reservoir"!
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As today is my last workday this week, I have ZERO expectations of receiving my last shipment from Deep Discount (mailed last Wednesday) or any of several Amazon.com marketplace orders....all being shipped through USPS.
I don't know if BK's problems are associated with the general lackluster performance of the USPS that has been markedly worse since the price hike of stamps went into effect.
I have "hopes" for UPS delivering a package that is actually designated as "out for delivery." In it will be the complete "The Yogi Bear Show" series, including cartoons with my favoritest of all ducks -- Yakky Doodle -- and the Pink Panther's "intelligent" cousin Snagglepuss.
Still, UPS isn't always up-to-snuff on getting those "out-for-delivery" packages to me on the same day they are "out-for-delivery".
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:'( Travis, my manager since 2004, has left the building :'(
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Next time I hope to have a dream with both of them in it at the same time. 8)
How X-rated is this fantasy of yours? Or is it one of your Nursie ones where you empty the bed pans and feed them their geratol and viagra?
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In exactly one week from this very hour (adjusted for the time difference) I will be landing in NYC's JFK airport.
I need valium and prozac ASAP.
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I wonder if DR Adriana Patti's computer is "still" working perfectly.
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For our Parisian friend:
Fait le rêve François de mouton électrique ?
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How X-rated is this fantasy of yours? Or is it one of your Nursie ones where you empty the bed pans and feed them their geratol and viagra?
I wonder if a "sponge bath" is part of this deal.
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And by the by, is the weather in NYC expected to be warm next week?
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Sorry, Ginny.
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Snagglepuss is guesting with Robert Osbourne tonight.
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Snagglepuss is guesting with Robert Osbourne tonight.
Ummm......"Huh?"
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I mean, "What?"
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DR GINNY - the good ones don't stay long....I have found. Vibes for you....
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I mean, "What?"
"Really?"
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Well... My knee does feel better. I just need to stretch a bit. :) So, now that the proper authorities have been alerted, I'm off to the Reservoir.
Laters...
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DR GINNY - the good ones don't stay long....I have found. Vibes for you....
Thanks, DRs JRand and Rodzinski. Not everyone in our department agrees with me. Some are actually jumping for joy.
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DR GINNY - the good ones don't stay long....I have found. Vibes for you....
It's a conundrum, isn't it! You wish them well and continued success, but you fear the unknown of "who" will be replacing them and whether life will change forever as a result.
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And by the by, is the weather in NYC expected to be warm next week?
"Wherever you are, it's raining all the time."
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Candide!
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Yakky Doodle was always suffering such angst....poor duck.
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Yakky Doodle was always suffering such angst....poor duck.
He'd fit in quite well as a Hainsie-Kimlet, don'tchathink!
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Who would win in a fight between Yakky Doodle and Baby Huey?
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Who would win in a fight between Yakky Doodle and Baby Huey?
Yakky Doodle....because he would sweet-talk Baby Huey into submission.
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As for the Word of the Day, I have to say that growing up in the South, I was often in awe at dinner table chit-chat.
It's an "art", and I'm certain that the word "deipnosophist" is intended to be descriptive of one who is a master of the art.
There are, however, would be-deipnosophists who could draw a breath every once in a while and let someone else say something.
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He'd fit in quite well as a Hainsie-Kimlet, don'tchathink!
Perfectly....
Baby Huey is my LEAST FAVORITE cartoon character...EVER!!! :P
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As for the Word of the Day, I have to say that growing up in the South, I was often in awe at dinner table chit-chat.
It's an "art", and I'm certain that the word "deipnosophist" is intended to be descriptive of one who is a master of the art.
There are, however, would be-deipnosophists who could draw a breath every once in a while and let someone else say something.
......with s shoehorn....edgeways.... ;D
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Celebration time!
http://www.the-earchives.com/scripts/download.asp?id=5803 (http://www.the-earchives.com/scripts/download.asp?id=5803)
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As for the Word of the Day, I have to say that growing up in the South, I was often in awe at dinner table chit-chat.
It's an "art", and I'm certain that the word "deipnosophist" is intended to be descriptive of one who is a master of the art.
There are, however, would be-deipnosophists who could draw a breath every once in a while and let someone else say something.
I, of course, longed to particpate in some of the chit-chat, but I was raised by folks who insisted children are to be seen and not heard.
I learned, then, the art of listening. I guess all deipnosophists need an audience, after all.
Still, I wish I had been nurtured as a "conversationalist".
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To be followed by the story of his duck life:
http://www.the-earchives.com/scripts/download.asp?id=5807 (http://www.the-earchives.com/scripts/download.asp?id=5807)
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Still, I wish I had been nurtured as a "conversationalist".
Because, heaven knows, you're quiet as a mouse at HHW...
;)
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Because, heaven knows, you're quiet as a mouse at HHW...
;)
So many of us are. 8)
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TOD - I grew up with a jerk for a step-father, and without going into detail, he wasn't very nice to myself or my brother. I haven't seen him in over 14 years, my mom divorced him a little over 13 years ago. Anyhow, about once a month I have a dream about him. It's nothing scary or anything, he just becomes a figure in one of my dreams. I also have dreams about falling, and about being naked in public, which never really bugged me... go figure.
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Who would win in a fight between Yakky Doodle and Baby Huey?
Oh, no contest--Baby Huey just has to sit down and it's over. The poor li'l feller won't even know what hit him.
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HEADLINE:
Kimmel Has Emergency Appendix Surgery
Scared me for a minute....but it was Jimmy Kimmel.
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The HAL 6000 Dream-O-Matic is chomping at the bit....
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This site will give you rudimentary ideas about the subject of your dreams.....it isn't the $35 World of Wisdom special.....but it will get you started. ;D
http://predictions.astrology.com/dd/ (http://predictions.astrology.com/dd/)
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Still no word on the package! I had a message early this morning saying they didn't know what was going on and to call if I had any questions. Brilliant! I called the NY number they gave me yesterday and got a woman on the phone and she's checking with the station - she said she'd get back to me in fifteen minutes. That was sixteen minutes ago. I shall now begin calling other people.
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Nudity
Exposure in dreams is a powerful event. Often times, people report dreaming they are nude or dressed only in undergarments. These dreams often reveal the vulnerability that lies just below the surface of our more confident selves. This vulnerability comes from the self that we hide from others. The hiding may be conscious, such as taboo behavior, or less conscious, stemming from a general sense that if you were fully known, you would not be fully accepted.
:o
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Because, heaven knows, you're quiet as a mouse at HHW...
;)
Writing is considerably different from conversing!
You'd hardly recognize me if we were sitting at a table talking.
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Sweet dreams til sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you.
But in your dreams
Whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me.
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Writing is considerably different from conversing!
You'd hardly recognize me if we were sitting at a table talking.
DR Ron Pulliam...got it! I agree with you 100%, and feel the same way, myself.
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Still no word on the package! I had a message early this morning saying they didn't know what was going on and to call if I had any questions. Brilliant! I called the NY number they gave me yesterday and got a woman on the phone and she's checking with the station - she said she'd get back to me in fifteen minutes. That was sixteen minutes ago. I shall now begin calling other people.
I guess bk is up.
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DR Ron Pulliam...got it! I agree with you 100%, and feel the same way, myself.
I'm certain we could find something to laugh about eventually.
I love to laugh.
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I guess bk is up.
In arms, from the "look" of it!
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I love to laugh.
You and Ed Wynn, both! :)
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In arms, from the "look" of it!
Special "up in arms" mid-page dance for bk:
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Trust your dreams...for they know who you are. -Ballroom
(http://www.coloraddict.com/images/dreams.jpg)
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THERE'S DR SWW!
Whew!
:)
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(http://www.dorisday.net/assets/images/see-you-in-my-dreams1.jpg)
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And the word of the day is: DEIPNOSOPHIST!
In the world of Damon Runyon, even the SNIPPIEST HOOD could be a world class DEIPNOSOPHIST.
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Hello dear Esteemed, mis-treated, perplexed, and sinewy BK --
And a quick hello to all of the lovelies and studlies, from the wilds of the Chicago north-west suburbs. I am using my friends computer, and it seems to both run very slowly AND be on a dial-up connection.
To quote the lovely exotic-piano-guy.......
"Hmmmmmmm......."
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I also wanted to wish dear DR Karen, a very happy anniversary....... HOORAY for you both!!
And all good vibes and wishes to all of the assorted cookies here, both in and out of the jar at the moment.
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Henry Mancini FANS:
Many of you may know that there was NEVER a soundtrack LP for "Wait Until Dark", one of Mancini's most suspense-filled scores.
In the past few years, all the labels that seek out such titles and solicit suggestions have reported that they've been told the original masters to the score had not survived...either the ravages of time or the "cleaning out of old stuff" that often occurs in studio music departments.
GREAT NEWS, however!
The original score to "Wait Until Dark" HAS been found and is now available on CD! (http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=7566)
Click on the bold section above to access a link where you can read all about it and hear samples of several cues.
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I just timed those last 2 posts, and it takes between 30 and 45 seconds for the post to go through and show up....... Arghhhh!
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And so I'll depart for now........with a snappy little "PAGE 8" mazurka !
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THERE'S DR SWW!
Whew!
:)
Well...maybe he hasn't had a chance to shower yet!
;D
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Yes, DR JoseSPiano's lovely little four-letter word can be quite enigmatic!
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Isn't tomorrow night the night of CABARET? Or is that next Friday?
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Lovely lobby card, DR SINGDAW. I love Doris.
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Lovely lobby card, DR SINGDAW. I love Doris.
Really?
You, JRand?
A DoDo Fan?
Who'd a thunk it!!!???
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Package was delivered this morning. I had to call Consumer Affairs - they took the bull by the horns and actually called the person to whom the package was going, and his assistant confirmed it had gotten there this morning. Now, how stupid are these people? They don't scan it when they deliver it? The one woman from the NY station NEVER called me back. Unbelievable. However, I'm going to file the Consumer Affairs number and anytime I have a problem from now on that's how I'll deal with it. They don't fool around - they solve the problem.
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It's great news about Wait Until Dark - but as Lukas Kendall states, the tapes were never lost - some doofus gave him bad info. The world of soundtracks is rife with bad info.
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and, in honor of yesterday's postings...
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It's great news about Wait Until Dark - but as Lukas Kendall states, the tapes were never lost - some doofus gave him bad info. The world of soundtracks is rife with bad info.
And now HOPE springs eternal....!
;)
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Package was delivered this morning.
Did Consumer Affairs also happen to ask said assistant if they consider the delivery beyond the deadline? ;)
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Isn't tomorrow night the night of CABARET? Or is that next Friday?
I believe Boo-Key's opening night is June 29th...
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and, in honor of yesterday's postings...
[scrolling ear of corn deleted]
To which I say:
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I love the WAIT UNTIL DARK score. I just might order this one.
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Damn! Damn!! [size=8]Damn!!![/size]
I was just notified that the management of the new office space jerked us around for a week and today alerted our rental agent that they were going with another leasee. We've not been screwed, we were raped.
So, on Tuesday, we go into storage while the office search commences again. I think we should go and break every window of the space we thought we had. I will schelp home expensive scores and work I can do here. Am I pissed?
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I love the WAIT UNTIL DARK score. I just might order this one.
Most of Mancini's scores are superb with the films. The soundtrack recordings, though, tended to be lighter, sometimes jazzier re-recordings.
I'd love a "real" OST to "Breakfast At Tiffany's", "Hatari", "Charade" and "Two for the Road".
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DR elmore3003 - I'm SO sorry! :(
Damn them. Damn them all to hell.
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Whew!
Page 8 is flying by like a gazelle in a chalet!
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Yes, I've been E&T. Bitchslap me, see if I care.
Now, as for cheap excuses, let me cite my work schedule, der Grampa having been enlisted as grandladsitter for the entire week, and a bout of depression. When I'm running through a bout of depression, I find it's a lot safer to stay away, lest I write things I may regret later.
Due to the work schedule, I've only had one day off this week, and that was spent backing up der Grampa on his grandladsitting duties. That was yesterday. The grandlads were terribly antsy all day, and der Grampa had been given a whole list of errands to run by his daughter, Magic Mommy. Alex, the elder grandlad, insisted that we put one of his favorite CDs on the car CD player, a disc by country singer Toby Keith.
I'm a little sick of Toby Keith, personally. Too much of his material is about drinking and objectifying women, especially women who drink. I mean, sure, it's fun to listen to every once in a while, but somehow it's not a world view that I share.
So, one of our first stops for errandizing was at the Dover WalMart. Both grandlads had money burning in their pockets, and der Grampa agreed to let them spend it as they pleased in the toy department. Just don't expect him to add to their cash if they wanted to spend more than they had, he growled.
While at WalMart, I checked out their CD department. The best way to subvert Alex's taste for Toby would be to introduce him to some other country artist. Like Trace Adkins, I thought. So I picked up his latest disc for something like eight bucks, and when we got back to the car took out the Keith and put in the Adkins.
Alex was not impressed. Toby Keith is his fav-o-rite country singer, in his informed opinion the best, and he wasn't going to change his opinion about that.
We had a couple of other stops before heading for a snack at the local Friendly's. I asked Alex what other country singers he knew of. Well, Toby Keith, of course. And Adkins, who he thought had the first name Rodney. And... well, he couldn't think of any others.
Garth Brooks? Never heard of him. Alan Jackson? Nope. Reba MacEntire? Uh-uh. Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton, all of 'em led him to give me a blank stare. Johnny Cash? Sounded like some hippy, just based on the name.
Alex is like this. He decides that something is the best, and can't be bothered with trying anything else. He ONLY likes certain things. He ONLY likes grilled cheese sandwiches. He ONLY likes Toby Keith. He ONLY likes the Magic Treehouse series of books. And he digs his heels in when we suggest he might like to try anything else. I mean, really gets stubborn.
I suppose it's his way of controlling the world he lives in, and Magic Mommy and Daddy don't make things any easier for him. They don't listen to music themselves, ever, and if he has music on in the house he has to listen to it wearing headphones.
I suppose I'm going to have to search the bargain bins for examples of other singers, just to give him some exposure to what is out there.
If I'm lucky, his brother William will decide that he likes some of the other artists.
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Damn! Damn!! [size=8]Damn!!![/size]
I was just notified that the management of the new office space jerked us around for a week and today alerted our rental agent that they were going with another leasee. We've not been screwed, we were raped.
So, on Tuesday, we go into storage while the office search commences again. I think we should go and break every window of the space we thought we had. I will schelp home expensive scores and work I can do here. Am I pissed?
Dear Elmore:
You have every right to be pissed.
But please, do not break the windows. In fact, make sure that they are all sealed tight and that it is impossible to open them.
Then take a drive to the country and bring back a skunk.
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DR SWW - No problem! Just glad that you are both OK. :) It sounds like the past few days have been a bit...trying.
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Dear Elmore:
You have every right to be pissed.
But please, do not break the windows. In fact, make sure that they are all sealed tight and that it is impossible to open them.
Then take a drive to the country and bring back a skunk.
Woody! Welcome back.
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Garth Brooks? Never heard of him. Alan Jackson? Nope. Reba MacEntire? Uh-uh. Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton, all of 'em led him to give me a blank stare. Johnny Cash?
Cowboy Troy?
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~~~~~DR ELMORE~~~~~
That just SUCKS!!!!
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Cowboy Troy?
I think they should rent "I Walk the Line" and make the grandlads watch it!
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Aw, crap! Sorry to hear about the office space, DR Elmore!
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And one for cowboys.
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Yesterday I got notice that I was one of 5 people to win a book at one of the exhibitor's tables at the conference I went to. The choices were all very practical manuals that I looked at but decided not to buy. The cheapest is $200, so it was a real win!
Congratulations!
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Good Afternoon!
THREE LAPS!!!*
WHEW!!![/b]
:)
*And in order not to possibly over-extend myself, I took a two minute break between each lap - each lap equaling 1.5 miles. Plus, I sprinted the last 1/4-mile of each lap. And I even took my shirt off for the last 1/4-mile. I've never done that for various reasons. But I have to say, it felt quite good and energizing feeling the air on my skin during that last sprint.
And now, before I do just a little bit more stretching...
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I think they should rent "I Walk the Line" and make the grandlads watch it!
Rent it? We've got a copy.
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DR elmore - That really does suck about the lease. -However, is it possible you could do something like what was in that "Curtain Rods" story that was posted here a little while ago? ;)
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Hello DRs SWW - Good to see you back. -Now go and take a day off or two. A REAL day off or TWO! You deserve it! Remember, it's all right to say, "No."
As for the country music dilemna... How about Tim McGraw? And/or his wife, Faith Hill?
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and, in honor of yesterday's postings...
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I don't seem to recall talking about Carol Channing yesterday.
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Shocking information, DR ELMORE.
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During yesterday's errandizing, one of the stops was at Best Buy. Der Grampa was trying to find some cables for Magic Mommy and Daddy, but the cables were not to be found. Maybe a trip to Radio Shack is in order.
However, while at Best Buy der Grampa spotted some examples of Blue Ray discs being shown.
Dear DR Matt: you may get a request from Der Brucer soon, requesting suggestions about upgrading our equipment.
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I don't seem to recall talking about Carol Channing yesterday.
:o :o :o :o :o :P
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When I hear Blu-Ray I always think of Manta Ray....and She-Ra and He-Man which of course makes me think of Sacco and Venzetti....which makes me think of DR EDISAURUS!
Stream of consciousness.....
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Boujour tout le monde!
June 26: first concert ever in Paris by Barbra Streisand.
Rates are 112 euros to 582 euros! VERY "cheap" indeed!
I guess I might buy the cd version of the concert if there's one!
582 euros!!! You'd think it's a concert to raise money.... for some cause!
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upgrading our equipment.
euphemism? ;)
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And so I'll depart for now........with a snappy little "PAGE 8" mazurka !
So, would that have been a mazur, a kujawiak, or an oberek?
-Color me Music-Geek. ;)
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Rates are 112 euros to 582 euros! VERY "cheap" indeed!
So...
We'll see you there in the front row, on the video?
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Boujour tout le monde!
June 26: first concert ever in Paris by Barbra Streisand.
Rates are 112 euros to 582 euros! VERY "cheap" indeed!
I guess I might buy the cd version of the concert if there's one!
582 euros!!! You'd think it's a concert to raise money.... for some cause!
And, apparently, Ms. Streisand was not happy with one of her quartet of Broadway Men that are touring with her. The other night, one of them stepped on one of her lines, and, was rumored to have been asked to leave the tour that night. -I'm still waiting on confirmation on this, but I'm sure DR singdaw, elmore, td, or Dan (the Man) will undoubtedly have reports courtesy of All That Chat. ;)
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OK... Time for a little more stretching, then a nice shower.
Laters...
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE had some terrific routines last night.
I think it's time for Cedric to go....HE should have gone home last week....but I don't know which girl I would send home.
I voted for Lauren and Nick and Dominic and his partner.
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DR Elmore - Rats!
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4.5 miles, DR JoseSPiano? Very impressive! Keep up the good work.
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CONGRATULATIONS, DR Cillaliz, and all best wishes as you embark upon this new venture!
DR Adriana Patti, glad your computer is back!
***ACCEPTANCE VIBES*** for bk's USPS package this morning.
Yea! for Skip's great Herringbone notice!
DR JoseSPiano, very glad that you were not seriously injured. Are those hands insured by Lloyd's of London?
DR TCB, are you going to post photos of your neighbor's arms? :)
It appears that Chatty Cathy is BACK!!
Glad to see that SINGDAW is back in form.
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apparently, Ms. Streisand was not happy with one of her quartet of Broadway Men that are touring with her.
Sorry; haven't seen/heard anything about this.
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Glad to see that SINGDAW is back in form.
Still waters run deep. :P
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DR Elmore - Rats!
I prefer the skunk.
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TOD:
I have a number of recurring dreams. There's my tornado dream, in which I see a tornado rapidly approaching my house (I always wake up before it strikes.) There's the dreams about my dad, in which he reveals that he is still alive after all these years and that his death was just a joke he was pulling on all of us. There's the dream in which someone is trying to force their way into my house and I have to get to the front door in time to close and lock it.
There's my theatre dream, in which I find myself at a college reunion party of my old theatre department. But to my confusion and horror, I find that it's not just a party--we are reviving a production of a Shakespeare play and I am fully expected to perform and I am in no way prepared.
There's my alien invasion dreams, which are so much like the movie SIGNS that I should have sued.
My least favorite dreams were sort of like DR Singdaw's--I'm trying to climb the stairs in my high school or one of the buildings in college and my legs are like lead--I have to pull myself up on the railings and it's almost impossible to ascend the steps. It's been a long long time since I had that dream, thank Buddha!
Aside from those dreams that I can't really talk about here (this being a family site and all), my favorite dreams are my flying dreams. Now I have some that are merely so-so--I just sort of float over the floor and I can only move if I push myself off of objects and I don't go very far. But there are wonderful dreams in which I can soar way up in the sky, over the roof tops and trees in my neighborhood. I sometimes find myself flying above the Jersey Pine Barrens, swooping over the forests and skimming and splashing over the wetlands. I love having those dreams!
Such a repertoire!
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HOW MANY TIMES do I have to tell you...you CANNOT borrow my red pumps!
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Is that DR SANDRA on the right?
(forgive me if I'm repeating; I haven't caught up on the posts yet)
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Has anyone ever tried lucid dreaming? It's where you make yourself aware that you are dreaming while you are still dreaming and you make whatever you what to happen occur in your dream. The two or three times that I was actually able to do this led to the kind of dreams I can't discuss here. But it's been suggested to me that I should attempt it in my more anxiety-ridden dreams and perhaps fly up into the oncoming tornado or to welcome in and embrace whoever it is that is trying to force their way into my front door. I don't know if I have the guts to do that, even in my dreams.
I have done something similar. After awakening from a bad dream, and still in a semi dream state, I've tried to rework the dream into something more acceptable.
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Is that DR SANDRA on the right?
Nope! Just some silly New York actors...being silly!
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40 years ago today, my mother took me for my first visit to New York City. I still have the detailed daily diary I kept on New York Hilton stationery and am about to send Mom an email that includes Blue Gobo clips from the 2 Broadway shows we saw: Cabaret (original cast) and Funny Girl (with Mimi Hines).
How nice that you still have these things.
I think the anti-clutter people often overlook how meaningful some memories--and memorabilia--can be.
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OHHHHHHHHHH....I thought DR DtM was asking about LURID dreamng.
Nevermind.
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What a great idea, DR GINNY!!
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I have tried giving myself dream-inducing instructions, stating what it was I wanted to dream about and what I wanted the dream to resolve for me. To date, though, none of those "dream-it-and-solve-it" demands have been fruitful.
I have done this sort of thing using meditation. I was quite adept at it at one point. A friend also tried it in anticipation of a confrontation she was dreading, and the outcome not only proved to be positive, but VERY close to how she visualized it.
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Edi, Glen Hansard does indeed look like the "Early Tymes" Nilsson. Though on a couple tunes he sounds like Cat Stevens.
Ditto on the look-alike.
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I detested and loathed and abominated the Broadway production, which had none of the stylishness or chic of the overlong film, although I did like Gavin, Marc, Harriet Harris and the office manager. I didn't like Sutton Foster, who's quite lovely, until DROWSY CHAPERONE.
I have a lovely recording from the West Coast which features Erin Dilly, Pat Carroll and Jim Stanek; I like it much more than the OBC.
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My DH interprets this as my desire to live in a bigger house! (Mine is tiny!) He can also do lucid dreaming.
At first I read that as "lurid dreaming."
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It's great news about Wait Until Dark - but as Lukas Kendall states, the tapes were never lost - some doofus gave him bad info. The world of soundtracks is rife with bad info.
And a lot of that bad information is doled out by JoeCaps/ :o
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And a lot of that bad information is doled out by JoeCaps/ :o
How correct you are.
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I guess I might buy the cd version of the concert if there's one!
. . .or DR td could make one available to you. un cadeau, naturally.
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TOD
When I was a kid I would have a recurring dream once a year. It would be the same except I would have a "special guest star" Like Roger Moore as The Saint, Patrick McGoohan as The Prisoner, Sean Connery as James Bond, Robert Vaughn as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and a couple of others.
LOL.
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How correct you are.
I try to be in the know.
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And here's Grant's cover for the new book!
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I'm off to work.
This will make two nights in a row that I'll be returning home late. The real trick is getting der Brucer up early enough so that he can get to the Eastern Shore in time to take care of the grandlads. It makes for a hellish schedule.
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I do have a recurring dream, sorta.
It's always about working in a restaurant high on a hill; the lay-out of the place is huge, the building is surrounded by bare trees (actually it looks a lot like Barnaby's hideaway in Disney's BABES IN TOYLAND) and there is a waterfall outdoors. Sometimes I am working the place all alone, with many, many tables of unruly customers, other times, its a few of my choicest friends and I celebrating the end of a busy day there at the bar. Food, friends, income, water, trees . . . what to make of the dream?
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Interesting cover!
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HELLO TO DR KERRY!! So nice to see you here again. Do join us more often!
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From Tomovoz:
Doesn't DR Michael Shayne work for FedEx? I don't blame Michael.
We used to have the best FedEx delivery guy in the business, DB of DR MBarnum. His replacement seems ok.
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Nice cover! :D
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Congratulations on the great review Skip!
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Hi, DR Jane!
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bk, I really like the color filtering of the new cover.
Josh Logan had nothing on you! :)
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When I hear Blu-Ray I always think of Manta Ray.
I love her in MONSIEUR VERDOUX!
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Intriguing and enticing COVER!!!
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I love her in MONSIEUR VERDOUX!
She was okay in KING KONG too. ;D
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And, apparently, Ms. Streisand was not happy with one of her quartet of Broadway Men that are touring with her. The other night, one of them stepped on one of her lines, and, was rumored to have been asked to leave the tour that night. -I'm still waiting on confirmation on this, but I'm sure DR singdaw, elmore, td, or Dan (the Man) will undoubtedly have reports courtesy of All That Chat. ;)
She's such a bitch I'm sure by the end of the tour there will be four different Broadway Boys taking her crap.
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Which one shall I fire tonight??????
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Nice cover! :D
It's a GREAT cover. That really jumps out at ya!
Any coinkydinkies regarding the first name of the heroine and someone's "assistant"?
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So many pages! So much to catch up on.
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DR ELmo ~ Well, that just chaps my hide -- or to quote DR Laura -- those chincy bassas (spell check please!).
Hope you guys find a new home SOON! How frustrating -- and not fair ... most unprofessional, ratty ... weaselly ... ________ (insert appropriate word) on the part of those CBs!
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Most of Mancini's scores are superb with the films. The soundtrack recordings, though, tended to be lighter, sometimes jazzier re-recordings.
I'd love a "real" OST to "Breakfast At Tiffany's", "Hatari", "Charade" and "Two for the Road".
I agree. I love the albums of his film scores, but I'll never forget my slight disappointment when I bought the LP of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S only to find that Audrey's vocal for "Moon River" wasn't on there.
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Dear DR Matt: you may get a request from Der Brucer soon, requesting suggestions about upgrading our equipment.
I'll be more than happy to provide any information I know.
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So...
We'll see you there in the front row, on the video?
Yes; you'll see me yelling at her! >:(
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Which one shall I fire tonight??????
The blond one with the long hair! :D
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CONGRATULATIONS, DR Cillaliz, and all best wishes as you embark upon this new venture!
DR Adriana Patti, glad your computer is back!
***ACCEPTANCE VIBES*** for bk's USPS package this morning.
Yea! for Skip's great Herringbone notice!
DR JoseSPiano, very glad that you were not seriously injured. Are those hands insured by Lloyd's of London?
DR TCB, are you going to post photos of your neighbor's arms? :)
ColeSlaw, once again you took the post right out of my typing fingers...Appropriate vibes to those that needs 'em (okay, I admit I'm cheating...)
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. . .or DR td could make one available to you. un cadeau, naturally.
Aaaahh... so sweet of you! :-*
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Very shocked and disappointed by your lease news, DR Elmore. "Raped" is as good a word as any for the treatment you guys have received. I am truly sorry.
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We had a long, late lunch, and at the end of it, nothing was as yet decided about THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. I'm tending to think that it's not going to happen, but we'll see. I do have the next two nights open, so if plans get made quickly, I will have no conflicts.
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My friend John had the afternoon off, so he brough over his special edition of A FEW GOOD MEN and we watched it. This must be a newer transfer than the one I have. The menus are totally different, and the color looks more saturated than on my copy.
I had read Columbia/Sony was going to issue it on Blu-ray this summer, so I'll hold out for that. Tonight, I'll probably slip my copy in the player to see if the mental comparisons I was trying to do were accurate with the copy I saw this afternoon.
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I believe Boo-Key's opening night is June 29th...
Correct, sir (Ed McMahon reference) -- he share's his Cabaret opening with DR Jorge's Shrew opening next Friday...what a shame we don't have any millionaires on this site with a plane to jet us all to see our friends theatrical talents around the country.
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Tonight, I'll try to get to last week's STUDIO 60 before tonight's new episode comes on. Hate to get more than a week behind on any shows.
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Aw, crap!
The title of my next book...
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BK - this librarian likes the cover for your new book.
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It appears that Chatty Cathy is BACK!!
LOL -- :)
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I want one! I want one!
FACE THE MUSIC - Original Cast 2007
(Irving Berlin) Walter Bobbie, Judy Kaye, Lee Wilkof, Meredith Patterson, Jeffry Denman, Eddie Korbich, Mylinda Hull, Timothy Shew, Felicia Finley, Chris Hoch.
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HOW MANY TIMES do I have to tell you...you CANNOT borrow my red pumps!
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How about your fuzzy pink heels with the little hearts?
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I just got off the phone with Pepe, and he said to tell DR Francois "Ohh-la-laaaaa, my flower!"
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Elmore, that's what ya call the big suck. Sorry that happened.
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I found it odd that none of the Broadway boys had met their boss in person until departing for Europe a week ago.
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I just got off the phone with Pepe, and he said to tell DR Francois "Ohh-la-laaaaa!"
I don't know any Pepe! Even Pepe-le-Moko is a stranger to me! Just a bunch of stinkers! I heard! ;)
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It's almost time for me to leave work. My book group meets tonight, not to discuss a particular book, but for "What's in Your Book Bag?" We'll do kind of a show and tell of other stuff we've been reading besides what's assigned for the group each month. Maybe we'll get some ideas for books to read together.
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TOD: Tornado coming -- not just one, but several
Walking into a class in high school or college -- end of year, final, and I have not been to
that class, never got the books, etc, so in no way am I prepared to take that test.
Best dreams -- dreaming about people from your past that you no longer see or can see -- especially when you're all younger like high school/childhood days
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It's a good thing tomorrow's an information-waitressing day for me, because I have that restless inability to concentrate that I always get right before leaving for a conference/vacation.
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I don't know any Pepe! Even Pepe-le-Moko is a stranger to me! Just a bunch of stinkers! I heard! ;)
Well, he SURE knows YOU! And just adores you -- referring to you constantly as my flower, my pet, my darling -- and usually with the adjective "lovely"
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Heading down now to read a little and then play catch-up on some things I wanted to watch this afternoon but put aside when we watched A FEW GOOD MEN.
I cleaned the bedroom areas this morning, so that little work effort is behind me.
WBBL.
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Oh, here is a dream that I still have often...I dream that it turns out that I did not actually graduate from high school...it is discovered that I am shy a few credits in math or some such class that sends shivers down my spine, and I have to return to school.
I hate having this dream as it always terrifies me...I keep thinking it will come true.
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Well, he SURE knows YOU! And just adores you -- referring to you constantly as my flower, my pet, my darling -- and usually with the adjective "lovely"
I NEED my lawyer to answer that! :-\ ;)
(Must be a friend of Bambi!)
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Well, he SURE knows YOU! And just adores you -- referring to you constantly as my flower, my pet, my darling -- and usually with the adjective "lovely"
or does the "ly" make that an adverb -- this grammar and spelling stuff always gets me -- no, in this context I'm pretty sure lovely would be an adjective -- yes, an adjective...
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(Must be a friend of Bambi!)
Yes, he speaks "endeeringly" of Bambi, too.
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Pepe-le-Moko
;D I love it! I'll have to name my next pet -- or child -- Pepe-le-Moko!
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http://www.cinemotions.com/modules/Films/fiche/4928/Pepe-le-Moko.html
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Oh, here is a dream that I still have often...I dream that it turns out that I did not actually graduate from high school...it is discovered that I am shy a few credits in math or some such class that sends shivers down my spine, and I have to return to school.
I used to have this dream frequently. Although I'm sure it's symbolic of something, like not feeling prepared to face a challenge, etc., I was able to find a solution that seemed to make it not as frequent.
Although I graduated from college, I left in the middle of the year to work on a movie (the one with G.W Bailey!) so I didn't go through graduation. The university mailed me my diploma and I don't think I ever bothered to open the envelope. At one point I even thought I might have lost it.
Anyway, I went on a search through the house and finally found it, opened it up, and looked at it for a good while. I really DID graduate!
Having this tangible reminder seemed to make the dream occurence lessen. Or maybe I'm just older and more prepared to deal with the unknown! :)
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DR Ron ~ I didn't mean to vex you yesterday and create snarky feelings -- and I would never jab -- or nab, grab, tab, or dab -- you at any time, in any form or fashion --
unless I saw you in person, then like some great-aunt dressed in a flowing flowered mu-mu, wreaking of lavendar and moth balls, with a hairdo best described as resembling a tiny football helmet of dark, overly-dyed pin-curls stuck on my head, I would grab your little face cheeks in my chubby hands, clanking from the numerous bracelets on my wrists, and tweak them saying, "Don't be mad at Auntie K cause she loves her little Ronnie-P-Cakes more than anything in the world, oh yes, I do-do-do-sooper-doody-do!"
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bk - love the cover. In what year does your book take place? I really like your style of writing when you are able to talk about LA in the 50's/60's, the details are fantastic.
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Pet lovers will appreciate this:
I find dreams like that comforting.
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DR Edi ~ Your dream and story about your cat was moving -- not that I had a dream about it, but experienced a similar day when our cat Honey was dying and we had made the decision to let him go (my DH thought he was a girl -- and yes he's a doctor! -- when we got him as a kitten) -- I was loving on him before I had to take him to the vet to be put down while DH was at work and Cason was at school. An emotional day for sure cause he was just the best cat!
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How great is this "Dance Ballerina Dance" song on the mix from tomovoz?
SUPER GREAT! :)
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I need valium and prozac ASAP.
;D
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And to think MR Kimmel was not that impressed when he found out his Birthday song. LOL. It was one of RCA's first million selling discs.
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Damn! Damn!! [size=8]Damn!!![/size]
~~~Vibes to Elmore and His Office "Issues"!!~~
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Count me in as a less than impressed with "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (on CD). I find the same with "Hair Spray". The original movies were light and fun.
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~~~~~DR ELMORE~~~~~
That just SUCKS!!!!
IT SURE DOES! I'M SO VERY SORRY! :'(
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BK ~ Did the package delivery snafu have anything to do with the New York Musical Festival? Inquiring minds want to know the details -- especially any news involving The Brain! Did your party accept the package, inspite of the snafu-causing lateness? What was in said package? The scoop please, I'm curious .. like a cat!
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It's cereal time here.
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Hi, DR Jane!
Hi td, I'm sorry I disappeared so quickly.
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Pet lovers will appreciate this: I have had dreams about my cats. My last was a couple of weeks before Miss Vickie passed on. My dearly departed cat Dickens, for whom I adopted Miss Vickie as a companion, came to me in a dream. He was walking around the condo, scoping things out. Vickie was asleep in her bed. I uttered a shout of "Dickens! Is that you?" Dickens walked over to me and jumped into my lap. He put his paws on my chest and looked me in the eyes. I stroked him and he purred. I could tell he had a message for me. I sensed, and then asked him, if he were "here" to get Vickie! He vanished, and I woke up.
Oh, Ron, your dream left me in tears.
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SWW, welcome back. Happy vibes!
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It's cereal time here.
Any favorite Down Under brands -- or the usual US of A stuff?
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Any favorite Down Under brands -- or the usual US of A stuff?
I think they have Candied Kangoroo Loops there! ;)
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OHHHHHHHHHH....I thought DR DtM was asking about LURID dreamng.
Nevermind.
Well, in my case, it's more often than not the same thing.
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I once had a very nice dream about Clint Walker and another one about Tom Wopat.
There is another name for those dreams.
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Here are the clips I just sent to my mother. Hope she can figure out to open them, especially with her dial-up Internet connection :P
Cabaret (http://www.bluegobo.com/video/_production.php?var=10038)
Funny Girl (http://www.bluegobo.com/video/_production.php?var=10103)
I watched the Cabaret clip with Martin Ross and Anita Gillette. I wouldn't have thought that they needed to change some lyrics...instead of "each and every one a virgin," having to substitute "each and everyone, innocent" and instead of "as a matter of fact, she rented by the hour" was changed to "as a matter of fact, she changed her heart each hour."
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DR elmore - That really does suck about the lease. -However, is it possible you could do something like what was in that "Curtain Rods" story that was posted here a little while ago? ;)
I was thinking this exact same thing! It could work. ;D
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Well, in my case, it's more often than not the same thing.
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And here's Grant's cover for the new book!
That's so cool! :D Great job!
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There is another name for those dreams.
You naughty minx!
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Welcome back Woody! and:
~~~Vibes that the Grandlads Learn (and like) Some Great New Music!!~~~
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I watched the Cabaret clip with Martin Ross and Anita Gillette. I wouldn't have thought that they needed to change some lyrics...instead of "each and every one a virgin," having to substitute "each and everyone, innocent" and instead of "as a matter of fact, she rented by the hour" was changed to "as a matter of fact, she changed her heart each hour."
My choreographer and I were joking around and trying to think of words that will work in the songs of Suburb since our director always deletes cuss words (in this case the playwright and lyricist post permission to do that at the front of the book). Actually, having them in the songs doesn't really fit the storyline (and so far I haven't found any in the dialogue, just the songs), but I guess they thought that makes it contemporary and realistic -- but singing them makes them more jolting and noticeable than saying them and the story is not edgy or jolting, rather nice and cute so ... let's see, what word when singing it can substitute for that more jolting version of friggin' -- ahhh, the challenges of community theatre in a small town
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Streisand's Vienna show was just cancelled due to bad weather.
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..guess we could always just go wtih friggin' -- although that still is not a suitable sub for some folks since they claim they still know exactly what you're getting at ...
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Streisand's Vienna show was just cancelled due to bad weather.
guess it was that big storm on stage when everyone got canned....
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I think they have Candied Kangoroo Loops there! ;)
or Pepe Le Moko Cocoa Puffs
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DR Ron ... unless I saw you in person, then like some great-aunt dressed in a flowing flowered mu-mu, wreaking of lavendar and moth balls, with a hairdo best described as resembling a tiny football helmet of dark, overly-dyed pin-curls stuck on my head,
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...I would grab your little face cheeks in my chubby hands, clanking from the numerous bracelets on my wrists, and tweak them saying, "Don't be mad at Auntie K cause she loves her little Ronnie-P-Cakes more than anything in the world, oh yes, I do-do-do-sooper-doody-do!"
You wouldn't DARE! :o
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...You wouldn't DARE!
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(Bless you, dearie -- here's a tissue ) ...... Now where was I... Oh yeah? Ol' Auntie K is just full of surprises....
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..guess we could always just go wtih friggin' -- although that still is not a suitable sub for some folks since they claim they still know exactly what you're getting at ...
I hope that you're not doing Angry Housewives! That very issue is part of the plot in that show...these four women enter a punk band contest and one of the women doesn't want to swear and their big song is supposed to include the F word, but she can't bring herself to say it, so she sings "Eat your f-f-friggin' cornflakes." Even then, her husband is upset with her, "That's the F word in disguise!" But in a totally cathartic moment during their big contest at the end of Act One, she screams the lyrics at the top of her lungs:
EAT YOUR FUCK-ING CORNFLAKES!!
And of course, the audience goes WILD!! I love this show! ;D
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I hope that you're not doing Angry Housewives! That very issue is part of the plot in that show...these four women enter a punk band contest and one of the women doesn't want to swear and their big song is supposed to include the F word, but she can't bring herself to say it, so she sings "Eat your f-f-friggin' cornflakes." Even then, her husband is upset with her, "That's the F word in disguise!" But in a totally cathartic moment during their big contest at the end of Act One, she screams the lyrics at the top of her lungs:
EAT YOUR FUCK-ING CORNFLAKES!!
And of course, the audience goes WILD!! I love this show! ;D
No, now see, there it's a punchline -- but in Suburb, they're singing about living in the 'burbs (which I suppose could be a punchline for that too depending upon one's feelings about living a suburban life...)... I'll keep you posted the further we get into all this and when I get a feel for what the story and musical is all about (but it's moot cause as I said this director doesn't do cuss words -- but the line you gave does seem like such a great punchline, I wonder if he'd break his own rule for that play...it's always interesting to try to understand directors and their choices..)
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Have all so-called lyricists simply LOST the ability to find rhymes for such expressions as "expletive deleted"?
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If I went to a show with a song like that, I wouldn't even notice the language except for reaction to it, I fear.
Having been in the Navy -- and of the Navy -- for 23.5 years, I assure you there isn't anything I haven't heard in infinite variations and strings.
I suppose the passion someone puts behind such expressions is what might take me aback...especially if I wasn't expecting it.
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So here I sit.
No UPS delivery for me....yet.
But it's "out for delivery" and today's date is on the notice.
Sigh.
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No, now see, there it's a punchline -- but in Suburb, they're singing about living in the 'burbs (which I suppose could be a punchline for that too depending upon one's feelings about living a suburban life...)... I'll keep you posted the further we get into all this and when I get a feel for what the story and musical is all about (but it's moot cause as I said this director doesn't do cuss words -- but the line you gave does seem like such a great punchline, I wonder if he'd break his own rule for that play...it's always interesting to try to understand directors and their choices..)
There's no way that Angry Housewives could be done without actually saying the "F" word...that's the journey that that character takes and the whole point of the song.
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The week has been long and grueling.
We are fast approaching the end of our Fiscal Year and next week marks the cutoff for getting anything done financially within our accounting system.
No bills will get paid for two weeks.
No new contracts will be started for two weeks.
So everything has been building up and coming to a head and there are tons of chickens running around headless.
I, of course, acted promptly two months ago when we were notified to get our ducks in a row. My ducks lined up and bowed/curtsied within two weeks.
That does not, however, exempt me from the fallout of sweat grenades being exploded by others.
And that has been my week....trying to accommodate needs and trying to counter misunderstandings and misdeeds and mistakes.
Sigh.
SIGH.
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DR Jorge ~ All this brings to mind our Children's Theatre Workshop two weeks ago. The first day, one of the moms of a little home schooled girl shadowed her through the day. At the end, we were having them put on scene work from some improv exercises -- and some of the older kids were saying "oh my god" in their presentations. That mom came up and was raving about the day -- then came the "but" -- she was saying we needed to let the kids know that was offensive (come to find out her husband is the minister of the Bible Alliance Church here) and how they don't allow that in their home. I tried to explain we'd do what we could but that in improv and the heat of the moment on stage, those older kids might still say it since it's all over TV and what they hear at home ... one man's cuss word is another man's way of creative expression...
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Austalian cereals are much the same but without so much sweetness added! Biggest selling cereal here Sanitarium's "Weet-bix" It also rates highly on nutritional lists. There is a similar named product in the USA but Sanitarium is an Australian owned company which has links to the Seventh Day Adventists.
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... one man's cuss word is another man's way of creative expression...
I DIDN'T tell that mom that, I meant that as a point to all of this discussion...
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Austalian cereals are much the same but without so much sweetness added! Biggest selling cereal here Sanitarium's "Weet-bix" It also rates highly on nutritional lists. There is a similar named product in the USA but Sanitarium is an Australian owned company which has links to the Seventh Day Adventists.
I'd have thought Muesli, in all its variations and brands, would be your top seller.
That's all I saw advertised both trips I made to Perth.
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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I have been out all day and have a board meeting tonight, so I shall catch up later!
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Re the book: I have acknowledged the theft of dear reader Adriana Patti's first name, just as I acknowledged the theft of non-dear reader Leslie Kritzer's last name for three other books.
The book takes place now, but our 15 year old heroine doesn't really care for the world in which she lives, you see. It was fun writing a now book, even though I didn't think I'd enjoy it. It still takes place in LA and Hollywood, so there's lots of descriptive prose.
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Finished blocking all but the last two numbers of Joan's show. Once she has the lyrics and the basic moves down, then I'll finesse and add to it.
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I'd have thought Muesli, in all its variations and brands, would be your top seller.
That's all I saw advertised both trips I made to Perth.
Weet-Bix has 16% of the market share. No museli is in the top 10 selling cereals which make up over 60% of the market. (Figures were published last month).
Kellogg products are 7 of the top 10.
Weet-bix is almost 10% higher in market share than the next competitor.
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BTW we subscribe to the Australian Consumers' magazine "Choice". No internet research was necessary.
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DR td - Renée is on her way.
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I watched the Cabaret clip with Martin Ross and Anita Gillette. I wouldn't have thought that they needed to change some lyrics...instead of "each and every one a virgin," having to substitute "each and everyone, innocent" and instead of "as a matter of fact, she rented by the hour" was changed to "as a matter of fact, she changed her heart each hour."
Thank you so very much for the video clips! So nice to see! Anita Gillette sure was a belter!
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I'm very tired!
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Good Evening!
Well... After getting myself cleaned up after my run earlier, I rushed down to Ripley-Grier for a coaching session with DR Jason. He's started to audition a bit more lately - he got into the EPA this week for the upcoming Guys & Dolls revival. We sang through some of his old book - most of which needs to be retired - and we discussed some new rep. And I think we came upon a great twist on a classic number.
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And then it was over to visit my friend, Chris, and his son, Henry, for dinner. Henry is only nine months, but he looks like he's 18 months already. He's a big baby in the mature sense. He already has five teeth! -I always thought babies teethed later? ??? In any case, it was a very good visit, and Chris cooked a nice dinner of salad, chicken "boobs", and corn on the cob. -And the wine I brought was very good too - a Cabernet Savignon Rosé. Crisp and refreshing.
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DR JRand - I really liked the routines last night on "So You Think You Can Dance?" too. The choreographers have really stepped up their game too. And the kid with the mohawk is majorly cute!
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My choreographer and I were joking around and trying to think of words that will work in the songs of Suburb since our director always deletes cuss words (in this case the playwright and lyricist post permission to do that at the front of the book). Actually, having them in the songs doesn't really fit the storyline (and so far I haven't found any in the dialogue, just the songs), but I guess they thought that makes it contemporary and realistic -- but singing them makes them more jolting and noticeable than saying them and the story is not edgy or jolting, rather nice and cute so ... let's see, what word when singing it can substitute for that more jolting version of friggin' -- ahhh, the challenges of community theatre in a small town
Well, my high school was not allowed to do Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar since neither piece showed the Resurrection. However, we were allowed to West Side Story, and none of the low-level cussing in that show was edited or altered.
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Lucky Jason! Please wish him well from me.
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Lucky Jason! Please wish him well from me.
Will do! -And, again, he looks great too. I think as of last week he's lost 41 pounds! Great for him!
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I have a lovely recording from the West Coast which features Erin Dilly, Pat Carroll and Jim Stanek; I like it much more than the OBC.
I <HEART> Erin Dilly. Her and her husband, Stephen Buntrock, truly make a handsome/beautiful couple.
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Nice book cover, BK.
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Congrats to CILLALIZ on her move. I can't believe it's here already; it seems like such a short while ago that we heard her talk about her decision and plans.
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Congratulations to Jason!
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This morning
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Showing off!
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I wanted to hear from Cilla before signing off for the night. I hope the move is going well.
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Well, my high school was not allowed to do Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar since neither piece showed the Resurrection. However, we were allowed to West Side Story, and none of the low-level cussing in that show was edited or altered.
Guess that would mean Spring Awakening is out ;)
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Hi... Yes the move is going well. The movers were a bizarre lot, recommended by my building manager, who today decided they were tracking in oil of some sort so she would never hire them again, lol. Anyway, they were annoying, but moved everything quickly and without any damage.
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Before I leave......
Please send safe and easy travel vibes to Craig’s girlfriend and cat. Their flight leaves at 1:55PM Bucharest time, which is 10 hours ahead of the official HHW time.
'night
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Hi Cilla. I'm so glad to see your good news before I leave.
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Consider it done DR Jane.
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You must be tired. Sleep well.
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It's VERY hot and humid here today, so it was a bear carting boxes and some chairs etc that were at my house. I didn't get it all moved, but the copier/fax/printer/scanner seems to be working and the computer is set up. I'm looking forward to tomorrow - lots of hauling of boxes and putting things away etc, but it's a day where I'm not expected to do anything and have no one meeting me at any specific time, so I can just work at my own pace and enjoy creating my new space
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Thanks Jane, pleasant dreams
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Have a very nice day tomorrow.
Off for real now.
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Thank you.
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I've decided that the copier just isn't going to work as my printer, even on a network. So, I'm looking for a decent laser printer - relatively cheap, but one that will work and last awhile. Any suggestions?
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RE: so you think you can dance
results spoilers
ELIMININATION SPOILERS SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE had some terrific routines last night.
I think it's time for Cedric to go....HE should have gone home last week....but I don't know which girl I would send home.
I voted for Lauren and Nick and Dominic and his partner.
I'm also really enjoying this season. I think my favorite dances from wed were pasha/jessie, dominic/sabra, and anya/danny. But i'm not sure who my favorite couple is yet (none of these are really my favorites i just loved their dances).
As for the B3, i was very surprised with pasha/jessie. I know some people don't like her. But i thought they were great on wed. I can agree with the other two.
As for who went, i actually agreed with what the judges decided. I sort of thought shauna deserved to go. But her solo was fantastic. And for some reason i have always really disliked faina. I agree that jessie's solo was just average.
As for the guys, i knew pasha would be safe and was a bit surprised that they criticized his solo so much. I think it's sad to have to decide whether to ditch cedric. He is by far the best solo dancer. And he is learning so much and putting his whole heart in the competition. I"m glad they kept him because i think he is wonderful to watch. I hope he does better next week.
Btw, some people are getting saved just because their partner's are popular (example hok and jessie). I feel like hok, sara and a few others have fans and will stay no matter how bad they are. :(
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Before I leave......
Please send safe and easy travel vibes to Craig’s girlfriend and cat. Their flight leaves at 1:55PM Bucharest time, which is 10 hours ahead of the official HHW time.
'night
~~~Travel Vibes to Craig's Girlfriend and Cat!!~~~
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I'm off to rehearsal!
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VIbes to Craig's girlfriend and cats, may the skies be smooth and the flight on time!
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And I'm late!! :o
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DR Elmore...so sorry about the lease.
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Travel vibes to Craig's girlfriend and cat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Elmore...so sorry about the lease.
Well, I'm glad at least one of us got an office!
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a Cabernet Savignon Rosé. Crisp and refreshing.
Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Well, I'm glad at least one of us got an office!
Thanks.
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Yes I still work for FedEx
Delivery times
8:30 (Most major cities)
10:30
4:30
There is also 2 day, Express Saver (3 day) and Ground
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Another review of Skip's show HERRINGBONE, this one from the New England regional critic at broadwayworld.com
"Herringbone"
Book by Tom Cone based on his play; music by Skip Kennon; lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh; sets by Neil Patel; costumes by William Ivey Long; lights by Frances Aronson; sound by Nick Borisjuk; choreographer, Darren Lee; musical director, Dan Lipton; director, Roger Rees
Cast:
B.D. Wong as Herringbone, Arthur, Louise, Grandmother, George, Lawyer, Nathan Mosely, Salesclerk, Howard, Lou and Dot
Dan Lipton as Thumbs Dubois (piano)
Benjamin Campbell as Slim (bass)
Richard Huntley as Patty (drums)
Performances: Now through June 24 at Williamstown Theatre Festival, '62 Center for Theatre and Dance of Williams College, Route 2, Williamstown, Mass.
Box Office: 413-597-3400 or www.wtfestival.org
What if we could get inside a child protégé's head to hear how the adults in his life sound as they try to get him to be what they want him to be? This is the clever conceit of the Tom Cone-Skip Kennon-Ellen Fitzhugh musical "Herringbone," a one-man vaudeville currently on stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. By having a single actor – in this case the versatile and charismatic Tony Award winner B.D. Wong of "M. Butterfly," "Pacific Overtures," and "Law & Order: SVU" fame – portray the boy at the center of the story as well as all the characters who berate, cajole and abuse him, "Herringbone" powerfully conveys the anguish that a child experiences when trying to find himself amidst the personalities that others would impose upon him.
"Herringbone" follows a year in the life of eight-year-old tap dancing phenomenon George Newkins (later Herringbone) whose gifts various and sundry people want to exploit in order to help them survive the Great Depression. Starting out in rural Alabama in 1929, the story follows George and his parents to Hollywood where they hope to get rich quick by making him a child star. Along the way they meet Nathan Mosely, a parasitic manager who was once the "straight man" aka Chicken in the now defunct vaudeville act, The Chicken and the Frog. Under Mosely's tutelage, George achieves a measure of success until, quite suddenly, the boy is possessed by the spirit of the suspiciously deceased Frog, a dwarf named Lou. What ensues is a frenzied battle for control over George's body, mind and spirit. Can an innocent child fend off the manipulations of a street-wise 37-year-old lusting for lost glory and revenge?
While Lou may be the worst of the self-promoting people in "Herringbone" who try to take over George's life, he is not the only intruder into the young boy's consciousness. George's well-meaning mother, Louise, fills his troubled mind with thoughts of becoming President. His gruff and dispassionate father, Arthur, instills in him a sense of worthlessness and failure until the discovery of George's unique tap dancing ability turns his paternal vision of destitution into dollar signs. Caught between the unrealistic, albeit loving, expectations of his mother and the opportunistic conniving of both his father and his alter-ego Lou, George wonders who the real boy inside his vaudevillian's custom tailored herringbone suit truly is.
As George and all his colorful antagonists, B.D. Wong is a revelation. He delivers the show's honky-tonk style song and dance numbers with great skill and panache (despite suffering an injury on opening night that stopped the show and required emergency suturing). He also shifts seamlessly back and forth between the youthful hero and the adults who would prey upon his vulnerability, giving each one of his characters distinct voices, gestures, and personalities. For George he bows his head and speaks up to those around him in a voice that is both timid and pleading. For Louise, he assumes nervous, doting mannerisms that convey a fierce maternal protectiveness lying beneath a surface of wifely intimidation. For Arthur, he coughs and blusters, puffing up his chest and veiling selfish intentions in a thinly layered cloak of mock pride. For Lou, he assumes a penetrating stare and disarming Cheshire smile that tinge his gravelly and seductive bargaining with a chilling foreboding of evil.
Director Roger Rees has guided Wong and musical director/onstage pianist Dan Lipton to balance the show's wickedly dark humor with a touching poignancy. Nowhere is this more evident than in the show's closing scenes. In the tour de force musical number called "Three Waltzes," Wong makes us believe that three people are actually on stage at the same time: eight-year-old George, the womanizing Lou, and the hotel clerk Dot with whom Lou is trying to consummate an affair. Immediately thereafter, this madcap three-way love-making "dance" dissolves into a heartrending climax that has Lou and George struggling for ultimate physical and psychological supremacy. Here Wong is spellbinding, subtly indicating a shift in power that makes a man out of George and a boy out of Lou the Frog.
Musical numbers such as the opening and closing "One of Those Years" and the Act II opener "What's a Body to Do?" are laced with biting sarcasm and wit. The out-of-character ballad "A Mother" sung by Wong as Herringbone the narrator is a haunting tribute to the woman who, for better or worse, always had her son's welfare at heart. "Little Mister Tippy Toes" toward the end of Act I is a manic display of young George's attempts to please everyone by dancing harder and faster, moving as if he were a puppet on a set of harshly pulled strings.
A special technical nod must go to lighting designer Frances Aronson. Split-second changes in colors, fills and spots help convey Wong's often instantaneous changes from one person to another. Back and forth conversations between two, three, and sometimes more characters are much easier to follow thanks to her precise lighting cues.
"Herringbone" delivers a deceptively complex message in a tautly written and smartly entertaining show. It also doesn't hurt that star B.D. Wong wears this particular suit very well.
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Another nice review! Congrats to Skip
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The soundtrack of Wait Until Dark reminds me of the opening sequence that takes place in Montreal. I used to live about a 10 minute walk from the place and the house still exits. The airport has now been remolded and no longer looks like it did in the film
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Wonderful to see all those positive Herringbone reviews.
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TV Commercial celebrity spotting:
A new VW Eos commercial features J.P. Pitoc as the car's driver. No lines, but it's a cool commercial. His hair is short again...and he looks much as he did in "Trick."
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Interesting...they are now building ethanol plant powered by methane gas....from cows. This isn't a joke!
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Among other items, I got THE HISTORY BOYS on DVD in the mail today, so I will certainly be watching it at some point this weekend.
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Cool evening air, so once again, the A/C is off, and the doors and windows are open to let in the cool. Sheer heaven!
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I began my evening tonight with last week's STUDIO 60. Once again, they were jumping back and forth in time which made for a frazzled episode, but I did like the two major dramatic themes of the episode: the premature birth of the baby and the taking of Tom's brother as a hostage over in Iraq.
I think this story arc is resolved in tonight's episode, but the DVR caught it as I was watching other things.
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Skip says thanks for the well-wishes!!!
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Next, I watched NANCY DREW, TROUBLE SHOOTER. A better film than the previous one. Not much mystery (the bad guys are very obvious, just like in the Nancy Drew books).
What's NOT like the books is Nancy herself. Scatterbrained, jealous, a reckless driver: none of these things characterize the Nancy from the books.
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TCM showed THEODORA GOES WILD tonight. I had never seen it all the way through, so I watched it tonight. It irritated me a lot at the first, but it got better later and was good entertainment.
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I rewatched THE CLOSER one more time before erasing it off the DVR. Loved it, but I can't wait for a new one on Monday night.
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I concluded the evening's viewing picking up where I left off with OKLAHOMA from the free On Demand TCM channel. I got through two more numbers: the brilliant "Kansas City" and "I Cain't Say No."
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And here's Grant's cover for the new book!
I love the cover!
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Much much earlier today I ate a chicken salad sandwich and a salad. Since then, I've only eaten a few chips - so, I'm thinking about a filet o' fish, which I haven't had in ages. I've finished two more episodes of The Sopranos, and will definitely watch at least one more. They're very addictive. In the episode I just watched was the talked-about scene of dear departed Vito's troubled son, and the bit of business he does in the school shower room when taunted by his fellow jerk schoolchums.
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To celebrate Oz's longest night of the year! Sort of....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWm5H0pBT4Y
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My eyelids are feeling very heavy tonight, so I'm going to head down now for bed.
Good night!
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Thank you for the Disney tour DR François
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Fa la la la la, la la la la!
(I like Small World set up for the Holiday Season! They haven't done that here yet!)
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Well, I believe the run I took this afternoon... and the two glasses of wine - Cabernet Sauvignon (Merci, DR François - although, I guess I'm so used to hearing it abbreviated "Cab-Sav") I had with dinner have caught up with me, so...
Goodnight.
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Happy Summer Solstice everyone!
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Vibes to Craig and co.!!!
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I just came back from a Summer Solstice party at the LA County Museum of Art. There was live music, some of the exibits were open, and food and drinks. It continues until 3am, but I am warm at home.
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This was at 8:30. The line to get in was around the block.
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This mural was open to all to paint on.
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Well, I believe the run I took this afternoon... and the two glasses of wine - Cabernet Sauvignon (Merci, DR François - although, I guess I'm so used to hearing it abbreviated "Cab-Sav") I had with dinner have caught up with me, so...
Goodnight.
"Cab-Sav" is SO jet-set!! :)
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Nothing to say but good night.
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Great bird pics, Tomovoz.
Great cover, BK. I like it a lot.
Crappy news, Elmore. I was hoping for good news.
I am tired. Long board meeting. And too much small pring.
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My recurring dream theme: I would be in an underground mausoleum, and they close the door and I can't get out.