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Well, you've read the notes, the notes hustled and then, a short time later, they bustled, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're doing the hustle right now.
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And the word of the day is: HETERONYM!
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Welcome fourteen GUESTS.
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I am still wide awake from watching fireworks, but I suppose I should sleep.
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I've just been paying bills, which may keep me up all night as I try to figure out how I'm going to pay all of them. Luckily, I get paid today, but still...a $315 electric bill?!?! And it's not even August yet, so the A/C hasn't been on THAT much!
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Make that nineteen GUESTS.
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As MBarnum would know - "Begin The Beguine" is a favourite of mine.
Of course the Ella Songbook introduced me to many Porter songs.
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Good morning New Yorkers.
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"Begin the Begging" is a favorite number for Toby and Dylan.
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Welcome, new DR 3D!!!
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A $315 electric bill? Is that for one month?
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"Begin the Begging" is a favorite number for Toby and Dylan.
Magnus and Fosca know the tune well too.
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Good morning DR TCB.
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And goodnight.
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And goodnight.
Good night, DR Mr. Oz.
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TCB, we have almost the same posting tally. You're at 7763, I'm at 7766.
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Tally (almost a FIFTH OF JULY by Lanford Wilson reference)
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Well, I am out of bed, but I am exhausted. I got very little sleep last night. The firecrackers and fireworks started in earnest at about 9:30 (and Tacoma shortly after that). The big waterfront fireworks started at 10:30 and went until 11:00. After that, the local yokels continued to fire off their life savings until 2:30 this morning.
Naturally, fireworks are totally illegal in Tacoma, but with the Puyallup Tribal Nation located within the city limits, it isn't tough for anyone with a wad of cash to get just about anything they want.
It takes the enjoyment out of the 4th. Why don't we change the rules, and set off fireworks on the eve of Independence Day. Then those poor saps that have to work on the 5th could get some sleep.
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Good morning, Dan. Good morning, F.
And wlecome 3D!
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Good morning, DR TCB!
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There are so many wonderful Cole Porter songs to select from!
Off the top of my head, I would go with:
At Long Last Love
I Loved Him (But He Didn't Love Me)
Let's Not Talk About Love
Miss Otis Regrets
Begin the Beguine
I Love Paris
You Do Something to Me
It's Alright with Me
So In Love
Stereophonic Sound
Use Your Imagination
Nobody's Chasing Me
I Sleep Easier Now
True Love
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And good morning to DRs Singdaw, td, Noel, and FJL, as well!
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DR JoseSPiano - glad to hear that your Key 2 debut went relatively well. You must have nerves of steel!
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Good morning, DR Dan (the Man)! Do you have to work today?
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That's the title of my next novella...
Heteronyms I Have Known...
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TOD:
From This Moment On
Love For Sale
In The Still Of The Night
Night And Day
Down In The Depths
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Miss Otis Regrets
True Love
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Good morning, DR Dan (the Man)! Do you have to work today?
Well, let's just say I'm here at the office.
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Also, good morning to td, Slingblade, and Noel.
I am off to work. Blah.
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DRs TCB and Dan (the Man) - may your work days pass relatively stress-free! :)
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Despite the torrential rains last night, I had a good time at the concert on the Parkway. My neighbor lady and I huddled 'neath her humongous golf umbrella taking in the sounds of the lovely and sassy Miss Patti Labell. Fortunately, we had to endure only two songs from So You Think You Have Talent winner Bianca What's-her-name. (I think it's unbelievable that this kid is getting away with her rendition of "And I Am Telling You". It was sort of cute when she first started doing it last year, but now it's like something from a minstrel show.)
Surprisingly, the crowd only thinned slightly as we all waited for the arrival on stage of Hall & Oates. Daryl Hall has evolved to the aging hippie look over the years, but John Oates now looks damn fine (to me, anyway.) I think they were a little thrown by the pouring rain, because they sounded off during the first few songs (Daryl Hall was sort of screechy in particular.) And with the inclusion of a string section, their sound was not initially as robust as it used to be. But as they got deeper into their set, Hall found his voice and the band really started rockin'. By the time it was over, almost everyone had lowered their umbrellas because we were all boppin' and groovin' along.
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Thanks, DR Singdaw--yours, too. Unless you are not working today...
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Page Two Can Can:
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Yesterdays NewsFLASH:
Al Gore's Son Arrested; Marijuana found in his Prius!
I think body cavity searchs at traffic stops are wrong!
der Brucer
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The bummer about last night was that at the end of the concert, they announced to the crowd that the fireworks presentation was cancelled because of the rain and an approaching thunderstorm. So my neighbor lady and I strolled home. While I was taking a nice hot shower at home, I heard what I thought was thunder. When I came out and checked out the TV, I saw that the city had decided to run the fireworks anyway--twenty minutes after the crowd had completely left the Parkway! What lunkhead made this decision is what I want to know!
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Al Gore's son is an idiot. Doesn't he know that the first place they look is in your prius?
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Good morning to all you wonderful HHW-ers!
I, too, must head out for work soon, but, it's been an interesting little work week with three long days, followed by a day off, followed by two shorter days; but enough about me!
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Al Gore's son is an idiot. Doesn't he know that the first place they look is in your prius?
Al Gore's son has obviously gone green.
Was it a man-prius he was carrying?
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Where to begin?
Let's just say it's a shame they didn't cancel last night's Capitol Fourth concert in DC.
During the opening, I was shocked to learn that Tony Danza had a large melanoma on his cheek - on closer inspection it seems it was one of those darling little cheek mikes.
Our National Anthem has destroyed many a singer - Hayden Panettiere is now no exception.
Elliott Yamin was given a new smile, a fright wig from a Three Stooges' movie and the worst arrangement of America the Beautiful ever heard.
Erich Kunzel did an orchestral ad-lib to salute our servicemen; he was so impressed with his improvisation that he continued it through half of Danza's opening remarks.
Yolanda Adams was resplendent in a gorgeous blue satin gown, adorned with gobs of diamonds, and absurdly accessorized with a clunky sports' wrist watch with a bulky leather strap! She also choose to "accessorize "God Bless America" by adding some class to Berlin's lyrics -it is a much more polite version: "Please, God Bless America".
If you're going to costume Bebe Neuwirth for a Chicago/Cabaret number, why go with Virgin White, of course.
Unhappy with Bebe's version of Cabaret (who wasn't) interrupt it with the start of the fire works! At least Kunzel waited till after Krystal Nacht before starting the 1812 Overture.
America would have been better served if the tornados had struck and taken us all to OZ.
der Brucer
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Thursday morning greetings! Today is my first day back at work since June 22. The best thing I can say about it is that I only work 2 days this week, then have a 3-day weekend.
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ABC NEWS (http://Exclusive: U.K. Terror Plot -- Why the Bombs Failed)
Exclusive: U.K. Terror Plot -- Why the Bombs Failed
The London bomb plot allegedly planned by a cell of doctors failed early last Friday morning because a medical syringe used as part of the firing mechanism caused a malfunction, ABC News has learned.
According to nonclassified documents reviewed by ABC News, and confirmed by multiple sources, both mobile telephones initiated firing mechanisms rigged inside a Mercedes E 300 parked several yards from the front door of Tiger Tiger nightclub failed despite multiple calls to the cell phones designed to remotely trigger the devices.
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Good Show - let's make sure the terrorists know where they went wrong so they don't make the same mistake next time!
der Brucer
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Good morning, all. I was reading more of Ruth Gordon's autobio MY SIDE and got to her father's death. Like my father, he was a sailor, and he wanted her to become a physical education teacher. Like me, she went into the performing arts, and like my dad, he supported her decision, perhaps more kindly than my dad originally did, but I believe both fathers lived long enough to appreciate their offsprings' accomplishments. Also, today is the anniversary of last year's exposure of the Macbeths ill will and resentment, so I'm a bit down today. I'm listening to Anthony Warlow sing "Moon River" as I type this and feeling rather melancholy.
I have to stop by the office again this morning to confirm it's secure, and then I return here to work on Mr Spirtas' charts.
TOD:
General songs:
Dream Dancing
Pretty Things
I've Got You Under My Skin
In the Still of the Night
Down in the Depths (of the 90th Floor)
Fifty Millioin Frenchmen
You Do Something to Me
The Boyfriend Back Home
You've Got That Thing
You Don't Know Paree
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
I Get A Kick Out of You
Where Are the Men?
Nymph Errant
Experiment
The Physician
Jubilee
Why Shouldn't I?
Begin the Beguine
Just One of Those Things
Six Little Wives
DuBarry Was A Lady
Give Him the Oo-la-la!
Friendship
Well, Did You Evah!
But in the Morning, No
Kiss Me, Kate
The whole score
Out Of This World
Use Your Imagination
Where? Oh Where?
I Sleep Easier Now
Nobody's Chasing Me
What Do You Think About Men?
Can-Can
Never Give Anything Away (That You Can sell)
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TOD
"Well, Did You Evah" from High Society
der Brucer
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Jubilee
Why Shouldn't I?
Begin the Beguine
Just One of Those Things
Six Little Wives
Some one should dust that off, give it a nice restoration, and get a recording made!
der Brucer
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TOD
Way too many Cole Porter songs to chose from
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Good morning. DR Sandra and I woke up early this morning, but not early enough. We drove up to Fountain Hills to see the bats and nighthawks flying around. But by the time we got there, it was too light.
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Good morning!
I was cool ENOUGH to open things up and cool down the houose again, but it won't get VERY cool, and the A/C will be back on by noon. Otherwise, a hot day today - 91 for a high.
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My three favorite Cole Porter songs (out of many dozens of possibilities):
"From This Moment On"
"At Long Last Love"
"It's De-Lovely"
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I think the Cult Classics boxes are wonderful values. The transfers are very good, and most of the films aren't those that would have ever gotten an individual release.
My only quibble is that I wish Warners had used slim cases instead of regulation Amray cases. These take up FAR too much room if one has bought all four sets.
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TOD:
So many already mentioned:
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
You're the Top
So In Love
Madame I Like Your Crepes Suzettes
Friendship
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I suppose I will have to go to Best Buy sometime before Halloween....
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Yes, DR JEANNE....I think most people agree that the original TOPPER with Cary Grant is the best.
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I do hope to get to THE PRODIGAL today. Sounds like fun. Also will be finishing DANTE'S COVE's first disc.
Today at noon, HBO-HD is showing A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION again (also on at 8 p.m. tonight), so by the end of the day I will have seen this film. Right now, I'm planning on watching the recorded version tonight.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/story/_a/unchained-melody-writer-hy-zaret-dies/20070703114009990001?cid=525)
'Unchained Melody' Writer Hy Zaret Dies
Posted: 2007-07-03 12:36:14
WESTPORT, Conn. (July 3) - Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99.
Zaret died at his home Monday, about a month shy of his 100th birthday, his son, Robert Zaret, said Tuesday.
He penned words to many songs and advertising jingles but his biggest hit was "Unchained Melody," written in 1955 for a film called "Unchained." It brought Zaret and Alex North, the composer, an Academy Award nomination for best song.
Zaret refused the producer's request to work the word "unchained" into the lyrics, instead writing to express the feelings of a lover who has "hungered for your touch a long, lonely time."
The song was recorded by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Lena Horne, U2, Guy Lombardo, Vito & the Salutations and Joni Mitchell, who incorporated fragments into her song "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody."
An instrumental version was a No. 1 hit in 1955 for Les Baxter, while a vocal version by Al Hibbler reached No. 3 the same year.
But most baby boomers remember the song from the Righteous Brothers' version. The record, produced by Phil Spector, reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart in 1965, and was a hit again 25 years later when it was used on the soundtrack of the film "Ghost."
In all, it was recorded more than 300 times, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which listed it in 1999 as one of the 25 most-performed musical works of the 20th century.
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der Brucer
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I know some of you are really looking forward to BIG BROTHER's premiere tonight. As I have done in the past, I won't be watching, but I'll be following along with the activities here and on other forums.
I read that CBS is showing the late night activities on the Showtime Too channel. I get that, and I might set the DVR to pick up one of those and see what's happening on it since it's supposed to be uncensored and unedited. We'll see.
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Another vote for the original TOPPER. Can this be found uncolorized now? The last time I stumbled over it on a cable channel, it was the colorized version. I assume TCM shows the original b&w version when it shows the film.
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And another Broadway Theater Archive. Notice the guy on the right sitting down.
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And another Broadway Theater Archive. Notice the guy on the right sitting down.
(http://www.brucekimmel.com/images/Forget-Me-Not-LaneDVD.jpg)
He looks sort of familiar, but I can't quite place him!
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Where to begin?
Let's just say it's a shame they didn't cancel last night's Capitol Fourth concert in DC.
During the opening, I was shocked to learn that Tony Danza had a large melanoma on his cheek - on closer inspection it seems it was one of those darling little cheek mikes.
Our National Anthem has destroyed many a singer - Hayden Panettiere is now no exception.
Elliott Yamin was given a new smile, a fright wig from a Three Stooges' movie and the worst arrangement of America the Beautiful ever heard.
Erich Kunzel did an orchestral ad-lib to salute our servicemen; he was so impressed with his improvisation that he continued it through half of Danza's opening remarks.
Yolanda Adams was resplendent in a gorgeous blue satin gown, adorned with gobs of diamonds, and absurdly accessorized with a clunky sports' wrist watch with a bulky leather strap! She also choose to "accessorize "God Bless America" by adding some class to Berlin's lyrics -it is a much more polite version: "Please, God Bless America".
If you're going to costume Bebe Neuwirth for a Chicago/Cabaret number, why go with Virgin White, of course.
Unhappy with Bebe's version of Cabaret (who wasn't) interrupt it with the start of the fire works! At least Kunzel waited till after Krystal Nacht before starting the 1812 Overture.
America would have been better served if the tornados had struck and taken us all to OZ.
der Brucer
Does this mean you didn't like it??? ;)
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I am still under the weather.....
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/story/_a/unchained-melody-writer-hy-zaret-dies/20070703114009990001?cid=525)
'Unchained Melody' Writer Hy Zaret Dies
der Brucer
Thank you, Der B. UNCHAINED MELODY is one of my all-time favorite songs; I just adore it. But I didn't know much about the writer.
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I am still under the weather.....
I hope you feel better soon, DR JRand!
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Think I'll head down now and do some reading. I may clean the bedroom areas before I start on lunch preparation, too. All depends on how much I read.
WBBL.
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Thanks for all the TOPPER comments.
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TOD:
Are there any Cole Porter songs I DON'T like??
I guess my very favorite would be BEGIN THE BEGUINE. Just love it.
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Did I correctly hear "Jeremiah was a crawdad" last night, or am I just nuts?
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That cannot be confirmed nor denied at this time, DR Laura.
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That you heard "Jeremiah was a crawdad" is what I'm saying cannot be confirmed nor denied--not that you are nuts, DR Laura.
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However, since I am not medically or psychologically trained and because I am not in any close proximity to you, I really and truly cannot confirm nor deny that you are nuts, either.
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There is a cat sleeping on my elbow.
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However, since I am not medically or psychologically trained and because I am not in any close proximity to you, I really and truly cannot confirm no deny that you are nuts, either.
I confirmed this years ago.
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You should have heard her singing along with Mrs. Miller in the car this morning.
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Vibes for JRand to get over his summer cold!
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I have yet to crack open my Cult Camp Classics: Sci Fi Thriller set.
Last night I watched the 1950s Columbia film CITY OF FEAR starring Vince Edwards (yowza!) as an escaped con who is carring a container of dangerous radioactive substances, thinking it is heroin, which could wipe out the population of L.A.
Not a bad movie. My DVR picked up several interesting movies whilst I was away on vacation.
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Today I also must return to work...however, not until 1pm :D
Also today, my mom goes in for surgery today and will likely be in the hospital for a few days. She will reside at my sisters while she recuperates.
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Hello, new Dear Reader 3DDiffusion! Do you like Cherry Coke?
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Well, I actually found myself up at 6:30am - ?!?!?! - but then decided to sleep until my alarm went off. Of course, when it did go off at 7:30, I decided to listen to the radio for a bit... Until around 8:30... And then I made some coffee... Took a shower... And headed to the subway...
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I just finished the two hours of ACL rehearsal I was booked for this morning, and then I have a coaching at 1:30, and then the rest of the day is all mine. I do have all that aforementioned stuff to clear off my desk, but at least I took care of my laundry earlier in the week. -Now I just need to actually put the fitted sheet on my mattress. ;)
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DR Jason - $315?!?!?! We have three A/C units in our apartment and a washer and dryer, and we've never had an electric bill anywhere close to that. Are people turning them off when they leave the apartment for the day? -Maybe you need to start turning off your computers when you leave too, that would help. *At least that's what all those ConEd posters say in the subway.
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Did I correctly hear "Jeremiah was a crawdad" last night, or am I just nuts?
Well, maybe you should check YouTube for the clip. Although, some PBS affiliates will be repeating the broadcast this week. Some more than others. :-\
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Well, I'm about to use up my Kinko's credit - which is where I'm posting from - and I need to head down to Ripley-Grier anyway, so...
Laters...
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"Well, Did You Evah" from High Society
der Brucer
Actually, "Well Did You Evah" is from DUBARRY WAS A LADY, and the lyrics were revised and cleaned up for HIGH SOCIETY.
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You learn something every day. I had no idea Mr Porter wrote "Jeremiah was a Crawdad" MyPorter faves are"Always True to You in My Fashion", Nobody's Chasin' Me(from OUT OF THIS WORLD), and a number called, I think, "Which?"(which is the right man/Walt Whitman or Paul Whitman.....Should I read Euripides/or continue with the Graphic/heed the murmer of the trees/or the roaring of the traffic. )I heard the last on a Jeri Southern album
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The office was in its current new turmoil with no signs of recent violation, thank God. I did forget, though, that I'm being interviewed at 2 for a new bio of the late and wonderful Vito Russo. So, in another 30 minutes I need to head downtown.
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You learn something every day. I had no idea Mr Porter wrote "Jeremiah was a Crawdad"
Oh, yes, it was during his renown "Cajun" period.....albeit a short-lived influence... ;)
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Hello, new Dear Reader 3DDiffusion! Do you like Cherry Coke?
Who is this DR 3DDiffusion fellow, and do we need those funny-looking 3-D glasses to see him?
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DR Dan (the Man) - Sorry! I am off work today and tomorrow.
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FEEL BETTER, DR JRand56!!!! :)
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'Morning, all... Well...afternoon.
The $315 bill was for a month and a half. I left a note on the door letting the roommates know that I need payment by tomorrow and that they have to start turning things off when they leave the room - like the lights and TV - and turn everything off when they leave for the day. I doubt that one of them will pay any heed to my instruction.
I remember my first summer in New York, our electric bills were right around $300/mo. I had never used a window unit air conditioner, so I had no idea how much power they used. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
I love "Blow, Gabriel, Blow." It's a great song, and it makes the sick side of me giggle because my mind goes to the double entendre of the title. I know...I'm a sicko.
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***SUCCESSFUL SURGERY VIBES***
to DR MBarnum's mother
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And DR Jason? What is the proper greeting for him? "Welcome back" (did you find the Golden Fleece?)? Or since that was before my time, "Hello, nice to meet you" or since he was a HHWer before me, I should get a greeting from him "Welcome DR Karen, where have you been all my life?" ... I could not find this referenced in my HHWer Member Handbook...
Soooo, I'll just go the polite route and say: "Welcome back, DR Jason. Nice to met ya! You were missed by so many. Of course, not me, because I did not know that I was supposed to be missing you, but if you stray again, know that you will be missed."
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Healthy Healing vibes to DR JRand and Mikey's mom...
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Welcome back, Miss Karen. You've been gone for what feels like days, haven't you?
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And DR Jason? What is the proper greeting for him? "Welcome back" (did you find the Golden Fleece?)? Or since that was before my time, "Hello, nice to meet you" or since he was a HHWer before me, I should get a greeting from him "Welcome DR Karen, where have you been all my life?" ... I could not find this referenced in my HHWer Member Handbook...
Soooo, I'll just go the polite route and say: "Welcome back, DR Jason. Nice to met ya! You were missed by so many. Of course, not me, because I did not know that I was supposed to be missing you, but if you stray again, know that you will be missed."
:D You funny rady!
Thanks for the welcome/introduction. It's nice to meet you, too!
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Or maybe hours?
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Jason - How did you get stuck being the responsible one regarding the electric bill?
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Welcome back, Miss Karen. You've been gone for what feels like days, haven't you?
Thanks, DR FJL. It warms my heart to know that you missed me these past few days. :-*
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My name is on all the bills. I don't know how that happened. I've lived here the longest of the three roommates, so I guess that's how. I prefer it that way, cause that makes it easier to kick people out later on down the road. :P
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Jason - How did you get stuck being the responsible one regarding the electric bill?
Me thinks the bill is in his name...
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Or maybe hours?
or seconds ... a second without me and my gratuitous postings seems like days... :D
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It is cloudy (thus shady) and breezy out today, which made the walk back from the church (for the second time today) tolerable, even though my weatherbug says that it is 103.
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:D You funny rady!
me love you long time...
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Thanks, DR FJL. It warms my heart to know that you missed me these past few days. :-*
Have you been away?
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We have a three-bedroom house in Phoenix, Arizona, and I don't think we've ever had a $315 electric bill, even in the summer.
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It is cloudy (thus shady) and breezy out today, which made the walk back from the church (for the second time today) tolerable, even though my weatherbug says that it is 103.
It's 103 in the Shade. I love that show...
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me love you long time...
HA!!
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The pianist and I were only two hours away from making the decisions about this Sunday's worship service, seeing that no one has heard from the minister in about ten days. Then he sauntered in.
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Yesterday's show was 116 in the Shade.
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Tribute to Miss Karen:
It warms my heart
To know that you
Have missed my posts
The way you do
Ah yes, I remember her well
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It is cloudy (thus shady) and breezy out today, which made the walk back from the church (for the second time today) tolerable, even though my weatherbug says that it is 103.
DR Laura ~ Are you Valleyians supposed to cool down tomorrow? Sunny and 103 here today, but ONLY the 90s tomorrow -- Aaccccck! We aren't supposed to get in the 100s in our lovely mile-high city. Broke a record yesterday....If I wanted this heat, I'd live in Phoenix...
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We have a three-bedroom house in Phoenix, Arizona, and I don't think we've ever had a $315 electric bill, even in the summer.
Well, I'll send my gnome roommate who leaves every light on in the apartment with his air conditioner running with the doors and windows open and we'll see what your bill turns out to be. He's an idiot. And a new member of Actor's Equity. (He bought his way into the union through a lesser-known sister union, so I don't really consider him to be a member of AEA. Not that I'm bitter or anything... Besides, it's not like he's actually gotten a union job yet...cause he has no talent. What? Did I say that??).
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HA!!
No, seriously, I don't joke around -- especially with my affections..
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DR Karen, yes, we are supposed to cool down here. November, I think.
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DR Jason, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
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Tribute to Miss Karen:
It warms my heart
To know that you
Have missed my posts
The way you do
Ah yes, I remember her well
Awwwwww, how moving...An ode to moi? Where's my tissue...
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DR Jason, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
I just needed to get that out of my system. ;)
I think he knows how I feel about him as I rarely ever speak to him... He needs to move.
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DR Karen, yes, we are supposed to cool down here. November, I think.
:)
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Miss Karen, yes, I do believe we are supposed to cool down here after today. It is forecast to be a nippy 108 tomorrow.
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Have you been away?
me love YOU long time, too!!
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Miss Karen, yes, I do believe we are supposed to cool down here after today. It is forecast to be a nippy 108 tomorrow.
Well, pull out the electric blankets!
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A nippy, nipply, 108 Degrees in the Shade Dance for Page 5 ...
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While I enjoy the idea of a 1-point hot dog, I have to say, they sort of taste and have the texture of warm Vienna sausages, which kinda makes me want to vomit on the ground. Thank God ketchup is a point-free food...
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In Today's News:
The city fireworks display in Williams, Arizona, set off a wildfire which is still burning.
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For DR Laura to print and color!
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LOL, DR Jason. I agree with you there.
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That's about how I spend my days, DR Dan-the-Man.
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The Monsoon will hopefully be starting soon. Then it will be hot and humid, and I'll really begin griping.
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I find it interesting that Al Gore's son was arrested for possession of pot and now Al's telling CNN that he's fallen out of love with politics and will not run for office. I don't really think the two are connected, but I think the timing is funny.
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Gotta scram! Maybe if I'm gone for a while, DR FJL will write me another ode...Wonder what I have to do to get flowers and a box of chocolates along with an ode? (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
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What do you get when you fall in love (with politics?)
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STOP THE PRESSES! It's a banner day on the Broad Way...
MAMMA MIA! is now the 19th longest-running musical on Broadway...
George M. Cohan just did a couple of pirouhettes in his grave.
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Did I correctly hear "Jeremiah was a crawdad" last night, or am I just nuts?
I thought she sang that Jeremiah was a PROPHET, or profit.
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There is a cat sleeping on my elbow.
There is a dog sleeping at my ankle.
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STOP THE PRESSES! It's a banner day on the Broad Way...
MAMMA MIA! is now the 19th longest-running musical on Broadway...
George M. Cohan just did a couple of pirouhettes in his grave.
George M has probably been spinning since it was reported a year ago that MAMMA MIA! was the most profitable theatre presentation ever.
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Happy Work Day, DR MBarnum!
(I thought of you last night while watching Bunty and Babli!
Hope your mum's surgery, and recovery, go well.
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Karen - There was a box of chocolates with your ode, but you ate them already, and I have the empty box right here to prove it.
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Holy moley on rye - I got up at eight-thirty this morning and this is the first time I've been able to come to haineshisway.com. I had a telephonic call from the lovelier than lovely Mr. Tony Walton this morning, and spoke to a set person and a costume person he's working with - I've offered them both the job, but scheduling is a problem and we'll see if it can work out. I trust Mr. Walton implicitly when he recommends someone.
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Oh darn, I'm going to reach post 7777 before 7/7/07, but there's nothing that can be done about it.
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GOOD SURGERY & SPEEDY RECOVERY VIBES TO DM OF DR MBARNUM! [/b]
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Health vibes to DR Barnum's Mom
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And now I must shower and head out to the theatuh to make some deliveries and send out some windowcards to London.
Then I have to go find out how much weight I gained last week...I'm 99.99% sure I will have gained something.
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Who is this DR 3DDiffusion fellow, and do we need those funny-looking 3-D glasses to see him?
I'm sure SHE will forgive you cuz you are such a riot.
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Best of luck to DMOM!
(Dear Mother of MBARNUM)
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From Adriana:
Also with us was a lady who graduated Hamilton the same year as our dear BK and remembered him.
Hmm…I wonder if I knew her. Please PM me her name.
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George I enjoyed your family photos. Your aunt has a very sweet face.
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I'm sure SHE will forgive you cuz you are such a riot.
I could make a joke here about why you should wear 3D glasses to see me...but I'm not that kind of girl!
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3D-You are funny too :D
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I've just been watching the 1982 Scarlet Pimpernel with Anthony Andrews and ane Seymour, and I love the music to this. After 24 years is it too much to hope that someone might put out a soundtrack?
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I know some of you are really looking forward to BIG BROTHER's premiere tonight. As I have done in the past, I won't be watching, but I'll be following along with the activities here and on other forums.
I read that CBS is showing the late night activities on the Showtime Too channel. I get that, and I might set the DVR to pick up one of those and see what's happening on it since it's supposed to be uncensored and unedited. We'll see.
DR Matt, if you're going to follow along on the forums, why not just watch?
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ane Seymour has always been a favorite of mine....her and reer Garson and amie Van Doren! :)
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I am feeling a bit better, thanks to everyone for the vibes.....feverish and coughing and all....
AND what should come in the mail today but a lovely POST CARD from The Big Apple signed by the HHW contingent in attendance!
Thanks to you all!!!
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And now I am going back to bed.
I also enjoy THE PRODIGAL....but I think COLOSSUS and PHAROAHS are my favorites out of that set.....
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DR JRand - hope you feel better soon!
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3DDiffusion-I find your name & email address intriguing. :)
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Hi JRand, glad you popped in & are feeling somewhat better. Continued vibes for a fast recovery.
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While I enjoy the idea of a 1-point hot dog, I have to say, they sort of taste and have the texture of warm Vienna sausages, which kinda makes me want to vomit on the ground. Thank God ketchup is a point-free food...
So if you do vomit on the ground do you get to subtract all the points you had recently eaten?
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My favorite Cole Porter song is Every Time We Say Good-bye which, if my sources are correct, is one of the last songs he wrote. If they aren't correct, at least it was a good story
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I love many other Cole Porter songs. Most of them have already been mentioned
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Vibes for DR MBarnum's mother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Btw, I am VERY much looking forward to tonight's BIG BROTHER. I wish we got the After Hours show. But we do not get Showtime here.
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RE: BIG BROTHER
I can't remember if i posted this or not, but John from Canoe.ca will be doing his recaps from Global television instead.
http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/bigbrother8/index-preshow.html
If anyone finds any interesting BIG BROTHER sites please post them.
Supposedly at the link below there will be an interesting bunch of BIG BROTHER contests. I think they may be for Canada only. Although I'm not sure exactly how they would check that. I may enter if it seems interesting.
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I really should watch Big Brother but I can’t get into reality shows. Out of loyalty I did watch half an hour of the first season.
My cousin is the guy on our right.... http://www.jokersupdates.com/jarticles/article.php?id=878
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Good Afternoon!
Back at the apartment for a bit. As it turns out, I will not have the rest of today free to do as I wish. Instead, at 6:00 I shall be playing for some National Dance Conference presentation - they will be running a mock audition for A Chorus Line. So, I get a free dinner and drink, and I get paid too! And it will be over by 8:00. This could either be really good or really good, if you get my drift. ;)
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As Steve Allen used to say, "Mock! Mock!"
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In other news...
DR MusicGuy and Jason (if my voicemail message cut out) - Our favorite waiter is 23; he's originally from New Jersey, and is a major Yankees fan. He currently lives in Washington Heights, and he has a girlfriend. Ah, well. At least he sings like a dream. :)
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As Steve Allen used to say, "Mock! Mock!"
Who?
;D
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And, apparently, the quasi-nasty e-mail I sent out earlier this week seems to have done the trick. I was reassured that the check was being cut today, and will be put in this afternoon's mail. Of course, it's still almost two months late, but it's something. ;)
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Jose, have fun tonight.
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OH! And I received a nice little check from the folks at Disney. Apparently, they recently raised the rates for their contract employees, and the raise was retroactive to this past March, so I ended with a small dividend. :)
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Who?
;D
And you blasted kids stop running in my yard!
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Jose, have fun tonight.
I plan to.
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Quasi like a fox, we used to say in law school.
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And you blasted kids stop running in my yard!
So, are you shaking a stick at me? And wearing a tank top, plaid shorts, black socks and penny loafers?
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Well.. Since I can, I think I will take a short nap.
Laters...
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So, are you shaking a stick at me? And wearing a tank top, plaid shorts, black socks and penny loafers?
Damn wisenheimer kids...
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My favorite Cole Porter song is Every Time We Say Good-bye which, if my sources are correct, is one of the last songs he wrote. If they aren't correct, at least it was a good story
No, your sources are wrong. It's from a 1940s revue THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS. He still had THE PIRATE, KISS ME KATE, OUT OF THIS WORLD, CAN-CAN, HIGH SOCIETY, LES GIRLS, and SILK STOCKINGS to write.
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If my iPod were still alive, I would have listened to Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook or to Red, Hot and Blue. But since it is dead, I didn't.
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Yes, it heated up quite quickly as we approached noon. Yes, it's July, so I guess I have to expect it. But how quickly one gets spoiled when the temps cool off.
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If my iPod were still alive, I would have listened to Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook or to Red, Hot and Blue. But since it is dead, I didn't.
DR Dan(the Man) - maybe you can get a trade-in like I did with my not-quite-dead iPod Mini. They gave me 10% of the purchase price of my new Nano.
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No, your sources are wrong. It's from a 1940s revue THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS. He still had THE PIRATE, KISS ME KATE, OUT OF THIS WORLD, CAN-CAN, HIGH SOCIETY, LES GIRLS, and SILK STOCKINGS to write.
And ALADDIN on TV, too.
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DR Ginny, did your iPod Mini look like this when you traded it in?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/deadIpod.jpg)
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DR Matt, if you're going to follow along on the forums, why not just watch?
Becuase I get WAY too emotionally involved. Enough so that I lose sleep and take things personally. You remember how I get with AMERICAN IDOL (and how I got with GREASE). This is why I choose reality shows very, very carefully.
IDOL and PROJECT RUNWAY are the only ones I will actually watch now. That's all my emotions can stand.
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Page Seven Harry Potter Dance!!!
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I watched the last of the three episodes on disc one of DANTE'S COVE. More than this other two episodes, this really was soft-core porn with several scenes of simulated sexual activity. The men are very pretty indeed.
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Then I watched THE PRODIGAL. It isn't the most scintillating Biblical-based epic I've ever seen, but it had its moments, and I rather enjoyed it. Still didn't find it any campier than any of DeMille's Bible-based pictures. The dialog just isn't purple enough for camp. Anne Baxter's lines in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS are true camp classics. Nothing here even approaches that level of purple prose..
The film did look very good (nice surround sound, too) with only a place or two where there was some kind of film artifact.
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Since I had less than an hour left for afternoon viewing, I started THE PRODIGAL over again with Dr. Drew Casper's commentary track engaged. It was very funny, funnier than the film, I thought.
He goes into paroxysms of delight when Lana takes her long, strident walks across the frame, but he does offer some good information about the principals before and behind the camera.
I was afraid he was going to omit James Mitchell, my favorite performer in the film, from any discussion, but he did eventually get around to him.
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Tonight I'll watch A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION as planned, and then I'll have to decide what else I'll watch. I have THE HILL ready to go if I'm in the mood for it. Otherwise, I might put in some mystery that I've already watched.
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DR Ginny, did your iPod Mini look like this when you traded it in?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/deadIpod.jpg)
No, not quite! It just wouldn't hold a charge. I don't think they checked, though, to see if it worked.
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And ALADDIN on TV, too.
I always forget ALADDIN!
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Guess I'll head back down now and read a bit before starting on this evening's viewing. I did get the bedroom areas cleaned before I fixed lunch, so I won't have that chore to do.
WBBL.
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Does this mean you didn't like it??? ;)
Wherever would I be with nothing about which to complain?
der Brucer
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Today's Cole Porter listening here will be from:
Dionne Warwick
John Barrowman
and
ELLA FITZGERALD
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I remember my first summer in New York, our electric bills were right around $300/mo. I had never used a window unit air conditioner, so I had no idea how much power they used. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
I love "Blow, Gabriel, Blow." It's a great song, and it makes the sick side of me giggle because my mind goes to the double entendre of the title. I know...I'm a sicko.
A. Replacing incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving fluorescents also does wonders in cutting electric bills.
B. Sicko is charming ;)
der Brucer
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Back from rehearsal, breakfast, errands, and am now attending to many other things.
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But first - will we never get to page eight?
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Is this a slow newsday here at haineshisway.com?
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Actually, "Well Did You Evah" is from DUBARRY WAS A LADY, and the lyrics were revised and cleaned up for HIGH SOCIETY.
No fair teasing! What are the original lyrics?
der Brucer
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Then I watched THE PRODIGAL. It isn't the most scintillating Biblical-based epic I've ever seen, but it had its moments, and I rather enjoyed it. Still didn't find it any campier than any of DeMille's Bible-based pictures. The dialog just isn't purple enough for camp. Anne Baxter's lines in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS are true camp classics. Nothing here even approaches that level of purple prose..
I thought the vulture sequence was quite purple. . . .and camp. . .and momentous. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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We have a three-bedroom house in Phoenix, Arizona, and I don't think we've ever had a $315 electric bill, even in the summer.
I'll bet you don't use a 115VAC A/C.
der Brucer
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It's 103 in the Shade. I love that show...
The non-equity road show of 110 in the Shade?
der Brucer
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Ah yes, I remember her well
Do share your memories of her well.
der Brucer
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Thank God ketchup is a point-free food...
What about mustard and horseradish?
der Brucer
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Oh darn, I'm going to reach post 7777 before 7/7/07, but there's nothing that can be done about it.
Well, you could just keep quiet for two days, we all fall short of our goals from time to time.
der Brucer
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Karen - There was a box of chocolates with your ode, but you ate them already, and I have the empty box right here to prove it.
Well, then what happened to the flowers?!
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What I'm finding is that not many people are working today, therefore I'm not able to do as much as I'd like.
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Today's Col Porter listening here will be from:
Wasn't Col. Porter Elvis's manager?
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You don't bring me flowers...
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bk, I will try to attend to the task you have set me before too much time passes. :)
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I'm sure SHE will forgive you cuz you are such a riot.
spoo ... oops ... whoops ... and egads ...... and busted! Now bk will know that I did not go back and read all the posts I missed ... Sorry about that DR 3D, of course you're a girl -- how silly of me!
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Dear DR Miss Karen, you are DIVOON. I don't care WHAT they all say! :)
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Wasn't Col. Porter Elvis's manager?
No, he was in charge of MASH.
der Brucer
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You don't bring me flowers...
You don't send me postcards ... I realize DR JRand is very special, but what are the rest of us to the NY HHWers? Chopped liver? I didn't get a postcard.... :'(
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The Holiday Inn in Fairmont, MN is closed for renovation [can you imagine what it looked like BEFORE?], so we are staying at the lovely Comfort Inn. I think I see a cow out the window... :)
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Well, then what happened to the flowers?!
Girls have picked them. Every one.
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Do share your memories of her well.
der Brucer
Wouldn't you like to know ... but what happens with DR FJL, stays with DR FJL ... ;)
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The Holiday Inn in Fairmont, MN is closed for renovation [can you imagine what it looked like BEFORE?], so we are staying at the lovely Comfort Inn. I think I see a cow out the window... :)
Send pictures of the Comfort Inn lounge -- and you singdawing in it ....
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Girls have picked them. Every one.
I bet that new girl, 3D, took 'em ...
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what happens with DR FJL, stays with DR FJL
I don't like the Las Vegas tourist board's new slogan as much as the old: "Your Vegas is Showing."
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Send pictures of the Comfort Inn lounge
I will try! :)
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Dear DR Miss Karen, you are DIVOON.
Bet you say that to all the girls, you lounge lizard you ... do I get a drink with that line?
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Must go now...I think we have a dinner appointment at The Happy Chef [aka The Gay Gourmet].
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Smooches, kids!
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I don't like the Las Vegas tourist board's new slogan as much as the old: "Your Vegas is Showing."
Well, we can use that one, too --- "Your FJL is Showing!"
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I bet that new girl, 3D, took 'em ...
Just teasing, DR 3-D .... but you didn't happen to get into that box of chocolates, did you?
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Hey Mikey ~ Glad you're back safe and sound -- and had fun in NYC. Our late night (or early am) meal at Dupar's after Cabaret with bk in LA was missing something ... you and DR MusicGuy!
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Uh-oh, a mini-frenzy. My cue to end my break.
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DR Jorge, how is Shrew going? Continued leg-breakage vibes!
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Adios, y'all !!
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I'm getting a little hungryish. I had two poached eggs and toast at Du-Par's this morning, but that was at nine-fifteen.
Oh, and Richard Berent has signed on to musical direct the fundraiser show in November.
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Wasn't Col. Porter Elvis's manager?
Whoops!
I meant Coal Porter songs:
Sixteen Tons (T E Ford)
Working in the Coal Mine (Lee Dorsey)
Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie (Guy Mitchell)
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Just teasing, DR 3-D .... but you didn't happen to get into that box of chocolates, did you?
Chocolates don't last long around me... that's all I'm saying.
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You don't bring me flowers...
Ahhh! But I DO!
(http://www.bredereck.net/media/cala_lilies_big.jpg)
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spoo ... oops ... whoops ... and egads ...... and busted! Now bk will know that I did not go back and read all the posts I missed ... Sorry about that DR 3D, of course you're a girl -- how silly of me!
I went to 3D's personal info to check figure out if 3D was a he or she. :o
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I have yet to crack open my Cult Camp Classics: Sci Fi Thriller set.
Last night I watched the 1950s Columbia film CITY OF FEAR starring Vince Edwards (yowza!) as an escaped con who is carring a container of dangerous radioactive substances, thinking it is heroin, which could wipe out the population of L.A.
Not a bad movie. My DVR picked up several interesting movies whilst I was away on vacation.
(http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/14494.1020.A.jpg)
I believe that last weekend, DR Matt H watched an episode of MURDER SHE WROTE with a far more recent performance by Vince Edwards. Perhaps you might inquire as to the title of that episode. Mr. Edwards appears wearing nothing but a towel.
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Chocolates don't last long around me... that's all I'm saying.
With all the news regarding chocolate these days, I finally know why my blood pressure is so low, often barely in the normal range. Wait that was on light chocolate. Now I have switched to dark my pressure ihas gone up a bit, almost to a good solid low normal.
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Also today, my mom goes in for surgery today and will likely be in the hospital for a few days. She will reside at my sisters while she recuperates.
~~~Vibes for MBarnum's Mother!!~~~
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No, your sources are wrong. It's from a 1940s revue THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS. He still had THE PIRATE, KISS ME KATE, OUT OF THIS WORLD, CAN-CAN, HIGH SOCIETY, LES GIRLS, and SILK STOCKINGS to write.
Well, it was a good story....
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Must go now...I think we have a dinner appointment at The Happy Chef [aka The Gay Gourmet].
I like the Happy Chef. Do they still have a big chef outside that talks to you when you push the button?
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Good afternoon dear Esteemed, rested, tummy-settled, bustled, and hustled BK --
Well I am shocked.... oh yes, I am shocked :o. Whether or not you choose to wear a bustle to make your shapely butt-cheeks look even shapelier (in your beautiful gown with lovely golden balls) is, of course, strictly your business.
But to have you considering being hustled....... well, I know that when we park at Musso & F it is just a short walk to the site of the old "Gold Cup" cafe. But "please dear BK, on my knees dear BK" don't go trying to sell your po-po on Selma!
Ah haz spoken ! ;D
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I went to 3D's personal info
Hmm...Isn't that C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G?
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And a good afternoon to the assorted cookies in the Jar, this afternoon.
Glad things went well dear DR Jose with your key 2 debut yesterday. And believe it or not, I wasn't at all surprised by your info about "the favorite waiter." As I told you and dear Jason, my radar was just not registering a "full correct reading" for cute little John R. :)
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Page Nine Cheating Dance
(http://www.dizpins.com/events/images/wdw_parti_gras_pics/queen_hearts_framed_pins.jpg)
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I got some more personal work accomplished earlier, and now I have to start getting ready for my Thursday evening stuff.
Ah....... the exciting life of an old crazy lady in the middle of the desert.
By the way dear DR Jason......I have my electric bill on an "equalizer plan" so that I pay the same amount each month, and it balances out at the end of the year. And my AVERAGED OUT amount is....... $400.00 a month.
OY !!
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And so, to quote the pert piano pixie.....
"Laterz......."
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$400 every month? Goodness!
I guess sometimes living in a little house without a pool is a good thing.
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I had a situation today that bothers me, and I'm not sure of the outcome here: are radio and tv broadcasts copyrighted? Are all these items on Youtube and rapidshare kosher or a violation? Someone has downloaded the complete BBC broadcast of Cole Porter's JUBILEE onto rapidshare, and I alerted the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Trust to it. They're with a large lawfirm and if they want to pursue the matter, I'm all for it.
If and when I pass around CDs of JUBILEE, I've got an edited set of discs in which I can remove all of the falsehoods in the announcer's introduction but the fact that a complete broadcast with lies concerning my involvement is out and about for anyone to download bothers me. It's my career and my work being affected and I feel duty bound to protect myself since Ian Marshall Fisher and his London team didn't.
So, is this a copyright violation or is the attitude that tv and radio broadcasts are Public Domain?
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me love you long time...
This, of course, needs to be followed with, "That's very easy to say...but are you willing to prove it?"
;D
It's a line from a movie (a comedy) with Christopher Lee and I have no idea which one. :-\
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Hmm...Isn't that C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G?
That's what it is there for, otherwise how would I know td is a male, without your photo there. ;)
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By the way dear DR Jason......I have my electric bill on an "equalizer plan" so that I pay the same amount each month, and it balances out at the end of the year. And my AVERAGED OUT amount is....... $400.00 a month.
OY !!
:o The most I've every paid for electricity is $130...and that's in my new place that's three stories tall! The least that I've paid in my new place is about $35. It's VERY nice when it's that low. :)
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Oh elmore, I hope it is illegal & you can "get" them for saying such lies about you.
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George I enjoyed your family photos. Your aunt has a very sweet face.
Thanks! She's got a great sense of humor, too!
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DR Elmore - here is YouTube's copyright tips page http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright and here are YouTube links for questions, reporting violations etc http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?topic=10550
I'm no expert, but if the whole thing is there, it's pretty hard to argue fair use. I think you are right to try to protect yourself
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TOD
Way too many Cole Porter songs to chose from
Ditto! They're (almost) all great.
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Thank you, Der B. UNCHAINED MELODY is one of my all-time favorite songs; I just adore it. But I didn't know much about the writer.
The Manhattan Transfer recorded an up-tempo doo-wopp version (from the album "Bop Doo-Wopp (http://www.tmtfanclub.com/bop.html)") and it's probably the only TMT song that I don't care for. ::) However, Elaine Paige recorded it on her British-only released "Cinema (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cinema-Elaine-Paige/dp/B0000250B3/ref=sr_1_1/202-3293983-3123848?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1183677073&sr=8-1)" CD and that's probably my all-time favorite version of the song.
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Hmmm looking at that policy it appears the copyright holder must be the one who reports it. Maybe you should pass on the information on how to report copyright infringement to the holders of the copyright.
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My whole issue with Youtube myspace etc is the invasion of people's rights to original material etc. But then I have mixed moral issues re copying music. I support downloads from the internet - if they are paid for. I will copy music myself (I've at least purchased it) for others - but in most cases only when people could not get the material easily otherwise.
I have that whole hypocracy of I'll accept copied times obtained through non legitmate means but will certainly not buy pirated music or DVDs. On the other hand I'll copy some DVDs (not sell) for friends with whom I wish to share the pleasure of the film. (in most cases the source material is not readily available in OZ). Confusing but there are just so many shades of grey and gray.
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Whew! I was supposed to go to a movie tonight with my friend from New Orleans. She doesn't get back often, is still living in a FEMA trailer and is working on rebuilding the city. Anyway, I wasn't exactly thrilled about going to Evan Almighty, but she said she never gets to go to movies, so I was going to...she just called and cancelled. She is going to do something with her mom, which is fine.
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DR Tomovoz, it is cold where you are? It is a bit warm here. I would like to hear about being cold.
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So if you do vomit on the ground do you get to subtract all the points you had recently eaten?
I would certainly hope so! I mean...it's only fair!
;)
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I'm sitting reasonably close to a gas heater Dear Reader Laura. Blue sky today but chilly all this week.
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Oddly (perhaps) I am annoyed when people copy CD compilations I have spent hours making. I'd probably be fine if said people asked!
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DR Jorge, how is Shrew going? Continued leg-breakage vibes!
Thanks! So far, so good. Tonight, we're supposed to have a quick line-through (and practice for those in fight scenes), but since I only have three lines and I'm not in any fight scenes, I'm not going. :) I have my script with me and will peruse it to remind myself of what I'm doing, but I also have it with me backstage and opened during performances, because I need to during the shows.
And tonight, I need to wash my costumes because they need to be washed. ::)
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Finally got some photos of Gabe
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Adam Sundee and Gabe
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Grandma, Dad and Gabe
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Gabe is a beautiful baby!
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My listening at the moment - Dick Haymes. The Complete Capitol Collection. What a wonderful singer.
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Gabe is a beautiful baby!
Isn't he ;D They were hoping he could get out of ICU and go home today, but it looks like it will be tomorrow.
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I echo DR Jane's sentiments regarding Baby Gabe - he's beautiful!
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Hmmm looking at that policy it appears the copyright holder must be the one who reports it. Maybe you should pass on the information on how to report copyright infringement to the holders of the copyright.
That's why I alerted the Cole Porter Trust; I can complain but I have no claims beyond defending myself,
Gabe is adorable!
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Thanks, td, although I really had nothing to do with it. His parents met in the pit of a local production of COWGIRLS. SunDee plays piano and Adam plays guitar
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Awwww.
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Great pictures, Cillaliz!
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That's why I alerted the Cole Porter Trust; I can complain but I have no claims beyond defending myself,
Gabe is adorable!
I assumed that's why you did it, but thought I'd pass on the links to the policies just in case you wanted to see them
And thanks...they did good!
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That's what it is there for, otherwise how would I know td is a male, without your photo there. ;)
There is the little gender sign on the left
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Tomovoz, if one were to try to find the weather conditions where you (Tom) live on www.weather.com, what would one type in the search box in order to find it?
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My listening at the moment - Dick Haymes. The Complete Capitol Collection. What a wonderful singer.
Is that all of his songs? I have been meaning to order something of his.
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There is the little gender sign on the left
LOL-I can't see that.
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If you point at the little symbol it will say "Female" or "Male"
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Tomovoz, if one were to try to find the weather conditions where you (Tom) live on www.weather.com, what would one type in the search box in order to find it?
Melbourne will do it Laura. (It gives the OZ one as well as Florida). We are only 50k from Melbourne - usually only a few degrees cooler.
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Is that all of his songs? I have been meaning to order something of his.
He was only with Capitol for 2 years. Lovely selection of songs though.
It's my first Cd of Mr Haymes.
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Thank you, Tomovoz.
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Cloudy, 45F, and rain tonight. Sounds heavenly.
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Whoops!
I meant Coal Porter songs:
Sixteen Tons (T E Ford)
Working in the Coal Mine (Lee Dorsey)
Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie (Guy Mitchell)
Don't fergit Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn)
der Brucer
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I have a cat on my lap
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I have a cat on my lap
I have a dog at my feet.
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DR tomovoz - any reports of Mr. Campbell in COMPANY in Sydney? I know that Mr. Sondheim will be in attendance.
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No news on that front DR td.
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The original cast album of Cowgirls was, of course, produced by someone we all know.
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elmore, the trust can absolutely have that removed - all they need to do is write whatever site posted it, and tell them they have twenty-four hours to remove it or that legal action will be taken. Happens all the time on youtube, with offending material usually being gone in seconds.
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Had some soup and kishka for dinner.
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elmore, the trust can absolutely have that removed - all they need to do is write whatever site posted it, and tell them they have twenty-four hours to remove it or that legal action will be taken. Happens all the time on youtube, with offending material usually being gone in seconds.
That's what I was hoping!
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If you point at the little symbol it will say "Female" or "Male"
Not on my computer. That doesn't work anymore when I point at the happy faces. And I seem to be the only one who can't make the symbols go around what I highlight, like this
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The original cast album of Cowgirls was, of course, produced by someone we all know.
All roads and life events lead back to HHW... ;) May the circle be unbroken...
Time to go have a drink and say good bye to my NOLA friend
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Thanks Tomovoz.
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DearReaderLaura:
everything is relative:
(http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/77/6053/400/VLADIK~1.jpg)
der Brucer
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I'm off to my sister's. The family are all there and we're going to play Phase 10. I need to start a load of laundry before I go over there, though. Have a good evening, all!
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So, is this a copyright violation or is the attitude that tv and radio broadcasts are Public Domain?
Several people have posted THE INTERNATIONALE on YouTube and another site. The WHOLE FILM, in 10 minute chunks! Since we are still in debt on this film, we were pretty perturbed. (I have given many copies to friends or people I thought might like it, but when I do, even though it's partly my film, I have always bought them from the distributor or Deep Discount, whoever has it the cheapest.) Even more annoying---the people commenting were thanking the poster: "Power to the people", etc. as though they had made the film themselves.
The people who posted/commented refused to believe that Peter, the director, was writing in and accused him of being an imposter.
We reported the whole incident to YouTube and they removed it for us.
Several of my friends said that I was being hypocritical because I watch videos on YouTube. But the type of things I watch are usually thing that would never been offered for sale, or else are tv clips that are available on a network's website for free.
I am guessing that it's like Cillaliz says---the copyright holders would have to remove it. If they don't, can you post a comment on the share site, like you can on YouTube? If so, you could set the record straight---and with direction, other DR's will back you up. Lemme at 'em, I'll kick their a$$es. What an insult after all your hard work; and wonderful work, too. (I've also been robbed of a few credits in my time by sleazeballs, so I know how it feels.)
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Several people have posted THE INTERNATIONALE on YouTube and another site. The WHOLE FILM, in 10 minute chunks! Since we are still in debt on this film, we were pretty perturbed. (I have given many copies to friends or people I thought might like it, but when I do, even though it's partly my film, I have always bought them from the distributor or Deep Discount, whoever has it the cheapest.) Even more annoying---the people commenting were thanking the poster: "Power to the people", etc. as though they had made the film themselves.
The people who posted/commented refused to believe that Peter, the director, was writing in and accused him of being an imposter.
We reported the whole incident to YouTube and they removed it for us.
Several of my friends said that I was being hypocritical because I watch videos on YouTube. But the type of things I watch are usually thing that would never been offered for sale, or else are tv clips that are available on a network's website for free.
I am guessing that it's like Cillaliz says---the copyright holders would have to remove it. If they don't, can you post a comment on the share site, like you can on YouTube? If so, you could set the record straight---and with direction, other DR's will back you up. Lemme at 'em, I'll kick their a$$es. What an insult after all your hard work; and wonderful work, too. (I've also been robbed of a few credits in my time by sleazeballs, so I know how it feels.)
Seems you wear Capitalist knickers under your Socialist skirts! ;D
der Brucer
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I don't have a problem accepting material that isn't available for purchase---bootlegs, etc. Having been on several fan lists of rabid music fans, I know that the people who are interested are also going to be the ones that buy it if it is ever commercially released.
Several people sent me bootleg copies of the SMILE concert---these were passed around until the actual album came out, to tide over the fans. Although it was a great recording, the sound was still inferior to the actual release. The fans who enjoyed this bought the release when it was available, as well as the video, when it came out, to have the official copy as well as to support an artist they love.
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George M. Cohan just did a couple of pirouhettes in his grave.
So did Noah Webster (there is no "h" in "pirouettes")'
der Brucer
'tis a thankless task - best it be done briefly.
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DR Edi - have you tracked down John DePalma's "I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City" yet?
As for YouTube, AEA frequently removes videos, as well they should. LESTAT used to be up there in little chunks, I see that the COMPANY clips are still there, though. . .
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I don't have a problem accepting material that isn't available for purchase---bootlegs, etc. Having been on several fan lists of rabid music fans, I know that the people who are interested are also going to be the ones that buy it if it is ever commercially released.
Several people sent me bootleg copies of the SMILE concert---these were passed around until the actual album came out, to tide over the fans. Although it was a great recording, the sound was still inferior to the actual release. The fans who enjoyed this bought the release when it was available, as well as the video, when it came out, to have the official copy as well as to support an artist they love.
Ok - your Captalistic knickers are partially concealed by an altruistic petticoat :D
der Brucer
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I am done correcting spelling and commenting on ladies undergarments.
I shall retire to the TV and watch Burn Notice.
der Brucer
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Well BIG BROTHER tonight was very good!
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Seems you wear Capitalist knickers under your Socialist skirts! ;D
Well, we didn't do this for money...we know that is an unrealistic expectation for a documentary like this. That's why Peter and I both have regular jobs, so we can work on labors of love like this, (or THE BRAIN, or a half a dozen other freebie projects this year.)
We are lucky to have friends like you and other DR's on the list (and I know who you are!) who have either bought copies of our film or have supported us in other ways. But archival footage, music and stills cost so much now that we're probably crazy to make historical ocumentaries (without using reenactments!).
If we broke even on our own films, we would be ecstatic. How is that so capitalistic?
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I did enjoy "Toledo Surprise" shot on shaky-cam in Bryant Park, but since I paid to see THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, I decided that I was allowed!
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Good Evening!
I'm back from the Waldorf-Astoria...
First of all, the W-A is apparently in the middle of some major refurbishing/remodeling. And that includes the sidewalk and entryways. I was told to enter on the Park Ave. side, but it took me a while to find the temporary Park Ave. entrance. Thankfully, it's still on Park Ave., just a few doors down.
Secondly, the "kids" that were assembled for this mock audition were mainly high-schoolers, 15-17 year olds. There were about 200 young women and young men, and they all danced pretty darn well! We basically ran an actual audition. We taught the short version of the Opening Combination, made a cut, then taught the complete combination. Very impressive.
-And I lost track of how many times I played the Opening after the 200th time. ::)
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Oh, and I'm not a raving Socialist---just somewhere between a Socialist and a capitalist.
But you are completely misguided calling me a "skirt-wearer"!
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Several people have posted THE INTERNATIONALE on YouTube and another site. The WHOLE FILM, in 10 minute chunks!
Why on earth would anyone want to watch 10 minute segments on YouTube!
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DR elmore - Radio broadcasts are copyrighted, and most likely by both the rights' holder and the radio station/network.
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And a good afternoon to the assorted cookies in the Jar, this afternoon.
Glad things went well dear DR Jose with your key 2 debut yesterday. And believe it or not, I wasn't at all surprised by your info about "the favorite waiter." As I told you and dear Jason, my radar was just not registering a "full correct reading" for cute little John R. :)
Well, I still think I'd like to see his po-po, and maybe even his hee-hah. ;D
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Oh... And maybe it's because they're working on them, but the A/C was non-existent in the elevators at the Waldorf-Astoria. Ugh.
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DR Cillaliz - Gabe is a cutie!
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Congratulations, Auntie Cillaliz!
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Hmm...Isn't that C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G?
By the way... I see I had forgotten to include my website Volcano Seven in my profile.... so it's now included, if anyone wants to check it out.
However, if you're not a fan of The Saint episode The Fiction Makers, you needn't bother... :)
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Is BK around?
Is it safe to come out, or am I about to be bitchslapped from here to next week?
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Jose, I am sorry I didnlt get your message until yesterday, I was having cell phone issues
I am also sorry I missed all the reverly and visiting .... I woulda been there if I coulda
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Jose... ACL?
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Hello Vixmom
Welcome to the site DR 3D
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Happy 5th of July to All and One and also One and All
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Jose... ACL?
a chorus line.
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Hello Mr Tomovoz!!! We think of you every morning when we look awt the calendar
We also were at the Bronx Zoo on Saturday and saw some lovely little wallabys!
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Jose... ACL?
american civil liberty.
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Is BK around?
Is it safe to come out, or am I about to be bitchslapped from here to next week?
;D
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Jose... ACL?
a cute li'l (fill in the blank).
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a chorus line.
AHA!!
I was hoping it wasn't a new reality show:
America's Clumsiest Lesbians
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AHA!!
I was hoping it wasn't a new reality show:
America's Clumsiest Lesbians
That was my next response. ;)
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By the way... I see I had forgotten to include my website Volcano Seven in my profile.... so it's now included, if anyone wants to check it out.
However, if you're not a fan of The Saint episode The Fiction Makers, you needn't bother... :)
It didn't work. :(
I thought you might have a website & tried variations from your name. ;D
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Is this a "permanent" gig for our beloved ivory tickler?
I need to know all the news
fill me in!!!
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Yesterday was fun...I went to the parade with my Mom and a few friends. My niece Sophie and her boyfriend drove down from the mountainsl it's our tradition to spend the 4th together, but I usually have to go and pick her up. Since I had to work today, I was very glad she had a ride back, otherwise I would have gotten home at 2AM.
I took the kids out for lunch and to a college she's thinking about attending, and then back for a cookout with friends of ours that she's gotten to know over the years, and then fireworks.
The challenge was trying to get them back to the highway. It took me over half an hour to drive one block because so many idiots were making their own traffic rules and messing things up for those of us who obey the rules to make traffic flow better. One guy actually came up to our car and requested that we all turn around and go the other direction because he was a block from his house and couldn't get home because of the gridlock. So why he didn't just walk to the fireworks we beyond me. My DH was behind my car and did turn around, and it took him another 15 minutes to get home!
I had the kids follow me to the interstate and then drove until they got on the road that would take them straight home. And then came home and collpsed!
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The parade and fireworks get more crowded every year, and the parade gets worse every year. Only 2 bands...mostly politicians and beauty queens in cars. We used to have Shriners, a llama brigade, a precision lawn chair troupe, dozens of young African American women in Southern belle hoop skirts, the Falun Dalfa, unicycle groups, cloggers. One year, Michael Moore even marched in the parade in a segment for TV NATION.
Where did they all go?
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Nice yearly tradition, spending time with your niece.
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My brother and his wife and kids were visiting from Ohio , we met at my Mom;s for a 4th of July brunch then they toddled off to her sisiter's house and we hung around 'til 5 and then went home and vegetated
Our nect door neighbor, the local firework king musta taken his show on the road, because for once it was peaceful and quiet, today our yard, roof and pool were NOT covered in thousands of pounds of shredded paper, gunpowder residue and discarded beer cans and our house was not filled with smoke
hardly seemed like a holiday at all
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DR vixmom - It's a "permanent" sub gig right now. I'm currently covering Key 2 and Key 3, as well as playing day rehearsals. Basically, I'm "on the line" at least five days a week in some capacity or other.
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I see that Aunty Cillaliz has a beautiful new nephew!! How is the new law practice going?
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VIBES for successful surgery to the Mother of Barnum
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DR vixmom - It's a "permanent" sub gig right now. I'm currently covering Key 2 and Key 3, as well as playing day rehearsals. Basically, I'm "on the line" at least five days a week in some capacity or other.
MOST excellent news!! I knew they couldn't live without you on Broadway for long!!
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Der Brucer is right. I shoul conserve posts so that i can reach my 7777 on 7/7/07 goal. It would be silly to destroy that once in a lifetime chance by prattling on about some silly nonsense.
:)
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Spoo, too late!
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I'm hoping the Coputyard by Marriott has a thriving business center. The last time I stayed at a Courtyard in D.C. (that one was in Dupont Circle), the business center had only one computer terminal and there was always a wait.
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So, what would happen if you delete a couple?
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Hi Vixmom!
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If bitch slapping for Dr Vixmom, what then for DR WFO?
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'night
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I quit going to parades because there always seemed to be too much commercialism in them.
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It didn't work. :(
I thought you might have a website & tried variations from your name. ;D
Darn keyboard! I've fixed it now.
I did have a website for Three Dimensional Diffusion...but it wasn't going anywhere so I abandoned it about 2 years ago. :'(
http://www.geocities.com/Three_dimensional_diffusion/
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But gosh, every post is well thought out and also given lots of thought. It would be wrong to delete a few just to meet a seven sevens thing.
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Anyway, what did Archie Bunker say about "once in a lifetime opportunities" - that things like that only come along two or three times in a person's life.
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The Manhattan Transfer recorded an up-tempo doo-wopp version (from the album "Bop Doo-Wopp (http://www.tmtfanclub.com/bop.html)") and it's probably the only TMT song that I don't care for. ::) However, Elaine Paige recorded it on her British-only released "Cinema (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cinema-Elaine-Paige/dp/B0000250B3/ref=sr_1_1/202-3293983-3123848?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1183677073&sr=8-1)" CD and that's probably my all-time favorite version of the song.
thanks for the info, GEORGE.
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I think there's a big ol' mistake on this NYMF contract - can someone nose around and find out if the participation fee is indeed $500
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If bitch slapping for Dr Vixmom, what then for DR WFO?
I tremble to think
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But first - will we never get to page eight?
Never say never.
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I think there's a big ol' mistake on this NYMF contract - can someone nose around and find out if the participation fee is indeed $500
I don't think that's a mistake.
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I'm hoping the Coputyard by Marriott has a thriving business center. The last time I stayed at a Courtyard in D.C. (that one was in Dupont Circle), the business center had only one computer terminal and there was always a wait.
Well, maybe you should hope it's not thriving.
Of course, you could always just buy a cheap laptop.
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$500 is what I think it is - unfortunately, schedule D of the contract addendum reads $5000, which I DO think is a mistake.
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Had a very enjoyable evening of viewing. I began with Episode 1 from Season 6 of MURDER SHE WROTE. In this one, Jessica is in Athens and once again gets mixed up with Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou) who's trying to rescue a fellow MI-6 agent from some kidnappers.
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Next I watched A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, the Robert Altman film with a wonderful cast of actors: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Kline, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Garrison Keillor himself (of course), Lindsey Lohan (ugh!), Tommy Lee Jones, and Virginia Madsen.
I really really enjoyed the movie. The music was just wonderful (no wonder Meryl got tapped for the movie of MAMMA MIA after folks saw her singing so well on this. Of course, she's sung in other movies, but never this much material and in harmony quite often as well.) I didn't like Kevin Kline's idiot character very much, and Lohan is just not my cup of tea (and she hit a fair number of bad notes in her climactic solo).
But it was just enjoyable to sit back and let the spell of the piece waft over you.
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Next, I went back to MURDER SHE WROTE and watched the second episode. This one involved the death of a man, a girl confessing to the murder to a priest in the confessional, and a very involved solution to the crime. I remember seeing this one the first time it aired and being stunned by the killer's identity. Seeing it again, of course, the clues to the solution are much more obvious.
Among the guests were Madelyn Rhue, Robert Horton, and Lance Kerwin.
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On the first disc in the set are the bonus features, and so I watched them. The first one was another remembrance of the show by many of its creative team before and behind the camera. A surprise to see Michael Horton (who played nephew Grady) after so many years. My, we ALL change over the years, don't we!
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I found it - it's 500. Helluva typo.
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I found it - it's 500. Helluva typo.
Maybe it's in their on purpose to make sure you've read the whole contract. ;)
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Page Thirteen Harry Potter Dance!!!
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There was another special feature on the Top Ten sleuths of all time as decided by an on-line poll.
Jessica Fletcher ranked 6th.
Who's #1 - Magnum P.I.! NO WAY!!!
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Vixmom, did you hear the news about THE BRAIN at the NYMF in late September?
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There was another special feature on the Top Ten sleuths of all time as decided by an on-line poll.
Jessica Fletcher ranked 6th.
Who's #1 - Magnum P.I.! NO WAY!!!
No Brenda Lee Johnson? Emma Peel/John Steed? John Drake? (Secret Agent/Danger Man) Adrian Monk?
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And I ended my evening watching one more MURDER SHE WROTE. This was the first one in a series of programs this season where Jessica was not a part of the mystery. In order to give Angela a somewhat lighter work schedule, CBS allowed her to have "guest" detectives solve cases while Jessica merely bookended the shows with brief commentary. These shows were never as much fun, and I never looked forward to them.
In this one, there were actually THREE sleuths trying to solve the crime: June Havoc as a mystery writer, Robert Vaughn as a radio sleuth, and Marc Chapman as a newspaper puzzle expert who was trying to break into the real journalism/crime solving business. Other guests were Henry Polic II, Paxton Whitehead, Dane Clark, and Gordon Thomson.
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No Brenda Lee Johnson? Emma Peel/John Steed? John Drake? (Secret Agent/Danger Man) Adrian Monk?
NO! Can you believe it? Columbo was #2.
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Vixmom, did you hear the news about THE BRAIN at the NYMF in late September?
NO!!! Tell me more!!
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Just got a nice big box of stuff from Amazon, including BEDAZZLED on DVD. I've been waiting for that one for quite some time!
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NO!!! Tell me more!!
Hold, please...
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http://www.nymf.org/ViewShowsInCategory-2.html
The top of the list (in so many ways) of the Invited Works! Be prepared for an influx of HHWers to the Big Apple!
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http://www.nymf.org/ViewShowsInCategory-2.html
The top of the list (in so many ways) of the Invited Works! Be prepared for an influx of HHWers to the Big Apple!
OOH OOH!!!
VERY Exciting , will be any one be recreating any role?
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And I think the HHW folks who go to the New York Musicals Festival should all go to the underpants musical. Just because.
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OOH OOH!!!
VERY Exciting , will be any one be recreating any role?
Yes! Cason, Alet, Merrill and I think Benjamin, the narrator?
Here's the deets: http://www.nymf.org/Show-704.html
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I never made the Stephen Nathan connection between Godspell and TFNM unti
l I read it here. Quite a diverse resumé!
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BK, have you thought about Liz Callaway as Joyce?
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Yes! Cason, Alet, Merrill and I think Benjamin, the narrator?
Here's the deets: http://www.nymf.org/Show-704.html
Excellent! I saw that link but I wasnt sure if I was looking at the CD credits or NYMF credits... oh I am pleased about this!
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In this one, there were actually THREE sleuths trying to solve the crime: June Havoc as a mystery writer, Robert Vaughn as a radio sleuth, and Marc Chapman as a newspaper puzzle expert who was trying to break into the real journalism/crime solving business. Other guests were Henry Polic II, Paxton Whitehead, Dane Clark, and Gordon Thomson.
This was from an unused Ellery Queen (Jim Hutton) script, with Robert Vaughn taking the Simon Brimmer/John Hillerman role.
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Liz is a) very busy, and b) a great singer but not necessarily a great actress.
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And I think the HHW folks who go to the New York Musicals Festival should all go to the underpants musical. Just because.
It does seem right. We must all stop for a Cherry Coke afterwards and discuss how we think F. Scott Fitzgerld would have treated the subject matter
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I won't know until Monday about set, costume, and lighting folks - I was really hoping to know tomorrow. If these folks can't do it, then it's back to scrambling around.
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TOD:
There are many great Cole Porter tunes but only two are coming to mind at the moment Anything Goes and In the Still of the Night
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Hello, all...
My, what a busy, humid evening it was at AVENUE Q!
I had a meeting with my supervisor today. There are plans being made that I can't quite talk about yet, but let's just say it could be a fun summer next year! ;D
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Many congratulations on the NYMF "invite" BK!!
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Hello, all...
My, what a busy, humid evening it was at AVENUE Q!
I had a meeting with my supervisor today. There are plans being made that I can't quite talk about yet, but let's just say it could be a fun summer next year! :-)
Hello Jason!!
You have been missed. and you are looking very svelte these days!!!
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Where to begin?
Let's just say it's a shame they didn't cancel last night's Capitol Fourth concert in DC.
During the opening, I was shocked to learn that Tony Danza had a large melanoma on his cheek - on closer inspection it seems it was one of those darling little cheek mikes.
Our National Anthem has destroyed many a singer - Hayden Panettiere is now no exception.
Elliott Yamin was given a new smile, a fright wig from a Three Stooges' movie and the worst arrangement of America the Beautiful ever heard.
Erich Kunzel did an orchestral ad-lib to salute our servicemen; he was so impressed with his improvisation that he continued it through half of Danza's opening remarks.
Yolanda Adams was resplendent in a gorgeous blue satin gown, adorned with gobs of diamonds, and absurdly accessorized with a clunky sports' wrist watch with a bulky leather strap! She also choose to "accessorize "God Bless America" by adding some class to Berlin's lyrics -it is a much more polite version: "Please, God Bless America".
If you're going to costume Bebe Neuwirth for a Chicago/Cabaret number, why go with Virgin White, of course.
Unhappy with Bebe's version of Cabaret (who wasn't) interrupt it with the start of the fire works! At least Kunzel waited till after Krystal Nacht before starting the 1812 Overture.
America would have been better served if the tornados had struck and taken us all to OZ.
der Brucer
Some was good but I would take Barry Bostwick anyday over Tony Danza
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Hi, Vixmom!! Missed you last weekend...
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Some was good but I would take Barry Bostwick anyday over Tony Danza
I don't like Tony Danza. In anything. Except maybe Taxi.
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Hello, new Dear Reader 3DDiffusion! Do you like Cherry Coke?
Sandra, one day last week I actually had a Cherry Coke!
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DR Jason - $315?!?!?! We have three A/C units in our apartment and a washer and dryer, and we've never had an electric bill anywhere close to that. Are people turning them off when they leave the apartment for the day? -Maybe you need to start turning off your computers when you leave too, that would help. *At least that's what all those ConEd posters say in the subway.
And I thought mine at 40 was high from running fans and stuff 24/7
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And I think the HHW folks who go to the New York Musicals Festival should all go to the underpants musical. Just because.
And I think the HHW folks who go to the New York Musicals Festival should all go to Such Good Friends. Just a suggestion.
http://www.nymf.org/Show-74.html (http://www.nymf.org/Show-74.html)
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Jason, I would have them sign a contract...
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Well, I'll send my gnome roommate who leaves every light on in the apartment with his air conditioner running with the doors and windows open and we'll see what your bill turns out to be. He's an idiot. And a new member of Actor's Equity. (He bought his way into the union through a lesser-known sister union, so I don't really consider him to be a member of AEA. Not that I'm bitter or anything... Besides, it's not like he's actually gotten a union job yet...cause he has no talent. What? Did I say that??).
Not at all Jason...
I believe we have met before Jason...
Welcome back!
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Hi, Vixmom!! Missed you last weekend...
I was thinking about you Saturday, I was at the Bronx Zoo with the Vixter's youth group (a job I had signed up for mback in September)
we had some wonderful views of the tigers and I was thinking about the pictures you had posted here
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Hello MissKaren!
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Well, I believe I'm going to head to bed, which is a good thing since I'm already sleepy. And I actually think I'm going to attend "class" tomorrow morning, so...
Goodnight.
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This was from an unused Ellery Queen (Jim Hutton) script, with Robert Vaughn taking the Simon Brimmer/John Hillerman role.
Makes sense since he (Vaughn) was totally shown up. That script must have been sitting around a LONG, LONG time since ELLERY QUEEN was a 1975-76 series. BTW, ELLERY QUEEN (the Jim Hutton version) was my all-time favorite mystery series, and I'm heartbroken Universal hasn't seen fit to package these shows into a DVD box.
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And I think the HHW folks who go to the New York Musicals Festival should all go to Such Good Friends. Just a suggestion.
Yes, of course!
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A nippy, nipply, 108 Degrees in the Shade Dance for Page 5 ...
She would downright freeze up here... ;-)
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And I think the HHW folks who go to the New York Musicals Festival should all go to Such Good Friends. Just a suggestion.
http://www.nymf.org/Show-74.html (http://www.nymf.org/Show-74.html)
Wonderful!!
Is this Homecoming Day? I am so glad to see you again Noel! Do say hi to the Lovely Joy for me!!!
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Well, I believe I'm going to head to bed, which is a good thing since I'm already sleepy. And I actually think I'm going to attend "class" tomorrow morning, so...
Goodnight.
Good night Mr S
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I'm heading down to bed, too.
Good night!
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I am afraid I must to bed myself, 6:30 will be here before I know it....
VIBE and HUGS to all!!!
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Vibes to DR MBarnum's mother for a successful recovery from surgery
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ane Seymour has always been a favorite of mine... :)
I have always liked her
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If we broke even on our own films, we would be ecstatic. How is that so capitalistic?
A. I don't donsider "capitalist" a vile epithet, it's a American-way compliment.
B. It is admirable that you are willing to give up your labor for no profit; but, you deserve a profit, and with a profit you would be enabled to do even more good.
der Brucer
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The Holiday Inn in Fairmont, MN is closed for renovation [can you imagine what it looked like BEFORE?], so we are staying at the lovely Comfort Inn. I think I see a cow out the window... :)
If it is the same one owned by the people in Alexandria, you do not want to know...
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Noel - Does your show have any relation to the Otto Prmeinger movie SUCH GOOD FRIENDS?
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I had a situation today that bothers me, and I'm not sure of the outcome here: are radio and tv broadcasts copyrighted? Are all these items on Youtube and rapidshare kosher or a violation? Someone has downloaded the complete BBC broadcast of Cole Porter's JUBILEE onto rapidshare, and I alerted the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Trust to it. They're with a large lawfirm and if they want to pursue the matter, I'm all for it.
If and when I pass around CDs of JUBILEE, I've got an edited set of discs in which I can remove all of the falsehoods in the announcer's introduction but the fact that a complete broadcast with lies concerning my involvement is out and about for anyone to download bothers me. It's my career and my work being affected and I feel duty bound to protect myself since Ian Marshall Fisher and his London team didn't.
So, is this a copyright violation or is the attitude that tv and radio broadcasts are Public Domain?
Off the top of my head.... There are grey areas in the copyright laws
Yes, they are acopyrighted. However some broadcasts from britian will be loosing copyright and this will happen with the some of the Beatles and Rolling Stones stuff.
In the US it is 125 years after.
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Ahhh! But I DO!
And don't think it wasn't appreciated, you sweet guy! :)
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Oh, and I'm not a raving Socialist---just somewhere between a Socialist and a capitalist.
But you are completely misguided calling me a "skirt-wearer"!
Well, I'm not a raving Capitalist - my Republican's friends on the right think I'm a raving Progressive (or worse).
Noting that I am "misguided" will not make the news :)
And for the "skirt-wearer" issue, I claim poetic license to help make the metaphors work. Should you in slacks and I in a kilt approach the Restaurant restrooms, I suspect we will both find a way to reconcile the apparent conflict between our garb and the symbols on the doors.
der Brucer
I think it would be fun if we went to dinner as attired above, and strictly observed the signage - you take the pants, I'll take the skirt, and Cillaliz can take our case 8)
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Good evening all studlies and lovelies...... I hope everyone had a good/enjoyable/productive/restful/ and/or fun-filled day today !!
ATTENTION -- dear DR JASON ---- are you online now??
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My whole issue with Youtube myspace etc is the invasion of people's rights to original material etc. But then I have mixed moral issues re copying music. I support downloads from the internet - if they are paid for. I will copy music myself (I've at least purchased it) for others - but in most cases only when people could not get the material easily otherwise.
I have that whole hypocracy of I'll accept copied times obtained through non legitmate means but will certainly not buy pirated music or DVDs. On the other hand I'll copy some DVDs (not sell) for friends with whom I wish to share the pleasure of the film. (in most cases the source material is not readily available in OZ). Confusing but there are just so many shades of grey and gray.
I have no issue with sharing stuff but what gets my goat is people on some soapboards selling complete episodes of different soaps for 25 bucks a vhs tape, not just edits but the complete show and from what I understand that is a violation of copyhright.
I have no issue with sharing.
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I like the Happy Chef. Do they still have a big chef outside that talks to you when you push the button?
Yep! Indeed, that is what they have. What they have is that, indeed. :P :)
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Hi Dr StringDip ..... are you still in the Minneapolis area ?
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Cilla, Gabe is absolutely adorable!
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Well, I still think I'd like to see his po-po, and maybe even his hee-hah. ;D
Well I hope you wouldn't hee-hee at his po-po, nor poo-poo and his hee-hah - that would be unseemly!
der Brucer
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So, what would happen if you delete a couple?
Is that a line from the SOPRANOS?
der Brucer
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I don't like Tony Danza. In anything. Except maybe Taxi.
Maybe you would like him in
[size=10]HIS UNDERPANTS![/size]
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And one for squalor
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Squaler? Is that the type of vessel Captain Ahab used to chase the great white octopus?
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And now, time to toddle off to the land of nod.
Goodnight all...........I wish you all pleasant dreams....and a Levain cookie. :)
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No Brenda Lee Johnson?
I am pleased to gloat hesitant to comment on a post by our resident TNT expert, but isn't it Brenda Leigh!
der Brucer
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And one for squalor
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Spiny_dogfish.jpg/250px-Spiny_dogfish.jpg)
Squalus acanthias
der Brucer
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I'm really tired. I have to get some good sleep tonight - I have another early-morning meeting tomorrow, and a full day.
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I see that Aunty Cillaliz has a beautiful new nephew!! How is the new law practice going?
It's just getting started but freedom feels wonderful!!! I'm technically not open yet, but everyone thinks I am so I've been there almst every day this week and am getting phone calls and referrals. If this is any indications, it's going to be great
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I must get to sleep....it's late, I've been up with Linda Santi - my friend from New Orleans....
OH! I can't believe this, but it's true. Paul Simon is going to be here tomorrow with Chris Dodd and is going to play a 30 min. free concert at the West High School softball field. Only in Iowa.....and only for politics....lol..I'm going, of course, who would miss a free Paul Simon concert
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They are expecting around 600 for the concert, lol. The really funny thing is everyone thinks it's Paul Simon the senator from Illinois, but he died. No one believes it's the Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkle. It will be interesting to see how big the crowd is.