Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on January 16, 2004, 12:07:21 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know all about everything and so it's time to post until the cows come home.
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Media check... Not much changed since last week...
DVD - still West Wing Season 1
VCR - still empty
CD - still Wicked and Avenue Q, but also Lost in Boston III and IV
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No viewing at the moment but some wonderful listening.
Jerry Hadley "The World Is Beautiful"
Ella Fitzgerald "Jukebox Ella" (the Complete Verve Singles Volume one)
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I shall return....no DRMBARNUM I do not still have those glasses - and thanks for the compliment DRJane! ;D You will be pleased to know that I no longer have those glasses OR the hair. ;D
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]WELCOME TO CELESTIAL HHW DEAR GODDESS
EMILY!!![/move]
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MR BK - did you say Cowboy U starts tonight on CMT?
Hmmmmmmmmmm....
DVD Player - Hammer Horror THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES. I liked this movie, and in a supporting role, Ted Casablanca himself, Alex Davion!
CD Player - Anthony Perkins
VHS - awaiting the Warner Bros tape from DR MBARNUM!
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Note to self. Tell Qunitent stories. (I would do it know but must dash off to work)
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But before I dash..
Cabaret expanded OC cast recordinf, Unsung Sondheim, 110 in the shade (2 CD Studio cast), Children of Eden (2 cd version)
DVD Images
VCR tonight Cowboy U
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It's a quiet morning in HHW-land.
It's also a cold morning in NYC (around 4 degrees right now). Something I think Jose mentioned last night?
It's time for your morning picture of London and London environs.
On Christmas Eve we went to the Matinee of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. While waiting for the show to begin we wandered (with the masses of people) along Oxford Street and went into my very favorite toy store in the whole world, Hamley's. We came across an adorable Christmas bear which speaks. I had to have a picture of it so here it is.
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And, since you asked (you didn't ask? I thought I heard something, oh well). Here is a picture of me in Wagnerian mode, also at Hamley's.
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Mannix (by Lalo Schifrin)
Jeepers Creepers
a complilation disc of songs about whores from musicals entitled "Ho Ho Ho" that a friend made as his Christmas card
VCR: Angels In America
We're halfway through. Seems to me it doesn't have one tenth the power that it did in the theatre. I'm put off by the acting of the three younger men. And the special effects - in movies, such things are oh-so-common. In the theatre, the burning Hebrew bit was great fun - you could smell the flames.
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And finally, I noticed that over the holidays there was a plethora of posting of theatre marquees. Well, we took our own picture of the Palladium and I'll post it here.
I'm posting all these today since I won't be around much this weekend.
Chitty, BTW, was great fun. I don't know how they will bring it over to Broadway without a reduction in cast and a loss of charm, but they will try.. There are around 40 people in the show and almost no doubling. In The Old Bamboo number I counted 13 male dancers on stage backing up Peter Bishop, who played Caratacus Potts. There are dogs and children, a flying car and a flying outhouse. As I said, great fun.
Here's the Palladium.
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That's better. The first try was too big. You can still see the detail in this smaller version.
I'm not listening to anything at the moment but I will soon be tuning into Accuradio and Broadway hits of the 50s and 60s.
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More wonderful pictures. I feel as if I have been to London, again.
Did you sing:
"Here I stands in Picadilly Circus,
Nelson stands in Trafalgar Square...........!
"Big Ben stands by the river Thames
And will as long as the Thames is there.......!"
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Okay I tried the move to the right message thing. It worked. But it made me too dizzy. So i'm gonna erase it.
Question: Is it cold enough out when you have to sleep with a blanket over your head?
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DR Jose wrote this yesterday:
Oh, it's cold here in NYC. In fact, it may even be "Montreal Cold". -That was for you DCRs - Dear Canadian Readers.
Unfortunately it's still -40C with windchill here (which I know sounds completely awful). I guess that must be at least -30F.
I know we live in Canada. But i truly don't ever remember having temperatures like this.
And can someone please tell me how it is able to snow at this temp. I really thought it was too cold for snow to come down.
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Lucy Van Pelt: "Snow comes up, Jennifer, snow comes UP!"
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CD - Slowly going through the large package from All Music. The new Florence Foster Jenkins contains everything she ever recorded. Many of them are the same as on her RCA, but there are additions. The bonus tracks feature opera singers trying pop music. They are okay, but the highlight is a duet between Ezio Pinza and The Sons of the Pioneers! The television soundtrack to "Dearest Enemy' is more interesting from a historical perspective since the studio recording released a couple of years ago is more complete and much better recorded Still it's nice to get a recording by the wonderful Anne Jeffreys. By the way, the teleplay was by Neil Simon. I do hope Miss Jefferys had no problem learning her lines.
DVD - The Warner Bros Golden collection still. These cartoons are as funny fifty years later as they were in their original release. I hope Volume 2 comes out soon and that it has more of the really early b&w WB cartoons.
Book - I'm just about done with the Joan McCracken biography "The Girl Who Fell Down". For a woman with so few credits she certainly made a difference in cultural circles. When her first husband found out she was unfaithful he turned gay and became Truman Capote's lover. When her second husband couldn't get work she convinced George Abbott to let him choreograph his next show. The 2nd husband was Fosse and the show was PAJAMA GAME. Both Mandelbaum and Filliccia highly recommended this book and so do I.
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Norm Lewis Joins Chicago As Billy Flynn Feb. 2 :
http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=33471&CT=38
OMG, someone just shoot me now.
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Media Check:
CD player: Laurie Jonhson and his Orchestra
DVD Player: Finding Nemo
VHS: Cal Bolder episode of Gunsmoke that I found on Ebay
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DR WEL thanks for bringing up the McCracken book...I had forgotten to order it. And while I was at it, I added a CD of "The Glory of the Human Voice." ;D
Yes, I will be interested to read Mr BK's opinion of the new Natalie Wood biography. Has everything been written? Has it all been said before? Hold nothing back, Mr BK, we want to know!
How do you cook a ton of pasta? :P
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I wanted to make a couple of comments about things talked about last night after I left the forum.
First, DR George mentioned that he had gotten the GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES CD off Ebay. I can understand if you want an original CD with the liner notes booklet, etc., but if any DRs out there want a CD that's out of print (like some of the old Capitol/Broadway Angel CDs that came and went very fast), PLEASE ask me first. I will be glad to burn one for you if you can't get it in any other way other than paying a small fortune on Ebay. It won't cost you a dime. And I would hope if some of you had something I really, really wanted and couldn't get because it was out of print, I'd like you to do the same.
I just hated reading that someone spent good money on something I could have made him for free.
On the question of BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS. When I reviewed the film for my newspaper, I did not like it and gave it a very negative review. I re-saw the film on TV over a decade later and liked it much better. So, I bought the DVD used, and I must say now that I like a lot of it very much. It's not my favorite Altman, but it's certainly in the second tier.
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Good morning!
We stayed in this morning due to the cold, but now the temp has finally made it out of the single digits, we're going to head up to Steinway salon - I always love going there - and then we'll see where the afternoon takes us.
By the way, I LOVE Marzipan - even some of those flavored varieties. -I came across and armagnac flavored variety last Christmas... soooo good.
Oh, and I also LOVE "house seats" too. ;)
Stay warm! Or stay cool and don't forget the sunscreen depending where you are geographically. :-)
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Media check:
CD - THE BOY FROM OZ (OBC)
DVR - last night's FRIENDS and WILL & GRACE
VHS - A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY (Joan Hickson)
DVD - the Lon Chaney Collection (but I haven't decided which of the three movies in it I'll watch first. Probably THE ACE OF HEARTS)
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Like others, I like Marzipan, but perhaps I just had some that was prepared well or uniquely. Can't say that I've had it often, though. I guess it could be messed up very easily.
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My grandmother had a 1948 Marzipan with running boards.
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CD: WICKED, Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits, LIZZIE BORDEN
VHS: Nada. Zip. Zilch.
DVD: A Star is Born (thank you, NetFlix!)
Jennifer: I think Norm Lewis will make a fine Billy Flynn. There is worst casting for that role (and believe me, there HAS been...)
The wind chill in NYC last night got down to around -25F, so I guess we're about even now. I never dreamed it could be so cold. A friend of mine from work told me that when he lived in Chicago, he remembered the wind chill hitting -80F. He assures me that that was the coldest winter on record in Chicago.
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I read that Olivia Goldsmith, the author of First Wives Club and other novels, has died as a result of anesthesia, given for elective surgery (to remove loose skin from under her chin).
I think that, had she read such an obituary - a popular author dying this way - she would have created a character out of the situation.
Shortly after the publication of FWC, I met Olivia Goldsmith (Justine Rendal) in Key West. She was staying at a spa, where Gord was taking an "out-patient" workout class. She and I took walks around the island, and we later corresponded.
First Wives Club was turned into a movie at about the time Anne Rice was raising a fuss over the casting of Tom Cruise in Vampire. The NY Times asked Goldsmith if it bothered her that the movie of FWC was so different from the novel. Her comment was that the ownership of the work had changed, and she could easily handle that (along with a healthy check). By the way, she took her pen name from one of her favorite writers, Oliver Goldsmith.
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I love personal stories! Thanks DinTo. Sad outcome....
DRJason - if you like, I can make you a Jonathan & Darlene Edwards CD this weekend. I will let you know when it's done. I think I still have your snail mail from the CD's you sent me....if not I will ask.
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Not a fan of Marzipan, personally, simply because I'm not a fan of the texture. If I don't like the way food feels in my mouth, I tend not to eat it. I'm weird that way. Well, I'm weird in many ways...not just that way. For example, I'll eat bananas with Miracle Whip and peanuts, but I won't eat tapioca pudding. I hate lima beans (the waxiness freaks me out) but I love peas (I like the way they pop in your mouth). Can't do brie, but I love cheesecake. I dunno...I'm a freak. But, if you like Marzipan, I say eat it up! There's nothing like enjoying your favorite foods.
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Archie update. The vet phoned to say that Archie is continuing to improve and will go off the IV, but still has some difficulties. He's surprised that Archie is still passing small amounts of blood (stools) after being treated medically for several days. At this point, it could be anything - from quite minor to quite serious (intestinal).
Archie is the equivalent of 84ish (though he doesn't act it), and should the vet suggest surgery, we're not likely to proceed with that option.
Thanks again for the vibes and concern.
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Note to self. Tell Qunitent stories. (I would do it know but must dash off to work)
Golly, you must be in a dash. What the heck is qunitent? :P
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THAT started page 2? That's not only not dance-worthy, that's not even skip-worthy! I think I've embarassed myself.
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Okay I tried the move to the right message thing. It worked. But it made me too dizzy. So i'm gonna erase it.
Question: Is it cold enough out when you have to sleep with a blanket over your head?
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Brrrr![/move]
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]It SOUNDS cold.[/move]
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Here, it's balmy![/move]
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Had to open a window last night!!![/move]
To answer the queston, another question: Is your furnace/heating system performing normally? Does it maintain a constant temperature inside?
It is possible for it to be so cold that a normal temp setting won't compensate, but that would also mean that the furnace/heating system will be running all the time because the inside temperature can never be maintained adequately. So, Yep! That's pretty darned cold outside!
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I say ditto to what Matt H said regarding OOP cds, so, you all know where to find me. . .ask Tomovoz about his recent package.
(nudge-nudge-wink-wink)
Also about BUFFALO BILL being 2nd tier Altman.
DR Panni, Altman has gone on record as saying that he didn't like the script for THE COMPANY and that non-liking was his impetus for doing it; he figured that maybe his undecidedness about the project was a sign that he should do it.
Nothing in the dvd player or vcr right now, but, the cd player has:
WICKED and it's live recordings
Cam Clarke
Janis Ian - AFTERTONES, BETWEEN THE LINES
HOLST - THE PLANETS ( I wonder why)
MOZART - REQUIEM (I wonder why)
BEETHOVEN 7TH - for the 2nd Movement's "Allegretto" (Even Jrand will wonder why, so I shall explain: It's the music which is used in John Boorman's diffiCULT film, ZARDOZ; and there's a connection to the Holst and the Mozart).
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Remember last winter when I could see my breath inside my apartment? Well, it was COLDER than that last night, but I turned on two space heaters and warmed the place right up. Then the radiator came on while I was sleeping, and the combination of the three heaters nearly drove me out of the place. I woke up with the sheets kicked off...
Now, speaking of radiators and extreme temperatures...I don't don't know from houseplants, but I think my radiator is killing both of mine. How can I tell if I'm overwatering of if they're simply shriveling up because it's so dry in my building? The leaves are all curled up and brittle, which makes me think the plants are just thirsty, but the leaves are also turning sort of yellowish-brown, and isn't that a sign of overwatering? I'm so confused... Someone out there with a green thumb...HELP ME!
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Golly, you must be in a dash. What the heck is qunitent? :P
a qunitent is a bivouac for five or more.
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OMG, someone just shoot me now.
[size=20]BANG![/size]
Hmmm. I've never shot a Goddess before. I wonder what happens nex...OuchOuchOuchOuchBrimstoneOuch!
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Got your message Jason. Will do!
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Here, it's balmy
Had to open a window last night!!!
Could you send some of that balmy over here to Delaware? I have to paint the bathroom, and it's been too cold to open the window for proper ventilation.
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The withering plants: try spraying them with a fine mist several times a day, when the room air is so dry. But, yes, it does sound like overwatering, with the leaves turning yellow. less water at the roots, more water in their breathing space.
In my CD player is a swell hodgepodge of orchestral hits of Handel. Great, uplifting stuff.
Hey, I'll probably be leaving this "rustic" cabin tomorrow; certainly by Sunday - to head down to sunnier climes. I'll be passing through Ashland, and stop in with Jane and Keith. Jane - I'll let you know. Today I'm scrambling to get my show packed, and to have my sound cues transferred from tape to CD for the gig in Bristol.
Bruce-baby: see you in a few days.
Archie: get well soon, sweet boy.
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Oh, yeah - and in my VCR is IN AND OUT. I slept to it last night. And I still think Ms. Cusak should have won an Academy Award for her performance.
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So you're saying a humidifier might help? Haha!
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DVD player: Finding Nemo. I tried watching and listening to the commentary track last night, but discovered that I hadn't seen the film recently enough to remember what they're talking about, so I'm going back to frame one and watching the film again.
I didn't think I'd ever do this sort of thing, but could some of you send some extra vibes you've got laying about in der Brucer's direction, aka Long Beach CA? He's been delayed an extra day with the packing and moving stuff, and the stress is getting to him.
While I'm on the subject, very strong vibes to Archie. I know how hard this time is for you, Dan, having had to make hard decisions myself. For what it's worth, I agree about the surgery decision, having gone both ways on that with Jocko and Geordie, the Scotties. The best to all three of you.
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When we had the ice storm last year, I lost power for a few days, and my house got down to 40 degrees. Thankfully, I had some dear friends who had underground power lines to rescue me, but to be able to see your breath inside your home is freaky. I don't recommend it to anyone.
We've had pretty temperate weather here this winter so far, but that still didn't stop my gas bill from being $190 last month.
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Good vibes headed WEST!!!
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So you're saying a humidifier might help? Haha!
To find out, invite an "older" person over for a movie or dinner.
If, during the course of the movie (or dinner) you notice this person start to shrivel, then the answer would be, "Yes, get yourself a humidifier."
(Older folks have less natural skin moisture...and even if they moisturize themselves silly -- and many do -- a parched-earth environment has all that moisturizer drying up and giving up the ghost as the skin beneath it withers).
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Sometimes I can't stand this job (more often than not), but I just spoke with Cameron Mackintosh..."Auntie Cam" I call him... I didn't bother to remind him that I was his whale in MOBY DICK, but just to think that I am actually speaking to the people who are the backbone of this business that I love so much makes me feel like I'm actually a part of it somehow. Now if I could just get him to give me a job...or at least an audition! It's time like this that I appreciate what this job is doing for me.
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Good morning!
We stayed in this morning due to the cold, but now the temp has finally made it out of the single digits, we're going to head up to Steinway salon - I always love going there - and then we'll see where the afternoon takes us.
By the way, I LOVE Marzipan - even some of those flavored varieties. -I came across and armagnac flavored variety last Christmas... soooo good.
Oh, and I also LOVE "house seats" too. ;)
Stay warm! Or stay cool and don't forget the sunscreen depending where you are geographically. :-)
I have the feeling that Jose would LOVE just about anything on this trip!
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Speaking of Mr. Mackintosh, the non-Equity tour of his OLIVER! is playing in Charlotte this very week.
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How do you cook a ton of pasta? With a BIG pot. I must now call my Tivo specialist. Isn't that special? I shall have a report for you.
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Brrrr![/move]
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]It SOUNDS cold.[/move]
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Here, it's balmy![/move]
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Had to open a window last night!!![/move]
To answer the queston, another question: Is your furnace/heating system performing normally? Does it maintain a constant temperature inside?
It is possible for it to be so cold that a normal temp setting won't compensate, but that would also mean that the furnace/heating system will be running all the time because the inside temperature can never be maintained adequately. So, Yep! That's pretty darned cold outside!
My room is in the basement of my house - with the furnace basically a metre or so away from my sleeping head.
I can accurately say that the thing runs ALL THE FRIGGING TIME!!! :)
(Although as far as white noise goes, it couldn't be better. I say it mimics the sound of my mother's heartbeat as heard from the womb :) )
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I just told someone that there was nothing on television tonight, and that I'd be watching movies, but I forgot that new episodes of MONK start tonight at 10. That's something *I* can look forward to. (I know others here don't like the show, but I think it's a total hoot.)
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a qunitent is a bivouac for five or more.
LOL! Very funny, DR td. Gave me my biggest laugh of the day thus far. And isn't "bivouac" a bizarre word! :D
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Now, speaking of radiators and extreme temperatures...I don't don't know from houseplants, but I think my radiator is killing both of mine. How can I tell if I'm overwatering of if they're simply shriveling up because it's so dry in my building? The leaves are all curled up and brittle, which makes me think the plants are just thirsty, but the leaves are also turning sort of yellowish-brown, and isn't that a sign of overwatering? I'm so confused... Someone out there with a green thumb...HELP ME!
Jason -- Are you able to put a bowl or a pitcher of water (a picture won't help) on the radiator? You need to get moisture back into the air. Your plants will thank you and you will thank you.
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Jennifer: I think Norm Lewis will make a fine Billy Flynn. There is worst casting for that role (and believe me, there HAS been...)
I am so misunderstood :(
I am in love with Norm Lewis. That is why I said "just shoot me."
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I just told someone that there was nothing on television tonight, and that I'd be watching movies, but I forgot that new episodes of MONK start tonight at 10. That's something *I* can look forward to. (I know others here don't like the show, but I think it's a total hoot.)
For pity's sake! We are now into the new season of "Stargate: SG1" on the SciFi Channel with the maturing-beautifully Richard Dean Anderson, the ever-lovely Amanda Tapping and the incredible Michael Shanks.
Am I the ONLY sci-fi fan here??
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Happy Birthday to Ethel Merman!!!
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Jason -- Are you able to put a bowl or a pitcher of water (a picture won't help) on the radiator? You need to get moisture back into the air. Your plants will thank you and you will thank you.
And if TCB ever visits, he will most DEFINITELY thank you!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Doesn't COWBOY U start tonight on TeeVee?
Happy Birthday, Ethel...do you remember the minuet? :D
Oh what the heck! I just ordered WICKED cast CD and INNOCENCE AND DESPAIR....
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Jason -- Are you able to put a bowl or a pitcher of water (a picture won't help) on the radiator? You need to get moisture back into the air. Your plants will thank you and you will thank you.
Yes...I've done that. I have a humidifier...I just can't really afford a new filter right now. That's not really true, I guess...I just haven't found the time to get one.
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Speaking of Mr. Mackintosh, the non-Equity tour of his OLIVER! is playing in Charlotte this very week.
Will you be seeing it? The man who toasted us on stage after Our Wedding - The Musical ( www.WeddingMusical.com (http://www.WeddingMusical.com) ) is in it.
The radiator here is pretty good, although we've had it turned off in the front room. Still, there are pipes (sometimes within walls) that keep us toasty. Guests often burn themselves on the pipe in the bathroom, and the bedroom is always too hot for DW Joy. The gas that the stove uses has been turned off, for days. A neighbor smelled a leak, and I suggested she call the gas company, who found a leak. That was days ago. Now the sub-super (we seem to have two) is capping everybody's stove-oven (shouldn't that be stoven?) - disconnecting them. When that's done, a plumber will be called. If the plumber succeeds in fixing the leak, Con Ed will be called to certify it's safe to reconnect all the stovens and then, once again, we can cook.
I have a bad cold. Now the melody "It's Just the Gas" (Little Shop of Horrors) is playing in my mind. Getting loopy. Garçon, bring me Fruit Loops! Hey, there's Garson Kanin! And can Ruth Gordon be far behind? Aaaaaa!
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Good morning.
Well, the sun is actually making an appearance in the northwest this morning. Shocking, I know.
I understand about suddenly remembering why you do the job you do. I got to the house this morning to find everyone in a lousy mood. The 5 year old was sulking, the parents were barely awake, reaching for coffee cups like drowning men reaching for a raft, and the baby was still naked and in a miserable mood because a tooth is coming in. Now i know that taking care of children isn't the most glamorous job in the world, but when I'm able, once the rest of the family has left, to take a small unhappy little baby and make him stop crying and give me a watery smile just by cuddling him on my lap, I wouldn't trade this job for anything.
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Our satellite was down again and I was locked out last night. >:(
I want to know, Jose have you warmed up yet? ;)
Bruce I’m sure Panni is very happy you hate marzipan so she doesn’t have to share it with you. Good marzipan is so difficult to find these days. George, quality marzipan does not taste like cherry paste. I don’t care for the Italian style and prefer the English or German. I haven’t had any from Switzerland. I’m guessing it is more like the German marzipan. Is that true Panni?
Panni do you make your own marzipan? My mother made it when I was young but I never had the chance to watch her. There is another lost recipe of my mother’s. I have never heard of anyone shivering from halvah. ;D In my opinion, halvah should be purchased fresh from the deli, not packaged, and without nuts then chill it before eating.
I’m obsessing about food. I think I need to go eat breakfast. I just wish I had some good marzipan.
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LOL! Very funny, DR td. Gave me my biggest laugh of the day thus far. And isn't "bivouac" a bizarre word! :D
. . .and it is one of the LEAST bizarre words which i have to use in Lanford Wilson's play!
But, yes, bivouac is right up there with quagmire as far as bizarre words are concerned.
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Okay DR Emily: Did you say you were freezing in your house as well? (come to think of it, it is so cold so most of us are freezing).
As for me, I'm really not sure why it's so cold INSIDE. The weather has been brutal. But it's never been really cold inside. But the little space heater's work fine. I'm just not used to putting one in the living room!
As for my room, I guess I should have kept the heater on all night. But I didn't :(
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For pity's sake! We are now into the new season of "Stargate: SG1" on the SciFi Channel with the maturing-beautifully Richard Dean Anderson, the ever-lovely Amanda Tapping and the incredible Michael Shanks.
Am I the ONLY sci-fi fan here??
I am not a sci-fi fan, but when it comes to Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks, they could sit around the set in their underwear and I would watch... Come to think of it, I would prefer to have them sit around in their underwear.
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Ebay is so bizarre. Gotta love those people who wait till the last minute to bid. There were 3 charms I really wanted (italian charms) that all ended with 4 minutes of each other. One was for Les Mis, one for Rent and one for Y&R.
I decided how high I was willing to go. But I wasn't sure how close to the deadline I should bid. For the Les Mis, I bid about 8 minutes before. But my highest price was quite a bit higher than the current bid. Luckily the price only went to 50cents higher than what it was at.
Then came Rent. I won that too. But unfortuately someone jacked the price up by 1.50 at the last second. Was not happy.
The Y&R one, someone bid higher than I wanted to go with like 3 minutes left. I could have gone crazy. But I had set a limit, so i stuck to it. Although i did email the seller to see if they had one to sell me (they make them).
I think i'm done with charms on ebay for now. Because i think it could become an addiction :)
(although my aunt gave my mom a charm watch and now she wants charms too! I bought a 25 charm set earlier in the week which I will share with her).
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Jrand53...
Actually the lyric is:
Eros stands in Picadilly Circus,
Nelson stand in Trafalgar Square
For years I sang it the same way until I happened to check it out in the playscript of Bricusse's musical SHERLOCK HOLMES for which he filched this song from GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS...unless he changed it, but after having learned this tidbit, I've listened carefully to Pet Clark and do believe she says Eros.
Ben, I take it this was the branch of Hamley's on Oxford street or was this the big five floor store on Regent Street, which has to be the greatest toy store around?
BK, welcome to the wonderful world of Technology. All these wonderful things that one needs a degree in computer science to actually work and benefit from.
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I just went into one of my yahoo accounts and found 300+ spam messages in my bulk mail folder. I was trying to figure out why (since this has never happened before) and I realized it was because I had recently transferred my yahoogroups mail to there (cause i was getting too much spam at my regular email). Geez, they should find a way to do something about that :(
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Noel---
I just read that GENERAL HOSPITAL has semi-changed its mind about John Ingle. Instead of firing him outright, he is just being dropped from contract to recurring status meaning he will still be on the show, but will not have a guaranteed number of episodes he is paid for whether he appears in that number of episodes or not.
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According to my CMT schedule, Cowboy U is on at 9:00 tonight. I shall have to tape it, as I will be out to dinner tonight with an illustrious being and may not get back home in time to see it.
My drivers license renewal couldn't have gone smoother this morning. Had a 9:25 appt at the Hollywood branch (usually swamped). Expecting it to be swamped, I got down there an hour early. Walk right up to the "Start Here" desk, got a ticket, was called within in a minute, the lovely lady, Sondra, immediately recognized my name, because she was from my hometown of Cincinnati and remember the old Pogue's department store. We had a lovely chat about the ole homestead, then I took the eye test, then went right over and got my picture took and was out in less than ten minutes. They didn't even take my old license.
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Charles, you are correct, it's Regent Street. I was thinking of the Oxford Circus tube stop. We were at Hamely's on Regent Street and yes, it is the greatest toy store around. What a treat to be there at Christmas, even with the hordes of people.
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Yes, Cowboy U debuts tonight. I was going to Tivo it and went to set that up last night, which is how I discovered my Tivo Trouble. I was on the phone this morning for an hour-and-a-half with four different "Tivo experts". The first three might want to try a different line of work, as they were of no help whatsover. I plugged, I unplugged, I tested, I did everything and nothing worked. Finally, I got a fourth guy and he was the guy. He talked me through two additional phone set-up things and then everything finally began to work, Tivo completed its set-up process and now I can record. I thought that would be an ordeal - to find the program, etc. but it couldn't have been easier. We'll see if it works tonight.
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Jrand - I answered your all-region question under the comments - I rarely look there - we've started an official thread now.
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Of course....and I think we talked about this on the old board.....and I was amazed at that time. I obviously didn't let it SINK IN.....hopefully I won't misquote it again. Thanks. DRCP! I know we talked about it before.
DRJENNIFER - I always just make my first bid as high as I want to go. EBAY is too weird...or rather some Ebayers are too twisted for color TV! And something I found out after awhile....unless it is something VERY RARE...someone always eventually tries to sell another one! If a hundred thousand of them were made....there is more than one to sell on EBAY!
Thanks MR BK, I will check out the answer.
Oh, and I think I shall adopt the mantra of Florence Foster Jenkins: "A lot of people say I can't sing, but nobody can say I didn't sing!" ;D
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My buddy Jeff and I are taking our buddy Mark to dinner at an Egyptian restaurant called Mummy's tonight, up in Portland. Has anyone eaten Egyptian food before? I am very eager to try it...but if anyone has suggestions on what is best, I would love to hear!
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Tanna leaves. ;D
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"Tanna leaves" Where'd she go?
And say, where in tarnation IS everyone?
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My buddy Jeff and I are taking our buddy Mark to dinner at an Egyptian restaurant called Mummy's tonight, up in Portland. Has anyone eaten Egyptian food before? I am very eager to try it...but if anyone has suggestions on what is best, I would love to hear!
I always thought that Omar Shariff looked tasty, but it kind of turned when it got old.
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DRMBARNUM try not to laugh when you order the babaghanoush!
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Actually, between our GUESTS and our large number of registered users currently on line, we have a huge turnout, but everyone is reading, there is a lot of reading going on here, reading is what everyone seems to be doing. So, if everyone finishes reading at the same time and then begins posting we will have a helluva posting frenzy.
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Posting, posting, posting though I'm not posting just to post. Heaven forfend that I would do such a thing.
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There are 13 registered users here now.
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Archie will be home tonight with a two-week supply of broad-based antibiotics that should, hopefully, knock out any infection. If the problem is more serious than an infection, it should be apparent in two weeks' time. The vet says Archie is continuing to improve, and we're all keeping our fingers crossed that over the coming two weeks he'll be back to his old self.
Archie has an interesting history. He initially belonged to a close friend who had AIDS. (Clarke got Archie at the pound, and only on the condition that we'd adopt Arch should Clarke die first.) Over the years Archie shared homes between his master's and his uncles' - and was everyone's best friend. Clarke died a year ago, and as soon as Archie moved in with us he started looking after my mom.
Thanks, everyone.
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BABAGHANOUSH....that is another very unusual word now that I think about it. Do you suppose they serve babaghanoush in the bivouac....and what if you found pumice in your hummis?
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I am here!!
I don't know what came over me, but yesterday I resisted any urges to get online. I'll catch up on yesterday's posts later.
Happy moving and de-stress vibes to derBrucer!!!
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More good health vibes to Archie! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ann, working with children is very rewarding. I know what you mean. It may not be glamorous/glamourous (whichever way you look at it :)), but when you know you mean something to a child, life is beautiful.
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I always thought that Omar Shariff looked tasty, but it kind of turned when it got old.
LOL (I really am).
So did I - and then I saw him in a movie (I forget which one) and suddenly he had turned into Terry Thomas.
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LauraII, we must never resist our urges unless we are reading a novel - then we can resist our urges, but only then. You see, if we reisit our urges then we shan't have any urges and we will be like the walking dead, like zombies walking on a bed of glass - "Like zombies walking on a bed of glass"? I tell you, I have spent too much time on the phone with Tivo Experts.
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Good morning. Just got a FedEx of a book I might (operative word MIGHT) be asked to adapt - so must get down to reading it. It's pretty short, won't take long. But first...
No Goddess Jane, I've never made my own marzipan. Some thing should just be bought. Or better yet - received as gifts. I just wrote the following in a note on the marzipan subject, so will now quote myself: "Hungarians consider marzipan pigs a sign of good luck in the New Year, so my mother would always get me one. It was an ongoing struggle every January 1st to resist eating my lucky little pig. As the first week of the new year wore on I would slowly devour the poor thing. A bit of the tail, a bit of the rump - finally the head. Sounds disgusting, doesn't it?"
And please, DRs, no rude comments. I already went through every single permutation in my head, so you'd just be wasting your time.
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Wow, within two minutes of metioning thirteen GUESTS, ten of them left the room in a trice. What is with these GUESTS? The minute we mention them they scram as if they didn't want the attention.
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Panni is BUSY. Every day there are new adventures for her, new phone calls, new packages. This is a BUSY person.
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Every day there are new adventures for her
You bet your sweet Tivo! Tomorrow I fly to San Francisco.
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...And Sunday I fly back to LA. Flying here, flying there. BUSY, busy.
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But that's nothing compared to my darling daughter, who turns 20 tomorrow. That in itself is an adventure. But in the past three weeks she's been to San Francisco (where she lives and goes to school), LA, Treasure Island (Florida), San Diego, Mexico (I forget where) back to San Diego, then back to San Francisco.
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Was Lava really just a hand soap? And which end of the Castile soap was for humans and which for laundry?
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I just looked at my navel and found all kinds of lint inside it. I was trying to figure out why since I bathe regularly, and I realized it was because I had recently switched from a synthetic comforter to a cotton quilt (because I wanted more warmth and needed to send the synthetic to the cleaners). Gosh, you'd think we'd have been designed better. ;)
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Okay, that's enough talking to myself. I must read, then I must clean my home environment and clear my desk. Whenever I fly anywhere I always make sure to leave my place very neat... Just in case.
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I think the newer models are DR RON.
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Was Lava really just a hand soap? And which end of the Castile soap was for humans and which for laundry?
Wasn't Lava also a lamp style?
You'll have to call a Captain to get the answer about the Castile soap. Only Captains from Castile know the secret.
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I think the newer models are DR RON.
You mean the ones grown in test tubes?
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LOL - everybody into the gene pool!
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Happy Birthday to your daughter Panni. It is already tomorrow here.
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MBarnum: Why do you never go hungry in an Egyptian restaurant : "because of the sand which is there." Why also can you never forget stupid jokes from your gradeschool (please note the use of American term) days.
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Yes, as you wrote yesterday TOMOVOZ....your book will soon be there, but if a man answers hang up or you may get that funny feeling...if so call Tammy and the Doctor!
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DG JRAND wrote:
DRJENNIFER - I always just make my first bid as high as I want to go. EBAY is too weird...or rather some Ebayers are too twisted for color TV! And something I found out after awhile....unless it is something VERY RARE...someone always eventually tries to sell another one! If a hundred thousand of them were made....there is more than one to sell on EBAY!
When do you place your first/high bid? Sometimes I think if you bid too soon then others will outbid you.
I think if I had placed my bid at 3 minutes instead of 10 it wouldn't have given the other guy enough time to make a bid (and raise the price by 1.50$).
Isn't it weird though, the satisfaction one gets from winning. I rarely bid on ebay and most times i've done the "buy it now", which i much prefer. But it is strangely satisfying.
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Come February and not September the package should arrive? Tell me true.
Useless information time #390. The Bobby Darin version of "Come September" was hardly ever played in OZ. The Santo & Johnny version was a top 10 hit.
"Multiplication" is the name of the game.
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So did I - and then I saw him in a movie (I forget which one) and suddenly he had turned into Terry Thomas.
Now, I am the one that is laughing out loud, Dan!
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I just told someone that there was nothing on television tonight, and that I'd be watching movies, but I forgot that new episodes of MONK start tonight at 10. That's something *I* can look forward to. (I know others here don't like the show, but I think it's a total hoot.)
If not watching, I will be recording it. :)
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For pity's sake! We are now into the new season of "Stargate: SG1" on the SciFi Channel with the maturing-beautifully Richard Dean Anderson, the ever-lovely Amanda Tapping and the incredible Michael Shanks.
Am I the ONLY sci-fi fan here??
Danise and I both watch Stargate. Michael Shanks is looking better every season and he looked darn good from the first episode.
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DR JENNIFER I place my highest bid when I see something, and then don't think about it until it's over. If I get outbid a day or so before it ends, I have time to think about how much I want it...or NOT! I rarely do the last minute thing....that's when people who REALLY WANT IT get onto an item. And yes I like BUY IT NOW, but I always check at Amazon first or do a Google.com search to see if it's available anywhere else for less!
LOL TomovOZ!
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Jennifer - three minutes gives one hundred people a chance to outbid you. So does one minute, thirty seconds, etc. If you want to insure you will never lose an auction (as long as the bid doesn't go higher than what you're willing to pay), then you must, as much as you hate others who do it to you, snipe at the last minute. I used to have to sit here at the computer, calculating bid times, timing it right down to fifteen seconds before the close of an auction. All that is unnecessary now because of a place called esnipe.com. If you register there, I believe there's a trial period that costs nothing to use the service. Once the trial period is over you have to purchase "bid points" but they're like ten or twenty bucks. The point is, I purchased one set of bid points for twenty bucks and that was over a year ago, so it's good value for money and I simply don't lose auctions.
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Now, I am the one that is laughing out loud, Dan!
ME TOO! :D
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LOL and while I was yapping, I just got outbid on something! ;D
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Dan-in-Toronto I also enjoyed your personal story. I just changed my poor Archie to GREAT NEWS! :) That sure felt good. Continued good vibes to you both.
Of course there are always extra good vibes to send. derBrucer, just remember-the move will get done and it will be over soon. Boy, do I know how you feel. :'(
Ann that was a sweet story.
TCB-LOL. Michael wore a tank top in the last episode. I notice these things when it comes to him. ;)
Charles Pogue what a surprisingly delightful visit to a DMV. Sounds even better than our small town DMV experiences.
MBarnum let me know how you like the restaurant. I just emailed my son and asked him about Mummy’s. If he actually reads and answers my mail I’ll let you know if he has an opinion.
Panni it didn’t sound disgusting, just funny and like a nice memory. Have a great weekend in S.F.
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Good morning. Just got a FedEx of a book I might (operative word MIGHT) be asked to adapt - so must get down to reading it. It's pretty short, won't take long. But first...
Panni -- I have obviously worked too long for Children's Services. I thought you wrote that you had a book that you might be asked to adopt.
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DR JENNIFER I place my highest bid when I see something, and then don't think about it until it's over. If I get outbid a day or so before it ends, I have time to think about how much I want it...or NOT! I rarely do the last minute thing....that's when people who REALLY WANT IT get onto an item. And yes I like BUY IT NOW, but I always check at Amazon first or do a Google.com search to see if it's available anywhere else for less!
I never bid on anything when i first see it. I always wait till the end. I sort of don't get people who put the highest price right away, cause it pushes the price up too high, too fast.
Of course you can't always be at the computer at the last minute.
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Oh, Jennifer, did you bother to read my post just a few posts above? It will tell you all about not being at your computer.
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Well, Jane, you constantly surprise me! Who would have thought that such a sweet, demur lady as yourself, would think of Michael Shanks as a HOTTIE! .... and Danise, also?
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Jennifer - three minutes gives one hundred people a chance to outbid you. So does one minute, thirty seconds, etc. If you want to insure you will never lose an auction (as long as the bid doesn't go higher than what you're willing to pay), then you must, as much as you hate others who do it to you, snipe at the last minute. I used to have to sit here at the computer, calculating bid times, timing it right down to fifteen seconds before the close of an auction. All that is unnecessary now because of a place called esnipe.com. If you register there, I believe there's a trial period that costs nothing to use the service. Once the trial period is over you have to purchase "bid points" but they're like ten or twenty bucks. The point is, I purchased one set of bid points for twenty bucks and that was over a year ago, so it's good value for money and I simply don't lose auctions.
Well there are not that many people bidding on the things I want. So I know if I put in my highest bid at 10 minutes, then whatever happens, happens. If someone wants it, they will have to pay more than what I am willing to spend.
What is esnipe? They automatically bid for you on ebay? I don't really understand.
How can it make it so you don't lose?
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The CD player is still broken.
In the DVD, season 1, disc 4 of Smallville.
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Oh, Jennifer, did you bother to read my post just a few posts above? It will tell you all about not being at your computer.
Yes, i read it. I read all your posts. But you didn't really explain what esnipe is. But anyhow, most people don't have that. I think that might be for hard core ebay people, not someone who spends $7 on a charm.
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Mummy's 622 SW Columbia
This subterranean lair looks like it might be an entrance to Portland's mysterious network of underground Shanghai tunnels. Located beneath the bustling city streets of southwest P-Town, Mummy's is a tranquil little oasis of flat-out weirdness. Strange engravings of Egyptian folklore characters adorn its dark, moderately comfortable booths, and each engraving has a name like "Horus the Elder" or "Thoth."
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LOL and while I was yapping, I just got outbid on something! ;D
Really? Okay that made me laugh. But I guess it's not funny.
If you put your highest bid in (the highest amount you are willing to pay) 10 minutes before, then how can someone outbid you? They can only win by bidding more than what you were willing to pay. I guess though if it's something you really want, then you can be persuaded to bid higher than you originally want to bid.
I am glad i won the rent charm. I really wanted that, and I don't think there are any like it (except from this seller). She still didn't respond as to whether she would make me the one I lost out on. So hopefully she will soon (since she also needs to send me the exact shipping charges).
It's funny, I can stay away from ebay for months. But once you start, it is hard to stop. But this is my last buy. Someone here hit me, if I tell you I bought anything else, okay? :)
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Okay i'm checking out esnipe.com right now. Very interesting. I had no idea this even existed.
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If I understand you, BK, esnipe.com allows you to put in the price you are willing to pay for a specific item and it will place your bid at a time specified by you?
So if I see an item I really want and don't want to contribute to running up the bid on it in advance of it's ending date/time, I can name my maximum bid and tell esnipe.com to bid for me 15 seconds (or so) before the bidding ends?
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Perhaps you should visit esnipe.com and learn more about it. I'm sure it would be much easier on Bruce, as explaining everything step-by-step is sort of a hassle. I'll bet they have some sort of information page.
Exams are over! Huzzah! Since I was up so late last night, I was exhausted this morning. But a friend dropped off some Starbucks DoubleShots for me this morning at about 8:30. Those things are powerful! I was wired until about an hour ago.
In CD: A James Taylor CD. I can't remember the title.
In DVD: There's Something About Mary
In VHS: Brigadoon
MP3: "Popular" -Wicked (as if you didn't already know)
I may be a bit E&T this weekend, as there are numerous parties to celebrate the end of the first semester/celebrate the end of exams/ just kind of get out of the house. Can't say anything about Sunday night, but I could be missing the PJ partay. I suppose we'll see.
I'm now off to work, nice and early. You know what *I* think? *I* think that a certain PINK someone should come and have dinner at my restaurant, since this certain PINK someone lives about a 5 minutes walk away from said restaurant. Bundle up, babe.
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Well you're apparently already there Jennifer, so disregard the first part of that post :).
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If I understand you, BK, esnipe.com allows you to put in the price you are willing to pay for a specific item and it will place your bid at a time specified by you?
So if I see an item I really want and don't want to contribute to running up the bid on it in advance of it's ending date/time, I can name my maximum bid and tell esnipe.com to bid for me 15 seconds (or so) before the bidding ends?
The thing is you have to pay for this service. And while it's not a lot, I still think only hard-core ebayers might want this.
And Ron, it sounds like 15 seconds is an eternity. Their system places your bid (on your behalf using your account) like 6-8 seconds (or something like that) before the end.
Check out the site. It certainly sounds amazing for anyone who buys a lot on ebay.
I wonder how many people use this service. And I wonder if I've ever been outbid by a sniper.
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Well you're apparently already there Jennifer, so disregard the first part of that post :).
Okay no problem :)
Btw, Swishy how is "the guy"? (the one you always talk about).
And I agree, pretty in pink Laura should visit you!
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Good afternoon, fellow dear readers.
Good news about Archie! I understand that Roller is doing well, at least the last time I heard.
In the car CD player: Guy Haines, because his soothing voice always calms me down when I am annoyed, and annoyed I am today. You know what I hate? I hate incompetence by professionals. Especially when I'm the one paying them. End of rant.
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Jennifer: "The Guy" brought me some DoubleShots today :). He's great.
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Will you be seeing it? The man who toasted us on stage after Our Wedding - The Musical ( www.WeddingMusical.com (http://www.WeddingMusical.com) ) is in it.
Most definitely not. I saw the original on Broadway and have seen at least three amateur and one other professional production (ex-lover was Mr. Bumble in that one) of this show. Really like the show, like the movie which I've also seen too many times to count, but no desire to see it again any time soon. Maybe not ever again unless I'm in it.
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I am so misunderstood :(
I am in love with Norm Lewis. That is why I said "just shoot me."
I didn't misunderstand you at all! I'd like to meet the man, personally, because I have a personal thank-you to give him.
(OK, story time. The last time der Brucer was in the hospital, I ended up playing "Sailing" from A New Brain repeatedly. It made me feel better.
Later, when he was starring as Sweeney Todd at the Signature Theater in Arlington, VA, I was able to tell his Lovett, Donna Migliano (sp?) via e-mail the story, and asked her to give him my thanks. Which she did, on opening night, which she said thrilled him. The only thing lacking was my being able to tell him myself.
The only thing wrong with the story is that der Brucer, after recovering, loaned my copy of New Brain to someone who never returned it. Not really his fault, all hers, but that and Wierd Romance (loaned to same person) have never been replaced. Pbbbbt. :P)
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Jane---
As a fan of the classic "Superman" comics (not the current ones) I can't watch "Smallville" because they have totally changed the whole origin of the characters. The reason Lex Luthor always hated Clark Kent was that he lost his hair because of an accident in chemistry class that Clark was responsible for. While other versions of the story have made some changes (in first Christopher Reeve/Margot Kidder movie, Superman would have never turned back time to change any outcome), "Smallville" changed almost everything that Siegal and Shuster created, keeping only the character names and little else.
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I've learned bitterly not to loan things like videotapes and CDs out because they invariably get either lost, forgotten about, or damaged in some way. I loaned my SWEENEY TODD videotape to someone, and that's the last I ever saw it. Now, if someone asks to borrow a CD or video, I offer to copy it for them, but my copy doesn't leave my house.
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I can't watch SMALLVILLE because there's just too much teen angst. Yep, it's a traumatic time for most teens, but I don't want to see that every week.
That said, I will occasionally tune it to see the undeniably handsome gallery of men on display. I can turn the sound down! :)
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I am not a sci-fi fan, but when it comes to Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks, they could sit around the set in their underwear and I would watch... Come to think of it, I would prefer to have them sit around in their underwear.
And Christopher Judge is what, unworthy? He's much higher on my woofometer than Shanks.
On the other hand, Don S. Davis can keep his pants on.
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Yes esnipe will help. DRJENNIFER I can be outbid by someone who wants to pay more for it than I do....LOL.
I thought about esnipe as well - and it sounds like a great service, just never checked it out to any extent!
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I just looked at my naval and found all kinds of lint inside it. I was trying to figure out why since I bathe regularly, and I realized it was because I had recently switched from a synthetic comforter to a cotton quilt (because I wanted more warmth and needed to send the synthetic to the cleaners). Gosh, you'd think we'd have been designed better. ;)
Some are. They have outies.
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WEL I had forgotten why Lex Luthor hated Clark Kent (thanks for reminding me) and can fully understand your dislike of Smallville. It has definitely taken liberties with the original story. Keith & I have begun to laugh at the all the strange activity in one small town. There are so many “green meteorites” in Smallville that Clark should, at the least, be extremely ill. On the other hand we find the characters interesting, especially Lex Luther. Since Netflix sent us four DVD’s at once, we shall just watch until we tire of the show, which might be soon.
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On the other hand, Don S. Davis can keep his pants on.
I feel like a horrible person but I can't stop laughing.
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Jane---
As a fan of the classic "Superman" comics (not the current ones) I can't watch "Smallville" because they have totally changed the whole origin of the characters...."Smallville" changed almost everything that Siegal and Shuster created, keeping only the character names and little else.
Lordy, Lordy do I ever agree with that! Every word of that! Every little nuance of every word of that!
The Superman, Batman and Justice League 'toons that Warner Bros. have been grinding out for the past decade or so are infinitely better than Smallville....at least, IMHO. (That's 'net lingo for "in my humble opinion". Gosh, I am so getting the hang of this internet stuff!) Watch 'em.
And on the subject of superheroes...
In my deeveedee player this week is The Adventures of Captain Marvel. On the deeveedee's box, it mentions that this is the greatest serial ever. They may be right. It's not a really close adaptation of the Captain Marvel comic, but it's so darned fun it's hard to quibble about it.
In the CD player its' Kristin Chenoweth's "Let Yourself Go", Jerry Goldsmith's score for Poltergeist II, and Max Steiner's score for The Searchers. Love those vocals by The Sons of the Pioneers.
Tonight, a friend is coming up to vist from the hideous burg of Mason City, Iowa...home of the Music Man museum and not much else. And then, it's off to see (and participate in!) Sing-a-Long Wizard of Oz. I'm sure there will be many, many Friends of Dorothy in the audience. I sort wish I had a blue-checked gingham dress for the costume competition, but I'll leave that to the other Friends tonight.
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Gosh it's getting late. Time to walk Echo while the sun is still shinning.
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Thanks Jane, for the info on Mummy's, it sounds like it has a lot of atmosphere!! I like that in an ethnic restaurant (I am alwayys disappointed when I go to a Mexican or Chinese place and they are playing American top 40). My buddy Mark is gritting his teeth at having to eat there. He is a big ol corn fed country boy from Wyoming and not very open minded...he gets all disgusted just seeing some of the kids in Portland with their colored hair and piercings! LOL! And my attempts at trying to broaden his horizens with Thai or Japanese food went awry! He hated both! Don't know why we are friends!
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Robin we shall have to get “The Adventures of Captain Marvel”. Thanks for the tip.
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MBarnum I will be shocked if he likes this food. I look forward to details.
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I'm not sure I've ever seen the CAPTAIN MARVEL serial, but it'd have to go some to beat Buster Crabbe's Flash Gordon serials, especially the first one, and I really liked the first BATMAN and SUPERMAN serials, too.
Our young friends on this forum probably don't have much experience with serials, but they were so much fun growing up waiting for those chapters at the movies every weekend.
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Most definitely not. I saw the original on Broadway and have seen at least three amateur and one other professional production (ex-lover was Mr. Bumble in that one) of this show. Really like the show, like the movie which I've also seen too many times to count, but no desire to see it again any time soon. Maybe not ever again unless I'm in it.
Just out of curiousity, MattH or Noel how does one know if a tour is a Non-Equity tour?
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Jennifer: "The Guy" brought me some DoubleShots today :). He's great.
I'm hoping "doubleshots" are some sort of coffee term? :)
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Our young friends on this forum probably don't have much experience with serials, but they were so much fun growing up waiting for those chapters at the movies every weekend.
When I was a wee lad in the sixties, our local theater had a 35¢ "kiddie matinee", which consisted of a travelogue, a cartoon (usually a Warner Bros. 'toon), a chapter of a serial, and a double feature. Five hours plus of solid entertainment. The tradition contunued into the early seventies.
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Thanks Jane, for the info on Mummy's, it sounds like it has a lot of atmosphere!! I like that in an ethnic restaurant (I am alwayys disappointed when I go to a Mexican or Chinese place and they are playing American top 40). My buddy Mark is gritting his teeth at having to eat there. He is a big ol corn fed country boy from Wyoming and not very open minded...he gets all disgusted just seeing some of the kids in Portland with their colored hair and piercings! LOL! And my attempts at trying to broaden his horizens with Thai or Japanese food went awry! He hated both! Don't know why we are friends!
Possibly because he is
......a big ol corn fed country boy from Wyoming?
It works for me.
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Just out of curiousity, MattH or Noel how does one know if a tour is a Non-Equity tour?
I read an interview with him in either VARIETY or PLAYBILL where he commented that the only way this tour could be assured of meeting its nut was for it to go out as non-Equity. Certainly, it's not advertised in the newspaper that way, and I'm not sure the general audience would know what that meant anyway.
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Ron et al: esnipe is for people who don't want to be tied to their computers - you simply put in your top bid and enipe will automatically place the bid six seconds before the auction. I have never lost an auction unless someone has been really crazy and put in some outrageous top.
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Yes esnipe will help. DRJENNIFER I can be outbid by someone who wants to pay more for it than I do....LOL.
I thought about esnipe as well - and it sounds like a great service, just never checked it out to any extent!
It sounds like a great service for anyone who buys on ebay a lot. Especially for people who are frustrated by losing out at the last minute. I have lost out once to someone who bid with a few seconds left and it was annoying. But I ended up getting something very similar for much cheaper. Today I had time to bid higher. But I didn't want to bid more than what I had decided (plus I didn't think it was worth it) ... although my highest bid did jack the price up by like 9$. So the person who got it, sort of got screwed.
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Just out of curiousity, MattH or Noel how does one know if a tour is a Non-Equity tour?
Ah, here's the rub: One doesn't.
Equity is understandably up in arms about this, but Equity and non-Equity tours publicize themselves in exactly the same way. Sometimes, you'll see a phrase like "direct from Broadway" but even that doesn't give you a clue. Millie's an Equity tour. The Music Man is not.
What's further distressing for Equity is that the public doesn't seem to notice the difference. Indeed, there are some non-Eq productions that are better than Equity productions. As a result, the union affiliation is no longer equated with quality.
But, come to think of it, I've only seen two tours in my life, so I may not know what I'm talking about.
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When I was a wee lad in the sixties, our local theater had a 35¢ "kiddie matinee", which consisted of a travelogue, a cartoon (usually a Warner Bros. 'toon), a chapter of a serial, and a double feature. Five hours plus of solid entertainment. The tradition contunued into the early seventies.
One of the local TV stations here got the bright idea in the early to mid 1970s to beging showing serials on Friday nights after the late news. The ratings went through the roof and for three or four years, they'd program old black and white episodes of Jack Benny or Burns and Allen along with a serial chapter, and an old 30 minute western episode of something like GUNSMOKE or YANCY DERRINGER, something for everyone. They went through all three Flash Gordan serials and Captain America and some Zorros, too. I kept waiting for SUPERMAN and BATMAN but they never did those. I had to buy them myself. AMC used to show serials in big blocks occasionally, but I'm sure those days are gone forever.
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DR Jose wrote this yesterday:
Unfortunately it's still -40C with windchill here (which I know sounds completely awful). I guess that must be at least -30F.
I know we live in Canada. But i truly don't ever remember having temperatures like this.
And can someone please tell me how it is able to snow at this temp. I really thought it was too cold for snow to come down.
Actually -40C is the same as -40F!!!!
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Norm Lewis Joins Chicago As Billy Flynn Feb. 2 :
http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=33471&CT=38
OMG, someone just shoot me now.
is that good or bad???
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I saw the touring Oliver when it stopped here in L.A. in December. It was OK. Not very good, but not very bad, either.
I went because I had never seen the show on stage before.
I did not report on it in December for a number of reasons: 1.) I thought some Dear Readers might have been offended, believing that by my purchasing tickets for the show I was de facto supporting non-Equity productions of Equity-deserving magnitude. 2.) It's a lot harder to write a review of something that's just OK than it is for something that's really good or really bad. 3.) The show was at the Kodak Theatre, a cavern totally inappropriate even for large-scale Broadway productions.
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S Woody had a Norm Lewis story. Here is mine.
Norm sang on Bruce's Sondheim album. I went to NYC to watch and to interview. Anyhow I was "in love" with Norm (ask Bruce, I think I was making gaga faces all day :)). Anyhow I got to speak to him for a while afterwards (not sure maybe 1/2 an hour, time flew by). He was so nice, so easy to talk to, so sweet. I already loved him for his work. But he was such a flirt and so unbelievably kind to me, it made me smile.
I think he will be wonderful as Billy Flynn.
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Quote from: Jennifer on Today at 06:35:25am
Norm Lewis Joins Chicago As Billy Flynn Feb. 2 :
www.broadway.com/template_1.as...33471&CT=38
OMG, someone just shoot me now.
is that good or bad???
Read my misunderstood comments in a later message. Jason thought it meant I hated Norm. Not true, I love him!
Btw, is it cold inside the house when your tv is frozen?
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Some are. They have outies.
So what are you saying, SWoody? Lint won't catch on an outie????
;D
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Der Brucer and I saw a non-Eq touring production of City of Angels in Cerritos. There was nothing about the staging that was sub-standard, and the only comments I can make about the performers is that they were all unknowns and relatively young. Other than that, there wasn't a performance in the show that wasn't highly professional and attractive. On the other hand, there was no one in the cast who could claim to be "known" on a national basis, as they all came from regional theaters. That didn't hurt the show one bit.
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So what are you saying, SWoody? Lint won't catch on an outie????
;D
Actually, I haven't had enough practice cleaning them. ;D ;D ;D
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And Christopher Judge is what, unworthy? He's much higher on my woofometer than Shanks.
You should, then, worship professional wrestling! All that bulk, little of it derived from all-natural body building.
Judge is great as Tealc. I just find him overexaggerated, aesthetically.
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The reviews here were not very positive for the show, though the actress playing Nancy and the young actor playing Dodger got some praise.
I understand there are plenty of tickets available. Children's Theater of Charlotte (semi professional with professional adults and amateur children) just mounted the show a year ago to great acclaim.
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Many thanks, BK, for the info about esnipe.com.
My M.O. has been to "watch" items I'm interested in and to check on them once or twice a day to ensure (1) I still think I want them and (2) they haven't been bid up beyond my interest level.
I keep them in "watch" until I'm ready to bid, and then I do one of those last-minute pounces that drives sane people crazy.
Trouble is, I have lost too many very desirable items because I totally forgot the deadline was coming up. I can sit and see a closing time is less than one hour away and can be frothing at the bit to bid, but I bide my time and wait. Something distracts me, and the next thing I know the auction is over and way below the price I was willing to bid. Sigh.
esnipe.com sounds like my kind of service!
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I think I saw ony one non-equity tour and that was Grand Hotel. I had seen it on Broadway and wanted to see it again. The sets and the costumes were from Broadway and although the direction and the choreography were credited to someone else they were a direct steal from Tommy Tune. I wonder how they got away with it.
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Okay. My Quintet stories.
The majority of the film was shot in Montreal. Well not really, but on Ile St. Helaine where Expo 67 was built. They continued to have fairs each year as Man and His World which was the theme of Expo 67. There were two huge pavillions (one on Ile St. Helaine and one on the other island where the fair was housed) that showcase the theme. The pavillions for Expo for the most part where not built to last past the exhibition and therefore not winterized. The pavillion where Quintet was filmed was made of steal and cement and very cold in the winter.
My father's law firm at the time was involved in the filming. So I got to visit the frigid set once. But other stories were related to me that the drugs (mainly dope) were smoked by the actors (not saying Paul Newman did) and the creative personal behind the camera. So it may had to do with the confusing storyline.
Also Nina Van Palladant (sp?) character was murdered by driving a spike through her cheeks. So what did Altman have the cook make for dinner that night??? Shish Kabob!!
And those are my Quintet Stories.
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Jay, you can always post a review of something. I doesn't mean anything "de-facto" becasue defacto is that you saw a show and had thoughts about it, which you are free to share. I, for one, would have loved to have heard about the production AND the theater.
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Thank you for the birthday wishes, Tomovoz. And thank you anything else anybody wrote to me... My mind is muddled, have too much to do. Still haven't cleared my desk, but just finished an (pardon me for the overuse of the word - you know who you are) extraordinary book having to do with grief, love, AIDS, what a teacher gives to a student and vice versa, and many other things -- which I would love to adapt - and adopt.
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The reviews here were not very positive for the show, though the actress playing Nancy and the young actor playing Dodger got some praise.
I understand there are plenty of tickets available. Children's Theater of Charlotte (semi professional with professional adults and amateur children) just mounted the show a year ago to great acclaim.
Umm, Matt, if you would like to give them my name and e-mail, just in case they ever need another Fagin.
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Thanks to all who sent vibes to der Brucer, because he just called and sounded much better than he had earlier. These things work! Karma!
Particular thanks to my neice, Laura II, for instinctively knowing that his best color is blue! Karma karma karma!
(I just hope he gets to our former neighborhood bar, the Crest, to give our favorite 'tender TedBear a last friendly squeeze and a grope! And it's just as well that der Brucer is delayed by an extra day, because he'd have probably wanted to go to dinner right as Cowboy U was airing! Remember all, 9 tonight, 8 central! Good reason for a lull!)
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Well, I wouldn't expect TOO much from Cowboy U. I'm sure there are a couple of moments you'll find particularly me, but other than that - just a job, but a fun one.
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Re: MattH's comments as to why he won't watch SMALLVILLE; I too resent it when either books or TV shows or movies try and reinvent the wheel and proceed to mess with the mythology of a certain character or franchise. It was why I wouldn't watch the new Tarzan TV series. It's why I hate movies like YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. Conan Doyle is very specific how Holmes and Watson met. I don't mind folks playing a little fast and loose within the bounds of the mythology, but when they try to significantly alter it, it really gets my hackles up. When I wrote PSYCHO III, one of the things I tried to do was restore the original mythology that it was Norman's mother...Not Mrs. Spool from Psycho II...that was the real blight of his life!
Being a member of Equity, I refuse to see non-Equity tours on general principle. And I say shame to stars like John Davidson and Barry Williamson who have headlined such tours. Bad! Bad! Bad!
It's interesting that this topic comes up on the day that Uta Hagen's obit is in all the major papers, who was a devoted practitioner and supporter of the theatre up until her death at eighty-odd years. The title of her most famous book says it all, RESPECT FOR ACTING. To have respect for acting, as a producer, you should want to pay these people a living-wage and health care, etc. Equity has respect for acting and actors. These non-equity tours flying under false colours do not.
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It's why I hate movies like YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. Conan Doyle is very specific how Holmes and Watson met.
Being a member of Equity, I refuse to see non-Equity tours on general principle. And I say shame to stars like John Davidson and Barry Williamson who have headlined such tours. Bad! Bad! Bad!
Yes, I disliked YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES for exactly that reason, and also because it just didn't interest me.
I'm sure DR Charles meant Barry Williams.
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You see? I knew someone would be offended.
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DR Jay - Charles Pogue simply said that he refuses to see these non-Equity tours himself, not that he's offended or upset by your viewing of one.
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HAPPY MERMAN BIRTHDAY!!
BK--congrats on the airing on Cowboy U tonight!
Dan--my best wishes and thoughts go out to your Archie! Sorry if they are a bit belated.
I also adore Norm Lewis--he doesn't have a big part on the Amour OCR, but "Painter's Song" is a particular treasure. And he's very cute.
DVD--Happenstance (an Audrey Tautou movie)
VHS--Secretary (good movie with a terrible cop-out of an ending)
CD--A New Brain OCR, Emily Skinner's solo album
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I'm so upset! Just went outside to get my mail and there is a letter from the Dept. of Homeland Security which now handles Greencard issues. When I renewed my Greencard - and waited a year for it - it came back with a mistake on it. (Totally their fault.) I went back to the INS (another story) and finally returned the card for correction - and was told it would take another year to get the corrected card. Now I've just received a letter saying the matter will be dropped if I don't supply them with my old Greencard. Which they have!!! In other words, there's a possibility of losing my US status. Now this probably won't happen, but as someone who never feels quite safe anywhere because of my immigrant past, this is REALLY unnerving.
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OMG - this will mean nothing to our Younger HHW'ers....but when it was posted that Norm Lewis would be playing Billy Flynn...for the next 1/2 day I was thinking Norm Crosby! :-[
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Oh, I'm sure some Hainise/Kimlet would step forward and marry you so you can stay in the US. You need to get a lawyer to write these people a stern letter because, since you've done it by the book, they are acting unconstitutionally.
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Norm Crosby would be a GREAT Billy Flynn.
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Yes DRPANNI - a mouthpiece is in order....the morass that is law can only be truly navigated by .... well.... morass....
MR BK....your photograph is like a painting....your eyes follow me around the room! It's uncanny!
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JRand, you're right! I'd never noticed that BK's eyes follow, but they do! I'd like to apologize to BK's eyes for the times I check the site right after a shower. :)
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You want my opinion about the Kodak Theatre? Are you sure?
Blecch. That is my opinion of the Kodak Theatre.
There are two ways to get to the theatre entrance. One is by way of an open air shopping mall. This is a very overblown open air shopping mall, with mega sculptures of elephants overlooking the plaza and ersatz Oriental details here and there, all part of an elaborate scheme that is supposed to make one feel that one is shopping in the midst of an elaborate D.W. Griffith set. Stated simply, it doesn't. The other path to the theatre is through a claustrophobic hallway, lined on either side with very expensive and very empty retail shops. It will look even gloomier than it does now when the initial leases on these spaces all expire at the same time and these retailers leave Dodge. Above the storefronts are signs showing the years since the Academy Awards began and the name of the winning best picture for that year. There are signs, too, for many years into the future with space for the names of future best picture winners. At the end of the hallway is a showy staircase leading to the second level entrance of the theatre. It is via this hallway and stairway that Academy Award audience members will stroll the red carpet from the limousines that drop them at the curb on Hollywood Boulevard to the theatre.
The theatre is large. It is very large. OK, it is ENORMOUS. The interior was built opera house style. There is the orchestra level. There is a "parterre" behind the orchestra section. There is a mezzanine above that, with boxes extending along the sides of the theatre. Then there is another mezzanine, with boxes above that. Then there is ANOTHER mezzanine, again with boxes, above that.
If you are seated anywhere further back than the middle of the orchestra, you are really, really, really (that's three reallys) far from the stage.
The theatre was built to house the Academy Awards to AMPAS specs, so it is wired for all the cables and lights and electronics a TV broadcast requres. There is a platform in front of the parterre that holds the soundboard and cameras for the awards broadcast. Natural accoustics were never, ever, not for a single moment, not for a mere nanosecond considered in the construction of this theatre.
The first time I went to the theatre was a couple of years ago, soon after it opened, to see the American Ballet Theatre's Nutcracker. The orchestra had to be amplified. I never before had heard of an orchestra being amplified for a classical ballet performance at an indoor theatre. And it was amplified very, very poorly. The balance was way off. I can also tell you that musicians moved in and out of the pit during the performance, because the microphones quite clearly picked up the noise of footsteps and the creaking of the pit floor.
The cherry on the top of this cake is that egress from the theatre is wholly inadequate. There are not enough escalators and stairways to accomodate the crowds leaving after a performance. It is very unnerving to be on an escalator that continually feeds more people (including one's self) into a crowd of people with nowhere to move.
After that experience, I more or less decided to avoid the theatre if at all possible. The lure of seeing Oliver for the first time, in the Cameron Mackintosh production, led me back though, and I was as unimpressed with the venue on my return visit as I was my first time there. The sound was not much improved. It was LOUD. I had difficulty figuring out who was singing at times, because the dimensionality of the sound gave me no clue as to where on the stage the source of the sound was.
Of course, this theatre probably is the most seen theatre in the world, with its annual appearance on the Academy Awards broadcast. You, too, can see it on February 29. Check local listings for station and time.
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Panni, I deplore what is happening to you. Our government gets more totalitarian everyday where dissent is stifled, where suspicion and fear are the order of the day. I'm not worried about terrorists disrupting my way of life, but the current administration. We seem to have devolved back to the hysteria days of McCarthyism.
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Good evening all!
For pity's sake! We are now into the new season of "Stargate: SG1" on the SciFi Channel with the maturing-beautifully Richard Dean Anderson, the ever-lovely Amanda Tapping and the incredible Michael Shanks.
Am I the ONLY sci-fi fan here??
You fire up that DVD player or put the Sci Fi channel on, I'll bring the sodas and Jane can bring the popcorn. I hope you've got a big comfortable couch.
I can't speak for Jane but I'll watch Sci Fi/fantasy till the cows go back out. ;D
What are we going to watch besides Stargate? Dark Shadows? Babylon 5? The Dune movies? How about The Stand for a change of pace? Then the 10th Kingdom. Then The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. for starters.
It's a 3 day weekend and except for going to see JC:SS on Sunday (can't wait--I'm more excited than I thought I would be) and a doctor appt on Monday morning, I'm free!
Marzipan--I thought that was just used for decorations on cakes and such. I never knew you could eat it.
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DRJENNIFER - I always just make my first bid as high as I want to go. EBAY is too weird...or rather some Ebayers are too twisted for color TV! And something I found out after awhile....unless it is something VERY RARE...someone always eventually tries to sell another one! If a hundred thousand of them were made....there is more than one to sell on EBAY
I’m a little more devious than you are. I normally don’t like to show my hand on an item I’m interested in. I just watch it. Then in the last 5 minutes, after seeing how high the bidding has gone, I decided how much I want to spend on the item and in the last 2 minutes I place my maximum bid. I rarely miss out on an item I want because if there is only one other person bidding they are unaware that someone else is interested and I don’t drive the price up by biding to soon. Tricky little devil, ain’t I?(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/teufel/devil-smiley-018.gif)
Good vibes to Archie and many wishes for a speedy recovery!!
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We went out to lunch today. The Columba restaurant in Ybor City. I had the lunch special with was your choice of two of the following: soup (several different kinds), a half order of the 1905 salad (really good with olives and a garlic dressing) or a cuban sandwich. I decided on the Caldo Gallego Soup (kinda like my ham & bean soup but it had collard greens in it as well) and the 1905 salad. It was also served with wonderful warm cuban bread and butter. I’m afraid I made quite a pig out of myself and ate everything. Yum!
On the way back to the office we stopped off at another place and I bought a deviled crab for my Mom. I wouldn’t touch one with a ten foot pole but I know she really likes them.
I do hope things can be straigtened out for you, Panni. I think it's horrible. I'm all for being safe but give me a break.
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Re: MattH's comments as to why he won't watch SMALLVILLE; I too resent it when either books or TV shows or movies try and reinvent the wheel and proceed to mess with the mythology of a certain character or franchise. It was why I wouldn't watch the new Tarzan TV series. It's why I hate movies like YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. Conan Doyle is very specific how Holmes and Watson met. I don't mind folks playing a little fast and loose within the bounds of the mythology, but when they try to significantly alter it, it really gets my hackles up....
Can we say "Star Trek: Enterprise?" I like the show on its own, but it is so far removed from the history that was set down in all the other series.
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We went out to lunch today. The Columba restaurant in Ybor City. I decided on the Caldo Gallego Soup (kinda like my ham & bean soup but it had collard greens in it as well) and the 1905 salad.
You sure know how to make a southern boy's mouth water!
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Those HHW vibes are powerful - many thanks. Archie is home now. New food, an assortment of meds, and orders to make sure he stays calm. (Good luck.) I've never met any doctor like the vet (the usual clinic, but "Bruce" is new). He explains everything in the greatest detail, and told me that I'm to phone in with daily reports.
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You sure know how to make a southern boy's mouth water!
Why, have you ever been to the Columba?
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Wonderful Archie news Dan.
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Those HHW vibes are powerful - many thanks. Archie is home now. New food, an assortment of meds, and orders to make sure he stays calm. (Good luck.) I've never met any doctor like the vet (the usual clinic, but "Bruce" is new). He explains everything in the greatest detail, and told me that I'm to phone in with daily reports.
Very glad that Archie is home and many hopes he will stay there and be well!
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Great news about Archie! Roller and Blackjack say Hi!
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Panni -
I thought the point of the new government department was to streamline and coordinate these things. It sounds like a bureaucratic mess that will straighten out so long as you stay on top of it, which no doubt you will. But I'm forwarding a huge amount of good vibes. You don't deserve this kind (or any kind) of aggravation.
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Call me a lull breaker.
I'm off to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for a screening of a documentary film by Nathaniel Kahn about his father, famed architect Louis Kahn. Fittingly, the film is called My Architect.
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Good news DinTO.
Sending good thoughts to DRPANNI to get this snafu unfumbled!
NOW....hmmmmmmm....I wonder if we know anyone who is going to the Courts Show any time this weekend who can ask director Walter Graumann about working with Allison Hayes....anyone...anyone?
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Well, DRs, since I last posted I wrote a long stern letter to the INS/Dept. of Homeland Security, copied all the documents needed to support my letter, drove to the bank to get my Passport out of my safe deposit box, copied the relevant page of the Passport which has a stamp on it that was made by the INS the day they took my Greencard which they claim not to have taken, ran to the Post Office to get there before it closed so I could Priority Post the whole package with Proof of Delivery (no fool am I!) and hurried home to take my poor waiting dog out to poop. And I haven't eaten since breakfast a LONG time ago. (I was about to have a late lunch when I got the letter from Big Brother.) Oh, and my name was spelled incorrectly on the letter from them!
Thank you for your commiseration, DRs Pogue and Dan-in-TO, et al.. It'll turn out fine, I'm sure, but I really didn't need this.
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Why, have you ever been to the Columba?
No, I sure haven't.
But I love collards and ham and beans....and grits! ;D
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Those HHW vibes are powerful - many thanks. Archie is home now. New food, an assortment of meds, and orders to make sure he stays calm. (Good luck.) I've never met any doctor like the vet (the usual clinic, but "Bruce" is new). He explains everything in the greatest detail, and told me that I'm to phone in with daily reports.
How about giving him a "skritch" behind the ears for me!
I know you're glad he's home.
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My thoughts are with you in this stressful time Panni. Not to lesson your angst, but imagine how the less literate and able cope with the wonders of such bungling. Nightmare upon nightmare. A kafka world that sometimes looks like becoming the world we feared in the fifties and sixties. If only Reader Digest were to be in charge - no-one would ever be able to hide and their documents and identity could never be erased. I have trouble following their directions to find stamp A to put on page 3 if I want to not order #88 in pamphlet 16 and to only place the star which seems to be totally missing, if I want to receive a free gift that will be so useful. BTW I am not trying to trivialise your problem in any way whatsoever. When I last applied for a passport I had to atttend an interview because my birth certifcate was not complete - I am adopted. There are now cases of people in theirr retirment years finding out that they are adopted and it is too late to find out truths as the people who would know are now dead. All the now unresolved questions and just because they wanted to spend two weeks in New Zealand. I wonder what point I was trying to make.
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DR Ron: A little presumptious or did you mean Archie and not the Vet (Bruce).
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Oh, I'm sure some Hainise/Kimlet would step forward and marry you so you can stay in the US. You need to get a lawyer to write these people a stern letter because, since you've done it by the book, they are acting unconstitutionally.
Could I marry Panni?
I'm still single.
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Whatever your point, Tomovoz, it was certainly an interesting post.
I once wrote a TV-movie (well, co-wrote with my ex-husband) about a woman who discovers she's adopted when, because of a medical emergency, she tries to get her family medical history from her loving father and he is forced to admit he does not know it. There was an incredible outpouring of letters from viewers. The story really hit a nerve.
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You're Welcome, DRPANNI. Et al.
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Could I marry Panni?
I'm still single.
Gee, DR td, that's the nicest offer I've had all day. Maybe even all week.
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You're Welcome, DRPANNI. Et al.
I actually listed you by name, DR Jrand 53, but then rewrote, thinking I'll wind up leaving out somebody else, so a short list would be easier and more diplomatic.
Besides, you didn't offer to marrry me!
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I have to EAT. NOW.
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Gee, DR td, that's the nicest offer I've had all day. Maybe even all week.
We Hainsies and Kimlets (and Nancy boys, too) must stick together through thick and through thin.
PLUS, I like marzipan.
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Oh, and my name was spelled incorrectly on the letter from them!
Only the US can mess up Anna ;)
I hope things go better-- what a mess! It's like having your identity taken away from you!
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I was just whisked away by the son of a preacher man. Lucky me. I think it was track by Nancy & The Figs. Thanks td. Always a difficult task to cover Dusty records and it really is great.
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Good evening all!You fire up that DVD player or put the Sci Fi channel on, I'll bring the sodas and Jane can bring the popcorn. I hope you've got a big comfortable couch.
I can't speak for Jane but I'll watch Sci Fi/fantasy till the cows go back out. ;D
What are we going to watch besides Stargate? Dark Shadows? Babylon 5? The Dune movies? How about The Stand for a change of pace? Then the 10th Kingdom. Then The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. for starters.
Why not speak for me since I did for you earlier and included you as a watcher of Stargate. :) The popcorn sounds great. I will have to take Keith as he never misses Stargate or popcorn. Now if we could only bring back Farscape. Actually they are supposed to be making more episodes to wrap up the series ending that left us dangling with a big question mark. I should have paid more attention to Babylon 5 as our neighbor directed a number of the episodes.
Does anyone remember Science Fiction Theater hosted by Truman Bradley?
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LOL wiped out in rewrite....LOL. Ain't that always the way? LOL
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Whatever your point, Tomovoz, it was certainly an interesting post.
I once wrote a TV-movie (well, co-wrote with my ex-husband) about a woman who discovers she's adopted when, because of a medical emergency, she tries to get her family medical history from her loving father and he is forced to admit he does not know it. There was an incredible outpouring of letters from viewers. The story really hit a nerve.
Was this the one with Melissa Gilbert and Patty Duke? The one in which Gilbert learns of her real mother and has to cope with getting the woman to finally admit to having a child?
If so, I've seen it and it's wonderful
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Whatever your point, Tomovoz, it was certainly an interesting post.
I once wrote a TV-movie (well, co-wrote with my ex-husband) about a woman who discovers she's adopted when, because of a medical emergency, she tries to get her family medical history from her loving father and he is forced to admit he does not know it. There was an incredible outpouring of letters from viewers. The story really hit a nerve.
Milissa Gilbert and Patty Duke?
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Ron you beat me to it. It was wonderful.
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Why not speak for me since I did for you earlier and included you as a watcher of Stargate. :) The popcorn sounds great. I will have to take Keith as he never misses Stargate or popcorn. Now if we could only bring back Farscape. Actually they are supposed to be making more episodes to wrap up the series ending that left us dangling with a big question mark. I should have paid more attention to Babylon 5 as our neighbor directed a number of the episodes.
Does anyone remember Science Fiction Theater hosted by Truman Bradley?
Well,if you ever want to watch one of the better sci fi shows ever made, Babylon 5 is it. I mean that. I didn't like it at first but I didn't understand what was going on.
Sorry I don't remember Sci Fi Theater.
I'm watching Cowboy U as I type this. I didn't know it was reality show. I haven't seen Bruce's name in the credits but they roll by so fast, I can hardly read them.
Had to laugh a little at the gal who couldn't do the barrel race. Little girls do that-- but I guess it's different when your older and never been around a horse before.
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Panni I remember you posting your problem awhile back. I’m sure this is unnerving and you’re right, you do not need this. Good vibes for straightening this out in a reasonable amount of time. Please don’t let it ruin your weekend. Do you feel better after eating?
Archie should have a speedy recovery now he is home with you. I’m sure you both feel much better. :)
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Do you feel better after eating?
Much! Thank you, Jane
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~~~~~~~~ Sending good vibes to Panni!
See what I mean? Incompetence from professionals. Grr.
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Was this the one with Melissa Gilbert and Patty Duke? The one in which Gilbert learns of her real mother and has to cope with getting the woman to finally admit to having a child?
If so, I've seen it and it's wonderful
That's the one. Thank you!
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I was just whisked away by the son of a preacher man. Lucky me. I think it was track by Nancy & The Figs. Thanks td. Always a difficult task to cover Dusty records and it really is great.
Always happy to oblige, young man.
Those figs are all named Cam, btw.
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Ron you beat me to it. It was wonderful.
Wow. I'm reading the posts backwards and am finding all this nice stuff. Bet you don't remember who played Melissa Gilbert's estranged husband?... It was Eric McCormack (sp?) of WILL AND GRACE, in what must have been one of his first major American roles.
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td: Are you familiar with a song called "I'm Down" by The Hollies (1974)? You maybe able to download it from somewhere. I only have it on record. The only of which I am aware song that covers "our" topic.
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Correction: Yesterday I posted that Roger Rees played George in the reading of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA W with Uta Hagen.. It was actually Jonathan Pryce. Mia Farrow was Honey, but I still can't recall who Nick was.
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Good vibes to DR Panni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm glad Archie is back.
DR Danise: Re: bidding on ebay 2 minutes before.
My computer is slow, and I wonder if placing my first bid then is too late. I think having a fast connection would be wonderful for the sneaky people like you! :)
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td: Are you familiar with a song called "I'm Down" by The Hollies (1974)? You maybe able to download it from somewhere. I only have it on record. The only of which I am aware song that covers "our" topic.
I'm searching for it right now. . .
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Goodnight all. Time to hit the hay before it hits me.
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Btw, it only took 1 hour to unfreeze my tv, by blasting my space heater :)
Good night all.
Btw2, I love reality tv, but don't get the station BK's show is on :(
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MONK was delightful tonight.
One of the nice little extras that Time Warner digital cable offers us is several cable channels of On Demand programming for free. I flipped to Biography Channel on Demand, and there was Charles Dickens which I had never seen, and it was a wonderful 46 minute capsule of his life.
Those On Demand Channels (they also offer BBC America and Home and Garden among others) are so nice because you choose which show you want and can start and stop at will, rewind, etc, just like a recording and no commercials. Really great way to catch up on things you've missed. I wish they'd put THE OFFICE in the BBC AMerica On Demand selections. It'd be so much fun to program which episodes of that I'd like to see. I'm sure it will turn up eventually, but it wasn't among the offerings tonight. They change the offerings every month.
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Speaking of MONK, if you don't get USA, I see that ABC is going to run episodes of the series on Saturday nights at 10 EST now. That should afford most people the chance to sample the show if you think you might be interested.
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MONK was delightful tonight.
Off to watch it now. Goodnight.
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Guess I'll say good night as well. Almost midnight here, and so I'll see you all tomorrow.
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BK:
I caught cowboy U, but the credits went by so fast I didn't see what your credit was.
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There were actually three episodes of Cowboy U on tonight. If you didn't see the one-hour premiere then you didn't see my show. But, those credits do go by fast. The barrel race, for example, is not in show one.
I HATE MARZIPAN. Just back from a faboo dinner with the Pogues and our very own Tammy Minoff, who I haven't seen in over six months. It was fun to catch up and Miss Tammy sends everyone her love.
haineshisway.com vibes and xylophones do work their wonders, I must say.
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Oh, and isn't about time for some late-night denizens? Oh, and tomorrow marks the return of the Unseemly Trivia Contest so be sure to check out the notes immediately.
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I'm taping "Cowboy U" so I can freeze frame the credits. I'll try and watch them Sunday or Monday. Tomorrow I have to go to work to make up some time this week and tomorrow night I'm usher for Kate Clinton, so I'll be out most of the day.
Panni,
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and good luck with the bureaucracy. ::)
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BK, the credits just scrawled on the one-hour premiere and I saw your credit. Julieanne and I have decided to tape the other two episodes and watch the whole thing tomorrow, so I probably won't have report for you tomorrow at the show. Dinner was indeed faboo and all that fine talk about S.T.'s!
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OMG - this will mean nothing to our Younger HHW'ers....but when it was posted that Norm Lewis would be playing Billy Flynn...for the next 1/2 day I was thinking Norm Crosby! :-[
That just isn't funny. Sorry, but it isn't.
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How about...The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Be careful what you wish for, we may get a remake with Brad Garrett and Katey Sagal in the leads.
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Thanks for the good vibes, DR George.
I'm off to San Francisco early in the morning. Won't be posting until late Sunday (unless I post again tonight). So tired and still have a million things to do. My daughter is at a Dave Matthews Concert tonight in Oakland. She just called me and held her cell phone out so I could hear. Isn't that sweet? I did the right thing giving birth to her 20 years ago.
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Late-night denizens of HHW unite!
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Can we say "Star Trek: Enterprise?" I like the show on its own, but it is so far removed from the history that was set down in all the other series.
I've been wondering if that might be the ultimate "point" of the series: that Archer, in his dealing with time travel, ends up obliterating the history he has been living and changes it to the Kirk timeline.
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Panni, It's Penny! Hiya - hope yer dawg is okay. I'll be coming back down to LA within the next few days. So cold here
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Bruce, see ya soon. Gonna hit the rack now. Goodnight to all. kisses.
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I'm getting the impression that BK hates marzipan.
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BK, I was, in fact, reading a novel yesterday. I happen to love this novel! :D
Sawah, I'm sorry this pink princess (I'm going for alliteration here, everyone!--just being silly! :) ) couldn't make it tonight. She was frustrated with the voice teacher, as you know.
Panni, I am truly sorry to hear about the greencard situation. I hope it gets fixed soon. :-\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Uncle Woody, you made me smile! Glad to hear der Brucer sounded happier!
Random: Maya and I were talking about Ruthless! tonight, and I googled the name of the actress who played Tina in the LA production. Lindsay Ridgeway was the little sister on Boy Meets World!!! (It was one of my favorite shows as a kid.) She's also 4 days younger than me--that's it! WHOAAAAA wait a sec, I just noticed...BK produced this cd!! Awesome job! Do you know how much I love this recording?? :D
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Dinner time in OZ Laura II. I shall have to leave you to hold the fort. Maybe the late night Washingtonians will still arrive.
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Panni, It's Penny! Hiya - hope yer dawg is okay.
He's fine, thanks. Panni-Penny-Uma-Ula-Oprah
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LauraII: Ruthless was a total delight to record - we had more fun with Lindsay than I can tell you, and I ended up using her on quite a few other albums.
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We haz been deserted by the late-night denizens who were too too wussy to stay up with us.
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I HATE MARZIPAN. They wuz wussy, do you hear me?
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I am my own posting frenzy.
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I shall post until the cows come home - and speaking of cows, I just watched Cowboy U on my Tivo machine - that machine is unbelievably amazing - perfect quality, easy to use. I'm sure I will love having it. I thought it was pretty good (the show) - I didn't like a couple of the sound mixing choices, and we did have to soften the show a bit which I think took some of the teeth out of it. Still, it was enjoyable. Who can figure out which bits I was able to work a little "me" into?
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I'm not stopping. I can't stop. I've got a post on my back.
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I LOVE marzipan.
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In fact, if I were ever to repeat the pain and agony I was going through a mere 20 years ago tonight, I would name the new child "Marzipan."
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Jay, don't just sit there, for heaven's sake.
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Correction: Yesterday I posted that Roger Rees played George in the reading of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA W with Uta Hagen.. It was actually Jonathan Pryce. Mia Farrow was Honey, but I still can't recall who Nick was.
According to yesterday's New York Times, it was Matthew Broderick.
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LauraII, don't just SIT there, for heaven's sake.
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According to yesterday's New York Times, it was Matthew Broderick.
Not in LA. But I don't remember who it was. It's driving me insane - INSANE, I tell you.
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Jay - How was MY ARCHITECT?
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Jay, don't just sit there, for heaven's sake.
My dear BK: I must first read through all the cherce posts before I make comments of my own! Lately, that takes a while!
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Excuses, excuses. Okay, hold tight for a sec while new notes and new topic go up.
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Dear Reader Panni--
Please don't let the tsuris with the INS/Department of Homeland Security/Big Brother ruin your weekend. Please have safe travels and a grand time with your Dear Daugher in Baghdad by the Bay.