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Title: BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 04, 2007, 11:54:17 PM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were suprisingly even-keeled given the number of blown gaskets that were in evidence, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently blowing some gaskets, just for the hell of it.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 04, 2007, 11:55:48 PM
And the word of the day is: MULTIETY!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 12:32:45 AM
TOTD:
CD: 1. Alfred Hitchcock "Music To Be Murdered By"
       2. Hugo Montenegro - "Overture American Musical Theatre 1935-1945
       3. Andrea Griminelli's Cinema Italiano.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 01:08:58 AM
Update:

CD: "The Tragic and Horrible Life Of The Singing Nun"

(I love this CD)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:21:49 AM
And the word of the day is: MOLIMINOUS!


Didn't we just have "moliminous" as word of the day?

Is it double doody week?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:22:46 AM
I wonder if Tomovoz has a picture of a "dirdy birdie"!

Any "dirdy birdies" in Oz, Tom?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:23:39 AM
I, too, wonder about François.  It's not like him to "not post" on a Thursday e'en.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:30:15 AM
It's not like him to "not post" on a Thursday e'en.

Or even on a Thursday odd.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:32:02 AM
I loved all the TV I watched tonight.

That includes "Ugly Betty" and "Grey's Anatomy."  I thoroughly concur with DR MattH's assessment that this was the best episode in a LONG time.  It was full of pith and promise and potential.  I especially loved George's wife, getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop from a thoroughly misguided chief of surgery, begging George NOT to say what she knows he's going to say.   And then George agrees not to say it.  And probably no one in America/Canada or anywhere else, for that matter, watching this episode wanted him to say it.

That said, I'm still so thoroughly OVER Meredith Grey and her self-serving pity parties.  She makes it seem so plausible that she has no "link" to Lexi because her father deserted her.  But it was NEVER about her....it was her ball-busting mother, her weak father and life, in general, that deprived her of her father.  It was not Lexi...it was never Lexi....and Meredith is going to have to get over her bitchy selfishness and consider the fact that she has a blood relative who wanted to connect with her.  I despise the character.

I was very disappointed in McDreamy breaking down and keeping his appointment with Meredith.

I LOVED Christina's "wedding present trade-offs-for-favors" tactic.  

i DO wish she would have told Burke's mother EXACTLY what her son could do with himself.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:32:03 AM
Didn't we just have "moliminous" as word of the day?

Is it double doody week?

Considering one of the definitions of moliminous, I'd say double doody is most appropriate!  ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:32:43 AM
Or even on a Thursday odd.


Speaking of "odd", on Thursdays, Fridays, or whenever....


 8)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:34:06 AM
Considering one of the definitions of moliminous, I'd say double doody is most appropriate!  ;)


Well then..."Howdy, DOODY"!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:34:30 AM
what her son could do with himself.

The mind boggles.    8)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:35:41 AM
Am I having a waking dream, or am I awakening from a dream...or is it 1:35 a.m. PDT and 4:35 a.m. EDT...and is DR wingshawl up and alert and posting alongside me????

Heavens to Murgatroyd!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:36:40 AM
The mind boggles.    8)


Given Isaiah's on-set comments last season, my mind toggles at the idea of sending him into various pits of hell.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:38:02 AM
Let's be ultra-careful, dingbrawl, or I may find myself in the 14100's before I allow my head to rest upon my pillow.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:41:07 AM
And that would be bad....

WHY?

:)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:41:38 AM
Oh, all right, David.  You dont' want to play.


I can take a hint.


Good night.


Good night.


Parting is such sweet sorrow...


...that I shall say, "Good night...."


...till CBS fires Rob Morrow.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:42:46 AM
Oh, fie!  You speak!  You speak!

Well, sir....it wouldn't be bad, per se....but it wouldn't lead me to a full rest in preparation for my Friday workday.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:43:00 AM
TOD:  Media Check

CD [car]:  Sammy Davis Jr. sings Dr. Dolittle, Bobby Darin sing Dr. Dolittle
CD [home]:  Joe Nichols [various]
DVD:  Strangers on a Train
DVR:  The Closer, Season 3
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:43:51 AM
TOD:  Media Check

CD [car]:  Sammy Davis Jr. sings Dr. Dolittle, Bobby Darin sing Dr. Dolittle


I always wondered just who it was who would listen to such albums.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:44:18 AM
So, DR RLP -

Have you watched any Judy/Mickey yet?   :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:45:03 AM
I'm not passing "judgment", per se....just commenting on the curious and the curiouser.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:46:05 AM
I always wondered just who it was who would listen to such albums.

And now you have your answer, in spades.    8)

They make me happy!

You've probably seen such folk on your morning commute.  You know, that guy or gal driving past you with the demented look?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:46:06 AM
So, DR RLP -

Have you watched any Judy/Mickey yet?   :)

Gosh, no.  I have been so busy trying to catch up on what's already stored in my DVR cache...and in the recording of some of the movies therein...that Mickey-Judy haven't a prayer of being attended till the weekend.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:47:07 AM
And now you have your answer, in spades.    8)

They make me happy!

You've probably seen such folk on your morning commute.  You know, that guy or gal driving past you with the demented look?

I do, indeed, know those of whom you speak.  

I do not know, now, whether I shall find them less scary...or moreso....
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:48:01 AM
Of course, living near that den of iniquity, San Francisco, that's probably most of the population...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:48:18 AM
But I shall be more on "guard"....


And much wiser, to boot!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:49:36 AM
Of course, living near that den of iniquity, San Fransisco, that's probably most of the population...

No doubt a few fall into the Davis,Jr./Darin category.  I suspect, however, they're more the Berkeley folks.

The San Francisco ones, thankfully, don't make it over to Oakland too often.  
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:50:03 AM
And much wiser, to boot!

But, hopefully, not sadder.

Ah, Robert Preston!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:50:49 AM
When the swallows return to Capistrano...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:52:11 AM
Given what I read here, San Francisco has no claims to iniquity.

The Bay Area seems quite tame considering the goings-on I've been reading about from our NooYawkers.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:53:01 AM
I'm sorry DR Tomovoz left before I had a chance to ask him how his visit with his father went.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:53:12 AM
I'm beginning to get a complex, since he's ignored ever brick I've thrown his way.

I'm starting to think he's ignoring me.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:54:11 AM
San Francisco has no claims to iniquity.

Perhaps, but antiquity, maybe?  Or persnickety?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 01:55:24 AM
Well, clapclaw, now you've done it.   You have gone and abetted me into the 14100s....and now I must hie my hiny to bed.

Tha'ts correct.  You read it as it was writ...

Make of THAT what you will.

G'night!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:55:53 AM
BEWARE: FLYING BRICK [BATS]!
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Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:56:18 AM
Sweet rest, DR Ron Pulliam!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:57:01 AM
The time is nigh...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 01:59:23 AM
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/boxcovers/100_Wide/D18759.jpg)[/move]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 02:47:40 AM
At NYMF, no one can hear you scream...
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/a6/300px-The_Scream.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 02:53:28 AM
I'm not making this stuff up!

Quote
The U.S. Air Force won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize this year for its proposal to develop a "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers want to make love with each other, not war with the enemy.

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 04:24:58 AM
Good morning, all! I have little to report.  At 9 am I shall hit Tekserve and procure for myself a new iMac. After that, a stop at Toyland and then a trek to the NYPL.  Hopefully, the computer will be delivered in the late afternoon, and I can putter about the apartment till it arrives.

I have no writing work at the moment so I may begin work on the piec I want to write in my dad's memory.

I don't know if it was the LAW & ORDER: CI episode with the actor I once knew but I had very strange dreams: a rehearsal of CANDIDE and a strange situation involving an orchestration of a Leonard Bernsten piece, back to work at The Drama Book Shop and dealing with a huge pile of shipping problems andf orders that had piled up since I'd been away.  

TOD:
  DVD:  COUNT DRACULA (Louis Jourdain), KNOCKED UP
  CD:  Opera mood: HANSEL & GRETEL, ERNANI
  VCR:  Nothing with plumbers
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ginny on October 05, 2007, 04:26:23 AM
Quick Friday morning greetings!  Today's the first day of my conference at DR Ben's workplace, so soon I'll be off to catch my bus.

I'll be E & T all day and DH Richard will be going to the laundromat.  Isn't NYC glamourous?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:37:46 AM
Good morning, DR elmore!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 04:53:00 AM
Good morning, good day.

It is Friday.  And I have to work today.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:54:30 AM
Good morning, gentlemen.

And I use that term loosely.  :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 04:55:24 AM
TOD:

DVD - The Ultimate Sci Fi Collection Volume 2, discussed here a few weeks ago.  Nothing really exciting, but some okay stuff.  DR CYCLOPS looked very good Technicolor-wise.  LAND UNKNOWN was pretty boring.  THE DEADLY MANTIS had lots of stock footage, but a pretty neat looking monster.  CULT OF THE COBRA was talky and set bound....and the sets weren't so hot....New York apartments, bowling alleys, and theatres, designed by someone who had obviously never been in a New York apartment, bowling alley, or theatre.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 04:55:42 AM
Good morning, gentlemen.

And I use that term loosely.  :)

Point taken.  ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 04:56:04 AM
CD:  Rocky Horror Picture Show

VHS: BACK STREET
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 04:56:21 AM
Off to work.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:56:31 AM
TOD

Everything's the same as last Friday

CD:  EDWIN DROOD
        THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X
        THE LAST STARFIGHTER
        (Is there a SUCH GOOD FRIENDS CD in the works?)

DVD:  PITTSBURGH
          The two Chad Allen mysteries
       
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:57:56 AM
Good morning, gentlemen.

And I use that term loosely.  :)


Which would make us loose gentlemen?  How dare you speak of Jrand57 that way?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 04:58:12 AM
Morning all.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 04:59:07 AM
I have lots of CDs for listening here at the office. Nothing else is planned for the weekend. I will be here at the office on Saturday and then at St. Clement's on Saturday evening for The Last Starfighter.

It's supposed to be hot and muggy today around 88 degrees with high humidity.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 04:59:39 AM
We will do the laundry after work today and then go out to dinner. Don't know where yet but we always go out to dinner on Friday evening.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 04:59:49 AM
Good morning, DR elmore!

Hello, DR TCB!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 05:00:16 AM
Before I forget I wanted to mention Donald's radio show with Kristin Chenowith. Very enjoyable. Thanks for another good one Donald!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 05:00:18 AM
Good morning, gentlemen.

And I use that term loosely.  :)


Oh, sorry, I didn't see Ben.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:01:06 AM
I cannot stop coughing , my head is pounding my throat is sore, so of course, I am in the office



It's not sheer stupidity that places me here: the only other fulltime employee who share my job duties is on vacation  so here I am lest the work not get done





 
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 05:01:08 AM
Don't know if I'll actually see our dear Ginny since she will be on the second floor and I'm on the third floor, but it's Friday and wasn't that Anything Can Happen Day?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 05:01:46 AM
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Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 05:02:01 AM
Good morning to everyone listed here

vixmom, TCB, elmore3003, JRand57, singdaw

You were all at the top of the screen when I checked in.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:02:19 AM
Good morning dear gentlemen
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 05:02:21 AM
And it's only 8:02 am in NYC
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ben on October 05, 2007, 05:02:32 AM
Gotta go.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:03:01 AM
Now to catch up before I have to be productive
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:05:17 AM
Hope you feel better PRONTO, DR Vixmom!  :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:06:20 AM
How dare you speak of Jrand57 that way?

He thinks it's a compliment.   8)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:11:51 AM
***COMPUTER BUYING VIBES*** to DR elmore3003.  Hope you get a pretty pink one!  :)

***CONFERENCE VIBES*** to DR Ginny.

***LAUNDRY VIBES*** to DH Richard.  Hope you can fight off the paparazzi OK.  You know you're a big celebrity in NYC now that you've been Brain Tapped!

***WORK VIBES*** to the rest of us.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:13:00 AM
DR JoseSPiano - I hope I see you at Such Good Friends tomorrow afternoon.  Alas, I do not have an extra ticket for you.  :(
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: td on October 05, 2007, 05:23:18 AM
DRs vixmom and singdaw - a might big "YOU'RE WELCOME" to you both.

TOD:
DVD: VACANCY
CD:   Joe Nichols REAL THINGS
         Bruce Springsteen MAGIC
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:25:06 AM
blown gasket:
(http://www.bikernet.com/news/images/PhotoID17223.jpg)

At least, that's what I'm told.  I'm not a mechanic; I just play one on TV.   :P
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:27:54 AM
I'm hoping to meet DR Julie this weekend.  It should be pretty easy; I just look for the two dimensional drawing with long, dark hair, right?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: brian on October 05, 2007, 05:41:21 AM
Last night finished re-watching Season 3 of OZ,will rent Season 4 for the weekend; Car CD, en route to work, the Previn STREETCAR. It will take some getting used to-Blanche starts off so High(note-wise) and forceful, I wonder where she'll go when she actually does go crazy;Also it's live, so the occasional bursts of applause make suspension of disbelief more difficult.  One of the things I liked about Blitzstein's REGINA, with the '58 NYCity Opera Cast, is that you can understand every phrase-maybe 'cause it's closer to the musical theater I'm more familiar with.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:46:05 AM
Dirty Work Afoot
Quote
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Customs officers discovered nearly 10.5 ounces of ecstasy tablets hidden inside a Mr. Potato Head toy sent to Australia from Ireland, the agency said Thursday.

(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/potatohead.bust.ap/art.potatohead.ap.jpg)
He looks pretty happy to me!  :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:49:18 AM
One of the things I liked about Blitzstein's REGINA, with the '58 NYCity Opera Cast

:(  I have never been able to find a recording of this opera on CD.

CORRECTION:  That does not cost several hundred dollars on ebay.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:50:33 AM
Singdaw, my little brother will be attending Such Good Friends Saturday,

He wanted to attend the last The Last Starfighter as well but alas, (or hooray  for FJL and Skip) it is completely sold out.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:52:04 AM
Dirty Work Afoot
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/potatohead.bust.ap/art.potatohead.ap.jpg)
He looks pretty happy to me!  :)

OH NO!  Mr.Potatohead turns mule!!!


It must have been all those kids rejecting him in favor of video games that turned him ......    
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 05:52:07 AM
Today is the member's plant sale at the arboretum. DS and I will buy loads of plants to replace the stuff that didn't survive the long hot summer at the church. I expect we will be digging holes the rest of the day.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:52:48 AM
Dirty Work Afoot
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/potatohead.bust.ap/art.potatohead.ap.jpg)
He looks pretty happy to me!  :)

Does one bad potato spoil the whole sack?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: vixmom on October 05, 2007, 05:54:13 AM
Well work time!

*cough*

                          * hack*


                                                                * choke*



SNEEZE[/b]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:56:23 AM
Singdaw, my little brother will be attending Such Good Friends Saturday
I hope I can meet him!  Will he be the one wearing the gardenia?

Quote
He wanted to attend the last The Last Starfighter as well but alas, (or hooray  for FJL and Skip) it is completely sold out.
Truly Sorry/Grateful!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 05:57:26 AM
Does one bad potato spoil the whole sack?

I guess it depends how you define "spoil"...     ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: FJL on October 05, 2007, 05:59:38 AM
vixmom, just to reiterate, even the cast has been unable to get extra tix for this weekend, and those two perfs have been sold out for  a long time  - we can get him in to either of this aftrenoon's performances, though, if he can rearrange his schedule.  But of course, like any theater enterprise, there's an allotment that is held back for emergencies which may be released by NYMF from time to time if you keep checking online.  We have no advance knowledge of when these will be released, though.  
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 06:00:59 AM
Dirty Work Afoot
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/potatohead.bust.ap/art.potatohead.ap.jpg)
He looks pretty happy to me!  :)

He looks ecstatic.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 06:07:51 AM
The lovely story behind the picture (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/indelible-yi07.html).
(http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/indelible-yi07-main.jpg)

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 06:16:52 AM
I knew Walmartopia was bad, but is it a crime scene?
(http://www.broadway.com/site_images/553561.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 07:15:19 AM
Good morning!

We got some drizzle yesterday, so the humidity is higher today, but it's not much cooler. Bah!

Come back, fall! PLEASE come back!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 07:18:07 AM
TOD:  Media Check

DVD:  Strangers on a Train

 ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 07:20:53 AM
Friday Media Check:

CD - CURTAINS (OCR)

DVD - CSI: NY - season 3, disc 5
          MEDIUM - Season 3
          Mickey-Judy box set (BABES ON BROADWAY first)

DVR - Wednesday night's CSI: NY
          Thursday night's SMALVILLE
          Thursday night's MY NAME IS EARL
          Thursday night's THE OFFICE
          Thursday night's LAW & ORDER: CI
          Thursday night's MAD MEN
          STRANGER THAN FICTION
          THE BLACK DAHLIA
          RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 07:23:36 AM
Page Four Harry Potter Dance!!!


Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 07:25:42 AM
I read the booklet in the Mickey-Judy box before going to sleep last night. Always enjoy John Fricke's take on all things Judy Garland.

My only disappointment is that he didn't do a running commentary for all four films, but especially for BABES ON BROADWAY. Stil I'l enjoy the two that he DID do.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 07:27:50 AM
Good morning.

FEEL BETTER VIBES to VIXMOM and BK and anyone else who needs them!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 07:28:47 AM
TOD:

DVD: BRIDES OF CHRIST
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 07:29:44 AM
Another thing I did last night before prime time started that I failed to mention is try out my laserdisc player on the new TV. I had plugged it in from the beginning but in being so busy watching DVDs and calibrating the inputs that I use most frequently (cable box, over the air digital tuner, DVD player, and Blu-ray player), I hadn't done anything to the S-video calibration for the laserdisc. I put in A VERY BRADY SEQUEL, one of the more recent and colorful laserdiscs, so I could guage flesh tones and sharpness. I'll have to try out a few Technicolor laserdiscs next to see how I did with a quick, crude calibration.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 07:32:54 AM
Much to do today, feel pulled in many directions--like a monkey cake, one could say. I've never eaten monkey cake, mind you, but I may just be feeling like one.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 07:33:30 AM
I'm going to make an all-out effort to finish up CSI: NY on DVD today. That means I'll have to record GHOST WHISPERER and MOONLIGHT tonight. If I can finish up before 10, I'll probably watch GHOST WHISPERER since it's in such an exciting place right now.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 07:33:45 AM
TTFN.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Kerry on October 05, 2007, 07:46:39 AM
I am having Welsh Rarebit for breakfast (which is slightly  less exotic than the Orange Peel Chicken I had yesterday morning).  Beats a bowl of cereal anyday!

Bruce, keep us postd on the fundraiser.   I have high hopes for its success and for less stress for you.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 07:57:47 AM
Vixmom---I hope you feel better!

bk, anti-coughing vibes to you!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: S. Woody White on October 05, 2007, 08:00:59 AM
And the word of the day is: MOLIMINOUS!
I've always found Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland to be light and carefree fun, and hardly MOLIMINOUS at all.  But I've always wished that Mole and Rat could have their own ride, as well, since I like those two a lot.

I also think it says something of our cultural biases, that we don't have the word RATIMINOUS in our language.  A shame, really.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:01:55 AM
TOD: Since we hardly ever watch TV, the only thing we've managed to sit down and watch is a movie my DH plucked off the shelf last night and said "I see something I want to watch".

It was THE LAST STARFIGHTER. It was fun to see it again after seeing Fred & Skip's show, and we both agreed that we liked the changes they made (Centauri as co-pilot, etc.).

Tonight I'm going to a documentary about Pearl, a topiary gardener that we did a show about many years ago. Our gardening crew is all going together; it will be fun to see everybody!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:03:28 AM
Heading down now to clean up a bit before heading out on my usual Friday errands.

WBBL.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:03:57 AM
And right now I'm watching the interview my DH did a month or so ago with Joe Harris, the theatre producer who originally produced Li'l Abner. He is a fascinating guy!

Next up, Margaret Whiting. We kept walking past her apartment when we were in NY and we would wave at her balcony.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:05:01 AM
Ah...the old days of Broadway, when it was a simpler, easier time.

He's talking about going to The Edison with Johnny Mercer.

I miss NY already!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:07:51 AM
We'll be back in NY the last weekend in January, and since it's right before both of our birthdays, we aim to get a jump on the celebratin'!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: S. Woody White on October 05, 2007, 08:08:23 AM
TOD:

Car CD Player (the trip to NYC and back):
     The Brain From Planet X
     What's a Brayne & Wenda? featuring Wayne Moore and Brenda Silas Moore
     A New Brain
     Merrily We Roll Along, the York Theater recording

Books:
     The Bialy Eaters by Mimi Sheraton
     The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Noel on October 05, 2007, 08:11:01 AM
Tonight I'm going to a documentary about Pearl, a topiary gardener that we did a show about many years ago. Our gardening crew is all going together; it will be fun to see everybody!

My brother-in-law made the feature documentary about Pearl, and I'd very much appreciate hearing all about it, including how the audience reacted.


A Such Good Friends cast album?  A certain signed contract absolutely prohibits the making of cast albums until six months after a NYMF show closes.  Shows that have had cast albums made with previous casts, prior to NYMF selection, of course, are in the pink.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: S. Woody White on October 05, 2007, 08:12:29 AM
...TOD:
  ...  VCR:  Nothing with plumbers
But everything to do with pipes, I'll bet!   ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:18:22 AM
TOD:

Car CD Player (the trip to NYC and back):
     The Brain From Planet X
     What's a Brayne & Wenda? featuring Wayne Moore and Brenda Silas Moore
     A New Brain
     Merrily We Roll Along, the York Theater recording

Books:
     The Bialy Eaters by Mimi Sheraton
     The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson.


Boy, SWoody, you have BRAIN on the brain!

And fish is brain food, too!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:19:22 AM
My brother-in-law made the feature documentary about Pearl, and I'd very much appreciate hearing all about it, including how the audience reacted.

Really!!! What's his name? I'll say hello to him tonight. What a coinky-dink!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:21:02 AM
They did the online at the post house where we did S&V and The Internationale. So I will know some of the crew there. They had told me about it last year when they were planning to work on it and were very excited about the project!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:24:32 AM
I guess I should be looking into how to text vote for our fave NYMF shows.

For those of us not accustomed to the process from American Idol or Dancing With the Stars, it will be a learning experience!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:25:00 AM
In her interview, Margaret Whiting is talking about how Paul McCartney wanted to write with Johnny and how Johnny liked The Beatles, especially Paul. But Johnny's wife Ginger was ill at the time and he said he'd work with Paul when she got better.

Too bad they never ended up collaborating. That would have been interesting!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:25:54 AM
We'll be back in NY the last weekend in January

Ya and Hoo!  :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 08:26:46 AM
Didn't we just have "moliminous" as word of the day?

Is it double doody week?

Did we?  I'm so discombobulated I can't remember anything.  I've changed the word, just in case.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:27:49 AM
But everything to do with pipes, I'll bet!

Colonel Mustard, in the Library, with the Lead Pipe?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:31:28 AM
I can't figure out what the new word of the day means, exactly, but it seems to be very metaphysical.

Far out, man!   8)  [as Rod might say]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:31:58 AM
DR Singling, it's very easy.

On my phone, I
a. select the messages menu
b. select new text message
c. Type in the address, or phone number, 64641, then hit OK or enter
d. For the message, type in the number of the show you're voting for. I think THE BRAIN is fest07, for example...

If you haven't text-messaged before, I can offer technical support on that, too!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:33:15 AM
Thanks so much, DR Edisaurus!  I think even my teeny brain can handle that!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:34:09 AM
FJL, great news on your sold-out shows! Let us know how it goes, (in your special way, without saying a thing!)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:36:15 AM
Margaret is now talking about how she thought "My huckleberry friend" was a stupid lyric and tried to talk Johnny out of it!  

Johnny carefully considered her comments and then respectfully told her he was going to keep it.

Of course, that was the lyrics everybody latched on to. Even Margaret's mother loved it! LOL!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 08:37:28 AM
Singdaw, my little brother will be attending Such Good Friends Saturday,

How "little" is he?

Is he sensitive about his height?


Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 08:38:11 AM
Thanks so much, DR Edisaurus!  I think even my teeny brain can handle that!


How "teeny" is it?

Are you sensitive about it?

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:39:32 AM
Is he sensitive about his height?

I'll be sure to mention it...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:40:00 AM
Are you sensitive about it?

:-X
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 08:43:22 AM
DR Edisaurus sure is a versatile multi-tasker!  Viewing a documentary, posting at HHW, texting NYMF, and heaven knows what else.   :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: S. Woody White on October 05, 2007, 08:46:26 AM
How "little" is he?...
It isn't the size, it's what is done with it.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:49:19 AM
DR Edisaurus sure is a versatile multi-tasker!  Viewing a documentary, posting at HHW, texting NYMF, and heaven knows what else.   :)

I have to say that I am really disappointed by the way this guy shoots interviews. He frames a wide shot and then never changes the angle again. Jeez---I could do that!

The thing is, maybe they decided to stay wider on her since she's rather old and they thought it would be more flattering, but they could have at least gone a little tighter, above the elbows, so you don't see the effect of gravity, if you know what I mean...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 08:49:34 AM
Edi-On behalf of Brainy Bryan, thank you.

Congrats on getting real internet.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:50:45 AM
DR Edisaurus sure is a versatile multi-tasker!  Viewing a documentary, posting at HHW, texting NYMF, and heaven knows what else.   :)

Writing notes about lines I will use, burnings CD's, talking on the phone with the producer, etc. etc. etc....
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:52:13 AM
Congrats on getting real internet.

Thanks! Now if we can get the airport working, I will be happy.

I also found out I need a new battery and should probably replace my power cable....

But at least I don't feel like I'm stealing!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:53:42 AM
I named my airport "Hartsfield", which is the old name of the Atlanta airport. I wonder what people think when it shows up on their network? (I can see about a dozen networks on my computer...)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 08:55:03 AM


A Such Good Friends cast album?  A certain signed contract absolutely prohibits the making of cast albums until six months after a NYMF show closes.  Shows that have had cast albums made with previous casts, prior to NYMF selection, of course, are in the pink.

I'm surprised.  I think it would be nice to sell cast albums after the show.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:55:52 AM
Now Margaret is talking about Johnny Mercer starting Capitol records. Margaret was not the first singer he signed to the label, and she was kind of hurt, but Johnny told her "You're not the first singer I will sign, but you will be the BEST singer I sign."

Sweet!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 08:56:58 AM
ArnoldMBrockman, thank you for the loads of good wishes.

Singdaw, Yea, for sure.  Thank you.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 08:57:33 AM
bk, I'm curious why you decided not to sell BRAIN CD's at the show. "Some souveniers"...

And no cookies, either!

Jose could have opened up a Levain franchise in the lobby!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 08:57:47 AM
Vixmom and Bruce-Feel better soon!

Cilla, how is Callie today?

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 09:06:23 AM
TOD:

DVD - The Ultimate Sci Fi Collection Volume 2, discussed here a few weeks ago.  Nothing really exciting, but some okay stuff.  DR CYCLOPS looked very good Technicolor-wise.  LAND UNKNOWN was pretty boring.  THE DEADLY MANTIS had lots of stock footage, but a pretty neat looking monster.  CULT OF THE COBRA was talky and set bound....and the sets weren't so hot....New York apartments, bowling alleys, and theatres, designed by someone who had obviously never been in a New York apartment, bowling alley, or theatre.


Well...you do get William Reynolds in two of those movies! Makes the set totally worthwhile (at least for me!).


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Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on October 05, 2007, 09:07:39 AM
And the word of the day is: MULTIETY!

And The Song Of The Day: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 09:08:51 AM
Gosh it is hard to tell who is prettier in that photo..Andra Martin or Willliam Reynolds!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: S. Woody White on October 05, 2007, 09:09:26 AM
I'd better get going...

I don't get off work until 7 this evening...

And it's the Doctor Who season finale at 8 on SciFi!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 09:14:02 AM
Keith just informed me there is snow on top of the Siskiyou Mountains above us.    I hope it stays up there and away from us.  I am not ready for winter, I want the warmer days to return.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 09:22:15 AM
But what a lovely picture that would make, DR Jane!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 09:27:39 AM
Media Check:

DVR:
The NARROW MARGIN along with another Charles McGraw movie in anticipation of the new biography that was just published.

DVD:
Episodes of THE MILLIONAIRE (next to Adam -12, this is my favorite TV series!)

CD:
THE MODERNAIRES
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jennifer on October 05, 2007, 09:31:13 AM
RE: last night's UGLY BETTY

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I am also really liking it this year.  Some of the things are just so funny.  And i'm loving it. For example Mark teasing justin and then being nice to him. Or the whole bit with the dog.

I am very happy that betty's dad is now home. Very interesting way to make that happen.  I have not read all the posts yet. But who was the guy playing vanessa william's bodyguard.  He reminded me so much of the basketball player who i thought was her ex-husband!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jennifer on October 05, 2007, 09:42:55 AM
Okay I'm going to answer my own post.  I just read on televisionwithoutpity that the actor playing the bodyguard on UGLY BETTY was indeed her ex-husband.  Okay that is so weird to me!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Noel on October 05, 2007, 09:44:19 AM
I'm surprised.  I think it would be nice to sell cast albums after the show.

The powers-that-be aren't interested in letting an author or a fan have any video or audio memento of our shows.  We get to see them six or seven times and that's all, folks.  {insert silent scream here}

Such Good Friends has its last performance in this form tomorrow at 1.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 09:48:42 AM
RE: last night's UGLY BETTY

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I am also really liking it this year.  Some of the things are just so funny.  And i'm loving it. For example Mark teasing justin and then being nice to him. Or the whole bit with the dog.

I am very happy that betty's dad is now home. Very interesting way to make that happen.  I have not read all the posts yet. But who was the guy playing vanessa william's bodyguard.  He reminded me so much of the basketball player who i thought was her ex-husband!

SPOILER


DR Jennifer...her dad is NOT yet home.  And his fate, given what happened while he was packing, is up in the air...with a gun in his ribs.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 09:49:44 AM
The powers-that-be aren't interested in letting an author or a fan have any video or audio memento of our shows.  We get to see them six or seven times and that's all, folks.  {insert silent scream here}

Such Good Friends has its last performance in this form tomorrow at 1.

I'm sure no one in the audience would ever dream of making a recording of the performance using a small digital recorder.

 8)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 09:50:51 AM
And on that note....



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Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 09:52:45 AM
Busy Friday morning!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 09:53:30 AM
Heigh-ho, Penny-O!

How goes things?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 09:57:06 AM
BEWARE: FLYING BRICK [BATS]!
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Speaking of....where in the world is Ms. Snarkie today?

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 10:05:41 AM
Noel, what is the name of your brother-in-law who did the documentary on Pearl?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 10:05:44 AM
Heigh-ho, Penny-O!

How goes things?

Hi, Ron! things be fine!!! I just heard yesterday that i am in the top three, out of dozens of applications, for the Northwest Folklife Executive Director job!!! My interview is November 2. This feels so good!!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 10:06:08 AM
Or "Pear" in the HHW vernacular...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 10:06:23 AM
And Jane! congratulations, and fingers x'd for Bryan's continuing success.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Edisaurus on October 05, 2007, 10:07:13 AM
Fingers crossed for PennyO to get the dream job!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 10:08:11 AM
Edisaurus, we did sell the Brain CD - it was in the lounge on the floor below the theater - of course, it would have been nice if there'd been a sign in the lobby OF the theater, but, you know, it's NYMF.  We sold four copies, but I've been getting orders from people who saw the show, includind one from a Japanese fellow who saw the show (and about seven other NYMF shows) - the Brain was his favorite and he wrote the sweetest note - doesn't speak English well, so maybe that's why we were his favorite.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 10:09:20 AM
I went to the birthday party of a friend last night - on her 74-foot yacht in the Marina -- hoo, boy!!! We got to cruise around the marina, and eat yummy foodstuffs, and imbibe various liquid refreshments. Another friend of hers made a gorgeous cake - wish I had a photo to show y'all - whipped cream, strawberries, ladyfingers - all tied with pink and red ribbons, and surrounded by roses. Impossible to describe - how beautiful!!!! And scrumptious!!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 10:10:07 AM
Fingers crossed for PennyO to get the dream job!

Thanks, sweet Ed!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 10:10:52 AM
Hey, Bruce - howz the cough today??? (Guaiafenisin syrup!)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 10:21:47 AM
Or "Pear" in the HHW vernacular...

;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 10:23:59 AM
I just heard yesterday that i am in the top three, out of dozens of applications, for the Northwest Folklife Executive Director job!!! My interview is November 2.

I don't see how they could possibly want anyone else for the job.

***INTERVIEW VIBES***[/color][/size]
for DR PennyO!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 10:34:39 AM
Cough is still bad - I'm going to get some sort of cough syrup today
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 10:35:01 AM
Have done the annoying errand and will soon be on my way to rehearsal.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 10:41:33 AM
where in the world is Ms. Snarkie today?

You probably smiled   :)  and scared her away!    :P
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 10:48:44 AM
You probably smiled   :)  and scared her away!    :P


Are you saying that when I smile, I'm anathema?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 10:49:50 AM
Hah!

I say again, HAH!

And HAH!

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 10:50:40 AM
Are you saying that when I smile, I'm anathema?

If I ever see an athema, I'll get back to you on that.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 10:51:11 AM
If I ever see an athema, I'll get back to you on that.


WhyIoughta......!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 10:52:05 AM
The powers-that-be aren't interested in letting an author or a fan have any video or audio memento of our shows.  We get to see them six or seven times and that's all, folks.  {insert silent scream here}

Such Good Friends has its last performance in this form tomorrow at 1.

Noel, a real shame!

Have a great last show!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 10:52:50 AM
HAH spelled backwards is still HAH.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 10:55:19 AM
:(  I have never been able to find a recording of this opera on CD.

CORRECTION:  That does not cost several hundred dollars on ebay.

When you're next in town, hit Academy on West 18th Street and see if they have a used copy of the Mauceri-Scottish Opera recording.  I can't believe it's out of print but it is.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 10:56:36 AM
Thanks Penny, and BIG VIBES YOU BECOME THE TOP CHOICE FOR THE JOB!!   [/b]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:01:03 AM
Naked Boys Singing is being released on video in December.

Because that score is so catchy and witty.    ::)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:01:42 AM
When you're next in town, hit Academy on West 18th Street and see if they have a used copy of the Mauceri-Scottish Opera recording.  I can't believe it's out of print but it is.

Thanks, DR elmore3003!   :D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 11:02:05 AM
Well...you do get William Reynolds in two of those movies! Makes the set totally worthwhile (at least for me!).


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DR MBarnum, somedays your libido level gets so pathetic! I think Freud would tell you to develop a few inhibitions and turn off the tv.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:03:23 AM
Good Afternoon!

I'm up, I'm up.... And, yes, it's the afternoon... :-\
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:05:06 AM
Ain't that a might fine way to start a page?!?!?

Everybody Dance!

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Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:05:38 AM
So... Am I Ms. Snarkie?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:06:45 AM
So, has anyone else been able to find any new news on the talks between the League and Local 1 (IATSE)?  Has the lockout been averted?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 11:08:06 AM
LA fave Kevin Earley has been added to our fundraiser, as has Kirsten Benton Chandler and Beth Malone.  We're getting there.  Waiting for a few other confirmations.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 11:09:43 AM
I have a new iMac! I'm waiting for it to be delivered.  Looks like all hell is breaking loose on AS THE WORLD TURNS today.  I do not understand soap opera time: a day can last two weeks on a soap and yet every holiday falls on its appropriate date.  A dnner party on AS THE WORLD TURNS with the bigot/psycho dad took days and now suddenly it's the next day. Oy!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:10:35 AM
Has the lockout been averted?

They resume talks this afternoon at 2:00 PM...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:10:47 AM
DR Noel - Does the NYMF contract prohibit recording new demos of songs with cast members from the NYMF presentation?  Especially if new material was written for the NYMF stint.

-I've never seen the contract, so... ???
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:16:37 AM
I have a new iMac! I'm waiting for it to be delivered.  Looks like all hell is breaking loose on AS THE WORLD TURNS today.  I do not understand soap opera time: a day can last two weeks on a soap and yet every holiday falls on its appropriate date.  A dnner party on AS THE WORLD TURNS with the bigot/psycho dad took days and now suddenly it's the next day. Oy!

Congrats on your new purchase!  Did you get one of the new-new ones?  I think they're silver now.

As for soap opera time, my "favorite" is how kids go from birth to five years old... then to the 'tweens... although, sometimes they just skip their adolescence, and go right to being freshman in college... especially if they were sent off to boarding school (for a year)... And the boys always seem to come back from boarding school as hunky young men.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:18:32 AM
They resume talks this afternoon at 2:00 PM...

Ah, more talks.  The last I had heard, people were being told to bring anything important with them home from the theatre last night just in case they were locked out this morning.

Thanks for the update, DR singdaw.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:19:33 AM
...Just turned on "As the World Turns"... I had forgotten that they went "digital" - or at least the show looks "digital" now.  And talk about time compression!  ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:20:35 AM
So... Am I Ms. Snarkie?


ROTFLMAO!  

Ms. Snarkie is the anagram of Miss Karen.

You would be....oh, I dunno.... Soapi Jones
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:21:48 AM
bk - As per your cough... Acid reflux?  I know I've brought this up before with you, but with all the stress, physical (all the travel) and mental/psychological (the fundraiser, NYMF, etc.), you could have a case of acid reflux.  -Especially if you're having a dry, irritating cough.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:21:55 AM
LA fave Kevin Earley has been added to our fundraiser, as has Kirsten Benton Chandler and Beth Malone.  We're getting there.  Waiting for a few other confirmations.

Any possibility of getting Kristen Chenoweth?  She's apparently shooting "Pushing Daisies" in your area.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:22:45 AM
ROTFLMAO!  

Ms. Snarkie is the anagram of Miss Karen.

You would be....oh, I dunno.... Soapi Jones

;D

Hmm... Maybe that should be my drag name?   :P
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:24:16 AM
Well work time!

*cough*

                          * hack*


                                                                * choke*



SNEEZE[/b]

DR vixmom - COVER YOUR MOUTH!  If any DRs get sick, well, we will know who to blame for that!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:25:03 AM
Hmm... Maybe it should be, "Sopia Jones".
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 11:25:37 AM
Update:

CD: "The Tragic and Horrible Life Of The Singing Nun"

(I love this CD)

What a coinkydink!  I happen to have this at work with me, also! :D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:25:41 AM
Hmm... Maybe it should be, "Sopia Jones".


Now that I've had time to work with it, you could be "Passion Joe".
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:26:43 AM
Or "Joe Passion".
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:26:44 AM
Ooooohhh.. So THIS (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/podcast-making-tkts-hip-to-be-square/index.html?ref=theater) is why the new TKTS booth is taking so long to finish.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:27:29 AM
Or "Joe Passion".

Too straight.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:28:25 AM
Another "drag" possibility is

JANIS O’PESO
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 11:29:40 AM
I'll probably watch GHOST WHISPERER since it's in such an exciting place right now.

Well, I'll have to settle for DVRing. You-know who will insist on watching you-know WHO.

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:32:22 AM
Well, I'll have to settle for DVRing. You-know who will insist on watching you-know WHO.

der Brucer


????  Howie Mandel ????

???? Jeff Foxworthy ????

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:33:00 AM
Too straight.


...or is it "too butch"?


 :-*
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:33:57 AM
Well, if I was Portuguese... Well, since the Philippines were "discovered" by Magellan... I could be "Joao A. Pines"... Or something like that.  ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:35:14 AM
...or is it "too butch"?


 :-*

Well, most of those porn names are too butch.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 11:35:59 AM
We'll be back in NY the last weekend in January, and since it's right before both of our birthdays, we aim to get a jump on the celebratin'!

Oooh....candles on a cookie!

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 11:37:19 AM
Well, if I was Portuguese... Well, since the Philippines were "discovered" by Magellan... I could be "Joao A. Pines"... Or something like that.  ;)


Hmmmm....that might look good on your Fire Island mailbox.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:38:39 AM
LOL!

I haven't tuned in to "As the World Turns" in a couple of weeks... I had forgotten just how "dramatic" soap opera people/characters can be at times.  As well as stupid.  ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:38:53 AM
... I could be "Joao A. Pines"...

The Pines of Roamin'?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:39:52 AM
Hmmmm....that might look good on your Fire Island mailbox.

Although, "Pines" is also an anagram for.... ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:40:04 AM
Snipe.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:42:50 AM
Quote
to construct what Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, describes as “the Spanish Steps on steroids” ­ a glowing, re- glass 27-step staircase that, as one British engineer boasted, will be able to accommodate 1,500 “fat Americans."

I didn't know there were plans for a Levain's depot nearby...  ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:43:32 AM
A snarky sniper?

What a deliciously evil combination!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:46:19 AM
I didn't know there were plans for a Levain's depot nearby...  ;)

Well, the "Hershey's Store" and "M&Ms World" are just a few blocks away already.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:47:48 AM
Ah, maybe it should be spelled with the proper diacritical marks...

João A. Piñes
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:49:03 AM
And has anyone else been following the reasons behind the delay of the premiere of the movie version of "The Kite Runner"?  Truly intriguing.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 11:50:11 AM
The Mac has been delivered and it sits waiting for the Mac Mechanic on Monday.  Now for some lunch!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 11:52:26 AM
Media Check:

DVD:
Episodes of THE MILLIONAIRE (next to Adam -12, this is my favorite TV series!)


Mike, are you referring to the 1960's TV show where the guy handed out checks for a million dollars?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 11:53:55 AM
I don't see how they could possibly want anyone else for the job.

***INTERVIEW VIBES***[/color][/size]
for DR PennyO!!

Thank you, singsong!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 11:55:21 AM
DR PennyO - Congrats!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 11:55:22 AM
Thanks Penny, and BIG VIBES YOU BECOME THE TOP CHOICE FOR THE JOB!!   [/b]

Thank you, m'dear! looks pretty good, from here!!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:56:20 AM
Mike, are you referring to the 1960's TV show where the guy handed out checks for a million dollars?

Wow!  Back then, that was a lot of money!   :P
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 11:57:36 AM
The Mac has been delivered

DR elmore3003 - congratulations on your new arrival!  [sort of a Fiddler reference].

And what color did you choose?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 11:59:56 AM
DR PennyO - Congrats!

Thank you, Honeyboy!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 12:00:42 PM
DR elmore3003 - congratulations on your new arrival!  [sort of a Fiddler reference].

And what color did you choose?

I think the real question is: How big is the hard-drive?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 12:01:10 PM
Okay, so now it's NOON, fa chrissakes... maybe I'll get movin', here, and do something constructive/productive with my day. or not...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 12:01:26 PM
DR elmore - Do you have to wait for your Mac Man to come set it up?  The new Macs have truly been out-of-box operable lately.  Just wondrin'.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: PennyO on October 05, 2007, 12:01:29 PM
Laters, skaters.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 12:04:19 PM
... maybe I'll get movin', here, and do something constructive/productive with my day. or not...

Harumph!  And posting at HHW is not constructive and productive?   ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 12:06:12 PM
I am merciless in my mock indignation!    ::)    :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 12:07:31 PM
Ohh!  I guess it is Friday, and I guess I should take care of my usual end of the week duties.

Laters...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 12:08:27 PM
SHIPOOPI![/i]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 12:08:53 PM
I should take care of my usual end of the week duties.

The mind boggles...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 12:10:00 PM
The NY Times reviewer calls Arthur Schlesinger's just-published diaries/journals "historical trail mix." [!]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 12:18:42 PM
IN WHAT NEW UNIVERSE DO I DWELL?

10/03 2:42 PM Place order for some shoes on-line (An Amazon partner special with free shipping and $5 off already reduced prices)

10/03 5:58 Receive Email advising that package has shipped

10/05 3:05 Door Bell rings - it's UPS man with my package - UPS man, no UPS truck! As the man in brown went trudging back up the street I asked about the absent Truck? He says the street was blocked off so he had to leave yhe truck  walk the package to me. I said he could have waited till tomorrow and his reply: No, a man derserves his package today!

der Brucer

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 12:19:24 PM
DR elmore - Do you have to wait for your Mac Man to come set it up?  The new Macs have truly been out-of-box operable lately.  Just wondrin'.

My Mac Mechanic and I have a date for Monday at 2 pm! At that time he will hopefully set up the new computer and the printer.

It has a 20 inch screen and the following:
    * 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
    * 1GB memory
    * 320GB hard drive1
    * 8x double-layer SuperDrive
    * ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

I have no idea what any of it means, but it's all mine and it cost me too much money this week!

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 12:20:53 PM
I want the warmer days to return.

From your mouth to Helen Keller's ears!

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 12:22:54 PM

I have no idea what any of it means, but it's all mine

It means you'll be a happy size queen.

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 12:26:31 PM
IN WHAT NEW UNIVERSE DO I DWELL?
I don't know, but congratulations!

Quote
UPS man, no UPS truck!
I wonder if he'd walk a mile for a Camel...
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Samantha on October 05, 2007, 12:36:35 PM
Hello all!!! I just thought I'd drop by and say hi... I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 12:53:06 PM
Mike, are you referring to the 1960's TV show where the guy handed out checks for a million dollars?

Yes, although it actually ran from 1955 to 1960...many of my interviewees have appeared on it...as has Ms. Allison Hayes in the DR. ALAN MARCH episode.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 12:53:17 PM
Any bets for "Peace On Earth"?

(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_2433_images/1005071318_M_100507_AlQuds09.jpg)

(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_2433_images/1005071156_M_100507_AlQuds01.jpg)

der Brucer

Meanwhile, back in the real world we're arguing about lapel pins!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 12:55:58 PM

 a man derserves his package today!




That is the name of my new motto.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:08:06 PM
I have a new iMac! I'm waiting for it to be delivered.  Looks like all hell is breaking loose on AS THE WORLD TURNS today.  I do not understand soap opera time: a day can last two weeks on a soap and yet every holiday falls on its appropriate date.  A dnner party on AS THE WORLD TURNS with the bigot/psycho dad took days and now suddenly it's the next day. Oy!

And they seem to get to this remote location mere minutes away from the center of town. Double oy!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:10:21 PM
I spent almost the entire afternoon with CSI: NY, and I am now three episodes away from finishing Season 3. Stella just got word that she tested HIV-.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:11:52 PM
A new computer is such an exciting thing. I don't know HOW you'll be able to resist playing with it DR Elmore.

BTW, what happens to your old computer?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:13:07 PM
There is only one bonus feature on disc 6 in the CSI: NY set: Hill Harper on the Body Farm. I am thinking one of these last three episodes does take place at a body farm.

The original CSI did a body farm episode many years ago.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:14:18 PM
And, as I mentioned earlier, I did skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. What surprised me more was the previews for next week's episodes which gives away quite a bit and dissipates the tension surrounding what's happening now a lot.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 01:16:31 PM
This morning I looked in my butterfly garden, and I saw the smallest butterfly in North America:

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/WesternPygmyBlue.jpg)

It is a western pygmy blue, with a wingspan of .5 inch.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 01:30:42 PM
I always wondered just who it was who would listen to such albums.

Count td and me in those listeners!

I think if it is Darin you may well find WFO listening as well.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 01:32:38 PM
I'm sorry DR Tomovoz left before I had a chance to ask him how his visit with his father went.
It's still to happen - - about 5 hours to go!  I've been sleeping!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 01:34:23 PM
OH DEAR!

Offcial GOP Convention logo"

(http://blogs.courant.com/colin_mcenroe_to_wit/images/2007/10/03/2008conventionlogo_275.jpg)

The "wide stance" and "humping 2008" remarks have already begun!

der Brucer

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:43:19 PM
This morning I looked in my butterfly garden, and I saw the smallest butterfly in North America:

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/WesternPygmyBlue.jpg)

It is a western pygmy blue, with a wingspan of .5 inch.

And what a breathtaking shot that is! Wow!

Thanks for sharing this!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 01:44:25 PM
And now I have some writing to do and then will head down to mop that awful kitchen floor before settling back in with the rest of CSI: NY.

WBBL.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 01:47:47 PM
Great pic DearReader Laura.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 01:49:52 PM
A new computer is such an exciting thing. I don't know HOW you'll be able to resist playing with it DR Elmore.

BTW, what happens to your old computer?

I'll probably leave it in the basement for the super to toss but I'll also ask the Mac Mechanic if he has a recommendation about disposing it.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 01:54:41 PM
Thank you.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 01:58:59 PM
Thank you.

Show off!

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 02:00:01 PM
I'm missing folks.

Where's Rodzinski?  Doesn't he love us any more?


Where's Dan (the Man)?  Does anyone privately correspond with him who can let us know anything?

And where is TPunk/Antonia?  Miss her, I do.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 02:01:25 PM
What he said.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 02:22:31 PM

Where's Rodzinski?  Doesn't he love us any more?



I suspect that he's too busy with his work and dating now that he's single.  I heard a rumor that he came to "The Brain" but i never saw him.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 02:23:06 PM
Canoodling.


That's why Jed and Ann aren't posting.



Canoodling.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 02:24:12 PM
I suspect that he's too busy with his work and dating now that he's single.  I heard a rumor that he came to "The Brain" but i never saw him.

Well...I hope he's well and happy...and gives a thought to us every now and then.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Tomovoz on October 05, 2007, 02:27:14 PM
Rodderz now works for his first love "Sports Writing" so has left the world of figs and such it seems.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 02:27:28 PM
And DR François must be up to his mamelons in work.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 02:28:07 PM
Rodderz now works for his first love "Sports Writing" so has left the world of figs and such it seems.

???  You mean he's no longer working for Playbill??
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 02:30:58 PM
I'd better get going...

I don't get off work until 7 this evening...

And it's the Doctor Who season finale at 8 on SciFi!

The season finale??  I haven't watched the last two episodes, yet!  Fortunately, I have recorded them.  So those are in my DVR, along with episodes of "Ugly Betty," "Journeyman," "Life," "How I Met Your Mother" and several other shows.  

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 02:31:32 PM
In my CD player at work:  Tim Hauser's brand new CD from Japan:  "Love Stories:  A Collection of Intimate Love Songs (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Stories-Tim-Hauser/dp/B000R9TMI0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3712075-1692941?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1191618946&sr=1-1)" (that I got autographed last week!! ;D)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 02:32:23 PM
And The Song Of The Day: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Speaking of Tim Hauser...The Manhattan Transfer recorded a tribute CD to Louis Armstrong called "The Spirit of St. Louis (http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-St-Louis-Manhattan-Transfer/dp/B00004YNGW/ref=sr_1_1/102-3712075-1692941?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1191618434&sr=1-1)."  The US release only had 10 tracks, but the Japanese release (http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-St-Louis-Manhattan-Transfer/dp/B000052612/ref=sr_1_2/102-3712075-1692941?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1191618434&sr=1-2) (available only as an import) has 12 tracks...including "What a Wonderful World."  There is one copy available from a Marketplace seller on Amazon.com and the seller has it listed at $199.99!!! :o

I'm glad I bought mine directly from Japan for about $35. :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 02:35:44 PM
The season finale??  I haven't watched the last two episodes, yet!  Fortunately, I have recorded them.  So those are in my DVR, along with episodes of "Ugly Betty," "Journeyman," "Life," "How I Met Your Mother" and several other shows.  




Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,now I get it.  "You-know-who" is "Doctor Who" and that's why Der Brucer has to DVR "Ghost Whisperer."

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 02:36:59 PM
I just heard yesterday that i am in the top three, out of dozens of applications, for the Northwest Folklife Executive Director job!!! My interview is November 2. This feels so good!!!

Congratulations and Good Luck!!! :D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 02:42:10 PM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,now I get it.  "You-know-who" is "Doctor Who" and that's why Der Brucer has to DVR "Ghost Whisperer."



I knew, with time, you'd get there.

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 02:49:05 PM
This afternoon I looked in my butterfly garden, and this is what I saw:
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 02:50:02 PM
This afternoon I saw this moth on the wall:
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 02:50:22 PM
For Jane:

(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site204/2007/1005/20071005_013843_mediadisplay.jpg)

Odin, a 2-year-old rescued sea lion who is 90 percent blind, swims with another sea lion, 5-year-old Miller, left, after Odin was released to his new home at the Seal and Sea Lion Habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Because Odin is blind and unable to hunt for food, he cannot be returned to the wild. Visitors can now see Odin at the aquarium.

der Brucer

More photos HERE (http://presstelegram.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=346823)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 02:56:47 PM
And has anyone else been following the reasons behind the delay of the premiere of the movie version of "The Kite Runner"?  Truly intriguing.

I found THIS (http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?fn=2007/10/04/233438.html) article and one reason for the delay:

"I'm worried people from my tribe will turn against me, even cut my throat and kill me," Ahmad Jaan Mahmoodzada, the father of the movie's star, told the BBC. (The Mahmoodzadas say Ahmad Khan didn't know about the rape scene until the day of shooting.)

Such violence would not be unprecedented. Demonstrations broke out after the film Kabul Express became available on DVD. The Indian movie apparently has a character hurl epithets at a Hazara. The government condemned the offense, but death threats led the actor whose character made the insulting comments to flee the country.

Paramount Vantage ruled out cutting the certain-to-be controversial rape scene, but the studio did decide to postpone The Kite Runner's release, which was originally scheduled for Nov. 2, to give the company time to get the child stars and their families out of Afghanistan.


:-\
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 03:14:53 PM
And has anyone else been following the reasons behind the delay of the premiere of the movie version of "The Kite Runner"?  Truly intriguing.

I didn't know the filming had been completed.  I will go read about it in a little bit-thanks.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 03:15:56 PM
The Mac has been delivered and it sits waiting for the Mac Mechanic on Monday.  Now for some lunch!

Congratulations!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 03:18:09 PM
Thank you, m'dear! looks pretty good, from here!!!

 :D  

I'll keep those good thoughts headed in your direction.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 03:34:05 PM
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EPH/8493~Everybody-Loves-Dick-Posters.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 03:46:28 PM
(http://www.mala.bc.ca/homeroom/content/images/Textbook/djguess1.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 03:52:58 PM
Rodzinski is back at his old sports writing job, but he is still still doing the Leading Men column for Playbill. He has his hands full. So to speak.

I do not know the reason for his vanishing from our world, however.

Perhaps if we started discussing football more.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 03:56:31 PM
I'll begin the discussion....If this man were on the opposing team, how would be the best way to go about tackling him?


(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200706/r155539_561099.jpg)


Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 04:00:21 PM
I'll begin the discussion....If this man were on the opposing team, how would be the best way to go about tackling him?


(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200706/r155539_561099.jpg)
Simple...I'd call out my Flying Monkeys and spirit him away to my castle!

der Brucer
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:09:26 PM
One of the best things about sports is the team work
(http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/st_org/rugby/images/passionplunge.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:10:20 PM
...and you always strive for the hole-in-one.

I think.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:10:51 PM
DR TCB is a sports fan.  Maybe HE can lure DR Rodzinski back!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:11:29 PM
DR Ron Pulliam, I emailed DR Dan (the Man) recently, but have not yet had any response.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 05, 2007, 04:12:40 PM
...and you always strive for the hole-in-one.

I think.


Or is it "Take one for the team"?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:16:54 PM
Yeah, I think that's it.

You get sweaty, and you try to score.

I think that's how that sports stuff works.

Yeah.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:17:50 PM
Boy, we sure have butched up this site now!

DR Rodzinkski won't be able to resist!!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 04:20:09 PM
This morning I looked in my butterfly garden, and I saw the smallest butterfly in North America:

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/WesternPygmyBlue.jpg)

It is a western pygmy blue, with a wingspan of .5 inch.

That is so cool & exciting.  Do you see them often or is this a rare treat?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 04:21:44 PM
It's the first time I've noticed one. There are about a half dozen fluttering around. And they are TINY.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:22:23 PM
And, DearReaderLaura DR, do you use some kind of special macro lens to get these stunners?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 04:24:09 PM
DerBrucer-Sweet!  Thank you.  

MBarnum-LOL ;D ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:25:08 PM
Dirty Work Afoot
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/potatohead.bust.ap/art.potatohead.ap.jpg)
He looks pretty happy to me!  :)

Dirty Work Afoot

Quote:
Quote
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Customs officers discovered nearly 10.5 ounces of ecstasy tablets hidden inside a Mr. Potato Head toy sent to Australia from Ireland, the agency said Thursday.


I'm sorry Tomovoz, I tried.
 



Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 04:26:13 PM
It's a pocket Canon camera that has a nice macro lens already on it. It's not one of those foot-long cameras. I just try to get up close.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 04:27:00 PM
And when you're tired of being tackled, DR MBarnum, you can take the team to the movies:

http://www.nakedboyssingingmovie.com/
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 04:27:35 PM
George-you condensed the story nicely.  That is very scary.  It would be very difficult to cut the scene from the movie, it is too important to the story.  
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:27:56 PM
I'm sorry Tomovoz, I tried.

;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:30:51 PM
The lovely story behind the picture (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/indelible-yi07.html).
(http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/indelible-yi07-main.jpg)



I always thought Carol Lawrence was trying to run away from Bob Goulet.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 04:33:57 PM
It's the first time I've noticed one. There are about a half dozen fluttering around. And they are TINY.

This spring I had tiny little orange-ish butterflies fluttering around me while I walked around the lake.  I wonder if they are related.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 04:35:07 PM
(http://www.mala.bc.ca/homeroom/content/images/Textbook/djguess1.jpg)

That was me, blond hair, nose in a book but always willing to go out and play with the boys. ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:36:06 PM
I wonder if they are related.

They may be the sisters and the cousins and the aunts.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: singdaw on October 05, 2007, 04:37:07 PM
but always willing to go out and play with the boys.

Still are!  ;)

[and we're glad for it!]
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 04:39:58 PM
 ;D  You are so sweet.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:45:29 PM
Now Margaret is talking about Johnny Mercer starting Capitol records. Margaret was not the first singer he signed to the label, and she was kind of hurt, but Johnny told her "You're not the first singer I will sign, but you will be the BEST singer I sign."

Sweet!


I want to hear about her marriage to Johnny Wadd or Jack Wrangler or whomever.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 04:51:29 PM
Der Brucer, about your question yesterday  - I am still a criminal defense lawyer and I always will be.  This photo will most likely be on the criminal defense page.  I am very proud to be a criminal defense lawyer and espsecially a life member of the NACDL.  So yes, I do want to emphasize it
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 04:53:08 PM
Back from rehearsal, and now have a ninety minute meeting.

Maybe the cough IS acid reflux - who knows.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 04:53:42 PM
Rodzinski and TPunk did indeed attend the Brain - on the evening we had no sound reinforcement, which was also our best show.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 04:55:08 PM
Hi, Ron! things be fine!!! I just heard yesterday that i am in the top three, out of dozens of applications, for the Northwest Folklife Executive Director job!!! My interview is November 2. This feels so good!!!


PennyO, that would be a terrific job for you.  I will say a few dozen prayers for you.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:02:58 PM
bk, I'm curious why you decided not to sell BRAIN CD's at the show. "Some souveniers"...

And no cookies, either!

Jose could have opened up a Levain franchise in the lobby!

I thought they were for sale at the bar
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:05:02 PM
Vixmom and Bruce-Feel better soon!

Cilla, how is Callie today?



Callie is doing much much better. Let's just say she really relieved herself last night and that did wonders.  The girls are chasing a bug around the house right now. They will be amused until they catch it
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:06:35 PM
Keith just informed me there is snow on top of the Siskiyou Mountains above us.    I hope it stays up there and away from us.  I am not ready for winter, I want the warmer days to return.

It was 87 degrees here today and will be 90 tomorrow. This is crazy
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:16:52 PM
And has anyone else been following the reasons behind the delay of the premiere of the movie version of "The Kite Runner"?  Truly intriguing.

Have they gotten the boys' families to safety yet?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 05:18:13 PM
This morning I looked in my butterfly garden, and I saw the smallest butterfly in North America:

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/WesternPygmyBlue.jpg)

It is a western pygmy blue, with a wingspan of .5 inch.


Breathtaking photo, Laura.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 05:19:55 PM
Job vibes for DRPENNYO...

Thanks to DR LAURA for the photos....and DR derBRUCER for the underwater photo & story.

Thanks to DR SINGDAW for the link the story about the WSS photo....
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 05:20:14 PM
So DR JOSE is now DR JAOI?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 05:20:34 PM
The thing I like best about football are the pines.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 05:21:13 PM
Health vibes to the coughing, hacking, aching, feverish HHW'ers.

Nice additions to the Fundraiser, MR BK.....
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:23:05 PM
I didn't hear any vomiting....maybe it was a Zandezan



Ball of fire still a mystery
Officials say reported flaming object most likely a meteor
By Dolly A. Butz
Journal staff writer

Officials may never know if the flaming object shooting through the sky Wednesday afternoon was in fact a meteor.

"We can't confirm at all what it is," said Todd Heitkamp, warning and coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls. "There's suspicion that it was a meteorite, but we have no confirmation whatsoever."

Heitkamp said no one was monitoring meteorite activity over Sioux City at the time the ball of fire was spotted.

Around 2 p.m. Wednesday the Woodbury County Communications Center received reports of something falling from the sky. Communications center director Glenn Sedivy said callers talked about a "fire ball," but they were not able to give a good description of its location. The calls were forwarded to emergency responders.

Sioux City Police Lt. Marti Reilly said he heard sightings of something coming out of the sky east of Merrill. Officers weren't dispatched because police could not confirm the flaming object landed in Sioux City, he said.

Authorities at the Plymouth County Sheriff's Office said a caller south of Hinton told dispatchers they thought they saw something fall from the sky by Hinton. A motorist traveling on Highway 75 also reported seeing a flaming object in the sky a mile west and a mile north of Merrill.

Gary Junge, emergency management coordinator for Plymouth County, said he heard of reports of meteor sightings from Sergeant Bluff to Sioux County.

Heitkamp said meteor sightings are not uncommon.

"We have meteorites that hit the atmosphere all the time," he said. "This one here, if it was a meteorite, just happened to be large enough to reach further into the atmosphere than what most of them do before burning up."

Meteoroids are tiny particles about the size of a grain of sand. They are usually residue from comets. If a meteoroid encounters the Earth's upper atmosphere, it vaporizes in an event called a meteor. If the object survives and hits the ground, it is referred to as a meteorite.
Source: National Weather Service
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:25:58 PM
Hey Sam! Sorry I wasn't here when you stopped by, how are your eyes today?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 05:35:58 PM
That was no meteorite, Cillaliz. The time is nigh.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 05:36:46 PM
Sigh. No mention of Donny Osmond. I guess he's busy.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 05:53:00 PM
He's on Fox News right now
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: td on October 05, 2007, 05:55:08 PM
Count td and me in those listeners!

I think if it is Darin you may well find WFO listening as well.

Indeed!  Not just because it's Darin, but it is a mighty fine album!  Darin actually would have made a very good Dr. D.  Discuss amongst yourselves. . .
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: elmore3003 on October 05, 2007, 05:56:37 PM
Rodzinski and TPunk did indeed attend the Brain - on the evening we had no sound reinforcement, which was also our best show.

and they were so overwhelmed they just couldn't stay around or post anything on the site?

My friend Kevin Kilner's on GHOST WHISPERER!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 05:57:27 PM
He's on Fox News right now


Donny Osmond?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 06:00:54 PM
Kevin Kilner is a fox!
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Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: td on October 05, 2007, 06:01:28 PM
my favorite football player:
(http://www.nndb.com/people/827/000024755/jimplunkett01.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 06:04:00 PM
Donny Osmond?

Who's on Donny Osmond right now??

;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 06:06:49 PM
I was reading some blog on Amazon.com (I don't remember how I even got there) but someone posted about the differences between the 1963 and 1991 editions of "The Best Word Book Ever" by Richard Scarry.  The poster created a Flickr page with annotations!  Click HERE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/sets/1425737/) to go through it.  It's very interesting!

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 06:09:19 PM
I found it...click HERE (http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK3UWMD9KY6WO5X) for the Amazon.com blog. :)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 06:09:39 PM
Donny Osmond?

Yup.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 06:09:48 PM
For more details on the Kiterunner situation:

Click Here (http://defamer.com/hollywood/child-weldfare-dept'/studio-delays-kite-runner-while-it-tries-to-figure-out-how-long-it-needs-to-protect-endangered-child-actors-307168.php)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 06:10:40 PM
I wasn't watching it, my mother was as we spoke on the phone. He was talking about he and Marie...I'm sure he was promoting something
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 06:11:19 PM
Who's on Donny Osmond right now??

;)


Jim Plunkett
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 06:11:31 PM
I am happy to report the girsl are fighting. and Callie is right in the thick of it. haven't seen that for quite awhile. she must be feeling better.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 06:12:34 PM
Time for me to get ready to go see a friend play in a combo during a late night happy hour....laters
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 06:13:12 PM
Cilla, how nice the girls fighting makes you happy. ;D :D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 06:20:18 PM
Yes, although it actually ran from 1955 to 1960...many of my interviewees have appeared on it...as has Ms. Allison Hayes in the DR. ALAN MARCH episode.

I believe I visited the set once. I do clearly recall that Mr Millionaire gave out what looked like checks,but said "One million dollars worth of good luck" with his autograph on them. I had one, but you know, all those anti-clutter folks tell you to toss what you don't need, and unfortunately it was tossed long ago.

You see, YOU SHOULD NEVER THROW OUT ANYTHING THAT CAN BE SOLD ON EBAY!  
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 06:21:02 PM
Jim Plunkett

Be still my heart! ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 06:22:11 PM
Oh yes, the poster project, with all of the deadlines?  I still have the disk sitting here, waiting for them to pick it up.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 06:24:56 PM
Count td and me in those listeners!

I think if it is Darin you may well find WFO listening as well.

Me, too. I adore Sammy Davis, Jr, always have done. I listened to Bobby Darin some time back after not having heard him in many years and was pleasantly surprised that he held up so well. That is NOT true for all singers I've heard.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 06:26:37 PM
And what a breathtaking shot that is! Wow!

Thanks for sharing this!

Yes, Laura, I really think this is one of your very best.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: td on October 05, 2007, 06:27:35 PM
Be still my heart! ;D

DR George - you are a man of impeccable taste.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 06:30:18 PM
For Jane:

(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site204/2007/1005/20071005_013843_mediadisplay.jpg)

Odin, a 2-year-old rescued sea lion who is 90 percent blind, swims with another sea lion, 5-year-old Miller, left, after Odin was released to his new home at the Seal and Sea Lion Habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Because Odin is blind and unable to hunt for food, he cannot be returned to the wild. Visitors can now see Odin at the aquarium.

der Brucer

More photos HERE (http://presstelegram.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=346823)


And more canoodling.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 06:30:44 PM
Oh yes, the poster project, with all of the deadlines?  I still have the disk sitting here, waiting for them to pick it up.

What made me think of this was the documentary movie the poster is promoting is called POSADA; and I just happen to be watching the Yankees playoff game.  And their catcher's name is...........



Oh never mind.  It is Jorge Posada.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: TCB on October 05, 2007, 06:31:38 PM
DR George - you are a man of impeccable taste.

I think his mind was on Donny.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 06:32:39 PM
This afternoon I saw this moth on the wall:

The moths that occasionally visit my walls are never as interesting as this.

But, then, I don't look up close. Have I been missing something?
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 06:40:34 PM
I think his mind was on Donny.

Actually...I was thinking about both. ;)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jeanne on October 05, 2007, 06:41:41 PM
I do hope that BK's meeting goes well and there's a bit of good news.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 06:45:51 PM
Oh yes, the poster project, with all of the deadlines?  I still have the disk sitting here, waiting for them to pick it up.

 ::)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 06:51:18 PM
Didn't BK say something earlier this week about announcing a new Kritzerland release??
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:05:22 PM
Good Evening!

Well, I was able to make it to the 5:00 performance of The Last Starfighter earlier this afternoon, and it seemed like a bunch of other people were able to make to the 5:00 show too. :)

I always love it when I can actually see a show that I've worked on (I played a few rehearsals for TLS) from the audience as an audience member, and today was no exception.  Congrats to everyone involved.  *And I even got congratulate Toby and Dylan since they were outside with Skip when I left the theatre.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 07:05:58 PM
Quote from Bruce in October 3rds notes:

"Meanwhile, I’m going to prepare the next Kritzerland release, which I’ll start taking preorders for in about two weeks."
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 07:07:14 PM
A great show AND  Toby and Dylan!  :D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:10:49 PM
After TLS I headed on over to Pietrasanta with my friend, Mark, who had also seen the show tonight.  It was my first time back at Pietrasanta since the new owners had taken over.  The menu was the same - although newly typeset and printed.  The room had a fresh coat of paint - along with a few piece of blue painter's tape in some of the corners. ;)  And there was new fabric on the banquettes.  The food was good, but I could definitely tell things were different - and not necessarily for the better.  It just seemed a bit too busy, and louder(!) than it used to be.  -And I miss the tablecloths too.  And they also have the hostess outside on the sidewalk handing out menus and asking/begging people to come in.

*However, it also turned that a bunch of the NAMT (National Alliance for Musical Theatre) participants were dining there tonight too - they had come from their opening weekend reception.  The gang from Seaside Music Theatre was there, along with Mr. Stephen Schwartz.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:11:26 PM
A great show AND  Toby and Dylan!  :D

:) Indeed!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:12:56 PM
DR Jane - I've been the trailer for "The Kite Runner" over the past couple of weeks when I've gone to the movies.  However, the last time I saw the trailer, I did notice that the release date was no longer being announced at the end of the trailer.  Alas, now I know why.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 07:16:41 PM
Quote from Bruce in October 3rds notes:

"Meanwhile, I’m going to prepare the next Kritzerland release, which I’ll start taking preorders for in about two weeks."

Thanks!  I knew I read it somewhere. ;D
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:16:51 PM
DR MBarnum - Maybe you should Priceline.com a flight to NYC this weekend to catch this:

South Asian International Film Festival (http://www.saiff.org/2007/index.php)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:20:58 PM
Hmm.... And the Flavor of the Month at Grom Gelato is: Marrons Glaces - Chestnut Gelato with Bits of Candied Chestnuts.  Delicioso!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:22:19 PM
I'll begin the discussion....If this man were on the opposing team, how would be the best way to go about tackling him?


Umm... I think the question is how would I get him to tackle me!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:23:59 PM
Hmmm...

And still no word on the possible Broadway Lockout.  However, I just got another e-mail from Local-802/AFM regarding not leaving any instruments or personal items after Sunday's shows (since the lockout would take effect on Monday morning).  :-\
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Jane on October 05, 2007, 07:24:52 PM
'night
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: George on October 05, 2007, 07:27:15 PM
It's time for me to leave.  Tonight is ArtsWalk in downtown Olympia, a semi-annual arts festival.  I'm going to usher at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts.  I'm sure it'll mainly be just crowd-control.  I don't know what events are happening at the Center, but as far as I know, it's all free.  Free is good!  Have a good evening, all!
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 07:43:56 PM
I may start advance preorders for our new title on Monday, since I think I can have it in hand in a month.  I just don't know if I can get it on the Kritzerland site that fast, so I may do the advance advance right here as a special thing.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 07:46:12 PM
I'm guessing that the new CD is "DearReaderLaura's Father-in-Law Sings to Friends."

DRs MusicGuy and Kerry will be laughing hysterically when they read that.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 07:58:43 PM
And for any others who like "pretty" CD covers, I highly recommend David Burnham's debut disc:

(http://www.broadwaystars.com/followspot/David-Burnham-CD.jpg)
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:07:24 PM
I did manage to finish the three remaining CSI: NY episodes on disc 6, and I had forgotten how thrilling and superb the season finale was. Very exciting stuff.

Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:09:08 PM
I also watched the last of the featurettes on the disc: over twenty minutes of Hill Harper being shown around a Body Farm at the University of Tennessee. Interesting.
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:10:43 PM
Since I finished before 8 p.m., I was able to watch WHOST WHISPERER "live." Enjoyable enough, but I guessed pretty quickly what was really going on.

Kevin Kilner? Was he the girl's father? If it was, I thought he was wonderful (and a hunk).
Title: Re:BLOWN GASKETS
Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:15:05 PM
I couldn't resist, so even with a DVR just stuffed full of TV programs, I HAD to watch BABES ON BROADWAY from the Mickey-Judy set. Knowing what I'm going to have coming in over the next few days to be viewed and written about, I thought this might be my last opportunity to watch one of the films in the set.

It looks just fine. Not perfect, mind you, but good. There were some speckles, and I didn't think sharpness was consistent throughout or that black levels were very strong until we got to the minstrel finale sequence.

And they've dialed the sound down quite a bit. I had to up the volume on the receiver to compensate. Be careful if you listen to Burton Lane singing "Chin Up, Cheerio, Carry On!" on the bonus features because it's loud and having the receiver turned up almost burst my eardrums. (He sings quite well, BTW.)
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Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:16:00 PM
Tomorrow I'll watch some of the TV shows I've accumulated over the last few days, and then tomorrow night, I'll probably start on MEDIUM - Season 3.
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Post by: Noel on October 05, 2007, 08:27:03 PM
Noel, what is the name of your brother-in-law who did the documentary on Pearl?

Brent Pierson

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Post by: Jrand73 on October 05, 2007, 08:28:58 PM
It is very hot here tonight.....whew!

Hopefully it will cool down, weatherwise, tomorrow.
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Post by: FJL on October 05, 2007, 08:34:31 PM
Doesn't David Burnham look a bit like Donny Osmond?
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Post by: FJL on October 05, 2007, 08:35:42 PM
I'm going to a cousin's engagment party tomorrow in the Baltimore area, so I'll be E&T almost all day.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 05, 2007, 08:36:29 PM
I have some writing to finish up and then I'll be heading downstairs to bed.

Good night!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 08:43:30 PM
I'm going to a cousin's engagment party tomorrow in the Baltimore area, so I'll be E&T almost all day.

Taking the train down?  Do you need any restaurant recommendations?  ;)
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Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 08:46:05 PM
Watching a movie I TIVOd.  Meeting took two hours - way too long, but necessary.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 09:10:12 PM
DR MBarnum - Maybe you should Priceline.com a flight to NYC this weekend to catch this:

South Asian International Film Festival (http://www.saiff.org/2007/index.php)

I wish I was there DR Jose, they are showing some very good movies it sounds like!
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Post by: MBarnum on October 05, 2007, 09:11:03 PM
Umm... I think the question is how would I get him to tackle me!

Oh, that's right you are more of a tacklee then a tackler.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 09:27:07 PM
Oh, that's right you are more of a tacklee then a tackler.

Well....

(And I think I'll stop right there.. ;) )
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 09:28:35 PM
I wish I was there DR Jose, they are showing some very good movies it sounds like!

I happened to walk by the movie theatre where one of the showings was taking place tonight.  Lots of men in kurtas, women in saris, etc.  I immediately thought of you.
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 09:48:51 PM
Cilla, how nice the girls fighting makes you happy. ;D :D

Well it wasn't vicious fighting, just cats playing. Callie is chasing a ball around tonight too. She hasn't played in a long time, so watching her run, wrestle with Boo and chase a ball tells me she's feeling better.   She slept in my suitcase for 2 nights, lol, I finally put it away
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 05, 2007, 09:51:41 PM
So glad to hear that Callie is feeling better.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 09:52:14 PM
I wasn't watching it, my mother was as we spoke on the phone. He was talking about he and Marie...I'm sure he was promoting something

That was Bill O'Reilly's "The Factor" doing a segment on teen heart-throbs of yesteryear - no product promotion; after Donny he had Patrick Cassidy.

der Brucer
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 09:54:09 PM
Patrick Cassidy?   When I was young it was DAVID CASSIDY AHHHHH!    I think I may have even had his poster up for awhile.
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 09:56:51 PM
I had a blast tonight. A group of friends gathered to hear T. Wilson and another friend who plays bass.  T is one of those guys who does the one man guitar oldies stuff.  Tonight was a beautiful night - it's still about 80 degrees and we all had a few beverages and sang along.  I haven't done that in a long time, it was great fun.
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 10:00:00 PM
Tomorrow is the local Renaissance Festival. It goes all weekend.  Tomorrow it's supposed to be 90 degrees and Sunday is rain.  Not sure which is worse!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 10:01:20 PM
Doesn't David Burnham look a bit like Donny Osmond?

No, he looks a lot like Donny Osmond!

der Brucer
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 05, 2007, 10:02:17 PM
Time to take the girls and go to bed....night
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Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 10:05:26 PM
Patrick Cassidy?   When I was young it was DAVID CASSIDY AHHHHH!    I think I may have even had his poster up for awhile.

Both, actually (emphasis on David) - I honed in on Patrick since I just recently saw him on stage in Joseph.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on October 05, 2007, 10:07:34 PM
Cillaliz,

Keep your eyes pealed for some Log Cabin ads now running in IOWA that proport to promote Romney (but are actually intended to damage him with the Religious Right).

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on October 05, 2007, 10:20:45 PM
Too zoned to watch anything.  Tried watching Josh Logan's film of Tall Story, but kept falling asleep.  Then put on a couple of the Esther Williams movies from the recent box set but was appalled at how lackluster the transfers were, at least the two I sampled.  Want to see what Technicolor should look like from that period?  Put on Dr. Cyclops, which is gorgeous.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 05, 2007, 10:54:02 PM
I'm zoning too..

Goodnight.