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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had waxy buildup, and now it is time for you to post until the nostalgic cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPLICATE!
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ANIMAL PICKS FOR THE WEEK:
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• Jan. 8: Owner Liv og Signe Verhaug hugs 18-month-old Pyrenees dog Leon, who was rescued from the mountain ledge in Oldedalen, western Norway, where he had been stuck since New Year’s Eve when he was frightened by New Year-rockets. A rescuer from Norsk Luftambulanse (Norwegian Air Ambulance) was lowered to the ledge by helicopter and soon after they were both lifted off the ledge.
(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_3060_images/0109080857_M_010908_WEEK16.jpg)
• Jan. 9: Iraqi Police K-9 Antar leaps through a flaming hoop as he demonstrates his skills at a ceremony marking Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad, Iraq. Dozens of Iraqi police celebrated in central Baghdad, chanting, dancing and decorating their vehicles to mark the annual National Police Day, only three days after a bombing marred Army Day celebrations.
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• Employees of the Spanish Riding School present four young Lipizzaner horses in Vienna, on Tuesday. Vienna's renowned Spanish Riding School, famed for its white Lipizzaner stallions and their elegant strutting and sprightly dancing, lost an estimated $2.9 million last year, officials said. Officials on Friday warned the Spanish Riding School is on the verge of bankruptcy.
All photos: AP
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FUN PIC OF THE DAY
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AP
• Jan. 12: People watch as various competitors fly kites during the International Kite Festival in Ahmadabad, India. Around 145 kite fliers from various countries were participating in the five-day festival, which began on Friday.
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People come, people go, like Grand Hotel.
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Welcome thirteen GUESTS. I apologize for the intense WUSSBURGERING around these here parts, and I invite you to bitch-slap each and every WUSSBURGER from here to eternity and hell and back.
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Will we never get to page two?
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What am I, doing a monologue?
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I shall now toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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Today at noon, I' going to the opera! I'll be seeing Verdi's Macbeth at the movies. It's an encore showing of the Live from the Metropolitan Opera high definition broadcast that's showing at a local movie theater! I remember reading about these broadcasts last season, but the closest theater to Olympia where they were being shown was more than an hour away, and now they have it here! It had better be good...the ticket was $22! But that's a heck of a lot cheaper than flying to New York and seeing it in person. ;)
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FOR YOUR SUNDAY AMUSEMENT:
MONEYGAMI (http://funfever.blogspot.com/2007/11/art-of-moneygami-origami-with-bills.html)
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der Brucer
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Happy birthday to TPunk!
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For Jane and Laura:
Nice hiking outfit:
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-01/34669590.jpg)
Bally sweater, boots and bag ($265, $195 and $995 at www.bally.com); Tod's vest ($2,450 at Tod's, Beverly Hills); Michael Stars leggings ($49 at www.michaelstars.com); and Burton gloves ($35 at store.burton.com).
(Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
der Brucer
And you get enough change from $4000 to buy a Latte!
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DR SLINGTRAVELER must be lazing about, Petting His Truffle.
der Brucer
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Saw a TV movie last night called "12:01," or most of it anyway - we started watching a little late. It's about a fellow who lives through a day of his life, and then the alarm rings, and the day starts again and he can try to make things right.
Sounds like Groundhog Day, doesn't it? But the story the film is based on was written long before Groundhog Day, so could it be that the startlingly original premise of Groundhog Day is actually in the public domain, that anyone is free to do a story about someone living a day over and over until they get the day right, as long as they don't use the particulars of the Groundhog Day (or "12:01") characters and plot, just the overall premise?
Maybe that's a question for "free for all" day, if anyone has any thoughts on it: Is there ever a point where an idea becomes so unique that no one should ever copy it, or are all basic ideas subject to being used by someone else if they can put their own spin on it?
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Happy birthday DR TPUNK.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPLICATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: IF I WERE A RICH MAN
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Happy Birthday TPUNK
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Is there ever a point where an idea becomes so unique that no one should ever copy it, or are all basic ideas subject to being used by someone else if they can put their own spin on it?
I doubt there are many unique simple-sentence "ideas"; treatments, however, should be provided some protection.
der Brucer
-150 points to whomever makes a "condom" joke
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RE: FRIDAY NIGHT'S GHOST WHISPERER
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I enjoyed the show. But like DR MattH, I found the story to be predictable. I mean i knew exactly where it was headed (except fot the last scene).
I think it would have been better if i had NOT known that it was the girl who wrote the messages.
I don't know how obvious that was to most people. Maybe most people don't think about where a story is going and just watch.
But it bothers me when writers write predictably. That might sound stupid. But it just seemed to me like none of the characters were seeing the obvious. ANd it was supposed to be shocking when lucy opened the door. BUt it totally wasn't!
I still love this show.
Oops i almost forgot my biggest complaint/comment re: the show.
Last week Ned was a kid (10ish) and now he's doubled his age (17?).
Why did they do that??
Maybe it will make better storylines if ned can be melinda's helper. But it was jarring for them to do that without even doing a soap type (the role of ned is now being played by".
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Since I mentioned the TV series THE PRISONER yesterday and today is FREE FOR ALL. Here is something from the episode Free For All from The Prisoner.
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Happiest of B-Days to the lovely Antonia - DR TPUNK - companion of KillBot.
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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
Willa Cather
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Love vibrations increase in wavelength during the evening hours as the Sun approaches a parallel with Venus.
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RE: FRIDAY NIGHT'S GHOST WHISPERER
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Last week Ned was a kid (10ish) and now he's doubled his age (17?).
Why did they do that??
Maybe it will make better storylines if ned can be melinda's helper. But it was jarring for them to do that without even doing a soap type (the role of ned is now being played by".
Kids grow up - fast - it's still the same actor!
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Whew! My first day off since January 2nd, and boy, are my arms tired, or something like that.
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And I arrived just in time to wish T-Punk a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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The last few days have been extremely frustrating because I have done very little editing but lots of futile transferring of files, to no avail. I finally just told the place to call me when they are ready for me to edit. It's stupid paying my to sit there watching files transfer!
But on the plus side, it gave me a chance to get coiffed yesterday (folling the HHW trend) and catch up on all the posts. While getting paid to do so!
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Well, I mean, I was reading then while on the editing clock...
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Condolences to Singular and his DH, and glad they haad a safe trip.
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. We are having a marathon in town that closes off the surface streets. We are in the middle of the circle, so getting around is near impossible. I have to go to the airport this morning to pick up the guest speaker, which is outside of the circle. Access roads are closed. Oy.
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Happy Birthday, TPunk!!!! Much cake to you!
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As for yesterday's TOD:
OUTER LIMITS
THE MONKEES
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
NIGHT GALLERY
TWILIGHT ZONE
And my #1 show was THE PRISONER. I was prety obsessed with this show and one of my goals in life was to go to the village.
At the end of the last episode, the location was finally mentioned in the credits and I scribbled it down. It was one of those long Welsh names so I was never sure I got it right, but occasionally I made attempts to find it. One day in a bookstore, I looked through a Michelin guide and finally found it!
When I graduated college, I had a job working on a film in England. After we were done, some friends came to visit and we took a minibus to Wales and visited The Village. It was beyond anything I had every imagined.
Years later, I went there with my DH, and of course, that was even more fun!
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Good morning, all! A night of weird dreams - including one involving my great-Aunt Lucy, several cartons of vodka her family owed my father (who never drank vodka), a gigantic snowstorm and another about Jonathan Tunick and me preparing for an orchestra rehearsal of PROMISES, PROMISES in the living room of my parents' housein Ohio - and being awakened by my upstairs neighbor and his dog pacing aimlessly/frantically about his his apartment around 3 am this morning have left me a bit groggy and muddled today.
I need to stop off at Toyland to look up the musical theatre credentials of Lawrence McCarty, but I believe I can put that off until tomorrow morning.
DR MBarnum, I do wish you'd take your head out of the ozone and tune in for a moment or two on the current movies happening on this continent or in this decade: it sounds as if the film you loved so much last night AAP KI KHATIR (2006) is a copyright violation of THE WEDDING DATE of 2005, which is probably a copyright violation of another film and which I saw with goddaughter Charlotte three years ago.
Communicating with Barnum gives me headache. The only viable solution is to watch the clear-headed events of a Jane Austen novel. I hope this new version of PERSUASION tonight won't be too horrifying an adaptation of one of my favorite novels.
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I watched MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING on the Shakespeare set recommened by DR ELMORE. Lovely....funny....and many handsome men - who unlike SOME of their American counterparts - can act, too.
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Icy rain a snow here this morning. Hopefully DR GINNY and DH RICHARD passed through Indy before it hit.
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Hi DR EDISAURUS!!
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Automatic monitor cleaner....free...click here:
http://www.funpic.hu/swf/monitor_cleaner.swf (http://www.funpic.hu/swf/monitor_cleaner.swf)
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Icy rain a snow here this morning.
But, somewhere the SURF'S UP!
(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_3092_images/0112081938_M_011208_Surf04.jpg)
AP
• Jan. 12: Surfers compete in the Mavericks surf contest in Half Moon Bay, California; waves here can reach the height of a 3-story building.
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Wow! I can see all twelve apostles in the crest of that wave!
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I watched MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING on the Shakespeare set recommened by DR ELMORE. Lovely....funny....and many handsome men - who unlike SOME of their American counterparts - can act, too.
Wasn't Damian Lewis wonderful as Benedick? The only one I haven't seen yet is the MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
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Interesting that there are several recent movies about an actor being hired by a woman to play her beau for the benefit of the woman's family. The play BEAU JEST, which ran for years off-Broadway and the film of which is slated for release this year, has the following plot:
"When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her "beau". The masquerade works flawlessly for a time and brings comic situations, but in the end, their lives are irrevocably changed."
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Wasn't Damian Lewis wonderful as Benedick? The only one I haven't seen yet is the MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
Oh....no didn't even notice him. :o
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Interesting that there are several recent movies about an actor being hired by a woman to play her beau for the benefit of the woman's family. The play BEAU JEST, which ran for years off-Broadway and the film of which is slated for release this year, has the following plot:
"When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her "beau". The masquerade works flawlessly for a time and brings comic situations, but in the end, their lives are irrevocably changed."
I hope Debra Messing's phone doesn't ring. :P
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. We are having a marathon in town that closes off the surface streets. We are in the middle of the circle, so getting around is near impossible. I have to go to the airport this morning to pick up the guest speaker, which is outside of the circle. Access roads are closed. Oy.
And here begineth the Sunday Adventure - stay tuned!
der Brucer
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Welcome back, Edi
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Benedick
"Benedick" - a Latin/slang hybrid name meaning Good Cock
der Brucer
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Jrand - If you get Debra Messing's number, please remind her that I'm waiting for approval of my treatment for MESSING WITH MY MIND, about people getting their minds transplanted into the head of the "Will and Grace" star.
(Very slightly a la BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, but different enough not to be actionable. :) )
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Good morning!
It was a very pretty but very cool morning, but it's clouding up as I type, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some rain later today.
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Well, I do expect it to be a non-event, but I'll be watching the Golden Globes press conference tonight (9 p.m.) because I am curious to see who was awarded the prizes.
THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES premieres tonight at 8, and I'll be sampling this first episode to see if it's a show I want to invest time in. (It's the first of a two parter that concludes tomorrow night.)
A new BROTHERS & SISTERS comes on tonight at 10 p.m.
So, my evening of TV viewing is now set from 8-10.
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Before that, I suspect I'll be watching the Blu-ray of THE GAME PLAN. There are some bonus features on the disc that I likely won't get to until tomorrow.
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DR MBarnum, I do wish you'd take your head out of the ozone and tune in for a moment or two on the current movies happening on this continent or in this decade:
Somtimes I feel sorry for DR MBarnum.
Not often.
Not a lot.
der Brucer
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This afternoon, I plan to watch Firday night's MONK while I cook and eat lunch. Then, I'll watch the remaining bonus features on the Criterion MISS JULIE that I began last night.
With the remaining time this afternoon, I'd like to watch THE LODGER. If I remember, it's reasonably short and I should be able to fit it into the time remaining. However, if I find that it's longer than I remembered, I'll rewatch some TV episodes from some box set already watched.
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"Benedick" - a Latin/slang hybrid name meaning Good Cock
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Then it was perfect casting. ;D
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Jrand - If you get Debra Messing's number, please remind her that I'm waiting for approval of my treatment for MESSING WITH MY MIND, about people getting their minds transplanted into the head of the "Will and Grace" star.
(Very slightly a la BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, but different enough not to be actionable. :) )
Well she IS the new Lucille Ball, you know! :P
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Firday, the day after Thirstday and before Siterday.
der Brucer
PS Randy Disher steals the show!
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Well she IS the new Lucille Ball, you know! :P
And plays well with Harry Connick - the new Sinatra, you know! :P
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Firday, the day after Thirstday and before Siterday.
der Brucer
PS Randy Disher steals the show!
I saw my typo but decided to leave it to give you something to do. You can thank me later.
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I'll head down now to start the Sunday laundry process and then begin preparing lunch.
WBBL.
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But does this start Page Three?
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Hi DR EDISAURUS!!
Hi, JRand57! Your Miss America quotes had my LOL this morning!
I bought that book you recommended for a penny, too!
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Page Three Dumbledore Dance!!!
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I also forgot to say:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday to DR TPunk!!![/move]
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And now I'm REALLY going!!!
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Welcome back, Edi
Thanks, FJL!
Boy, being a preditor seems to have taken over my life. Since i'm working with a network in LA, I'm working 10-7 to be more on their time zone. It's nice to be able to go in later, but somehow it always ends up being 9 or so before I leave because I have to talk to people after their done with their shoots, etc. Then my DH and I have dinner, and then it's after 11PM. This has been going on even on the weekends so that's why I've been E&T.
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I show up and everybody leaves. That's a fine how do ya do!
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I'm working on the launch of several shows for TLC. One looks very interesting: The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom.
They take a woman who has given up her career to raise her family and ddrop her back into the working world at the point where she would have been had she not taken a break. They don't tell the family, though. They know mom is doing a reality tv thing but they think that she's off at a spa during the week, taking a break while a staff of people help take care of her household duties.
After a week of being in the workforce, (with a break every day to see highlights/lowlights of what happened with her family during the day on a video feed) she is then askes whether she might want to continue ot be a stay at home mom or go back to work.
I don't know how any of the episodes end, since they are still being edited, but I thought it was an interesting premise. I generally despise reality television but since it's paying the bills right now I'm starting to "appreciate" it more!
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I'm also working on stuff for TRADING SPACES. The big news there is that Paige Davis is coming back as the host, and there will be more "stories" to the shows. One show features a divorced couple, another one, rival cheerleasders whose mothers are best friends, and there's also a mother and daughter who redo a room in each other's houses (spending limit is under 1,000.)
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So now I'm going to take my day off and clean out my car while the weather is warm, and go to Scott's Antique Market to try and find a mirror for the dining room.
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I show up and everybody leaves. That's a fine how do ya do!
That'll learn ya, darn ya!
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And. besides, I'll be seeing you in another week.
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I show up and everybody leaves. That's a fine how do ya do!
Oh no - I'm prepared to pounce on the slightest misstep.
der Brucer
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So now I'm going to take my day off and clean out my car while the weather is warm, and go to Scott's Antique Market to try and find a mirror for the dining room.
Do you test it with:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall...
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%][size=8]HAPPY BIRTHDAY,[/size][/move]
[shadow=red,up][size=8]DR TPUNK![/size][/shadow]
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Good grief - I'm getting "Was Barak Obama a Muslim" EMails!
This campaign is really going to get sickening.
der Brucer
Their conclusion:
“All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim, he is now what Islamic law calls a murtadd (apostate), an ex-Muslim converted to another religion who must be executed. Were he elected president of the Untied States, this status, clearly, would have large potential implications for his relationship with the Muslim world.”
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TPUNK!
HAVE A VERY, VERY SPECIAL DAY! :D[/b]
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Singingnymph, I woke up this morning realizing I hadn’t comment on your post last night. I’m sorry you are so homesick. I expect being so sick is making it worse.
How are you feeling today?
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Jose, next time in NY I would like to take a “bookworms holiday” I hope there is a next time in NY & I have time to do half the things I’ve put on my list.
Cilla, thanks for the movie report.
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Well, I do expect it to be a non-event, but I'll be watching the Golden Globes press conference tonight (9 p.m.) because I am curious to see who was awarded the prizes.
THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES premieres tonight at 8, and I'll be sampling this first episode to see if it's a show I want to invest time in. (It's the first of a two parter that concludes tomorrow night.)
A new BROTHERS & SISTERS comes on tonight at 10 p.m.
So, my evening of TV viewing is now set from 8-10.
Since it is a "press conference" and thus a news event, I assume one of the other channels or networks will show the results at 6:00 p.m. on the Left Coast.
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Edi, it’s nice to see you. Even though it has kept you away from us, I’m pleased you still have plenty of work with the strike going on.
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I'm going to walk my road this morning. I really doubt I will see the cougar or coyotes. I might hear something, but it is very unlikely I'll see it. At least I know the bears are sleeping. ;D
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I've actually been up for a while already. I got up around 9:00, then since I was in the mood for a croissant, I hopped on the A Train - after dressing accordingly, of course - and headed on down to Columbus Circle. Then after a brief walk over to 7th Avenue, I stopped into Petrossian (http://www.petrossian.com/Bakery-10.html) for a Croissant. And an Apricot-Pistachio Danish. :) Then it was back over to the Time-Warner Center for a brief stop into Border's to pick up a couple of magazines, then downstairs to Whole Foods to pick up some muffins for the roomies. Then back on the A train back uptown...
It's been a good Sunday so far. :)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR TPUNK!!!!!
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DR edisaurus - HELLO!!!!!
*By chance, do you know who's doing the music for the Soccer Mom show? A friend of mine does work from time to time for both TLC and Discovery. -Just wondrin'.
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Oh no - I'm prepared to pounce on the slightest misstep.
der Brucer
Hmm... Do you really want me to go back and pounce on your missteps of the past few days retroactively?
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Jose, next time in NY I would like to take a “bookworms holiday” I hope there is a next time in NY & I have time to do half the things I’ve put on my list.
Cilla, thanks for the movie report.
I'm sure there will be a next time, DR Jane.
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DR MBarnum - For your[/i] next trip to NYC...
A Passage To India (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/nyregion/thecity/13indi.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin)
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By MATTHEW FISHBANE
Published: January 13, 2008
STANDING at the beginning of the buffet line at Jackson Diner in Queens, Krishnendu Ray took a plate from the heated stack of dishes, plopped on spoonfuls of several offerings and headed to table No. 22. There, a waiter tucked the bill into a wire stand and set down a pink plastic jug of water.
As Indian pop music played in the background and images of an India-Pakistan cricket match flickered on a television screen, Mr. Ray dug in.
“Tandoori chicken always tends to be too dry,” he said, chewing a reddish strip of meat from a chicken leg. But the goat bones in the spicy stew known as makhani earned his approval. “Bones,” he declared, “give a completely different taste to the meat.”
Mr. Ray, who emigrated from the Bengal state of Orissa in 1989 and lives in Peter Cooper Village, is not a restaurant critic. He is a professor of food studies at New York University and the author of “The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households,” and one of his professorial missions is to analyze the city’s Indian restaurants from a sociological perspective.
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With the upcoming Broadway mounting of the LuPone Gypsy, does this make Gypsy the most oft-revived Broadway show?
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DR Jose, I believe The Jackson Diner is where Rodzinski and I ate lunch this last NYC visit. It was very, very good...and we had a fantastic waiter..well, it was buffet style, but he did attend to filling our water glasses very professionally. Som was his name.
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A huge happy birthday wish to the delightful TPunk!!!
Have a great day!
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Hmm... Do you really want me to go back and pounce on your missteps of the past few days retroactively?
;)
If you must, be gentle.
der Brucer
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TPUNK!!!!!
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DR elmore - I may have an extra ticket to the NY Phil this week - Thursday night, I think. Leif Ove Andsnes is playing Brahms' Second Piano Concerto. Are you possibly interested in this possibly available ticket?
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Good morning, good day, how are you this beautiful day. The singing bird has returned after years doing stock and amateur and is outside singing You've Come Home from Wildcat.
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Ah, a customer.
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I don't know about any of you people, but I have yet to de-groggify.
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Let me know what you think, DR EDISAURUS....about the book, that is.
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TPunk:
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Enjoy!
der Brucer
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Edisaurus, last night I had a dream that I was watching some very wonderful compilation of something (old TV or movie clips or something) on TV and at the end the only credit was "Compilation by Amy Linton".
Actually, I had quite a variety of odd and interesting dreams last night...all good.
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I have been putting it off, but now I must get me to the grocery and buy some foodstuffs....and Bosco has requested a refill on his pig ears.
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And I just requested a refill of Bosco (well, Hershey's, but it is similar)
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Begin Rant:
I am working on a campaign where a Republican women is challenging an incumbent Republican man for a non-partisan seat on a school board. The local Republican apparatus first tried to get her not to run: promised her money/endorsements if she shifted to a "lesser" race. Well, she decide to run anyway - now they are going after her Campaign Consultant:
I am surprised at your lack of knowledge and support for the district central committee's mission to help Republicans win local elections. We cannot simply sit back, like some past committees did, and watch Republican candidates split votes, enabling a Democrat to get elected. If neither candiate gets elected, then no Republican issues get prioritized & the Democratic agenda is allowed to continue growing in our school systems.
So much for "It's about the children!"
End Rant
der Brucer
Please note: the Chairman of the local Apparatus can not spell "candidate".
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How many places have you been to?
36 Hours in Hollywood (http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/travel/13hours.html?ref=todayspaper)
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...And while my laundry is drying, I believe I shall head to the gym.
Laters...
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Just did some fixing.
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Just did some fixing.
Have you taken to neutering feral cats?
der Brucer
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Good day one and all!!
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Hello, everyone. I've been laid up with the flu for several days. I'm now in the "Where'd all the kleenex go?" stage, and do hope to get rid of this congestion soon.
And, no, I am NOT caught up on the posts.
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Happy Birthday TPunk!!
I hope you have a lovely day filled with freinds, family and surprises!
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Happy Birthday to DR TPunk!
May you have a lovely day!
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I'm also working on stuff for TRADING SPACES. The big news there is that Paige Davis is coming back as the host, and there will be more "stories" to the shows. One show features a divorced couple, another one, rival cheerleasders whose mothers are best friends, and there's also a mother and daughter who redo a room in each other's houses (spending limit is under 1,000.)
I had read that somewhere about her coming back to the host the show.
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It is nice to see you again Edi.... You have been missed!
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Feel better vibes to Jeanne!
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Feel better vibes to Jeanne!
Thank you, Dakota.
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DR edisaurus - HELLO!!!!!
*By chance, do you know who's doing the music for the Soccer Mom show? A friend of mine does work from time to time for both TLC and Discovery. -Just wondrin'.
I don't know but I can probably find out. I'm also working on stuff for LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD, which, surprisingly, is their highest rated show. It has almost wall-to-wall music, nicely done, so if that's your friend, then my compliments to him!
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DR Jose, I enjoyed hearing that Atlanta is now considered to be a top 10 dining city! I haven't bought that issue of Gourmet yet but it looks great. I've never been to Bacchanalia but I have many friends who love it and go there on special occasions.
One day...
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We tried out a new Asian fusion restaurant that recently opened near our house. It was all yummy--for dessert we had green tea creme bruleé. It was quite delish, and we were both thinking that although we had never heard of this, we were sure you had, and had probably sampled some as well.
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Our Chinese waiter could not pronouce bruleé---it kept sounding like Blue Ray, which made me think of MattH.
It made my DH think of the song, The Green Beret, so he started making his own lyrics, a la FJL (but not as good...).
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Edisaurus, last night I had a dream that I was watching some very wonderful compilation of something (old TV or movie clips or something) on TV and at the end the only credit was "Compilation by Amy Linton".
As it should be!
;D
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I was given this LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD job after 2 other editors tried to deliver a tape and failed. (Not their fault, IMHO.) I was asked to give it the "Amy Linton touch". What the hell does THAT mean?
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They said that the SOCCER MOMS tape set the bar; it made them all cry. I hope that doesn't have to be something I should strive for...
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I didn't find a mirror at the giant antique market. Maybe people don't bring them because they're so fragile.
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There I went and cleared the room again.
I guess it's time for a frenzy.
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Thanks to Der B, now Greg and I "know our goats".
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All the talk between SWW and Jose about roasting bones for soup stock was also very fascinating to me, but also made me feel like I am such a rookie in the kitchen that I shouldn't even bother...
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Per the conversations about perfectly married scores to films:
HAROLD AND MAUDE
and of course, THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T
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Now I have also learned how to save videos from YouTube, thanks to DR George.
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I've done four pages. I think I'll take a little break, maybe eat something, and then I'll do another page or two this afternoon. I will say that less than two weeks in, I'm probably a third of the way through the book. I'm having fun, but the next few chapters will probably be a little more difficult.
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bk, I thought it was interesting that all those outlets had ground fault interrupters. I wonder if you had a power hit during those storms?
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Der B, I hope the article you posted about THE CLOSER won't turn out to be correct.
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I was asked to give it the "Amy Linton touch". What the hell does THAT mean?
Below market value?
der Brucer
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Der B, I hope the article you posted about THE CLOSER won't turn out to be correct.
My dear, I'm sure I am joined by many Hainesies in hoping NOT.
der Brucer
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Our neighborhood has a great civic association wiht a nice website. We have Pet Pages, which is a place to post a picture of your pet in case it gets lost, etc. I am now in charge of taking the cat photos and information pertaining to said cats.
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It should be a nice way to get to know people in the neighborhood.
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In my "spare" time, I'm editing a video for child safety for a group called "Safe Kids". I agreed to do it pro bono because the guy doing it is a good friend and client, and he also had a good job for me. But the TLC stuff has taken up so much time that I had to turn down his paying job, but felt like it would be wrong to back out of the other, since I had already agreed to help before he came up with the nice job. (But that was when I was out of work!)
The statistics are very sobering as far as how many deaths could have been prevented.
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All the talk between SWW and Jose about roasting bones for soup stock was also very fascinating to me, but also made me feel like I am such a rookie in the kitchen that I shouldn't even bother...
Oh, start with little steps - cup of tea, grilled cheese - then march on!
When I met Woody, he could hardly boil water and considered Denny's fine dining. It was only after he "learned" to eat that he took up cooking.
Tonight's dinner is "leftovers" - (a pot roast done in the new stock yesterday, left to mature overnight).
der Brucer
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up...then since I was in the mood for a croissant, I hopped on the A Train - after dressing accordingly, of course - and headed on down to Columbus Circle. Then after a brief walk over to 7th Avenue, I stopped into Petrossian (http://www.petrossian.com/Bakery-10.html) for a Croissant.
Looks good. The almond cookies and Madeline's are pretty.
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Der B, I hope the article you posted about THE CLOSER won't turn out to be correct.
Actually, I suspect THE CLOSER has a better ultimate survival chance than some shows; it may lose its creative team for a bit, but the show does not rely on plot continuity, and the audience will surely hunger for more - even after a long hiatus.
der Brucer
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DR elmore - I may have an extra ticket to the NY Phil this week - Thursday night, I think. Leif Ove Andsnes is playing Brahms' Second Piano Concerto. Are you possibly interested in this possibly available ticket?
(http://www.andsnes.com/cms/includes/classes/photo/7.jpg)
I actually might be! I can't think far because I've got Tuesday's IRS date stuck in my head, but I think that might be fun.
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I'm sure there will be a next time, DR Jane.
I hope so! I've seen the city, I want to return to see all the wonderful people who live in it.
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Begin Rant:
I am working on a campaign where a Republican women is challenging an incumbent Republican man for a non-partisan seat on a school board. The local Republican apparatus first tried to get her not to run: promised her money/endorsements if she shifted to a "lesser" race. Well, she decide to run anyway - now they are going after her Campaign Consultant: So much for "It's about the children!"
End Rant
der Brucer
Please note: the Chairman of the local Apparatus can not spell "candidate".
How many women are running for this position?
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And speaking of "originals"...
With the upcoming Broadway mounting of the LuPone Gypsy, does this make Gypsy the most oft-revived Broadway show?
I guess so. And none of the revivals have run as long as the original.
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Looks good. The almond cookies and Madeline's are pretty.
This is prettier:
(http://www.petrossian.com/images_caviar/caviar_prod/caviar_prd_218_th.jpg)
der Brucer
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I've had a very full afternoon of viewing. I began with Friday night's MONK episode. A good mystery this week, and for a change it was more enjoyable than it was irritating. I did like Disher's sight gag scene with Monk halfway through the show.
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DR Jose, the Petrossian building is at the top of my list of favorite NY buildings, perhaps because I've seen it so often due to its close proximity to The Wellington. I always look at the menu when I walk past, and think to myself that one day I will have dinner there, but there never seemed to be an occasion special enough (i.e. we don't have the wardrobe for it!). Who knew you could go in and get a croissant?
How dressed up do you have to get to do that?
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I hope so! I've seen the city, I want to return to see all the wonderful people who live in it.
Jane, I think you should go the weekend after next and meet us up there. :)
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Our Chinese waiter could not pronouce bruleé---it kept sounding like Blue Ray, which made me think of MattH.
I did a recording with a Japanese soprano who always called me Rally. It was odd. Whatever happened to Tomoko?
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We might try to catch a show while we're up there, if anything offers itself and is affordable. Like DR Elmore, we also have to think about scraping up the cash to pay our taxes next week.
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I didn't find a mirror at the giant antique market. Maybe people don't bring them because they're so fragile.
Well, it could lead to a lot of bad luck for some vendor.
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My dear, I'm sure I am joined by many Hainesies in hoping NOT.
der Brucer
Certainly count me among that group. Last summer was such a fabulous TV summer with hit show after hit show breaking new ground that I'll be very unhappy to give those shows up if the strike continues much longer. THE CLOSER, of course, heads the list followed by BURN NOTICE, MAD MEN, DAMAGES, and PSYCH.
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Tonight's dinner is "leftovers" - (a pot roast done in the new stock yesterday, left to mature overnight).
der Brucer
It sounds quite delish. What time should I show up?
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How many women are running for this position?
Two women (one R one D) and one man (D) challenging a male incumbent (R).
Only our candidate has a life long record as an educator - she recently retired from the district where she headed up programs for disadvantaged and special needs kids.
The other challengers are a Lawyer and a Congressional Aide.
der Brucer
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Page Six Harry Potter Dance!!!
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I guess so. And none of the revivals have run as long as the original.
Well, this time around I hope some critic without a tin ear takes her to task for mangling the musical side of the score.
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It sounds quite delish. What time should I show up?
If only the "A" train ran this far :D
der Brucer
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I am working on a campaign where a Republican women is challenging an incumbent Republican man for a non-partisan seat on a school board. The local Republican apparatus first tried to get her not to run: promised her money/endorsements if she shifted to a "lesser" race. Well, she decide to run anyway - now they are going after her Campaign Consultant: So much for "It's about the children!"
:o Non-partisan has always been the key word for school board elections. I hope this is a rarity, not today's norm.
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I did a recording with a Japanese soprano who always called me Rally. It was odd.
Do you ever watch DRAWN TOGETHER? The Asian pocket monster Ling-Ling talked about his new shampoo: "Plerr" (Prell), how can give you give my hair such shine and body yet leave my soul with such shame and embarrassment?"
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Well, it could lead to a lot of bad luck for some vendor.
That's what I was thinking, too, LOL!
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DR Jeanne, FEEL BETTER VIBES!
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Der B, love the "Moneygami" site!
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Am I the only DR interested in this Masterpiece Theatre Jane Austen Festival?
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Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise in the mail from DR Vixmom!
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Next I finished the two remaining bonus features on the MISS JULIE DVD.
The first was a 1966 TV interview with the director Alf Sjöberg. He talked a lot about his early career and making movies in the 1940s war years, but nothing about MISS JULIE. I guess they were hard up for bonuses to include this with this film. Better to use it if they ever bring one of his 40s films to DVD.
Secondly was an almost hourlong documentary on the 2005 stage production of MISS JULIE in Stockholm and some reminiscences by the two surviving actresses who played in the 1951 film and the 1969 made-for-TV movie. I enjoyed this, but it was much more focused on the stage production and had only a small amount to do with the film.
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Our neighborhood has a great civic association wiht a nice website. We have Pet Pages, which is a place to post a picture of your pet in case it gets lost, etc. I am now in charge of taking the cat photos and information pertaining to said cats.
That's really nice.
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Who among us can Name That Tune? (MY DH did, but I didn't.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkNxYaULBw
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After I finished MISS JULIE, I put in the DVD of THE LODGER with Merle Oberon, George Sanders, and Laird Craiger.
Marvelous film and Laird was hypnotic. I'll have to look up later who dubbed the singing for Merle.
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I wish DR Laura was here to give me a master class in photography. Wow---the owl picture was amazing.!
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And then I watched the "making of" documentary about THE LODGER featuring everyone's favorite film commentator Dr. Drew Casper. Always a treat to see how they wedge his effusive comments into the discussion.
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DR Jose, the Petrossian building is at the top of my list of favorite NY buildings, perhaps because I've seen it so often due to its close proximity to The Wellington.
If it is near the Wellington, I believe I was there. I don't recall almond cookies.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TPUNK!!!!!!
By the way, Speaking of waxing nostalgic, Bruce, who was on the Juke Box Jury when you got tickets to go see it?
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Jane, I think you should go the weekend after next and meet us up there. :)
;D I'll wait for warmer weather, even though I would also get to see Bryan.
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The current rumors for the Carnegie Hall concert production of SHOW BOAT is that Nathan Gunn is playing Ravenal. Will DR MBarnum be walking to New York?
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Am I the only DR interested in this Masterpiece Theatre Jane Austen Festival?
I wasn't aware of it. Am I too late?
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Spoo! I'd meant to post this photo for DR MBarnum.
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I wasn't aware of it. Am I too late?
It's the next six weeks beginning tonight with a new adaptation of PERSUASION, then NORTHANGER ABBEY, etc. There are new versions of PERSUASION, NORTHANGER ABBEY, SENSE & SENSIBILITY, and MANSFIELD PARK, with the BBC-A&E PRIDE & PREJUDICE (Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, which is the best adaptation of the novel, I believe) and EMMA with Kate Beckinsale and Mark Strong.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/
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DR elmore-Thank you. I'm off to do some DVR programing.
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:o Non-partisan has always been the key word for school board elections. I hope this is a rarity, not today's norm.
In CA, it is indeed the norm. Term Limits on legislative offices (state and city) have created a merry-go-round of political office holders. The school boards are now considered "entry level" positions for those desiring to seek higher office - they are temporary stepping stones; serving is just getting your ticket punched. If you run for School Board you will be carefully vetted by the respective political parties to be sure your "core values" are in keeping with party goals. When, in the past, I complained that a candidate's views on abortion or trade with China were not germane to running the schools, I was loundly lambasted for being disloyal to party objectives! (Note: at the time I WAS the chairman of the Local Republican Assemby Central Committee and Woody was Chairman of the local Republican Congressional Central Committee and we were both members of the County Central Committee, and I was a member of the State Central Committee.) I'm not sure the party has ever recovered from the site of an openly gay male couple running the show!
der Brucer
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I have some writing to do, but I'll be back on line in about an hour.
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Am I the only DR interested in this Masterpiece Theatre Jane Austen Festival?
I don't know Austen from Auden, but I am going to give it a try.
der Brucer
Spent too much time reading Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad and the Eliots (George and T.S.)
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I did some work at the piano, and now I'll go get some luncheon. After being told that all packages had been put out yesterday, I've now been told there is a package waiting for me. This is the replacement package from the one they lost or that never arrived. They also told me that there was a slip in my box for some UPS package, but he couldn't find it. Then he called back and said the slip was from December and that I'd already signed for and received it. I asked what it was doing back in my box - he had no answer. And they wonder why I'm so paranoid about missing packages. And I'm expecting a really important package from Seattle that was sent Priority on the 8th of January. It should have gotten here already - hopefully tomorrow.
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I show up and everybody leaves. That's a fine how do ya do!
Predators have a way of chasing everyone away.
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Predators have a way of chasing everyone away.
Well, did you survive the Airport sojourn?
der Brucer
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Good Afternoon!
Back from the gym... Well, I had originally planned just to do a lower body weight training circuit... Then I figured I should go ahead and do a light upper-body circuit... Of course, this was after a 15-minute warm-up on the treadmill...
At least I can take tomorrow off. :)
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bk - I know you have your reasons for using your mail place, but do ever get anything sent directly to your house? I mean, if it's something important, and it's sent Priority Overnight, and you know you'll be home in the morning to sign for it... ??? Just wondrin'.
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DR Jose, the Petrossian building is at the top of my list of favorite NY buildings, perhaps because I've seen it so often due to its close proximity to The Wellington. I always look at the menu when I walk past, and think to myself that one day I will have dinner there, but there never seemed to be an occasion special enough (i.e. we don't have the wardrobe for it!). Who knew you could go in and get a croissant?
How dressed up do you have to get to do that?
You don't have to be dressed up at all to get a croissant at Petrossian. There's a small cafe on the 7th Avenue side of the building. It has a display case filled with baked goods on one side, and the other side is their selection of caviars and other savories for "to go" service. Most people just pop in, buy their baked goodies and leave - like I usually do. And it's very casual. There are some tables set up there if you'd like to enjoy your croissants and/or chocolate-ginger cookies and/or madeleines and/or tartes in-house. *And the coffee they serve you if you request table service is a lot(!!!) better than the stuff in the self-serve pump-carafes. A lot (as I was reminded of this morning). Best of all, the croissants are only $2.00, with the Almond and Chocolate ones running $2.50, $2.75. Practically a steal. *They're also Martha Stewart's favorite croissants in the City. (Although, sometimes she says the same things about the ones down at Balthazar and Pastis.)
The restaurant proper has an entrance on the corner of the building. Lunch there is a real good deal too. And, again, it's very casual. Don't be put off by the luxe surroundings or the brand name. They also have a good prix fixe dinner special - no jacket required, but "casual appropriate" (as some restaurants are calling it lately) is just fine.
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Who among us can Name That Tune? (MY DH did, but I didn't.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkNxYaULBw
I got it! ...and WOW! That really took some time and effort!
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DR elmore - I'll keep you posted about the NY Phil tickets. :)
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DR JEANNE~~~~~
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As for the Jane Austen Festival on PBS...
Thirteen/WNET is rebroadcasting each installment late Tuesday night of each week, and I'll be DVR-ing those - at least when I can't DVR "live" like tonight due to other TV "obligations". -Of course, what I should be doing is reading and/or re-reading some Austen concurrently.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR TPUNK!
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My monitor died this morning; just wouldn't display a thing!
Now, I'm viewing HHW on a widescreen 17" monitor.
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Yes, I did survive the airport journey. But the usual ten-minute one-turn route I usually take took about a half hour with a lot of turning and backtracking.
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Some of our folks just called and said they couldn't find a way to get past the closed streets.
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Lunch their...
I'll be nice :)
der Brucer
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I'll be nice :)
der Brucer
Well, I guess there is a first time for everything.
;)
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I'll be nice :)
der Brucer
Aren't you always? ;)
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Consider myself corrected, and my post modified.
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Good morning, all! A night of weird dreams - including one involving my great-Aunt Lucy, several cartons of vodka her family owed my father (who never drank vodka), a gigantic snowstorm and another about Jonathan Tunick and me preparing for an orchestra rehearsal of PROMISES, PROMISES in the living room of my parents' housein Ohio - and being awakened by my upstairs neighbor and his dog pacing aimlessly/frantically about his his apartment around 3 am this morning have left me a bit groggy and muddled today.
I need to stop off at Toyland to look up the musical theatre credentials of Lawrence McCarty, but I believe I can put that off until tomorrow morning.
DR MBarnum, I do wish you'd take your head out of the ozone and tune in for a moment or two on the current movies happening on this continent or in this decade: it sounds as if the film you loved so much last night AAP KI KHATIR (2006) is a copyright violation of THE WEDDING DATE of 2005, which is probably a copyright violation of another film and which I saw with goddaughter Charlotte three years ago.
Communicating with Barnum gives me headache. The only viable solution is to watch the clear-headed events of a Jane Austen novel. I hope this new version of PERSUASION tonight won't be too horrifying an adaptation of one of my favorite novels.
I doubt that Mr. Moore has ever visited this website:
http://www.bollycat.com/questions/what-is (http://www.bollycat.com/questions/what-is)
The essentials of Bollywood film making are Songs, Plagiarism and Sex.
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As for the Jane Austen Festival on PBS...
Thirteen/WNET is rebroadcasting each installment late Tuesday night of each week, and I'll be DVR-ing those - at least when I can't DVR "live" like tonight due to other TV "obligations". -Of course, what I should be doing is reading and/or re-reading some Austen concurrently.
The feedback from England on some of the new adaptations (MANSFIELD PARK in particular) hasn't been too good, but I'm reserving judgment, although it will be hard to beat the BBC PERSUASION from the 1990s and Ema Thompson's wonderful SENSE & SENSIBILITY. The old BBC MANSFIELD PARK was okay, not terrific, but Anna Massey was wonderful as the evil Aunt Norris. I thought the 1999 film made some odd choices and cut out too much of the evil Mrs Norris' horrible abuse.
MANSFIELD PARK is the one adaptation not by Andrew Davies who's responsible for the other five novels, and I love his EMMA and PRIDE & PREJUDICE, so it will be nice to see them again.
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And, now, some Chopin. A mazurka or two.
Laters...
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I'll be nice :)
der Brucer
Don't throw rocks; you're the one that confused woman and women in your post about the election!
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I doubt that Mr. Moore has ever visited this website:
http://www.bollycat.com/questions/what-is (http://www.bollycat.com/questions/what-is)
The essentials of Bollywood film making are Songs, Plagiarism and Sex.
That wasn't my point; I was referring to DR MBarnum's rose-colored view of Bollywood and their original plots since he's clueless to what's currently going on in the copyrighted world of the contemporary Western Hemisphere.
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Well, I popped back in to say, "Hello."
HELLO!
And now I need to clean my bathroom and then head back into the den for more viewing.
WBBL.
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I got it! ...and WOW! That really took some time and effort!
That was a neat stunt!
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And, now, some Chopin. A mazurka or two.
Laters...
one-two-kick! one-two-kick!
Or is that a polonaise? We had the same debate about the strange little dance piece in the ms of BABES IN TOYLAND.
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I'm not sure the party has ever recovered from the site of an openly gay male couple running the show!
I'll be nice, too...
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For all you fans of Rossini performed on accordion, please enjoy our dear friend Rodger, who moved to Ghana and is enhancing their cultural life:
http://www.youtube.com/rachelbartonpine
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That wasn't my point; I was referring to DR MBarnum's rose-colored view of Bollywood and their original plots since he's clueless to what's currently going on in the copyrighted world of the contemporary Western Hemisphere.
I liked the Bollywood version of Debra Messing's movie better than Debra's. . .then again, Ms. Messing was one of the countless reasons I didn't watch WILL & GRACE.
I still hold that MBarnum could see and enjoy SWEENEY TODD; the blood is presented in such an homage to Hammer Horror and Herschell Gordon Lewis as well. The most horror-inducing moment, to me, comes at the end. . .but anyone who has ever seen Christopher Lee's demise(s) in any of the Hammer films wouldn't be as horrified.
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I'd also like to see MBarnum's reaction to SHOOT 'EM UP.
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Jose - I got the mail place because I was rarely home to receive packages. The mail comes quite late in the day here, when I am usually out, and I don't have the patience to wait for them to re-deliver or to go to the post office to retrieve it. The way the mail place has always worked is they're there from eight-thirty to six-thirty and 90% of the time it works the way it should.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPLICATE!
The Donald has been known to SUPPLICATE the Gods of Wall Street for the occasional UPSCALE TIP or two.
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...could it be that the startlingly original premise of Groundhog Day is actually in the public domain, that anyone is free to do a story about someone living a day over and over until they get the day right, as long as they don't use the particulars of the Groundhog Day (or "12:01") characters and plot, just the overall premise?...
I suggest a story about a supermarket cashier who has to live through an entire shift, over and over, until all of his/her customers remember to get all of the things they wanted to buy on their first try.
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Fie! I'd go see Tom Wilson on Friday, but the Comedy & Magic Club seems pretty snooty to me. It's a pity, because he's a riot.
http://www.myspace.com/tomwilsonusa
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...Maybe that's a question for "free for all" day, if anyone has any thoughts on it: Is there ever a point where an idea becomes so unique that no one should ever copy it, or are all basic ideas subject to being used by someone else if they can put their own spin on it?
Paris Hilton copyrights "That's Hot!"
:P
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I got upset when I noticed my Slurpee cup had a TM after the words "brain freeze." As in "Warning, may cause brain freeze! TM"
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Oh, maybe it isn't a TM (I think it's an ®) & my wording is incorrect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slurpees.JPG
Either way, I'm not happy.
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I need a nap.
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I'm working on the launch of several shows for TLC. One looks very interesting: The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom.
They take a woman who has given up her career to raise her family and ddrop her back into the working world at the point where she would have been had she not taken a break. They don't tell the family, though. They know mom is doing a reality tv thing but they think that she's off at a spa during the week, taking a break while a staff of people help take care of her household duties.
After a week of being in the workforce, (with a break every day to see highlights/lowlights of what happened with her family during the day on a video feed) she is then askes whether she might want to continue ot be a stay at home mom or go back to work.
I don't know how any of the episodes end, since they are still being edited, but I thought it was an interesting premise. I generally despise reality television but since it's paying the bills right now I'm starting to "appreciate" it more!
"I hate my family, I hate my husband, I hate my kids, and I want my old life back!!!" cried the Soccer Mom. "I... I... I'm having a Lynette moment!"
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You don't have to be dressed up at all to get a croissant at Petrossian.
Had I known, I might have made my hotel reservaitons at the (cheaper) Wellington than at the Edison.
Actually, maybe it's a good thing I won't be near Petrossian!
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I was given this LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD job after 2 other editors tried to deliver a tape and failed. (Not their fault, IMHO.) I was asked to give it the "Amy Linton touch". What the hell does THAT mean?
Other people would call it "magic."
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I had very little to do today, and somehow spent the whole afternoon doing what should have taken two or three hours.
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Had I known, I might have made my hotel reservaitons at the (cheaper) Wellington than at the Edison.
Actually, maybe it's a good thing I won't be near Petrossian!
You walk (over to Petrossian from the Edison), therefore you eat (a croissant).
*And, remember, get your coffee at the Starbucks of Le Pain Quotidien across the street. ;)
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All the talk between SWW and Jose about roasting bones for soup stock was also very fascinating to me, but also made me feel like I am such a rookie in the kitchen that I shouldn't even bother...
We are all rookies at one point or another.
Take it a step at a time. Making stock isn't that difficult, but time consuming.
And there are so many other things to learn how to roast. Chicken, for example.
I really should get a chicken out of the freezer now, if I'm going to roast it tomorrow.
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And I should get dinner on the table.
It shouldn't take long. Yesterday, I made a very nice pot roast. Problem was, der Brucer was totally zonked out, with every dog zonking with him on his bed. So I simply told him that it was scrounge night, and that we'd have the pot roast tonight instead.
They say that pot roast is better the second day. Tonight will tell.
:D
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In CA, it is indeed the norm. Term Limits on legislative offices (state and city) have created a merry-go-round of political office holders. The school boards are now considered "entry level" positions for those desiring to seek higher office - they are temporary stepping stones; serving is just getting your ticket punched. If you run for School Board you will be carefully vetted by the respective political parties to be sure your "core values" are in keeping with party goals. When, in the past, I complained that a candidate's views on abortion or trade with China were not germane to running the schools, I was loundly lambasted for being disloyal to party objectives! (Note: at the time I WAS the chairman of the Local Republican Assemby Central Committee and Woody was Chairman of the local Republican Congressional Central Committee and we were both members of the County Central Committee, and I was a member of the State Central Committee.) I'm not sure the party has ever recovered from the site of an openly gay male couple running the show!
der Brucer
It just doesn't make sense, I believe you-it is simply idiotic. I have personally known two people who ran, and won, seats on the school board.-one in Michigan & one in California. Both were motivated by the needs of their child to get involved. Neither had had higher aspirations.
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I've done six pages - I should think that's enough for today.
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Will we never get to page nine?
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one-two-kick! one-two-kick!
Or is that a polonaise? We had the same debate about the strange little dance piece in the ms of BABES IN TOYLAND.
Some mazurkas have an accent on the second beat (of three). Some mazurkas have an accent on the third beat (of three). However, depending on the tempo, they can either be categorized as a mazur, oberek, or a kujawiak.
If you'd like more info - and/or would like to be further confused - you can consult the following sources:
MAZUR (MAZURKA) - Essay by Maja Trochimczyk (http://www.fiu.edu/~kneskij/mazurka/)
The Chopin Foundation of the United States (http://)
The Mazurka Project (http://www.mazurka.org.uk/)
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Anybody else watching the "Golden Globes" pre-show on NBC?
Kathy Griffin is in the middle of her "commentary". :)
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I was watching it, then TAR came on. I may switch back and forth
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Some of our folks just called and said they couldn't find a way to get past the closed streets.
Were you able to help them find their way?
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For all you fans of Rossini performed on accordion, please enjoy our dear friend Rodger, who moved to Ghana and is enhancing their cultural life:
http://www.youtube.com/rachelbartonpine
I didn't know the accordion could make such sweet music.
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Anybody else watching the "Golden Globes" pre-show on NBC?
Kathy Griffin is in the middle of her "commentary". :)
I've been finishing up my IRS receipts and listening to old LAW & ORDER: CI reruns. Now I'm going to chill out and watch a bit, read a bit of FOREVER and wait for the Austen Festivities to commence.
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Only excitement in this area is the fallout from the article about the state that appeared in National Geographic. I was less than impressed....
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IMHO it smacks of lazy journalism and perpetuates additional negaative stereotypes we have to contend with...
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The Starbucks of Le Pain Quotidien - that's the name of my new sci-fi sitcom
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Ooops...
"or"
I blame DR DerBrucer. ;)
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Hi, y'all. I'm posting from my sister's "beach cottage" (all 4000 sq of it, LOL) in lovely Emerald Isle, NC. We had a very nice visit in Greensboro the past two days with various members of Betsy's family, whose cousin's son had his Bar Mitzvah. Who knew there were so many Jews in NC, let alone Greensboro? I certainly didn't.
BK, glad to see your comment about Jarre in the notes since I made a similar one a few weeks ago and was afraid it would be considered sacrilege.
May I just say that I have seen more BIG screen tv's at our various relatives than I have ever seen in my life. We started at my sister's Raleigh townhouse with what I think were about 40 or 50 inchers. Then we went to Betsy's cousin's mini-palace in Greensboro and his rec room had a plasma unit that took up a whole wall--I'd say minimum 6 feet wide. Then in coming to my sister's beach home we walked into their "media room" with a full movie-screen sized wall projection unit. I'm having size envy with memories of our paltry 37" unit waiting at home. ;D
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Cillaliz, I thought of you at one of the get-togethers today because it turns out my brother-in-law edited various Edwards spots that ran only in Iowa. If you saw any spots of him speaking informally to groups in a home environment, my bro-in-law did those.
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Hi JMK, glad you could report on your activities. I hope there will be photos of lovely Emerald Isle, NC.
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Today at noon, I' going to the opera! I'll be seeing Verdi's Macbeth at the movies. It's an encore showing of the Live from the Metropolitan Opera high definition broadcast that's showing at a local movie theater! I remember reading about these broadcasts last season, but the closest theater to Olympia where they were being shown was more than an hour away, and now they have it here! It had better be good...the ticket was $22! But that's a heck of a lot cheaper than flying to New York and seeing it in person. ;)
I saw this at the Met last weekend and really enjoyed it. Hope you enjoyed it.
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Thank you everyone for all of the lovely birthday wishes.
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I'm working on the launch of several shows for TLC. One looks very interesting: The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom.
They take a woman who has given up her career to raise her family and ddrop her back into the working world at the point where she would have been had she not taken a break. They don't tell the family, though. They know mom is doing a reality tv thing but they think that she's off at a spa during the week, taking a break while a staff of people help take care of her household duties.
After a week of being in the workforce, (with a break every day to see highlights/lowlights of what happened with her family during the day on a video feed) she is then askes whether she might want to continue ot be a stay at home mom or go back to work.
I don't know how any of the episodes end, since they are still being edited, but I thought it was an interesting premise. I generally despise reality television but since it's paying the bills right now I'm starting to "appreciate" it more!
That sounds really interesting, I can't wait to see how the families will be impacted.
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Good grief - I'm getting "Was Barak Obama a Muslim" EMails!
This campaign is really going to get sickening.
der Brucer
Their conclusion:
A friend of mine forwarded me one of those as well as his scathing response to the person who sent it to him. Ridiculous and offensive.
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Well... The Golden Globes have started... :-\ :-\ :-\
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Cillaliz, I thought of you at one of the get-togethers today because it turns out my brother-in-law edited various Edwards spots that ran only in Iowa. If you saw any spots of him speaking informally to groups in a home environment, my bro-in-law did those.
I'm sure I saw them. That's the set up in alot of ads, so I don't specifically remember which one it would be. They should all be on Youtube perhaps he can show you the ads he did.
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I totally missed who won the first award, I'm not used to them being announced so quickly
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I totally missed who won the first award, I'm not used to them being announced so quickly
Cate Blanchett
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Here's the Globes site that shows the winners as they are announced, just in case you miss it like I did
http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html
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So... Is there an actual press conference? Is there someone else reading the winners before team-NBC announces it?
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Are we doing spoilers for the west coast, or is it the same time everywhere. Or are spoilers appropriate for a "news conference" announcement
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So... Is there an actual press conference? Is there someone else reading the winners before team-NBC announces it?
Nope just here are the nominations and here is who won
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Hmm... Apparently, it's raining right now - well, it is raining right now (here in NYC), and we're under a "Heavy Snow Warning" for the overnight hours.
:)
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Wow, the Beatles Hello, Goodbye is now a toilet paper commercial. Man that's sad
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TAR - sort of a spoiler
<Grin>
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I don't watch awards shows on television (except the Tonys), but I have a feeling I would rather watch the awards show as an announcement than the big overdone extravaganza these things have turned out to be. But that is just my opinion, which is worth nothing.
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And speaking of "originals"...
With the upcoming Broadway mounting of the LuPone Gypsy, does this make Gypsy the most oft-revived Broadway show?
No, with LuPone doing GYPSY it becomes the most reviled Broadway show.
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I don't watch awards shows on television (except the Tonys), but I have a feeling I would rather watch the awards show as an announcement than the big overdone extravaganza these things have turned out to be. But that is just my opinion, which is worth nothing.
I have always thought that the best way to do awards shows would be to cut the commentary and patter, read off the winners, and then have anyone wearing a pretty dress do a quick walk across the stage.
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MEE-YOW![/size]
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PRE show??? There's no SHOW. NBC has sunk to a new low doing a pre-show for a show that doesn't exist. Don't worry about spoilers.
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If you watch on CNN it's live. They've already announced a BIGGIE
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We currently have kittens Summer and Lucy staying with us. Pierre is furious- he clearly does not remember being a guest in their home a few months ago. He keeps chasing them around the house, hissing and growling. He is two months younger and twice the size of them.
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I loathe the Golden Globes and all they don't stand for.
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I took care of some business stuff for the last two hours - it's done and now I don't have to fret about doing it.
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DR elmore - I may have an extra ticket to the NY Phil this week - Thursday night, I think. Leif Ove Andsnes is playing Brahms' Second Piano Concerto. Are you possibly interested in this possibly available ticket?
(http://www.andsnes.com/cms/includes/classes/photo/7.jpg)
Okay, we know he can play Brahm's. What I want to know is whether he can play Birkeland.
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What exactly are they DOING for the Globes? If they're reading the winners quickly, that site sure isn't updating quickly.
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Who among us can Name That Tune? (MY DH did, but I didn't.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkNxYaULBw
I figured out the song, but I have yet to really sit and figure out all the distractions and symbolism.
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Okay, we know he can play Brahm's. What I want to know is whether he can play Birkeland.
Well, I know his manager, so I'll see if "Birkeland" is in his repertoire.
In the meantime, maybe you can find your answer HERE (http://www.andsnes.com/).
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BK< Just turn on CNN or NBC.They are totally different shows doing the same thing CNN is live. NBC is doing their own thing and announcing after they've been awarded
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Apparently they've already given out the biggies - or at least someone posted that a certain actor and his film had won.
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DR Jeanne, FEEL BETTER VIBES!
Thank you, Jane.
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I was given this LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD job after 2 other editors tried to deliver a tape and failed. (Not their fault, IMHO.) I was asked to give it the "Amy Linton touch". What the hell does THAT mean?
Perhaps they said Amy Linton is touched.
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BK< Just turn on CNN or NBC.They are totally different shows doing the same thing CNN is live. NBC is doing their own thing and announcing after they've been awarded
That's what I thought was going to happen, but NBC wasn't "hinting".
In fact, the Awards "ceremony" is already over. And in just about 30 minutes!
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It's pretty simple with the Globes - whichever studio and films have given the five or ten Foreign Press people the most perks, the most interviews, and spent the most money wins. That is why SPOILER
Juno did not win. You cannot take the Globes seriously either on its own or as a harbinger of things to come, since there are TEN actors and actresses and films up for best picture and best acting.
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Welcome fourteen GUESTS.
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In fact, the Awards "ceremony" is already over. And in just about 30 minutes!
And saved us all about three and a half hours of our lives.
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Kerry, I don't think there was symbolism. I think he was just doing things to show them being undone backwards.
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I will say, I do like the "expediency" of tonight's presentation, but I do feel a bit sorry for the first-time nominees who were not able to experience their first Golden Globes ceremony.
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DR Jose, the Petrossian building is at the top of my list of favorite NY buildings, perhaps because I've seen it so often due to its close proximity to The Wellington. I always look at the menu when I walk past, and think to myself that one day I will have dinner there, but there never seemed to be an occasion special enough (i.e. we don't have the wardrobe for it!). Who knew you could go in and get a croissant?
How dressed up do you have to get to do that?
I believe he was in his DR. Denton's and a robe.
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DR JEANNE~~~~~
thank you, Jose.
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Tonight's dinner is "leftovers" - (a pot roast done in the new stock yesterday, left to mature overnight).
der Brucer
It sounds quite delish. What time should I show up?
Don't go Larry. Never attend a dinner where the pot roast is more mature than you are.
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The Globes site certainly isn't updating, is it? What else won - I know about Sweeney and Depp.
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I believe he was in his DR. Denton's and a robe.
No. No robe.
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http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2008-globesnomlist12dec12,0,4679763.htmlstory?coll=env-globes (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2008-globesnomlist12dec12,0,4679763.htmlstory?coll=env-globes)
Here are the winners
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I loathe the Golden Globes and all they don't stand for.
I did add a few movies to our NetFlix queue from their list.
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DR Kerry, how was the toga party?
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I did add a few movies to our NetFlix queue from their list.
Me too
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I have always thought that the best way to do awards shows would be to cut the commentary and patter, read off the winners, and then have anyone wearing a pretty dress do a quick walk across the stage.
;D
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Am I the only DR interested in this Masterpiece Theatre Jane Austen Festival?
I wish I had a video or a DVD of the production of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE that I directed a few years ago. The costumes were gorgeous, the sets clever, the direction terrific, and the cast was about 96% perfection ( a couple minor flaws).
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http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2008-globesnomlist12dec12,0,4679763.htmlstory?coll=env-globes (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2008-globesnomlist12dec12,0,4679763.htmlstory?coll=env-globes)
Here are the winners
This was much easier to see who won.
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The current rumors for the Carnegie Hall concert production of SHOW BOAT is that Nathan Gunn is playing Ravenal. Will DR MBarnum be walking to New York?
He is a bit young for MBarnum, and he is not even from India!
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TCB it is a shame you don't have a DVD. I bet the direction was terrific. I wish elmore and I could have seen it.
Has a weekend of rest helped you to feel better?
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Predators have a way of chasing everyone away.
ROTFLMAO!
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Yes, funny & clever.
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Here's the Globes site that shows the winners as they are announced, just in case you miss it like I did
http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html
Cate Blancehtt in which category? There is no star next to her name on either category.
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Are we doing spoilers for the west coast, or is it the same time everywhere. Or are spoilers appropriate for a "news conference" announcement
All the winners are already listed at CNN.
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MEE-YOW![/size]
;)
Was that addressed to me?
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TCB, use the second link Cilla posted... theenvelope.latimes.com/awards...coll=env-globes
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'night
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[size=8] A wondrously Happy Birthday to
DR T"Antonia"Punk!
Many Happy Returns, TPunk! [/size][/b][/shadow][/glow]
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Well, I know his manager, so I'll see if "Birkeland" is in his repertoire.
In the meantime, maybe you can find your answer HERE (http://www.andsnes.com/).
That was one of the most poorly written biographies I have ever red (for derBrucer and Jose). However, I am now considering taking classes next summer at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
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Well, lookee-loo!
I started [size=8]Page 11[/size][/shadow][/glow][/color]
Ooh! Ooh!
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I will say, I do like the "expediency" of tonight's presentation, but I do feel a bit sorry for the first-time nominees who were not able to experience their first Golden Globes ceremony.
And this may be exactly what we get for The Oscars, as well.
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This has been a tired-butt weekend. It followed a kick-ass week that saw me dragging my tired butt home Friday e'en and I have been recuperating ever since.
While being a tired-butt, I have been clearing my DVR cache of various/sundried "Maisie" films recorded over Thanksgiving!!!
I hope tomorrow will see me reinvigorated, or it will be one tired-butt week, for sure!
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No. No robe.
:o :o :o :o :o
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Bruce: Now that you know those reset buttons exist, I hope you won't be reluctant to check them out the next time something goes awry with the electrical.
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That was one of the most poorly written biographies I have ever red (for derBrucer and Jose). However, I am now considering taking classes next summer at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Well, it's definitely more of a "program bio" rather than a "biography".
*He will be presenting a recital in Seattle in April. Shall I arrange for a backstage pass?
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Hi all!
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A Very Happy Birthday to TPunk!
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And this may be exactly what we get for The Oscars, as well.
Is there any official word on the SAG Awards yet?
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TCB it is a shame you don't have a DVD. I bet the direction was terrific. I wish elmore and I could have seen it.
Has a weekend of rest helped you to feel better?
Thank you Jane. Actually on of the reviewers described my direction as "brilliant" (I like that reviewer).
Actually the weekend has helped.
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Sunday evening greetings from Nashotah House in Delafield, Wisconsin! DH Richard and I had a 9-hour drive up here - the only bad weather we encountered was that rain/snow mix around Indianapolis that DR JRand mentioned. We got to the Milwaukee about 10 minutes before Richard's classmate from Florida landed, waited in the cell phone parking area, picked him up and got here in time for the seminarians to attend mass.
For dinner we went to a local brew pub, where the Green Bay fans were watching the New York/Dallas game and were thrilled that New York won. That means that the playoff game will be in Green Bay.
It is beautiful here, some snow on the ground but the roads are clear.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR TPunk!
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR TPunk!! :D
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Well, it's definitely more of a "program bio" rather than a "biography".
*He will be presenting a recital in Seattle in April. Shall I arrange for a backstage pass?
How did I miss that morsel of information in that crappy bio? No, don't bother, I probably couldn't afford the ticket to the concert anyway.
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We are housed in the Lambeth West apartment, so named because it's where a former Archbishop of Canturbury stayed when he visited here.
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RLP - yes, I know about the reset buttons now and will be on my toes, reset button-wise. Who knew?
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Oh, and we have wireless - sort of.
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I'm going to let DH Richard use his half of the MacBook now. See y'all tomorrow!
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Is there any official word on the SAG Awards yet?
The Writer's Guild has agreed not to picket the SAG awards.
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I saw this at the Met last weekend and really enjoyed it. Hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks! I did. :) There were only about 16 people in the theater, and one was a fellow usher, so there was one person that I knew. Otherwise, it was very good. Not only were they great singers, but good actors, as well. That's always nice. I don't know if I'll go see every showing, but there are at least a couple that I want to see.
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Now I have also learned how to save videos from YouTube, thanks to DR George.
Glad I could help. :)
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Cate won for Best Supporting Actress for playing Bob Dylan.
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After I got home from watching the Metropolitan Opera High Def movie broadcast of "Macbeth," I watched "Grey's Anatomy" and "Big Shots." I also taped them onto VHS for a friend, and after cutting out the commercials, the time of the two episodes totaled one hour and 24 minutes!! :o That's 18 minutes of commercials per hour!!!! What is this world coming to? :P
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You walk (over to Petrossian from the Edison), therefore you eat (a croissant).
*And, remember, get your coffee at the Starbucks of Le Pain Quotidien across the street. ;)
Oh no, they have Le Pain Quotidien there, too? I love the one in LA!
I'd better do LOTS of walking!
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I began my evening watching THE GAME PLAN on Blu-ray disc. Stunning transfer, innocuous trifle of a movie, and I despise that they made the eight year old girl so calculating. The child actress was supremely untalented, I thought.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson does definitely have charisma on screen, and he wasn't embarrassed to do some very silly stuff during the movie. (Of course, didn't he play gay in BE COOL a few years ago, too? Seems like he's up for anything to have a movie career. Good for him.)
There are more special features on the disc than I expected there to be. I'll be working on them all afternoon and up till 9 p.m. tomorrow night, I expect.
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Next I watched the NBC version of the Golden Globes. Quite a few surprise wins there in both the movie and TV categories, but I was happy for MAD MEN, Jon Hamm, Glenn Close in the Tv categories. Was surprised by the support for CALIFORNICATION, but the Globes awarded NIP/TUCK and Julian McMahon years ago, too, when the show couldn't get arrested at the Emmys.
Emblematic of the importance of the awards: on the NBC show, the best song and best screenplay winners weren't even mentioned on the broadcast.
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I didn't know the accordion could make such sweet music.
Rodger also played accordion on our INTERNATIONALE and SACCO AND VAZNETTI films, and was the only male member (that sounds unseemly!) of Cowboy Envy, one of our favorite local groups. Picture The Andrews Sisters crossed with the Sons of the Pioneers.
He had a bumper sticker on his accordion case (for his swanky red Italian one):
"Play an accordion, go to jail." (I think it's a take-off on an old anti-drug ad.)
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I told my husband I was unable to find a mirror I liked at the antique market. He replied "Don't worry, that's no reflection on you."
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BROTHERS & SISTERS had a squabbling episode that didn't push the plots very far forward, almost like marking time though Tommy and Julia made an important decision, and it looks like Nora, Justin, and Sarah are moving ahead with their on-going relationships.
Uncle Saul wasn't even on tonight!
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Page Twelve Harry and Hermione Dance!!!
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I am still in time to Wish to TPUNK a very Happy Birthday!!!!
(with with 35 minutes to spare!!!!)
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Cillaliz, I thought of you at one of the get-togethers today because it turns out my brother-in-law edited various Edwards spots that ran only in Iowa. If you saw any spots of him speaking informally to groups in a home environment, my bro-in-law did those.
JMK, I never knew your b-i-l was an editor. How did I miss that?
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Edi, I didn't know your husband was Morey Amsterdam. How did I miss THAT?
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I figured out the song, but I have yet to really sit and figure out all the distractions and symbolism.
I think a lot of it was to prove that it was actually being performed backwards as well as to throw you off from guessing the song.
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Perhaps they said Amy Linton is touched.
You mean teched? As in teched in th' haid?
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Kerry, I don't think there was symbolism. I think he was just doing things to show them being undone backwards.
That's what I get for skipping ahead and not reading all the notes! LOL!
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http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2008-globesnomlist12dec12,0,4679763.htmlstory?coll=env-globes (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2008-globesnomlist12dec12,0,4679763.htmlstory?coll=env-globes)
Here are the winners
Dang. Oh well...
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And this may be exactly what we get for The Oscars, as well.
That won't make for a very fun Oscar party!
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Edi, I didn't know your husband was Morey Amsterdam. How did I miss THAT?
A girl he was working with cut him down about his punning. She said his humor reminded him of her grandpa. I think he took a bit of offense to that, but his sense of humor is one of my favorite attributes. These kids today...
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I meant to mention that Kyra Sedgwick played the sports agent in THE GAME PLAN, without her Brenda Leigh Johnson-accent, of course!
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I guess they won't be running the congratulations spot I cut last week. At least I got paid!
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That won't make for a very fun Oscar party!
It wouldn't surprise me if they delayed the Oscars so they could have their big night and the big ratings that go with it if the strike is still going on at the end of February.
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I thought about watching GAME PLAN to see Kyra, but The Rock kind of creeps me out.
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I guess they won't be running the congratulations spot I cut last week. At least I got paid!
I was just glad Holly Hunter didn't win. But it was a very tough category this year, and the Globes are notorious for rewarding first year shows and their stars.
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I thought about watching GAME PLAN to see Kyra, but The Rock kind of creeps me out.
He's so much better than the movie deserved. It's a very contrived, formulaic movie without an ounce of originality. That said, Johnson and Sedgwick are the best things in it.
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Well, I'm going to write for a little bit and then head downstairs.
Good night!
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DR George, we have the Met screenings in Atlanta, too. I have thought about going but the ticket price was a deciding factor. Of course, now that I can afford it I don't have the time to go.
One day both of these things will align (when Uranus is trined?) and I'll get to go!
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CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Steven Spielberg
( Due to the cancellation of the Golden Globes show, the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award has been postponed until 2009.)
Huh?
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Wheew! Caught up to today. I forgot about the Jane Austen I wanted to see that.. I will see if I can catch the late night Tuesday showing which Jose mentioned
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Speaking of awards, we were presented with our John E. O'Connor award last weekend in Washington D.C. . I didn't get to go (I hadn't planned to when I was out of work, and then when I got the TLC work I had to work all weekend anyway, so...) but my partner in film, Peter, went and said it was great. It was the 122nd annual meeting of the American History Association. I hope of the more than 5,000 attendees, a few will buy DVD's!
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DR George, we have the Met screenings in Atlanta, too. I have thought about going but the ticket price was a deciding factor. Of course, now that I can afford it I don't have the time to go.
One of the upcoming operas is "Tristan und Isolde" and it's 5 hours and 35 minutes! That's a long opera!
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Typical - treating Spielberg like he's run of de mille
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Part of my Christmas booty were the BBC DVD sets of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R (gifted me by Vixdad)
We have had a lovely time watching those... tonight we saw the last of the Elizabeth R....
she really was magnificant in that show.....
Now I have an urge to watch the I, Claudius series again.....
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Typical - treating Spielberg like he's run of de mille
no
groaning
on
HHW
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Speaking of awards, we were presented with our John E. O'Connor award last weekend in Washington D.C. . I didn't get to go (I hadn't planned to when I was out of work, and then when I got the TLC work I had to work all weekend anyway, so...) but my partner in film, Peter, went and said it was great. It was the 122nd annual meeting of the American History Association. I hope of the more than 5,000 attendees, a few will buy DVD's!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! It was well deserved!
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Another new show for TLC: Paul McKenna's I CAN MAKE YOU THIN. I had asked to work on that one, hoping it would somehow rub off and I would lose weight by osmosis, but they have passed it along to a graphics house. And I had already written my promo line: "Do you have the guts---to lose?"
The show is 4 episodes long and Paul guarantees that people will lose weight without dieting, if they follow his 4 simple rules. The show got very high ratings in Britain so they hope to duplicate its success here.
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Typical - treating Spielberg like he's run of de mille
Morey!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! It was well deserved!
Thanks, Vixmom!
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Another new show for TLC: Paul McKenna's I CAN MAKE YOU THIN. I had asked to work on that one, hoping it would somehow rub off and I would lose weight by osmosis, but they have passed it along to a graphics house. And I had already written my promo line: "Do you have the guts---to lose?"
The show is 4 episodes long and Paul guarantees that people will lose weight without dieting, if they follow his 4 simple rules. The show got very high ratings in Britain so they hope to duplicate its success here.
Rule 1. Don't eat so much
Rule 2. Exercise
Rule 3. Refer to rule 1
Rule 4. refer to rule 2
I KNOW the rules.. I just have trouble following them!
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I think MattH is exactly right - I do think the strike will be over by the Oscarcast, but IF it isn't, I do think they'll attempt to postpone. You must understand, the DGA has entered into its negotiations with the producers, and they are intent on coming to terms as quickly as possible. They would have done this months ago, but didn't out of respect for the writers. That's over now - they are tired of this. The Writer's Guild has done this before and they'll do it again - nothing wrong with it except that when they do settle, it will be for what they could have had a month ago - same as with the stagehands union. I'm not bashing anyone or pointing fingers, but it's always the way. The DGA has, I think, in its entire history, struck once (and actually I can't swear to that) and it was for a very short period of time. I served on the strike committee once for a strike that didn't happen - but everyone in the DGA worked so hard for the strike not to happen and it didn't. There was no posturing, no bravado, no strutting - just an organization that wanted to get the best it could while keeping their members employed. IF the DGA comes to terms with the producers very quickly (our last e-mail from them stated they're within spitting distance of doing so on almost every issue), then it's over for the writers and they will settle soon thereafter.
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But isn't is the WGA that is on strike? Not the DGA?
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And the last WGA strike lasted 22 weeks.
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Or are they both on strike? or at least with contracts waiting to be negotiated?
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...And that's why I'm a member of the AFM.
;)
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I'm a member of AARP
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we don't strike
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unless your ball comes into our yard
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YOU KIDS GET OFF THE LAWN!!!!
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Last Thursday I went to go see I went to go see a shorts program at the American Cinematheque ( Egyptian Theater) that was a foucus on female directors. I saw 6 different short film, that varied from Mexico to India and were made by film students and stars like Jennifer Aniston. It was very cool.
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Well, it's back to work for me tomorrow morning, so...
Goodnight.
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Jose - no the DGA is not on strike - that was my point. Unlike the WGA, they don't wait until the last possible minute to negotiate, they don't posture, they just do what they need to do and it normally results in a contract agreement rather than a strike. My point was/is if the DGA settles with the producers, that means that a formula for new media will be worked out that's acceptable, and once that happens, the writers will follow suit. It's happened before, it will happen again. The writers would rather the DGA did not do this, and, as I said, the DGA, out of respect, held off on doing it for a few months, to see if the writers would settle. They WANTED to begin their talks last September.
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I have watched a horrendously bad TV movie - the DVD title is Ants!, but its original title was It Happened At Lakewood Manor. It's about an ant invasion and after being inundated with ant imagery of every kind I now am very itchy and need to shower.
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Welcome eleven GUESTS.
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Will we never get to page fourteen?
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I shall return in but a moment.
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Well I must get me to bed as tomorrowy is a work day.... oh actually TODAY is a work day as I look at the clock
night (or good morning!)
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I have showered, and am now listening to a delightful CD of a favorite childhood LP - had no idea this was out, and wouldn't have even realized it was the same as the LP - different title, art, everything. But the minute I saw the track list I knew what it was - Ferrante and Teicher's marvelous UA album of B'way faves from around 1960 - I adore it.
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I have always loved the sound of two pianos. One of my great joys was recording the two piano revival of I Do! I Do!
I was once in Joe Allen, sitting at the bar having a steak. The guy next to me chatted me up - he said that he was going in the studio the next day and he was at a loss as to how to approach the album he was doing. He introduced himself - Mike Berniker, whose name I recognized instantly from the Cy Coleman cast albums. He was about to record the two piano version of The Most Happy Fella. I introduced myself back, and he knew my work. He asked if I had any ideas (this was long before I Do! I Do!). I told him I'd recorded a two piano version of The Anastasia Affaire and that I hadn't gotten it right - I simply didn't know enough and couldn't articulate what I felt was wrong. I said if I ever did another that the two pianos have to become a character in the recording.
A week later I was talking to Billy Rosenfield who then ran the cast album division of RCA, who'd recorded The Most Happy Fella. I asked him how it had gone, and told him I'd met Mike the night before the session. Before I could recount any of that conversation, Billy said, "Mike really did a good job - he came in and said 'I want the two pianos to be a CHARACTER' - isn't that great?"
I told him it WAS great, and then I let him in on the conversation and we had the best laugh about it.
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Are we STILL on page thirteen?
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Is there any official word on the SAG Awards yet?
Is anyone you know up for "sagging" honors?
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Saw a TV movie last night called "12:01," or most of it anyway - we started watching a little late. It's about a fellow who lives through a day of his life, and then the alarm rings, and the day starts again and he can try to make things right.
Sounds like Groundhog Day, doesn't it? But the story the film is based on was written long before Groundhog Day, so could it be that the startlingly original premise of Groundhog Day is actually in the public domain, that anyone is free to do a story about someone living a day over and over until they get the day right, as long as they don't use the particulars of the Groundhog Day (or "12:01") characters and plot, just the overall premise?
Maybe that's a question for "free for all" day, if anyone has any thoughts on it: Is there ever a point where an idea becomes so unique that no one should ever copy it, or are all basic ideas subject to being used by someone else if they can put their own spin on it?
I just happened to come across "12:01," also. I did a little reading (just a little) and found that "12:01" was based on a short story "12:01 PM" by Richard Lupoff. According to the IMDb.com board (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/board/nest/57141999), it was an expansion of a short film on Showtime called "12:01 PM (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962/)" starring Kurtwood Smith from "That 70s Show." The short film and the short story had one hour repeat over and over and didn't have happy endings. The long version, like "Groundhog Day," repeated 24 hours and had a happy ending...meaning the guy got the girl and the day ended. Also, according to the trivia section of "Groundhog Day":
The idea comes from 'Gay Science', a famous book by Friedrich Nietzsche. In his book, Nietsche gives a description of a man who is living the same day over and over again.