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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a certain Bizet-ness about them, and now it is time for you to post until the Carmen Cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ADVENTITIOUS!
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Boooooring.
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Well, this is dullsville, baby.
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How dull is it? This is so dull even the GUESTS aren't here.
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I'm listening to the digital music show tunes channel (channel 936) and right now Barbra Streisand is singing "I Loves You Porgy/Porgy, I's Your Woman Now."
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How appropriate. :)
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Now, the song "Bargaining" from the original Broadway cast recording of Do I Hear a Waltz? is on. It's sung by Sergio Franchi and Elizabeth Allen.
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I just read a review of the new 2-CD Donmar production of Parade (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114374.html), and for the most part, it sounds like a positive review. However, it's sending some mixed messages.
One sentence reads, "The results, at least insofar as they are presented...on the new cast recording, indicate that Brown, Uhry and Ashford have improved and strengthened the piece."
But then two sentences later, "The changes necessitated by the Donmar experience have not necessarily improved it."
What?? It's improved, but it's not improved?? Make up my mind, will ya?
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Good morning, good morning, one and all!
And now, it's off to church to sing some Duke Ellington.
Smooches, kids!
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And the word of the day is: ADVENTITIOUS!
When I looked at my calendar for the month of December, I thought the inclusion of days beyond the twenty-fifth ADVENTITIOUS.
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Now, the song "Bargaining" from the original Broadway cast recording of Do I Hear a Waltz? is on. It's sung by Sergio Franchi and Elizabeth Allen.
I detest this song. Bleh.
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When I read BK's notes, where he stated that Carmen Jones had an all Black cast (capitalization his), I thought he meant that the film co-starred Jack Black, Karen Black, Lucas Black, Shirley Temple Black, and Johnny Cash (as the Man in Black).
;D
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From Yesterday #1
Matt Hough:
Re: Lindsay Anderson documentary not showing his academy award:
He never received one (because he was never nominated)
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RE: this Friday's GHOST WHISPERER.
SPOILERS
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I also loved this week's show. Very interesting twist (having us think the ghost was the one Jim saw in the fire/explosion). I wasn't expecting the ghost to be connected to the woman nurse/doctor instead.
The one thing i find odd though is how mad they always have these ghosts in the beginning. And how they clearly show them doing things (turning lights on, making the woman's hands go out of control with the needle in it).
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TAR tonight!
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DR MATTH - I think I will get THIS SPORTING LIFE on DVD.
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Miss Blue Moon loves this weather - it is 0 degrees with a -15 Wind Chill Factor. She likes to walk around in the yard, and then go into her house and lie on the straw bed.
She won't come in - so I will just keep watch at the door so she knows she can be inside when she wants. She did sleep inside last night.
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From Yesterday #2
Matt Hough:
Re: Felix Leighter
David Heddison is the only actor to play the role twice and Jeffrey Wright is slated to reprise his role for a second time in the next Bond film.
Jack Lord (Felix Leighter #1) starred in his own series Stoney Burke and did not repeat the role as it was supporting role and he was a "star" now. He would work in TV guest star roles before Hawaii 5-0 came around with the exception of 2 movies right before the series began
Cec Linder (Felix Leighter #2) was a friend of Harry Saltzman's from Canada.
Rik Van Nutter (Felix Leighter #3) Broccoli and Saltzman were not the producers of this fim. Although the actor was American he worked in Italy for most of his career. Most of the other actors in major roles were from Italy as some of the money raised was from that country
Norman(n) Burton (Felix Leighter #4) Don't know why the didn't reuse him.
David Heddison (Felix Leighter #5) Live and Let Die & License To Kill and when When the Living Daylights was being filmed he was doing the tv series Another World
Bernie Casey (Felix Leighter #6) played the role in the remake of Thunderball in the "other" Bond film that came out that year Never Say Never which like the original Casino Royale is not consider part of the Bond cannon.
John Terry (Felix Leighter #7) for the next film they brought back David Heddison. When the Living Daylights was being filmed he was doing the tv series Another World
Jeffrey Wright (Felix Lighter #8) He is slated to repeat his role in the next Bond film. They wanted a fresh start and only Judi Dench repeat her role from previous films.
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Oh.....how sad.
Well.....two subjects for today - your favorite (not necessarily her best) Suzanne Pleshette performances:
Rome Adventure
Youngblood Hawke
A Rage to Live
AND - worst George Hamilton performances:
I thought Two Weeks In Another Town until I saw The Victors last night.
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Lucianna in Thunderball.....
Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.
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From Yesterday #1
Dakota Celt
Re: The DOOL clips
The actors playing the pere et mere Brady are different actors do them know. Were they the originals (who I believe both quit) or were they replacements for the originals who were then replaced by originals when they decided to come back?
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Suzanne Pleshette was a wonderful light actress, as her years with Bob Newhart proved. Those are my favorite Suzanne Pleshette performances, and none made me laugh as much as the series-ender of NEWHART. "No more Japanese food before going to bed," or something similar. :D
Sad that she has passed.
I like her very much in THE BIRDS.
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Oh yes, DR td - THE BIRDS....
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A suggestion for a project for DR SANDRA.
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And the word of the day is: ADVENTITIOUS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: A QUIET THING
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DR ARNOLDBROCKMAN - I think that song applies to yesterday as well.
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Jennifer- re the ghosts on GHOST WHISPERER often being mad
SPOILER
Our thought on this has been that since they're ghosts who are in conflict that keeps them from passing, that's probably why they seem to be mad and then resolve the conflicts by the end of the show. The ones that aren't in conflict when they die presumably don't have the unresolved business (such as the guy who really died in that fire at the beginning of the show, seems like he must have been at peace with the decision to save the other person). My theory about the show has been that the ghost whisperer is actually visited by many ghosts, but we (the teevee audience) see the most interesting and conflicted ones on the show - I'm probably overthinking the theory behind the show's premise, though!!!
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Somebody may need to go to Atlanta and chip Amy and Greg out of bed - my TV screen said "Atlanta - 18° "
Here in Rehoboth we have a sunny 24° with the breezes making the wind chill factor 11°!
der Brucer
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. . .and though I'm not too fond of the English language version, Suzanne Pleshette provided the voice of the old woman in HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE.
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DR JRand57, that ad for the lamp made my day. I think I'll try it, because apparently, it's
[size=10]FUN![/size]
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OK, I bumped up over to page 2, so now I'm going to look for a squirrel. We have a lot of extra ones here!
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. I am up and ready for another full day of meetings. And too much food. Especially the too much food.
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Suzanne Pleshette:
I alwayd enjoyed her mindless romps with Dean Jones:
The Ugly Dachshund
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Shaggy DA
der Brucer
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. I am up and ready for another full day of meetings. And too much food. Especially the too much food.
Have you learned how to nap with your eyes open?
der Brucer
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OK, I bumped up over to page 2, so now I'm going to look for a squirrel. We have a lot of extra ones here!
Protein for the homeless!
der Brucer
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From Yesterday #1
Matt Hough:
Re: Lindsay Anderson documentary not showing his academy award:
He never received one (because he was never nominated)
Michael Shayne:
Check your facts. Lindsay Anderson won the 1954 documentary short award for THURSDAY'S CHILDREN.
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Good morning!
Very cold outside this morning and not slated to get out of the 30s today. It's beautiful in terms of blue sky and bright sun, but it's just really cold.
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I was thinking that BROTHERS & SISTERS had a new episode tonight, but it's a rerun. I need to check the TV GUIDE running list of available episodes. I thought they had one or two more new episodes, but maybe not.
COLD CASE is a new episode tonight, and since the CBS football game starts earlier in the afternoon today, perhaps the CBS prime time line-up will air on time. At 9, I'll check to make sure.
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Have you learned how to nap with your eyes open?
der Brucer
Actually, some of last night's stuff was interesting. I had a sugar snack from the post-lunch snack table to get through the afternoon stuff.
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This afternoon, I'll be finishing up with the bonus features on the CLEO from 5 TO 7 DVD and then head on into the next Varda film LE BONHEUR. It, too, has a long list of bonus features on the disc.
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I'm very eager to get to my new review copy on tap after the Varda box set: the PBS four hour PIONEERS OF TELEVISION.
Several of you had such complimentary things to say about various episodes of the show, and I'm looking forward to seeing all four episodes of it on this disc. It comes out for sale on January 29th.
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So sorry that PORGY AND BESS wasn't shown last night. Was looking forward to reading comments about the shape of the print, etc.
I like CARMEN JONES, but I've never been awed by it. It has never been a Preminger film that has ranked near the top of my own list of favorites.
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Someone over at HTF said that one of the high def movie channels (HDNet perhaps) showed an HD version of EXODUS a few days ago that he said looked spectacular. Hopefully that means that a cleaned-up, color correct, and sharp DVD and/or Blu-ray are in the works for the movie.
I refused to buy the DVD release after reading reviews as to the quality of the transfer. I already had it on laserdisc which was bad enough.
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Good morning, all! I left Toyland about 2:30 pm yesterday, stopped at Staples and bought their last three (AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!) storage boxes, and went home to continue the ordeal. Around 7:30 pm, I realized I hadn't eaten for about 12 hours so I scrambled some eggs, continued the sorting, watched last week's Pwoject Wunway at 8, and hit the MBarnum Nemorial Air Mattress around 9:15. I was up this morning around 6:15, used the washers in the basement since the laundromat down the block doesn't open on Sundays until 8.
While the laundry was in, I cleaned out another closet and tossed a lot of old sheets, towels, Christmas wrapping, and other junk. I also carted a lot of junk - an old dustbuster, a mixer I haven't used in over 15 years - out to the street, and I believe everything fablic I want to keep is at the drycleaner's or sealed in plastic bag, about 20 of which are now filling my bathtub while I clean the area of the apartment they were occupying. Tonight, I'll move the plastic bags back to their original space and work o0n the other side of the apartment.
Before I left this morning, I sprayed the back of the piano and the inside of the piano bench with this bedbug spray I had used on the mattress and bed frame. On my way home this afternon, I'll stop at another Staples and (hopefully) pick up more storage boxes. When I get there, I'll open the windows to ventilate the apartment for 30 minutes before moving back in to continue the work.
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DR Elmore, it sounds like the ordeal I'm sure it is. Continued good wishes on your progress.
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i have to say, as well, that the timing for this megillah is perfect: I'm between jobs other than this one at Toyland, and I know there's work coming in. Ron Raines has a request, and Karen Masn just called me about 7 or 8 charts. We're meeting on Jan 29 about it when she returns from a gig in Arizona(?). I've got to put together the rental package for "The Brain From Planet X" for Rodgers & Hammerstein, and I'm grateful that BK has been too busy with other things to send it last week.
So, it's a necessary apartment cleaning and weeding and the timing's just right. I just wish it hadn't been caused by vermin.
I thank you all for your sympathy over the situation, but I do wish you'd all fly in and lend me a hand!
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DR Elmore, it sounds like the ordeal I'm sure it is. Continued good wishes on your progress.
Thanks, DR MattH! I think maintaining some sense of humor and thinking logically about how to progress is keeping me going. The other day I was really down and I'm so lucky to have Ron Raines as a friend; he's seen me at my darkest over the thing, and he keeps an eye on me. He also helps me keep my awareness of the absurdity of it all.
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He also helps me keep my awareness of the absurdity of it all.
Take consolation in the service you are providing for others"
"THANK GOD IT'S NOT HAPPENING TO ME!"
der Brucer
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Larry,
Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
der Brucer
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Larry,
Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
der Brucer
LOL! Gave me my biggest laugh of the weekend. What a terrific idea! ;D
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I must say that the DVD of Exodus (which I did buy, but only for $2.99) was one of the few times I was completely appalled by a transfer. Hideous.
Re: The Birds. We drove through Bodega Bay on our big Hwy 1/101 journey south through California last summer. We even stopped at the little cafe (now not so little, LOL) where the "bird lady" explains everything in the movie after Tippi gets her little head whacked, and right before the gas station goes ker-boom.
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Now I'm going to head downstairs and get laundry gathered together for the usual Sunday clothes washing.
Then, I'll be finding something to prepare for lunch.
WBBL.
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Due to the raves here, and also my sister's, we picked up the HD-DVD of Heroes Season 1 and began watching it last night. Not quite up to Lost levels (we're only part way through Episode 2, though), but very enjoyable. Love Hiro.
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Someone over at HTF said that one of the high def movie channels (HDNet perhaps) showed an HD version of EXODUS a few days ago that he said looked spectacular. Hopefully that means that a cleaned-up, color correct, and sharp DVD and/or Blu-ray are in the works for the movie.
I refused to buy the DVD release after reading reviews as to the quality of the transfer. I already had it on laserdisc which was bad enough.
I rechecked his post and the channel was the FilmFest HD channel that had a new HD copy of EXODUS showing.
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Due to the raves here, and also my sister's, we picked up the HD-DVD of Heroes Season 1 and began watching it last night. Not quite up to Lost levels (we're only part way through Episode 2, though), but very enjoyable. Love Hiro.
No, it's not up to the level of LOST (few shows have that degree of complexity), but I'd be very surprised if you aren't drawn into the show as the various plot threads start to merge.
And seeing it on HD adds doubly to the pleasure.
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And now I'm REALLY going!
:D
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Today's obscure film recommendation: Kaspar Hauser (on KINO), directed by Peter Sehr. More literal than Herzog's, but really, really enjoyable with an amazing lead performance by Andre Eisermann.
Gone gigging most of today. Laterz.
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Larry,
Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
der Brucer
I would love to send them the entire bed!
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Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
LOL! Perfect!
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OK---so I know I'm in a room full of music lovers and critics, but I have to share this video. It's horribly shot, but it's my cousin's son (15 years old) singing and playing piano at a school talent show. He also writes piano music; he's done some great original rags in the style of Scott Joplin.
I think he's incredibly talented!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpU-c7utok
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I think he's incredibly talented!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpU-c7utok
FIXED LINK! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpU-c7utok)
der Brucer
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Michael Shayne:
Check your facts. Lindsay Anderson won the 1954 documentary short award for THURSDAY'S CHILDREN.
Interesting I looked up his awards and it did not mention that award. I was curious for what film he did win
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Thanks, derB!
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Favorite Suzanne Pleshette:
THE BIRDS
THE GEISHA BOY
THE UGLY DACHSHUND
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Thanks, derB!
Welcome!
Maybe you can get me a gig doing a vocal under-score for a network series show - that seems to be where all the new pop stuff is being showcased now.
der Brucer
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And I think I'm supposed to be somewhere right now, but... ???
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Good morning, Jose!
If you have a chance to look at the clip, I'd love to know what you think of my cousin's son's playing/singing. (Keeping in mind he was only 15 at the time...)
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I see there's a Le Pain de Quotidien in the City of Studio. Wonder if bk has ever dined there?
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Good morning, Jose!
If you have a chance to look at the clip, I'd love to know what you think of my cousin's son's playing/singing. (Keeping in mind he was only 15 at the time...)
Will do, DR edisaurus. I just bookmarked it for now, and I'll check it out once I'm more awake... And once I find out if the coaching session I'm supposed to play today was/is taking place at 12:30, 1:00 or 1:30.... ??? (I was supposed to get a confirmation call yesterday, and I've already left messages this morning, so...)
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Some observations on current voting patterns:
Last special election of a CA School Board Seat:
Registered Voters: 55,852
Ballots cast: 8968 (16% turnout)
Absentee Ballots: 5,082 (57%)
Winner: 3641 (41% of votes cast)
So - the winner was probably already decided before election day!
The heavy use of Absentee Ballots puts a very different spin on campaign game-plans; the old-time conventional wisdom was to save your heavy guns for the week before election day.
NOTE 1. All this business about showing ID to vote is meaningless when most ballots are mailed in.
NOTE 2: Voters have been sending in ballots for weeks in the Florida Primary - the result may already be in the bag!
der Brucer
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Well, I think I'm going to head in for the coaching, and, hopefully, catch it in progress or right at the beginning, so...
Laters...
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Nice singing DR EDISAURUS.
And please send a picture of the Squirrel Lamp when it is done. You can also make ash trays out of rabbits, if you like.
It is FUN!!!!
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Larry,
Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
der Brucer
;D
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And just as I was about to head out the door... "We're running a bit late... Just show up at 1:45." Whew! :)
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Quite a pretty day here in the City of Studio. I attended to a few things this morning and now am almost de-groggified and shall begin writing shortly. I saved the wrap up/last paragraph of the current chapter, so that will only take a few minutes, then I'll go back and look at yesterday's pages, then mush on.
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And please send a picture of the Squirrel Lamp when it is done. You can also make ash trays out of rabbits, if you like.
I bet you could even make ashtrays out of Macbeths!
(Thanks for watching the clip, too!)
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People are waking dogs and children, not necessarily in that order.
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And since I have a few spare minutes...
DR edisaurus - You have a talented cousin! So, is he is still 15 now? Do you happen to know if he plays by ear? or with music? or a combo of both? He's definitely using the Michael Bublé arrangement of the song, but the published accompaniment of that song is not that filled out. Good for him. I also detect a bit of classical and/or show music "tendencies" in his voice. Do you know if he take voice lessons? All in all, a good performance.
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And now it's time for me to head out...
Laters...
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I'm signing off for today. I want to stop at the Staples at 35th and 8th Avenue to see if they have the storage boxes I want. Then home to continue.
I'll be back tomorrow morning for a bit. Tonight: NORTHANGER ABBEY on Masterpiece Theatre!
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I've read several bombastic posts online from non-working WGA members saying people "they've" talked to think the DGA's deal is bad. Now, the DGA is not a stupid union. Unlike the WGA, they are simply not run by bombastic publicity-seeking people (rather like the stagehands union during their strike) - endless posturing. One such non-working WGA member posted that the WGA "might" take the DGA deal but with MUCH better terms - is he insane? In the end, they'll settle in the next two weeks and in the end it will either be the same deal as the DGA or one that is very similar. But you watch - they will trumpet their deal and how happy they are - you wait and see.
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And I think you all know that I am a writer and that I have many friends in the WGA who are NOT like management.
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Have a good day DR elmore!
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Larry,
Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
der Brucer
LOL. Talk about keeping a sense of humor about things!
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It is sad about Suzanne Pleshette. (http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=4a1bf045-4c09-448b-a536-7f04e2c65d22)
I didn’t realize she was married to Tom Poston.
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DR edisaurus - You have a talented cousin! So, is he is still 15 now? Do you happen to know if he plays by ear? or with music? or a combo of both? He's definitely using the Michael Bublé arrangement of the song, but the published accompaniment of that song is not that filled out. Good for him. I also detect a bit of classical and/or show music "tendencies" in his voice. Do you know if he take voice lessons? All in all, a good performance.
Thanks for watching, Jose!
He's still in HS, but this may be his senior year. He also writes music and I think he studied classical music but he really seems to be fond of Gershwin and Joplin. I knew he could play well but I had never heard him sing before.
He and his brothers like to do short films so I sense he finds acting fun. He also did a great little stop-motion animation a few years ago for Christmas.
There are other clips on the YouTube link from his family, and there is another where he plays piano in a skit where he's a piano man and has some parody lyrics to popular songs. I wish the recording was better but you can still hear what a natural piano player he is.
Disgruntled Piano Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doQWI5Zc41Q&feature=user)
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A COLD day here, much like der B and Woody's, I would imagine--20's, but with a wind chill. Brrr. This house is drafty, so on windy days it's cold inside, desite my many attempts to close up the drafts.
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My ancient computer is now doing some things I've never even seen before. I MUST get a new computer SOON! Do our Mac owners have any recommendations? I'm strongly leaning toward a Mac laptop, but haven't decided which model.
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Talent seems to run in your family DR Edisaurus!
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time for a Bollywood movie, I think...today's film is a Meena Kumari vehicle, and a "light, romantic, fun film" (although you wouldn't know from the dvd cover!)...AKELI MAT JAIYO (1963) also starring Rajendra Kumar, Agha, and Minoo Mumtaz.
(http://www.shemaroo.com/online/images/dvd_blow/akelimatjaiyo_mdvd_246x250.jpg)
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Well, well...how about a Kum Kum (with Dilip Kumar on strings) page 4 dance!
(http://pangalacticstrawboss.com/images/dilip_kumkum.jpg)
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Good News for bk: Karma attacks cell phone users:
THE INDEPENDENT (http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3353768.ece)
Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep
Phone makers' own scientists discover that bedtime use can lead to headaches, confusion and depression
Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study.
The research, sponsored by the mobile phone companies themselves, shows that using the handsets before bed causes people to take longer to reach the deeper stages of sleep and to spend less time in them, interfering with the body's ability to repair damage suffered during the day.
The findings are especially alarming for children and teenagers, most of whom – surveys suggest – use their phones late at night and who especially need sleep. Their failure to get enough can lead to mood and personality changes, ADHD-like symptoms, depression, lack of concentration and poor academic performance.
...
der Brucer
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I love Eva Marie Saint! I like EXODUS.
I love the opera CARMEN! I don't like CARMEN JONES. I think the cast is wonderful, I like the way it is filmed, but I dislike Mr. Hammerstein's lyrics.
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Somebody may need to go to Atlanta and chip Amy and Greg out of bed - my TV screen said "Atlanta - 18° "
Here in Rehoboth we have a sunny 24° with the breezes making the wind chill factor 11°!
der Brucer
It is currently 37 degrees in Tacoma, but it isn't even noon yet.
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This afternoon, I'll be finishing up with the bonus features on the CLEO from 5 TO 7 DVD and then head on into the next Varda film LE BONHEUR. It, too, has a long list of bonus features on the disc.
LE BONHEUR. Is that based on that Charlton Heston chariot movie?
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Talent seems to run in your family DR Edisaurus!
I only wish I could have played or sung so well at that age...or any age! I probably never would have discovered editing though, so...
Actually, my cousin plans to go to school to study graphics and multimedia. But I bet he will be involved in music in some way, too.
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i have to say, as well, that the timing for this megillah is perfect: I'm between jobs other than this one at Toyland, and I know there's work coming in. Ron Raines has a request, and Karen Masn just called me about 7 or 8 charts. We're meeting on Jan 29 about it when she returns from a gig in Arizona(?). I've got to put together the rental package for "The Brain From Planet X" for Rodgers & Hammerstein, and I'm grateful that BK has been too busy with other things to send it last week.
So, it's a necessary apartment cleaning and weeding and the timing's just right. I just wish it hadn't been caused by vermin.
I thank you all for your sympathy over the situation, but I do wish you'd all fly in and lend me a hand!
elmore, if I could afford it, I would have been there yesterday!
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People are waking dogs and children, not necessarily in that order.
And did they wake you, too?
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Due to the raves here, and also my sister's, we picked up the HD-DVD of Heroes Season 1 and began watching it last night. Not quite up to Lost levels (we're only part way through Episode 2, though), but very enjoyable. Love Hiro.
Jeffrey, I think you will start to get hooked at about Episode 4.
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Do you know if he take voice lessons?
His mom tells me:
Jonathan is only 16, a junior in High School. He takes both voice and piano lessons with local ladies here in Cleveland. He does both read music and play by ear. It took a long time for his teachers to get his reading skill up to the level of his "playing by ear skill."
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DR Edisaurus - Jonathan is obviously very talented. Enjoyed his video clips! :)
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We had a break and I walked down the mountain. This is what I saw (through the trees, and so not a very good shot):
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/coopers.jpg)
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DRs JoseSPiano and/or elmore3003: have either of you heard this?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51aUsbRlVnL._SS500_.jpg)
Quasthoff crooning like Sinatra. In English, and in a basso range. Strangely surreal! :)
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BK, regarding your too-small dinner last night: You should be where I am; too much food and mm, mmm, delicious!
A lunch report in about an hour.
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Yesterday I saw Juno, Away From Her and La Vie en Rose. If the snow holds off I may go to Atonement. I'm just not looking forward to it, so I may put it off and see in on Netflix in the future
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A lunch report in about an hour.
Not the traditional "loaves and fishes'?
der Brucer
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Yesterday we had fresh baked rolls and baked salmon, so I guess so.
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We had a break and I walked down the mountain. This is what I saw (through the trees, and so not a very good shot):
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/coopers.jpg)
What kind of bird is it, DR Laura?
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OK---so I know I'm in a room full of music lovers and critics, but I have to share this video. It's horribly shot, but it's my cousin's son (15 years old) singing and playing piano at a school talent show. He also writes piano music; he's done some great original rags in the style of Scott Joplin.
I think he's incredibly talented!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpU-c7utok (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpU-c7utok)
He's good! :)
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AOL ranks the WORLD'S FRIENDLIEST COUNTRIES (http://information.travel.aol.com/discovery?ncid=AOLCOMMtravdynlprim0275)
(http://www.aolcdn.com/channels/09/06/478e79da-003d6-05864-400cb8e1)
• Number 1 -- Ireland
Ireland was chosen by Lonely Planet as the World's Friendliest Country. Ireland's history is based on people working, prospering, socializing, and sometimes fighting together. Tourists can witness it firsthand by watching events like the Galway Arts Festival, complete with street performers, comedy acts and visual arts. Based on the country's falling crime rates, the people of Ireland would rather cozy up at the pub than inflict pain on visitors. In a place that has had its own share of tough times, the people have found comfort through socializing and welcoming newcomers.
der Brucer
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I'm off to watch some TV. I have (still) several episodes of "Reaper" to watch, and we'll see what happens after that.
Have a good day, all. :)
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the people have found comfort through socializing and welcoming newcomers.
Sounds a little bit like HHW. Are we our own country? :)
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I agree with their assessment of Ireland!
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Maybe we should form our own union.
We allready have rule #1: No groaning at HHW!
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What kind of bird is it, DR Laura?
It is a Cooper's hawk.
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TAR tonight!
ICA tonight!
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I also read in the paper today of the death of wonderful character actor Allan Melvin. He must have guest starred in hundreds of TV episodes, and, of course, was a regular on Phil Silers' show. Always thought he was great.
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LE BONHEUR. Is that based on that Charlton Heston chariot movie?
Not even remotely!
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Quote from: Edisaurus on Today at 07:06:14am
OK, I bumped up over to page 2, so now I'm going to look for a squirrel. We have a lot of extra ones here!
Protein for the homeless!
der Brucer
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a squirrel?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a squirrel?
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Since I watched MONK last night, I had nothing on the DVR to watch while I cooked and ate lunch so I put in HELLO DOLLY and watched the first 50 minutes of it.
HELLO DOLLY is another of the titles I've been dying to watch upconverted on my sort-of new TV, but today was my first opportunity. It looked very nice, but, of course, not quite HD in dimensionality. The sound impressed me more. Maybe it's my new receiver, but the audio sounded much fuller to me watching it this time.
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Sunday afternoon greetings! Richard and I went to church in Cincinnati this morning. We were joined by Rob and Mary Linda and took them out for lunch afterwards to Daybreak, one of our favorite breakfast/brunch/lunch places.
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DR Edi - thanks for the video of your cousin's son. His family in in Cleveland, you say? So, when are you coming to Ohio to visit them?
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Page Five Ron, Harry, and Hermione Dance!!!
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I like the songs from CARMEN JONES more than the movie; and from a sociological pt of view, CARMEN and PORGY provided jobs for a lot of people back in their day....I remember seeing LE BONHEUR in college and being shocked, shocked. I had never seen anything so racy in all my life(of course when i 1st saw the FLOWER DRUM SONG film, I felt guilty watching those racy nightclub numbers...How things have changed.
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Continued vibes for DR Elmore!
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...Re: The Birds. We drove through Bodega Bay on our big Hwy 1/101 journey south through California last summer. We even stopped at the little cafe (now not so little, LOL) where the "bird lady" explains everything in the movie after Tippi gets her little head whacked, and right before the gas station goes ker-boom.
Hmmm... Her little head gets whacked! That explains the entire film! From that point on, it's all a delusion, a fantasy!
Heck, it could be right!
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After I finished eating, I finishing watching the reaminder of the CLEO FROM 5 to 7 featurettes. One was a film retracing Cleo's walk and ride around present day Paris during the 89 minutes of the film. They stopped to show buildings or areas that were no longer the same as in the film, and of course the film was speeded up so that it took exactly 9 minutes to take the complete round trip.
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I like the songs from CARMEN JONES more than the movie; and from a sociological pt of view, CARMEN and PORGY provided jobs for a lot of people back in their day....I remember seeing LE BONHEUR in college and being shocked, shocked. I had never seen anything so racy in all my life(of course when i 1st saw the FLOWER DRUM SONG film, I felt guilty watching those racy nightclub numbers...How things have changed.
I'm sure at the time it first came out, it shocked many people. Today it seems so polite and so pastoral.
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I did watch LE BONHEUR this afternoon. A quiet, sedate film that left the viewer with much to think about afterwards. The restoration of the film did get the color back (Varda says in a bonus feature that the copy she had was already faded to pink and beige), but the image is fairly soft unlike the vivid sharpness of the two previous films of hers I watched last night (both in B&W).
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Good morning, Jose!
If you have a chance to look at the clip, I'd love to know what you think of my cousin's son's playing/singing. (Keeping in mind he was only 15 at the time...)
Is your cousin of legal age now?
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Nice singing DR EDISAURUS.
And please send a picture of the Squirrel Lamp when it is done. You can also make ash trays out of rabbits, if you like.
It is FUN!!!!
Not to mention what can be made from a pig's ear!!!
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I began watching the large number of bonus features on the BONHEUR set. Got to see the two women both in love with the same man in present day interviews, a nice before and after piece. I still have a bunch of bonuses left to get through tonight, so I doubt I'll get to the last Varda film VAGABOND until tomorrow.
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And since I have a few spare minutes...
DR edisaurus - You have a talented cousin! So, is he is still 15 now?...
See! SEE!!!
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LE BONHEUR. Is that based on that Charlton Heston chariot movie?
Yes but it runs a good hour longer.
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We had a break and I walked down the mountain. This is what I saw (through the trees, and so not a very good shot):
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Oh, look! A feathered tea cozy!
(Just keeping in line with the rest of today's posts. ;))
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DR Edi - thanks for the video of your cousin's son. His family in in Cleveland, you say? So, when are you coming to Ohio to visit them?
Sounds to me like she may have to go to New York or LA to visit him.
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DR Edi - thanks for the video of your cousin's son. His family in in Cleveland, you say? So, when are you coming to Ohio to visit them?
I should have come up last January for my aunt and uncle's 50th anniversary but it was in January during an ice storm.
Sadly, I usually only return for funerals, now that my GaGa is no longer there to visit. >:(
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Is your cousin of legal age now?
Well, 16. I guess that's legal somwhere...
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We heard this interesting story on NPR this morning about My Fair Lady (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18259827).
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I think he'll go to college in Ohio, unless he gets "discovered"...
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Guess I'll head down now and clean the guest bathroom. Then it's back to the den for more special features on LE BONHEUR.
WBBL.
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Good Afternoon!
I went here, I went there, but first...
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On the behalf of DR elmore:
VIBES PLEASE!!!!![/i]
I got a call around 3:45 from Larry, and, unfortunately, it appears that he has been struck with a case of the flu. He had just come back in the apartment after moving some boxes, and... WHAM! (I'll spare you the details that were not spared me. ;)) So...
He's currently taking a break, and resting, and starting to recuperate. His computer is still down at the office, so he can't post from home. Hopefully, this bout will pass quickly, otherwise, he may have to postpone the exterminator's appointment for later in the week. Any and all Good Vibes and Wishes would be much appreciated.
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Oh my---poor dear Larry! I hope he will Rally!
Mega dose of vibes coming your way!!
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my cousin's son (15 years old) singing and playing piano at a school talent show. He also writes piano music; he's done some great original rags in the style of Scott Joplin.
I think he's incredibly talented!
He is talented! :)
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In the meantime...
I had another wonderful time playing for Matthew Morrison this afternoon. For someone who started off as a dancer, he really has come a long way voice-wise. The songs seem to be sitting and fitting in his voice nicely right now, and he has a couple of weeks to let it all settle, and to play with them before South Pacific opens. :)
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After Matthew's lesson, I walked down my friend's Chris' place to drop off some music, and then proceeded to walk over to Broadway since I was in the mood - and in need of some nourishment. Well, at least a snack. And, lo and behold, there was Silver Moon Bakery (http://silvermoonbakery.com/) right at the corner of 140th and Broadway. :)
I picked up two of their newest treats: a Herbed Brie (Bread) Stick, and a Chocolate Chip Espresso Roll. The Herbed Brie Stick was very good - basically a nice piece of brie with some herbs tucked into some bread dough, then baked until the crust is golden brown, and the cheese starts to melt and get even yummier. Sort of like a Provençal calzone/turnover. The Chocolate Chip Espresso dough was made of a coffe-infused brioche dough with dark chocolate chunks. Again, very yummy, and a good balance of flavors. -And it went perfectly with my Mocha Latte I picked up from Oren's Daily Roast up the street. :)
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Vibage for Elmore:
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(Of course, Vibage for Elmore could be the title of my next violin concerto!)
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• Number 1 -- Ireland
From what Craig has said I expected to see Greece on the list.
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Since I was near Columbia University, I gave my friend Michael - a.k.a. one of my latest "Enablees" - a ring to see what he was up to. He was about to head out to do some grocery shopping for the week, and he was thinking of heading up to the nice, big Fairway since he had never been there before. Well, being the Good Enabler that I am, I told him I'd be more than happen to join him! We met up a few minutes later, and headed to the subway. It was only a nine block walk away, but, boy(!!!), is it cold today!!! (Maybe not as cold as it is in the midwest, right now, but definitely cold enough to warrant taking the subway one stop.)
When we got down the platform... -Hey, is that Kevin Burrows?... And, yes, it was Kevin! We hadn't seen each in a while, and, lo and behold, he was actually on his way to Fairway too to do some shopping! So, we all boarded the next 1 Train, and then Kevin and I proceeded to catch up during our walking and shopping. Kevin is Christopher Sieber's partner, who just returned to Spamalot... with Clay Aiken. So... ;)
Once we got to Fairway - which is truly one big ole super(!)market - we said our goodbyes since we didn't think we'd run into each again before we had made our way out that maze of produce, dry goods and the "Cold Room". However, it turned out that all three of us ended up at the check out registers at the same time, so we were all able to walk back to the subway together too. :)
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PAGE SIX CHRISTOPHER SIEBER AND KEVIN BURROWS DANCE!!!!
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TJ, the bagger at the store who has taken a shine to Sweeney Todd, has finally finished watching the DVD of the original production. This is after having seen Tim Burton's film at least four times.
Good news! He really liked it! He liked how different it is from the film, and understood why it is different. (This is a kid who does not oridinarly like musicals.) But just as important is that he liked it as a stage production.
He'll get it back to me as soon as our schedules mesh.
Another good deed done. *happy sigh*
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BEGONE FLU VIBES FOR DR ELMORE!!!
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ FLU-BE-GONE VIBES FOR DR ELMORE~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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***COPING VIBES***[/size]
in every way[/size]
to DR elmore3003![/size]
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DR Elmore didn't need that kind of bug, too! Vibes, vibes, vibes.
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DRs JoseSPiano and/or elmore3003: have either of you heard this?
Quasthoff crooning like Sinatra. In English, and in a basso range. Strangely surreal! :)
DR singdaw - I finally bought it and gave it a listen a few months ago. I'm not sure I'd call it "surreal", more like "restrained". I had had very good things about the album from other people before I bought it, and I had also come across some very positive reviews too. Alas, it is a bit of a strange bird. The basso range doesn't bother me at all - sort of in that Joe Williams mode. And unlike a lot of "Classical" singers, his English diction and accent is very "normal" - although, I do hear a bit of his German background sneaking in every now and then. However, a lot of it just seems a bit too easy, and a bit too relaxed, a bit too cool. I love the moments - and they're few and far between - where he shows off his upper range, but for the most part it all seems comfortable. Which isn't a good thing or a bad thing. It's just a thing.
At least this venture is nowhere near the ghastly mess of Renee Fleming's "pop" album, "Haunted Heart", and not as cheesy and middle-of-the-road as Nathan Gunn's recent album, "Just Before Sunrise".
Hmm... I haven't listened to my Sylvia McNair and André Previn albums in a while... Hmm...
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...And I think an audio link to Thomas Quasthoff's rendition of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" may have been posted on here before, but I came across this video compilation on YouTube that someone put together to his recorded version. *I think there was a version on NPR's "Performance Today" from a live recital.
Thomas Quasthoff - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E83BWsmT0II&feature=related)
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Are there plans afoot for a Lincoln Center SOUTH PACIFIC cast album?;One of my mottoes(sp?)has always been, 'you can't have too many fine R&H albums'(even if it did take me 37 years to get around to PIPE Dream-but I did order the Random House play on ABE books; Twas interesting and I love the score)
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Are there plans afoot for a Lincoln Center SOUTH PACIFIC cast album?;One of my mottoes(sp?)has always been, 'you can't have too many fine R&H albums'(even if it did take me 37 years to get around to PIPE Dream-but I did order the Random House play on ABE books; Twas interesting and I love the score)
I think there may be - mainly based on the fact that R&H has just re-edited and prepared another edition of the score in conjunction with this revival. So... We shall see.
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Hey all - just checking in to say hello on this very cold Sunday night.
I'm still having computer and email problems - so my online time has been more limited than usual.
I think I will be buying a new computer next week.
It all went south when I bought the new smartphone,, and everything started crashing as I was trying to set it up.
It's a very old computer - so I think it's just not as friendly to newer technology.
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Excellent vibes and xylophones to elmore.
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First I coveted Keith’s fancy new keyboard, which became mine after he found it wasn’t suitable for playing computer games.
Then I coveted his fancy Bose speakers. As of today they are mine, just in time to listen to Edi’s cousin and Thomas Quasthoff :D
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I haven't stopped today until now. I played through the act one score, then settled down to write, but spent the first hour of said writing, fixing what I wrote yesterday. I then took a shower, and then made myself sit down and not budge - and I just finished seven pages and I think that's a fine day of work for a Sunday. I don't think the dishwasher will be arriving today.
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First I coveted Keith’s fancy new keyboard, which became mine after he found it wasn’t suitable for playing computer games.
Then I coveted his fancy Bose speakers. As of today they are mine, just in time to listen to Edi’s cousin and Thomas Quasthoff :D
I'd ask what else you covet of Keith's, but this is a family site.
;)
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I wish I had bk's discipline while working on this safe kids video.
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Health and exterminating vibes to Larry!!!
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Page six??? Page six??? This will NOT do, oh, no, this will NOT do.
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Will we never get to page seven?
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In about one hour I shall be on my way to the Monica of Santa to sup and then see Exodus.
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My brain has glazed over.
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I skipped most of the lunch menu and had new potatoes and broccoli and cauliflower. I am saving my calories for dinner.
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Dinner tonight:
Leftovers!!!
Yep, I can do leftovers.
Leftover chili.
Salad (the fixings are leftovers).
Garlic bread (commercially prepared and waiting to be toasted, therefor leftovers).
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I see a lot of people but I do not see a lot of posts. A conundrum wrapped inside an enigma, if you ask me.
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Welcome nine GUESTS. Why are you just sitting there like so much fish? Who ARE you people?
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Looking forward to TAR tonight
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I'm watching Pioneers of Television - the Variety show right now. I'ts a good show
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TAR and ICA - better reality shows do not exist.
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And Torchwood returns for it's second season on BBCA on Saturday!
James Marsters and John Barrowman!
The imagination reels!
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Page Seven?
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At last! :D
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The store's remodel begins tomorrow.
Technically, most of the work will be done at night, allowing the dust to settle before the customers come in for the morning.
I'd be taking pictures, but der Brucer left the camera at his daughter's house last Christmas. :P
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Is IRON CHEF AMERICA as much fun as the original IRON CHEF program from Japan?
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What is ICA?
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Duh of course!
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THE FINALE!!!!! Gotta watch....laters....
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Been watching the NFL playoffs. Yay for former Michigan Wolverine Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Now, we're watching the game from Green Bay and being very thankful that we're not in Wisconsin any more.
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Watching "TAR" Finale...
Now that's a final task!!!!!!!!!!
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Well... Almost final task... ;)
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The format of ICA is similar to that of the original Iron Chef. In this version, however, each chef is required to finish five dishes using the secret ingredient - the original left the total number of dishes wide open.
The treatment of the food is of the same high caliber. The treatment of the judges tends to be better - even when the judge is a celebrity, he or she usually has a strong connection to food, unlike the actresses of the Japanese show, who were made to look a little foolish, IMO.
ICA has an impressive list of regulars, from lead commentator Alton Brown (Good Eats) and Kevin Brauch reporting from the kitchen floor, to the chefs: Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Cat Cora, and Michael Symon are all highly regarded chefs with their own restaurants, and Masaharu Morimoto is, of course, one of the original chefs from the Japanese program.
Fun? That's a relative term, Michael. I enjoy it more than the original, and der B is now hooked. You might enjoy it as much, or not. But you'll never know until you give it a try.
(BTW, Morimoto is the Iron Chef in tonight's show. So it will be like reuniting with a familiar face!)
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The store's remodel begins tomorrow.
Technically, most of the work will be done at night, allowing the dust to settle before the customers come in for the morning.
Will you be okay with the dust & chemicals? I react differently to different chemicals. Most often I have trouble breathing, often I get depressed. My reactions usually happen within minutes.
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Julie, good luck find the right computer & setting it up.
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I really enjoyed the TAR final. I was hoping the number 2 team would be number 1, but since I liked all three I'm happy wiht the outcome.
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I don't connect depression with dust, Jane - my chronic depression is just that, with little changes from outside influences, other than an occasional lack of sleep.
I'm much more concerned with how our customers react to the changes. The store will be reworking three aisles at a time, so part of my job will be keeping track of where the displaced items on those aisles have been moved to, and directing the customers to those areas (particularly when I'm on self-scan duty - I'm a store directory even in normal times).
The other vital areas are going to be produce, the bakery, deli, and our fish market. Protecting those foods from the dust will be tricky (although not my responsibility).
And, while all this is going on, we've a new store opening in Long Neck, maybe twenty minutes away. This means we've got a whole new store of employees to be trained in time for the opening in April. While most of that training will be taking place at our Millville store, some of the trainees will be at our store (and some of our staff will be moving to Long Neck!), and the job fairs will be held on Thursdays and Fridays for the next month or so.
All in all, this makes for a busy, exciting time for us. And no sooner is this all finished, and we'll be back in the Summer season!
And you thought life in a resort town would be relaxed? No way!
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Yes, TAR ended well.
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I'd better get to the kitchen. That chili isn't going to re-heat all on it's own.
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***TECHNOLOGY VIBES***[/size]
to DR Julie!!! :)[/size]
What smart phone did you end up choosing?
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SWW, I'm glad the work conditions won't be detrimental & might even be therapeutic for you. Enjoy all the activity & challenges. I'm sure knowing where items are located will be appreciated. :)
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GET WELL VIBES TO DR ELMORE!!!!!
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Vibes of every possible kind to dear elmore!
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To dear elmore and you too dear TCB. How are you today?
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Hmm... It seems tonight has become Piña Colada night here at Chez Harlem. ;)
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ICA is very interesting tonight. Thanks for mentioning in DR Woody
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Hmm... It seems tonight has become Piña Colada night here at Chez Harlem. ;)
Yes, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the snow storm....just doesn't have the same ring to it. ;)
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I'm thinking that a quesadilla sounds good, and I just happen to have all the ingredients...
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If I had know there would be snow on the ground, & not the beautiful sunshine we have been having, I would have hiked yesterday instead of repairing Sherlock's toys. He did enjoy frolicking in the snow this morning.
It rained late today & the snow melted off the driveway. Now we are likely to have snow on top of ice tomorrow.
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If that $800 rebate does come through I know what I will do with it. I will get my data pulled off my old hard drive. We got a couple of estimates on the cost today and they average between $600 and $1000. The cheaper was at TekServe, an Apple store that does data restoration on all kinds of computers. When the system crashed I lost all my current BBC clips. There were about 6 (IIRC) that I had not yet backed up to disk. They are sitting on the hard drive unattainable. $600 is too much to spend just to get the clips but, as I said, if the $800 comes along I will consider it found money and go back to TekServe and take them up on their practically guaranteed offer. When we explained the situation she seemed to think that the material could be pulled off with little problem. The reason it costs so much is the labor involved.
Oh, well, since I'm posting on Sunday evening from home you can assume the computer is up and running. It seems to be fine. Anthony is watching the latest Jane Austen installment on Channel 13 and I'm about to go to bed, even though I don't have to work tomorrow.
Anthony has two auditions tomorrow so I will just sleep late, eat my oatmeal, wash my bowl and see what the day brings.
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Yes, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the snow storm....just doesn't have the same ring to it. ;)
;D
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Audition vibes to Anthony!
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To dear elmore and you too dear TCB. How are you today?
I am doing pretty well today, Jane. Thanks for asking.
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VIBES TO TCB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May he go from petty well to pretty well very soon
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So tonight, I was meeting some people for a drink, and the place we went to wasn't working out because they didn't have a full bar and couldn't really accomodate the drink orders that people wanted. We didn't want to travel far because it's so cold out, so we decided to head over to the Gramercy Park Hotel, only a couple of blocks away, which has a newly renovated bar area that we heard was nice. And it is nice. But all of their drinks, from standard martinis to a glass of house wines, to gin and tonics, are all priced at $19 each. Have I just been really out of the loop on this, or is that pretty pricey?
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Larry, I hope you feel better really soon!
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Vibes for DR ELMORE......oh my!
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$19 for a martini? Only if it is served by a handsome waiter undressed and pliable.
DR LAURA that may look like a Cooper's Sparrow to you, to me it looks like a cigarette lighter.
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Ladies and gentlemen:
Ms Suzanne Pleshette and Mr Ty Hardin from that classic Warner Bros. film: Wall of Noise.
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I am doing petty well today, Jane. Thanks for asking.
:) Wishing you an even better tomorrow!
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Actually a choker or clavicle necklace should be worn with a strapless gown, but I guess Suzanne can do whatever she wants to do - jewelry wise.
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:) Wishing you an even better tomorrow!
That sounds like Betty Friedan - I mean Betty Furness....which one is it, DR SWW! ;D
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So tonight, I was meeting some people for a drink, and the place we went to wasn't working out because they didn't have a full bar and couldn't really accomodate the drink orders that people wanted. We didn't want to travel far because it's so cold out, so we decided to head over to the Gramercy Park Hotel, only a couple of blocks away, which has a newly renovated bar area that we heard was nice. And it is nice. But all of their drinks, from standard martinis to a glass of house wines, to gin and tonics, are all priced at $19 each. Have I just been really out of the loop on this, or is that pretty pricey?
OY! Some of the foodie blogs have brought up the $19 drinks at Gramercy Park Hotel. Apparently, they're priced that high in order to encourage their customers to try their more adventurous offerings. -Some of which are more than $19.
Alas, pricey drinks seem to the semi-new thing. If I'm in the mood for a "nice" drink - and if I'm properly attired - I like heading to the Campbell Apartment (http://www.hospitalityholdings.com/) in Grand Central Station. But even some places in the Theatre District have a standard price of $15 for cocktails. :-\
*However, the Bread Bar at Tabla off of Madison Square Park has decently priced drinks - and the Indian appetizers are some of the best in the city.
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Very true, however, it appears the necklace may actually be a strap to hold the dress up. ;D
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OH! And the desserts at Tabla (http://www.tablany.com/)... :)
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Hoo and Ray! The Giants have beaten the Green Bay Packers.
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Very true, however, it appears the necklace may actually be a strap to hold the dress up. ;D
Ah you could be right, DR JANE. My guess is that even Ty Hardin doesn't know what's going on down beneath all that fur. :o
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VIBES TO TCB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May he go from petty well to pretty well very soon
I don't know what you are talking about Cillaliz.
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Loved the TAR finale and am happy with the winning team....but that last Road Block was a chore. I didn't understand a word Phil said!
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TCB, read your post again. LOL, I didn't notice it either until Cilla's post.
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I don't know what you are talking about Cillaliz.
Wow I wished you'd go from petty to pretty and Zap! it's true. What amazing power ;)
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LOL TCB, but you can't change where I quoted you.
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Wow I wished you'd go from petty to pretty and Zap! it's true. What amazing power ;)
Yes, now if I could just figure out how to change the Quote in Jane's post.
Actually, I have been doing very well today; and I think, now that football is over, I will go to bed.
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Glad to hear you're feeling better, TCB
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Glad you are feeling better DR TCB....
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Hmm.... Lasagna!
:)
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Oh I would pay $15 for a cocktail.
Oh....you're talking about a drink. Never mind.
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Sleep well TCB.
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Tabla! That's a great idea. Thanks for the tip, Jose.
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Thanks for the computer wishes, Jane.
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Ah you could be right, DR JANE. My guess is that even Ty Hardin doesn't know what's going on down beneath all that fur. :o
;D I don't know if it really is a strap, but it has been placed as if it is.
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Tabla! That's a great idea. Thanks for the tip, Jose.
You're welcome DR Julie. *Just remember to eat in the Bread Bar, otherwise, be prepared for the sticker shock of the main dining room - even though it does have a nicer view of Gramercy Park and the Flatiron Building.
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DR Julie - Do you need any computer assistance this week? I'm sure DR FJL would give me a good recommendation. ;)
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I'm done for the night, too, after watching the 2 playoff games and finalizing some conference publicity. Two more days off - YAY!
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PAGE NINE COCKTAIL DANCE!!!!
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Thanks for the computer wishes, Jane.
Computers are wonderful, DR JULIE.....just keep saying it....just keep saying it. ;D
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;D I don't know if it really is a strap, but it has been placed as if it is.
Suzanne doesn't look like she's worried - about a wardrobe malfunction OR Ty! 8)
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I am heading for NapTown as well.
Miss Blue Moon is spending the 5 degree evening indoors with the human folk.
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'night.
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Suzanne doesn't look like she's worried - about a wardrobe malfunction OR Ty! 8)
;D
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PAGE NINE COCKTAIL DANCE!!!!
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u140/charmingqueenp/cocktails.jpg)
That isn't a cocktail dance - that's the KoolAid Man's heirs at the reading of the will!
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Caught up... whew!
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]PEST FREE VIBES FOR DEAR ELMORE[/move][/color]
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]FLU FREE VIBES FOR DEAR ELMORE[/move][/color]
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I wonder if it is the Flu or if he has overdosed on his anitbug spray?
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I wonder if it is the Flu or if he has overdosed on his anitbug spray?
I asked him about that... One of his co-workers came down with the flu big-time last week, so... However, I'm guessing the stress of the past couple of days hasn't helped matters either.
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Oh, dear, poor DR Elmore. When bad things happen to bad people, one can't help but smile. When bad things happen to great people, it seems a crime too unfair to bear. I'm not smiling at all and am gnashing my teeth in anguish for dear Larry's agonies of the moment.
I hope they will go away soon!
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PAGE SIX CHRISTOPHER SIEBER AND KEVIN BURROWS DANCE!!!!
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/photoops/actorsfundgalamay23/TheActorsFundAnnualGala350-vi.jpg)
They make an adorable couple. Thanks for sharing this photo with us, DR Jose.
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One of my Christmas Gifts was a DVD of the series Studio 60
The Vixter was away this weekdn and it was too clod to go out so Vixdad and fired up the old dvd player and watched the series over the weekend
I am still a fan and I am still sorry that the series was not renewed.
The Vixter was home by time we watched the last episode. She has never seen the series as it came on after her bedtime She suprised me when she commented,
"I guess this was the series finale huh?"
"How did you know?" I asked
"Well all the storylines were so neatly resolved, they would have left at least two of them as cliffhangers for the next season if they were renewed."
guess she's ready to be a TV exec....
(well she is the same age as most of them )
:)
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I asked him about that... One of his co-workers came down with the flu big-time last week, so... However, I'm guessing the stress of the past couple of days hasn't helped matters either.
and right in the middle of chaos in his apartment...its hard enough to be sick when you can retire comfortably to your cozy bed...
poor baby!!!!
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I finished watching all of the bonus features on the LE BONHEUR DVD. There were a ton of them including another short film (30 minutes) made in 1958 which was basically a travelogue of the French Riviera done in the Varda style.
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I had a little less than two hours before the start of COLD CASE, so I pulled off the shelf a favorite film of mine I haven't watched in a long time - RADIO DAYS. What a wonderful film it is! Very nostalgic, interesting characters, and some great cameos.
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Of course, the minute COLD CASE started, I realized that CBS was playing a rerun (actually the season premiere) which is one of the few COLD CASE episodes I've seen this season, so I turned it off immediately.
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With two hours of prime time left and absolutely nothing of interest on TV for me, I went ahead and pulled out the last of the Varda films in the set - VAGABOND. It's the longest of the four films - 106 minutes which certainly isn't long by modern standards.
It's a very melancholy story. A young girl is found dead in a ditch, and we then trace the last three weeks of her life leading up to the death. She's a gypsy, living off her wits and the kindness of strangers, and we get to meet quite a few strangers during the running time - some nice and some not so nice. Still, you know she's coming to a bad end, so it's like a march toward the gallows, and it's a slow, increasingly depressing march. Glad I saw it, but I'm sure I'd never want to watch it again.
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This DVD has quite a few bonus features on it as well, but I'll get to them tomorrow. Doesn't look to be quite as many special features as on the past two films.
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Must do some writing now and then head down to bed.
Good night!
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well I have to work inthe morning so nighty night all!
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They make an adorable couple. Thanks for sharing this photo with us, DR Jose.
You're welcome, DR MattH. And they throw a mean party too! :)
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Julie - I definitely recommend that you have Jose look at your computer problems if he has time.
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The TAR finale was fantastic!!!! And it ended exactly as I hoped it would!!!!! Although I would still have been pleased regardless of who won.
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Feel better vibes to both TCB and Elmore!!
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Off to finish up the Bollywood war film HAQEEQAT (1964) which revolves around several soldiers during the Indo-China War of 1962.
For a Bollywood film it is quite realistically done (despite the musical numbers), and very along the lines of ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
(http://www.linuxbazar.com/stores/vz1.3.7d/linuxbazarcom/images/lb_Haqeeqat.jpg)
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Hey! If anyone is interested in the THREE PENNY OPERA I mentioned, I have zipped it and uploaded it to www.sendspace.com. Feel free to enjoy this stunning recording with my compliments!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iqyu5t (http://www.sendspace.com/file/iqyu5t)
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And...
Goodnight.
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The meetings are over for today. One day more (a Les Miserables reference).
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PAGE 10 SO LONG, FAREWELL DANCE!
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From Yesterday #1
Dakota Celt
Re: The DOOL clips
The actors playing the pere et mere Brady are different actors do them know. Were they the originals (who I believe both quit) or were they replacements for the originals who were then replaced by originals when they decided to come back?
Yes, the original actors, Frank Parker and Peggy McKay left the show for about a year or so then came back. Shawn at this time was played by Lew Ayres. I dont remember who played Caroline. Frank and Peggy returned in 1985. I know it was during the Stockholm story line started and it was a good couple of years that they were back before Jack raped Kayla. If I remember right it was just as the Stockholm story was starting in mid 1985.
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Well, it's a good thing I was good at lunch -- having just new potatoes and cauliflower and broccoli. Dinner was a sit-down affair where we were served -- no buffet where I could choose. Prime rib and asparagus wrapped in bacon. Definitely NOT what I'd choose. Creme Brulee for desert.
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Just finished filling out a survey after my 4 hour journey into getting a DNS prob solved with my internet provider yesterday. I wills ay this I have never been treated as rudely as I was at that time. I was jerked around for four hours and rudely spoken to by three condescending jerks. When I finally got to the fourth person, it was solved in a few minutes. I truly did not deserve the treatment I got. I was not a happy camper.
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Oatmeal and yogurt for breakfast, I guess. And up and down the mountain a few times if I get the chance.
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If I had a choice of another dailup provider in the FArgo area outside of AOL, I would do it but unfortunately I am stuck with AT&T. I am not impressed with them. I am seriously considering taking the plunge and getting broadband from Qwest.
Anyone have experience with them?
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My condolences to family and friends of Suzanne Pleshette.
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Prodigy is bought out by SBC and then Yahoo and now AT&T owns it. Needless to say the qaulity of their service has declined. I do not recommend them at all.
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Suzanne Pleshette:
I alwayd enjoyed her mindless romps with Dean Jones:
The Ugly Dachshund
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Shaggy DA
der Brucer
I also liked her in THAT DARN CAT!
I recall it was fun to watch that since I owned a Siamese cat named Smokey at that time. A very spoiled Siamese..... She liked cheese...
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In a little while, I shall be getting a dvd copy of a film which I have heard much about, but, alas have never seen. . .
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
I know that bk MUST have seen it.
Are then any other DRs who have seen this Anthony Newley extravaganza?
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On the behalf of DR elmore:
VIBES PLEASE!!!!![/i]
I got a call around 3:45 from Larry, and, unfortunately, it appears that he has been struck with a case of the flu. He had just come back in the apartment after moving some boxes, and... WHAM! (I'll spare you the details that were not spared me. ;)) So...
He's currently taking a break, and resting, and starting to recuperate. His computer is still down at the office, so he can't post from home. Hopefully, this bout will pass quickly, otherwise, he may have to postpone the exterminator's appointment for later in the week. Any and all Good Vibes and Wishes would be much appreciated.
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~SUPER VIBES FOR DR ELMORE!!~~~[/move]
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Continued vibes to Elmore....
ETA:
Mega dose of Get well vibes for Elmore!!
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Larry,
Have you considered sending the Macbeths a gift package of linens?
der Brucer
You are wicked.... :)
I can think of a couple I would not mind sending a gift to...
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(((Elmore)))
Feel better soon!
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Edi, your cousin is amazing!
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Sounds a little bit like HHW. Are we our own country? :)
viva la HHW!!!
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~~~Continued Vibes for TCB!!~~~
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AOL ranks the WORLD'S FRIENDLIEST COUNTRIES (http://information.travel.aol.com/discovery?ncid=AOLCOMMtravdynlprim0275)
(http://www.aolcdn.com/channels/09/06/478e79da-003d6-05864-400cb8e1)
• Number 1 -- Ireland
Ireland was chosen by Lonely Planet as the World's Friendliest Country. Ireland's history is based on people working, prospering, socializing, and sometimes fighting together. Tourists can witness it firsthand by watching events like the Galway Arts Festival, complete with street performers, comedy acts and visual arts. Based on the country's falling crime rates, the people of Ireland would rather cozy up at the pub than inflict pain on visitors. In a place that has had its own share of tough times, the people have found comfort through socializing and welcoming newcomers.
der Brucer
I agree....
Ireland is incredibly beatiful and freindly. Great music also!
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Audition vibes to Anthony!!
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Anthony has two auditions tomorrow so I will just sleep late, eat my oatmeal, wash my bowl and see what the day brings.
~~~Audition Vibes for Anthony!!~~~
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AOL ranks the WORLD'S FRIENDLIEST COUNTRIES (http://information.travel.aol.com/discovery?ncid=AOLCOMMtravdynlprim0275)
(http://www.aolcdn.com/channels/09/06/478e79da-003d6-05864-400cb8e1)
• Number 1 -- Ireland
Ireland was chosen by Lonely Planet as the World's Friendliest Country. Ireland's history is based on people working, prospering, socializing, and sometimes fighting together. Tourists can witness it firsthand by watching events like the Galway Arts Festival, complete with street performers, comedy acts and visual arts. Based on the country's falling crime rates, the people of Ireland would rather cozy up at the pub than inflict pain on visitors. In a place that has had its own share of tough times, the people have found comfort through socializing and welcoming newcomers.
der Brucer
My friend Joshua went to Ireland last summer before we started rehearsals for Nite of the Living Dead! The Musical! He's of Irish descent, so he wanted to visit where his people are from. I don't think it was his first time, but it was his first time that he went all by himself. He loved it and said that the people there were very friendly. :)
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Got an email from my freind Cassie, she definitely agrees with AOL's assessment about Ireland!
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She is not biased in the least....
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GLAAD Happy About Betty, Housewives (http://www6.comcast.net/entertainment/articles/eonline/2008/01/21/e06f6d32-eeee-4542-8595-b8793051d3dd/)
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I'm back from a three and a half hour movie entitled Exodus. I must now Exodus and write the notes, but I would hope by the time I come back we can at least achieve 300 posts.
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I will say that Miss Eva Marie Saint still looks so beautiful.
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When I was in high school choir, we sang the "Theme from Exodus."
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE 11 POST #300 DANCE!!
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And I don't know why but the song "Stranger In Paradise" is going through my head. ::)
;)
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I have the toreador dance from CARMEN going through my head....
my, my bk must be busy
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I am heading for bed in a wee bit...
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I have the toreador dance from CARMEN going through my head....
my, my bk must be busy
My very first full-fledged theatrical experience as an actor (singer, really) was a college production of "Carmen." It was a lot of fun, even though the director was a bit of a tyrant. :)
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It is an interesting musical....