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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were both weary and bleary and were read with eyeballs, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they've got mooey bluey udders.
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And the word of the day is: ADJUVANT!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Ooh (hoo, spelled backwards), 34,400 postings.
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Must go adjust the notes - seems we have us a birthday.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Elan!! ;D
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The Topic of the Day will take some thinking. So, I'm off to bed to sleep, and maybe dream about the Topic of the Day.
Good night, BK. :)
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And now I shall go rest my weary bleary eyeballs.
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bk, CONGRATULATIONS on your lofty new posting plateau! :)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR ELAN![/size]
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Loved the slide show, DR Ginny! :)
Loved the livestock, DearReaderLaura DR! :)
Loved the Thanks for the jokes, comedy team of DRs George and JoseSPiano! :)
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bk, glad the reading went so well. Sounds like much positive progress was made.
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TOD
Agnes of God
Mother Miriam Roth--Ethel Merman
Sister Agnes--Britney Spears
Martha Livingston--Eddie Murphy (in SFX makeup ala Norbert)
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Happy Birthday, DRElan!
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Happy Birthday to DR ELAN.
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So many jokes.....so many jokes.
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Wow- we haven't done a bad castingg day in a long time. "Showboat" huh? I'll need to think on that........
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Yes it sounds as though the reading went very well. Congratulations.
I must say though, the guy who can figure out how to give Alet's character more to do and add a scene and STILL make Act One shorter is going to get the prize they hand out in Sweden every year.
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TOD:
Magnolia - Katie Holmes
Gaylord - Ryan Seacrest
Julie - Paris Hilton
Cap'n Andy - Woody Allen
Parthy - Diane Keaton
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TOD:
Cap'n Andy: Andy Dick, of course
Parthy: Kathie Lee Gifford
Gaylord: Joel Grey
Magnolia: Elaine Stritch
Steve: Joan Rivers [in drag]
Julie: Marie Osmond
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Oh my DR SINGDAW - you want to see some dancing!
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Off to work in the snow!
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Oh my DR SINGDAW - you want to see some dancing!
Well...fancy footwork, at any rate! :)
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And the word of the day is: ADJUVANT!
And The Song Of The Day Is: FOLLOW ME
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR ELAN
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Happy Birthday Elan!
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Happy birthday to DR Elan!!!
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Wow, the late-night jokefest was amazing.
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Bridget Hanley! Wow, I saw her in SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY when I was in L.A. a few years back, and she was just stunning, incandescent, all the superlatives one could think of.
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So now we have this year's list of OSCAR NOMINEES (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/oscar.complete.list/index.html).
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Yes it sounds as though the reading went very well. Congratulations.
I must say though, the guy who can figure out how to give Alet's character more to do and add a scene and STILL make Act One shorter is going to get the prize they hand out in Sweden every year.
Yes, that's always the prob, but we just cut an extra page, which is all the new thing would have to be.
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Why am I up at six-thirty. It was raining noisily could be one reason.
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It was raining noisily
The rain should be more considerate.
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…it’s for you!
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yesterdqay TOD:Boston used to have a CINERAMA theater: Seeing HOW THE WEST WAS WON and 2001 there was very exciting: watching them later on a regular screen, Ho-Hum(esp 2001)We used to have to wait a year for 'hard-tickets' like Ben-Hur to hit my home town, altho the two big theaters we had were good sized ones, as opposed to the cineplotzes that came later.Show Boat? Michael Jackson as Julie. Tomorrows tod-Oscar noms were as expected, except I didnt see a lead nom fo TL Jones and several favorites were missing, but the only way the nominations could be perfect would be 'If I ruled the World".
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Happy Birthday, Elan.
And happy belated birthday, Pogue--I kept meaning to post that day and forgot!
Well, thanks (I think) to JR for alerting me to the Freeman documentary which ran on American Experience last night. Absolutely appalling and fascinating, all at the same time, but no mention of FF, Allah be praised! I got an astounding number of hits on my FF article starting last night, most coming from the Wikipedia article on Freeman, so it had an audience, that's for sure.
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Yes, what WERE the upsets, because I didn't see Tommy Lee on any prediction lists - I really like him, and glad he's up, and I hear that film is very good (perhaps the worst title EVER, which is why I stayed away - I'll have to see it now). So, who did they predict for the fifth slot?
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And yes, let's have reactions to the nominations - what you think is right, and any egregiously overlooked things.
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So now we have this year's list of OSCAR NOMINEES (http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/movie-news-story/ar/_a/list-of-80th-annual-oscar-nominees/20080122101009990001).
THE SHORT LIST:
BEST PICTURE
"Atonement"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Juno"
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"
Tommy Lee Jones, “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook, "Into The Wild"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"
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Good morning!
Cold and rather bleak-looking. We may or may not get a "winter mix." Not my favorite kind of day.
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I think I'll go lay down for a few minutes.
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I was delighted to see that three songs from ENCHANTED got nominated. Thrilled for Viggo's nomination as well.
Big upset: the greatly reviewed and huge hit THE SIMPSONS MOVIE not getting that third animated feature slot instead of SURF'S UP which was a big disappointment at the box-office and not well reviewed.
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I was glad to see Marion Cotillard get the actress nod; I was afraid she might be overlooked after lack of exposure at the Golden Globes.
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Yes, what WERE the upsets, because I didn't see Tommy Lee on any prediction lists - I really like him, and glad he's up, and I hear that film is very good (perhaps the worst title EVER, which is why I stayed away - I'll have to see it now). So, who did they predict for the fifth slot?
There seemed to be more support for Emile Hirsch, Ryan Gosling, and even Denzel Washington (in AMERICAN GANGSTERS) in the final weeks of Oscar buzz. IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH did so poorly that it's been out of the psyches of most folks who do these predictions.
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I was glad to see Marion Cotillard get the actress nod; I was afraid she might be overlooked after lack of exposure at the Golden Globes.
I would have been shocked if she had been omitted. In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see her win. I think only Julie Christie is competition for her.
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Tuesday morning greetings! Today is the last of my 11-in-a-row off and I woke up dizzy and slightly nauseous - I think it's my sinuses. After several cups of coffee, breakfast, and some Antivert, I feel a bit better.
We had a dusting of snow, but nothing like the U of M pictures that I posted last night.
Happiest of birthdays to DR Elan!
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TV Reminder:
New episodes of LAW & ORDER: SVU and BOSTON LEGAL tonight.
AMERICAN IDOL is in San Diego tonight, allegedly the one stop on the audition tour that furnished the largest number of talented singers.
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Happy Birthday to DR Elan!
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Today I begin another TV box set: season five of J.A.G. I'm assuming it's similar to NCIS, but since I never watched an episode when it was on, I'm actually not certain.
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Also James McAvoy in ATONEMENT was considered a front-runner for a Best Actor nomination. As usual, the actor categories always have far more worthy candidates that get overlooked than the actress categories.
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And yes, let's have reactions to the nominations - what you think is right, and any egregiously overlooked things.
Here's some interesting notes:
"Ratatouille"
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
And look at Enchantment:
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" from "Once"
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted"
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush"
"So Close" from "Enchanted"
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted"
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Note: Sweeney got nods for Best Actor, Best Costumes and Best Art Direction
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Oscar Nominations: Never, in my lifetime, have I felt so much "nothing" for an awards announcement.
This is a perfect year for such a list....a year in which the show might NOT go on because of the writer's strike.
I was surprised by some of the nominees, but totally put off by the hum-drumness of the overall package.
No Nikki Blonsky? Really? I mean, REALLY! What a load of crap!
Cate Blanchett, brilliant actress that she is, may go down in Oscar history as the only actress to win supporting Oscars for portraying real, entertainment business, people -- Kate Hepburn and Bob Dylan.
I totally do NOT get the Oscar's love affair with the films of George Clooney...or his appeal to them for the acting Oscars. But then, I also feel that way about Clint Eastwood.
It's a cold, gray day that promises off-on rain showers and colder temps tonight and through the week...with a new system moving in with colder temps and even more rain by Thursday night.
One might say the weather has colored my mood. But those Oscar noms are totally uninspiring.
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Yesterday, I watched two (count 'em 2) movies on HD DVD: "Pride and Prejudice" with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen, and "Elizabeth" with Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush.
I loved watching them in this splendid format which did splendiferous things with both films. Awesome.
A note: If I never see Joseph Fiennes in another movie, it will be too soon.
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DH Richard just left for the post office to pick up last week's accumulated mail. Wonder if there'll be anything good?
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Anyone know what's up with this nom?
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
(Warner Bros.)
Nominees to be determined
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(Best Song)
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Oscar noms - disappointed for Amy Adams. I thought she was dazzling in Enchanted.
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Yesterday was cold and dreary. Rained all day here. I washed several loads of clothes, watched my movies in the afternoon AND made a pot of spaghetti sauce, which I put into five one-quart containers and placed them in the freezer for later use.
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I thoroughly enjoyed last night's "Medium".
That said, I am appalled that NBC is airing something else in "Medium's" time slot the next four weeks.
That's a sure way to kill a program that's one of that network's best.
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(Best Song)
Probably has something to do with folks taking credit who contributed nothing.
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I don't know if the "song" categories have rules like the writing categories do...which, IIRC, require that a certain percentage of a screenplay must have been written/rewritten before a credit can be given.
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I might have dreamed that last bit, though. Don't hold me to it.
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made a pot of spaghetti sauce, which I put into five one-quart containers and placed them in the freezer for later use.
Hey, everybody: Mud Spaghetti sauce wrestling at Ron's! :D
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Ooh! Ooh!
I went and started
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Hey, everybody: Mud Spaghetti sauce wrestling at Ron's! :D
Make sure you wear your woolly knickers. It's cold in my freezer.
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Wasn't there a brouhaha last year or the year before which led to imposing a limit of no more than three names per nomination per category?
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It's cold in my freezer.
Only if you remember to latch the freezer door properly. 8)
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Wasn't there a brouhaha last year or the year before which led to imposing a limit of no more than three names per nomination per category?
There's ALWAYS some brouhaha or other with AMPAS. Generally, it seems there are more wannabes helping to make the rules than there are actuallyares.
The music categories, especially, seem to have suffered a great deal from a massive influx of minimally trained musicians who get into the Academy because they wrote a song some director thinks is "bitchin'" and they get hired to "score" a film (mind you, they don't "score" anything, but they get sole credit for the work done by the few "real" musicians who attempt to make a few notes sound like an inspired idea that can run through the fabric of a 90-minute film).
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I have a routine outpatient medical diagnostic procedure scheduled for Thursday morning.
Tomorrow, I shall eat nothing but water, Gatorade, chicken broth, and vanilla ice cream.
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You are right on the mark, DR Ron Pulliam.
Carly Simon "composed" the score to Working Girl by humming into a tape recorder, from what I hear tell.
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Today I begin another TV box set: season five of J.A.G. I'm assuming it's similar to NCIS, but since I never watched an episode when it was on, I'm actually not certain.
I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)
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Wow, it's been an interesting past several days. Went to Disneyland with my aunt, had that interview at Kaiser, took a "virgin" to Rocky Horror, saw Jay Leno in Hermosa Beach, & went to Disneyland again yesterday with my best friend.
Oh & this is amusing. Catherine Page, she of the fabulous accent singing I Need An Earthman, wants to be buddies with me on youtube. So cool! Hehehe.
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So this is cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ_LPh8pPi4
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You are right on the mark, DR Ron Pulliam.
Carly Simon "composed" the score to Working Girl by humming into a tape recorder, from what I hear tell.
Charlie Chaplin "whistled" his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music.
He won the scoring Oscar for 1952's "Limelight"...but he won it for the 1972 season. Oscar rules were that a film could only be eligible for nominations if the film played in Los Angeles by a certain date. It seems "Limelight" had never played L.A. before 1972 (can you BELIEVE that????) and was, therefore, eligible for the nomination.
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I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)
Elliott being much too young for your tastes?
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:D
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I have a routine outpatient medical diagnostic procedure scheduled for Thursday morning.
Tomorrow, I shall eat nothing but water, Gatorade, chicken broth, and vanilla ice cream.
Can't be all bad then, can it?
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Or is "My mom" a euphemism?
;)
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Well, maybe I have a bit of a crush on him too 8)
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I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)
Like mother, like son.... ;D
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Great minds....
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I really love Joseph Fiennes, and he's simply wonderful in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS.
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So tell us, DR singingnymph, how did the interview go? Did your skirt cooperate? ;)
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I don't know if the "song" categories have rules like the writing categories do...which, IIRC, require that a certain percentage of a screenplay must have been written/rewritten before a credit can be given.
They do have rules which is why Beyonce's name was removed from the ballot for the nomination of "Believe" from DREAMGIRLS last year. The names have to have contributed a certain percentage of the music and/or lyrics for inclusions, and she hadn't.
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At this time I have no opinion on the Oscar nominations as I have not seen a single film up for an award...but I shall try to rectify this...although since several of the films seem to be R rated due to "bloody violence" I am not so sure I will enjoy the experience...but we shall see.
JUNO sounds interesting, as does ATONEMENT and MICHAEL CLAYTON (I love me some George Clooney!), IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, and AWAY FROM HER.
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Well, maybe I have a bit of a crush on him too 8)
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Smart man! He's gorgeous.
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Ron, with all due respect, I don't understand this concept: "Charlie Chaplin 'whistled' his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music."
Well, it seems from what you say that Chaplin never wrote down his music. If he actually created the melody line that we hear, then he certainly wrote the notes of the melody line, even if someone else wrote the accompaniment.
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I must head down now to start preparing lunch. SInce there was no mail yesterday, today's mail delivery will likely be delayed, so I'm not expecting to see it until later in the afternoon. I am expecting some Blu-rays that I bought last week.
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Spoo!
Forgot to type WBBL, so. . . .
WBBL.
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Ron, with all due respect, I don't understand this concept: "Charlie Chaplin 'whistled' his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music."
Well, it seems from what you say that Chaplin never wrote down his music. If he actually created the melody line that we hear, then he certainly wrote the notes of the melody line, even if someone else wrote the accompaniment.
Wasn't he also nommed for "This is My Song" from "A Countess from Hong Kong"?
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Happy Birthday DR Elan.
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Curious what you Heroes/Harry Potter fans think of Betsy's comment last night that the meeting between Soresh and Syler was very similar to Dumbledore and Voldemort (i.e., the mentors both told their charges they were special, etc., setting in motion their turns to the dark side).
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HERE are a bunch of THE AMAZING RACE INTERVIEWS with the winners, and some with number 2 and 3:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-rachel-rosales-tk-erwin-dish-on-the-amazing-race-win-6426.php (http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-rachel-rosales-tk-erwin-dish-on-the-amazing-race-win-6426.php)
http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article7637.art&page=1 (http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article7637.art&page=1)
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20172737,00.html (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20172737,00.html)
http://www.realitywanted.net/2008/01/22/interview-with-tk-and-rachel-winners-of-the-amazing-race-12/ (http://www.realitywanted.net/2008/01/22/interview-with-tk-and-rachel-winners-of-the-amazing-race-12/)
http://www.realitywanted.net/2008/01/22/interview-with-ron-and-christina-of-the-amazing-race-12/ (http://www.realitywanted.net/2008/01/22/interview-with-ron-and-christina-of-the-amazing-race-12/)
http://www.realitywanted.net/2008/01/22/interview-with-don-and-nicolas-of-the-amazing-race-12/ (http://www.realitywanted.net/2008/01/22/interview-with-don-and-nicolas-of-the-amazing-race-12/)
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DR MattH, how come there will not be any new MEDIUMS for a month?
I was just getting used to watching it again. :(
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RE: last night's MEDIUM
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I also knew that Allison was going to be proven right (re: what she saw in her dreams). It's slightly crazy that she is still always doubted.
I also did not realize the connection re: the ex building those replicas. But i did notice that he was wearing gloves the first time allison saw him. And it occured to me that he or the new husband were probably involved.
I didn't like the ending (guy who was going to hire joe selling the company). I don't really get why joe isn't doing anything re: his former employer. He should not have been fired. And considering the trauma he went through he should do something! Especially since there are no other companies in town that do that business!
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So tell us, DR singingnymph, how did the interview go? Did your skirt cooperate? ;)
My skirt was no problem, but the interview itself was so-so.
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Ron, with all due respect, I don't understand this concept: "Charlie Chaplin 'whistled' his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music."
Well, it seems from what you say that Chaplin never wrote down his music. If he actually created the melody line that we hear, then he certainly wrote the notes of the melody line, even if someone else wrote the accompaniment.
Thank God Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim aren't whistlers.
I don't disagree that the "whistler" composed the melody (unwritten as it was). But to compose a score based upon a melody requires real musical skill/talent. I don't think Chaplin's few whistled notes MADE "Limelight" a beautifully scored film....it's the musicians who took those notes and created the underscore that MADE "Limelight" a beautifully scored film.
I guess you can call me a snob in that regard. The adapters should have been nominated in the "adaptation" category.
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But Irving Berlin relied on others to write down his music, as did Lionel Bart and Bob Merrill. Would anyone argue they didn't write their melodies?
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Ron, with all due respect, I don't understand this concept: "Charlie Chaplin 'whistled' his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music."
Well, it seems from what you say that Chaplin never wrote down his music. If he actually created the melody line that we hear, then he certainly wrote the notes of the melody line, even if someone else wrote the accompaniment.
The problem hear is with the operative word "wrote".
Can we agree that Chaplin "composed" the melodies that someone else then transcribed.
(And, of course, createive credit goes to the "composer" not the "writer of notes".)
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The problem hear is with the operative word "wrote".
Can we agree that Chaplin "composed" the melodies that someone else then transcribed.
(And, of course, createive credit goes to the "composer" not the "writer of notes".)
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I've just had a thought: "It was a dark and stormy morning, and after the sudden death of Mayor Small , things in Crabtown would never be normal again."
If I hire Stephen King to flesh that out into a novel, should I get full credit for writing it?
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I thoroughly enjoyed last night's "Medium".
That said, I am appalled that NBC is airing something else in "Medium's" time slot the next four weeks.
Might this not be the network's way of having some new material for sweeps?
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So if someone were blind and dictated a novel that he or she came up with to a typist, that person who dictated the novel would not be considered the "writer" of that novel?
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Might this not be the network's way of having some new material for sweeps?
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"Medium" just started its third season three weeks ago...should its new episodes not be counted upon for "sweeps"?
I, for one, ain't gonna be watching something new at 10 p.m. on a Monday night, that's for sure.
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So if someone were blind and dictated a novel that he or she came up with to a typist, that person who dictated the novel would not be considered the "writer" of that novel?
That blind person is dictating every word of that novel. Of course he or she is the writer.
Do you think creating an underscore from a few notes of melody is nothing more significant than typing?
Is taking 10-15 seconds of whistling and then creating a score of 35-55 minutes the same thing as typing word-for-word dictation?
I don't believe it is.
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OK, I misunderstood. If Chaplin just came up with a few notes and not a whole melody with pitches and rhythms, that's different.
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…and it’s JUST my size, too!
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OK, I misunderstood. If Chaplin just came up with a few notes and not a whole melody with pitches and rhythms, that's different.
I'm all for Chaplin being credited for his "songs". After all, he wrote "Smile" which was from "Limelight." That is HIS...just as Carly Simon's song from "Working Girl" was hers.
And Irving Berlin and Bob Merrill, et al, were given just and due credit for their songs as they should have been.
But your comment above IS my argument...counterpoint, changes in keys, placement (Chaplin did tell his arrangers WHERE to put the music, to be fair), etc., is the "scoring" effort I think of in film (not the songs on which musicals succeed or fail).
I realize, of course, that the argument can be made that these folks are "arrangers" and/or "orchestrators" and not composers.
But I think sometimes a very fine line is drawn between arranging/orchestrating and composing. Chaplin never had a clue about most of that. He had a melody in mind and he knew where he wanted it to appear.
In fact, the most famous collaborator he had among Hollywood musicans was Alfred Newman, who did the honors for him in the movie "Modern Times." Newman, the score's conductor, and David Raksin and Edward B. Powell all worked from Chaplin's "whistles", to provide material to fill in where Chaplin's whistling couldn't. Whatever "original" material any of those men contributed never was credited. The credit read "Original Music by Charles Chaplin". And it may be Chaplin had whistled more than one theme...certainly, the melodic memory anyone has of the films he made are due to Chaplin.
Chaplin always got sole credit for the score. But IMO, it was always a song he "composed". The rest of the score was "adaptation" rather than original composition.
Of course, that's movie scoring and not the same thing as musicals for theater or screen.
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Happy Birthday DR Elan!
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And boy are my arms tired.
<ba-doom chick>
-I guess I'm still in joke mode from last night.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR ELAN!!!!!
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I am home sick today. I was thinking about going in for a few hours to make some calls and see a client, but the idea of getting up and dressed and getting on the bus seemed too daunting. So here I am.
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As for the Oscar Nominations...
Yeah, I'd say the only "shock" was the omission of "The Simpsons Movie" from the Animation category. However, it will be interesting to see which of the three nominees come away with the win. "Persepolis" is certainly the odd-one out, but it would be cool if it won.
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DR TPUNK~~~~~
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And when it did the Music categories become "Achievement..."?
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I'm pretty happy with the Oscar nominations. Yes, it would have been nice for Amy Adams to get recognized for Enchantment, but I have a feeling that she's going to have many future opportunities. I thought George Clooney was great in Michael Clayton, as were Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton. I think the supporting actress and actor categories are the most competitive.
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Thanks Jose.
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RE: last night's MEDIUM
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I don't really get why joe isn't doing anything re: his former employer. He should not have been fired. And considering the trauma he went through he should do something! Especially since there are no other companies in town that do that business!
He already turned down a chance to sue the company.
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DR TPunk - sorry you're still feeling under the weather, but I'm glad you were able to call in. If today hadn't been a day off for me, I have a feeling I'd have done the same thing.
Take care!
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Thanks Ginny! This is my second cold/flu of the season. The flu has hit both the kids and staff at work particularly hard this year.
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Thanks Jose.
You're welcome, DR TPunk.
Do you still need a delivery of Sudafed? ;)
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In a day or so, I suspect Woody will go into "hermit mode" - the "Torchwood" box set has shipped. 13 Episodes of "Torchwoord", 13 episodes of "Torchwood Declassified" and tons of extras in a 7CD box set - all for under $60.
der Brucer
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You're welcome, DR TPunk.
Do you still need a delivery of Sudafed? ;)
;D Nope, my roommate and I finally went to Duane Reade and stocked up. Well stocked up as much as we could with the new law that tries to prevent people from manufacturing crystal meth.
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The cats have appreciated my roommate and I being sick. They have had at least one of us home with them all day for the past week. I have confirmed my hypothesis that Pierre operates on only two speeds: asleep or holy terror.
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And when it did the Music categories become "Achievement..."?
A "misnomer" in this day and age, I assure you.
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We need to be very specific. Mr. Berlin, et al played the piano and wrote more than the melody line - he harmonized his tunes. Harvey Schmidt doesn't read or write music down on paper, but he creates the musical language of the song, not just its melody line. So, those are those types of composers.
The whistlers, who do not play and have no idea how to harmonize a song and create an accompaniment, let alone an arrangement, people like Mr. Newley and Mr. Bricusse, etc. who merely sing a tune into a recorder or to whomever their arranger is, completely rely on others to make the song have harmonics and accompaniment.
I am in the former category - I can't really notate music well enough and I leave it to others (I know the notes, just not enough about notation and timing), but the accompaniment, chords, structure and harmonics are all me.
In the musical I'm mentoring, when I've actually kept any of the original composers tunes, I'm sometimes completely reharmonized them so that they work, and I certainly have given them structure, and, most importantly form and pleasing arrangements, which make them work in a way their author would never have imagined, because he doesn't think in musical theater ways.
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Gosh! I couldn't work up "cheery" if my life depended upon it, or so it seems.
Sorry to be so gloomy today.
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So, I got back in bed at seven, and next thing I knew the phone was ringing at ten.
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I am now de-groggifying and I'll probably start writing by eleven.
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We need to be very specific. Mr. Berlin, et al played the piano and wrote more than the melody line - he harmonized his tunes. Harvey Schmidt doesn't read or write music down on paper, but he creates the musical language of the song, not just its melody line. So, those are those types of composers.
The whistlers, who do not play and have no idea how to harmonize a song and create an accompaniment, let alone an arrangement, people like Mr. Newley and Mr. Bricusse, etc. who merely sing a tune into a recorder or to whomever their arranger is, completely rely on others to make the song have harmonics and accompaniment.
I am in the former category - I can't really notate music well enough and I leave it to others (I know the notes, just not enough about notation and timing), but the accompaniment, chords, structure and harmonics are all me.
In the musical I'm mentoring, when I've actually kept any of the original composers tunes, I'm sometimes completely reharmonized them so that they work, and I certainly have given them structure, and, most importantly form and pleasing arrangements, which make them work in a way their author would never have imagined, because he doesn't think in musical theater ways.
I can hum a few bars of something...and do a little time step.
But basically, my main talent is "air conducting"!
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I've been told that In The Valley of Elah is a very good movie - however, it's no wonder it tanked and that few have seen it - if I hadn't been told it was good there would be no way I would see a movie with that awful, wretched title.
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I, too, was surprised by The Simpsons omission, and frankly I'm surprised Alvin And The Chipmunks wasn't in the third position.
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I also used to play the clari-o-net.
A Selmer Bundy Bb clari-o-net, to be precise.
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Of the three Enchanted songs, I only care for two - I don't like the two pop ballady things in the film.
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I'm really good at selecting things to play from my CD collection.
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Hmm... I suspect someone has been getting his daily dose of Morning Buns lately.
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Sorry to be so gloomy today.
(http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/e/eeyore-rainwallpaper.jpg)
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I, too, was surprised by The Simpsons omission, and frankly I'm surprised Alvin And The Chipmunks wasn't in the third position.
Hmm... Would "Alvin and the Chipmunks" been considered for the Animation category since it was mainly live action? -Otherwise, "Enchanted" might have gotten the third slot. ;)
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I spy me a DR elmore!!!!!!!
:)
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Sondheim, Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins
(http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2007/sep/west_side_story/creators_400.jpg)
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Hmm... I suspect someone has been getting his daily dose of Morning Buns lately.
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Not for WEEKS. That MAY be the trouble.
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In other words...
Sondheim by Side by Side
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Sondheim, Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins
(http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2007/sep/west_side_story/creators_400.jpg)
Is Robbins "whistling" something that Bernstein is thinking about playing?
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:P
:-*
:D
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On Sunday afternoon, I viewed two (count 'em 2) Harry Potter movies on HD DVD.
First, I watched "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and then I watched "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban".
They looked mahvelous in HD.
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Is Robbins "whistling" something that Bernstein is thinking about playing?
Hmm.. With that trio of men, that question has "euphemism" written all over it.
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I Could not have finished without our DR Jose! Thank you, dear friend!
Good afternoon, all! Sunday was hell. I knew by 1 pm I was getting sick, and after my trip for more storage boxes I spent 3-5 pm violently ill, confined to my bathroom. After 5, I inflated the air mattress and fell over. On Monday morning, I called to postpone the exterminator. They were closed for the holiday, so I left a message, felt stupid lying around feeling queasy and decided to continue the moving and shifting. Around 1:30 I had two deliveries: matzoh ball soup and rice pudding from Arties and a huge floral display from a DR, followed shortly by a checkup callfrom the send.
It also turns out this is the latest bed bug situation in my building: 5A, 4A (over for now), 4B, 3B, 2B, and now me. The neighbors from 4A stopped by to offer me good advice, and by the time DR Jose showed up, I was down to the last round of activity: all the oversized books sittign on the floor. If he hadn't pitched in to help, I'd still be bagging them.
This morning I was up by 6:30, th laundry was in by 7, and at 8:15 I spoke to the extermonator. I told him to send the man if I were still on the schedule. At 10 am, the exterminator called to say he was caught in midtown traffic and he arrived by 11. When he finished spraying his various poisons, I went to Manhattan Storage at 107 and Columbus to rent a storage space. By the end of the week, I hope a huge number of storage boxes are sitting in a new home.
So, I believe my bout of sickness was poisoning from the Pledge and the bug spray. I'll never be certain. Tonight, I have to deal with washing all the dishes and cooking utensils, vacuum- AGAIN! - and determining which plastic bags have clothing and things I need ASAP. Nothing is coming out of their plastic for good until I know things are in safe con dition.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Greetings to Our DR Elan !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DR Jose, margaritas and festive Mexican food this weekend?
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Hmm.. With that trio of men, that question has "euphemism" written all over it.
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Umm... That was Meredith Willson, DR Ron Pulliam.
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DR elmore - You're most welcome. And I'm glad the exterminators were still able to come by today. As for margaritas and Mexican food... Sí, sí Seńor.
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I love HHW Casting!
Magnolia . . . . . Britney Spears
Ravenal . . . . . . Jason Biggs
Captn Andy . . . David Gest
Parthy . . . . . . . Liza Minnelli
Julie . . . . . . . . . Michael Jackson
Frank . . . . . . . . Channing Tatum
Elly . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Lohan
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Loved the Thanks for the jokes, comedy team of DRs George and JoseSPiano! :)
You're welcome Anytime. ;)
I just wish I had written them...I claim no authorship to any of them.
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Umm... That was Meredith Willson, DR Ron Pulliam.
Ummmm....I know that, DR JoseSPiano!
But....I equated "euphemism" with "euphonium" and came up with your favorite word....which was, after all, just another euphemism. :o
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DR Jose, margaritas and festive Mexican food this weekend?
DR Elmore - your stomach must be feeling better! Glad to hear the situation is under control.
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Anyone ever hear this bedtime wish?
Good night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
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Anyone ever hear this bedtime wish?
Good night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
No. Did you just make it up?
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DON"T LET THE DEAD BUGS BITE - the musical thriller about dead bugs coming back to haunt the exterminators who killed them
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Featuring that riotous, show-stopping production number, "BITE ME!" :)
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Anyone ever hear this bedtime wish?
Good night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
I've heard it before. But when I first heard it, I didn't think bed bugs really existed. I thought they were a euphemism.
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Featuring that riotous, show-stopping production number, "BITE ME!" :)
And the classic tap dance to "I've Got You Under My Wings".
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I love you all, but I gotta tell ya, after a week of this nonsense, I fail to see the humor in bedbugs or dead bugs. Maybe it's because of my fatigue, my discomfort on sleeping on an air mattress every night and having to launder everything the next morning, having only two sets of clothing (what I'm wearing and what's waiting for tomorrow), getting flack from neighbors and friends about carrying bugs with me to and from the apartment, or my frustration that this goddamned situation isn't over and I don't know for how long it will be.
I would not wish this situation on my worst enemy, not even the Macbeths.
End of rant.
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I haven't even mntioned the cuts and abrasions from moving furniture and cleaning all day or the expenses:
28 new storage boxes for the Miai U items: $140.00
8 loads of laundry on Day 1 20.25
1 load of laundry per day since @ 4.75 28.50
1 Dust Buster 35.00
1 Hoover cleaner with bag 60.00
2 cans bedbug spray 20.00
1 steam iron 12.00
plastic bags in two sizes 25.00+
hair dryer to zap mattress 20.00
storage rental 151.00/month
I suspect I'll be purchasing other pesticides as well in my effort to fight this.
And now I'm turning off the computer and heading uptown to clean again.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR ELAN!
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re the song credits: I read somewhere that when C>B>Sager was asked to work on a song for Arthur, she called Peter Allen and asked if she could use a line from a song they never finished;"Whe you get caught between the moon and new York City" He said fine, you can have the line, but make sure I'm credited in case the song wins the Oscar; Altho I would have voted for Randy Newmans RAGTIME(song & scor)that year, there's some fairness in that credit, as 'the moon and new York City is sort of the hook the rest of the song hangs on.
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DR Jose-Again, thank you for the good news regarding DR elmore and both of his bug problems. Most of all, I’m so happy you are there to help him.
DR Elmore-Sending you a BIG HUG! Shall I also send you a face mask so you won’t breath anymore bug spray?
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Wasn't he also nommed for "This is My Song" from "A Countess from Hong Kong"?
No.
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Back vibes for Bruce and anyone else who needs them!
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"Medium" just started its third season three weeks ago...should its new episodes not be counted upon for "sweeps"?
I, for one, ain't gonna be watching something new at 10 p.m. on a Monday night, that's for sure.
Actually, MEDIUM is in its fourth season. The first season was short, of course, since it was a midseason replacement, but there were something like 16 episodes which lloks to be more than we're going to get this year.
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I'm all for Chaplin being credited for his "songs". After all, he wrote "Smile" which was from "Limelight." That is HIS...just as Carly Simon's song from "Working Girl" was hers.
Wasn't "Smile" the theme for MODERN TIMES, not LIMELIGHT?
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In a day or so, I suspect Woody will go into "hermit mode" - the "Torchwood" box set has shipped. 13 Episodes of "Torchwoord", 13 episodes of "Torchwood Declassified" and tons of extras in a 7CD box set - all for under $60.
der Brucer
I think $40 would have been a fairer price. I appreciate all the bonuses, but I'll wait to get this used or on a deeply discounted sale someplace.
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Well, I think I'm gonna head out for a bit just to get out of the apartment for a while. It's also a little warmer today too, so, hopefully, those cross-winds in midtown won't be so bone-chilling.
Laters...
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While I cooked and ate lunch today, I finished HELLO, DOLLY! which I had started watching on Sunday. The Waiters' Gallop is such a magnificent number with Michael Kidd moves all over it.
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While I cooked and ate lunch today, I finished HELLO, DOLLY! which I had started watching on Sunday. The Waiters' Gallop is such a magnificent number with Michael Kidd moves all over it.
Michael Kidd put the moves on the waiters? :o
;)
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Then I began season 5 of J.A.G. I remember at the time of the end of the 4th season when Elliott's character left the JAG Corps to return to aviation, there was a huge cry from fans dispondent about his leaving the series. Of course, by the end of episode 3 in the box set I'm looking at, he's left aviation to return to JAG, so all that moaning and groaning by fans wasn't necessary.
The shows have been just fine, but I'm glad to leave the flying stuff behind and get him back full-time into the courtrooms.
I've been very pleased that the episodes are anamorphic widescreen, so they look as good as sDVD can look. And the look of the show is definitely not that soft, grainy, overly processed look of NCIS, thankgoodness. Makes looking at back-to-back episodes so much less exhausting.
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DR Laura, your photos are WONDERFUL! Where are you?
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I ended my afternoon with a quick skimming of today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No Luke, no Noah. The previews didn't offer much hope either.
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Oscar Nominations: Never, in my lifetime, have I felt so much "nothing" for an awards announcement.
No Nikki Blonsky? Really? I mean, REALLY! What a load of crap!
Concur about Nikki Blonsky! I thought she was terrific! Yes, me, who is lukewarm about so much that others love.
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Make sure you wear your woolly knickers. It's cold in my freezer.
;D
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I have a routine outpatient medical diagnostic procedure scheduled for Thursday morning.
Tomorrow, I shall eat nothing but water, Gatorade, chicken broth, and vanilla ice cream.
I hope that's not all at once.
Hope it's a pleasant as possible.
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No. Did you just make it up?
No....Gene Wilder even says it to Madelyn Kahn in "Young Frankenstein".
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DR Jose, margaritas and festive Mexican food this weekend?
Oh, Larry MUST be feeling better!
Glad to hear it!
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Wasn't "Smile" the theme for MODERN TIMES, not LIMELIGHT?
Yes, thanks for correcting my error. I confused "Smile" with "Terry's Theme" (don't know why!!).
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Larry:
I don't believe anyone here has taken any pleasure in your sufferings.
Many of us deal with stress and unpleasantness by offering some humor, especially in the face of a lot of angst.
If it's been too much, on my part, I apologize.
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I think $40 would have been a fairer price. I appreciate all the bonuses, but I'll wait to get this used or on a deeply discounted sale someplace.
I don't think I could stomach coughing up more than $20 for the lot.
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DR Laura, your photos are WONDERFUL! Where are you?
Jane, I was at a university in Pomona on top of a hill.
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Happy Birthday, DR Elan!!
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Well, I'm finally caught up! whew!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DR ELAN!
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CNN is reporting that actor Heath Ledger has passed away.
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CNN is reporting that actor Heath Ledger has passed away.
It's true. (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/)
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Well, I guess I'll head back down to watch more of David James Elliott do his JAG thing.
WBBL.
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CNN is reporting that actor Heath Ledger has passed away.
What a horrible shock! And only 28. Very, very sad.
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~~~Feel Better Vibes for TPunk!!~~~
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CNN is reporting that actor Heath Ledger has passed away.
???
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As for margaritas and Mexican food... Sí, sí Seńor.
Can we join you? ;D
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Anyone ever hear this bedtime wish?
Good night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
I heard that throughout my childhood, but I never knew they were real!
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So sad about Heath Ledger---I feel sorry for his daughter.
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No. Did you just make it up?
We said it all the time in my family. Still do. It's great for little kids. Heck, we've even said it to the dogs!
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I love HHW Casting!
Magnolia . . . . . Britney Spears
Ravenal . . . . . . Jason Biggs
Captn Andy . . . David Gest
Parthy . . . . . . . Liza Minnelli
Julie . . . . . . . . . Michael Jackson
Frank . . . . . . . . Channing Tatum
Elly . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Lohan
LOL!! Michael jackson as Julie?!! I don't think I'll even try to top that!
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I missed the news that Fred Thompson is out of the race.
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I keep forgetting to say Happy B'Day to DR Elan!! Hope you are having a swell time!
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Fred Thompson was scary.
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Fred Thompson was scary.
:)
Don't worry, Mike. Big old Mister Man won't be around to frighten you any more.
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I missed the news that Fred Thompson is out of the race.
Honestly, I had forgotten he was IN a race, so little have I heard of him in the past couple of months.
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And the word of the day is: ADJUVANT!
"Hey, Walter!" Hildy called across the newsroom as helpfully as she could. "Is this the ADJUVANT?"
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CNN is reporting that actor Heath Ledger has passed away.
Der Brucer is watching the same sad news on FoxNews.
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Fred Thompson was scary.
No, Fred Thompson IS scary. He is still alive - he just isn't in the running any more.
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I love HHW Casting!
Magnolia . . . . . Britney Spears
Ravenal . . . . . . Jason Biggs
Captn Andy . . . David Gest
Parthy . . . . . . . Liza Minnelli
Julie . . . . . . . . . Michael Jackson
Frank . . . . . . . . Channing Tatum
Elly . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Lohan
NOOOOOOOO.
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Now, if you want a really scary thought, let's suppose that the Republican Party nominates a moderate for President (such as McCain or Giulianni) and decides to nominate a hard conservative to "balance the ticket." Having pulled out of the running so early, a certain actor may have placed himself nicely into the second spot.
:o
(And why is it, when it comes to actors in politics, the Democrats get all the buzz with statements of support and fundraising and such, but it's the actors who are Republicans who actually run? Just asking.)
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Ye gods, that WAS my favorite musical.
Show Boat, I mean.
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Page Eight "Dey Do Run-Run-Run" Dance!
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I finally got to subject my best friend the BFPX soundtrack. He got a kick out of it.
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Dear neighbors. Stop screaming at your puppy. With that tone of voice, I wouldn't come to you either. Also, it just plain annoys the crap out of me.
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THE SHORT LIST:
BEST PICTURE
...BEST ACTRESS
...BEST ACTOR
...BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
...BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
der Brucer
The WAY TOO short list, der B!
Most short lists these days include BEST DIRECTOR, and often BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY and BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY.
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I can't believe that Heath Ledger is dead from a drug overdose. You probably already discussed it, but I just now heard it on the news.
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(And why is it, when it comes to actors in politics, the Democrats get all the buzz with statements of support and fundraising and such, but it's the actors who are Republicans who actually run? Just asking.)
Lack of megalomania, perhaps?
I wonder why the actors who speak out get lambasted for exercising their rights to free speech by the media. Good citizenship is speaking out and then supporting one's causes.
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Here's some interesting notes:
"Ratatouille"
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
...
You've GOT to pay more attention, der B! Ratatouille is also nominated for Best Animated Feature and BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY!
(To think I live with you, and the importance of these things just float over your head. *le sigh*)
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Jane, I was at a university in Pomona on top of a hill.
Got it! It also explains the sheep and cows. :)
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In a day or so, I suspect Woody will go into "hermit mode" - the "Torchwood" box set has shipped. 13 Episodes of "Torchwoord", 13 episodes of "Torchwood Declassified" and tons of extras in a 7CD box set - all for under $60.
der Brucer
I may need to double-dip on this. I have the PAL, region 2 DVD set, but it doesn't sound like the UK version has all this extra stuff.
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I can't believe that Heath Ledger is dead from a drug overdose. You probably already discussed it, but I just now heard it on the news.
I haven't been keeping up; this is news to me. I feel sick to my stomach.
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I want that Mary-Kate bitch investigated. </gallows humor>
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RE: Charlie Chaplin's Smile
Like so many popular instrumentals from films the lyrics to the Smile were written afterwards in 1954 and became a hit recording for many people.
Other songs that were originally instrumentals:
Laura
Around the World (in 80 days)
Where Do I Begin (Love Story)
Speak Softly Love (The Godfather)
Somewhere In Time
Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)
A Time For Us (Romeo & Juliet)
Chariots of Fire
Out of Africa
and others
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DR (AND PROUD PAPA) ELAN!!!
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Lack of megalomania, perhaps?
I wonder why the actors who speak out get lambasted for exercising their rights to free speech by the media. Good citizenship is speaking out and then supporting one's causes.
Most often, the actors who speak out (as opposed to running for office) are being questioned about their actual knowledge on the issues, and their use/abuse of their celebrity status. Tom Cruise as an authority on psychology? Puh and leaze. And Chuck Norris dissing McCain as being too old to run for President, when McCain is just four years older than Norris? Laughable.
There are many other actors who are advocates for various causes, who have taken the time to research those causes and actively participate (Ted Danson's helping found the American Oceans Campaign comes to mind, and who can forget Doris Day being more than a talking head for animal rights. And Marlo Thomas' role as an advocate for children fits in.) When an actor becomes involved with a cause, rather than just talking about it, then I believe that involvement deserves to be celebrated.
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"Chariots of Fire" has lyrics?
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Happy Birthday, Elan.
And happy belated birthday, Pogue--I kept meaning to post that day and forgot!
Well, thanks (I think) to JR for alerting me to the Freeman documentary which ran on American Experience last night. Absolutely appalling and fascinating, all at the same time, but no mention of FF, Allah be praised! I got an astounding number of hits on my FF article starting last night, most coming from the Wikipedia article on Freeman, so it had an audience, that's for sure.
JMK, you and Jrand have got to be careful when you use the initials FF. For some of us, it will always mean only one thing - Future Farmers!
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A quick Google supplied these lyrics to the aforementioned. (http://www.engelen.demon.nl/de-blanc.htm#CHARIOTS%20OF%20FIRE) Proceed only if you are very brave and have not eaten. :P
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CNN is reporting that actor Heath Ledger has passed away.
Indeed, this is the most shocking and saddening news I have heard in quite a while.
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"Chariots of Fire" has lyrics?
Jane Olivor recorded it.
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DR SINGINGNYMPH - I think you mean the Cast Album for BFPX, there is NO soundtrack since it is not a movie.
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I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)
Oh Michael! Thirty years from now, so will you.
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Glad you are surviving and motivating, DR ELMORE.
I have lots of mail, but I haven't opened anything, I am still shocked to hear the Heath Ledger news.....unexpected - and shocking - and sad.
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I have read that emmy winning actress lois Nettelton has passed away
Actress Lois Nettleton, who received a Tony Award nomination for the 1976 revival of Sidney Kingsley's They Knew What They Wanted, died on January 18 in Calfornia of lung cancer. She was 80.
Nettleton's 30-year Broadway career also included roles in such shows as Darkness at Noon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof God and Kate Murphy, for which she received the Clarence Derwent Award, and Strangers. In 1973, she replaced Rosemary Harris as Blanche DuBois in an acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Nettleton also worked regionally and Off-Broadway; in 2004, she appeared in How to Build a Better Tulip.
Nettleton played Lady Macbeth in a 1968 television film of the Shakespeare play opposite Earle Hyman. She also starred in the film versions of Period of Adjustment, The Man in the Glass Booth and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
She worked steadily on television, received Emmy Award nominations for her work on Fear on Trial, The Golden Girls, In the Heat of the Night, and The Last Bride of Salem. She received Daytime Emmy Awards for The American Woman: Portraits of Courage and Insight, She appeared as Virginia Benson on the popular daytime drama General Hospital and had a recurring role in In the Heat of the Night.
Nettleton was married to writer Jean Shepherd from 1961-1967; that union ended in divorce.
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I think I should explain that Fred Thompson didn't scare me politically...I haven't any clue what his political views are...it is just that when I would see him on TV lately he just looked scary!
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JMK, you and Jrand have got to be careful when you use the initials FF. For some of us, it will always mean only one thing - Future Farmers!
Well, you have the Farmer part right, anyway.
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I have read that emmy winning actress lois Nettelton has passed away
Actress Lois Nettleton, who received a Tony Award nomination for the 1976 revival of Sidney Kingsley's They Knew What They Wanted, died on January 18 in Calfornia of lung cancer. She was 80.
Nettleton's 30-year Broadway career also included roles in such shows as Darkness at Noon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof God and Kate Murphy, for which she received the Clarence Derwent Award, and Strangers. In 1973, she replaced Rosemary Harris as Blanche DuBois in an acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Nettleton also worked regionally and Off-Broadway; in 2004, she appeared in How to Build a Better Tulip.
Nettleton played Lady Macbeth in a 1968 television film of the Shakespeare play opposite Earle Hyman. She also starred in the film versions of Period of Adjustment, The Man in the Glass Booth and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
She worked steadily on television, received Emmy Award nominations for her work on Fear on Trial, The Golden Girls, In the Heat of the Night, and The Last Bride of Salem. She received Daytime Emmy Awards for The American Woman: Portraits of Courage and Insight, She appeared as Virginia Benson on the popular daytime drama General Hospital and had a recurring role in In the Heat of the Night.
Nettleton was married to writer Jean Shepherd from 1961-1967; that union ended in divorce.
(http://www.theatermania.com/news/images/12567a.jpg)
I loved Lois Nettleton, and she is, IIRC, the Aunt of one of the DJs Betsy worked with at KEX here in PDX. Does anyone remember Lois' very short-lived (maybe not even half a season) series with Jerry Van Dyke, Accidental Family?
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Still time to say:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR ELAN!
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I kept seeing things about Lois Nettleton on-line today and kept thinking to myself "Wow, why all this news on Lois Nettleton's death, she died quite awhile back"...then I realized I was really thinking about Lois Maxwell who died a few months back.
I have had her movie COME FLY WITH ME on my DVR for months.
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DR elmore, what a terrible nightmare to go through. I hope that the worst is over and things improve from here on out.
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And poor Heath Ledger...what was he going through that would make such a young and successful person want to kill himself :'( . Very sad.
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I loved Lois Nettleton, and she is, IIRC, the Aunt of one of the DJs Betsy worked with at KEX here in PDX. Does anyone remember Lois' very short-lived (maybe not even half a season) series with Jerry Van Dyke, Accidental Family?
I've never heard of that show, but I remember her from "All That Glitters (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075658/)," a "Satirical look at a world where women rule and men are objectified."
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I will always remember Lois Nettleton from an episode of Bracken's World. The studio was in an uproar about whether or not to include a nude scene in a major film (it was 1969) - and Lois was the actress who had to make the decision along with her director husband if the scene was integral to the story, and if she would do it.
She did.
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I will always remember Lois Nettleton from an episode of Bracken's World. The studio was in an uproar about whether or not to include a nude scene in a major film (it was 1969) - and Lois was the actress who had to make the decision along with her director husband if the scene was integral to the story, and if she would do it.
She did.
OMG, Bracken's World. Season One--voice only. Season Two--Leslie Nielsen, right?
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Remember Madlyn Rhue in that show? :)
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Remember Madlyn Rhue in that show? :)
yes I do.....and Dennis Cole, too. ;D
I think Madlyn's character was killed in a Manson-like slaying at the beginning of Season Two.
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Now, if you want a really scary thought, let's suppose that the Republican Party nominates a moderate for President (such as McCain or Giulianni) and decides to nominate a hard conservative to "balance the ticket." Having pulled out of the running so early, a certain actor may have placed himself nicely into the second spot.
:o
(And why is it, when it comes to actors in politics, the Democrats get all the buzz with statements of support and fundraising and such, but it's the actors who are Republicans who actually run? Just asking.)
Would you care to have a Warren Beatty / Barbra Streisand ticket this fall?
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OMG, Bracken's World. Season One--voice only. Season Two--Leslie Nielsen, right?
Yup Warren Stevens was the voice and Eleanor Parker his secretary in Season One. But Leslie was only in one episode, I think....and then Bracken's World....was just World......
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I always thought a Betty Hutton-Gale Storm Hottentot Ticket was the key, but now that Betty is gone, I don't know who to run with Gale....
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DR JMK - I don't see any questions yet on the Forum.....they must be perusing all the enquiries.
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And when it did the Music categories become "Achievement..."?
It does make the categories sound a lot like the Oscar version of the Special Olympics, don't it!
::)
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I don't know if the "song" categories have rules like the writing categories do...which, IIRC, require that a certain percentage of a screenplay must have been written/rewritten before a credit can be given.
If I remember correctly, a person has to have written at least 10% (or is it 12%) of a song to be considered eligible as a writer for the Academy Award®...or was it the Grammys??
Either way, I remember when "The Prince of Egypt" was first released and P. Diddy added some material to the pop version "When You Believe" (originally written by Stephen Schwartz) that was recorded by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Because he didn't write "enough" per the rules of whichever Academy it was, he wasn't considered as a nominee for the award...which upset him to no end. ;)
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And poor Heath Ledger...what was he going through that would make such a young and successful person want to kill himself :'( . Very sad.
Who says he wanted to kill himself? I'm thinking accidental overdose, myself.
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Most often, the actors who speak out (as opposed to running for office) are being questioned about their actual knowledge on the issues, and their use/abuse of their celebrity status. Tom Cruise as an authority on psychology? Puh and leaze. And Chuck Norris dissing McCain as being too old to run for President, when McCain is just four years older than Norris? Laughable.
I don't think Tom Cruise is a viable example here, since his meltdown has no political overtones/connotations. Excessive celebrity is nothing more than that.
I have to say, however, that I have to question the critics' actual knowledge of the issues. All I see is "spin". It's one thing to carp about an actor getting "press" because of his celebrity, but most of those who carp do so because they don't want anyone using whatever celebrity they have to speak out.
And the lunacy of declaring someone's career as being DEAD because he speaks out against the war is a sicko's attempt to shut people up and prevent them from expressing opinions (I don't think Alec Baldwin or Sean Penn ever noticed their careers were dead.
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They do have rules which is why Beyonce's name was removed from the ballot for the nomination of "Believe" from DREAMGIRLS last year. The names have to have contributed a certain percentage of the music and/or lyrics for inclusions, and she hadn't.
In this case, Beyonce wasn't nominated for the Oscar because the rules state that only three names can be listed as the creator of a song, and she was the fourth...not because she hadn't written enough.
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BRACKEN'S WORLD. I liked that show. Of course, I like Dennis Cole.
Does anyone else remember the series HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS? I think it was narrated by Joseph Cotton. I would love to have that on DVD.
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Back from some errands. I've finished writing for the day, and later I'll probably go over what I've written and do the fixing and the smoothing and the futzing, then print out fifty-four pages.
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I'll try and watch at least part one of El Cid this evening.
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Heath Ledger came to Tacoma to film 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU.
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Sondheim, Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins
(http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2007/sep/west_side_story/creators_400.jpg)
Anyone can whistle, eh?
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Good Evening!
I'm back from trekking back and forth Lower Manhattan...
Sadly, seeing the news of Heath Ledger's death explains the craziness in SoHo while I was down there... :(
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Who says he wanted to kill himself? I'm thinking accidental overdose, myself.
I only know what the news reports and the last report I had read prior to my post mentioned it was likely a suicide.
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What a busy (unfortunate) week for celeb obits
Brad Renfro
Alan Melville
Suzanne Pleshette
Lois Nettleton
Heath Ledger
The old black humor joke: Airplanes and celebs go down in threes.
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BRACKEN'S WORLD. I liked that show. Of course, I like Dennis Cole.
Does anyone else remember the series HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS? I think it was narrated by Joseph Cotton. I would love to have that on DVD.
I remember HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS and I loved the theme music. You can buy DVDrs of the show on Ioffer.com
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So... Today's Culinary Creations started off with a stop at one of DR Jane's favorite places, Russ & Daughters (http://www.russanddaughters.com/).
I bypassed some of their sweeter offerings (halvah, babka, rugelach and macaroons), and opted for one of "Martha's (Stewart) Favorites":
The Heeb - Whitefish/Baked Salmon Salad and Horseradish Cream Cheese on a bagel. -The Super Heeb gilds the lily with Wasabi Flying Fish Roe. (Next time.)
It was quite dee-lish and most definitely appetizing.
(http://www.russanddaughters.com/images/logo_russ.gif)
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DR SINGINGNYMPH - I think you mean the Cast Album for BFPX, there is NO soundtrack since it is not a movie.
Well, yes. I'm just a lazy typer.
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I think it's sad that Lois Nettleton didn't get to sing "Doatsie Mae" in the film version of THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS. :'(
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I can't believe that Heath Ledger is dead from a drug overdose. You probably already discussed it, but I just now heard it on the news.
Such a waste! I feel very sad for his loved ones.
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Well, yes. I'm just a lazy typer.
So lazy, in fact, that I'd rather write typer than typist.
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Dear neighbors. Stop screaming at your puppy. With that tone of voice, I wouldn't come to you either. Also, it just plain annoys the crap out of me.
Poor puppy. Would you like a list of good training books to give your neighbor?
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Not only did I think that Heath Ledger was brilliant in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, but I truly enjoyed his work in CASANOVA as well.
I've not seen NED KELLY or 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. It's been eons since I saw A KNIGHT'S TALE, and I didn't really care about it.
Such a tragedy for ex-wife Michelle Williams and their daughter.
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I think I should explain that Fred Thompson didn't scare me politically...I haven't any clue what his political views are...it is just that when I would see him on TV lately he just looked scary!
;D
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I also made a quick run through the Essex Street Market (http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/).
(http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/Images/Logo_Small.gif)
I mainly wanted to check out where the "legendary" - and, in some circles, infamous - Shopsin's General Store (http://www.shopsins.com/) had moved to - it used to be located in the West Village.
I also came across Roni-Sue's Chocolates (http://www.roni-sue.com/main.html) - a place I will definitely be making a return trip (or two) to. *Be sure to check out the "truffle selector" on her website. :)
(http://www.roni-sue.com/images/logo.jpg)
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Who says he wanted to kill himself? I'm thinking accidental overdose, myself.
Yes, but when there's a lot of stress, some things happen accidentally-on-purpose.
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Poor puppy. Would you like a list of good training books to give your neighbor?
Heheheh.
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And, finally, (well almost) I stopped into The Doughnut Plant (http://doughnutplant.com/). I haven't been down there in months, and during the interim, he's introduced two new Signature Doughnuts:
Chocolate Blackout - Chocolate Cake Donut, with Chocolate Glaze and Chocolate Cake Crumbs
Tres Leches - Like a tres leches cake, but just in donut form.
As soon as bit into the Chocolate Blackout, I was in L-O-V-E! ;) And my L-O-V-E only grew once I started sampling the Tres Leches one. Both of them were light and rich at the same time.
Oh... And I also picked up a Blackberry Filled-Peanut Butter Glazed Doughnut for tomorrow morning. Well, actually, I picked up two of those since the guy at the counter gave me one for free since it was close to closing time. :)
(http://www.highextraction.com/media/images/doughnutplant.jpg)
The Chocolate Blackout is the first one on the left in the second row.
The Peanut Butter and Jelly is the first one in the third row, and the Tres Leches is the third one in the third row.
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Quote from: singdaw on Today at 08:20:56am
...Tomorrow, I shall eat nothing but water, Gatorade, chicken broth, and vanilla ice cream.
I hope that's not all at once.
Hope it's a pleasant as possible.
It's the latest smoothie.
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Oh wow, those look yummy.
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the "legendary" - and, in some circles, infamous - Shopsin's General Store (http://www.shopsins.com/)
Care to elaborate? :)
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Oh wow, those look yummy.
I'll say!
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A quick Google supplied these lyrics to the aforementioned. (http://www.engelen.demon.nl/de-blanc.htm#CHARIOTS%20OF%20FIRE) Proceed only if you are very brave and have not eaten.
Well, you did warn us. But it's too late...I clicked.
And I've just lost my supper. :P
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I just ate a piece of White Chocolate Raspberry cake, but, after seeing DR Jose's post I WANNA FRICKIN' DOUGHNUT! NOW! ;D
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Dinner is oven-ing. Or at least the taters are.
Very thinly sliced on the mandoline, then overlapping each other in a skillet, with melted butter brushed over the tater slices between layers.
Topped with Parm, and into a 400 oven. Cook until crispy.
This will go with poached chicken breasts, and spinach wilted with sweated sliced mushers and shallots (seasoned with nutmeg).
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There is the most incredible full moon tonight!
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Care to elaborate? :)
Well... I believe if you refer to THIS ENTRY (http://www.kottke.org/04/08/shopsins-menu) from the kottke.org weblog, you should find some answers.
Additionally, if you wish to view the complete MENU(!) of the old location, just CLICK HERE (http://www.shopsins.com/media/redshops/shopsiemenu.pdf). (It's a PDF.)
And here's the Menu for the current location, CLICK HERE (http://shopsins.com/shopsiteyellow/shopsiemenu2.pdf). (Also a PDF.)
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I had steamed chicken and steamed vegetables. Food is now medicine.
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But I want to live.
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Who says he wanted to kill himself? I'm thinking accidental overdose, myself.
They said they don't know which. I'm going with accidental, not that I know much about his personal life.
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Actually, A TIME FOR US (The love theme from Romeo & Juliet) was not originally an instrmental piece. It was written for the film as WHAT IS A YOUTH, which is sung in the banquet scene.
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There is the most incredible full moon tonight!
I'd like to see a full moon with DR TCB.
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They said they don't know which. I'm going with accidental, not that I know much about his personal life.
What I don't get is he's found naked, face down & in Mary-Kate Olsen's place & no one suspects foul play. ???
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Thanks, Jose. Fascinating!
When you said "infamous" and "West Village" together in the same sentence, my fevered mind was imagining something slightly different. ;)
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I'd like to see a full moon with DR TCB.
Not me, I like my eyesight.
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And the lunacy of declaring someone's career as being DEAD because he speaks out against the war is a sicko's attempt to shut people up and prevent them from expressing opinions (I don't think Alec Baldwin or Sean Penn ever noticed their careers were dead.
In the liberal atmosphere of Hollywood, I thought it was often the conservative actors, who speak out, who loose work.
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I'd like to see a full moon with DR TCB.
:o :o :o
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In the meantime, the remodel of the store started today.
It turns out that my idea of heading in early was a good one. I took notes on where the various goods had been moved, which helped several customers with questions. (I also made a copy of my notes for Gail, who followed me on self-scan duty, which I hope helped her on the job... and I also hope she could read my notes. ::))
There was one disgruntled customer who was railing against the changes, insisting that they would destroy the store and turn it into something from New England. ??? He then turned against our store manager, Mark, blaming him for everything that is terrible about the store, and bemoaning how the former manager, Carol, "had" to retire. (That Carol chose to retire, and that she had trained Mark for six years as her assistant manager before he was assigned to another (smaller) store as manager for a couple of years didn't matter to the complainer.
Some people just like to complain, I guess. I just felt sorry for Mark, who took the abuse very well but still didn't deserve it.
Another *sigh*.
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But I want to live.
Very Susan Hayward of you!
:-* (Feel better soon!)
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So... Today's Culinary Creations started off with a stop at one of DR Jane's favorite places, Russ & Daughters (http://www.russanddaughters.com/).
I bypassed some of their sweeter offerings (halvah, babka, rugelach and macaroons), and opted for one of "Martha's (Stewart) Favorites":
The Heeb - Whitefish/Baked Salmon Salad and Horseradish Cream Cheese on a bagel. -The Super Heeb gilds the lily with Wasabi Flying Fish Roe. (Next time.)
It was quite dee-lish and most definitely appetizing.
(http://www.russanddaughters.com/images/logo_russ.gif)
Yuck ;D You could have least had one small piece of halvah so I could eat vicariously with you. ;)
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Der Brucer is watching the season two opener of Life on Mars. I have no idea whether he understands the premise of the show as yet. I'm not even sure I understand the premise of the show.
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Not me, I like my eyesight.
Hey! Watch it sister!
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And from what I can gather:
(http://www.highextraction.com/media/images/doughnutplant.jpg)
First Row: Strawberry (or Raspberry) Glazed Yeast, Valrhona Chocolate Glazed Yeast, Coconut Glazed-Coconut Cream-Filled
Second Row: Chocolate Blackout Cake, Plain Yeast, Meyer Lemon Glazed Yeast (or possibly the Vanilla Bean Glazed)
Third Row: Jelly-Filled (Strawberry, Blueberry, Blackberry, ??) Yeast, Strawberry Cake, Tres Leches Cake, Chocolate Cake.
I'm also fond of his Pistachio-Glazed, Basil(!) Cake, etc., etc., etc.
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Very Susan Hayward of you!
:-* (Feel better soon!)
Thank you. I feel fine. But I have to eat better and walk more.
I am glad I had my too-much-food weekend to enjoy. It will have to remember it for a long long time.
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Roni-Sue's Chocolates[/url] - a place I will definitely be making a return trip (or two) to. *Be sure to check out the "truffle selector" on her website. :)
(http://www.roni-sue.com/images/logo.jpg)
The buttercrunch looks tasty. Not as good as See's Victorian toffee, but good.
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In the liberal atmosphere of Hollywood, I thought it was often the conservative actors, who speak out, who loose work.
No, they get elected governor of California.
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Hey! Watch it sister!
:-*
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I want them all. All the donuts. Now.
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And, finally, (well almost) I stopped into The Doughnut Plant (http://doughnutplant.com/). I haven't been down there in months, andduring the interim, he's introduced
Chocolate Blackout - Chocolate Cake Donut, with Chocolate Glaze and Chocolate Cake Crumbs
As soon as bit into the Chocolate Blackout, I was in L-O-V-E! ;)
I want to try this!!
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I don't know about Heath, but if I found myself nude in Mary-Kate Olsen's bed - I would have killed myself!
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http://blip.tv/file/520347 New coins!
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But I want to live.
Your cholesterol must be really high. GOOD VIBES GETTING IT DOWN!!
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What I don't get is he's found naked, face down & in Mary-Kate Olsen's place & no one suspects foul play. ???
First of all, the report of the apartment belonging to Mary-Kate Olsen was a big ole piece of misinformation during the initial reports. *I actually know where the Olsen Twins live, and it's not the same building, nor area.
Secondly, I seriously doubt that Mary-Kate Olsen would have had the strength to do anything to Heath Ledger - or anyone else. Heck, I'd bet she'd have great difficulty opening a pill bottle.
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I don't know about Heath, but if I found myself nude in Mary-Kate Olsen's bed - I would have killed myself!
AMEN
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The buttercrunch looks tasty. Not as good as See's Victorian toffee, but good.
:)
Well, the very generous sample I tried was very good. And very fresh. Still no See's, but still very good. :)
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What I don't get is he's found naked, face down & in Mary-Kate Olsen's place & no one suspects foul play. ???
It wasn't in her place & he was about to get a massage. My guess is he took a few drugs to be extra relaxed during the massage. Sadly it was a few too many drugs.
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Secondly, I seriously doubt that Mary-Kate Olsen would have had the strength to do anything to Heath Ledger - or anyone else. Heck, I'd bet she'd have great difficulty opening a pill bottle.
Well, I've seen Arsenic And Old Lace.... ;)
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Secondly, I seriously doubt that Mary-Kate Olsen would have had the strength to do anything to Heath Ledger - or anyone else. Heck, I'd bet she'd have great difficulty opening a pill bottle.
Not if it was a child-safety bottle
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No, they get elected governor of California.
;D If you are a really big star it doesn't matter what your opinions are or what you say, the reason Tom Cruise is still working.
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CNN is reporting that it was over the counter sleeping pills. Who tries to kill themselves with Sominex?
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;D If you are a really big star it doesn't matter what your opinions are or what you say, the reason Tom Cruise is still working.
That and the fact that he bought the studio.
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I want them all. All the donuts. Now.
Me too!! Do they deliver to the west coast?? :D
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Not if it was a child-safety bottle
I used to have to ask my children to open those for me.
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Not only did I think that Heath Ledger was brilliant in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, but I truly enjoyed his work in CASANOVA as well.
I've not seen NED KELLY or 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. It's been eons since I saw A KNIGHT'S TALE, and I didn't really care about it.
Such a tragedy for ex-wife Michelle Williams and their daughter.
They were never actually married...just "together" after they met on the set of "Brokeback Mountain" (and she got pregnant). They broke up just last year.
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They were never actually married...just "together" after they met on the set of "Brokeback Mountain" (and she got pregnant). They broke up just last year.
George, you sound like HHW's-own Hedda Hopper!
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OH! While I was out and about earlier, I also stopped into the new Whole Foods Market - Bowery[/b] (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/bowery/index.html[b) location. What a beaut of a store!
Two floors, wide aisles, a beer room, a fromagerie (cheese cave), an espresso bar, four mini-"restaurants" (Italian, sushi, sandwiches, salads), a Culinary Center (classroom), a Pommes Frites station(!), etc., etc., etc.
*And the lady at the gelato counter offered me a very generous sample of the Thai Chili Chocolate Gelato from Il Laboratoria Del Gelato (http://www.laboratoriodelgelato.com/). :)
(http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/bowery/images/exterior400w.jpg)
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George, you sound like HHW's-own Hedda Hopper!
I have my moments. ;)
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I have just signed a petition for the protection of pets in the EU. The following was sent to me by an American woman who has been working hard to change the treatment of pets & strays in Romania.
Signatures from everywhere will make a difference, so please read & decide if you would like to sign as well.
Subject: Allow a European Convention To Protect Pets and Stray Animals
A member of the European Parliament, Mr. Alain Hutchinson, is committed to cooperate with animal welfare and to get a "European Convention Protecting Pets and Stray Animals" passed as soon as possible.
He needs 1 million signatures in order to present the project to the Parliament. That means we need to get hard at work and collect those signatures.
Can you please help by signing this petition? It's easy and won't take much time. To go to the petition copy this link to your browser:
http://www.romaniaanimalrescue.com/Europe.htm
(or Click Here (http://www.romaniaanimalrescue.com/Europe.htm
(or [url=http://www.romaniaanimalrescue.com/Europe.htm (or [url=http://www.dhgroup.com/restaurants/ddrwaynesville))
Thanks!
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The one place you could get a peanut butter donut in LA is long gone (Jane might remember - it was a donut place across the street from the Bruin). I need one of them jelly peanut butter donuts NOW.
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But, since I only had halibut and some rice, maybe I'll just go out now and get me a donut or two, just for the halibut.
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I'm about an hour into El Cid.
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I always enjoyed Lois Nettleton and felt she didn't work enough.
JMK I don’t remember ACCIDENTAL FAMILY. I would like to see an episode or two.
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The one place you could get a peanut butter donut in LA is long gone (Jane might remember - it was a donut place across the street from the Bruin). I need one of them jelly peanut butter donuts NOW.
Stan's...Best apple fritter, though he calls it an apple crisp, ever!
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Keith is making pop corn to eat while watching NORHANGER ABBEY.
'night
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I have just signed a petition for the protection of pets in the EU. The following was sent to me by an American woman who has been working hard to change the treatment of pets & strays in Romania.
Signatures from everywhere will make a difference, so please read & decide if you would like to sign as well.
Subject: Allow a European Convention To Protect Pets and Stray Animals
A member of the European Parliament, Mr. Alain Hutchinson, is committed to cooperate with animal welfare and to get a "European Convention Protecting Pets and Stray Animals" passed as soon as possible.
He needs 1 million signatures in order to present the project to the Parliament. That means we need to get hard at work and collect those signatures.
Can you please help by signing this petition? It's easy and won't take much time. To go to the petition copy this link to your browser:
http://www.romaniaanimalrescue.com/Europe.htm (http://www.romaniaanimalrescue.com/Europe.htm)
Thanks!
I just signed. :)
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I noticed on my Futurama calendar that tomorrow, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 is National Pie Day!
Tomorrow, let's all eat pie!! :D
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DR JMK - I don't see any questions yet on the Forum.....they must be perusing all the enquiries.
I heard from Jack El-Hai this morning. He assures me Frank Freeman is not nearly as scary as he looks. ;D
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Tomorrow is also Chita Rivera's birthday (her 75th, according to my calendar). ;D
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I always enjoyed Lois Nettleton and felt she didn't work enough.
JMK I don’t remember ACCIDENTAL FAMILY. I would like to see an episode or two.
Accidental Family was a cute, slight NBC comedy about a widower (Van Dyke) and widow (Nettleton), both with kids (IIRC), who both think they have bought (or maybe rented) the same farm. It wasn't great, but I loved Nettleton and it was my must-watch show when I was a kid (for the few weeks it was on).
Anyone remember Occasional Wife?
I could go on....singing.
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It's time for me to leave work. I have a filled stamp card for a free sub sandwich at Port of Subs! I'm off to have a free sub sandwich for dinner! ;)
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AND if you save your large Port of Subs cup (which I did), you can get refills for half price! :D
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Have a good rest of the evening, all.
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CNN is reporting that it was over the counter sleeping pills. Who tries to kill themselves with Sominex?
I couldn't sleep. I took a sominex. But voices in my head kept saying take another, and another...
(Sorry, I know it's tacky, but I can't help myself.)
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I hope that's not all at once.
Hope it's a pleasant as possible.It's the latest smoothie.
Perhaps, but it's not one of my smoothies!
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DON"T LET THE DEAD BUGS BITE - the musical thriller about dead bugs coming back to haunt the exterminators who killed them
We had a bed bug problem for several months, but not the epidemic that Elmore seems to be experiencing. We think that they came from the moving van when my roommate moved in. They traveled to my room but (knock on wood) after several months of battling and spraying and wrapping things in plastic, I do believe we got rid of them. I'm so sorry that you are having to go through that- it was a miserable time for us.
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CNN is reporting that it was over the counter sleeping pills. Who tries to kill themselves with Sominex?
;D
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Most often, the actors who speak out (as opposed to running for office) are being questioned about their actual knowledge on the issues, and their use/abuse of their celebrity status. Tom Cruise as an authority on psychology? Puh and leaze. And Chuck Norris dissing McCain as being too old to run for President, when McCain is just four years older than Norris? Laughable.
There are many other actors who are advocates for various causes, who have taken the time to research those causes and actively participate (Ted Danson's helping found the American Oceans Campaign comes to mind, and who can forget Doris Day being more than a talking head for animal rights. And Marlo Thomas' role as an advocate for children fits in.) When an actor becomes involved with a cause, rather than just talking about it, then I believe that involvement deserves to be celebrated.
Well said. I totally agree.
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I only know what the news reports and the last report I had read prior to my post mentioned it was likely a suicide.
Such sad news. I've heard reports offering both explanations. We'll have to wait to see what drugs were found in his system. From my limited knowledge of psychopharmacology, it's very hard to accidentally OD on sleeping pills.
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The taters - what should I call it, a galette? - turned out very nicely, I thought. Der B thought them a bit salty. I think his salt-o-meter needs recalibration.
In any case, I feel like getting more sleep. I might get called in to work tomorrow, or I might get a haircut. We all know how much energy a haircut requires.
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I could go on....singing.
That's very Judy Garland of you.
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OH! While I was out and about earlier, I also stopped into the new Whole Foods Market - Bowery[/b] (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/bowery/index.html[b) location. What a beaut of a store!
Two floors, wide aisles, a beer room, a fromagerie (cheese cave), an espresso bar, four mini-"restaurants" (Italian, sushi, sandwiches, salads), a Culinary Center (classroom), a Pommes Frites station(!), etc., etc., etc.
*And the lady at the gelato counter offered me a very generous sample of the Thai Chili Chocolate Gelato from Il Laboratoria Del Gelato (http://www.laboratoriodelgelato.com/). :)
(http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/bowery/images/exterior400w.jpg)
I would like to hear more about this cheese cave.
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Just had a chat with my Mom online. The teachers in her district just finished a battle w/ the school board for their 8% COLA. The district called it a "raise," said they couldn't afford it, even thought the $ comes from the state & not out of the district's pocket. At first the district said something like "We'll give you 5%" but the teachers wouldn't have it. District finally caved, but they've gotten away with it before. It's actually not explicitly illegal.
Well, just found out now that the district is now playing games with the aides (which hurts both them & the teachers). Keep in mind, these people aren't credentialed & do not work full time (the district won't have it...they'd have to give them benefits). They just have to pass some basic tests; some are college students, some are retired types but want to stay active & the extra $ doesn't hurt. These are people who are used to grading papers, running copies & sometimes taking small groups aside for about 20 minutes. And up to now, one aide may work in up to 3 classrooms per day, which isn't a lot of time to do much for the teacher.
Anyway, this is part of our conversation.
Mom: They took our aides away-not 5 days a wk for 1.5 hrs. But only 1 hr 2x a wk... I'm Swamped in paperwork.
Me: Criminal. To both the teachers & the aides. How are they supposed to eat?
(Granted, they help a few teachers out in the same day. The aides will still be on campus, but in a different capacity & for slightly less time.)
Me: Sounds like punishment for getting your 8%
Mom: What a mess... Aides who are (now) doing tutoring for big groups were out "sick" today. That's 5 aides, all on the same day.
Me: Hm....Blue flu?
Mom: That's what I said to the VP, but she didn't think so....
Many of the aides are in over their heads, & hate the new setup.
Me: I don't blame them.
Mom: Expected to do real teaching in groups.
Me: Argh.
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I have already made the decision to stay home again tomorrow. Whatever I've got going on has settled in my chest and I am very phlegmmy. It seems that every time I try to talk for longer than 30 seconds I break into a fit of wracking coughs that brings me to tears. I'm thinking it will be very hard to function as a therapist without being able to speak. Hopefully my doctor will be able to see me tomorrow or at the very least call in a prescription for me.
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I watched three more JAG episodes. They are entertaining, and I'm rather surprised at myself that I didn't watch the show when it was on TV since I do like courtroom dramas so much. (I think the Navy aspect of it is what deterred me from it, thinking it was a Navy action drama rather than a legal procedural.)
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Accidental Family was a cute, slight NBC comedy about a widower (Van Dyke) and widow (Nettleton), both with kids (IIRC), who both think they have bought (or maybe rented) the same farm. It wasn't great, but I loved Nettleton and it was my must-watch show when I was a kid (for the few weeks it was on).
Anyone remember Occasional Wife?
I could go on....singing.
Yes, I loved OCCASIONAL WIFE and was very disappointed when it was canceled after one season.
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I recorded tonight's AMERICAN IDOL just to be able to speed through it sans commercials (which I did in about 25 minutes). I got my fill of the audition round and won't be watching any more. (My friend John talked me into watching), but I really didn't hear anyone tonight I thought was a standout. The awful people, of course, are always the same degree of awful, and I just can't believe I ever spent weeks watching these auditions. Never ever again.
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It is Charleston, SC tomorrow night for the auditions, but I will NOT watch. Even if there are people from Charlotte that I've done theater with that might be on the show. If there are and they make it to Hollywood, I'll see them there.
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Unusual episode for BOSTON LEGAL.
Both Alan and Jerry lost their cases which almost never happens. Pretty tedious episode, however. I had a hard time staying awake for it.
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American Idol seems to be all about exploiting oddity and mental illness- not that that's different from any other season, but there seems to be more of it this year.
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I'm heading down for bed now. Eyes are feeling very heavy tonight.
Good night!
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WUSSBURGERING has happened especially early this evening.
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American Idol seems to be all about exploiting oddity and mental illness-
And that's just the host and judges :D
der Brucer
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their 8% COLA. The district called it a "raise,"
Anything over 4% is certainly a raise!
Have the teachers shown improved results to justify more money?
der Brucer
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Anything over 4% is certainly a raise!
Have the teachers shown improved results to justify more money?
der Brucer
That's not the district's call. The money is from the state, earmarked as a COLA.
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That's not the district's call. The money is from the state, earmarked as a COLA.
Then the state needs some new accountants - unless the raise is for a three year period.
der Brucer
Better yet - get rid of the teacher's unions!
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Why don't we take it one more step & get just plain get rid of the teachers. Put the school board members
back in the classroom. They seem to know what they're doing.
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... get just plain get rid of the teachers. Put the school board members back in the classroom. They seem to know what they're doing.
No, get rid of the lazy, incompetent teachers and those who won't teach where they are most needed. Some of the best results in public education come from Charter schools unfettered by antiquated teacher contracts. Show me some improvement in test scores and graduation rates and I'll have more sympathy toward the teacher's.
der Brucer
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Pardon my icky typing above (twt : typing while tired); as well as my mistake. It is 8% because the district has been sitting on the 2006 COLA as well.