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Well, you've read the notes, the notes rocked, and now it is time for you to post until the candy cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FOOZLE!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to our very own Miss Juliana Hansen.
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Welcome sixteen GUESTS. Who ARE you people. Won't one of you come out of the closet and post?
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Make that seventeen GUESTS. And li'l ol' me.
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Will we never get to page two?
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iPod is on and I'm just relaxing a bit before I have my beauty sleep.
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Nobody here but us chickens.
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Sad to be all alone in the world.
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However, I shall now toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
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TOD:
CD: My complete J.S. Bach boxed set. All 156 discs. ::)
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A VERY HAPPY HHW BIRTHDAY TO DEAR MISS JULIANA HANSEN!!
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It will be a busy weekend. So now DVD watching I don't think. Music from what ever is on my Ipod/
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HOWEVER
The mention of the Pig n Whistle reminded me of the the CTV series of the same name. It ran for 10 years 1967-1977
It was set in a studio recreation of a British pub, Pig n Whistle starred British actor/singer John Hewer as the host of an inn that featured resident singers, dancers and an orchestra, plus guests, with members of the public forming the invited audience at tables round the room.
From what I understand that there is no copies known to exist of the series with the exception of 1 episode in the Canadian archives and that one they got by accident as it was mislabled as the political program called Question Period
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Monring all.
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Plans for this weekend include a potential get together this evening with Sing and Amy and Greg. If we don't see each other tonight then it will be Sunday afternoon before A & G return to Atlanta. Our Christmas tree is still up and fully decorated and we show it off to any and all. Since Amy and Greg didn't have a tree this year they want to come and partake of our late/early holiday decorations.
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Travel vibes for DR EDISAURUS and DH GREG. Happy Birthday to Ms Juliana Hanson - and father & sister in law of DR VIXMOM.
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TOD:
DVD - Winter Kills, Make Room for Daddy Season Six
CD - Brain Wave Therapy
VHS - The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
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Good morning, Ben. Sounds like a busy weekend for you.
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Expect a few surprises or a shock to the system around the time that the Moon in Virgo opposes Uranus in Pisces (12:46PM PST).
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Would that be BK's close and personal friend, Mr. Sondheim?
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Happy Birthday wishes to Miss Juliana Hansen!
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Happy Birthday to Miss JH!
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DR TCB - my Tax Refund will arrived by February 5, so says the IRS website.
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I enjoyed Winter Kills, the commentary, and the extras. It is an interesting movie with lots of good people, lots of location photography.
Jeff Bridges and John Huston are particularly good. Jeff has a nice scene, undraped.....and there are some wild notions going on that might not be so wild.
Now I want to read the book.
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The green eyed monster has just reared its ugly head. JEALOUSY! An LP of EVENING PRIMROSE? I saw most of it when it was 1st broadcast(I missed the 1st song due to high school variety show practice.)I have the 3 various recordinng(mandy, Gary, NPH) and have enjoyed them all. The car CD last niteand this AM was BOUNCE and Petula Clark 65/65-chansons en francais; My Pet Clark collection of CDs is at about 60, and I'm hoping more show up. Is Dino at the piano the guy who used to play for Kathryn Kuhlman?/I ushered for her once, at Chrysler Arena home to U of M Basketball games. I must admit, not to be irreverant, but I always preferred the Ruth Buzzi version to the real thing. No current DVD, but tonite I'll watch this weeks Wire in advance and La Vie En Rose with its Oscar nominated Stah!.
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Off to work....oh well
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Sometimes there's page 2 so qucikly
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I, too, am jealous of the ownership of an Evening Primrose LP!
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And Jonathan Cake isn't even IN this one!?!
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They sure could use a "She of the Evil Eye," though!
Hmm..
Just what was he doing with that Tonka truck, anyhow? :P
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Well, it looks like a mini-get together this evening. I just have to confirm with Amy and Greg. Sing has confirmed that we will visit and have dinner this Friday evening. I'll call Amy's cell soon to let her in on the plans
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That should have been Pet Clark 65-66.Re the Hwood Code, Altho silly in many ways(see the Day in Hollywood Tap Dance) it's amazing how much good work got done, sort of the way high hurdles makes a track runner a better runner all around(assuming he doesn't break a leg)
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I can't do my taxes until next week. I don't get my W-2 form until today. I used to be able to do it from my last paycheck but that doesn't work anymore since I have pre-tax money taken out for health insurance and an SRA. It's still a simple return but I can't do it now until the last week of January. I used to be able to do it the first or second week (by phone) and I would have my refund direct deposited into my account by sometime in February.
Times have changed (and we've often rewound the clock).
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DR Ben - is your employer enlightened enough to allow Ant on your health benefits package? I thank my lucky stars every day that my employer allows this for my DH.
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I was listening to Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening today on the way to work. When it came to the John Doyle Company parody: let's just say that if I had been drinking anything, it would have come flying out my nose. Hilarious!! :)
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Yes, they implemented that in 2002. We are lucky indeed. If not for this Anthony would have no insurance.
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singdaw - What show is that photo from?
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DR FJL - The Main(e) Play, at the Lion Theatre.
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Friday morning greetings! It is teeth-chattering c-c-c-cold here in SW Ohio today. The outside temperature indicator in my car got as low as 1o C. on my drive to work.
Media check - CD(car) - audiobook Girls of Riyadh, narrated by my favorite reader, Kate Reading (aka Jennifer Mendenhall).
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The outside temperature indicator in my car got as low as 1o C. on my drive to work.
DR Ginny: since 1o C = 33.8o F, I'm assuming you meant 1o F, which is indeed bone-chilling: -17o C!
Eek. :P
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I suppose DRs DakotaCelt and Cillaliz will be saying, "Yeah! Welcome to our world!" :)
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When I say today's notes' title, this immediately sprang to mind:
SUGAR MOUNTAIN - JANIS IAN
DO YOU GO DOWN ON THE SIDE OF SUGAR MOUNTAIN
WHEN LEAVES ARE BROWN
AND THE SUNLIGHT SPLITS THE SKY
I HAVE FOUND THAT THE SEA BREEZE TEARS AT THE OCEAN
AND I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL LOVE ME ‘FORE I DIE
OH WILLOW, WEEP NO MORE MY LADY
THOUGH THE DAYS ARE LONG AND LAZY
AND THE SUN SITS HEAVY ON THE SKY
WEEP NO MORE, I’M HOMEWARD BOUND
I’M GONNA TEAR THIS MOUNTAIN DOWN
YOU’RE GONNA BE SOMEBODY BYE AND BYE
SUGAR MOUNTAIN TREES ARE MADE OF CANDY
AND THE SUN DRIPS HONEY IN YOUR EYES
EVERY FOUNTAIN’S WATER TASTES LIKE BRANDY
AND I KNOW SOMEBODY WILL LOVE ME ‘FORE I DIE
OH WILLOW, WEEP NO MORE MY LADY
THOUGH THE DAYS ARE LONG AND LAZY
AND THE SUN SITS HEAVY ON THE SKY
WEEP NO MORE, I’M HOMEWARD BOUND
I’M GONNA TEAR THIS MOUNTAIN DOWN
YOU’RE GONNA BE SOMEBODY BYE AND BYE
SUGAR MOUNTAIN LOVERS TASTE LIKE HONEY
AND THEIR LIPS LIKE ELDERBERRY WINE
EVERY OTHER STRANGER PALES AND WITHERS
AND I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL LOVE ME ‘FORE I DIE
OH WILLOW, WEEP NO MORE MY LADY
THOUGH THE DAYS ARE LONG AND LAZY
AND THE SUN SITS HEAVY ON THE SKY
WEEP NO MORE, I’M HOMEWARD BOUND
I’M GONNA TEAR THIS MOUNTAIN DOWN
YOU’RE GONNA BE SOMEBODY BYE AND BYE
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DR Ginny: since 1o C = 33.8o F, I'm assuming you meant 1o F, which is indeed bone-chilling: -17o C!
Eek. :P
Yes, DR Singdaw, I meant F instead of C. Spoo.
Will there be photos of this evening's HHW gathering around Ben & Ant's Christmas tree?
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RE rock candy - my mother keeps a decanter of whiskey with rock candy dissolved in it. Best cough syrup in the world.
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Will there be photos of this evening's HHW gathering around Ben & Ant's Christmas tree?
In honor of today's topic title, we shall ROCK around that Christmas tree, no doubt. :)
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Good morning!
Absolutely frigid this morning and remains so when I stepped out three hours later after getting the newspaper at 7. Very uncomfortable. I'll be bundling up when I go out on my errands later.
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I won't be able to do my taxes until late March. I still don't have all the tax forms from various institutions, and my stockbroker continues adjusting the 2007 buys and sells information almost down to the last minute.
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TV Reminder:
NBC's prime time slate is all new tonight (I don't watch any of those shows, but someone might).
PSYCH and MONK have new episodes on tonight as well.
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I guess this wouldn't be a good time to say that we wear t-shirts this time of year, would it?
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Friday Media Check:
CD - HOW THE WEST WAS WON (soundtrack, disc 2)
DVD - THE JEWISH AMERICANS (PBS)
SHREK THE THIRD
DVR - Wednesday night's CSI: NY
Thursday night's CHUCK (8 p.m. episode)
THE GREAT CARUSO
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I guess this wouldn't be a good time to say that we wear t-shirts this time of year, would it?
It's a great time to say it; glad to know SOMEONE is warm and comfortable. ;)
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I watched two and a half episodes of JAG this morning. I have one remaining.
I thought of DR MBarnum when Peter Brown turned up as a guest star. I admit that I liked him very much too on LAWMAN.
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I also had time to watch the set's sole bonus feature:
a three minute gag reel with the two top-billed stars stumbling over lines. It was amusing, but don't any of the other actors ever make mistakes? WHy focus just on them. Fans of the show like ALL of the characters and want to see ALL of them out of character.
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I have to say that I have really grown very fond of the show and believe I will begin looking for used copies of the previous seasons to watch.
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TOD:
DVD:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
FOOL N FINAL - Bollywood movie made in Dubai - now, I have another place I'd like to visit.
SUPERNATURAL (Season Two) - Disc Three
THE NAKED PREY
CD:
THREEPENNY OPERA refuses to leave my cd player, not that there's anything wrong with that.
BOOKS:
finished Dean Koontz' FOREVER ODD
Started (and nearly completed) John Schors' BENEATH A MARBLE SKY, a fictionalized account of the building of the Taj Mahal.
Have any DRs perused THIS book yet?:
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And the word of the day is: FOOZLE!
Since I do not play golf, I do not FOOZLE. However, if I were a golfer, I would be one of the greatest foozelers of all time.
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And Jonathan Cake isn't even IN this one!?!
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_TmUBWwWLKUU/R5l7BEe3-9I/AAAAAAAABLc/YXWP0wJ_wxQ/s400/Ryan+Jensen+-+1.jpg)
They sure could use a "She of the Evil Eye," though!
Hmm..
Just what was he doing with that Tonka truck, anyhow? :P
Is that a. . .oh, never mind.
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Media:
CD: BK, you must, must, must get this one: Quarteto em Cy with The Tamba Trio. In fact, you need to get everything ever recorded by Quarteto em Cy and The Tamba Trio (later Tamba 4 when they recorded for CTi). You will be in aural heaven.
DVD: I guess MattH and I are both reviewing The Jewish Americans, because that's up next for me. We've also been wending our way through Heroes (up to about episode 6 or 7 now). Interesting and mostly enjoyable, but not the "Lost" redux some people led me to believe it was.
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As I emailed JR last night, the Mad Doctor Walter Freeman's son Frank "responded" (not really) to me on the American Experience website yesterday. I had asked what he thought of his comments on the long-ago E! Mysteries and Scandals that his father had lobotomized FF and that he had the picture to prove it. Since I then I've shown the picture was part of a 1949 Seattle P-I photo essay on lobotomy (that's not a joke, folks) where the patient's face is clearly seen in another photo. It's not Frances. And I also got the complete lobotomy and other surgery logs from state archives, where they're still extant. Frances is not mentioned. Frank Freeman offers a one sentence (false) rebuttal, saying her records "disappeared" years ago. He's obviously unaware her sister Edith had them (and read parts of them to me), and that the hospital found them again a couple of years ago and were ready to release them to her nephew, but then decided he needed to get written consent from all living nieces and nephews, which he declined to do.
End of mini-rant.
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TOD: DVD:
In anticipation of TORCHWOOD's arrival, I've been re-watching season one of Doctor Who. Dang, that show has some really good writing.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I shall be heading down to the rehearsal studio shortly for a round of auditions. I wonder what today will bring?...
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Expect a few surprises or a shock to the system around the time that the Moon in Virgo opposes Uranus in Pisces (12:46PM PST).
OK.... So, does this mean that whoever has the 3:45pm(EST) appointment today should or should not come in the room to audition?
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As for the Friday Media Check...
Radio: WQXR
Magazines: The year-end Fiction issue of "The New Yorker".
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I don't understand any connection between LOST and HEROES except that they are both serialized dramas. Any other connection is completely ludicrous.
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I guess this wouldn't be a good time to say that we wear t-shirts this time of year, would it?
If you wear a wet t-shirt, does the wind-chill factor go up?
Or are you the right person to ask this question?
:o
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Yes, DR JMK, THE JEWISH AMERICANS is my next review assignment. I did not watch the program on PBS when it aired over the last weeks, so this will be my first exposure to it. I will probably get to the first episode this afternoon, but I won't try to watch the entire thing in one day (as I did PIONEERS OF BROADCASTING). This looks longer and, obviously, something I have less expertise with before viewing it.
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WIND-CHILL MAHONEY TIME - my new sitcom treatment about a puppet weather forecaster.
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Now, I must head downstairs to clean up for my usual Friday outing.
WBBL.
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I don't understand any connection between LOST and HEROES except that they are both serialized dramas. Any other connection is completely ludicrous.
Well, I agree with you, but several fans of both shows who told me I needed to start watching Heroes indicated it was very similar in its complexity and the strands between the characters. I find that comparison wanting, to say the least--Lost is so consistently clever in the way its characters' histories have interacted that I find Heroes' attempts to interweave its backstories a little wanting (at least so far--maybe it improves later in the season). That said, we're very much enjoying the show, we just don't think it's at Lost's level. Your mileage may vary.
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Yes, DR JMK, THE JEWISH AMERICANS is my next review assignment. I did not watch the program on PBS when it aired over the last weeks, so this will be my first exposure to it. I will probably get to the first episode this afternoon, but I won't try to watch the entire thing in one day (as I did PIONEERS OF BROADCASTING). This looks longer and, obviously, something I have less expertise with before viewing it.
Have a bagel (and some lox) and start kvetching about the weather and what it does to your joints, and you're pretty much an expert already. ;D
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TOD:
CD: My complete J.S. Bach boxed set. All 156 discs. ::)
So, you're all Bached in!
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And I'm off...
Laters...
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I do not suggest making rock candy if you're an impatient type.
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Well, I agree with you, but several fans of both shows who told me I needed to start watching Heroes indicated it was very similar in its complexity and the strands between the characters. I find that comparison wanting, to say the least--Lost is so consistently clever in the way its characters' histories have interacted that I find Heroes' attempts to interweave its backstories a little wanting (at least so far--maybe it improves later in the season). That said, we're very much enjoying the show, we just don't think it's at Lost's level. Your mileage may vary.
In Season 1, I thought "Heroes" every bit as complex as "Lost", though different. This past season's episodes, save one, were badly wanting. That one episode -- "Four Months Ago" -- was absolutely brilliant and a promise that the writers had not lost the magic from Season 1. The creator of "Heroes" has publicly admitted they went seriously awry in most of Season 2, especially with the "new" characters. He also admitted they get seriously carried away with Hiro in the past and that arc should have been resolved much earlier. He promised they'd do better in future episodes.
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Good morning, all! Around 5 this morning, I felt a bug crawling on me, and by 5:05, I had tracked it down on my pillow and killed it. It was indeed a bedbug, so I rose immediately, put on the coffee, took my bath, carted all trash down to the basement and wrapped every utensil and pan I'd washed on Tuesday evening in plastic bags. At 7 am, I was at the laundromat, by 7:15 I was having breakfast - the worst western omelette ever - and by 8 am, I'd been to the pharmacy and purchased a bug "bomb" to set off in the apartment.
I packed my things for the office, and by 8:30, I'd finished the laundry. Shortly thereafter, the movers arrived to carry 43 cartons to my new storage space. I set off the bug bomb, went up to the storage space to complete the move, and now here I am. I've been up for 6 and a half hours and I'm exhausted.
I have no media watch to provide today, sadly.
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Also TOD: Books
Still reading Laura Shapiro's Something From the Oven.
Finished the essays section of Michael Ruhlman's Elements of Cooking, now I'm on to the more fun definitions section of the book.
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And the word of the day is: FOOZLE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: BE A CLOWN
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DR MattH, re: your posts on CHUCK.
Yes I read your posts and would have seen that CHUCK was on. But i'm not talking about people at HHW.
If you remember i actually saw it was on on Monday. BUt like i said it was just a fluke that i saw it.
The only promo i saw for it was when i tuned in to CELEBRITY APPRENTICE. I saw the ad you mentioned with the cast. IT was very cute. But i only saw it at 9pm (after the first episode was over).
I don't know if other CHUCK viewers saw promos during the week. I just know that i didn't. Personally the only time i think a show should switch days is if it announces the change during the previous episode.
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DR MattH, re: your posts on CHUCK.
Yes I read your posts and would have seen that CHUCK was on. But i'm not talking about people at HHW.
If you remember i actually saw it was on on Monday. BUt like i said it was just a fluke that i saw it.
The only promo i saw for it was when i tuned in to CELEBRITY APPRENTICE. I saw the ad you mentioned with the cast. IT was very cute. But i only saw it at 9pm (after the first episode was over).
I don't know if other CHUCK viewers saw promos during the week. I just know that i didn't. Personally the only time i think a show should switch days is if it announces the change during the previous episode.
I saw one promo for "Chuck" and I think it was during "Biggest Loser" on Tuesday evening.
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DR JOSE, re: last night's CELEBRITY APPRENTICE.
SPOILERS
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I am so annoyed with the men! I hate that Trump calls them stars. To me they are not. They simply got one $10K donation. I hate that their donation showed up 1 minute before the deadline, while nellie's woman showed up 1 minute after. Ughh!
I absolutely hate that they are letting them call their celeb contacts to get donations. This has ruined the show for me. I think if they want to use themselves to promote their activity then that is fine. But it makes the tasks meaningless to allow them to call the rich people they know.
The only man i can tolerate is stephen baldwin. Even though he is opinionated, he seems to get things done. I think others like lennox lewis seem nice enough. But he's too quiet and i have not seen him do anything.
Don't like tito or the annoying british guy. And don't get me started on Vinnie (is that the Sopranos guy?). Next week looks good.
They did not choose well for the women. ANd i'm glad jenny went. She was nice. BUt not a leader in business.
My fav is marilu. I think she has been doing well. And although i don't personally care for Omarosa. I think she is good at business and has done quite well.
I don't get that the women lose by $1000 and trump calls them losers. With nellie's woman they would have won for sure!
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I actually don't watch many shows "live", I record them.
And i don't watch that much on NBC either.
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Good morning, all! Around 5 this morning, I felt a bug crawling on me, and by 5:05, I had tracked it down on my pillow and killed it. It was indeed a bedbug, so I rose immediately, put on the coffee, took my bath, carted all trash down to the basement and wrapped every utensil and pan I'd washed on Tuesday evening in plastic bags. At 7 am, I was at the laundromat, by 7:15 I was having breakfast - the worst western omelette ever - and by 8 am, I'd been to the pharmacy and purchased a bug "bomb" to set off in the apartment.
I packed my things for the office, and by 8:30, I'd finished the laundry. Shortly thereafter, the movers arrived to carry 43 cartons to my new storage space. I set off the bug bomb, went up to the storage space to complete the move, and now here I am. I've been up for 6 and a half hours and I'm exhausted.
I have no media watch to provide today, sadly.
You have my empathy, Larry.... :'(
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So, you're all Bached in!
There's a fabulous original Percy Faith piece called "Bach's Lunch" (get it?) that he recorded when "Joy" (AKA Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) was popular. Percy also recorded "Joy."
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Caught up with "Project Runway" last night....and I was surprised by the various ideas the designers put forth. I liked Chris' better than the judges, and leave it Michael Kors to make some dismissive movie-wardrobe comment (Joan Cusack in "Working Girl" indeed!).
Christian's ego is appalling at times. The disappointment on his face when he didn't WIN was unmistakable. Granted, the judges gave him his props, especially in their deliberations, but I wonder if they often try to encourage others and reward based on that rather than their favorite design? That said, there was totally nothing wrong with Ricky's winning outfit! I liked Sweet Pea's best, though.
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Not to seem like i'm disagreeing with everything DR MattH says, but i actually can see why people would say LOST and HEROES are similar.
I mean i would definitely recommend either to someone who only watched one of these. Plus most people i know who watch one, actually watch both.
I"m not saying the stories are the same. But they are both quite complex. And to me are the same style of show.
Btw, i cannot wait till LOST starts! It's one of my favorite shows (as is HEROES).
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There's a fabulous original Percy Faith piece called "Bach's Lunch" (get it?)
Can you 'splain it to me?
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Not to seem like i'm disagreeing with everything DR MattH says, but i actually can see why people would say LOST and HEROES are similar.
I mean i would definitely recommend either to someone who only watched one of these. Plus most people i know who watch one, actually watch both.
I"m not saying the stories are the same. But they are both quite complex. And to me are the same style of show.
Btw, i cannot wait till LOST starts! It's one of my favorite shows (as is HEROES).
Their dissimilarites are in the story arcs.
Their similarities are in the supernatural events that impact/affect the characters, and the variety of characters, each of whom is unique.
In "Lost", the island is a mystical/magical/incomprehensible place where they must survive, and the world outside seems "lost".
In "Heroes", the world is changing and humans are evolving, several of whom are developing mystical/magical/incomprehensible powers and must hide from the world in order to survive.
In "Lost", the major characters all have different experiences with whatever power controls the island. In "Heroes", the major characters all have different powers with which they must unite and save the world.
In "Lost", many of the major characters want to return to a normal life while a few wish to remain and experience the unexplainable. In "Heroes", some of the major characters want to return to a normal life while others wish to use their powers to make the world a better place for everyone.
There are no other shows like them.
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Can you 'splain it to me?
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I have to 'splain it to Lucy first, then you. ;)
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Perhaps DR FJL will re-write "Magic to Do" as "'Splainin' to Do"! :D
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Hello, everyone.
It's chilly here, too. No wet t-shirts in these parts.
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Ooh! Ooh!
I went and started
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Clean and Healthy Environment Vibes
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DR ELMORE!
and improved health vibes to you, as well![/b]
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DR elmore3003, my heart goes out to you. NO ONE should have to endure this...
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Last night's "Ugly Betty" was a very mixed bag for me. I thought it too random/disconnected and it was a chore to "care" about any of the characters.
To the writers: YES! I get it! Betty loves Henry. Henry loves Betty! Each is jealous of the other in social situations where someone hits on either of them. Move the story ALONG, please.
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I recall rock candy from my youth, but it was clear--none of the jewel-like colors that Singdaw showed us. I don't see it often now, but I don't look for it, either. (Maybe it's because I get enamored of the chocolates.)
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Media:
DVD: We've also been wending our way through Heroes (up to about episode 6 or 7 now). Interesting and mostly enjoyable, but not the "Lost" redux some people led me to believe it was.
You're nowhere NEAR far enough into Season 3 to lose heart. The season started off a bit wonky, IMO (with so many characters located "elsewhere"), but once things start cracking, they don't stop. You WILL be on the edge of your chair before it's over!
I TOTALLY misread the very comment I quoted...I mentally reversed the shows you were discussing.
Never mind....
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I thought DR JMK was viewing Season 1?
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I'm up, I'm up. Still rainy here, as it was all the livelong night. I had a string of really odd dreams this morning - in each I'd just gotten up out of bed and was doing stuff and convinced that that was real not a dream - then I'd wake up and be in bed, then dream I wasn't, then was, etc about six times.
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I must de-groggify.
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Big Rock Candy Mountain
One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking, and he said "boys I'm not turning
"I'm headed for a land that's far away, beside the crystal fountains
"So come with me, we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains"
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the hand-outs grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall, the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey, too
You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoo
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, saws or picks
I'm a-goin' to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
I'll see you all this comin' fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains
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I recall rock candy from my youth, but it was clear--none of the jewel-like colors that Singdaw showed us.
That was in deference to DR JoseSPiano, who apparently is complemented best by jewel tones. 8)
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Oh, dear, DR Elmore, I'm so sorry - {{{{{HUGS}}}}}
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I had a string of really odd dreams this morning - in each I'd just gotten up out of bed and was doing stuff and convinced that that was real not a dream - then I'd wake up and be in bed, then dream I wasn't, then was, etc about six times.
And it's not even Groundhog Day yet!
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A little history of the Evening Primrose LP: There was never a soundtrack LP released (there were for two other ABC Stage 67 shows). In the 80s, I believe, Sondheim had some LPs pressed for his friends from his tape of the show. The quality was excellent, save for that one hiccup on When. It included not only the songs and their reprises, but the background music he wrote. I've had three copies over the years - one I sold after I put it on cassette because someone really wanted it and was willing to pay enough that I didn't care about selling. Then I got another, put that on CD, and sold the LP on eBay for about $400 (that was the going rate then - maybe more now). The current copy I have, the white jacket cover is signed by Sondheim with a little note about the history of the LP, and is the best of the three copies I've owned. I may sell that now.
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The different colors of rock candy can also, sometimes, denote different flavors.
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DR elmore3003, my heart goes out to you. NO ONE should have to endure this...
I couldn't agree more. Some years ago, because of my allergies, I purchased dust-mite-barrier pillow protectors and have been using them ever since. I didn't purchase the mattress protectors, but, having heard DR ELMORE'S woes, I think I should do. Whether one's concern is allergies or bedbugs, these protectors (mattress and pillow) do make sense. It's a one-time purchase, they're washable, and mine are probably ten years old and still going strong. We tend to not think about these sorts of things until we experience a problem, but more and more I think it's a good idea.
The get-rid-of-dustmites people also recommend vacuuming the mattress regularly, which is something I had never heard of before.
Even houses that we think of as clean can harbor mites or bugs.
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That was in deference to DR JoseSPiano, who apparently is complemented best by jewel tones. 8)
Yes, Sing, I too was thinking of DR Jose as I typed it.
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Better-Sleep Vibes to BK!
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That was in deference to DR JoseSPiano, who apparently is complemented best by jewel tones. 8)
Personally, I find both sapphires and diamonds very complementary.
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Re: Heroes
I didn't really plan on losing track of the series during the second season. I just got a late nite work assignment one night. Der Brucer recorded the show so we could watch it together at some point, but he had a lot of other shows that he wanted to watch every time I had some free time, so instead he kept recording Heroes and kept watching what he wanted to watch, and then the season was over and we still haven't gotten around towatching Heroes.
This is the exact same thing that happened with Lost last year, and with Desperate Housewives before that. Somehow, we never felixed up Ugly Betty... lordy knows, we had enough opportunities.
Come to think of it, there were a couple of eps of Torchwood that I missed, or only caught part of. >:(
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Gotta go.
WBBL if I can.
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I thought DR JMK was viewing Season 1?
And I thought he was talking about Season 3 of "Lost"....but I've gone back and stricken through my earlier post.
Scratch that.....
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Re: Heroes
I didn't really plan on losing track of the series during the second season. I just got a late nite work assignment one night. Der Brucer recorded the show so we could watch it together at some point, but he had a lot of other shows that he wanted to watch every time I had some free time, so instead he kept recording Heroes and kept watching what he wanted to watch, and then the season was over and we still haven't gotten around towatching Heroes.
This is the exact same thing that happened with Lost last year, and with Desperate Housewives before that. Somehow, we never felixed up Ugly Betty... lordy knows, we had enough opportunities.
Come to think of it, there were a couple of eps of Torchwood that I missed, or only caught part of. >:(
Can we have a big HainesHisWay bitch-slap go out to derBrucer for all these incidents?
;)
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I've never seen multi-colored rock candy, only the clear kind. So, I take it it's available - I'll be they have it at the Farmer's Market at Magee's.
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Can we have a big HainesHisWay bitch-slap go out to derBrucer for all these incidents?
Can I watch?
;)
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That's why the opening number in The Music Man is called "Rock Island"...
Because all the salesmen are selling Rock Candy.
Not.
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Can I watch?
;)
Why would you not be part of it?
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Ooh! Ooh!
I went and started
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I was talking about Heroes Season 1, which we are catching up on via HD-DVD.
I have watched (and never missed) Lost since Day 1, and I did (like MattH) recently review the Season 3 boxed set. I have to say RLP that I actually loved Season 3 of Lost from the very beginning--I know a lot of people complained about it, but I found it riveting the whole time, as I detail in my review.
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Why would you not be part of it?
Some people prefer voyeurism.
That is not a euphemism--it's a flat-out statement. ;D
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I've never seen multi-colored rock candy, only the clear kind. So, I take it it's available - I'll be they have it at the Farmer's Market at Magee's.
Yes, Farmer's Market does enough of a tourist trade that at least one of the shops there, if not more, should have rock candy.
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Yippee-kay-ay (insert your favorite curse word here)!
I just put my third, and final, load of laundry into the washing machine.
First load is hung up.
Second load is damp-drying.
I may be done with this sooner than I had planned.
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Ron, at this point you've overstepped.
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Here is a recipe for rock candy (http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1176193), although a double-width of thread works better than the thick cotton twine shown in the picture - not as chewey.
Or you could use dental floss, and get at those nasty parts between the teeth at the same time as you promote tooth decay!
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I suppose I shall now start some writing.
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Or you could use dental floss
I'm surprised that Johnson & Johnson's marketing department hasn't tried that one already!
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And it is time for me to get ready for work.
It's gonna be a long day - I don't get off until 10:30 tonight.
:P
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I've never understood just exactly why they call the rain Tess, the fire Joe, and the wind Maria.
???
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I've never understood just exactly why they call the rain Tess, the fire Joe, and the wind Maria.
???
Because they're such loverly names.
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Of course! :)
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Ron, at this point you've overstepped.
It was not intended as anything but "humor"....and for what it's worth, it was in support of your "also humorously" submitted:
Re: Heroes
I didn't really plan on losing track of the series during the second season. I just got a late nite work assignment one night. Der Brucer recorded the show so we could watch it together at some point, but he had a lot of other shows that he wanted to watch every time I had some free time, so instead he kept recording Heroes and kept watching what he wanted to watch, and then the season was over and we still haven't gotten around towatching Heroes.
This is the exact same thing that happened with Lost last year, and with Desperate Housewives before that. Somehow, we never felixed up Ugly Betty... lordy knows, we had enough opportunities.
Come to think of it, there were a couple of eps of Torchwood that I missed, or only caught part of. >:(
Sorry if the nature of my supportiveness ruffled feathers. You can both bitch-slap me back. I won't mind.
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I always wanted to write a parody sketch where an onstage Tony kept singing "Ma-REE-a" and the offstage heavenly chorus of male voices kept correcting him ["Ma-RYE-a"], but I could never think of enough rhymes for "Ma-REE-a" to make a go of it. :(
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You can both bitch-slap me back. I won't mind.
Are you extending this offer to any other DRs? ;)
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Does IKEA rhyme with MARIA?
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Does MAMMA MIA rhyme with MARIA?
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PANACEA?
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Are you extending this offer to any other DRs? ;)
No, only to der Brucer and S. Woody.
And you can't watch, either.
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Does I'LL SEE YA rhyme with MARIA?
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I've never understood just exactly why they call the rain Tess, the fire Joe, and the wind Maria.
???
'Cause it's better than Moe, Larry and Shemp, I suppose.
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Does CHICK COREA (sp?) rhyme with MARIA?
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Does I'LL SEE YA rhyme with MARIA?
KOREA does.
BEREA does.
And if syntax can be worked out,
DIARRHEA does.
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I always wanted to write a parody sketch where an onstage Tony kept singing "Ma-REE-a" and the offstage heavenly chorus of male voices kept correcting him ["Ma-RYE-a"], but I could never think of enough rhymes for "Ma-REE-a" to make a go of it. :(
Maria took her career to Korea!
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(to the tune of MAMMA MIA)
Diarrhea
There I go again
My, my
How can I....
(oh, never mind)
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Does I'LL SEE YA rhyme with MARIA?
Almost a Tom Lehrer reference! :)
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And you can't watch, either.
:(
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And one for Lehrer
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Why, lookey there!
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Thanks to me and a couple of judiciously edited posts.
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If you come from Long Island, it's Ma-REE-ehr...
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Thanks to me and a couple of judiciously edited posts.
Well that goes without saying.
*ASSIST POINTS* for DR Ron Pulliam! :-*
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Doing my best Matthew-Perry-as-Chander-Bing line reading:
Can this day DRAG any more slowly?
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Doing my best Matthew-Perry-as-Chander-Bing line reading:
Can this day DRAG any more slowly?
Could you BE any more impatient?
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEAR MISS JULIANA HANSEN!![/b][/size]
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Vixmom, Happy Birthday to your father & sister-in-law.
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La-di-da, la-di-da, laundry all done. ;D
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RE rock candy - my mother keeps a decanter of whiskey with rock candy dissolved in it. Best cough syrup in the world.
LOL-It sounds good.
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I watched two and a half episodes of JAG this morning. I have one remaining.
I thought of DR MBarnum when Peter Brown turned up as a guest star. I admit that I liked him very much too on LAWMAN.
I forgot about that one. I wouldn't mind watching it again.
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CNN's top romantic screen moments (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/01/25/top10.romance/index.html), as well as some cringe-worthy ones...
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You have my empathy, Larry.... :'(
My feeling exactly-BIG SIGH!
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CNN's top romantic screen moments (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/01/25/top10.romance/index.html), as well as some cringe-worthy ones...
I only like a handful of their choices....
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Amy and Greg have arrived!
I just spoke to Dear Amy and they are in the Edison Hotel. Unfortunately, they don't have free wireless so she may not get on line.
So the get together is on. I will see Sing and Amy and Greg tonight. We will drink hot cocoa (good thing it's cold today), have raspberry cobbler and sit in front of a roaring fire (courtesy of a DVD of the Yule Log). Don't worry if your ears begin to burn. We only talk about those that we love ;)
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I've never understood just exactly why they call the rain Tess, the fire Joe, and the wind Maria.
???
Maria was the perfect name for my black kitten that was wild like the wind.
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But it is interesting that many of their choices have been discussed here, most not all that long ago!
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They call the wind Maria
Away out here they got a name
For rain and wind and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire Joe,
And they call the wind Maria
Maria blows the stars around
And sends the clouds a’flyin’
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Jennifer, that is what I was talking about regarding the ending of Medium.
SPOILERS
In reality there is no way the business could have been sold so quickly. The potential boss could have hired Joe before selling it & stipulated Joe couldn’t be fired. And give me a break, he was selling to spend time with his daughter who was about to be married. A better explanation than that was needed, IMHO.
Keith & I also thought the job, Michael Gross & his wife (don’t know the actresses name), would have been interesting & fun on a regular basis. Maybe they really are moving to Oregon ;)
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Don't worry if your ears begin to burn. We only talk about those that we love
When I'm not near
The DR I love-
I love the DR
I'm near!
Thanks for the update, DR Ben! :)
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Ben, Ant, Edi & all other's at your gathering-HAVE FUN! I'm looking forward to a full report and photos.
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RE rock candy - my mother keeps a decanter of whiskey with rock candy dissolved in it. Best cough syrup in the world.
An old Philadelphia stand-by:
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_10QJpHM8kAOjGjzbkF/SIG=12bifgtap/EXP=1201377780/**http%3A//www.zingwinebar.com/files/whiskey-rock-n-rye.jpg)
der Brucer
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An old Philadelphia stand-by:
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_10QJpHM8kAOjGjzbkF/SIG=12bifgtap/EXP=1201377780/**http%3A//www.zingwinebar.com/files/whiskey-rock-n-rye.jpg)
der Brucer
Exactly!!!
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Is it anything like Faygo Rock and Rye?
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Don't tell TD department: I had a nice new clerk at Border's today who managed to so totally misscan various coupons that I ended up not just getting one HDDVD at 1/2 price, but the other for 40% off (don't ask me how she did it--I just stood there and smiled), as well as 30% off my regular DVD purchase and 20% off a CD. She was confused. I was happy. :)
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Can I watch?
;)
Yes, you can.
NO, you may not!
Are you starring in a remake of NOW, VOYEUR?
der Brucer
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Dishwasher has been delivered. So, I'm now free to come and go as I please. However, I still have two or three more pages to write, so for now I'll stay. Besides, it's cold and wet outside.
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And it is time for me to get ready for work.
It's gonna be a long day - I don't get off until 10:30 tonight.
:P
But TORCHWOOD has arriven!
der Brucer
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Come Back, Little Sheba, Come Back!
(http://www.nypost.com/seven/01252008/photos/ent040a.jpg)
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I just received an email informing me that El Cid is galloping toward my home environment. I'm really excited. I hope 55 Days at Peking is coming soon.
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NOW, VOYEUR?
;D
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Dishwasher has been delivered.
CONGRATULATIONS, proud new papa! :D
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I have nothing to say.
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Don't tell TD department: I had a nice new clerk at Border's today who managed to so totally misscan various coupons that I ended up not just getting one HDDVD at 1/2 price, but the other for 40% off (don't ask me how she did it--I just stood there and smiled), as well as 30% off my regular DVD purchase and 20% off a CD. She was confused. I was happy. :)
Too late. I heard.
I've had coupon problems all week long, and I, too, just smile and let the transaction continue. ;)
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Too late. I heard.
I've had coupon problems all week long, and I, too, just smile and let the transaction continue. ;)
My kind of salesman! Unfortunately there are some biddies (technical term) at this Border's and they hassle me each and every week when I bring in one coupon from a previous sale and another from my Border's email. As has been confirmed again and again (and I'm sure you know this), as long as the coupon codes are different, you can use more than one per transaction (as long as you're getting more than one item), but a couple of these older women just do not believe me, even though their manager has told them so. The girl today, who was brand new (she had to ask how to do just about everything, so I'm hoping she's brand new, anyway) at least didn't hassle me about the various coupons I brought in today.
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Is it anything like Faygo Rock and Rye?
No-o-o, DR Ben, but I like that, too.
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I LOVE THE ENGLISH PATIENT!
Both the novel and the film are on my short list at Borders for Valentine's Day gifts!
This is the other item on my short list:
http://www.pussycatmagazine.com/boutiqu/growaboyfriend.html (http://www.pussycatmagazine.com/boutiqu/growaboyfriend.html)
(and, YES, we do carry them at Borders)! :o
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My kind of salesman! Unfortunately there are some biddies (technical term) at this Border's and they hassle me each and every week when I bring in one coupon from a previous sale and another from my Border's email. As has been confirmed again and again (and I'm sure you know this), as long as the coupon codes are different, you can use more than one per transaction (as long as you're getting more than one item), but a couple of these older women just do not believe me, even though their manager has told them so. The girl today, who was brand new (she had to ask how to do just about everything, so I'm hoping she's brand new, anyway) at least didn't hassle me about the various coupons I brought in today.
My firm belief is that the customer is always right. Except when he's wrong.
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I have nothing to say.
G'Arn!
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Jus popped out for some Fresh air. I'm back.
I too like the English Patient.
"Atonement" is certainly not in the same class and for me falls apart after the first third..
DP Colin and I watched "Never Ending Story" last night. I did not like the actor (Hathaway) who plays the "hero" at all. Just totally lacking in appeal.
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Happy Australia Day. (Well tomorrow for those Australians in the USA)
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and a reminder to DR td.......
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I hope to listen to some music by "Southside Johnny" today. Also some music by Mika and Keane. Sometimes there is some interesting music out there.
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I was going to hear Mr Rodney Gilfry sing tonight in the Marlyn Horne Foudation Annual Recital, but I cancelled about an hour ago. I suspect that by 8 pm I'll be unconscious.
It's a pity because last year's recital was quite wonderful, and I was looking forward to seeing Rod and his daughter Carin. Mr Ron Raines is attending, so he can be my alternate.
I'm hoping the bug bomb is doing its wonders and killing all pestilence in my apartment as I type this.
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Good Afternoon!
Helloooooo, down theeeeere, DR Tomovoz!
OH! Mika and Keane - Cool beans!
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Perhaps it is a good year for the French:
A French Tennis player makes it to the final of the Australian Tennis open.
A French woman may win best Actress.
A Frenchman wins most creative Banker award.
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Woof from Magnus to DR Jose.
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I was going to hear Mr Rodney Gilfry sing tonight in the Marlyn Horne Foudation Annual Recital, but I cancelled about an hour ago. I suspect that by 8 pm I'll be unconscious.
It's a pity because last year's recital was quite wonderful, and I was looking forward to seeing Rod and his daughter Carin. Mr Ron Raines is attending, so he can be my alternate.
I'm hoping the bug bomb is doing its wonders and killing all pestilence in my apartment as I type this.
Hmm... Is that ticket still available? ;)
-And sorry that you found a bed bug this morning. I hope the bug bomb does do it's "magic".
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Nice to see your cheery mug, TomovOz!
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We've missed you, DR Tomovoz!
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In other news... The audition I played today ended up finishing an hour earlier than scheduled - and this was even after we started 25 minutes late since one of the producers was stuck on a train! They were looking for an Eva for Evita, so I got quite the earful of high belting. Some OK, some good, and some quite thrilling.
-And since we finished early, I didn't have to "worry" about who was coming in at 3:45PM(EST). ;)
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A new World' Record in the High Jump
From a Kneeling Position, was set last week
at the beach in southern France
MATURE OPEN MINDED ADULTS ONLY (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/HighJump.jpg)
der Brucer
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When we were kids we used to chant "I chased a Bug around the Room".
It doesn't help DR Larry but it enabled us to say a naughty word without getting into trouble.
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Thank you. I think I'm due for a new Mug shot!
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Maxine took her car to a mechanic.
She told him, "Every time I take any of my friends out in my car, a terrible smell develops!!
"It never happens when I am driving alone!"
This intrigued the mechanic, so he said, "'OK, lets go for a spin ad see what the problem is."
Off they went.
She drove down a one-way street in the wrong direction at 70 MPH, swerved, hit the curb on both sides of the street, narrowly missed three pedestrians in pedestrian crossings, ran several red lights, and just missed a policeman on street traffic duty.
When they returned to the shop, she said, "'There it is now...there's that terrible smell again!
"Can't you smell it?"
"Smell it?" he exclaimed.
"Lady, I'm sittin' in it!"
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Perhaps it is a good year for the French:
A French Tennis player makes it to the final of the Australian Tennis open.
A French woman may win best Actress.
A Frenchman wins most creative Banker award.
Glad to see your back!
der Brucer
And your front :)
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When we were kids we used to chant "I chased a Bug around the Room".
It doesn't help DR Larry but it enabled us to say a naughty word without getting into trouble.
All right, I'll give: What was the "dirty word"?
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You're clever!
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I don't suppose there will be any near-future good time to ask if any DRs ever played "Cootie" when they were kids.
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You're clever!
Ohhhhh, bugger!
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All right, I'll give: What was the "dirty word"?
Buggered if I know Ron.
Buggery is still a crime.
A bugger, in our legal statute jargon, takes to "pig sticking" in quite the wrong way.
(A Noel Coward reference for DR Ben).
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I don't know if other CHUCK viewers saw promos during the week. I just know that i didn't. Personally the only time i think a show should switch days is if it announces the change during the previous episode.
Kind of hard to do, DR Jennifer, when the show hasn't been on for more than a month.
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Welcome home, DR Tomovoz.
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I thought DR JMK was viewing Season 1?
He is. On HD-DVD.
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Hi DR Tomovoz. It is nice to see you.
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I was talking about Heroes Season 1, which we are catching up on via HD-DVD.
I have watched (and never missed) Lost since Day 1, and I did (like MattH) recently review the Season 3 boxed set. I have to say RLP that I actually loved Season 3 of Lost from the very beginning--I know a lot of people complained about it, but I found it riveting the whole time, as I detail in my review.
My review says the same; I loved almost everything about Season 3. I certainly enjoyed the 6 opening episodes that so many people disliked. I liked them when they first aired, and I LOVED them when I rewatched them realizing just exactly how much information we were getting about the Others in those episodes, very necessary since the Others play such a HUGE role in ALL of Season 3.
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It was exceedingly cold when I went out to do my Friday errands. I really hate days when the cold just bites through your clothes no matter how much you have on. Yes, I know some of you live with this kind of cold for months on end. We're not as accustomed to it in the South.
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For those of you who missed a great moment in HHW history:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/George16161SM.jpg)
der Brucer
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I began my afternoon by watching the last episode of JAG in the season five box set. No cliffhanger! I was very surprised. (Well, a tiny one perhaps; Harm and Mac were going into the banquet with their respective lovers and glanced at one another with "Mona Lisa" smiles on their faces. I'm sure that gave fans on the show hope that they'd eventually get together.
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Next, I watched Wednesday night's CSI: NY. A good mystery and continuing melodrama over the death of the child that Danny feels responsible for. That did make for some tense moments, but the contrivances for his neighbor to get his gun were just a little too much to swallow.
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Next, I watched Part I and about half of Part II of THE JEWISH AMERICANS. Interesting stories of Jewish immigrant life as they arrive in the country and go about fitting in. Lots of famous Jewish people I was totally unaware of, so it's an excellent introduction to the subject.
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I began my afternoon by watching the last episode of JAG in the season five box set. No cliffhanger! I was very surprised. (Well, a tiny one perhaps; Harm and Mac were going into the banquet with their respective lovers and glanced at one another with "Mona Lisa" smiles on their faces. I'm sure that gave fans on the show hope that they'd eventually get together.
I began my afternoon by hand-carrying a birthday card up 14th Street to Lynn, the cashier/manager of a popular coffee/snack shop.
I then returned to find an invoice in my inbox which I now must process for payment.
First, though, I think I'll have a hot cup of spiced apple spiderCIDER and a chocolatine (I stopped at La Farine this morning en route to work.
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I am SO sorry to hear of your continuing problem, DR Elmore. I really wish I could help in some way.
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I began my afternoon by hand-carrying a birthday card up 14th Street to Lynn, the cashier/manager of a popular coffee/snack shop.
I then returned to find an invoice in my inbox which I now must process for payment.
First, though, I think I'll have a hot cup of spiced apple spider and a chocolatine (I stopped at La Farine this morning en route to work.
I like my afternoon better.
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I don't suppose there will be any near-future good time to ask if any DRs ever played "Cootie" when they were kids.
No, but my younger brother did:
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefU0VJpHJJwAfGmjzbkF/SIG=11n46bq7n/EXP=1201382836/**http%3A//toscano.org/~pete/cootie.png)
der Brucer
Prond member of a "don't let the bed bugs bite" family
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Lots of famous Jewish people I was totally unaware of...
I assume you mean "unaware of their Jewishness, not of them per se,
der Brucer
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... hot cup of spiced apple spider...
Watch out for those arachnids!
der Brucer
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I've finished about six pages - will do the seventh at some point between now and when I leave to eat and see Hurry Sundown.
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Glad to see Tomovoz back!
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To practice Zen and the art of Jewish
motorcycle maintenance, do the following:
Get rid of the motorcycle.
What were you thinking?
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Watch out for those arachnids!
der Brucer
:D
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DR Ben - is your employer enlightened enough to allow Ant on your health benefits package? I thank my lucky stars every day that my employer allows this for my DH.
We've had domestic partner benefits for a couple of years now. I think our staff association (union-equivalent) had been working on getting these for about 10 years. Now, I just need a domestic partner. ;)
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Topic of the Day (part 1):
In my CD player at work: Three Penny Opera with Raul Julia :D; Nunsense A-Men and Meshuggah-Nuns! After those will be Scrooge with Tommy Steele.
More to come later.
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I hope to listen to some music by "Southside Johnny" today. Also some music by Mika and Keane. Sometimes there is some interesting music out there.
As in Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes?
Yippee-kay-ay!
For the other DRs who might not know from whence tomovoz and I speak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXB_0wvLUm8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXB_0wvLUm8)
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Barbara Cook and Harvey Evans will be attending the concert, which sadly, DR elmore will not. :'(
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Ya can't say Pat Robertson didn't warn them:
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/012508_vegasdoomsday5.jpg)
der Brucer
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For those wondered what else the strike has caused:
'Justice League of America'
It could be a long time before Superman and Batman meet on the big screen. With no shooting script and options having expired on potential cast members (man, we would have liked to see Wonder Woman as played by the buxom Megan Gale, pictured), Warner Bros. has now put its ensemble superhero flick on hold.
'Shantaram'
Warner Bros. called off the February start date on this Mira Nair-directed flick, in which Johnny Depp was set to star as an Australian heroin addict who escapes prison, pretends to be a doctor in India and eventually fights against the Russians in Afghanistan. Busy guy.
'Angels and Demons'
Tom Hanks has plenty of time to grow his hair out to reprise his role as cryptographer Robert Langdon. Due to an unfinished script by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman, the Ron Howard-directed prequel to 'The Da Vinci Code' has pushed its release date from Dec. 19, 2008, to May 15, 2009.
'Pinkville'
United Artists postponed Oliver Stone's historical drama about an army general (Bruce Willis) investigating the My Lai Massacre, citing Stone's penchant for script-tinkering during shooting. As a result, Willis dropped out, making the film another casualty of the writers' war.
'Nine'
Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Sophia Loren will have to wait to flaunt their singing and dancing skills. This Rob Marshall-directed musical, which had planned to start lensing in March, is another victim of an unfinished script.
'Fantastic Voyage'
'Independence Day' director Roland Emmerich's remake of the 1966 sci-fi classic had been planned as a summer 2009 event movie for Fox,but 'National Treasure' screenwriting duo Marianne and Cormac Wibberley were unable to finish the script before the strike.
der Brucer
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Almost time to go home. I have to work tomorrow, for my first day of information waitressing since Jan. 4.
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Hello, all!
I'm several days behind, but the pro bono Safe Kids video is complete and so are the TLC spots which will run in Miss America this weekend.
I was in such a rush to get to my block captain meeting last night that I left my computer at my job. Fortunately, people were there at 8 working so I was able to pick up the computer on our way to the airport.
Pleasant flight, terrible cab driver, and now we're at our hotel.
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Thanks for all the travel vibes!
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Tonight we get to see Ben and Ant's tree. We need a little Christmas!
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I wonder if DR Jose and DR Larry still plan to have maragritas this weekend...
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An almond croissant from Petrossian is also on my "to do" list.
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I have buttoned the liner into my coat and am ready to brave the NY winter! (Not too much colder than Atlanta, actually...)
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Will be back to catch up on yesterday and today's posts later.
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DR Edi - please give my regards to Broadway and all those Hainsies & Kimlets you're going to see this weekend. Stay warm, too!
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Have a nice trip, Amy.
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Post again when you can.
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Enjoy NYC DR Edi!
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I assume you mean "unaware of their Jewishness, not of them per se,
der Brucer
No sir, I meant what I said. For example, I had never heard of Judah Benjamin, second to Jefferson Davis in the Confederacy hierarchy.
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Guess I'll head back down now and do that most dastardly of all things: mop the kitchen floor. Argh!
WBBL.
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No sir, I meant what I said. For example, I had never heard of Judah Benjamin, second to Jefferson Davis in the Confederacy hierarchy.
Funny--because he's one of the ones I mention in my review. :)
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Fascinating that a month and a half before the purported start date of Nine, they'd be doing script changes - the fact that most of the rest of the film remains uncast, should tell you that March was never in the cards. Miramax has signed an interim deal with the WGA and therefore script work can continue, but I don't see that there's any start date in the near future.
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I had a craving for Casa Vega, so I went and had a late lunch, and now I don't have to endure the Pig 'n' Whistle.
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I've done my seven pages, but I'm sort of thinking I'll do at least one more.
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Fascinating that a month and a half before the purported start date of Nine, they'd be doing script changes - the fact that most of the rest of the film remains uncast, should tell you that March was never in the cards. Miramax has signed an interim deal with the WGA and therefore script work can continue, but I don't see that there's any start date in the near future.
...And since I was supposed to play some of the casting sessions for the U.S., New York-based actors... :-\
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Welcome back to NYC, DR edisaurus and Greg!
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DR Ron Pulliam - Glad to hear that you made a stop at La Farine this morning. Did you also pick up some Morning Buns for this weekend?
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My music listening has taken a slight detour - to the Impressions.
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Welcome sixteen GUESTS.
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Who ARE you people?
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Ya can't say Pat Robertson didn't warn them:
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/012508_vegasdoomsday5.jpg)
der Brucer
Wow - I think I see the image of Betty Hutton in that smoke... ;D
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I see DR TOMovOZ - DR EDISAURUS is in the Big Apple.
DR GINNY how was your presentation? I must have missed your rundown!
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Sparkling new avatar, DR tomovoz!
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Sparkling new avatar, DR tomovoz!
Indeed!
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DR Ron Pulliam - Glad to hear that you made a stop at La Farine this morning. Did you also pick up some Morning Buns for this weekend?
No, Jo, I bought Chocolatines ONLY. I shared them with co-workers.
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Sparkling new avatar, DR tomovoz!
If a bit "compressed"...but then....
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Jus popped out for some Fresh air. I'm back.
Welcome back, Tomovoz!! ;D
I like your new avatar!
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An almond croissant from Petrossian is also on my "to do" list.
I'm envious.
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Tomovoz, you are looking very nice indeed.
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It's been a long day in Toyland and I'm ready to head out. I may be E&T tomorrow. It all depends on how well the bomb worked.
'Night!
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I've never understood just exactly why they call the rain Tess, the fire Joe, and the wind Maria.
???
Umm...don't they call the wind Mariah??
;)
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BEST OF LUCK AND VIBES TOMORROW, DR ELMORE!
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George, Maria is the spelling in the song.
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George, Maria is the spelling in the song.
I didn't know that. :-\
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Jennifer, that is what I was talking about regarding the ending of Medium.
SPOILERS
<SNIP>
Keith & I also thought the job, Michael Gross & his wife (don’t know the actresses name), would have been interesting & fun on a regular basis. Maybe they really are moving to Oregon ;)
The wife was played by Kate Burton (Richard Burton's daughter). She also played Ellis Grey, the mother of Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) on "Grey's Anatomy."
(http://www.okmagazine.com/img/photos/large/2315.gif)
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For those of you who missed a great moment in HHW history:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/George16161SM.jpg)
der Brucer
:-*
;)
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Thank you George. I know who Kate Burton is by name, not what she looks like. We liked her.
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Mariah rhymes with Ouspenskaya!
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DRJOSE - perhaps it's just as well that no one had the 3:45 pm slot.
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MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY.
Danny is trying to impress some guests by playing some opera recordings. He wants them to know he is up on culture. The children are impressed.
Guests arrive, "Madame Butterfly" on LP playing softly in the background. After a bit of conversation Danny says to his son:
"Russell, would you turn off the Puccini?"
Rusty Hamer: "Sure. Where is it?"
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Gina (Annette Funicello) had a boyfriend in three episodes played by Dickie (Richard) Tyler - who had been in movies most famously playing the young boy that Ingrid Bergman taught to box in BELLS OF ST MARY'S.
He played a football player and was very into body building. He spent many years as a chiropractor in the San Fernando Valley.
(http://ironage.us/tyler%20tale%20pics%20/rick-wayne(use).jpg)
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Who put up the STOP sign?
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We are going to watch THE VALET now.
'night
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I got a new cd tonight!
Sara Gazarek's second album, entitled RETURN TO YOU, which features what is now my favorite recording of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
I adored her first cd and wondered if the second studio recording would live up to the promise of the first - well, it did and it does!
She's been a friend of mine on myspace for quite some time, too.
http://www.myspace.com/saragazarekband (http://www.myspace.com/saragazarekband)
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TOD: Nothing. Well, I listened to the radio for a while. Does that count?
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TOD: Nothing. Well, I listened to the radio for a while. Does that count?
Absolutely! :D
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A wonderful time was had by all at Chez Ant and Ben.
Dear David (AKA Singdaw) took pictures which will be posted.
We had a fine dinner (thank you Amy!) at the former Wai Cafe (now called Lean) and then back to the apartment for raspberry cobbler and apple cake and hot chocolate.
We laughed and talked and laughed some more. What fun it is to see Amy and Greg and David.
And now it's time for bed. I must do laundry tomorrow morning.
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WELCOME BACK to DR TOMOVOZ!
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Thank you.
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Had a full evening of viewing. I began skimming through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Luke and Noah were present today, so I did have some scenes to watch. They were not featured in the previews for next week, however, so that suggests they may be on one day at most.
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Next, I finished the second half of Episode 1 of THE JEWISH AMERICANS and then watched Episode 2. Very enjoyable second chapter. More familiar names in this one than in episode 1 but I still learned some things I didn't know.
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MONK had a very routine episode. I guessed the killer easily enough but not the motive.
I did like the PSYCHO/BURNT OFFERINGS moment.
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Absolutely! :D
Good. The Phoenix Suns won in the final seconds.
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PSYCH had some funny stuff with Shawn in a Telenovella. Once again, though, the fake psychic stuff was downplayed in this week's episode. The subplot with the new female cop was very. very lame. No one (especially the character played by Maggie Lawson) is that dense.
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Guess I'll write a little bit and then head down to bed.
Good night!
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I was off working on tax returns for many hours, so i missed Tomovoz's return to HHW. Welcome back
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Petrossian vibes to Amy!!!
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And now for something completely different: today, I refinanced my mortgage! The new interest rate is 1.875% lower (it won't close for up to 60 days, but I've locked in the interest rate)! Originally, I had a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, now have a 15-year fixed and comparing the two, I will save almost $130,000!!! :o And I will only pay about $200/month more! But for half the length!! I won't have to wait until I'm 70 to pay it off!!! ;D
Just had to share. :)
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Thank you DR FJL. I've not had a taxing time myself.
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And now, I'm leaving work. Until later!
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PAGE 11 DANCE!!
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Congratulations DR George. Try not to pre-spend the $130k on CDs of Icelandic versions of "A Chorus Line" or Thai recordings of "Wicked"
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DR Tomovoz...so wonderful to login and see you...and a wonderful new Avatar, to boot! :)
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Up way past my bedtime, but wanted to share a few photos from this evening's mini-HHW NYC gathering. DR Ben and DP Ant were the consummate hosts, and we needed a little Christmas, and so we had it! And a lovely dinner....thank you, DR Amy and DH Greg! :)
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Our hosts, Santa's helpers DR Ben and DP Ant!
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/singdaw/P1250001.jpg?t=1201324201)
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DR Ben, DR Edisaurus, DR singdaw
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/singdaw/P1250004.jpg?t=1201324296)
Notice our studious avoidance of the exercycle.
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Our NYC visitors du jour, DR Edisaurus and DH Greg
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Thanks again to all for a most lovely evening! :) :) :)
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Hello DR LongTime. The "stretching" is a touch flattering on the avatar but I have lost 20 lbs in the past two months!
(It's the fault of DR Jose - or to the credit of, for the inspiration!)
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Thank you for the Tree pics. (an Irish reference).
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Lovely partay pics!
Now I want some hot cocoa.
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Thank you for the photos, DR Singdaw.
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The genuine photo
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DR Tomovoz - Here you are in light blue:
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And here you are in white:
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Thank you DR Jose. George will be out of a job!
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Hello Tomovoz, good to see you!
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Hello DR CillaLiz.
I thought I should fly the flag for OZ today.
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Tomovoz - a great guy, any way you crop him
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I went to I'm Not There tonight. I'm glad I knew enough about Bob Dylan to understand what was happening. It's a strange movie. I thought Cate Blanchett certainly deserved her Oscar nomination and it was a bit sad to see Heath Ledger. Made me think of what a loss his passing is
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Hello DR CillaLiz.
I thought I should fly the flag for OZ today.
By all means, shall we sing a chorus of Waltzin' Matilda?
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Once a jolly swagman camped by a bilabong,
under the shade of a Koolaba tree
And he sang as he watched and
waited while his billy boiled
You'll come a waltzin' Matilda with me....
At least that's the way I learned it
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Waltzin Matilda, Waltzin Matilda
You'll come a waltzin' Matilda with me
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You're welcome, DR Tomovoz. -So, does this mean you will only be posting on "blue" numbered posts? ;)
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I had an uncle who was a crop duster. Said his job was plane sailing.
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AH! A mention of DR elmore: CLICK HERE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114605.html)
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On that happy note, I must get some sleep. My parents will be here in about 10 hours and I need to sleep and then clean as much of the house as I can before they get here. They won't be at my house too long, so I can get by with not getting it all cleaned, but I'm just too tired to do it tonight
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I think I shall wait for DR TCB's blue coloured (colored) posts.
MMM does "blue" mean the same thing in North America?
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Thank you for the link DR Jose. I'm so pleased it was not to "A Bug's Life".
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Good to know you have enough energy to waltz your matilda DR CillaLiz.
Please stay away from the jumbucks (unless you wish to be mistaken for a Kiwi). :)
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and that was a slightly blue post!
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Myself, I would vote for a rousing chorus of "And the Band Played 'Waltzing Matilda.'"
(But that's just me). ;)
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A wonderful choice DR td.
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"The Big Rock Candy Mountain" was sung in that depressing movie "Ironweed".
It also had a "pop" life for Dorsey Burnette in 1960.
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Those references were for DR Tom of New York in case he happens to log on! Calling Rodzinski!
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A wonderful choice DR td.
Glad you concur!
;D
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The next best thing to being there = DRs' photos on HHW.
Thanks for the wonderful imagery, DR SingDaw!
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Back from Hurry Sundown, about which more later.
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Mr. Robert Hooks and Mr. John Phillip Law were in attendance, along with the pedantic Mr. Foster Hirsch once again.
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Well, my friend, Paul, from Florida is in town this weekend, and we're supposed to meet for brunch tomorrow/today, so...
Goodnight.
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AH! A mention of DR elmore: CLICK HERE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114605.html)
That's so cool! Congrats, Larry!! ;D
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Thank you DR Jose. George will be out of a job!
I don't think so.
;)