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Well, you've read the notes, the notes haz spoken, and now it is time for you to post until the Sadie Hawkins cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: TEKNONYM!
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I am very tired.
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Will we never get to page two?
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I gotta tell you.
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Nobody here but us chickens and this chicken is going to the bedroom environment.
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Nobody here but us chickens ...
Speaking of which:
(http://worldnetdaily.com/images/story/frickinchicken.jpg)
'Crispy Frickin' Chicken' ad blasted for 'fornication' (http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57619)
A billboard campaign for "Crispy Frickin' Chicken" is ruffling the feathers of a Pennsylvania couple who believe the word "frickin'" is a "euphemism for fornication."
Michael and Sheri Sucec of Harrisburg, Pa., have asked supervisors in Derry Township to join their fight against the placard promoting a Sheetz Made To Order sandwich.
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Michael Pries, chairman of the supervisors, said no one else was crying fowl about the sign, but he assured Sucec he'd take a gander at the billboard.
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BK, that's great news about the possible Australian production of "The Brain From Planet X"!! :D
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Yesterday, Jane asked, "George, are you feeling better today and coughing less?"
Yes, I do feel a bit better. Thanks for asking. :)
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And before I go to bed...we have our poster for "Side Show"! Here it is:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/SideShowPostcard.jpg)
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And before I go to bed...we have our poster for "Side Show"! Here it is:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/SideShowPostcard.jpg)
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Could you post a "COME LOOK AT THE FREAKS" sign on your office door?
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Nice poster, George! Hope the rehearsals continue to go well. I'm still flabbergasted at the schedule and how quickly this show is going up.
And I'm glad you're feeling a bit better, too.
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WOD: Our very own dear DR Vixmom!!! :o ;D
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DR George - I was shocked -simply shocked - to see "Adult Services" listed toward the bottom of your computer screen at work. :o ;D
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Could you post a "COME LOOK AT THE FREAKS" sign on your office door?
der Brucer
Well, I don't have a door to my office (I just have a cubicle), but a poster will be posted. :)
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Hoo and Ray to bk for finding his Brain. Wait, that didn't come out right...
And exciting possibilities about The Brain down under.
And...
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Nice poster, George! Hope the rehearsals continue to go well. I'm still flabbergasted at the schedule and how quickly this show is going up.
And I'm glad you're feeling a bit better, too.
My friend Holly is their poster/graphics designer. She does some wonderful work.
And thanks. :)
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Hoo and Ray for David Landau!!! Sounds cool.
Oh, and yes, DR FJL - my calendar does say that today is "Leap Day." :)
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DR George - I was shocked -simply shocked - to see "Adult Services" listed toward the bottom of your computer screen at work. :o ;D
If you only knew!!
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Hoo and Ray for David Landau!!! Sounds cool.
Yes, yes!!
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Good morning, all! I was up very early after peculiar dreams about Kurt Weill, Jerome Moross and rehearsals of their music. I now want to hear the wonderful Moross song "Ridin' on the Breeze," but my copy of WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS is now in a carton in Oxford, OH!
I spent last night scoring "Maybe This Time" for the Lyric Stage in Texas, and after my Toyland work today, I'll begin the band parts. I need to get thisnumber done because I have to jump into the charts for Patrick Cassidy ASAP. I'd like to snd at least two of them to his copyist in LA on Monday.
I have to stop by R&H to pick up my authorized libretto for THE BRAIN this morning and drop off something for my friend Bruce pomahac. I may take a moment to look at SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE and that "On Broadway" vamp while I'm there.
TOD:
DVD: I Puritani (Metropolitan Opera), Stardust, Becoming Jane
CD: Cabaret (film soundtrack), Guy Haines, The Brain From Planet X
VCR: It's all in storage and I'm like a cat on a hot tin roof!
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Friday. The last day of February, 2008. It was a cold day. Just the facts, ma'am.
It is a work day. Oh well.
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Lovely story in the notes. Enjoyed it very much. Brain in Australia. Brain in California. Brain in NYC at Rodgers & Hammerstein. Who knew the country had this much Brain?
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TOD:
DVD - Shalako, Je Taime Paris
CD - Ah Ne Mee, Music of the Southwest
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What a lovely tribute from Muse Margaret! It's so nice that she shared that story with you, bk, and you with us.
I truly believe that acts of kindness and the sharing of blessings and talents affect the world in ways great and small, and make differences that most of us will never know.
As Don Quixote [or is it Miguel de Cervantes?] says in Dale Wasserman's Man of LaMancha:
I hope to add some measure of grace to the world.
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bk and J.K. Rowling: Converting kids into readers, one child at a time! :)
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Lovely story in the notes. Enjoyed it very much. Brain in Australia. Brain in California. Brain in NYC at Rodgers & Hammerstein. Who knew the country had this much Brain?
It might be exciting if you could get The Brain into the White House.
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Off to Toyland, post office, and Rodgers & Hammerstein!
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Is feb 29th called Leap Day? Maybe LEAP DAY should be the title of a new film a la Groundhog Day. It seems just about every other "day" has a movie named for it, right? except for Arbor Day, I guess.
Arbor Day? Are you forgetting A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN?
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elmore, please give my best to Dick and Oscar.
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Off to work oh well.
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TOD:
Car CD:
The Little Mermaid OBC
Home CD:
Oliver! OLC
DVR:
this week's *LOST*
DVD:
the TAMMY movies, Nancy LaMott, Slings & Arrows, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., Life After Tomorrow [the Annie documentary], Naked Space
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It's a shame that it's (or will be) Sadie Hawkins Day, because I'm DEFINITELY past my prime
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Friday morning greetings! Yes, I'm back at work today. I walked from the parking lot with a co-worker who has the same thing - scratchy throat and cough - but not feeling bad enough to stay home.
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DR George - I was shocked -simply shocked - to see "Adult Services" listed toward the bottom of your computer screen at work. :o ;D
DR Singdaw - the department in which I work is also called "Adult Services."
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{{{DR Kerry}}}
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Bruce, I 'm glad the boys liked your books. One never knows how one will touch others' lives---- but we always do (one way or another).
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DR Singdaw - the department in which I work is also called "Adult Services."
:o
Well, I guess that is fitting for someone who is so fascinating!! ;)
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DR Ginny - may your work day pass quickly, so you can get home to relaxin' and recuperating!
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Good morning, all! I was up very early after peculiar dreams about Kurt Weill, Jerome Moross and rehearsals of their music. I now want to hear the wonderful Moross song "Ridin' on the Breeze," but my copy of WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS is now in a carton in Oxford, OH!
I spent last night scoring "Maybe This Time" for the Lyric Stage in Texas, and after my Toyland work today, I'll begin the band parts. I need to get thisnumber done because I have to jump into the charts for Patrick Cassidy ASAP. I'd like to snd at least two of them to his copyist in LA on Monday.
I have to stop by R&H to pick up my authorized libretto for THE BRAIN this morning and drop off something for my friend Bruce pomahac. I may take a moment to look at SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE and that "On Broadway" vamp while I'm there.
TOD:
DVD: I Puritani (Metropolitan Opera), Stardust, Becoming Jane
CD: Cabaret (film soundtrack), Guy Haines, The Brain From Planet X
VCR: It's all in storage and I'm like a cat on a hot tin roof!
I'd like to jump into Patrick Cassidy's charts!!!! :o
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I'd like to jump into Patrick Cassidy's charts!!!! :o
Etchings, dear... Etchings.
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BK I very much enjoyed that story in the notes. How lovely!
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I actually disagree with what DRs MattH and Jose said.
Yes 2 of the 4 were very predicted (to me). Alex and Jason Y. I really thought that neither of them had much promotion during hollywood week. And add to that the fact that they did not sing well (and the judges did not say good things). Well i knew they were history.
As for the 2nd guy. I'm not saying he would have gone far. But i was a bit surprised.
But for me the big surprise of the evening was alaina. She was not featured on the hollywood shows that i can remember. So she was at a disadvantage. But simon did proclaim her the darkhorse. And even though i did not think she did well on wednesday. I really felt like she had potential. She had a good voice. A good personality. And an "it" factor. and to me, of all, i am most disappointed that she is gone. I really think she had the potential to go a lot further.
I feel like this is one of the times when them not showing a contestant previously really damaged that person's chances.
yeah i know she did not do particularly well singing. But i feel like she was very young. And she would have grown.
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I'm thrilled the child that Margaret watchs loved the Kritzer books so much. It's nice to see that a child of today can appreciate it as much as someone who grew up approximately at the same time the book is set.
This trilogy should be on the reading list of high schools all over the country.
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DR MBarnum re: your take on Big brother 9.
It's very interesting to read people's comments who don't read about the feeds. I think you would be shocked that your nice people: chelsia, james and natalie are really quite pieces of work.
Natalie is good natured and easy going. I will give you that. But she is a bit too free with her body (to say it nicely). She is so needy to have matt like her that she has done some sexual favors for him. But she has also made out with probably every guy in the house! (most of them had a hot tub orgy a few nights ago).
I find chelsia and james pretty gross. It's hard to think that sometimes when they seem so nice on tv. But chelsia has made numerous horrific comments about amanda killing herself by noose. And james is a porn star. It's so funny that they make him out to be a sweet hero. He is not too nice in the house. :(
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bk and J.K. Rowling: Converting kids into readers, one child at a time! :)
My thoughts exactly! Stories like that really warm a librarian's heart.
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And the word of the day is: TEKNONYM!
And The Song Of The Day Is: ROTHSCHILD AND SONS
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George-
GOOD LUCK ON SIDE SHOW
The Poster looks Great
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RE: last night's LOST
SPOILERS
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re: last night's show. Wow. Another good one. Although i did like the other ones better (desmond is not my fav). I thought last night's show was interesting. But quite different from the others.
Dr RonP, I actually don't really have questions about last night's show. IT was confusing. BUt i wasn't really confused. If that makes sense.
What i was confused about yesterday was not so much what was happening. I was merely not understanding the comments that the guy in my local paper made for last week's show.
(this is what he wrote for reference:" Last week dropped an even more compelling clue and a potentially game-changing play: it's possible that at least one of the post-crash survivors sneaked off the island without anyone in the outside world knowing it. The Oceanic Six in other words aren't necessarily limited to just six survivors")
I just did not know what he was referring to.
Anyhow re: last night's show. I always read this to help sort things out in my mind:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/Shows/Lost/Stories/My-Constant (http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/Shows/Lost/Stories/My-Constant)
I actually thought that desmond going back and forth was not that hard to follow. It was just odd for the storyline (for me). I guess i could not really follow the purpose.
The end was interesting. So i guess daniel is nuts too! Although how come we haven't seen him passing out?
I liked the stuff with penelope and desmond. And the scenes with them on the phone made me cry.
I guess i'm just wondering how this new stuff fits into the story.
And i wish we could have seen some of the other cast members not just desmond (and briefly sayid and jack).
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singdaw and George - my nephew says thanks!
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"I hate it when that happens!"
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/R8b2KDtvuPI/AAAAAAAAArg/ag-a6xeOvIA/s320/macbeth.jpg)
photo: Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
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Does this look like a 60-year old to you?
(http://us.i1.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/flickr/75/48/000839547548.jpg?x=660&y=660&sig=bD2x1dI5kmPIwKRPXi6PEg--)
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Good morning!
Cold this morning, but the sun is out and it should warm up to "light jacket" weather by the time I leave to do my errands.
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DR Jennifer, I admire your enthusiasm for the most lackluster bunch of semifinalists in the history of this show.
Even the best out of this bunch can't compare in any way, shape, or form to the groups of years past, and I feel so conned by the producers and judges who have never ceased proclaiming this the strongest bunch of singers in the history of the show.
Balderdash!
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Are those caterpillars crawling out of Bernadette's dress?
;D
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TV Reminders:
NOTHING.
(Well, there is a BONES rerun on and GHOST WHISPERER is also a rerun at 9, but I didn't see any new broadcasts that I felt worthy of inclusion.)
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Friday Media Check:
CD - SAIL AWAY (OCR)
DVD - LIL' BUSH - Season 1
MADAME X
DVR - THE GREAT CARUSO
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I am also going out to lunch today (not a usual Friday event) when I get back from my usual Friday errands.
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DR Ginny - may your work day pass quickly, so you can get home to relaxin' and recuperating!
Yup, DR Singdaw, I'm looking forward to a 3-day weekend without much on the agenda.
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elmore, please give my best to Dick and Oscar.
They send their regards back to you!
I'm back from Toyland and other locales. On the uptown subway on my way back, I sat directly across from Perry on MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL. He seemed a bit shy as if afraid to be recognized.
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It's a shame that it's (or will be) Sadie Hawkins Day, because I'm DEFINITELY past my prime
You're past your prime? If I were a horse, I'd be a can of dog food.
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DR Singdaw - the department in which I work is also called "Adult Services."
Wasn't that on my VCR?
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Does this look like a 60-year old to you?
(http://us.i1.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/flickr/75/48/000839547548.jpg?x=660&y=660&sig=bD2x1dI5kmPIwKRPXi6PEg--)
She looks like Helena Bonham Carter with a bad face lift and wearing my old mop.
Let's sing of Lamarr, that Hedy so fair
Why does she let Joan Bennett wear all her old hair?
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Don't hold back, DR elmore3003...tell us how you really feel! ;)
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And, yes, it's cold here in NYC on this last day of February in the year 2008.
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Wasn't that on my VCR?
No. That was "Services Adults".
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The end was interesting. So i guess daniel is nuts too! Although how come we haven't seen him passing out?
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You're past your prime? If I were a horse, I'd be a can of dog food.
Alpo?
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Hi, Ben!
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Don't dawdle, Singaryllis!
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Happy Friday Song!
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I'm heading down now to check the mail and then head out for my errands.
WBBL.
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Wasn't that on my VCR?
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No. That was "Services Adults".
That made me laugh!
The neighbor in 2B is moving out today. Her mother told me she had not only a horrible bed bug infestation but bird mites from all the pigeons hanging out on fire escape, which I've claimed since January is the source of the infestation.
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DR MBarnum re: your take on Big brother 9.
It's very interesting to read people's comments who don't read about the feeds. I think you would be shocked that your nice people: chelsia, james and natalie are really quite pieces of work.
Natalie is good natured and easy going. I will give you that. But she is a bit too free with her body (to say it nicely). She is so needy to have matt like her that she has done some sexual favors for him. But she has also made out with probably every guy in the house! (most of them had a hot tub orgy a few nights ago).
I find chelsia and james pretty gross. It's hard to think that sometimes when they seem so nice on tv. But chelsia has made numerous horrific comments about amanda killing herself by noose. And james is a porn star. It's so funny that they make him out to be a sweet hero. He is not too nice in the house. :(
Well, you can't blame Natalie...if I were cooped up in a house 24/7 with Matt, I would (in my dreams) be doing the same thing! 8)
As for James, being a porn star (well, he isn't really a star...it was only amateur stuff) doesn't make one a bad person...I am sure there are many very nice porn actors and actresses in the world...I wouldn't say he comes across as sweet on the show...he is cunning and playing the game very well and he is kind of fun.
I just like Chelsia's hair..she is a pretty gal.
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As for the Friday Media Check:
Radio: WQXR. -Although, I keep meaning to give a listen to WNYC sometime too.
CD Player:
"Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2" - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, pianist - I can't wait for the final two installments in his series. Some truly wonderful, intelligent and beautiful playing.
The Little Mermaid - OCR
"Ask Me Again" - Nancy Lamott
"Backwoods Barbie" - Dolly Parton
"Just A Little Lovin'" - Shelby Lynne - My most played CD this week! This is a tribute album to Dusty Springfield, however, the covers are far from note for note, arrangement for arrangement copies of the original. Shelby Lynn's voice is big and powerful, but she never overpowers the material. In fact, she's reined herself in for most of the set. She's backed for most of the tracks by a five piece band, sometimes even less, with stretches of her singing a cappella every now and then - no lush strings, no horn sections, but every bit as effective as they are notably different from the originals . (Go Phil Ramone!) Her rendition of "Anyone Who Had A Heart" has easily become my favorite alongside Dusty Springfield's (of course).
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In honor of Sadie Hawkin's Day....
.... a little someone to greet BK's morning......
(http://www.zomemovieposters.com/ebal0224/leslieparrish.jpg)
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Me too! ;)
-Actually, I was about to say the same thing. He is not going through the same thing as the other guy.
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That made me laugh!
The neighbor in 2B is moving out today. Her mother told me she had not only a horrible bed bug infestation but bird mites from all the pigeons hanging out on fire escape, which I've claimed since January is the source of the infestation.
Is there any talk of any sort of legal action against/towards(?) the property manager/owner?
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I see now that I am actually going to have to start reading DR Ron Pulliam's spoiler gibberish. :)
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TOD:
DVD:
DINOSAURUS (1960)
CD:
Soundtracks to the 1980s Bollywood films SHAAN and ROCKY...both have very funky disco music!
DVR:
Last night's episode of SURVIVOR
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all the pigeons hanging out on fire escape
Maybe building management could hire DR MBarnum to hang out on the fire escape 24/7, waving his arms?
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Don't dawdle, Singaryllis!
Believe you me, I don't intend to! :D
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Hello all, it has been a very busy few weeks with a trip to california, a trip to boston, and several trips to the bathroom courtesy of a stomach virus.
But I am back!
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I got to meet my new niece Zoey June. She is absolutely adorable and a very good baby, already on a routine. My sister looked great, she is taking very well to motherhood. I expected to find her at the very least flustered or tired but she looks gorgeous and has her routine down.
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Whilst in California, I also got to attend the west coast 1st birthday celebration for my good friends, Johnny and Todd's daughter Cassie. They are currently her foster parents but are in the process of finalizing the adoption.
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Then this past weekend I went to boston for her east coast party. It was there that I contracted a stomach bug- not an enjoyable way to do a four hour drive back to NYC, I can tell you.
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I wonder if the ricin just discovered in a Las Vegas hotel room belongs to either DR DakotaCelt or DearReaderLaura DR? ;)
[incidentally, ***TRAVEL VIBES*** to you both!]
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I see now that I am actually going to have to start reading DR Ron Pulliam's spoiler gibberish. :)
Yesssss-s-s-, Precious-s-s-s....encrypted messages of snarky import may lie within.....
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And earlier this week I attended an audition and dance callback for Guys and Dolls at a community group within short walking distance of my job. I got called back for both Sarah and Adelaide. I'll have to practice my sneeze for sunday night.
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Ooh page 4!
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Audition vibes for TPunk!
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Media check:
Book- Southampton Row by Anne Perry
TV/DVR- several back episodes of Monk and Psych
DVD player- Black Snake Moan
iPod- As I Am, Alicia Keyes
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Maybe building management could hire DR MBarnum to hang out on the fire escape 24/7, waving his arms?
Maybe that would attract some firemen, making Elmore's view a bit more interesting?
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It's a shame that it's (or will be) Sadie Hawkins Day, because I'm DEFINITELY past my prime
Oh, Kerry, don't let THAT stop you! (Assuming, of course, that it's true.) Some people never even get that far!
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Oh, and Good Morning!
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Welcome home, and break a leg, Antonia "TPunk"!
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Oh, and Good Morning!
Well hello!
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Welcome back, DR TPunk!
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Ooh page 4!
Just an Ooh?
No [size=8] PROCLAMING IT TO THE SKIES?[/size]
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And earlier this week I attended an audition and dance callback for Guys and Dolls at a community group within short walking distance of my job. I got called back for both Sarah and Adelaide. I'll have to practice my sneeze for sunday night.
Just hang around with some of us Hainsies and you'll "develop a cold" naturally. Break a leg!
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Leap Day makes the public library very weird.
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Are those caterpillars crawling out of Bernadette's dress?
;D
I was wondering if there'd be any feedback on that. Yours wasn't what I was expecting, though, Matt. Quite clever!
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You're past your prime? If I were a horse, I'd be a can of dog food.
;D
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"Too Many Connections"
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*But it was just for a minute or so.
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Leap Day makes the public library very weird.
As in, the homeless and indigent behaving themselves? That would be weird! :)
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I also got "too many connections" a couple minutes ago.
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Welcome back to DR TPunk! Congrats on your call-backs.
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"Too Many Connections"
Sondheim did consider this, but that last word just had too many syllables to fit the music.
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I also got "too many connections" a couple minutes ago.
Me three...
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TOD:
DVD: THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
MARNIE
WIRE IN THE BLOOD
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***AUDITION VIBES***
to DR TPunk!!
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Leap Day makes the public library very weird.
How so?
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Thanks for all the audition vibes!
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Our program's boys community residence is having a bake sale right now. There are cupcakes, brownies and every kind of cake imaginable. We bought a sampling of chocolate cake, oreo cake, and lemon cake.
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How so?
The "regulars" seem to be even more belligerent than usual.
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And once again....
"Too Many Connections"
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I'm not getting "too many connections".
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Certainly not as many as in my yout'!
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Lincoln Center's Emile DeBecque, Brazilian opera star Paolo Szot, is cute!
(http://www.theatermania.com/news/images/12884a.jpg)
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as in my yout'!
Love that scene in My Cousin Vinny! :D
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CULOO, CULAAY, no work today,
We're cabbages and kings!
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I haven't gotten "too many connections" in a long, long time.
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Lincoln Center's Emile DeBecque, Brazilian opera star Paolo Szot, is cute!
(http://www.theatermania.com/news/images/12884a.jpg)
He most certainly IS!
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Now I must head back down again. I'm expecting my ride to lunch at any minute.
WBBL.
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Sweet story about Margaret's "boys", BK. I had my own "out of nowhere" nice moment courtesy of HHW just a few months ago when a lurker emailed me about the Greensleeves mp3 I posted a link to. And another one that really made my day was years ago, after my band Aqabala had been featured in Jazziz Magazine, I got an email probably two or three years after the article/CD came out from some guy who said he'd been trying to find me to get more music from me for years. It was a really touching thing to hear.
TOD:
DVD: Beowulf. Wowza in HD!
CD: Lots o' stuff, including Jars of Clay, Cal Tjader and various OCRs.
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I'm not quite sure what to make of your comment to me last night re: Lost, RLP, so I'll just chime in with:
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Certainly not as many as in my yout'!
I was trying to think of a nice way to say that!
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CULOO, CULAAY, no work today,
We're cabbages and kings!
WHO's a cabbage?? Uh?
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DR JMK - Have you heard Eliane Elias' new CD, "Something for You: Eliane Elias PLays & Sing Bill Evans"?
Oh, I guess I should have put that on my Friday Media Check List.
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And another query for DR JMK - I keep meaning to ask you if you've ever heard of a Brazilian rock/jazz band called "Turba Multa"? A composer/friend of mine in DC was a part of that band when she lived in Brazil a couple of years ago. Just wondrin'.
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Maybe building management could hire DR MBarnum to hang out on the fire escape 24/7, waving his arms?
Well, i've hung this photo all over my apartment and the pests left!
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WHO's a cabbage??
Well, OK.
Perhaps we're more like...
Bib lettuce and queens? ???
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At least I got the "no work" part right!
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... VCR: It's all in storage and I'm like a cat on a hot tin roof!
Sounds like it's time to break out the binoculars and stand by the window in a darkened room!
8)
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Ricin in a Las Vegas hotel? Great. Probably in the room I booked.
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Does this look like a 60-year old to you?
(http://us.i1.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/flickr/75/48/000839547548.jpg?x=660&y=660&sig=bD2x1dI5kmPIwKRPXi6PEg--)
Aren't push-up bras wonderful?
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TV Reminders:
NOTHING.
(Well, there is a BONES rerun on and GHOST WHISPERER is also a rerun at 9, but I didn't see any new broadcasts that I felt worthy of inclusion.)
Oh, good, I can catch up with last night's DVRing.
(No, wait, I think Stargate Atlantis is new.)
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Sounds like it's time to break out the binoculars and stand by the window in a darkened room!
8)
Sounds like no fun at all.
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Depends on how co-operative the people living nearby can be, dear Elmore!
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Here's a bit of Tony Sbordoni's OPERA LIST review of John Doyle's new production of PETER GRIMES at the Met. Mr Doyle is sounding more like the emperor and the new clothes:
"This evening I attended the world premiere of a new oratorio whose music and text bore an uncanny resemblance to Britten's first operatic masterpiece Peter Grimes. This was not what I'd paid to see, but that's what was served up in director John Doyle's misguided production.
In attempting to portray the close minded, oppressive society which rejects those who are out of the norm, the director managed to drain the life out of a passionate and harrowing work of art.
[in] this opera, drenched in the atmosphere of the sea not one hint is given of water or of the tools of the fisherman's trade -- not even so much as a net. The lighting is as dark as the set. Even in moments where the sun shines in the text and music such as the Sunday morning scene, it is overcast in this fishing village."
At least Peter Grimes isn't singing about his new barber's chair while carrying about a little white coffin! Or maybe he is?
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I'm really pissed at the moment since the mail arrived: the sub post lady, who's nice but dumber than a box of rocks, carried up to my door a package but crammed my Netflix envelope into my postbox and completely destroyed the envelope so it cannot be used to return the DVD. I don't know why she couldn't drop opff the Netflix DVD wityh my package. That's one.
Here's two: I ordered an out-of-print set (I thought) of the 3-part BBC COLD COMFORT FARM on videocassette. The ass vendor onAmazon.com Marketplace only sent Part One although her ad implies she's selling all three parts of the series.
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Larry - 1:00 on Sunday is good.
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DR JMK - Have you heard Eliane Elias' new CD, "Something for You: Eliane Elias PLays & Sing Bill Evans"?
Oh, I guess I should have put that on my Friday Media Check List.
Yes, isn't it fantastic?
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And another query for DR JMK - I keep meaning to ask you if you've ever heard of a Brazilian rock/jazz band called "Turba Multa"? A composer/friend of mine in DC was a part of that band when she lived in Brazil a couple of years ago. Just wondrin'.
No, but I have now. ;D
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As for the Friday Media Check:
CD Player:
"Ask Me Again" - Nancy Lamott
"Just A Little Lovin'" - Shelby Lynne - My most played CD this week! This is a tribute album to Dusty Springfield, however, the covers are far from note for note, arrangement for arrangement copies of the original. Shelby Lynn's voice is big and powerful, but she never overpowers the material. In fact, she's reined herself in for most of the set. She's backed for most of the tracks by a five piece band, sometimes even less, with stretches of her singing a cappella every now and then - no lush strings, no horn sections, but every bit as effective as they are notably different from the originals . (Go Phil Ramone!) Her rendition of "Anyone Who Had A Heart" has easily become my favorite alongside Dusty Springfield's (of course).
Now it's my turn...
I agree 100% about Shelby Lynne's cd (maybe this means that DR SingDaw will get a copy, too).
Not only is a brilliant tribute but, more importantly, it stands on its own merits.
I don't think I'll tire of it anytime soon.
So, in my cd player are the above, mentioned by DR JOSE as well as:
Debbie Gravitte - DEFYING GRAVITY (worth it just to have her rendition of "Junk Man").
Eagles - COMPLETE GREATEST HITS
BROADWAY UNPLUGGED VOLUME 2
David Burnham's solo album
HALF A SIXPENCE - film soundtrack
STROUSE, SCHWARTZ AND SCHWARTZ - I thought I'd plotz during Andrea Martin's "No Time At All." I love Dale Kristien's "Once Upon a Time," too. "The Telephone Hour" cracks me up. Still, Guy Haines sings the best "Corner of the Sky" ever, so why didn't they get him for the concert?
DVD:
Viewed HALF A SIXPENCE - it has its charms but it also has many, many faults.
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
and purchase at a "Going Out of Business Sale:"
SHOOT 'EM UP
ONCE
THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
Lining up:
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
LES MISERABLES - THE CONCERT
Reading:
SEE NO EVIL - Robert Baer's account of his CIA days which inspired the film SYRIANA.
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I'm up, I'm up. Pretty day outside. I've already answered many e-mails and shall now do a little work at the piano.
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I got a fairly good night's sleep.
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BK, have *you* heard Eliane Elias' Bill Evans album? Get it NOW!!
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Yes, isn't it fantastic?
Very much so!
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Well, i've hung this photo all over my apartment and the pests left!
I see London's many peoples..
I see navel and some nipples...
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Here's a very rare, previously unpublished photograph of little known Bollywood star Bernadette Barnum:
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Poor Mike Barnum!
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Here's a very rare, previously unpublished photograph of little known Bollywood star Bernadette Barnum:
Just remember! NO KISSING!!!!!!
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In my CD player at work: two "For Your Consideration" CDs: "Monsters, Inc.," (score by Randy Newman) and "Shopgirl" (original score by Barrington Pheloung). Thanks, BK!
In my DVR at home: the most recent episodes of "Lost," "Eli Stone" and several other TV shows.
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Here's a very rare, previously unpublished photograph of little known Bollywood star Bernadette Barnum:
Love the hair!
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My DVD: Besieged by piles of unwatched regular & HD DVD titles
My CD Player: Besieged by piles of unopened CDs
My DVR: Overwhelmed by the Oscarcast...save it or delete it??
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George-
GOOD LUCK ON SIDE SHOW
The Poster looks Great
Thanks! And I'm sure that my friend Holly (who designed the poster) would thank you, too. :D
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DR Elmore is really gonna be on my $%&! list today!
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Well of course she made it up because the Holocaust never happened department:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410417/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410417/)
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DR TD,
I watched JAB WE MET the other day....wow! What a fun movie! Did you know what Kareena Kapoor just won best actress for that film at the Filmfare Awards (India's Oscars)...she deserved it...I never cared much for her but she was great in this film!
Shahid wasn't too bad, either!
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I'm back. Life's been cuckoo. I've got a class 2 nights a week, choir twice a week & Grandma's been here since Tuesday. My great-aunt passed away & the memorial service is this evening. And here I was looking forward to doing something happy for Leap Day.
The Requiem I'm singing in is coming up quickly. March 16th! Yikes!
I've also been on the hunt for a place to stay in Portland, in April.
The second Too Much Coffee Man Opera is premiering & I HAVE to go.
I've got some friends up there & I put the word out, but I haven't gotten any responses. *sigh* Last time I stayed with a friend in Seattle & we drove down. I haven't heard from her, either. I need my TMCM Opera fix!
That is all.
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Off to Toyland, post office, and Rodgers & Hammerstein!
This made me smile :)
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Well of course she made it up because the Holocaust never happened department:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410417/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410417/)
With journalism skills like hers, she could work for the New York Times.
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It's a shame that it's (or will be) Sadie Hawkins Day, because I'm DEFINITELY past my prime
You aren't past your prime. You have had a set back, but will be back in your prime before long. I command it, so it shall happen.
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So sorry to hear of your loss, DR SingingNymph. :(
[BTW, which Requiem?]
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I command it, so it shall happen.
In that case, please command that I win the Powerball? 8)
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I'm being lazy but shall NOW go do some work at the piano.
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So sorry to hear of your loss, DR SingingNymph. :(
[BTW, which Requiem?]
Mozart's. It's really challenging! I almost wish we were doing Fauré's, but I like doing something that's new to me.
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DR SingingNymph - Ah, the Mozart. The Süssmayr version, or one of those new-fangled editions?
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Bruce, thank you for sharing the special story of the boys who, thanks to you, have discovered the joys of reading. It is nice once in awhile to know we have made a difference, and to have the difference made from something so close to your heart-you can’t beat that.
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DR singdaw, we're doing the Levin.
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DR Elmore is really gonna be on my $%&! list today!
Only for a day?
:D
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this was re: my conclusion of what we saw in the last scene with daniel's book saying "if i get into trouble then desmond is my constant" (or something to that effect).
Well i suppose all we know for sure is that daniel would use desmond the same way that desmond used penny. However i don't think i'm the only one who believes that daniel is a bit off his rocker (and wasn't he being cared for by a nurse or something in the first episode we saw him in)(i don't really remember this but that is what i read).
And i don't think i'm the only one who thinks that daniel has timetravelled and that he's using desmond as his constant. I know the writing wasn't in his book before. But there has to be more to it than simply showing us the writing. To me it meant that daniel was going to try to timetravel. and he wrote that in his book so he'd know it. If he wasn't having these problems (like desmond and the other guy who died) or if he wasn't intentionally timetravelling. Then why write it? I can't believe that they would show us that simply in case daniel had a problem in the future.
So you really believe that daniel had never had any "episodes" because the note was not there when he and desmond were talking on the phone.
I don't know maybe that him telling desmond to contact him changed things. Because after i wrote what i wrote i went and read some of the posts on televisionwithoutpity (about last night's show). and more than one person thought the same thing i did. That after desmond in 1996 found daniel, that daniel then timetravelled.
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DR MBarnum, i don't think james is bad because he did porn.
i just find that they are portraying him to be really nice (saved amanda, is biking around the world for peace). Yet he is not very nice in the house.
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The neighbor in 2B is moving out today. Her mother told me she had not only a horrible bed bug infestation but bird mites from all the pigeons hanging out on fire escape, which I've claimed since January is the source of the infestation.
Will you be warning any potential renters of the situation? Putting signs up and stuff? If they can't rent the place maybe they will work harder at getting rid of the infestation.
The pigeons can live on the fire escape, and hang out around outdoor restaurants. But Sherlock, who is kept beautifully groomed, is considered a health hazard.
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DR Jennifer, I admire your enthusiasm for the most lackluster bunch of semifinalists in the history of this show.
Even the best out of this bunch can't compare in any way, shape, or form to the groups of years past, and I feel so conned by the producers and judges who have never ceased proclaiming this the strongest bunch of singers in the history of the show.
Balderdash!
I am a bit more enthusiastic about the girls. But i agree. I really dislike most of the contestants. ANd don't find most of them to be strong at all.
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I see now that I am actually going to have to start reading DR Ron Pulliam's spoiler gibberish. :)
;D ;D
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Sherlock, who is kept beautifully groomed
Zach goes for his quarterly "day of grooming" tomorrow. :)
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DR SingingNymph - Enjoy all that glorious music!
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but crammed my Netflix envelope into my postbox and completely destroyed the envelope so it cannot be used to return the DVD.
Now you will have to watch to DVD's so you can return them together in one envelope. ;)
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Zach goes for his quarterly "day of grooming" tomorrow. :)
Our Zach takes virtually a full day. ;D
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FJL:
This is fun! My nephew David was briefly interviewed at the top of this article (about undergraduate business programs at colleges) in Business week.
www.businessweek.com/print/bsc...0226_508904.htm
Fun, thanks for sharing. :)
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Poor Mike Barnum!
Yes.
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DR Elmore is really gonna be on my $%&! list today!
LOL- ;D
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Well of course she made it up because the Holocaust never happened department:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410417/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410417/)
This is sad.
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DR George, I’m very pleased you are coughing less.
The SIDE SHOW poster is nice.
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Whilst in California, I also got to attend the west coast 1st birthday celebration for my good friends, Johnny and Todd's daughter Cassie. They are currently her foster parents but are in the process of finalizing the adoption.
Happy Birthday to Cassie and Vibes for a Smooth Adoption!! :D
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I see by DR Swingdog's DVD list that we at HHW are having an affect on his viewing habits.
However, when I finally see a Hindi title in that mix I will know that my work here is done.............(or just begun! 8)
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DR George, I’m very pleased you are coughing less.
The SIDE SHOW poster is nice.
Thanks! Me, too. :)
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And Break a Leg for TPunk's Audition!!
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The pigeons can live on the fire escape, and hang out around outdoor restaurants. But Sherlock, who is kept beautifully groomed, is considered a health hazard.
All the world seems in tune on a Spring afternoon when we're poisoning pigeons in the park!
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I'm not getting "too many connections".
I haven't gotten any, but then I've only been logged in since about 10:30 am. :-\
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this was re: my conclusion of what we saw in the last scene with daniel's book saying "if i get into trouble then desmond is my constant" (or something to that effect).
Well i suppose all we know for sure is that daniel would use desmond the same way that desmond used penny. However i don't think i'm the only one who believes that daniel is a bit off his rocker (and wasn't he being cared for by a nurse or something in the first episode we saw him in)(i don't really remember this but that is what i read).
And i don't think i'm the only one who thinks that daniel has timetravelled and that he's using desmond as his constant. I know the writing wasn't in his book before. But there has to be more to it than simply showing us the writing. To me it meant that daniel was going to try to timetravel. and he wrote that in his book so he'd know it. If he wasn't having these problems (like desmond and the other guy who died) or if he wasn't intentionally timetravelling. Then why write it? I can't believe that they would show us that simply in case daniel had a problem in the future.
So you really believe that daniel had never had any "episodes" because the note was not there when he and desmond were talking on the phone.
I don't know maybe that him telling desmond to contact him changed things. Because after i wrote what i wrote i went and read some of the posts on televisionwithoutpity (about last night's show). and more than one person thought the same thing i did. That after desmond in 1996 found daniel, that daniel then timetravelled.
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Whateversingdawwants singdawgets thusisthe fateof man andbeast Nevermindgittin' Dandelionspulled Orthescreendoor patchedorthebeefsteakpounded nevermindpumpin'any water 'Tilyourparentsare caughtwiththeCistern empty Ona Saturday nightand that'strouble. I think an already complicated storyline is being spun by vivid imaginations..
I always prefer to stick with what I actually see and try to avoid speculation about what I "might" (and might NOT) learn about the characters' future.
The first time I saw a Daniel "flashback", he was crying while watching a newscast about the wreckage having been found. He was inconsolable. The lady who walked up to him spoke to him as though she were his wife or girlfriend. There was nothing antiseptic/hospital-like/or nursel-like in that scene that I recall.
Nothing, IMO, implied Daniel had time-traveled.
Daniel knew about time travel. I also know he knew that all his experiments led to death. It was present-day Daniel's belief that anyone afflicted must have a "constant" (i.e. someone or something in common with the afflicted person in the present and any "other place/time"), and Desmond proved it for him. Yes: The note was a warning to Daniel that IF he ever got into trouble (meaning to me he has NOT YET been afflicted), then Desmond should be his constant. And the "constant" idea was a theory Daniel had about the communications man on the ship. The folks on the ship didn't want Daniel telling anyone anything about what might help them. It was his advice to Desmond that saved him, but he gave no clue that it was something he had actually tested himself. There may be more to Daniel than meets the eye....but none of what you say above was actually revealed/implied in any part of the show that I watched. Daniel "may have" time-travelled and discovered the "constant" was his own key to survival. But nothing in that show implied that at all. I am certain it's guesswork on the part of those espousing such a thing.
Imagination is a great thing, and I think a lot of it goes into the posts at TelevisionWithoutPity...lots of speculation" ..."what ifs", and so on. singdawslopshogs slacksjaw smackscrawstacksstrawand so onandsoonad infinitum.
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TPunk-It is nice to see you and read all your exciting news, almost all. Feel better soon & vibes on your audition.
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Alert the presses: I agree with RLP. ;)
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In other news, I'm still addicted to playing Funeral Quest.
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All the world seems in tune on a Spring afternoon when we're poisoning pigeons in the park!
;D
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DR Singingnymph, condolences on your loss.
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we at HHW are having an affect on his viewing habits.
And emptying my wallet, as well! :P
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Alert the presses: I agree with RLP.
When you start agreeing with his spoilage gobbledigook, then we'll call a doctor.
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DR Elmore is really gonna be on my $%&! list today!
Hee hee hee! O Mikey, you're so cute when you're pissed!
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(I have no idea what you're talking about).
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However, when I finally see a Hindi title in that mix I will know that my work here is done.............(or just begun! 8)
I knew you were an alien invasion! I just knew it.
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As for Daniel on "Lost"... I just think it's cool that his character's full name in "Daniel Faraday". His surname is not only the name of a famous physicist, but did you also know that 1 "faraday" equals 96 485.3415 "coulombs"?
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DR Singingnymph, condolences on your loss.
Thank you. I didn't know her all that well, but she was much loved by my mom & her sisters.
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Well... I did three loads of laundry last week. And right now, those three loads of clean laundry are still sitting my laundry basket, so...
Laters...
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DR elmore3003, if I could find my gosh-darned copy of that CD, I could email you the "Ridin' on the Breeze" track. :(
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I'm really pissed at the moment since the mail arrived: the sub post lady, who's nice but dumber than a box of rocks, carried up to my door a package but crammed my Netflix envelope into my postbox and completely destroyed the envelope so it cannot be used to return the DVD. I don't know why she couldn't drop opff the Netflix DVD wityh my package. That's one.
Here's two: I ordered an out-of-print set (I thought) of the 3-part BBC COLD COMFORT FARM on videocassette. The ass vendor onAmazon.com Marketplace only sent Part One although her ad implies she's selling all three parts of the series.
Larry, I can understand your annoyance, especially after all you've had to deal with lately. Re Amazon Marketplace: I've bought quite a few used books from them and only once had a problem. Amazon was quite good about crediting me, even though the seller raised hell. I hope Amazon or the seller is as good to you.
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DR elmore3003, if I could find my gosh-darned copy of that CD, I could email you the "Ridin' on the Breeze" track. :(
You could always download the mp3 (http://www.amazon.com/Windflowers-Jerome-Moross-Various-Artists/dp/B00005JCQH/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1204315152&sr=1-2) at Amazon.com for 99 cents and send it to him that way.
:D
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Thank you. I didn't know her all that well, but she was much loved by my mom & her sisters.
My heartfelt condolences to your mother and her sisters.
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Sorry to hear about your great-aunt, SingingNymph. I hope everything straightens out for you.
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Ah, DR Ron Pulliam...you never cease to make me laugh! :D
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Michael Ruhlman has a great rant about fat and salt in our diets (http://blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2008/02/food-rant-ameri.html#comments), over in his blog.
Americans have a hopelessly neurotic relationship with what they consume, of this there’s little disagreement, a neurosis that’s built into our culture from the broadest levels of agriculture and government, which demand that we subsidize farmers to grow crops you can’t eat without industrial processing, all the way down to our grocery store shelves, which are packed with confusing, marketing-spun messages about what’s good for us and what’s not.
Snackwells, for instance. Who’s the clever executive who came up with that name? Want a healthy snack? Try buying ... Snackwells! Are Americans stupid enough to buy that? You bet! (More here from Trib article on the Snackwell story.)
Just about every box and bag on the grocery store shelves has some kind of “low fat” version, sometimes even if the real version doesn’t require fat in the first place. On a recent flight, I was handed a Quaker Oats Granola Bar—granola, it’s good for you, and it’s low fat. Granola doesn’t need much fat, if any, in the first place; but it does need sugar and you can bet that’s the reason my Quaker Oats “low fat” granola bar was every bit as sweet and chewy as a Milky Way bar. And on the previous flight, the first ingredient in the blueberry muffin I’d been given was sugar, not flour.
And, with that, I've got to head over to work, so I can assist people in their pursuit of Snackwells.
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I worked at the piano, plus played through the Brain score, since I'll have to play it at the read-through.
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I turned down an invitation to a rehearsal with our DR Josr this evening because I've got too much work, but I forgot that I've committed myself to a dinner party tonight! Oy!
I'd rather be working or seeing a rehearsal, but it's friends I haven't seen in a long time so that will be nice.
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.... but I forgot that I've committed myself .....
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later!
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later!
I'm sending you a box of bird mites.
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I'm sending you a box of bird mites.
Make sure you don't mistakenly send him catamites. :o
[ that wouldn't interest him, anyway ;) ]
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later!
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DR Elmore is really gonna be on my $%&! list today!
But Michael, you're so cute!! ;D
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"And on the previous flight, the first ingredient in the blueberry muffin I’d been given was sugar, not flour."
No wonder muffins on flights are sooooo disgusting.
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Girl Scout Cookie Warning:
I mistakenly bought the sugar free chocolate chip cookies & they are CRAP.
I could've matched their weight watchers points with the fudgy shortbread
or had more thin mints! Argh!
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I'm back. Life's been cuckoo. I've got a class 2 nights a week, choir twice a week & Grandma's been here since Tuesday. My great-aunt passed away & the memorial service is this evening. And here I was looking forward to doing something happy for Leap Day.
I'm very sorry about your loss, Singingnymph. :'(
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But Michael, you're so cute!! ;D
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I told DR Jose that photo would make you happy!
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I meant to comment on BK's mentioning of RONIN and THE TRAIN in the notes.
I have a slight bit more admiration for RONIN than BK, but it's not all that good, it's true.
I LOVE the movie THE TRAIN. My DVD is nonanamorphic, and that is my biggest gripe about the DVD. The movie is terrifically entertaining.
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Lunch was late starting and ran late. Still, it was nice to have a lunch outing on Friday. That's two weeks in a row!
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I spent the afternoon time remaining watching BONES episodes upconverted. They are SO near-HD quality when upconverted.
I read a review of BONES season 2 in which the writer lamented the poor quality of the transfers, but boy do we have different DVD sets! I think it's the best TV-to-DVD transfers out there. I saw none of the problems he quoted about the show's quality of image. Weird.
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I did have time to skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No Luke and Noah, but they did figure in one scene in the previews for next week, and, of course, that ridiculous Imira is at the forefront of the problems.
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When I go back down later, I'll go ahead and watch LIL' BUSH. SInce there is nothing to watch on TV tonight, I should be able to do the entire set tonight unless there are an unusual number of bonus features.
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Girl Scout Cookie Warning:
I mistakenly bought the sugar free chocolate chip cookies & they are CRAP.
I could've matched their weight watchers points with the fudgy shortbread
or had more thin mints! Argh!
<nod>
BLECH!!!!
I'm really surprised they past any sort of taste test(ers). They really don't taste good. It's almost like they left any sort of sweetener - regular or artificial - out of the recipe. Sort of bitter and harsh, imho. Although, I think the "formula" they used last year - or was it the year before that? - for whatever the fat-free, sugar-free variety they used was even more unpalatable. -I think it was a cappucino-chocolate cookie. :-\
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I turned down an invitation to a rehearsal with our DR Josr this evening because I've got too much work, but I forgot that I've committed myself to a dinner party tonight! Oy!
I'd rather be working or seeing a rehearsal, but it's friends I haven't seen in a long time so that will be nice.
Well... If it makes you feel any better, DR elmore, I won't be going to the dress rehearsal tonight due to some crazy "confirmation" process which was not passed on to a couple of the cast members. I could probably still get in tonight, but I don't feel like dealing with any possible attitude from the Lincoln Center ushering staff. But, no worries - I'd rather see it once the show is a bit more settled. *And since this director is sort of known for "interesting" tech processes, well... ;)
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I'm very sorry about your loss, Singingnymph. :'(
Thank you.
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I told DR Jose that photo would make you happy!
Thank you! :D
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Does this look like a 60-year old to you?
(http://us.i1.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/flickr/75/48/000839547548.jpg?x=660&y=660&sig=bD2x1dI5kmPIwKRPXi6PEg--)
That's right!! Yesterday was her birthday! Happy Birthday to Bernadette Peters!! ;D
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I love her.
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later!
Mikey strikes back!
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I spent the afternoon time remaining watching BONES episodes upconverted. They are SO near-HD quality when upconverted.
Precisely my experience with the season boxes of "Ghost Whisperer". They look every bit as good upconverted as they do when I watch them in HD on TV.
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;D
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From the 1st Too Much Coffee Man Opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcooAgYiKnU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03yaXHmU6Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTeuW4BvqZM
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And here is Bernadette from 11 years ago with my niece Hilary! She performed here in Olympia and my niece and I briefly got to meet her afterwards...very briefly. I took this photo. :D
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/BernadettePetersandHilaryinOlympiaJ.jpg)
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Sorry about the widescreen. ::)
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But not really. ;)
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I guess I'll head down now to mop that cursed kitchen floor. Then, I'll get started on the cartoon series LIL' BUSH.
WBBL.
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In my DVD player: Tod Browning's Amazing Production of "Freaks (http://www.amazon.com/Freaks-Wallace-Ford/dp/B00027JYLC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1204322815&sr=1-1)," featuring real-life conjoined twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5185KP7ZWZL._SS500_.jpg)
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One of us! One of us!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOq03RAJ8Q
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TV Reminders:
NOTHING.
(Well, there is a BONES rerun on and GHOST WHISPERER is also a rerun at 9, but I didn't see any new broadcasts that I felt worthy of inclusion.)
Us SCIFI fans still have Stargate Atlantis
der Brucer
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I am about head off...
Take care everyone.. I will try and check in from time to time next week...
RLP adn singdaw, please behave ;) I suspect you will be delightfully charming!
Looking forward to seeing Laura, dbf and others..
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~~~Travel Vibes for Dakota!!~~~
Have a great time!!
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Will you be warning any potential renters of the situation? Putting signs up and stuff? If they can't rent the place maybe they will work harder at getting rid of the infestation.
I'd consult an attorney before I tried that!
(Or at least make sure the notice can't be traced back to the originator)
der Brucer
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Zach goes for his quarterly "day of grooming" tomorrow. :)
And when do you go for your day of "briding"?
der Brucer
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All the world seems in tune on a Spring afternoon when we're poisoning pigeons in the park!
And maybe will do-in a bed bug or two, while poisoning pigeons in the park.
der Brucer
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Back from errands and doing some trading at Amoeba. I got decent trade-in credit today - picked up a really good Chico Buarque CD with orchestra conducted by Ennio Morricone!
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I took my Bill Evans on Verve box set down there to see what they'd give me. I informed Mr. Yokel that it was quite rare and quite out of print and that the cheapest copies on amazon were $400 and that it had sold for $300 new. His response? "It's not rare to us." Now, keep in mind that I've seen it for sale twice in the last six months - sold both times for $250. He offered me $66 in credit. I offered not to give it to him. I've just listed it for sale on amazon.com (the first item I've ever listed there) for $275.00. Since that's below the list price and since the cheapest copies are $400 I'm hoping it'll sell.
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I'd consult an attorney before I tried that!
(Or at least make sure the notice can't be traced back to the originator)
der Brucer
LOL-At first I thought you took me seriously.
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George, your niece is very cute.
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Us SCIFI fans still have Stargate Atlantis
der Brucer
Yes us do!
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Ah, DR Ron Pulliam...you never cease to make me laugh! :D
I live to amuse.
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Zach goes for his quarterly "day of grooming" tomorrow. :)
I go for my every-three-weeks trim tomorrow, as well!
I'll say "Hey!" to Miss Erin for ya!
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Alert the presses: I agree with RLP. ;)
May we "quote" you on that?
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George, your niece is very cute.
Thanks. She's almost 24 years old now!
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I guess I'll head down now to mop that cursed kitchen floor. Then, I'll get started on the cartoon series LIL' BUSH.
Neither of those choices seems remotely pleasant to me.
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Thanks. She's almost 24 years old now!
Ah! Wonderful! She SURVIVED the experience. JRand and Elmo would have us thinking she'd have been turned into a pillar of salt or something.
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I see London's many peoples..
I see navel and some nipples...
Not seen?
Not funny?
Or not wishing to go "there"?
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I live to amuse.
R. L. "Pierrot" Pulliam
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_kLpchHa7AA9GujzbkF/SIG=122rg7lfn/EXP=1204418187/**http%3A//www.triggison.com/paintings/pierrot.jpg)
der Brucer
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Yes us do!
:D And I can't wait to see "you know who" tonight. :) I hope it is a good episode.
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Just hang around with some of us Hainsies and you'll "develop a cold" naturally.
Yes, there can be quite the "chill "in the air around some of these Hainsie/Kimlets!
;)
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DR MBarnum, JAB WE MET has been in my #1 slot at Netflix for quite a while; the message beside it is "Long Wait."
DR George, I, also, love the SIDE SHOW art work. The feather is the feather in the cap, so to speak. . . >:(
There are those who find FREAKS an unbearable film to watch, but, it's one of my favorites from the 1930s. I had become entranced by Daisy and Violet Hilton while watching FREAKS on Channel 11's "Chiller Theater," hosted by Bill Cardille, one late, late Saturday night.
If you get the chance, DR George, track down the marvelous biography of The Hilton Sisters which was recently published: The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins by Dean Jensen.
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:D And I can't wait to see "you know who" tonight. :) I hope it is a good episode.
I know who? I'm not certain about that....whom do you mean?
Joe Flanigan? David Hewlett?
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R. L. "Pierrot" Pulliam
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_kLpchHa7AA9GujzbkF/SIG=122rg7lfn/EXP=1204418187/**http%3A//www.triggison.com/paintings/pierrot.jpg)
der Brucer
I've actually performed as Pierrot in a one-act back in my college days.
I was a musing Pierrot, at that.
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Ron, did you see the last episode? Do you remember who was in the very last scene, just before "to be continued"?
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OH!
One of my roommates - well, the subletter - just informed me that the "Timmy" who's her ex-boyfriend - but they're still friends - is actually Olympic figure skater, Timothy Goebels! WOW!
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OH!
One of my roommates - well, the subletter - just informed me that the "Timmy" who's her ex-boyfriend - but they're still friends - is actually Olympic figure skater, Timothy Goebels! WOW!
Wow, indeed! Go know! I'd have bet some major dollars that Timmy was "how-you-say"!
:)
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Ron, did you see the last episode? Do you remember who was in the very last scene, just before "to be continued"?
Ah, yes...Beckett. That should most interesting.
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Wow, indeed! Go know! I'd have bet some major dollars that Timmy was how-you-say!
Well, now you know that too!
;D
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Wow, indeed! Go know! I'd have bet some major dollars that Timmy was how-you-say!
Well, Rock Hudson DID marry Phyllis Gates. . .
I'm just sayin'. . .
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Well, now you know that too!
;D
Ah....hence the "ex-" part?
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Well, Rock Hudson DID marry Phyllis Gates. . .
I'm just sayin'. . .
Different times, though....and Rock was a movie star, not a male figure skater.
He's been out of the limelight for so long (Timmy, that is) that one would have beg the question of what took him so long.
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Here's a thought: Did she know "while" they were boyfriend/girlfriend?
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OH!!!!
"Timmy" is NOT "how-you-say". Not.
I didn't mean my statement to be spun that way. ;)
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DR MBarnum, JAB WE MET has been in my #1 slot at Netflix for quite a while; the message beside it is "Long Wait."
DR George, I, also, love the SIDE SHOW art work. The feather is the feather in the cap, so to speak. . . >:(
There are those who find FREAKS an unbearable film to watch, but, it's one of my favorites from the 1930s. I had become entranced by Daisy and Violet Hilton while watching FREAKS on Channel 11's "Chiller Theater," hosted by Bill Cardille, one late, late Saturday night.
If you get the chance, DR George, track down the marvelous biography of The Hilton Sisters which was recently published: The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins by Dean Jensen.
I might just do that. However, the library where I work doesn't have this book. :-\
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Different times, though....and Rock was a movie star, not a male figure skater.
Rock also had a great agent, if not a nice human being, and a secretary willing to go the extra mile. And that extra mile continued following Rock's death.
Someday, some talented screen writer or playwright will do the Phyllis + Rock story justice. Neither of them were saints.
Then again, I don't suspect that Katie Holmes is a saint, either.
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:D And I can't wait to see "you know who" tonight. :) I hope it is a good episode.
Let me guess:
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/M/=U/Wb/1N/XZ/yF/kX/nB/na/B5/lM/B5/VN/4k/jN/5g/TO/yU/TM/B5/VM._SY140_SX100_.jpg)
der Brucer
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Well, i've hung this photo all over my apartment and the pests left!
I'd hang this picture anywhere near me... and gladly so. Woof!
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Here's a thought: Did she know "while" they were boyfriend/girlfriend?
Everyone beat me to my comments ;D I am curious about the answer to this question.
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Rock also had a great agent, if not a nice human being, and a secretary willing to go the extra mile. And that extra mile continued following Rock's death.
And the press left him alone! Growing up, this was not a big secret. At least I didn't think it was.
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I have a question for M Barnum (well, actually I can think of several), or td, or Jrand, or anyone else familiar with Bollywood films.... Do they make any Bollywood animated films?
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Everyone beat me to my comments ;D I am curious about the answer to this question.
Again, there was nothing to know!
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TOD:
DVD: THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
MARNIE
WIRE IN THE BLOOD
Wire in the blood????
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The "regulars" seem to be even more belligerent than usual.
Are you referring to the staff?
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Isn't Paolo Snot too young to be Emile?
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Are you referring to the staff?
LOL! Well, a few, but most of them had today off because they work tomorrow.
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Again, there was nothing to know!
LOL-I thought you hinted at the opposite. Good we cleared that up.
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I haven't gotten any, but then I've only been logged in since about 10:30 am. :-\
I haven't gotten any either, George, but I don't go talking about it online. ;)
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I haven't gotten any either, George, but I don't go talking about it online. ;)
:o
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Hmm... Another text to the landlord about the lack of heat today... The radiators have not cycled back on since 8:00 this morning... Brrrrrr...
-And, right now, she's breaking the law - and she's been informed of such.
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PAGE 11 DANCE!!
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Time to get some dinner before rehearsal. Have a good rest of the evening, all. :D
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Tim Goebel is probably telling his online friends that his ex-girlfriend (but still friend) is subletting a room in a house shared by that Broadway pianist, JoseSPiano!
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Hmm... Another text to the landlord about the lack of heat today... The radiators have not cycled back on since 8:00 this morning... Brrrrrr...
-And, right now, she's breaking the law - and she's been informed of such.
I remember how cold I was during my first stay in NY. It was the same at the hotel in Bethesda. I was absolutely shocked the heat was controlled by a main unit and no one was going to turn it on.
Who do you inform next that she is breaking the law?
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George, have a good rehearsal.
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LOL Ginny.
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Tim Goebel is probably telling his online friends that his ex-girlfriend (but still friend) is subletting a room in a house shared by that Broadway pianist, JoseSPiano!
;D
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Ah, the oil/boiler company just arrived to check things out.
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I hope there is a quick fix and you have heat tonight.
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Back from some more errands and a bite of yummilicious Kansas City Barbecue.
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I hope there is a quick fix and you have heat tonight.
I hope so too. I have an electric blanket, and a space heater, so... Hopefully, I won't have to use either one tonight.
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Well, I heard the guys go down into the basement.... Then come back out of the basement... That was about 30 minutes ago... :-\
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TOTD:
Two home made compilations of multiple versions of favourite songs:-
(1) Cinema Paradiso(Se)/Il Postino(When Loves Comes By)/The Mission (Gabriel's Oboe - Nella Fantasia)
(2). Bagdad Cafe (Calling You)/Toy Story II (When She Loved Me)
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I've also been listening to Swedish group BWO's "Sunshine In The Rain". It's a totally "infectious" pop song."
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I guess this wouldn't be a good time to say that it was 83 degrees today.
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TCB,
WIRE IN THE BLOOD is a British TV mystery series based on the novels of Val McDermid. Robson Green plays Dr Tony Hill, a clinic psychologist. Usually pretty gritty. Also quite good.
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Nice compilations Tomovoz.
'night
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I guess this wouldn't be a good time to say that it was 83 degrees today.
:)
At least it's a warm thought. ;)
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good night DR Jane
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the lack of heat today... The radiators have not cycled back on since 8:00 this morning... Brrrrrr...
And here we thought you were just re-enacting Act I of La Bohème! :D
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Well... The building handyman is here... And the property manager... And the guy from the oil/boiler company... Hmm...
-And I've already called a friend, and he's offered to let me stay at his place tonight if needed.
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And here we thought you were just re-enacting Act I of La Bohème! :D
I am not burning any books, poems or music!
Besides, one of my roommates is currently cooking Boeuf Bourguignon. Definitely no starving artists here. ;)
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AH! I think I just heard the furnace turning on! :)
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My fave part of La Boheme is where the friends make the ultimate sacrifice of giving up their muff and hevay coat - in June. Or am I remembering it wrong?
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Too confusing with two Toms here..............
So, good night!
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Too confusing with two Toms here..............
So, good night!
Sometimes that's easier. No other name to forget.
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I am waiting while my hair becomes a different color. I've never tried this one before so I have no idea what I am about to look like
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When I saw a friend last weekend who hadn't really seen me in a couple years she said "Wow, you've really gotten gray" That was enough for me to start playing with hair color.
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...And as the radiators start to sputter and steam.... :)
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I had a pretty good time with LIL' BUSH. No, it's not as funny as SOUTH PARK, and the satire is pretty one-note, I thought. But there were a couple of genuine laughs in every episode (12 episodes of about 10 minutes each are combined into 6 half hour (if you include commercials) episodes.
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The dinner turned out to be my friends' 6th wedding anniversary, since they married on Feb 29, 1984. There were twelve for dinner inclkuding their sons William, who's in high school, and James, who got home today for spring break. My friend Alice and I misbehaved, and we had a wonderful time. It was a lot of fun and I'm quite tipsy.
So to bed.
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I also watched all the bonus features, too. There was one extra episode which never aired. It was going to be used in place of the "Lil' Dick Chaney goes to hell" story if that episode had to be pulled if Chaney had died after his health scare. The CHaney episode was far funnier than the unaired episode (though it was a pretty pointed condemnation of the government over letting Walter Read Hospital get so run down.)
There was a featurette where we meet the voice cast and the creator of the show.
And we got to sit on six minutes of the table read watching the few main actors do a myriad of voices. Very interesting to watch them change body language and facial expressions getting into character to change up who they were acting.
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After I finished that, I decided to watch something for fun - MADAME X. Lovely transfer except those few close-ups of Turner that were obviously optically zoomed (must not have had coverage during the original shooting) and were overly grainy and soft. It didn't look like soft focus photography but rather shots where they needed a close-up and had to create one from existing footage.
And Keir Dullea! Never did he look more gorgeous than in this film. Why didn't he turn out to be a bigger star? Had some prime roles in the movies and on Broadway and then nothing.
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When I saw a friend last weekend who hadn't really seen me in a couple years she said "Wow, you've really gotten gray" That was enough for me to start playing with hair color.
How tactful! >:(
Really, with friends like that . . . .
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How tactful! >:(
Really, with friends like that . . . .
without friends like that, when would you know it's time to color ;)
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I got a medium golden blonde. It looked pretty blonde on the box and I'm the only female in my family who isn't blonde. Anyway, it turned out more of a strawberry blonde. I like it
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Well, I'm going to write for awhile and then head down to bed.
Good night!
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You've got a right to be strawberry blonde!
(almost a Legally Blonde sing-along)
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Playing with my camera tonight
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This doesn't look medium golden blonde to me...
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In fact, my hair matches the color of my steps. I couldn't have done that if I had tried!
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It's not real clear, but I like this new avatar. If George or someone can resize it better than I did, that would be great
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Here ya' go, DR Cillaliz:
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I am waiting while my hair becomes a different color. I've never tried this one before so I have no idea what I am about to look like
Exciting!
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DR Cillaliz, you look great!
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Well...
Goodnight.
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Well...
Goodnight.
S H I P O O P I
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I gotta tell you.
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I watched a long but good film tonight.
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I am still full from dinner.
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I am tired.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Will we never get to page thirteen?
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I have a question for M Barnum (well, actually I can think of several), or td, or Jrand, or anyone else familiar with Bollywood films.... Do they make any Bollywood animated films?
Yes, they do. However I have yet to see one.
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Nice hair DR Cillaliz...and nice face to go with it!
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Went to an art show which featured one of my mom's paintings and then I drove over to my friend Jim's house and had curried chicken. Afterwards we watched several episodes of The Twilight Zone.
They certainly did like to cast Billy Mumy in that series a lot.