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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were 110 years old, and now it is time for you to post until the 110-year-old cows come home - they're in the shade right now.
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And the word of the day is: CIRCUMBENDIBUS!
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... the notes were 110 years old...
Which is why they have yesterday's date?
der Brucer
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Yesterday, Ginny wrote:
OK, I'm dressed for bookselling in my "So Many Books, So Little Time" sweatshirt
And then Jane wrote:
I used to have that sweatshirt. Mine was in bright colors with a crazy, in a fun way, looking woman amongst a pile of books. :)
Several years ago, my sister and I got our parents sweatshirts for...some occasion, I don't remember which. ::) Anyway, we got our dad that same sweatshirt, "So Many Books, So Little Time" because he absolutely loves books. We got our mom a sweatshirt that said, "I Yell Because I Care!" ;D
It was a very appropriate sweatshirt for her, also. ;)
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Yesterday, TCB wrote:
Brett, I would love to know how you lost that weight. Many years ago, I lost 155 lbs. It was called a divorce.
And then Bretty wrote:
Heh.
I began walking. I started with a mile a day. Then that turned into two miles. Then three. These days, I usually walk between three and six miles a day. That, along with eliminating sugary sodas and some other dietary changes, helped enormously. The big "secret" for me was learning how to enjoy the walking and making it a regular part of my day. You hear a lot about making "lifetime changes." That was what I did. What I do is listen to Audiobooks on my iPod. In the last six months alone, I have "read" numerous books. Before that, I had actually read only a few books in the past 10 years. So I have become healthier AND well read!
Well, now that the weather's getting better, I should start walking to work, again. I moved to my condo with the specific idea that I could walk to work (I now live about a mile away from my work) and I did walk...but not for long. :-\ Anyway, if I started tomorrow, I could only walk on days that I don't have a show, which are Mondays and Tuesdays, but when the show's over on April 5th, I can start walking most days (weather permitting). :D
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And a Very Happy Birthday to JB, who is (if I remember correctly...IIRC in Internet lingo) BK's very own darling daughter!! ;D
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DR DakotaCelt, glad you have returned home safely and that you had a good time on vacation.
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I shall be E&T most of today with musical events, but shall pop in briefly tonight once I return home.
Smooches, kids! :)
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Sunday morning greetings! I'm up early to get ready for our day in Cincinnati.
Nice to see DR DakotaCelt back from vacation - SW Utah is beautiful, isn't it?
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Continuous good-news vibes for BK!
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Good morning, all! I have a lot of writing for Toyland today, so that's my principal occupation. I'm laundering all of the bedding today and I have to leave for the corner laundromat, which is rather expensive, but it's the only place i can wash pllows and comforters.
Last night I finished COLD COMFORT FARM, in its 3-part BBC adaptation from 1970 or so. I still prefer the John Schlesinger flm from the 1990s. I also watched the first act of the Gran Teatre del Liceu production of Massenet's wonderful opera MANON with Natalie Dessay: good cast, great costumes, and some of the most awful. lighting I've ever seen.
Whatever happened to opera direction? The director David McVicar keeps the piece moving with some wonderful staging - his coach arrival was wonderful - and some very stupid ideas, like putting the ensemble in a bleacher-like stadium watching the action when they're not singing onstage. I hate this contemporary custom of staging the Overture. In this production the dancers shouted and stomped through the Prelude to little or no effect, in my book, except to confuse the issue of why and where they were. I think it's all part of the MTV dumbing down of music: if it's not being sung or danced to, why bother to listen?
And so, to the laundry.
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DR DAKOTA CELT has returned from vacation!
How I discovered my shocking story is that someone I was talking to told me and ended it with, I thought you knew that.
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DR MATTH - I was beginning to wonder as THE ROBE went along, if maybe I had somehow ordered an earlier DVD transfer of the movie since it looked so bad.....but no.
DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS is in one of those cardboard slide cases that Fox has been using for their musicals and other "classics" so maybe THE ROBE is being worked on. I would have thought it would have been top priority. I guess they just used the transfer they had for the last video release, which was a big deal, and which I bought....oh well.
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Rehearsal vibes for MR BK.
Travel and performance viewing vibes for DR GINNY and DH RICHARD.
Thanks for the Color Purple report DR LAURA.....yes sound systems can be hell on the audience. Maybe it was somebody's first day on the sound board.
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I am agog and aghast at even the THOUGHT of MASK as a musical. Why would anyone think this would be a good idea? How would you begin to tell this story in song? How can the lead actor sing with something on his face like.....well....like a mask?
I am completely demoralized at this kind of thinking...I must ponder it....think about it and nothing else....I can't.....oh wait a second....what is this container of cole slaw doing here? Hmmmmmmm....must have forgotten to put it in the bag. Oh well.....MASK the musical....I just can't get over it.............
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Good Morning. I am leaving here just as it starts to get cold. It's only in the 40s right now. Anyway, I'm praying that the snow doesn't hit Denver until much later tonight. I leave Tucson a little before noon, but my flight doesn't leave Denver until 5:19 PM. I looked for an earlier flight to try to fly standby, but there isn't one, at least as far as I can tell, so I'll just hope for the best.
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On the plus side, there is free high speed wireless in the airport in Denver, so I can get online and catch up with everything while I'm at the airport.
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Time for breakfast - I'll see you in Denver
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No snow for DR CILLA LIZ as she gets out of Tucson - sounds like a Randolph Scott western, don't it?
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I certainly liked it much more when there was a news ban on Paris Hilton and nobody reported on her.....she seems to be creeping back.....
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I am agog and aghast at even the THOUGHT of MASK as a musical. Why would anyone think this would be a good idea? How would you begin to tell this story in song? How can the lead actor sing with something on his face like.....well....like a mask?...
The Phantom of the Opera comes to mind.
Although my guess is the music for Mask won't be anything like POTO.
Great. Now I've got this image of Michael Crawford, while steering a boat across the stage, surrounded by candles and dry ice fog, suddenly stopping everything to take a pose and shout "Ssssmokin'!"
::)
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I am agog and aghast at even the THOUGHT of MASK as a musical. Why would anyone think this would be a good idea? How would you begin to tell this story in song? How can the lead actor sing with something on his face like.....well....like a mask?
I can't imagine...
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Me and SWW...two great minds with but a single thought....
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I woke up waaaay too early, did some stuff, went back to sleep, and my alarm went off during the wrong part of a sleep cycle. Oy.
I was having a bad dream. It had to do with losing the Goldstein children and my car. It doesn't sound like much, but it was all very frantic.
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Oh...I was thinking that you were talking about the movie with Cher.
Since there was so much CGI in the Jim Carrey movie, I have to wonder...
I did like the big "Cuban Pete" musical number.
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I was thinking the Cher film, too.
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Today we have a picnic planned after church to celebrate the wonderful weather before it starts to get hot.
Rain is forecast.
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We are talking about the Cher movie, not the Jim Carey semi-animated film.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21072
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Good morning!
The rain has passed now (we got almost an inch yesterday), and the next three days promise to be gorgeous. This morning certainly is: not a cloud in the sky, and the air is SO fresh.
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The Jim Carrey movie is called THE MASK. The Cher movie is MASK.
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Page Two Tin Man and Dorothy Dance!!!
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TV Reminder:
JOHN ADAMS miniseries begins on HBO tonight with two episodes. I plan to watch both "live" on HBO-HD. I have read mixed reviews: some critics have loved it; others think too much has been sacrificed going from book to miniseries. Can't wait to make up my own mind.
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Well, then, I guess I was correct the first time, even in my fog.
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This afternoon will be given over mostly to THE GOOD SHEPHERD. As I mentioned before, I got the widescreen DVD for Christmas but hadn't gotten to it. The movie premiered on HBO-HD last night. So, if I like this VERY lengthy film, I may record the next HD broadcast to see if the film gains anything from an HD treatment. If so, it is available on HD-DVD.
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I'll also be skimming through Thursday's AS THE WORLD TURNS which I'm assuming my DVR picked up in the wee small hours of this morning. (Friday's episode is being shown in the wee small hours of Monday morning.)
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I need super strong coffee today.
I should get another one of those espressos with a coffee chaser. That had my jumpy all day.
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This evening before JOHN ADAMS begins, I think I'll watch THE WILD on Blu-ray disc. I'll need something short since JOHN ADAMS comes on relatively early in the evening, and THE WILD should fit into the available time.
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I'm up, I'm up, and must get ready to leave soon. The Mask musical is indeed based on the film with Cher. I thought it an odd idea, too. The score is by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and that will either turn out to be very interesting or very not interesting, but I really like them as pop songwriters.
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I am hoping that BK's news has something to do with a little OCR I like to call A Time for Singing. But that's just me. :)
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Mann and Weil of course wrote Sergio Mendes' biggest hit, Never Gonna Let You Go.
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Today is Palm Sunday which means I must leave to direct lots o' musicians in lots o' music. But not as much/many as next week. ;)
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We've already ascertained that the 101 North and South is jammed because of an accident.
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Mann and Weil of course wrote Sergio Mendes' biggest hit, Never Gonna Let You Go.
I would have thought that FOOL ON THE HILL, would have been his biggest hit.
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I shall now be on my way to rehearsal.
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Looking forward to hearing bk's good news/announcement, once it becomes official.
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I am leaving in a few minutes to go to Brunch. I would rather be going to BK's rehearsal, but that's life for you.
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We are talking about the Cher movie, not the Jim Carey semi-animated film.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21072
Ohhhhhh.....
Never mind.
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Brandon deWilde was my first celebrity crush (we are the same age). I loved his tv series JAMIE. Of course at that age in the 50s I just thought I wanted to be his friend.
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When I come home in the evewning, this is usually the site at my cat condo. I always feel like I've caught them in bed together. The large black cat, Bailey, is cold-natured and doesn't have a warm coat so he crawls into bed with this little girl and squashes her for a little extra body hear until we are home and have a lap ready for him. (He's in my lap right now!)
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...should have said WERE the same age.
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And this is the view outside my editing room window. The Japanese magnolia is glorious today!
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One more picture of the day: our "placeholder goats" in our barn (until we manage to have real goats!)
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Love the cat condo picture Edisaurus. As soon as I either make my roommate download the photos I took, or I learn how to do it myself, I shall be posting pictures of our cats on their new piece of furniture.
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Pierre is no longer upset by our visiting kittens. I woke up this morning sandwiched by all four cats curled up together by my head. I'm so happy they are getting along, but it's perhaps not the best thing for my allergies. My friend is returning from vacation tonight and I can either drop them off at her place this afternoon, or keep them an extra day until she can come over after work tomorrow to pick them up. I think I'm going to keep them since it's so fun to see them all getting along. Now that Pierre has adjusted to them, it's fun for him to have younger, more active cats to play with.
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Last night I went with some friends to see August: Osage County. I didn't know much about it other than that everyone who had seen it told me I had to go see it. I don't know if it's been discussed here but I found it to be an excellent play with a very strong ensemble cast. If you have the opportunity to see it, go see it.
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I'm up, I'm up, and must get ready to leave soon. The Mask musical is indeed based on the film with Cher. I thought it an odd idea, too. The score is by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and that will either turn out to be very interesting or very not interesting, but I really like them as pop songwriters.
Agreed. My favorites of theirs were "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (Mama Cass) and "I Just Can't Help Believin'" (BJ Thomas). They have many songs that are more well known / better respected (i.e., "On Broadway"), but for some reason, those are the ones that always resonated with me.
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I would have thought that FOOL ON THE HILL, would have been his biggest hit.
Nope, both Look of Love and Never Gonna were bigger--FOTH peaked at 6, the others at 4, but NGLYG lasted longer on the charts. Not that I'm a factoid geek or anything.
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Guess I'll head down now and get some things ready for my day of chores: laundry, bathroom cleaning, etc.
Also have to decide what I want to watch while cooking and eating lunch.
WBBL.
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On tuesday night I am going to see Xanadu with a close friend. We've been wanting to go since January to mutually celebrate our birthdays.
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And this is the view outside my editing room window. The Japanese magnolia is glorious today!
Here is the crabgrass outside my shack here in the boondocks.
(http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/images/crabgrass.jpg)
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Here is the crabgrass outside my shack here in the boondocks.
(http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/images/crabgrass.jpg)
Did you do the landscaping yourself, Brett?
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Did you do the landscaping yourself, Brett?
No, not really. But I want you to know that I am beginning to take a real shine to the way my name looks in boldface!
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And the word of the day is: CIRCUMBENDIBUS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: DETOUR AHEAD
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Here is a flower I see very often in L.A. and in my own neighborhood. My next-door neighbor has them in his front yard. It's called a butterfly iris; I took this with my iPhone camera. I think this flower is quite lovely.
(http://www.performanceboats.com/html/youBoat/data/500/butterflyiris.jpg)
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Dear DR Bretty Spaghetti:
Torchwood and Doctor Who as anagrams... yep, pretty well known.
The Sarah Jane Adventures is not an anagram of either, however.
But The Sarah Jane Adventures has been picked up by the SciFi Channel, and will start airing on Friday, April 11th.
The fourth season/series of Doctor Who will start airing the week after, on Friday, April 18th.
Now, here's where everything starts getting interesting, therefor we must have the mandatory
[size=20]SPOILERS WARNING!!![/size]
abbadabbadabbadbaabba said the monkey to the chimp
and here we go...
Ready?
The Sarah Jane Adventures stars Elisabeth Sladen as the titular Sarah Jane Smith, former companion of the Doctor, continuing her career as a journalist. In the opener, "The Invasion of the Bane," popular robot dog K-9 gets written out of the series, mainly because he's getting a series of his own. The Sarah Jane Adventures is aimed at a younger audience than Doctor Who is currently geared for - think of SJA as rated G, Doctor Who as PG, and Torchwood as somewhere between PG-13 and R.
Seasons Two and Three of The Sarah Jane Adventures are being filmed back to back.
The Doctor, meanwhile, has another Christmas special to start off the season, this one titled "Voyage of the Damned" and guest-starring Kylie Minoque as waitress Astrid Peth. Then the fourth series in full gets going, with Catherine Tate returning for the full series as the loud Donna Noble (yes, she of "The Runaway Bride").
But wait, it gets crazier. Freema Agyeman, having put in a three-episode stint as Dr. Martha Jones over on Torchwood, returns to Doctor Who about mid-way through the series. And then, for the last three episodes, Billie Piper will return as Rose Tyler. Don't ask me how, the storyline is all conjectures at this point, but her contract is not - yes, Rose Tyler returns!
And there have been all sorts of sightings at the Doctor Who set - apparently, for the final three-episode story, Captain Jack returns, as does Sarah Jane. That the Tardis is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside will be highly convenient at this point. Sightings have also included Camille Coduri (aka Jackie Tyler) and Noel Clark (Mickey Smith).
Plus there have been hints of another name returning to the fray: Davros.
Most significant of all is that, rather than seque into series five, Doctor Who will return the following year as three specials, giving current Doctor David Tennant time to play Hamlet on-stage, with the fifth series to commence some time after that.
And yes, John Barrowman and friends will be returning for a third series of Torchwood.
Whew.
WilliamHartnellPatrickTroughtonJonPertweeTomBaker
PeterDavisonColinBakerSylvesterMcCoy
PaulMcGannChristopherEcclestonDavidTennant We Now Return You To Our Regular Programming...
;D
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Dear DR Bretty Spaghetti:
Torchwood and Doctor Who as anagrams... yep, pretty well known.
Hmph. DR Jack Randall admitted he did not know.
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We had rain last night, but it's nice enough now.
I've got work to get to.
Der Brucer will be joining you shortly, I think.
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Quote from: S. Woody White on Today at 07:54:53am
Dear DR Bretty Spaghetti:
Torchwood and Doctor Who as anagrams... yep, pretty well known.
Hmph. DR Jack Randall admitted he did not know.
It is VERY well known in Doctor Who fan circles - those of us who are obsessed enough to have collections of the original series on DVD, a few copies of Doctor Who Magazine laying around, Murray Gold's soundtrack of the current series on CD.
For those who want to go even further, there's the Big Finish Audio Adventures, also available on CD and featuring original cast members from the past, but I haven't gotten that fanatical yet. (There's a question as to just how canonical these stories are.)
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Hmph. DR Jack Randall admitted he did not know.
I didn't know, either, and thought that was interesting. Haven't seen Torchwood, tho...
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... Although, I guess it is the afternoon now here New York City.
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Bretty, love the iris. I should see if I can grow that one here!
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Der Brucer will be joining you shortly, I think.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
;D
*Over the past few days, that whole "Noooo!" in slow motion deal from TV and movies - ya' know, someone trying to stop someone, something from happening - has been a part of my daily routine. I'm not the one saying "Nooooo!" in slow-mo, but other people have described incidents like that to me (usually funny things), it's popped up on a various tv shows I've been watching, and then with some of the descriptions of the tragic events in Atlanta and NYC's East Side yesterday, well... "Noooooooo!!!!"
;)
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DR Dakota Celt - First of all, welcome back (again). Secondly, if you do have trouble picking which pictures you'd like to post, you can always just post a few on here, and then link to an online album. I know that's saved many a DR from cutting and pasting URLs.
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And, yes, the new musical opening later this week at Pasadena Playhouse is based on the Cher movie, "Mask". I played some of the casting sessions for it here in NYC - Binder Casting is the casting office for PP - and was actually thinking of trying to fly out there to see how the whole thing fit together. We shall see...
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It is VERY well known in Doctor Who fan circles
Of course it is well known in Doctor Who fan circles. But as is becoming evident, it is not very well known among Bruce Kimmel fan circles!
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In other news... Those Starbucks breakfast sandwiches sure are tasty. ;)
-And I even plugged in the espresso maker this morning to make a nice mocha latte to go with it. And I used the Lake Champlain Aztec Hot Chocolate mix as the base for my mocha - it has a bit of cinnamon and cayenne in it for just a nice little kick! :)
(http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/images/Product/featured/Y317000014.jpg)
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Good Morning, DR Bretty Spaghetti - I forgot to thank you for posting the rest of your avatar. Although, I have to say, I was more or less posing that request as a rhetorical question. -Not that I'm complaining about the response. No, not at all. ;)
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Hmm... Come to think of it, I have a bunch of pictures I still need to download from my camera, including a bunch of pics I took while I was in Chattanooga. I can't believe I haven't posted the pic of the slice of the Five(!) Layer Sampler Cake I had at the City Diner! Stay tuned! ;)
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Well, I believe I'm going to head up the street to pick up a copy of today's Times, and then spend an hour or two going through it and looking at all the pretty pictures. ;)
Laters....
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And, yes, the new musical opening later this week at Pasadena Playhouse is based on the Cher movie, "Mask".
I'm sure this has been covered on HHW in the past, but I find it discouraging that so many "new" musicals are mining the cinema for inspiration these days. I know there are good musicals based on movies; Little Shop of Horrors is one of my favorites. And I do realize that many of the world's most popular musicals are derived from nonmusical plays (Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, West Side Story) and popular fiction (Flower Drum Song, Phantom, Fiddler, Jesus Christ Superstar [HA!]). But are we completely out of new ideas? Today, it seems like the only way you can put asses into theater seats is to base your musical on a hit movie or a pop artist's reservoir of hit songs. Is this part of the overall "dumbing down" of America, or merely a fad based on a few fluke hits? I fear that there may come a day that nobody will take a chance on an idea that doesn't have a built-in, proven popularity factor already attached to it.
And where does Wicked fit into this equation? It's a musical based on a novel that's based on...another novel. But virtually everybody sees it because of the film version that's based on the original novel!
Thus endeth my rant.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
;D
OOOOOOOOOOOH, YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! ;D
der Brucer
Be patient - I'm warming up!
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I had to run up to my storage space and take a couple of bags of clothing in mothballs. There are already in the space about four other bages of the same. I was sorting items in carton and suddenly became quite nauseous and had to leave. I suspect I've been poisoned by the naphthalene fumes, so I'm looking online now for treatment. thank God I'm seeing the doctor about this crap tomorrow morning.
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Of course it is well known in Doctor Who fan circles. But as is becoming evident, it is not very well known among Bruce Kimmel fan circles!
There is an elite subset universe where the two intersect! :)
der Brucer
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I suspect I've been poisoned by the naphthalene fumes, so I'm looking online now for treatment.
Elmore! Feel better vibes!
Not that this will help any, but my DH was reading to me today from a book that said never to use mothballs--always use cedar instead because mothballs contain toxic chemicals. It won't kill you but you're not doing your body a favor by using them.
Another thing I learned was that you shouldn't leave your drycleaning in the plastic bags when you bring them home. I knew that dry cleaning chemicals are bad (although there is some form they mentioned that isn't as toxic) but I thought it was just for hte people who had to work with them.
Today's lesson: air out your dry cleaning---preferably before you even bring it into the house!
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This is the view when doing what one does in the ladies room at Wisdom's- a roadside cafe south of Tubac
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I fear that there may come a day that nobody will take a chance on an idea that doesn't have a built-in, proven popularity factor already attached to it.
At least we've had URINETOWN, AVENUE Q, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, etc.
Another great musical adapted from a film: THE LAST STARFIGHTER!
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I'm at the Tucson airport. It's 10:33 and the gate still has the 9:55 flight listed. Idon't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I shall shortly wander about to see if I can verify that this is my gate.
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This is the view when doing what one does in the ladies room at Wisdom's- a roadside cafe south of Tubac
It reminds me of the gynocologist who worked for my university and who had the famous Burt Reynold centerfold displayed on the ceiling for the entertainment of the ladies.
The first time I saw it:
ME: I never thought I'd be looking at Burt Reynolds.
DR: I bet he never thought he'd be looking at YOU, either!
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Yesterday I looked outside and this is what I saw
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...But are we completely out of new ideas? Today, it seems like the only way you can put asses into theater seats is to base your musical on a hit movie or a pop artist's reservoir of hit songs. Is this part of the overall "dumbing down" of America, or merely a fad based on a few fluke hits?
Defense Exhibit A:
The following current B'Way hits owe no box office appeal to hit movies or books:
Avenue Q
Chorus Line
Rent
Spring Awakening
Curtains
Sunday in the Park With George
der Brucer
NOTE - the "lack or originality of story line" could easily be leveled at Opera, and, for that matter, Shakespeare.
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I wonder if Bretty will venture out to see THE BRAIN?
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Hi Edi - finally saw the TV converage of the tornadoes - or is it tornadi? Anyway, I was very rellieved that I already knew you and your family was safe.
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Had a great time in Green Valley but am glad I'm headed home. 3 nights on the couch was fine - it's a comfortable couch, but I'm ready for my own bed.
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On the bright side, my dad, who NEVER STOPS WHISTLING, switched songs this morning. After hours and hours of the Minnesota Rowdy song (or whatever that fight song is) over and over and over yesterday. It was pleasant to hear a new tune on the way to the airport.
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Of course it is well known in Doctor Who fan circles. But as is becoming evident, it is not very well known among Bruce Kimmel fan circles!
Certainly I had no idea! Of course I have never seen TORCHWOOD nor DR WHO...that is other then the 1960s DR Who and the Dalek's movies. I should rent those and see if I would still enjoy them as much as I did as a kid.
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This morning we saw a javelina roaming around the neighborhood. A BIG javelina!! By the time I got my camera, he had wandered off between two houses.
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Off to shop at Walmart and Bi-Mart.
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We don't have javelinas in my neighborhood at home...that is a good thing
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At least we've had URINETOWN, AVENUE Q, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, etc.
Point well taken, but Drowsy Chaperone and Urinetown were first produced seven years ago; Avenue Q is at least five years old. I'm just saying that in the future, I'm afraid we're going to be seeing a lot more Masks and Young Frankensteins. Which is not to say there won't be some gems among them. But the last time I went to London, I saw Blood Brothers and Mamma Mia, and Blood Brothers was the far more interesting musical.
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Me and SWW...two great minds with but a single thought....
Note to Jrand: Clearly all great minds do not appreciate subtle facetiousness.
der Brucer
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CURTAINS was just last year as was SPRING AWAKENING, which although based on a play, was not based on television or the movies
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Yesterday I looked outside and this is what I saw
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Quail2.jpg)
DAN!!!!!!
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This morning we saw a javelina roaming around the neighborhood. A BIG javelina!!
Wow! AMC stopped building them in 1974.
der Brucer
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... Blood Brothers was the far more interesting musical.
Oh dear! We shall shortly hear from OZ.
der Brucer
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Wow! AMC stopped building them in 1974.
der Brucer
LOL,. right. I mean the wild pig sort of javelina
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Better go, things are starting to happen in my gate area and my battery is starting to go down.
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DAN!!!!!!
But Mr. Potatoe Head used a different spelling.
der Brucer
No - not Tori!
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Defense Exhibit A:
The following current B'Way hits owe no box office appeal to hit movies or books:
Avenue Q
Chorus Line
Rent
Spring Awakening
Curtains
Sunday in the Park With George
der Brucer
NOTE - the "lack or originality of story line" could easily be leveled at Opera, and, for that matter, Shakespeare.
RENT is based on Puccini's LA BOHEME, which is based on a novel - SCENES DE LA VIE BOHEME by Henri Merger. Minor quibble, but, RENT is not original.
SPRING AWAKENING is not original either, as its source is an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind.
...and as DERBRUCER pointed out, they'll be hell to pay once DR tomovoz sees the comment about BLOOD BROTHERS.
So, it's been established long ago that I am a major fan of BLOOD BROTHERS. No DR BrettySpaghetti has something positive to say about it.
What is the HHW DR tally on BLOOD BROTHERS?
Who here likes it? Who here loathes it?
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For the record, MAMA MIA! (as many know) is based on the film BUENO SERA MRS. CAMPBELL.
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Edi - Thanks for the LAST STARFIGHTER musical plug. :)
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RENT is based on Puccini's LA BOHEME, which is based on a novel - SCENES DE LA VIE BOHEME by Henri Merger. Minor quibble, but, RENT is not original.
SPRING AWAKENING is not original either, as its source is an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind.
My point was that their box office appeal was not based on the source materials popularity.
der Brucer
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What is the HHW DR tally on BLOOD BROTHERS?
Who here likes it? Who here loathes it?
We saw it in London and I enjoyed it - would pay to see it again. Woody, I suspect would stay home.
To be fair, I would put it low on the list of musicals I enjoy.
der Brucer
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Certainly I had no idea! Of course I have never seen TORCHWOOD nor DR WHO...that is other then the 1960s DR Who and the Dalek's movies. I should rent those and see if I would still enjoy them as much as I did as a kid.
Well, since you've never evinced a rapidly changing "taste" in English Language cinema, I suspect you'd find them old friends :)
der Brucer
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Fair and Balanced - Round Two:
"We have no proof that Barak Obama is not a radical black separatist!"
der Brucer
Hillary must be thrilled to see the vast right wing conspiracy bringing down her current threat!
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In other news... Those Starbucks breakfast sandwiches sure are tasty. ;)
-And I even plugged in the espresso maker this morning to make a nice mocha latte to go with it. And I used the Lake Champlain Aztec Hot Chocolate mix as the base for my mocha - it has a bit of cinnamon and cayenne in it for just a nice little kick! :)
(http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/images/Product/featured/Y317000014.jpg)
I have that hot chocolate! Yummy.
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I have been to the gym, I have showed, I have had lunch. It is now time to run some errands on the UWS. Toodles!
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While I did enjoy Blood Brothers enough to see it twice (first in 2002, then in 2003), I have to admit that I've never had a compulsion to pick up the OCR. For me it probably works best as a piece of theater.
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I have been to the gym, I have showed, I have had lunch. It is now time to run some errands on the UWS. Toodles!
What exactly did you show? :o
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What exactly did you show? :o
I'm sure whatever she "showed" was a "winner" and is now back in "place".
der Brucer
Will someone now tell all of the Father Murphy's Ass joke?
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Will someone show me this Priscilla person?
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/152067E.jpg)
der Brucer
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I was not a fan of BLOOD BROTHERS, but I didn't loathe it. I didn't feel it was either special or terrible, so I guess I was mostly indifferent.
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I began my afternoon by quickly scanning through Thursday's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No gay boys. They weren't in the previews for Friday's episode either. The DVR will pick it up in the wee hours of Monday morning.
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I watched the second-ever episode of BONES while I cooked and ate lunch. Even though I've seen the episode several times, I still did not remember the identity of the killer. I LOVE it when my senility works in my favor! :D
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I spent most of the afternoon with THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Robert De Niro's film about the beginnings of the CIA. It didn't feel long to me which means it held my interest throughout. I thought some of it could have been cut, however, especially things like long, lonely walks down corridors which were there to, I suppose, give it a gravitas as an "important piece of cinema."
I just found it an entertaining bit of historical fiction. I know nothing about its critical reception; I remember how disappointed Universal was that it didn't do better at the box-office and that it didn't garner the Oscar recognition they were hoping for.
The sDVD looked just fine, but I would not see any reason to upgrade to the HD-DVD version.
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Is anyone besides me watching THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK? I detest the social climbing blonde and her pretentions. Oy!
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One more picture of the day: our "placeholder goats" in our barn (until we manage to have real goats!)
Petfinder is waiting for you:
Please adopt me:
(http://photocache.petfinder.com/fotos/FL420/FL420.8030303-2-x.jpg)
And all my chillun'
(http://photocache.petfinder.com/fotos/FL420/FL420.8030303-3-x.jpg)
WARNING -These goats faint!
der Brucer
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Is anyone besides me watching THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK? I detest the social climbing blonde and her pretentions. Oy!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Miss_suburb.jpg)
Just becasue she looks and acts like Ann Coulter is no reason to be hostile (...then, again...).
der Brucer
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Wow! AMC stopped building them in 1974.
I still remember the commercial.
Hey, Javelin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP7hT1y9lxY
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Re NYC rescue efforts:
I imagine the unintended consequences of rent-control makes getting accurate lists of actual tenants of apartment buildings difficult.
der Brucer
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I never saw this Javelin commercial back in the 60's, but it features a very young Richard Dreyfuss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPdqoHGaoY&NR=1
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WARNING -These goats faint!
Surely you've seen the fainting goats video. It's MUST SEE TV!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg
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I don't know from BLOOD BROTHERS.
Time to go back out into the glorious day, to pick up big piles of styrofoam peanuts that our new neighbors have unleashed. I wish that we had put the box of peanuts in their trash the FIRST time we picked them all up. Oh well...
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Meant to mention the superb actors in THE GOOD SHEPHERD:
Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, William Hurt, John Turturro, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Gambon, Lee Pace (PUSHING DAISIES; a nice surprise), Joe Pesci, Keir Dullea (first recent movie I've seen him in for a long time), Alec Baldwin, Billy Cruddup, and Timothy Hutton.
Even Tuc Watkins popped up in one sequence! Loved seeing him in this; I wish his part had been bigger.
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I'm heading back down now to clean my bathroom, put away today's already washed, dried, and folder laundry, and then get back to some viewing.
WBBL.
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Wiggles at the Well
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/Sun160001.jpg)
Wiggles look down
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/Sun160002.jpg)
Stretch Time
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/Sun160003.jpg)
Checking out the competition
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/Sun160004.jpg)
OK -Now what?
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/Sun160005.jpg)
He hoists his leg like good boys do (sorry, Jane), but still won't push through the doggie door himself.
He is happy to sup at the community trough and sleeps by himself on his blanket in the study.
der Brucer
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Thank you for the garden photos, DR BrettySpaghetti.
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RENT is based on Puccini's LA BOHEME, which is based on a novel - SCENES DE LA VIE BOHEME by Henri Merger. Minor quibble, but, RENT is not original.
SPRING AWAKENING is not original either, as its source is an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind.
...and as DERBRUCER pointed out, they'll be hell to pay once DR tomovoz sees the comment about BLOOD BROTHERS.
So, it's been established long ago that I am a major fan of BLOOD BROTHERS. No DR BrettySpaghetti has something positive to say about it.
What is the HHW DR tally on BLOOD BROTHERS?
Who here likes it? Who here loathes it?
But Bretty was talking about movies to stage. Not the same as stage to stage
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Thanks for the kitty, yard, and imitation goat photos, DR Edi.
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Nice quail, Cilla!
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Back from another brief but fun rehearsal. I do like rehearsals that last a little longer than three hours, though, because you're just getting into the swing of things when it's over.
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Nice spots, DerB. And love the dog pics.
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Jose simply MUST come to LA - we'll have a fine dining adventure if he does!
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I'm whipping up a batch of Wacky Noodles right this very minute. I'm starving. No traffic whatsoever at any point going out to the theater this morning. Coming back was another story.
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The new Zubrick is going to be very good, I think - very different take, but he's finding fun things to do, even at this early stage. The Yoni is also very different, and I think we'll be working hard to find new and fun things for her.
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This is a javelina. Nice Jaguar pic, Der Brucer. Don't know why he's looking for me, but he's a cutie
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That lools like a baby javelina, actually. The one I saw was a lot bigger...I'm going to look for another photo
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Nice quail, Cilla!
Thanks! I have a couple more. They were so cute!
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Like this, Cillaliz?
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Here's a gnarly looking one.
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BK - it's been a week already - can we not get the clock on track?
der Brucer
Well, I need something to bitch about!
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This is a javelina. Nice Jaguar pic, Der Brucer. Don't know why he's looking for me, but he's a cutie
But what is he eating? Looks like a pain au chocolat!
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Yup, DR Laura. He was just walking around the houses looking for something to eat. I guess there's a pack of about 10-12 that roam through the Desert Hills area. I'm glad I saw him, but don't think I'd want him mad at me.
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But what is he eating? Looks like a pain au chocolat!
No, it looks like a cow patty!
der Brucer
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I love the quail photo!
Many years ago, Greg and I worked on a documentary about bobwhite quail, featuring Jimmy Carter. We had the premiere at the Carter Center, and he and Rosalyn attended and greeted everyone personally and talked to them about their role in making the film.
The catering included cream puffs, which squirted blops of cream on the floor unexpectedly, so it looked like a covey of frightened quail had been there!
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Did I mention I'm in Denver? The song for MY day so far is "Fasten Your Seatbelts" The last one certainly was a bumpy flight. We had a couple of thos rollercoaster moments where you drop and every goes WHOA and then the plane gets really quiet.... But we landed safe and sound. I'm looking forward to getting out of here and on my way, but my flight doesn't board for another hour
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I called my mother when I arrived here (as instructed) and she said when they got back to Green Valley it started sleeting. It wasn't all hunky dory in Tucson either, but so far I'm staying ahead of the weather front. Hoping that continues
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Oh, wow. I hope we get some rain up here.
We had the picnic inside at the church; no rain, but the little old ladies said it was too cold to go outside for a picnic.
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Vibes for Cilla to stay ahead of the bad weather and have a good flight!
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Thanks for the vibes. I must say I didn't quite feel up to par after that last landing. But I found a place in the airport with an electrical outlet and where it is very open with a lot of people passing by, but no one else sitting here. It's also near the regional planes (I'm on a prop plane for the last leg) so the doors keep opening down the hall and there is fresh air coming in. I kicked off my shoes, ate a little pizza and jumped online. I'm feeling much better.
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... but the little old ladies said it was too cold to go outside for a picnic.
Yeah - it's in the sixties - a regular arctic spell!
Have the ladies had their anti-freeze checked?
der Brucer
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Cillaliz, my DH says it is always bumpy air there in Colorado because of the Rocky Mountains nearby. The air comes up from the mountains and makes turbulence.
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At least they didn't turn on the heat in the building today, DerBrucer. It was 70 without it.
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I 've been watching a clearly totally wasted as in drunk guy being escorted by a couple cops. They just plopped him in a corner and he looks like he's passed out. They told him to go to sleep and they'll wake himup before his flight.
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Cillaliz, my DH says it is always bumpy air there in Colorado because of the Rocky Mountains nearby. The air comes up from the mountains and makes turbulence.
Yeah, it's always a little bumpy, but there is a storm headed this way, snow etc. It's snowing in the mountains now and Denver has a heavy snow warning, but it's mostly for tomorrow
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...I'm on a prop plane for the last leg... I kicked off my shoes,
"IOWA CROPDUSTER AIR FLIGHT ONE... NOW BOARDING PROPERLY SHOD PASSENGERS "
der Brucer
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We loved The Good Shepherd.
We just packed Gabe off to Outdoor School, the one week camp ecology school all Portland Public School sixth graders go to. He is a little nervous about it, and Betsy is a wreck. I'm fine. :)
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I 've been watching a clearly totally wasted as in drunk guy being escorted by a couple cops. They just plopped him in a corner and he looks like he's passed out. They told him to go to sleep and they'll wake himup before his flight.
And he's your pilot!
der Brucer
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"IOWA CROPDUSTER AIR FLIGHT ONE... NOW BOARDING PROPERLY SHOD PASSENGERS "
der Brucer
LOL, actually the Frontier (well Lynx Aviation) prop planes are really nice. I think they seat, oh, 80 people maybe? Not sure about that, but they are really new and roomy and quite comfortable
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We loved The Good Shepherd.
We just packed Gabe off to Outdoor School, the one week camp ecology school all Portland Public School sixth graders go to.
One week of relatively unsupervised (read "unchained") six graders loose in the wilderness - who is going to protect Mother Nature!
der Brucer
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And he's your pilot!
der Brucer
No, I'm not flying Northwest!
Ok, time to go walk around and do those necessary things before boarding the plane.
It was nice to be able to hang out here while I was waiting
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And another hundred people just got off of the plane
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LOL, actually the Frontier (well Lynx Aviation) prop planes are really nice. I think they seat, oh, 80 people maybe? Not sure about that, but they are really new and roomy and quite comfortable
And if truth be told - much safer!
der Brucer
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Quote from: S. Woody White on Today at 08:31:25am
It is VERY well known in Doctor Who fan circles
Of course it is well known in Doctor Who fan circles. But as is becoming evident, it is not very well known among Bruce Kimmel fan circles!
That's all right, we're patient, we'll wait for you to catch up.
;D
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I only got two returns done today, but they were doozies (sp?)
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The good news is that it looks like we will have a new minister soon. We will meet him in mid-April and vote on whether to hire him or not.
I am putting together a "cheat book" for him, with photos and a sentence or two about each person so he can get to know us all better.
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We are home after a ver-r-ry long day in Cincinnati. Church was difficult, emotionally, because a long-time member died this past week and his presence will be greatly missed in that small congregation.
We got to UC just in time for the 2:30 performance of the Student Choreographers' Showcase. Mary Linda choreographed a very colorful springtime piece to "The Winding Path" by Anzan. She danced in what I think was a girl-power goddess piece to "Sumerigusa" by Enya. At the end of May, she will be in CCM's production of Swan Lake. We also made plans to attend the musical theatre deparment class of 2008 showcase, which will be early in April.
We tried to go to Lenhardt's, an old Hungarian restaurant near campus, but they were closed today. We went down the street to a Chinese place called The Red Pepper - lousy service and disappointing food. I predicted my fortune cookie would say, "You will never patronize this establishment again," but it really said, "You have a deep appreciation of music and arts."
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Quote from: BrettySpaghetti on Today at 08:45:44am
Of course it is well known in Doctor Who fan circles. But as is becoming evident, it is not very well known among Bruce Kimmel fan circles!
There is an elite subset universe where the two intersect! :)
der Brucer
Oh, Doctor Who fandom intersects with all sorts of other interest groups.
Fans of the writings of Thomas Hardy and other classic British authors, who also are fans of the Whoniverse, for example, comprise the subset known as the Tesseract of the d'Ubervilles group.
;)
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Sympathy for DR GINNY and the rest of the congregation!
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Such lovely photos of all kinds today.
I like BLOOD BROTHERS, really enjoy the London Cast CD - I saw it with the Cassidy boys and Ms Petula Clark, so it was a fun evening....
Well if truth be told, I really don't like DOCTOR WHO in any of its forms even its most current. I don't watch it and have never enjoyed it. So for me the hook between it and TORCHWOOD has always been tenuous to say the least.
Mann and Weil - loved their songs for WILD IN THE STREETS, too.
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Thank you, DR JRand.
Remember a couple weeks ago when I posted a link to dance rehearsal and you identified a non-dancer in the group? Well, he was in one of the pieces today and I recognized him immediately.
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LOL...you and everyone else, DR GINNY!!! It makes it even more interesting, and you can appreciate the other dancers, too.
Did DR ROB's lady friend have to choreograph for him? She should have some good stories.
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BUT - that being said, I give him credit for trying and hanging in there!
MR BK - I hope the BRAIN cast is watching some good movies as part of their preparation.....THE GIANT CLAW and BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS are of course on DVD....and so is ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN.
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The AMC Javelin was a hot car.....I also liked the Marlin.
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New motto for the day: "My mom wears a push-up bra? What?"
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JMK, such a nice, sweet surprise for DF of DW Betsy.
DerBrucer, I’m sure it would take more than a 5.9 quake to knock Sherlock off the bed. If anything he would keep me from falling off. ;D
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A.....Time.....For......Singing.......
:)
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...What is the HHW DR tally on BLOOD BROTHERS?
Who here likes it? Who here loathes it?
I'm a loather.
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The AMC Javelin was a hot car.....I also liked the Marlin.
The Marlin and the Barracuda. ;D
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BrettySpagetti, congrats on the weight loss & vibes you reach your goal. I haven’t been walking as much a I usually do and as a result I have gained 5 pounds.
Lovely photos.
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Finished trying to watch a John Ford film I'd never seen - just as bad as I've always heard - Gideon Of Scotland Yard. I gave up, finally.
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JRand, what a family story. Do the children of said aunt know the story?
Thank you Singdaw. Except for a cough Keith has recovered & was ready for a walk in town today. :)
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Surely you've seen the fainting goats video. It's MUST SEE TV!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg
They are so cute and funny.
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But Bretty was talking about movies to stage. Not the same as stage to stage
Movies (non-musical) to stage (musical) isn't something new.
Cole Porter did it.
Ninotchka became Silk Stockings. (And those silk stockings were quite becoming on Ninotchka, as well!)
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Edi, sweet photo of the cats. The other photos are also nice.
I'm enjoying everyone's photo's today.
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For that matter, while Rogers and Hammerstein claimed that The King and I was based upon the book Anna and the King of Siam, by Margaret Langdon, much of the plot was taken from the film Anna and the King of Siam (starring Rex Harrison), which differs from Langdon's novel.
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Cillaliz, my DH says it is always bumpy air there in Colorado because of the Rocky Mountains nearby. The air comes up from the mountains and makes turbulence.
That must explain why I am often sick at the Denver airport. Seattle has also been a problem spot. Not that I haven't been sick at almost every airport I've landed at, these just seem to be extra hot spots.
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The good news is that it looks like we will have a new minister soon. We will meet him in mid-April and vote on whether to hire him or not.
I am putting together a "cheat book" for him, with photos and a sentence or two about each person so he can get to know us all better.
Great news and GREAT VIBES YOUR NEW MINISTER IS WONDERFUL!
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The AMC Javelin was a hot car.....I also liked the Marlin.
My first car was an AMC Hornet. The only thing that made it hot was its lack of air conditioning.
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Did DR ROB's lady friend have to choreograph for him? She should have some good stories.
No, all her dancers were females.
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Dakota-Welcome back. I didn’t realize DBF was returning home with you for the week-nice.
DR elmore, please get a mask to wear the next time you use, or go near, those darn chemicals.
Good camp vibes to DW Betsy and DS Gabe.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JB!
I miss your posts.
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Good Evening!
I didn't get out of the apartment today except for my brief walk up to the corner bodega to get a copy of today's New York Times. However, I was able to catch up on some reading and writing, and since I have tomorrow off, I'm currently planning my itinerary for tomorrow. First up will most likely be the new Color Exhibit at the MoMA.
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DR elmore - YES! You should switch to cedar blocks and/or balls to keep the moths away. Mothballs are effective, but if you're using them in a place that doesn't have regular air circulation, then you could definitely end up having "issues" down the line. I hope you're feeling better this evening, and that you have a productive and answer-filled doctor's visit tomorrow.
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Thanks, Jane. I hope so too.
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What exactly did you show? :o
spoo! showered ;D
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I've got tomorrow's corned beef brisket simmering in the second oven (tonight's dinner, sauerkraut and country pork ribs, is braising in the top oven). The way I figure, it'll be easier to cook it tonight, let it cool down, and then slice and re-heat it (along with cooking the veggies and spuds) tomorrow.
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This is a javelina. Nice Jaguar pic, Der Brucer. Don't know why he's looking for me, but he's a cutie
Very interesting- I never knew they existed. Now I want one as a pet.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JB!
I miss your posts.
James Brown? I don't think you can expect him to post much these days...
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Here's a gnarly looking one.
I would keep my pet javelina better groomed of course.
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My first car was an AMC Hornet. The only thing that made it hot was its lack of air conditioning.
Ginny! LOL!
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I would keep my pet javelina better groomed of course.
:D
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Bretty, you should go see THE BRAIN and take our friend Susan. I think she was thinking about going and taking the kids...
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DR BrettySpaghetti - As for the whole movies-to-stage situation, well... Yes, it would be nice to have some truly original ideas as the basis for new musicals, but I don't think all original ideas - if their are truly any of them left out there - would make good musicals.
I don't mind the the screen-to-stage transitions. With a bunch of writers basing their "new" musicals on older properties, a good number of today's audience members aren't familiar with the original movies. Heck, many of the cast members of the stage versions of Hairspray and Cry Baby were still in diapers when the original film versions were released.
Coincidentally, there's a brief Q&A with theatrical producer, Adam Epstein, in the latest issue of "The Advocate"...
How do you respond to criticism that the onslaught of musicals based on movies is killing American theater?
Good material is good material. If you can't find a story that can be told faithfully, with intelligence and heart, it doesn't matter what the source is. There's a double standard for musicals coming from movies; some people think it's crass, but is it any more crass than taking a Williams or an O'Neill and resurrecting it for contemporary generations?
Which movie should never under any circumstances be made into a musical?
Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Citizen Kane and The Godfather - that's four right there, and the list goes on.
Agreed.
And as has been lamented in various forums and publications, the true enemy of the next " new original musical" is the cost of mounting a production in today's economy. Yes, $10 Million seems to be the norm these days to get a show moved into a Broadway house, but $10 Million is still not a "normal" amount of money for anyone involved.
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Hmm... With all this talk of losing weight, walking, getting back to the gym, etc. today, I feel a bit guilty posting the following picture...
(http://josespiano.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/citydinersampler1.jpg)
;D
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Oh dear! We shall shortly hear from OZ.
der Brucer
You no doubt think I lurk!
Worst ever musicals I have seen (in whole or part!):
Blood Brothers
The Woman in White
High Society
I shall contine to avoid Juke Box musicals whenever possible!
"Carmelina" I'd see! (Buena Sera Mrs Campbell).
Worst news of the week: An American version of Simon Pegg's "Spaced".
Perhaps the Brits will do their own version of "Arrested Deveopment".
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That is the slice of the "Sampler Cake" from the City Cafe Diner in Chattanooga, TN. It was my final dessert of the week while I was in The Scenic City. It breaks down as follows:
(http://josespiano.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/citydinersampler2.jpg)
If you'd like more details, well, I think they'll be posted sometime in the next few hours somewhere on the web. ;)
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(http://josespiano.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/citydinersampler1.jpg)
;D
OOOHHHH!!!!!
SPRINKLES!!!!!
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As for Blood Brothers... I liked it. In fact, I saw it three times on Broadway. Once with the original cast, and then twice with Petula Clark and the Cassidy brothers. The second time I saw Pet and the Boys, I took my college theatre professor with me. He had actually been listening to the cassette (remember those) of the original London production for a while, and he was hooked on it - which,frankly, surprised me. I was actually scared that he would not like it once seeing it on stage, but, lo and behold, he actually loved it. Yes, the music is a bit too pop-py and over-produced even in the theatre, but it worked well with the book, imho. And I was always surprised at the running time of the show itself - 2:40, I believe. It never felt that long to me.
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DR Tomovoz - Remember, I also saw the original production of Passion five times! Loved it!
:)
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~~~~~LESS TURBULENT TRAVEL VIBES TO DR CILLALIZ~~~~~
*So, I'm guessing your first flight did leave late?
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Who is this birthday JB?
I, too, saw and enjoyed Blood Brothers for what it was worth - first with Petula and the Cassidy boys, and then with Helen Reddy. Funny I ended up doing solo albums with Petula and Helen just a year later. I almost recorded BB with PC and the Cassidys but David's manager was asking too much of a percentage (like a LOT more than Petula - we'd offered a favored nations percentage to the three of them) and the deal fell apart, sadly.
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Welcome fourteen GUESTS.
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I have no idea who JB is, nor the other birthday boy, Clem.
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How do you respond to criticism that the onslaught of musicals based on movies is killing American theater?
Thanks for quoting the above. I am weirdly pleased to know that I'm not the only person who has these misgivings.
Like I said, I know good theater can come from the movies. I just don't want the ratio to get out of whack. (I frankly don't know why I'm so worried -- it's not like I even see that much theater anymore since relocating from NYC to La La Land.)
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DR Tomovoz - Remember, I also saw the original production of Passion five times! Loved it!
:)
Willie Russell ain't no Sondheim.
("Passion" is intense and in its own way, quite beautiful - and I thought Jere Shea was great!)
Tell me it's not true.
But then "some people" can cope with Patti singing "Some People".
horses etc.
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Bretty, you should go see THE BRAIN and take our friend Susan. I think she was thinking about going and taking the kids...
You're probably going to think I don't have one when I ask this, but what exactly is THE BRAIN? Sorry for my naivete.
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Very interesting- I never knew they existed. Now I want one as a pet.
Generally speaking, they make lousy pets.
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Very interesting- I never knew they existed. Now I want one as a pet.
Wait, are we still talking about Pet Clark?
;D
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You're probably going to think I don't have one when I ask this, but what exactly is THE BRAIN? Sorry for my naivete.
OH! If a post ever prompted a bitch-slappin' from BK...
;D
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Jose, I'm going to let someone else respond :)
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Maybe I'll just watch Michael Clayton this evening.
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OH! If a post ever prompted a bitch-slappin' from BK...
I did apologize for my naivete.
It's bad form to kick a man while he's down.
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Good camp vibes to DW Betsy and DS Gabe.
I think I may have overdosed on those vibes when I was quite young.
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I put some clothes on.
And went through a taffy-pulling machine, by the looks of it.
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I did apologize for my naivete.
It's bad form to kick a man while he's down.
No apology necessary. If anything, I apologize for "kicking" you, which was truly not what I meant to do. You weren't down, you were just away (or "errant and truant" as we like to say around these here parts). ;)
In the meantime...
CLICK HERE (http://www.lacitycollege.edu/public/news/planet_x.htm)
AND HERE (http://www.nymf.org/Show-218.html)
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Hmm...I thought Bretty was just giving a very convincing lead-in to a BRAIN FROM PLANET X commercial.
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I'm just compiling versions of Randy Newman's delightful "When She Loved Me".
These are the ones I have:
Melissa Errico
Sarah McLachlan
Randy Newman
David Hobson
Brian Sutherland
Jordan Pruitt
Do any of the DRs out there in the dark know of any others?
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I was watching the Learning Channel show "I Can Make You thin" and suddenly got very hungry.
Luckily, we were just sent an order of Harry and David pink grapefruit; otherwise I would have gone for the ice cream for sure.
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The host promises that after the commercial, we'll meet a woman who lost "a ton of weight" following the four-step program.
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Hmm... It feels a bit chilly in the apartment tonight. I wonder if the boiler man needs to be called again. :-\
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The host promises that after the commercial, we'll meet a woman who lost "a ton of weight" following the four-step program.
Are they going to help her find it again?
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Perhaps the New Zealand gardener could help keep you warm DR Jose.
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Perhaps the New Zealand gardener could help keep you warm DR Jose.
Alas, I think his Jack Russell Terrier and his partner would not approve.
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I'm just compiling versions of Randy Newman's delightful "When She Loved Me".
These are the ones I have:
Melissa Errico
Sarah McLachlan
Randy Newman
David Hobson
Brian Sutherland
Jordan Pruitt
Do any of the DRs out there in the dark know of any others?
Maryjo Mundy
Amber Whitlock
Brian Trainor
James Donegan
Kip McAtee (jazz guitar instrumental)
Michael Crawford
Scott Morris (piano instrumental)
Steve Tyrell
Storm Front (barbershop quartet version)
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CLICK HERE (http://www.lacitycollege.edu/public/news/planet_x.htm)
AND HERE (http://www.nymf.org/Show-218.html)
Oh, hmm.
Very interesting.
I enjoy "bad 1950s horror sendups." I even have the DVD of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra around here somewhere.
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Thank you DR Mr Spaghetti.
(I'll do without Mr Crawford's - probably)
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I was watching the Learning Channel show "I Can Make You thin" and suddenly got very hungry.
I was working with the British version of this show for the TLC job I just finished. Apparently Paul McKenna was a big success there. (TLC has a lot of new shows based on European shows this season.) I learned some things from it, but other things I couldn't imagine doing, like tapping on your face, etc. It is interesting, tho.
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Thank you DR Mr Spaghetti.
(I'll do without Mr Crawford's - probably)
I live to give.
Actually, Crawford's version is pretty good! (Not that you can necessarily trust a Blood Brothers-lovin' guy like me.)
If you need help collecting any of these in digital format, do let me know.
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Very interesting.
Bretty, a lot of us HHWers met up in NY for the NYMF festival, where many of us also saw FJL and Skip's THE LAST STARFIGHTER and Noel's SUCH GOOD FRIENDS. We had a blast, in great part to DR Jose, who enabled us all!
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I like the new taffy shaped avatar, too. Very Matrix-y.
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I'm just compiling versions of Randy Newman's delightful "When She Loved Me".
These are the ones I have:
Melissa Errico
Sarah McLachlan
Randy Newman
David Hobson
Brian Sutherland
Jordan Pruitt
Do any of the DRs out there in the dark know of any others?
John DePalma on LML records; he pairs it with Randy Newman's "One More Hour."
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http://www.lmlmusic.com/product.php?id=LML-CD-150 (http://www.lmlmusic.com/product.php?id=LML-CD-150)
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Bretty, a lot of us HHWers met up in NY for the NYMF festival, where many of us also saw FJL and Skip's THE LAST STARFIGHTER and Noel's SUCH GOOD FRIENDS. We had a blast, in great part to DR Jose, who enabled us all!
I've never been enabled. By anyone. Ever. But hope springs eternal.
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When our CLOSER people were shooting in NY last week, they had something at a restaurant called "popovers", which they described as the best bread they'd ever had in their life. I had never had one but I was thinking that DR Jose would not only know what it was, but where you could get the best popover in NY!
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Thanks Mr Spaghetti
(I'll consider!)
Mr Hobson's version is wonderful.
and thank you DR td.
I have usually not enjoyed Mr Crawford's Cds. I have fond memories of his performance in "Billy" many years ago. (circa mid 70s).
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When did St. Patrick's Day become a two-day holiday?
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I've also complied a disc of "Se" from Cinema Paradiso. (A DR Jose reference).
The Andrea Griminelli Cd is one of my favourites.
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DR Tomovoz - Remember, I also saw the original production of Passion five times! Loved it!
:)
Yes, but did you sit next to Mary Tyler Moore? (I did when I saw it). :)
The weird thing was it was like the week after it won the Tony and the theater was 2/3 empty.
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I didn't know you were a friend of Miss Dorothy DR JMK
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When our CLOSER people were shooting in NY last week, they had something at a restaurant called "popovers", which they described as the best bread they'd ever had in their life. I had never had one but I was thinking that DR Jose would not only know what it was, but where you could get the best popover in NY!
Do you happen to know if they went to Popover Cafe (http://www.popovercafe.com/)? They would have one of the best popovers in NYC! -And they serve them with a delicious strawberry butter.
OH! In fact, Popover was going to be our Barney Greengrass alternative for brunch the last time you were in NYC since it was just a few doors down.
Basically, a popover is a very light and airy and eggy bread. "Yorkshire Pudding" is a version of popovers that is cooked in the drippings of a roast. They may look complicated, but they're actually quite easy to make, and even though they make "Popover Pans", you can use muffin tins or custard cups to bake them in.
(http://www.popovercafe.com/images/popover_topper.jpg)
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Here is Paula Deen's recipe for popovers (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_22925,00.html), which is a very basic one. Depending on your oven, and just how much "cake to air" ratio you like, you may tweak the recipe down the line.
4 eggs
2 cups milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
Butter, jam, syrup or honey, for serving
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Grease 12 large muffin tin cups or 12 custard cups. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat well. Add the milk, flour, and salt, and beat until just blended. Fill the muffin tin cups or custard cups 3/4 full with the batter. Place the pan on the center rack in the oven. Bake for 30 minutes without opening the oven door.
Serve the popovers hot with butter, jam, syrup, or honey.
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Do you happen to know if they went to Popover Cafe (http://www.popovercafe.com/)? They would have one of the best popovers in NYC! -And they serve them with a delicious strawberry butter.
OH! In fact, Popover was going to be our Barney Greengrass alternative for brunch the last time you were in NYC since it was just a few doors down.
Ohhh...THAT'S why it seemed familiar! Ahhhh!
Well, I guess that's on our list for new time. But I'm also tempted to do a macaroon crawl.
They had them at a nearby restaurant, or maybe at the Westin? I'll find out tomorrow...
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*Some people prefer a dryer inside to the popovers, and some recipes call for puncturing the popovers after the initial baking and then leaving them in a slow oven for a bit longer in order to dry out the insides. -This also makes them a bit more "stable" if they're not being served immediately after being taken out of the oven.
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Had a wonderful evening of entertainment. Well, mostly wonderful.
I began by watching another BONES episode, the one where she goes to the Pacific Northwest to investigate the case of a woman eaten by a bear. Very entertaining episode (though I did remember who the murderer was in this one.)
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*And the Popover Cafe does send out "Popover Bouquets". :)
(http://popovercafe.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/popoverBouquet.jpg)
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Is the only good popover a fresh popover?
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Thanks for the info---I may try making them for Easter dinner next week!
(Bretty, this is only one small example of why Jose is known as The Enabler! He can be dangerous---especially to the waistline.)
I am dreaming of doing a macaroon crawl in NY. Ahhhhhhh...
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Next, I put in the Blu-ray disc of THE WILD. This had the misfortune of arriving in theaters after the very successful MADAGASCAR, and being somewhat similar in theme, it came out decidedly the loser. It's not a very good animated film with very strained attempts at humor and "heart" that seems rather forced and fake.
But the Blu-ray certainly is astonishing to look at and listen to (it has an uncompressed 5.1 soundtrack). So, with its short running time and the pretty picture and inventive sound, it was a fairly pleasant way to spend 75 minutes.
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And here's a basic recipe for "Blender Popovers"
1 cup milk
3 eggs
1 Tablespoon salad oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
Place the milk, eggs, oil and salt in blender. Blend at high speed until well mixed. Add the flour to mixture in the blender container; blend just until batter is smooth. Pour batter into greased popover cups, filling about 1/2 full.
Bake at 475° for 15 minutes; reduce to 350° and bake 25 to 30 minutes longer. A few minutes before removing from oven, prick popover with a fork to let steam escape. Serve popovers hot.
Serves 4
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The home remedy for kidney stones did not work today. DH is going to try it one more time tomorrow and if it doesn't work, then it may be time to blast them!
Long day tomorrow so I'm going to hit the showers and le bed!
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A much better use of my time was the two episodes of JOHN ADAMS which I found beautifully done. Love the cast made up of some really excellent actors, not just in the leads but in the supporting roles, too.
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Nytol!
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*And then there are the savory popovers made with additions of grated cheese(s) and/or herbs to the batter. YUM!
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I'm going to dream of visions of popovers dancing in my head.
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The second of tonight's episodes covered most of what '1776' covers, and it was very interesting to get another point of view of the proceedings after having done that show twice in my life and having seen the show and movie countless times.
Very much looking forward to next week's episodes.
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I forgot to mention this morning that DIRT came on tonight. I forgot about it, too, but luckily FX repeats the episode at 11 p.m., so I do have the DVR picking tonight's episode up which I'll watch tomorrow.
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Sunday morning greetings! I'm up early to get ready for our day in Cincinnati.
Nice to see DR DakotaCelt back from vacation - SW Utah is beautiful, isn't it?
It is really beautiful... I am having a devil of a time deciding what pics to put up...
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DR DAKOTA CELT has returned from vacation!
How I discovered my shocking story is that someone I was talking to told me and ended it with, I thought you knew that.
:)
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Lovely cat condo Edi... and goats!
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At the last minute my friend Jim invited me over for Corned Beef and Cabbage...boy was it tasty! Then we watched some episodes of the old LORETTA YOUNG SHOW (aka LETTERS TO LORETTA). Jim is a big fan of Loretta Young.
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The second of tonight's episodes covered most of what '1776' covers, and it was very interesting to get another point of view of the proceedings after having done that show twice in my life and having seen the show and movie countless times.
Did you play Adams?
I've always loved 1776. I saw my best friend play Charles Thomson in a NorCal production last year. Later this month, I'll be seeing a different company (same director and some of the same cast) tackling the show up north again. This time, my friend is playing John Dickinson. Can you say "upgrade"?
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Here is a flower I see very often in L.A. and in my own neighborhood. My next-door neighbor has them in his front yard. It's called a butterfly iris; I took this with my iPhone camera. I think this flower is quite lovely.
(http://www.performanceboats.com/html/youBoat/data/500/butterflyiris.jpg)
Pretty flower...
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Health vibes to elmore
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I am dreaming of doing a macaroon crawl in NY. Ahhhhhhh...
OH! That reminds me...
When I was walking around Chelsea a few weeks ago, I had planned to stop into Madeleine Patisserie to pick up some macarons. However, when I walked up to the store front, I noticed that all the furniture inside had been been removed - including the display case! I then noticed a sign taped to the front door - "Moved Two Doors Down" with an arrow pointing west. Well, I walked down two doors, and all I saw was a closed-up drug store. So, I walked east just to see if it had moved down that way. Nothing there either. I'm really hoping that it hasn't totally gone away.
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DRJANE - no one but a FEW of us know the particulars of the story. I will stay MUM....except here of course. Because I trust you all.
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I would have thought DR MBARNUM had a space show to watch....
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1776 and DOCTOR WHO - I guess I am in the minority around here on those two particular....uh....entertainments.
Interesting interview, DR JOSE.....but I really didn't like his comparing a movie to stage musical claptrap to a revival of a classic play....although there is clap to be trapped there as well.....in spades.
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Did you play Adams?
I've always loved 1776. I saw my best friend play Charles Thomson in a NorCal production last year. Later this month, I'll be seeing a different company (same director and some of the same cast) tackling the show up north again. This time, my friend is playing John Dickinson. Can you say "upgrade"?
No, I've always longed to play John Dickinson. I think that's the best role in the show (next to Adams and Franklin). I've never gotten it, and I've twice seen it go to others that I thought were rather undeserving and miscast. But maybe that's just my sour grapes talking.
The last time I did it, I was Judge James Wilson who does get that delicious climactic moment where the entire question hinges on his decision.
The first time I did it, I was Caesar Rodney, a rather unsatisfying part since you're offstage for about 2/3 of the show.
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The Doctor, meanwhile, has another Christmas special to start off the season, this one titled "Voyage of the Damned" and guest-starring Kylie Minoque as waitress Astrid Peth. Then the fourth series in full gets going, with Catherine Tate returning for the full series as the loud Donna Noble (yes, she of "The Runaway Bride").
But wait, it gets crazier. Freema Agyeman, having put in a three-episode stint as Dr. Martha Jones over on Torchwood, returns to Doctor Who about mid-way through the series. And then, for the last three episodes, Billie Piper will return as Rose Tyler. Don't ask me how, the storyline is all conjectures at this point, but her contract is not - yes, Rose Tyler returns!
And there have been all sorts of sightings at the Doctor Who set - apparently, for the final three-episode story, Captain Jack returns, as does Sarah Jane. That the Tardis is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside will be highly convenient at this point. Sightings have also included Camille Coduri (aka Jackie Tyler) and Noel Clark (Mickey Smith).
Plus there have been hints of another name returning to the fray: Davros.
Most significant of all is that, rather than seque into series five, Doctor Who will return the following year as three specials, giving current Doctor David Tennant time to play Hamlet on-stage, with the fifth series to commence some time after that.
And yes, John Barrowman and friends will be returning for a third series of Torchwood.
WilliamHartnellPatrickTroughtonJonPertweeTomBaker
PeterDavisonColinBakerSylvesterMcCoy
PaulMcGannChristopherEcclestonDavidTennant We Now Return You To Our Regular Programming...
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THanks for the heads up SWW... Some of that I had already heard but it never hurts to be reminded
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...(Bretty, this is only one small example of why Jose is known as The Enabler! He can be dangerous---especially to the waistline.)...
The only way to resist the Enabler is to be tempted only by savories. Jose has an instict for tracking down the best of the sweets.
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Hmph. DR Jack Randall admitted he did not know.It is VERY well known in Doctor Who fan circles - those of us who are obsessed enough to have collections of the original series on DVD, a few copies of Doctor Who Magazine laying around, Murray Gold's soundtrack of the current series on CD.
For those who want to go even further, there's the Big Finish Audio Adventures, also available on CD and featuring original cast members from the past, but I haven't gotten that fanatical yet. (There's a question as to just how canonical these stories are.)
I have many of the novelized shows and some of the 'missing stories'. I am not a big fan some of some of the novels.
I do have the 25th anniversary tape that was released. Would love to put it on cd.
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Well, even Shakespeare adapated many of his greatest works from other sources. Making something new out of something that has come before is as old as the theater.
Several of Shakespeare's original plots are quite awful.
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The only way to resist the Enabler is to be tempted only by savories. Jose has an instict for tracking down the best of the sweets.
Well... I wouldn't call Macaroni & Cheese, Hamburgers, dim sum and fried chicken "sweets". ;)
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For the record, MAMA MIA! (as many know) is based on the film BUENO SERA MRS. CAMPBELL.
DBF thinks it is Muriel's WEdding
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DR BrettySpaghetti - If you would like an Introduction to Being Enabled, you can begin by CLICKING HERE (http://josespiano.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/butter-and-flour-and-sugar-oh-my/).
;D
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Bret, have you worked in musical theatre? and if you have, who have you worked with? Just curious since I saw that you mentioned 1776. One of favorite actors, Matt Ashford did both 1776 and Urinetown-the musical.
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Re: Popovers. From The New Food Lover's Companion, Fourth Editon, by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst
popover a puffy, muffin-size bread with a crisp brown crust and a somewhat hollow, moist interior. Basic popovers begin with a simple batter of eggs, milk, butter and flour. The high proportion of liquid in the batter creates steam that leavens the bread. Popovers may be baked in muffin tins or special popover pans, which have six extra-deep cups. The name is said to come from the fact that as the batter bakes and expands, it "pops over" the sides of the cup-shaped indentations. Popovers can be plain or variously flavored with items such as cheese, spices, or herbs.
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neat javalina and quail pics Cilla!
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Will someone show me this Priscilla person?
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/152067E.jpg)
der Brucer
Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!
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Jose, you are known for eating everything. Jeffrey Steingarten has nothing on you.
But you are better known for introducing others, tempting them and leading them down the garden path, with sweet breads and such. On your tour of NYC, when der B and I caught up with you on what, the second or third stop, we first landed in a candy shop, followed by donuts, and so on and so forth...
You are GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY!!!
;D ;D ;D
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When did St. Patrick's Day become a two-day holiday?
When it landed in holy week?
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Heading down now to bed.
Good night!
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I need to call it quits for the night. The customers were tiring today, and tomorrow, being the day of the Green, it won't surprise me to find a few of them drunk shortly after noon.
:P
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DR SWW - "Guilty" implies something "wrong", "bad". Candies, doughnuts and cupcakes are not "wrong" nor "bad". ;)
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Hmm... Well, we texted our property manager around 10:00 tonight to tell her that the heat had not come on all day. She texted back just a few minutes later to say that should would call the boiler/oil company to come out and check things out in the basement. Well, two hours later, and still no sign of the boiler guys. Needless to say, it looks like I'll have to plug in the electric blanket tonight. :-\
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Well, I'm planning on taking care of a few errands in the morning, which means I can't sleep through the morning, so...
Goodnight.
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When did St. Patrick's Day become a two-day holiday?
Day one for the party, day two to recover from the hangover
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I am home. It was an uneventful trip but they were starting to cancel flights in Denver. Anything going North or West was at risk. After we landed here, they did a turn-around in literally 5 minutes to get back to Denver while they still could get there
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With that i will take my new ear ache and go to bed
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Great news, Cilla! Welcome home
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About the trip, not the earache
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Finished all viewing for the day.
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No I'm relaxing until it's time to write Ye Olde Notes.
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Nobody here but us chickens - and those thirteen GUESTS.
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Make that seventeen GUESTS.
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Seventeen GUESTS and then ten seconds later, fifteen GUESTS.
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DR BrettySpaghetti - If you would like an Introduction to Being Enabled, you can begin by CLICKING HERE (http://josespiano.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/butter-and-flour-and-sugar-oh-my/). ;D
I was amused that your headline referenced "Butter and Flour and Sugar." I have absolutely no cooking talents whatsoever. But recently I have made several batches of shortbread squares for people, and literally the only ingredients are BF&S. They actually came out very well. The recipe was given to me by the mother of my friend who's doing 1776 later this month.
BTW, those Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies look positively scrumptious.
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I am agog and aghast at even the THOUGHT of MASK as a musical. Why would anyone think this would be a good idea? How would you begin to tell this story in song? How can the lead actor sing with something on his face like.....well....like a mask?
I am completely demoralized at this kind of thinking...I must ponder it....think about it and nothing else....I can't.....oh wait a second....what is this container of cole slaw doing here? Hmmmmmmm....must have forgotten to put it in the bag. Oh well.....MASK the musical....I just can't get over it.............
I'm sure this has been covered on HHW in the past, but I find it discouraging that so many "new" musicals are mining the cinema for inspiration these days. I know there are good musicals based on movies; Little Shop of Horrors is one of my favorites. And I do realize that many of the world's most popular musicals are derived from nonmusical plays (Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, West Side Story) and popular fiction (Flower Drum Song, Phantom, Fiddler, Jesus Christ Superstar [HA!]). But are we completely out of new ideas? Today, it seems like the only way you can put asses into theater seats is to base your musical on a hit movie or a pop artist's reservoir of hit songs. Is this part of the overall "dumbing down" of America, or merely a fad based on a few fluke hits? I fear that there may come a day that nobody will take a chance on an idea that doesn't have a built-in, proven popularity factor already attached to it....
Of course, later this year at the 5th Avenue Theatre (http://www.5thavenue.org/) in Seattle will be the world premiere of the stage musical version of SHREK (http://www.5thavenue.org/show/shrekthemusical0809/)!!
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Bret, have you worked in musical theatre? and if you have, who have you worked with? Just curious since I saw that you mentioned 1776. One of favorite actors, Matt Ashford did both 1776 and Urinetown-the musical.
Let me count on one hand ALL of the theater I've done in my life, musical and nonmusical. (I figure this is as appropriate a venue as I'll ever have to take this particular trip down memory lane.)
1. When I was 7 years old and in elementary school, the community college next door conscripted me (and a few of my classmates) to act in a production of THE MIRACLE WORKER. I was the only one who didn't get to appear onstage, but instead essayed the role of Annie Sullivan's deceased brother on tape. Yup, my first acting gig was a voice-over role. Take that, Mary Alice Young!
2. Fast-forward to age 19. By then, I'm a student at the aforementioned community college, working on the weekly newspaper. As part of a story about the college theater, I find myself interviewing the woman who directed us in THE MIRACLE WORKER a dozen years earlier. She is directing ZORBA, and invites me to be in the chorus. I happily accept.
3. At the same college, I got to act with my mother in Neil Simon's THE GOOD DOCTOR. (Both my mother and grandmother did theater and a few minor films.)
4. A couple of years later, I somehow landed the role of a pirate in a children's theater production of TREASURE ISLAND that a local community group was doing.
5. The same group cast me in the chorus of a modest production of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. And that, my friends, was my last hurrah. I really did enjoy doing all of those things.
Oh, yeah, I neglected to mention that I was also the original Tevye on Broadway, before they brought in that hack Zero Mostel. Why do I always forget about that one?
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As for Blood Brothers... I liked it. In fact, I saw it three times on Broadway. Once with the original cast, and then twice with Petula Clark and the Cassidy brothers. The second time I saw Pet and the Boys, I took my college theatre professor with me. He had actually been listening to the cassette (remember those) of the original London production for a while, and he was hooked on it - which,frankly, surprised me. I was actually scared that he would not like it once seeing it on stage, but, lo and behold, he actually loved it. Yes, the music is a bit too pop-py and over-produced even in the theatre, but it worked well with the book, imho. And I was always surprised at the running time of the show itself - 2:40, I believe. It never felt that long to me.
The one and only time that I went to New York was in December 1995. Blood Brothers was playing and I chose not to see it. I have a couple of friends who did see it. Before they went, one absolutely loved the CDs and one hated them (I don't know why she chose to see the show, though). Anyway, the one who loved the CDs hated the show and the one who hated the CDs loved the show. :-\ Go figure.
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Of course, later this year at the 5th Avenue Theatre (http://www.5thavenue.org/) in Seattle will be the world premiere of the stage musical version of SHREK?
Ugh. When will it end? The only thing worse than the theater becoming a recycler of movies is the fact that the movies have become a recycler of old TV shows -- Underdog, Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, Scooby Doo, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Mission Impossible, Brady Bunch, Addams Family, Maverick, Leave it to Beaver, The Honeymooners, Twilight Zone, George of the Jungle....and coming soon: Dallas, more Star Trek, and God knows what else. It is so dispiriting.
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DR Tomovoz - Remember, I also saw the original production of Passion five times! Loved it!
:)
During the curtain speech for Side Show (http://www.capitalplayhouse.com/) that I'm in, Jeff Kingsbury (the managing director of Capital Playhouse) tells the audience that this, the fourth show in their season, is when they announce what they're doing next season. One of the shows that they're going to do is A Grand Night For Singing, which was nominated for Best Musical in the same year that Passion won...except that Jeff has been saying that AGNFS won! For four performances and four curtain speeches now, he's announced that it was the Tony winner for Best musical. I sent a message of correction to his MySpace page. Hopefully on Wednesday he'll correct his speech. ;)
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The home remedy for kidney stones did not work today. DH is going to try it one more time tomorrow and if it doesn't work, then it may be time to blast them!
Long day tomorrow so I'm going to hit the showers and le bed!
~~~Vibes for Successful Kidney Stone Remedy for Edi's DH Greg!!~~~
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I've always loved 1776. I saw my best friend play Charles Thomson in a NorCal production last year. Later this month, I'll be seeing a different company (same director and some of the same cast) tackling the show up north again. This time, my friend is playing John Dickinson. Can you say "upgrade"?
1776 is one of my all-time favorite musicals. :D
Just had to share. :)
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I'm catching up. Can you tell? ;D
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I am home. It was an uneventful trip but they were starting to cancel flights in Denver. Anything going North or West was at risk. After we landed here, they did a turn-around in literally 5 minutes to get back to Denver while they still could get there
Welcome home, Cillaliz!
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With that i will take my new ear ache and go to bed
~~~Feel Better Vibes for Cillaliz!!~~~
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I think it's time for a Gratuitous Post...so here it is. Gratuitous Post # 328.
;)
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And since we're so close...
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I have no idea who JB is, nor the other birthday boy, Clem.
BK, I'm pretty sure that JB (http://www.haineshisway.com/community/index.php?board=;action=viewprofile;user=JB) is your very own darling daughter. ::)
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Oh, THAT JB!!!
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Oh, THAT JB!!!
Yes...THAT JB. ;)
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The problem is I never think of her as JB but as JK!
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And tell your speech maker that A Grand Night For Singing's cast album was produced by a very nice guy.
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I left the darling daughter a darling phone message for her birthday and also sent her a darling e-mail and she'll be receiving a darling package, too.
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Welcome sixteen GUESTS.
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And tell your speech maker that A Grand Night For Singing's cast album was produced by a very nice guy.
I will! I showed him and several others in the cast the Skinner/Ripley live CD, "Raw at Town Hall." They were all suitably impressed.
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George, Page 13 is an achievable, if not altogether lucky, goal.
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And in honor or BK's daughter's birthday, here's BK's latest plateau! ;D
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/BKs36000th.jpg)
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George, Page 13 is an achievable, if not altogether lucky, goal.
For about four years, I lived in an apartment #13. Except for the one time I left my front door open in the morning when I left for work and someone came in and stole a VCR and stereo receiver, I didn't have any trouble there. It was the only time in my life that I've ever been robbed, though. :-\