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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were hard-boiled and gaily-colored, and now it is time for you to post until the hard-boiled cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: COMPUNCTIOUS!
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And I am the first poster???
Odd very odd.
Going to the car show today.
Also watched Fellini's Intervista last night. Not as good as I remember it.
Also Fellini's 8 1/2. Interesting to compare it to 9
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Enjoy your day, everyone! :)
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And the word of the day is: COMPUNCTIOUS!
The candidate in Michigan wasn't feeling the least bit COMPUNCTIOUS when she won by a MISCOUNT COUP.
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I don't know that I've ever seen a Fellini film.
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Nope. Just checked on IMDB, and I have never seen any of Fellini's films.
Makes it hard to choose a favorite.
On the other hand, I notice that Nine is in pre-production, with Rob Marshall directing and Javier Bardem playing Guido.
I sure hope Marshall lets Bardem wear a better haircut than the Coen brothers did.
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I've got work to get to.
And a venison roast to tackle after that, which means planning all the go-withs and whatnot while I'm at the store.
I'll try to catch up on yesterday and earlier later.
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Easter morning greetings! Today is a family day - church in Cincinnati with Richard and Rob and Mary Linda, pick up my mom on the way home, and dinner together later this afternoon. We'll be joined for dinner by Richard's younger brother and his wife - we haven't seen them since Thanksgiving.
Last night we watched No Country for Old Men, which I found very grim, so then we watched Easter Parade to cheer me up. Between movies, I made deviled eggs (we skipped the coloring this year) and set the Easter table.
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Good morning, all! I will setting out for Toyland shortly, and I plan to spend a lot of the day there working on various and sundry projects.
Last night I finished watching Middleton's THE CHANGELING, which petered out: the lunatic subplot was never integrated into the main story, which continued to be a doozy: Beatrice-Joanna, about to marry the man she loves, finds she's pregnant by the killer she hired and her sexual blackmailer. So, she bribes her virginal maid to sneak into the bridal chamber and have sex with her new husband. Then she and the killer start a fire in the maid's room and in the evacuation kill the maid so no one will ever know of the plot. The groom's servant has been flirting with the maid and he's aware of the affair between Beatrice-Joanna and the killer, so he tells the groom. The killers both end up dead. No one lives happily ever after.
Then I watched the bonus features on the new ENCHANTED disc, and this led to my watching the entire movie again. DR FJL, there are two cut scenes that provide more info on the attitude of the Idina Menzel character before the elopement, both of which should maybe have been retained for those of you discontented with that plot development. I still think Amy Adams deserved an Oscar nomination, but I guess the committee thinks being funny is easy and only scenery chewers deserve a nomination these days.
I, for one, liked GONE BABY GONE; I'm not sure I'd want to see it again, but it interested me enough to pick up a couple of the Dennis Lehane mysteries besides MYSTIC RIVER.
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Sunday.....
Hmmmm.....more interesting posts last night. Looking forward to the photos from DR JOSE's adventure last night.
HHW - the Eclectic bunch. DR MICHAEL S is going to the car show today and DR GEORGE is going to see Mamma Mia!
I still love THE ROOKIES and may have to buy the box set described by Mr BK.
Vibes of all kinds for the coming week for MR BK.
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Topic of the day:
What is the highest paying job you ever had? (I am not asking dollar amounts)....and what is the highest amount you were ever paid for doing a single thing?
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I am going to watch THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG on Hallmark Channel in less than one hour to see MR BK's stint as "Bank Teller."
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March 23
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And the word of the day is: COMPUNCTIOUS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WHO'S SORRY NOW ?
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Miss Connie Francis sang a great version of the SOD!!!
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It's been my experience that when a song title starts with "Who's" the answer is going to be "Youse."
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Happy Easter to one and all and also all and one.
I have the weekend from nonstop hell, with a late gig Friday, voice students yesterday day, another gig last night, and now am up at the veritable crack to go play two very large and music-filled services, where I will be directing various choirs, bell choirs, brass ensembles and the like.
I plan on coming home to a nice, comfy nervous breakdown circa 1 p.m.
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Good morning and a Happy Easter to all who participate!
It's going to be a beautiful Easter here with lots of sunshine but moderately chilly temperatures (highs in the 50s). I have lots to do inside today, so I won't be in the chill.
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I, too, enjoyed GONE BABY GONE. Great? No. (The mystery element was easily solved long before the revelation.) But it held my attention, and I got quite involved with the conundrum at the end. I had NO trouble understanding Casey Affleck and found the direction effective. So, different strokes.
As for Amy Ryan's Oscar nomination, it's a showy character and that kind of performance often gets attention, but I'd have nominated Amy Madigan instead. Her character had more of an emotional connection with me and showed more depth, I thought.
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Happy Easter day!!
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TV Reminder:
JOHN ADAMS (Episode 3) tonight. Looking forward to it. Glad HBO is only going to run these once a week, however. Two in a row was a little much last Sunday.
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I'll be spending most of today with the review copy of THERE WILL BE BLOOD. It's a two-disc set, so I'll watch the movie this afternoon and save the bonus features for this evening.
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I will probably watch another NUMB3RS episode today while I cook and eat lunch. Then it'll be on to Daniel Day-Lewis' Oscar-winning performance.
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Less than four months from movie-theatre opening to DVD release for ENCHANTED? - is this now the norm for release of movies to video?
Thanks so much for the info about the Idina Menzel character, Larry.
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Skip had a lovely lovely time working with Ed Harris and Amy Madigan [mentioned in BK's notes] in winter 2005 (when they performed a one-act musical Skip wrote with Eduardo Machado). They are the nicest people; i got to meet them at the after-party, and they even stepped out of the party for a while to meet Toby and Dylan.
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Less than four months from movie-theatre opening to DVD release for ENCHANTED? - is this now the norm for release of movies to video?
Thanks so much for the info about the Idina Menzel character, Larry.
Yep. If you'll notice all of the holiday films from 2007 (I AM LEGEND, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, SWEENEY TODD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THERE WILL BE BLOOD) are getting released now or in the next couple of weeks.
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I guess those fans of the show JERICHO already saw the announcement, but if not, CBS has canceled the show. The episode on Tuesday night will be the series finale, not just the season finale.
However, the producers are checking in to see if some other cable channel (Sci-Fi, for example) might want to pick it up for an additional season of episodes.
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Happy Easter everyone!
Speaking of series/season finales. The season finale of LIPSTICK JUNGLE was a terrible ending.
On tv for me tonight: BIG BROTHER, DEXTER, SMALLVILLE (on today in canada), and the OPRAH show.
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RE: my frozen turkey.
Yep it's frozen. It's one of the ones you cook from frozen. According to the time on the turkey it should take about 6 hours to cook.
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Guess I need to head downstairs and get laundry sorted and ready for washing later.
Then, I need to decide what's for lunch and get that cooking.
WBBL.
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Page Two Cyclone Dance!!!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And...
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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And as for last night's festivities...
Here I am with the wonderful Michelle Brourman. We only met each a few summers ago when I was called up to New York Stage & Film to assist with the rehearsals for their still-in-development musical, Dangerous Beauty. -It will be getting a full production this summer in Chicago at Northwestern University. Michelle became fast friends and colleagues; we both seem to have the same musical sensibilities and outlook. We've kept in touch sporadically since then, but last night was the first time we had seen each other since that summer, and even though we had missed each other in the interim, it truly was like we no time had passed at all too.
*Last night was also the first time I heard Michelle play something other than her "Renaissance Music" - a.k.a. the songs from Dangerous Beauty - and I was sort of surprised at how well she swung - pretty decent jazz chops. -And her arrangement of Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" was a stunner. I may have to steal it!
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My prime rib has is roasting.
HAPPY EASTER DAY EVERYONE!
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Hmmm... Let's try the picture attachment thingy one more time....
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Ah, there we go. Much better.
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And here I am with the equally wonderful Amanda McBroom. The first time I had heard her sing live was when Jacques Brel and Lies & Legends were running in repertory at the Pasadena Playhouse... almost 20(!) years ago. I was out there for a week or two visiting a friend, and he just happened to have tickets... And last night was just the second time I had heard Amanda sing live. Hopefully, it will be not be another 20 years till the next time.
I've always admired Amanda's voice on record, but what really caught my eye - and brain - last night was her acting. She truly inhabited each song she sang from the fluffy "I Want To Be Round" (an ode to good eating ;-)) to the tragedy of Brel's "Marieke". And she scaled it all down perfectly to the size of the room.
Amanda's husband, George Ball - who was also in Brel and Lies in Pasadena - was also in attendance last night. Alas, no photos of the very happy and talented couple.
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And now, with an assist from David Zippel, here are the three us together. -And if you're wondering - or just being snarky ;-) - Yes, I did have a cocktail - just one! - with my Coconut Pineapple Cake (they only serve desserts at The Metropolitan Room). However, I also found myself tearing up a few times throughout the evening... Especially after Amanda's introduction to "The Rose...
She dedicated it to a group of "boys and girls" who are currently somewhere in the hills of Afghanistan. There happen to be a small group of cabaret fans over there, and they've been corresponding with Amanda via e-mail for the past couple of months - whenever they have enough "free time" to do so, and when they're out of immediate danger. During one of their latest communiques, they sent her a picture of a desert flower, a desert rose they came across while traversing the dusty, hot terrain... It was truly a powerful moment and rendition.
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Did the Village People sing any gay Easter songs?
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And to sort of bring the evening full circle, Moni Yakim, the director of the original production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris was also in attendance last night.
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Did the Village People sing any gay Easter songs?
I don't believe so, but some of them did have quite nice baskets.
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I think that GONE, BABY, GONE was a terrific picture and that Amy Ryan should have won the Oscar.
Yes, some of the dialogue was muffled, which is a shame, but I find that in a lot of movies these days.
On the other hand:
Last night, I finally saw JUNO and, although it was mildly entertaining and Ellen Page is quite good, I do not think it was worthy of all the raves it has received. It is definitely no LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.
I think that LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD and even GONE, BABY, GONE were more worthy of a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
And, the Best Original Screenplay statuette SHOULD have gone to MICHAEL CLAYTON.
::)
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HAPPY EASTER
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Did the Village People sing any gay Easter songs?
I don't believe so, but some of them did have quite nice baskets.
Your welcome, Jose, for the set-up.
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Much appreciated, Tom (of the other Oz).
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Much appreciated, Tom (of the other Oz).
Ah, would that be the prison, Oz?
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Ah, would that be the prison, Oz?
Only if you're into such fantasies scenarios.
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Otherwise, I'm including Tacoma as part of the general Seattle area. ;)
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Otherwise, I'm including Tacoma as part of the general Seattle area. ;)
But Seattle is called The Emerald City, but never Oz.
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But Seattle is called The Emerald City, but never Oz.
Ah, I stand clarified.
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Very nice photos, Jose.
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I am going to watch THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG on Hallmark Channel in less than one hour to see MR BK's stint as "Bank Teller."
Worth seeing!
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Hello, everyone, and HAPPY EASTER.
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It's been my experience that when a song title starts with "Who's" the answer is going to be "Youse."
;D
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HAPPY EASTER
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It's a lovely day in my 'hood, and I shall be heading out for a walk soon. I doubt that much will be open, but IF one of our bakeries is open I may just have to indulge in a Little Something.
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I was watching season 3 of SLINGS & ARROWS last night. I've come to really love that show! Such fine writing!
Tonight will probably be CARNIVALE--for a COMPLETELY different change of pace! (I've watched all the S&A; what can I do??)
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Well... Part of me wants to head up to the bodega, get a copy of the New York Times, and spend the rest of the afternoon reading it. Another part of me wants to get out into the sunshine again today since I'm going to be in rehearsal studios - some without windows! - this whole week. In the meantime, I have a load of laundry in the dryer, and I made a pot off coffee to enjoy with my Doughnut Plant doughnuts. Sooooo good!
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Well... Part of me wants to head up to the bodega, get a copy of the New York Times, and spend the rest of the afternoon reading it. Another part of me wants to get out into the sunshine again today since I'm going to be in rehearsal studios - some without windows! - this whole week. In the meantime, I have a load of laundry in the dryer, and I made a pot off coffee to enjoy with my Doughnut Plant doughnuts. Sooooo good!
One of the differnces for me living on the East Coast instead of Californina has been that I appreciate good weather so much more. In California I never said, "It's a nice day. I should get outside for a bit and enjoy it." Now I do! And I shall!
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Hello, everyone, and HAPPY EASTER.
Jeanne, I hope you are feeling better.
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DR TCB, if you're living in OZ - also called "Emerald City" on HBO - how often are you dropping the soap? ;D
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PRESENTING
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DR TCB, if you're living in OZ - also called "Emerald City" on HBO - how often are you dropping the soap? ;D
And/or how often does he make the soap drop?
;D
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DR TCB, if you're living in OZ - also called "Emerald City" on HBO - how often are you dropping the soap? ;D
Only when you are in town! :D
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Nice basket, Jose!
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Nice basket, Jose!
Indeed, it is! ;D
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...And that's what Easter means to me!
;D
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...And that's what Easter means to me!
;D
. . .for an altogether different take on Easter:
You may email me for a Kevin Smith take, which is not recommended for the highly sensitive, which is why I am not postingit. . .after having had posted it. . .)
Not for the squeamish or even not-so-easily offended.
I MEAN IT!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Proceed at your own risk.
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. . .and if requested, I shall indeed remove the previous post altogether. . . . ::)
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I always smile when I hear Seattle calling itself The Emerald City. For most of my life, Seattle was called the Queen City.
Of course, in recent years Tacoma has started calling itself America's #1 Wired City. It is a name that has never caught on with the populace (think, Avenue of the Americas). Instead, most of us still call Tacoma, The City of Destiny.
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. . .and if requested, I shall indeed remove the previous post altogether. . . . ::)
That might be a good thing... Or at least you should bold and italicize your warning. He Means It! Not for the squeamish or even not-so-easily offended.[/b]
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But then there is this take on Easter.. Well, at least the Easter Bunny...
The Easter Bunny Is Evil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZQZjhqHaF8)
;D
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I did indeed get a good night's sleep. I'm foggy and groggy but boy did I need it.
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That might be a good thing... Or at least you should bold and italicize your warning. He Means It! Not for the squeamish or even not-so-easily offended.[/b]
...And I'd remove the smiley too. :-\
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I can also remove this post if requested:
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...And I'd remove the smiley too. :-\
Been there, done that.
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. . .for an altogether different take on Easter:
You may email me for a Kevin Smith take, which is not recommended for the highly sensitive, which is why I am not postingit. . .after having had posted it. . .)
Not for the squeamish or even not-so-easily offended.
I MEAN IT!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Proceed at your own risk.
Just think how emotionally damaged I am, having been here before the warnings and before the web address was removed.
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Just think how emotionally damaged I am, having been here before the warnings and before the web address was removed.
Put your head on my shoulder and I will comfort you. ;)
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Put your head on my shoulder and I will comfort you. ;)
Just on your shoulder?
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Thanks for the set up, DR td!
;D
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Well, before the afternoon totally gets away from me...
Laters...
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Thanks for the set up, DR td!
;D
Always a pleasure to help a fellow HHWer! ;)
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One hour until dinner. . .this house sure is aromatic at the moment. . .salivatory glands are going into overdrive.
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Well... I'm ba-ack...
The NY Times recently posted a new audio slideshow featuring the new play, "Parlour Songs", by Jez Butterworth. Jonathan Cake is one of three stars in the play, and he appears to be continuing his series of "spare costumed" roles in NYC. ;)
From Song to Stage (http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20080323_JEZ_FEATURE/index.html)
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BK pondered in the notes about his menu for Easter dinner.
When celebrating an Easter dinner, good Jewish men should consider:
Lobster Bisque
Honey Baked Ham
der Brucer
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Back from Easter breakfast. Mom and I stopped off at an estate sale. She bought a cookie sheet and I bought an old throw rug and a wool blanket (for Bosco).
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Back from Easter breakfast. Mom and I stopped off at an estate sale. She bought a cookie sheet and I bought an old throw rug and a wool blanket (for Bosco).
What did you have for Easter breakfast, DR MBarnum?
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Now to watch another Bollywood movie.
Today it will be MAMTA (1966). It is a family drama about a mother and her kids, I think.
The DVD was on sale at Indiaweekly.com for just 39 cents. I have no doubt it will be worth every penny.
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Ham, cheesy potatoes, Mexican pastries, and stuff like that there.
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I am listening to a really annoying CD - I do hope it gets better after the first cut. My first exposure to someone named David Axelrod. From the description, it sounded like something I'd like, but as I keep finding out, those who write these descriptions are nitwits.
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And then I wrote
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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I really wish this production meeting had occurred yesterday. There must be someting happening around here because all parking near my house has been taken.
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I really wish this production meeting had occurred yesterday. There must be someting happening around here because all parking near my house has been taken.
Easter Parade? Easter Egg Hunt? Post-Purim Hamantaschen Eating Contest?
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Easter Parade? Easter Egg Hunt? Post-Purim Hamantaschen Eating Contest?
Gee thanks, Jose, you had be running for my Kosher Dictionary. I should have known that it was something sweet.
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Time for a walk.
Laters...
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I am listening to a really annoying CD - I do hope it gets better after the first cut. My first exposure to someone named David Axelrod. From the description, it sounded like something I'd like, but as I keep finding out, those who write these descriptions are nitwits.
This David Axelrod, who has been in the industry for over forty years?
http://www.davidaxelrodmusic.com/discography.html (http://www.davidaxelrodmusic.com/discography.html)
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TV Reminder:
JOHN ADAMS (Episode 3) tonight. Looking forward to it. Glad HBO is only going to run these once a week, however. Two in a row was a little much last Sunday.
I really enjoyed watching episodes 1 and 2 on the free preview. It reminds me why I've always had HBO. I'm reconsidering adding it back into my cable package
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And now, with an assist from David Zippel, here are the three us together. -And if you're wondering - or just being snarky ;-) - Yes, I did have a cocktail - just one! - with my Coconut Pineapple Cake (they only serve desserts at The Metropolitan Room). However, I also found myself tearing up a few times throughout the evening... Especially after Amanda's introduction to "The Rose...
These are nice pictures, DR Jose, but why didn't we get a picture of David Zippel? I love him!
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Skip had a lovely lovely time working with Ed Harris and Amy Madigan [mentioned in BK's notes] in winter 2005 (when they performed a one-act musical Skip wrote with Eduardo Machado). They are the nicest people; i got to meet them at the after-party, and they even stepped out of the party for a while to meet Toby and Dylan.
Oh ! I'm very jealous. I adore both of them....oh I really like Ed Harris and Amy Madigan too ;)
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I began my Easter afternoon viewing with another NUMB3RS episode. This one dealt with efforts to locate a sunken $10 million skiff. Just an OK episode, not terrifically exciting and not much mystery to it.
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I can also remove this post if requested:
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TCB, we must have gotten the same email. I didn't think to save the photos separately. It's much better this way
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I spent most of the afternoon with THERE WILL BE BLOOD. An interesting character study, not nearly as violent as I thought it would be (the R rating said "for some violence" so I should have taken a clue from that). Could have been shorter, I think, but it was reasonably entertaining.
Daniel Day-Lewis is commanding, but honestly, I thought he was channeling John Huston's speech patterns throughout the entire movie. No, I wouldn't have given him the Best Actor Oscar for this (I certainly would for some previous performances that he lost for - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, for one - , but not for this.)
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There wasn't a hint of a bonus feature on the first disc, not even previews for upcoming Paramount releases. So all of the bonuses will be on the second disc.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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I shall soon be on my way to the production meeting - hopefully with no traffic.
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Hey BK!
Everybody's at the White House Easter Egg Hunt!
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DR BrettySpaghetti may now be seen on IPods and computers everywhere!. . .in addition to all of those other clips we love on youtube:
www.vixy.net (http://www.vixy.net)
This is a nifty little converter!
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On the topic of Fellini films (back on page one).
My favorite is LA STRADA. He's done many great ones, but I always return to it with great enjoyment. I find it deeply affecting.
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Now, I'm going to write for a little while, and then I must head down and clean the guest bath, put away the washed, dried, and folded laundry, and then get back to the bonus features on THERE WILL BE BLOOD and tonight's JOHN ADAMS.
A busy night ahead!
WBBL.
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PRESENTING
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Was that David Hodo's Easter Basket, or Victor Willis'?
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DR FJL didn't Skip's HERRINGBONE have a production in Indianapolis some time ago? Or am I thinking of a different show?
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In the NOT NEWS Department: The charms of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS still escape me.
Kelly at his pretentious worst and his ego gone wild with some really dumb dances to some really great music.
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Loved the APPLE DUMPLING GANG, but found the children fairly charmless....
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Slow news day on HHW.
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HAPPY EASTER!
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It was nice to see Donna, and her cute slippers. Druxy also stopped in.
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Whew! I'm exhausted!! I'll bet DR JMK is, too.
This morning we performed the world premiere of a new work for choir, organ, brass quartet, and timpani. It was pretty exciting music, and the composer was in attendance. It was very well received.
Since no one volunteered their prize-winning salad dressing recipe the other day, I did a Google seach on "best salad dressing ever," found a recipe, made it, and brought it to the gathering. That was a big hit as well! :)
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Was that David Hodo's Easter Basket, or Victor Willis'?
No, I believe this was David Hodo's.
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Whew! I'm exhausted!! I'll bet DR JMK is, too.
This morning we performed the world premiere of a new work for choir, organ, brass quartet, and timpani. It was pretty exciting music, and the composer was in attendance. It was very well received.
Since no one volunteered their prize-winning salad dressing recipe the other day, I did a Google seach on "best salad dressing ever," found a recipe, made it, and brought it to the gathering. That was a big hit as well! :)
I'm sorry, I missed your post yesterday. What did you make?
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In the NOT NEWS Department: The charms of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS still escape me.
Kelly at his pretentious worst and his ego gone wild with some really dumb dances to some really great music.
I'll come across the aisle to vote with you on this one.
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Our day consisted of giving Sherlock a shower, which of course was followed by much laundry, which I'm still doing. We cleaned some, spoke to Bryan, who has two offers on his loft, and to Keith's mother.
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I went over to my good friend's house today. I got the chance to see my Godson for the first time in fourteen years.
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Good Afternoon!
So... Shortly after putting a load of laundry into the dryer earlier, I decided to go take a walk while things were drying out. I live down at 145th... By the time my walk ended, I was up at 215th! -And I even took some detours along the way to take pictures of the East River. Needless to say, my laundry was most certainly dried by the time I got back here (via the A train). ;)
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I went over to my good friend's house today. I got the chance to see my Godson for the first time in fourteen years.
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A couple of days ago, DR Jose reported (re: his dinner at Tribeca Grill):
...I had the Maytag Bleu Cheese & Endive Salad to start off with...
A correction, quoting from The Food Snob's Dictionary, by David Kamp:
Maytag Blue Cheese: Old School American Artisinal cheese, produced in Iowa since 1941 by the same Maytags whose patriarch, F.L., started the appliance company of the same name. Way ahead of the curve, F.L.'s grandson, Fred II, who ran a dairy farm on the side, determined that the milk from his Holsteins could produce a veined, stinky cheese every bit as good as France's and that the word bleu could therefor be authoritatively replaced by the word blue. Packaged attractively in blue-accented foil wrappers, Maytag's small-batch cheeses are a popular name-drop on New American menus.
Double-checking at the Tribeca Grill menu site (http://www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com/tribecagrill/dinner.html), they do indeed spell it as Maytag Blue.
A side note: Fred II's son, Fred III (aka Fritz), is the fellow that took the Anchor Brewing Company (http://www.anchorbrewing.com/), makers of Anchor Steam Beer, and turned it into one of the leading microbreweries in the nation.
So now we know what the Maytag Repairman does with all his spare time!
(The underlining is mine, btw.)
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DR SWW - "Blue" or "Bleu" - it's still mold. ;)
And, yes, I already knew that the Blue Cheese had it's origins with the appliance family.
However, "are a popular name-drop on New American menues"... Hmm... It's actually called "Maytag Blue Cheese", so it's not really a "name drop", especially since it really is different from other blue or bleu cheeses. Plus, it's been featured on menus that way for years.
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Hmm.. I need some dinner, especially after my long walk. Alas, I'm in that state where I'm a bit too tired - and blood-sugar deprived - to even think about making any sort of decision regarding where or what to eat. ;)
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TCB, I hope you enjoyed your visit. :)
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Last night while I was doing the dishes the water got HOT! It was hotter than it has ever been. Today there doesn't seem to be any hot water.
Fortunately our bathroom has a separate hot water heater.
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I stepped away to answer the phone, and three phone calls later, I realized I'd been signed on to HHW that whole time, with nary a post.
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Jrand - HERRINGBONE was done in Vancouver WA (near Portland, Oregon) in August and December 2006, and then in Williamstown MA in summer 2007. Those are the only recent productions of that show that Skip's aware of.
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Cilla - Toby and Dylan say thank you for your kind words.
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Jose:
You may have missed the source I was quoting, The Food Snob's Dictionary, by David Kamp. While highly accurate in it's information, Kamp is also having fun skewering the "foodie" cult and all of their pretentions. The insistance that the source of the parts of the dish served be listed on the menu is what is referred to as the "name drop," something that menu writers love to do because it makes everything sound that much more precious and therefor more expensive. I suppose we've got Alice Waters to blame for this, but when she started doing it, it was something that no one was doing. But that was years ago, back in '71.
The Tribeca menu is surprisingly light on this kind of pretension, but when and where it is found elsewhere, it can usually and rightly be called "trendy."
(Some of the above information included to help others keep up with the discussion.)
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Boy, the film-to-musical mill is getting quicker and quicker. Just got my tickets to the musical JUNO, at the City Center later this week.
:) :) :)
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Boy, the film-to-musical mill is getting quicker and quicker. Just got my tickets to the musical JUNO, at the City Center later this week.
*smacks own forehead*
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Dinner is roasting in the oven: a venison roast, resting on a bed of beet greens and barded with particularly streaky bacon.
This will be accompanied by roasted beets (from which the greens grew) and oatmeal, which will be loaded up with apples and craisins. A mushroom gravy will finish the plating.
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Boy, the film-to-musical mill is getting quicker and quicker. Just got my tickets to the musical JUNO, at the City Center later this week.
:) :) :)
Amazing how Marc Blitzstein was prescient enough to write the music in 1959, nearly a full half-century ahead in anticipation of Diablo Cody's script!
;)
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TCB, I hope you enjoyed your visit. :)
Well, I wish I had, as well.
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Which reminds me, I Just got my tickets to THE VISIT at the Signature in Arlington, VA in June as well.
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They've already musicalized TCB'S trip!?!?!?!?
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Bretty - I was just trying to make a joke. The musical JUNO is indeed playing at City Center this week, and I did indeed just get my tickets, but other than sharing a title, it has nothing to do with the Oscar-nominated film.
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Are they gonna cast TWMHM as DR TCB?
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Bretty - I was just trying to make a joke. The musical JUNO is indeed playing at City Center this week, and I did indeed just get my tickets, but other than sharing a title, it has nothing to do with the Oscar-nominated film.
I don't recall a paycock in the Oscar winning film, either. . . ::)
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I guess that now would be an appropriate time to say, "I wish it so." ;)
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Jose:
You may have missed the source I was quoting, The Food Snob's Dictionary, by David Kamp. While highly accurate in it's information, Kamp is also having fun skewering the "foodie" cult and all of their pretentions. The insistance that the source of the parts of the dish served be listed on the menu is what is referred to as the "name drop," something that menu writers love to do because it makes everything sound that much more precious and therefor more expensive. I suppose we've got Alice Waters to blame for this, but when she started doing it, it was something that no one was doing. But that was years ago, back in '71.
The Tribeca menu is surprisingly light on this kind of pretension, but when and where it is found elsewhere, it can usually and rightly be called "trendy."
(Some of the above information included to help others keep up with the discussion.)
I know, I know.
I have first editions of both "The Food Snob's Dictionary" and "The United States of Arugula". <puff, puff> ;)
*Kamp's "The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge" and "The Film Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge" are also informative and entertaining reads.
Btw - It's "insistence", and I've grown to prefer "therefore".
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I heard they're doing a modern, hipper version of THE VISIT and calling it THE VIZ
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DR FJL - It's actually going to be called "DA V!Z".
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One of the big numbers in DA VIZ is "Wheeze On Down the Road"
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Well, I wish I had, as well.
:( Sorry.
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In case you thought that these higher oil prices were unnecessary. I can now show you where your dollars have gone.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Shakshome.jpg)
This is not a hotel, but the private home ofSheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.
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In case you thought that these higher oil prices were unnecessary. I can now show you where your dollars have gone.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Shakshome.jpg)
This is not a hotel, but the private home ofSheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.
Reminds me of a couple of casinos I've seen.
I wonder what the carpeting looks like.
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Bretty - I was just trying to make a joke. The musical JUNO is indeed playing at City Center this week, and I did indeed just get my tickets, but other than sharing a title, it has nothing to do with the Oscar-nominated film.
The joke loses some impact by being altogether too plausible!
;D
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Well the frozen turkey turned out fine. Although i can't really say that i made it. My mom ending up doing everything.
It is a great concept though (cooking from frozen).
Tonight i watched BIG BROTHER. But now i think i will go watch tomorrow' MEDIUM (on tonight in canada for some reason). I guess with DANCING WITH THE STARS and IDOL that channel is full!
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DR SWW - "Blue" or "Bleu" - it's still mold. ;)
And, yes, I already knew that the Blue Cheese had it's origins with the appliance family.
However, "are a popular name-drop on New American menues"... Hmm... It's actually called "Maytag Blue Cheese", so it's not really a "name drop", especially since it really is different from other blue or bleu cheeses. Plus, it's been featured on menus that way for years.
It's made near Newton, Iowa, here is the link to the Maytag Dairy Farms http://www.maytagdairyfarms.com/aspx/welcome.aspx
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Reminds me of a couple of casinos I've seen.
I wonder what the carpeting looks like.
Sorry, Woody, most of the interior photos I found had marble floors, instead of carpet. However, I did find this bedroom photo. Eat your heart out, Laura!
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Shaksbedroom.jpg)
Wouldn't you kind of feel like you were sleeping in Grand Central Station?
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Back from the production meeting, then another great meal at Michael's Bar and Grill - I went back to the fried catfish, which was faboo and a half.
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Will we never get to page seven?
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I hope we have an influx of people tonight. I think we need an influx. Most of the day we've had an outflux.
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My day has been in flux.
Can an influx be in flux?
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I am watching John Adams. I am seriously thinking about adding HBO back to my package so I can watch the rest of this series.
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I found tonight's "John Adams" episode quite interesting and moving since I know nothing of the Adams family's travails after the events of the Declaration of Independence. Most interesting.
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Good night, everyone. Happy Easter.
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I thought so, too. DR Elmore. I know a little about him and of course both he and his son went on to be President of the United States, but I didn't know much of what was in the episode tonight and don't want to miss the rest
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Good night, TCB. Happy Easter to you too
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'night
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I caught the last 40 minutes on PBS of the glorious adaptation of Jane Austen's EMMA with Kate Beckinsale, Prunella Scles, and Mark Strong, who's the gangster boyfriend/keeper of Delysia LaFosse in MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY. I had forgotten that in the final scene the band plays the Irish jig that Bernstein turned into "My Darlin' Eileen" for WONDERFUL TOWN.
And so, to bed.
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I think we need us a frenzy or two.
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You'd think it was Easter or something. Well, you've all had your eggs and rabbits, so let's get some postin' goin' on.
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Is it appropriate to eat "deviled" eggs on Easter Sunday?
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Paul asked me that. Cracked me up
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Well, the frenzying is going to have to take place without me. I've had a long, rough week, and my depression is catching up with me. Time for me to take advantage of having tomorrow off, and sign off.
The venison, btw, turned out very nicely.
And Iron Chef America was fun, too, with both chefs having time battles towards the end.
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Oh, dear. Not know about JUNO with Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas? Who cares if it only ran a few performances? EVERYBODY knows Juno!
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Well the frozen turkey turned out fine. Although i can't really say that i made it. My mom ending up doing everything.
It is a great concept though (cooking from frozen).
Tonight i watched BIG BROTHER. But now i think i will go watch tomorrow' MEDIUM (on tonight in canada for some reason). I guess with DANCING WITH THE STARS and IDOL that channel is full!
Tomorrow's MEDIUM is the first of another two-parter. I'd prefer not to have any more of those, but no one asked me.
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I began my evening by watching the bonus material on the second disc in the THERE WILL BE BLOOD set. Not much there actually, less than an hour's worth of material all told.
There were a couple of deleted scenes, one outtake, a 15 minute montage of the still photographs, newsreels, and films that gave Paul Thomas Anderson the look and feel for the movie prior to filming, two trailers, and a 26 minute silent movie (with a new score) called "The Story of Petroleum," made in 1927 which is when the events of the film conclude.
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Page Seven Dorothy and the Wicked Witch Dance!!!
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Next, I watched ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE on HD-DVD. Not a great reenactment of the Mary Queen of Scots story/Spanish Armada defeat. I thought the Mary section was hopelessly muddled. None of the conspirators were given their names (no Babbington, no Ballard, for example) so unless one knew the history beforehand, it was a guessing game knowing who was doing what to whom.
I did like Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh, but he could do this part standing on his head. It didn't take a great performance from him. I was surprised to see in the credits that it was Samantha Morton as Mary. I wouldn't have recognized her at all. As usual, I loved Tom Hollander as Mary's "jailer."
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Since the "making of" documentary was only 9 minutes long, I watched that, too. They all rave about how Cate Blanchett is the definitive Elizabeth, but I don't think so at all. I still think Glenda Jackson's triumph in those six parts of ELIZABETH R are without equal (and worthy of the two Emmys she won for it).
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And then I finished the evening watching JOHN ADAMS which I had recorded. I agree with DRs Elmore and Cilla: I enjoyed it too since this part of the story is new to me. And the previews for next week look equally intriguing.
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Tomorrow's MEDIUM is the first of another two-parter. I'd prefer not to have any more of those, but no one asked me.
I JUST got finished catching up with Medium, having watched the recent two-parter this morning. It's been pretty good lately, but Anjelica Houston is, um, not easy to watch.
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Good Evening!
I just double-checked my iCalendar for this week's schedule. I already knew that I'd be working/playing from basically 10-5 each day this week - WOW! Just like regular people! ;) - however, over the course of the next five days, I'll be at four different venues, so... Just had to make sure I've implanted tomorrow's location now so that I don't end up staying on the A train an extra stop or two... which has happened once or twice before. !SPOO ;)
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In other news... I have a pot of Irish Oatmeal doing it's overnight soak thing on the stove, and I have two loads of laundry to fold before I turn in for the evening.
Exciting, huh? ;)
*At least it's a post.
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I think MEDIUM is one of the unsung dramas on TV currently. If you buy into the premise, the stories are consistently engaging, sometimes downright scary and/or troubling, and almost always satisfying. The portryal of the family dynamic on this show is the best on TV: these people look like they could actually BE a real family.
I'm not sure I've read whether NBC has picked it up for another season yet, but I'd be shocked if it got canceled.
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Now, I've got some writing to finish up and then I'll be heading down to bed.
Good night!
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Well... My laundry ain't gonna fold itself, so...
Goodnight.
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. I familied again today.
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I gotta tell you.
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Watched three more Rookies episodes, which I'm enjoying very much. I must say, this Leonard Horn director was very good. The worst is Earl Bellamy. Also, by episode seven, Elmer was gone, so far replaced by Allyn Ferguson and Jack Elliott, and Pete Rugolo.
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Just got my tickets to the musical JUNO, at the City Center later this week.
:) :) :)
I would love to see this. Last year, my friend Josh was going to direct O'Casey's play, "Juno and the Paycock," but it didn't work out. I was going to play Juno's husband...the paycock. :)
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. . .for an altogether different take on Easter:
You may email me for a Kevin Smith take, which is not recommended for the highly sensitive, which is why I am not postingit. . .after having had posted it. . .)
Not for the squeamish or even not-so-easily offended.
I MEAN IT!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Proceed at your own risk.
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I'm having allergy problems this fine evening.
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Today, I went to Seattle and saw
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell...umm...Carmelina...I mean Mamma Mia! this afternoon. ;)
The audience loved it. I liked it a lot. I didn't totally "love" it, but thought it was very good. All the actors/singers/dancers were very good (lots of eye candy...male and female! :D).
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Gee, pitch in, you people, will ya? Three more posts for heaven's sake, instead of just sitting there like so much fish.
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At the end of the show after the bows, one of the actors spoke to the audience about the Broadway Cares fundraiser happening. They had actors with buckets to take donations from the audience as they left the theater. They also had show posters autographed by the entire cast for only $40. I got one of those and my sister got a Mamma Mia apron for $20.
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Gratuitous Post #200.
How's that?? :D
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I have the original London and Swedish cast recordings of Mamma Mia! and was going to bring them to listen to on the way up to Seattle, but I left them at work. :P My sister wants to listen to the Swedish cast recording.
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Well, no one can say we didn't get to 200 posts, but there are going to be a lot of errant and truant bitch-slapped bunnies come tomorrow.
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Will we never get to page eight?
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It's been a long while since we've only had seven pages.
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I am my own frenzy.
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. I familied again today.
I suspect it's easier to "be with family" than it would to "be with child".
der Brucer
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Right now, I'm watching tonight's episode of "Dirt." I like this show. ;)
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I was going to play Juno's husband...the paycock. :)
When First Nudie goes on stage in your area, you can play a Stunt Cock!
der Brucer
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When First Nudie goes on stage in your area, you can play a Stunt Cock!
der Brucer
Only if I get my own dressing room! ;D
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PAGE 8 DANCE!!
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Only if I get my own dressing room! ;D
I'd hold out for a Fluffer :)
der Brucer
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Today I received this card:
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I'd hold out for a Fluffer :)
der Brucer
Okay. :D
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Today I received this card:
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What Cat?
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefXtS.dH3iMBa8qjzbkF/SIG=124b4r9me/EXP=1206426989/**http%3A//www.perrosamigos.com/images/doberman2.jpg)
der Brucer
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BUNNY "HOP" (http://www.flowgo.com/funny/10664_easter-hip-hop.html)
der Brucer
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Anybody remember this old gal?
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Anybody remember this old gal?
(http://www.advertisingperformance.com/icon1.jpg)
I do believe it's one of the Borden girls.
Not the one from Fall River!
der Brucer
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You really milked THAT joke!
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You really milked THAT joke!
And clean, at that.
der Brucer