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Title: OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 12:35:37 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had all their cylinders, and now it is time for you to post until the operating cows come home.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 12:36:20 AM
And the word of the day is: EPIGONE!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 12:37:30 AM
Now we can wish Joey a very happy haineshisway.com birthday.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 12:44:30 AM
TOD

I did hear the sounds of Tony Perkins wafting up from the rear of the house - (Greenwillow, perhaps?)

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 12:45:58 AM
For those who like to be prepared:

Warning - there will be a KIMMELRANT to come:

LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-areacode25apr25,0,4508204.story)

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Beginning in May 2009, all new telephone numbers issued in the 818 area will take a 747 area code. Customers who already have 818 telephone numbers will be allowed to keep them, however, they and everyone else in the zone will be required to dial 11 digits to make a local call -- even if they're calling the house next door.

Oh yes, dear readers, we shall be treated to a royal KIMMELRANT.

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 01:03:57 AM
For those who like to be prepared:

Warning - there will be a KIMMELRANT to come:

LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-areacode25apr25,0,4508204.story)

Quote
Beginning in May 2009, all new telephone numbers issued in the 818 area will take a 747 area code. Customers who already have 818 telephone numbers will be allowed to keep them, however, they and everyone else in the zone will be required to dial 11 digits to make a local call -- even if they're calling the house next door.

Oh yes, dear readers, we shall be treated to a royal KIMMELRANT.

der Brucer

A few years ago, that was proposed here in Washington.  It didn't happen...at least, not yet. ::)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 01:08:01 AM
2009 TONY AWARDS

SPOILER ALERT




FOX 411 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352397,00.html)

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From everything we heard and saw, "Billy Elliott" will be the show to beat in 2009 for the Tony. (The 2008 winner should be "Young Frankenstein.")

der Brucer

Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 01:30:03 AM
Good morning "Wakeup Fairy."

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:38:10 AM
Yes, I have awakened, in all my "Fairieness!"   :)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:38:58 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY[/size][/color]
to [former?] DR Joey!!![/size][/color]
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:39:45 AM
***CLEANING VIBES***[/size][/color]
to DR George![/size][/color]
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:41:11 AM
HOO[/size][/color] & RAY[/size][/color] for DD Sherlock and DR Jane!!!! :D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 01:46:41 AM
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/24/nyregion/move-600.jpg)

Ruby Washington/The New York Times
“Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps,” is migrating five blocks to the Cort Theater from the American Airlines Theater. It is one of two hit Broadway plays to move on the same day.

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/24/nyregion/move2-650.jpg)
Ruby Washington/The New York Times

The “August” move will cost $650,000.

NYTIMES (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/nyregion/25move.html)


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The Shows Must Go On, but Not Until They Change Theaters

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Getting from Point A to Point B has always been daunting in Manhattan, but rarely has any New York moving van saga been as operatic as the simultaneous transfer of two hit Broadway plays to new theaters on the same day.

This year’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “August: Osage County,” a sprawling drama about a dysfunctional family inhabiting a rambling Oklahoma home, is moving to the Music Box Theater from the Imperial Theater next door. And “Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps,” a witty, quick-change take on the 1935 movie thriller, is migrating five blocks to the Cort Theater from the American Airlines Theater.

The Broadway-to-Broadway transfer of even one play is more rare than a total solar eclipse. According to the Broadway League, the last time was nearly eight years ago when “Waiting in the Wings,” starring Rosemary Harris and Lauren Bacall, segued from the Walter Kerr to the Eugene O’Neill in May 2000.

But the strange coincidence of two plays transferring on the same day “is almost stratospheric,” said Charlotte St. Martin, the executive director of the Broadway League.

In both cases, their theaters had been booked for other shows; but because they were unexpected hits, their producers decided that the expense of a transfer was worth the gamble.

Because “39 Steps” has only four onstage actors in a seemingly bare-bones set, and is moving only to 48th Street from 43rd street, its transfer might be expected to require little more than a van and something of a plan. And since “August” is literally moving to the playhouse next door — to 239 West 45th Street from 249 West 45th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues — it might appear that stagehands could move the show with a few handcarts and a dolly or two.

But no. In all, the two shows will employ more than 60 stagehands, carpenters, electricians, prop people, sound technicians, teamsters and wardrobe workers toiling for more than a week, transporting 90,000 pounds of sets and equipment in 27 trucks, including four tractor trailers.

And the total moving bill for both shows? In excess of $1.25 million.
...

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:50:04 AM
Thanks for that, DR dB!

But, really.   The New York Times?  I thought you got all your news from Fox!   ;)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 01:50:49 AM
Must go to bed now.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:54:37 AM
I could not function on the little sleep that some of the HHW denizens seem to get!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 01:56:14 AM
Yes, I have awakened, in all my "Fairieness!"   :)

Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine,
    Y cladd in mightie armes and siluer shielde,
    Wherein old dints of deepe wounds did remaine,
    The cruell markes of many' a bloudy fielde;
    Yet armes till that time did he neuer wield:
    His angry steede did chide his foming bitt,
    As much disdayning to the curbe to yield:
    Full iolly knight he seemd, and faire did sitt,
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.

But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,
    The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,
    For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,
    And dead as liuing euer him ador'd:
    Vpon his shield the like was also scor'd,
    For soueraine hope, which in his helpe he had:
    Right faithfull true he was in deede and word,
    But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad;
Yet nothing did he dread, but euer was ydrad.

Vpon a great aduenture he was bond,
    That greatest Gloriana to him gaue,
    That greatest Glorious Queene of Faerie lond,
    To winne him worship, and her grace to haue,
    Which of all earthly things he most did craue;
    And euer as he rode, his hart did earne
    To proue his puissance in battell braue
    Vpon his foe, and his new force to learne;
Vpon his foe, a Dragon horrible and stearne.

der Brucer

Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:00:31 AM
Thanks for that, DR dB!

But, really.   The New York Times?  I thought you got all your news from Fox!   ;)

I have been known to go slumming from time to time!

der Brucer

Actually, I followed a link to the Times from RealClearPolitics.com and then noticed the theatre story.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:07:09 AM
Thanks for that, DR dB!

Well, I do like to find something of visual interest for Page one - Pogue complains about the Beefcake, Jose about the "daily catastrophe" photos, bk about the "more adult oriented" material...and I hate to pre-empt Laura or Tom's nature photos...

der Brucer
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 02:29:10 AM
***CLEANING VIBES***[/size][/color]
to DR George![/size][/color]

Thanks!  I was a bit industrious last night and I hope that it'll inspire me to continue in the morning and clean my TV room (it really needs it).  Anyway, I swapped out my kitchen faucet...again.  I got the first faucet for my new place before I actually moved in, in October 2006.  It had a chrome finish.  A couple of months ago, I finally decided to install it, but it turns out that it didn't really fit.  The counter behind it was too close and the faucet couldn't be turned on all the way.  Since it had been too long ago to get a refund or even exchange it, I went to Home Depot to get another one.  They had two that would fit and were the same style, but different colors/finishes.  However, only had the one white one in stock and that didn't really match.  Here's a picture (and you can see how close the faucet is to the counter right behind it :P):

(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/georged55/FawcetinWhite.jpg)

Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 02:31:34 AM
Even though it didn't match, I ended up buying the white one because I needed a working faucet and I wasn't going to put back the original...I threw it out before I knew that the new chrome faucet wouldn't fit.  Well, they finally got the nickel finish faucets in stock and a couple of weeks ago, I bought one!  But what to do with the original chrome and the now unnecessary white finish faucet?  It turns out that my parents' rental house needed a new faucet and the chrome one was perfect for that!  I put that in on Sunday.  Also, my parents have a white sink in their home (where I grew up) and they'll take that!  It's perfect for them.  So last night, I removed the white faucet from my sink and put in the nickel finish faucet.  Here's a picture of that:

(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/georged55/FawcetinNickel.jpg)

I'm going to install the white faucet in my parents' house on Sunday. ;D
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:41:46 AM
Looking good, DR George!   :)      How did you get to be so handy?
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:44:28 AM
WOD, used in a sentence:

We don't need no stinkin' epigone!

:)
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Post by: Michael on April 25, 2008, 03:18:51 AM
2009 TONY AWARDS

SPOILER ALERT




FOX 411 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352397,00.html)der Brucer



Didn't they say that about Interview With a Vampire?
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Michael on April 25, 2008, 03:25:23 AM
TOD

Video: Interview With A Vampire & Billy Elliot

Lestat bites Billy and becomes a ballet dancer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ben on April 25, 2008, 04:34:51 AM
Good Morning gang.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ben on April 25, 2008, 04:44:14 AM
Happy News in the land of McLaughlin and Morelli. It means we will be separated from the end of July through the middle of October but it's for a good reason.

Anthony got a job!!!

He will be in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin at

The Fireside Dinner Theatre (http://www.firesidetheatre.com/)

playing Twimble and Womper  in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

He starts rehearsal August 4th and runs from August 22nd through October 19th.

He played the role of Finch in HTSIBWRT back in High School a few years  (;)) ago and now he's moved up to character roles. At least it's a part.

He may finally get to

The House on the Rock (http://www.thehouseontherock.com/)

while he's there. He has two days off (Monday and Tuesday). People have recommended seeing THOTR but in all our trips to Minneapolis we never had time for a side trip. It's about 90 minutes from Fireside and he will be driving out to Wisconsin so he will probably see the sight.

I hope I can get out to see the show. It doesn't come at a good time for my work schedule but I may be able to carve out a day or two and fly to Madison to see him. The theatre is about 40 minutes from there.

And in other news, today I will listen to Evening Primrose. Tonight we will watch our Britcoms. Tomorrow Anthony will perform in his dance class salon (I will be present with a video camera) and Sunday we will be attending a 40th birthday party for one of Anthony's cousins.

That is our weekend in a nutshell.
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 04:48:43 AM
Good morning, Ben!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 04:56:23 AM
WOW![/size][/color]

What exciting news for Anthony!  CONGRATULATIONS to him!!  :D
That will be a little hard on you, though, won't it, DR Ben?

I have never heard of The House on the Rock, but have now added it to my list of places I'd like to visit.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 05:01:37 AM
"Are you my nurse, or have I died and gone to Harley heaven?"
(http://bp0.blogger.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SA5sJQyntTI/AAAAAAAAAws/jkYd82O-5kg/s320/littleflower.jpg)



photo:   Little Flower of East Orange
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 05:03:13 AM
[size=10]PAIGE, TOO![/size]

(http://www.geocities.com/divapaigeo/BandB.1.gif)
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Post by: Ben on April 25, 2008, 05:06:36 AM
Well, we will cope. He will have housing with a phone so we will talk frequently. I'm thinking it may even be time to break down and get a pre-paid cell phone since he'll be driving to Wisconsin (the theatre is about 90 minutes from Chicago) and if something happens he will not have to look for a phone.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 25, 2008, 05:16:31 AM
And the word of the day is: EPIGONE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 05:50:52 AM
Friday morning greetings!  Today's an information-waitressing day for me and then I get a 3-day weekend  :D

DR Ben - congratulations to Anthony on his gig in Wisconsin!  He will be not far from where Richard's seminary is located, but will be gone from there before we go for graduation week at the end of October.  I'd recommend that Ant also put

Ten Chimneys (http://www.tenchimneys.org)

on his tourism agenda.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 06:53:59 AM
Good morning, all! I slept in again and now I'm moving around, thinking about a second cup of coffee.  I wish there were an accompanying piece of pie, to paraphrase Mr Irving Berlin.

I think I've discovered a bit of recording fraud on the part of the Fat Conductor of Limited Talent and Limitless Ego, and I sent my evidence out to everyone on the project.  The dilemma is that, while he's passing something off as original when he himself created it - as he may have done a couple of other times in the past - and what he's written isn't bad and sticks closely to the abbreviated text found in the vocal score, it's grammatically a mess and needs adjustment.  And after that last sentence, I'm ashamed to be throwing rocks. For the nonce, I'm calling it the creation of a madman and letting the chips fall wherever.

DR singdaw, I miss Paige O'Hara! I've known her since around 1981, and I'm very fond of her. My late great friend Bill Tynes adored her, and the last time I saw him was the December 1986 evening after the dying man, assisted by friends at strategic locales, walked blocks from his apartment on West 45th Street to the Saturday matinee of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, in which Paige was playing the title role. That evening, Bill held a farewell Christmas party and gave us gifts: mine was a pair of argyle socks. The next day he flew back to California for the holiday and to die. He died on Jan 9, 1987.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5DE133EF933A25752C0A961948260

Bill was the original producer of JUBILEE, and I wear the argyles to every performance of the show I can attend. He was a great great friend.

TOD:
   DVD:  several Netflix including THE JAZZ SINGER so I can watch the footage of Elsie Janis
   CD: THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER, Guy Haines, THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X, Offenbach, toujours les Offenbach!
   VCR:  home movies of someone's home much more lively than mine!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 06:56:04 AM
Congratulations to DP Anthony, DR Ben!
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 06:57:57 AM
DR elmore3003, you always have the best stories!

That memoir of yours is gonna be a real page-turner!   :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 07:07:51 AM
DR elmore3003, you always have the best stories!

That memoir of yours is gonna be a real page-turner!   :)

The lesbian writer Mercedes d'Acosta wrote a biography titled HERE LIES THE HEART in which she mentions, in rather lurid and oblique purple prose, her affairs with Eva le Gallienne, Marlene Dietrich, and Garbo. Louise Brooks' comment was the book should have been called HERE LIES THE HEART AND LIES AND MORE LIES.  I can only aspire to Ms d'Acosta's level of reminiscences!
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 07:17:26 AM
TOD - CD(car) - continuing with audiobook, Diane Ackerman's The Zookeeper's Wife, narrated by Suzanne Toren.

...Offenbach, toujours les Offenbach!...

The signal for the people being sheltered at the Warsaw zoo to hide was when the zookeeper's wife played a particular Offenbach selection loudly on the piano.  Can't remember the title of the piece, but will look it up when I can get to a copy of the book.

DVD - Atonement
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on April 25, 2008, 07:18:17 AM
DR derBrucer, I always hope you will post a backyard birdfeeder photo.
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 07:22:34 AM
Only 40 more minutes left in my sentence assignment at the Computer Services Desk.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:23:48 AM
We've had to dial local numbers with the area code for several years now. One gets used to it. (And if one has a programmable phone, that annoyance only has to happen once for each number you want to save.)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 07:24:37 AM
Will we have to start posting photos of pin-up girls to balance out the beefcake on Pogue's behalf?  ;)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:26:47 AM
Good morning!

Another gorgeous day here with a high predicted to be 80. Then we're supposed to have four days of rain and eventually cooler temperatures.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:27:31 AM
Will we have to start posting photos of pin-up girls to balance out the beefcake on Pogue's behalf?  ;)

As he stays very busy and doesn't post much, I don't think so.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:31:26 AM
I am looking to get THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA on Blu-ray today. Disney supposedly sent it to me in overnight mail. A review needs to be posted ASAP, so I'm keeping an eye out for the mail/UPS/DHL/FedEx. I have no idea if it will get here in time.

I have only seen it once when the DVD came out a couple of years ago (I borrowed it from a friend; I didn't buy a copy for myself), so I really can't even write the movie review part of the critique since my memory isn't sharp about the movie (and I've seen quite a few other movies since then!) I see that DIsney has ported a good many of the special features from the DVD release (two commentaries, a handful of featurettes), so it will likely take me a good portion of the day to watch everything.

That means I may be recording tonight's TV shows and not be able to watch them until the weekend.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:32:38 AM
TV Reminder:

MOONLIGHT!

GHOST WHISPERER!

NUMB3RS!

CBS seems to be the only network left programming something other than news shows and reality stuff on Friday night.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:34:51 AM
Friday Media Check:

CD - ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (OCR)

DVD - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (Blu-ray)
          THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW, Season 2
           PSYCH, Season 1, disc 3

DVR - last night's SUPERNATURAL
          last night's SMALLVILLE
          last night's MY NAME IS EARL
          last night's THE OFFICE
          last night's 30 ROCK
          last night's CSI
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 07:35:51 AM
TOD:

CD: new albums by Kelli O'Hara, Maureen McGovern, and Karen Mason
       yet another version of Bach's B Minor Mass
DVD: "The Tudors," Season 1
DVR:  last night's "Lost"
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 07:36:51 AM
Cute Paige O'Hara story:

When Skip's show Time and Again was playing in San Diego, there was one production number where the cast was decked out in green costumes, the one minor blip in an otherwise really excellent costume design.   But the green costumes (which I hear everyone thought had been an interesting idea for that number in concept) didn't work, and there was no way of coming up with entirely new costumes in time for the opening.  Indeed, the green costumes ended up being mentioned online as a surprising exception to the costume designer's fine fine work and great taste, and IIRC there were even pictures on the internet (even way back in 1996).  

So Paige O'Hara shows up at the show one matinee wearing an outfit with the exact green color of the costumes in that number; Skip talked to her, laughed, and said something like "That's the exact color of..." and she completed his thought "the costumes in the second act.  I know.  I'm wearing this in solidarity." Skip said something like "I wouldn't have imagined you'd even have something that color in your closet." Paige said, "Well, it was a bridesmaid dress"  - and both of them laughed and laughed.  
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Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 07:37:56 AM
Congrats to your dear Ant, DR Ben, on his casting. Those two roles are great fun in the show. (I always wanted to play Bud Frump, but, alas, time has passed me by).
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 07:44:13 AM
Will we have to start posting photos of pin-up girls to balance out the beefcake on Pogue's behalf?  ;)

DR CharlesPogue doesn't show up every day. Perhaps you might want to look at his posts and figure out his schedule?

I looked for one of Amy Adams' rather nude bathtowel shots but couldn't find any to post, so here's today's cheesecake.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 07:47:26 AM
I was at that wedding!   ;)

(http://static.flickr.com/32/45315278_cee199cda2.jpg)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 07:50:52 AM
I was at that wedding!   ;)

(http://static.flickr.com/32/45315278_cee199cda2.jpg)

Always the bridesmaid!
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 07:58:32 AM
I am listening to Evening Primrose as I type.  Sounds great, though, a la All of Me, I believe Tony Perkins' vibrato migrated to Josh Groban after Perkins' demise.   :-X  When the first song started this morning, Zach asked, "What are you listening to, the "Da Da" channel?"   ;D

Here is the absolutely stunning pastel of Farmer I received yesterday--it is huge, about 3 feet by 3 feet.
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:02:43 AM
There are a scary number of F16s flying very low over our neighborhood right now--the roar is deafening.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 25, 2008, 08:04:30 AM
Lovely Frances art, DR JMK.

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Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 08:04:54 AM
Heading down to get cleaned up for my usual Friday outing to do errands.

However, I got the kitchen mopped this morning before I came upstairs, so at least that awful job is done for another week!

WBBL.
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:05:18 AM
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Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:06:19 AM
Lovely Frances art, DR JMK.



I'm having a heckuva time getting info on the artist.  She evidently was a staff artist for the Washington Post, but Woodward and Bernstein are not returning my phone calls.
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 08:07:27 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!!!  

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:07:38 AM
I did however find out some interesting info on another painting I've had for years.  I bought it many years ago for a girlfriend of mine, and I was trying to decide which piece of art I would take down to hang the Farmer piece, and decided on this particular one.  So I decided to Google the artist, and it turns out he's a very well known and respected Spanish painter named Jose Campuzano and evidently my little painting (which is quite lovely) may actually be worth some buckage.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 08:07:58 AM
Will we have to start posting photos of pin-up girls to balance out the beefcake on Pogue's behalf?  ;)

No more than we should all reference ourselves in third person.

;)
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:08:10 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!!!  

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!


Baby kangaroos read this site?
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 08:08:29 AM
HOO[/size][/color] & RAY[/size][/color] for DD Sherlock and DR Jane!!!! :D

Thank you!  

We are still pleasantly surprised :D :D :D
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:09:09 AM
I believe with Pogue, Brett, and me we have at least a triumvirate of cheesecake lovers.  ;)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 25, 2008, 08:09:25 AM
TOD:

CD:
Still listening to Tomovoz's compilation CD of MISTY.

DVD:
Perry Mason TV show 50th Anniv. set...lots of wonderful extras!

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Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 08:09:30 AM
Hello, everyone.

Congrats to DP Ant!

 
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 08:11:04 AM
DR George-What a fantastic difference the chrome faucet makes.  It looks very sharp.  I’m sure you will be very happy every time you see the white one looking good at your parent’s and pleased it isn’t in your kitchen anymore.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 25, 2008, 08:11:25 AM
Ben please send my congrats to Anthony on his gig! That is great!!! One day I really do hope the stars and galaxy align just right so that I can see Anthony on stage!
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 08:11:26 AM
FREE!!!  Well, at least from the Computer Services Desk.  Now, I'm at my favorite post, the A position at the Information Services (Reference) Desk.  It's kind of like triage and I can see outside.
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:11:32 AM
I got some very nice arranging work today from a CASTRECL reader who visited my site after I posted.  Unexpected and appreciated.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:11:57 AM
Woodward and Bernstein are not returning my phone calls.

Is it just a cooincidence that the F16's appeared just after you called them?
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Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 08:13:19 AM
I put on my DR MATTH hat this morning and cleaned the bathroom. I shall soon put on my BK hat and have my hair cut.

No wonderful stories a la DR ELMORE. (sigh.)
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Post by: Jennifer on April 25, 2008, 08:13:19 AM
Congrats to DR Ben's Anthony!

And re: having to dial area codes for local numbers.

WE have that here too (i think it started last year).  It is sort of a pain. But you do get used to it after a while.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 08:15:37 AM
TOD:

DVD:  BELLS ARE RINGING

VCR:  TRIO (still more Maugham)
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Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 08:16:18 AM
Back to the to-do list.
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:16:37 AM
Latest stupid eBay buyer question:  some idiot just asked me if my $6.50 shipping charge for a large boxed set was per each DVD in the set.  Yes, of course, I'm going to charge you $65 for shipping if you bid $9.99 on the set, it's a special just for you.  Oy.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:17:10 AM
another painting I've had for years.  I bought it many years ago for a girlfriend of mine

We will leave aside, for the time being, the question of why you still have the painting that you bought for her.  :)
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 08:17:39 AM
CONGRATULATIONS TO ANTHONY!!!  WISHING HIM A GREAT EXPERIENCE, ONE THAT WILL LEAD TO MANY MORE!

I’m very excited for him :D :D :D
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:19:01 AM
No more than we should all reference ourselves in third person.

Ah!  A day without a morning "zinger" from DR RLP is like a day without sunshine.  ;)
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:20:25 AM
Back to the to-do list.

DR Jeanne, don't be a fuddy duddy!  Put down that musty old list and come play!   :D
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 08:21:51 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!!!  

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!


I believe I knew him once.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 25, 2008, 08:22:54 AM
RE: last night's LOST


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I really enjoyed last night's show. Wow a lot happened! I was not expecting alex to be shot dead. And that big black smoke monster. Crazy. And sayid and ben! Well at least we know how their arrangement starts. And that scene at the end with ben and Charles widmore. Ben is going after poor penny!  So much to process! But i'm glad the show is back. It didn't really feel like it was gone since i watched the expanded shows.  Oh and poor nadia! :( afkldjafj kjkl jkl dfdl fkljfja l;jsafd klj lkajf ljdalfj dlajfld ajfljfd l;fja l kljl ajfjdfaj lsfjd lja fljs flkjkljkl fjdlf dfdkjfljdfldj flajfrelre
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 08:26:01 AM
FJL-Cute Paige O'Hara story! ;D

JMK-Lovely pastel of Farmer!
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:27:54 AM
Yes, DR JMK - that art is loverly!   :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 08:33:01 AM
I just received my friend Marc Acito's new book. I was going to post the cover but I've been told twice now that the Upload Folder is full. Damn!

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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:35:10 AM
This one?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516HluCi1hL._SS500_.jpg)

His books are great, as is his blog (http://marcacito.blogspot.com/), too!  :)
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:37:24 AM
I just received my friend Marc Acito's new book. I was going to post the cover but I've been told twice now that the Upload Folder is full. Damn!



Marc is from Portland and is doing his show here this weekend.
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:39:11 AM
We will leave aside, for the time being, the question of why you still have the painting that you bought for her.  :)

She was a "free spirit" with no home of her own, really, she used to drift from place to place, so she asked me to keep it.  She was my "exotic" girlfriend--I was in my 20s, she was in her mid-30s, from Morocco, and was a very successful belly dancer here for years.  She also had a glass eye, which I did not realize until our first night together when she said "My eye hurts" and then she popped it out of her socket and set it on the nightstand.  I withstood the strong urge to scream like a girly-man.   ;D
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:41:57 AM
The first time my parents met Seilah, my father had the funniest conflicted look on his face--half aghast, half incredibly proud.  ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 08:45:25 AM
This one?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516HluCi1hL._SS500_.jpg)

His books are great, as is his blog (http://marcacito.blogspot.com/), too!  :)

That's the book! I tried twice to post it and I was told it was impossible. Go figure.  Marc may now be a Portland resident, but he's originally from the East Coast, Long Island or New Jersey, I believe.

HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE is a hoot, and so is Seth Rudetsky's BROADWAY NIGHTS.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 25, 2008, 08:46:10 AM
Question re: LOST


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Did Ben plan Nadia's murder so he could recruit Sayid?  I never thought of this. But someone on televisionwithoutpity posed it. And the more i think about it the more it could be true. That would be crazy!
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Post by: Ben on April 25, 2008, 08:47:09 AM
Larry,

I think Dear Sing is posting the picture from a linked site, not into the uploader on this here site (if that makes any sense to you)
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 08:47:22 AM
That's the book! I tried twice to post it and I was told it was impossible. Go figure.  Marc may now be a Portland resident, but he's originally from the East Coast, Long Island or New Jersey, I believe.

HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE is a hoot, and so is Seth Rudetsky's BROADWAY NIGHTS.

The audio version of How I Paid for College is on its way to me from one of our branches.  Apparently, the same narrator, Jeff Woodman, will be recording the new book.
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 08:48:42 AM
The Oregonian has been running Marc Acito stories for a week now (including today) and they have repeatedly stated he was born and raised in Portland.  I'm just the messenger.  ;)
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 08:53:27 AM
I'm just the messenger.  

And your son's a prophet?

Boy, did that work out well!

;)
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 08:55:51 AM
Marc's blog is fun!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 08:57:22 AM
Question re: LOST


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Did Ben plan Nadia's murder so he could recruit Sayid?  I never thought of this. But someone on televisionwithoutpity posed it. And the more i think about it the more it could be true. That would be crazy!
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No, it never crossed my mind.  Ben was surprised to see Sayid in Tikrit.  He would not have been surprised had he "expected" to see him.  IMO, of course.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 08:59:48 AM
I believe with Pogue, Brett, and me we have at least a triumvirate of cheesecake lovers.  ;)

Hmmm....Pogue, Brett & Jeff....yes, I see the trifecta of cheesecake crown resting upon your collective brows!

:D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 09:01:34 AM
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 09:05:20 AM
A Trifecta of Cheesecake - my new unauthorized sequel to a Confederacy of Dunces
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 09:10:36 AM
Larry,

I think Dear Sing is posting the picture from a linked site, not into the uploader on this here site (if that makes any sense to you)

Not in the least!
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 09:14:39 AM
Nice review of MUSIC MAN in Hartford (featuring Patrick Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Jason Graae, Mary Stout, among many others) on Theatermania:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13652
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 09:15:07 AM
The Oregonian has been running Marc Acito stories for a week now (including today) and they have repeatedly stated he was born and raised in Portland.  I'm just the messenger.  ;)

He's from New Jersey, so the Oregonian needs to update their records. HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE is set in New Jersey; there's that whole plot about the Hoboken diocese and Frank Sinatra.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 09:16:38 AM
I think I'm going to call my next cat DOOFUS  :D
(http://www.pelzer.com/images/kitties.doofus.jpg)
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 09:16:54 AM
Nice review of MUSIC MAN in Hartford (featuring Patrick Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Jason Graae, Mary Stout, among many others) on Theatermania:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13652

I can't wait!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 09:19:07 AM
A Trifecta of Cheesecake - my new unauthorized sequel to a Confederacy of Dunces

I don't know if your new book can offer a bawdy laugh like the Confederacy's "12 inches of paradise," the slogan for Ignatius' hotdog stand.

Jack Eric Williams, the original Broadway Beadle Bamford, longed to play Ignatius in a film version, and I recall that he told me that Angela Lansbury had sent a recommendation for him to play the role to the holder of the option .
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 09:27:04 AM
DR Elmore - the Offenbach piece played by the zookeeper's wife was "Go, Go, Go to Crete" from La Belle Helene.

In The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman spends several pages on Offenbach - pp. 174-177.  These reference are to the Large Print edition, the only copy available here today.  I suppose the day may come when I'll appreciate large type, but for now I couldn't read a whole book in that format.
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 09:33:44 AM
I'm up, I'm up, didn't get enough sleep but at least got some, and now I must go do an annoying errand.
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 09:34:05 AM
I'll alert the media about the upload folder.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:37:00 AM
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... I'm off to the gym...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:37:16 AM
Good Afternoon!

...And I'm back from the gym.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:39:15 AM
...And now I'm trying to wrap my head around all the stuff I have to get done today before I head down to Virginia tomorrow.  I think I can get all of it done before I head to Carnegie Hall tonight for Bryn Terfel's recital, but I may end up having an hour or two or cleaning and organizing to take care of once I get back.  We shall see...  -At least I had a good workout this morning.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:40:54 AM
For those who like to be prepared:

Warning - there will be a KIMMELRANT to come:

LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-areacode25apr25,0,4508204.story)Oh yes, dear readers, we shall be treated to a royal KIMMELRANT.

der Brucer


They instituted area-code dialing in the DC area years ago, and in some parts of Virginia and Maryland too.  It's just three more digits.  Besides, if you have a cell phone, you already have to do that anyway.  What's the big whoop?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:41:16 AM
...And since the only phone I have is my cell phone, well...  Just sayin'.  ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:41:58 AM
But, then again, I am not a Kimmel, so I can not KimmelRant.  Ah, well...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:42:53 AM
And, yes, as for last night's "Lost"...

Good episode.

I'm just trying to figure out how much more of the story we will get before the season wraps up in a couple of weeks.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 09:43:14 AM
Happy Birthday to DR JOEY.

Congrats to Anthony on his casting coup.  Wisconsin is a lovely place to spend the summer, so they tell me.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 09:43:40 AM
DRFJL - very funny Paige O'Hara story.

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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:44:26 AM
As for last night's "Ugly Betty"...

I thought it was a good episode, but I felt the pacing was weird.  I even thought I could detect some "catching up" from the writer's strike.  ???
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 09:44:48 AM
I am home from work today - but not doing anything exciting like DR GEORGE.  Not feeling so well.

But TOD:

CD - Evening Primrose
DVD - College Confidential
VHS - The Atomic Submarine featuring a fine performance by Mr Richard Tyler
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 09:45:54 AM
Okay episode of MY NAME IS EARL....and glad to see he has recovered from his coma.

THE OFFICE had a rather disturbing - but still funny episode.  Who knew Rye Bread was a tweaker?  This could lead to all sorts of new developments.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:46:15 AM
Congrats to Anthony!

I know a bunch of the staff from Fireside from SETCs - I've played callbacks for them a couple of times.  Good guys, and they have some surprisingly strong ties to the New York City-Broadway scene.  -And their performance schedule is truly "cake".  :)
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 09:46:50 AM
REAL LOST SPOILAGE THIS TIME:















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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:47:27 AM
As for the Friday Media Check...

Hmm...  Nothing in particular comes to mind right now except for the OCR of Side Show which I've been re-listening to for the first time in years.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 09:51:42 AM
Yes, we MUST have photos of everyone in new glasses....when they arrive.  Of course MR BK can wait until after his new hairstyle is installed.
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 09:52:48 AM
Feel better vibes to DR JRand!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:53:08 AM
As for "Lost" (again)...



















You'll be swell, you'll be great. Gonna have the whole world on a plate.  Or something like that - my apologies to Mr. Sondheim.  In any case.  I think the opening scene and some of the comments in the closing scene will be the big hook.  Everyone is in and part of a game that got out of control.  When Ben mentioned the rules changing, my mind really started to race.  And then when Widmore said he would get his island back, well, there's definitely some meta-strategizing going on. We now return you to your regularly schedule programming and posting.  Could it be? Yes it could.  Something's coming. Something good. If I can wait.






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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:53:53 AM
DR JRand - Is something wrong with Uranus?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 09:57:32 AM
DR Elmore - the Offenbach piece played by the zookeeper's wife was "Go, Go, Go to Crete" from La Belle Helene.

In The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman spends several pages on Offenbach - pp. 174-177.  These reference are to the Large Print edition, the only copy available here today.  I suppose the day may come when I'll appreciate large type, but for now I couldn't read a whole book in that format.

The Act One Finale for La Belle Helene "pars, pars, pars pour la Crete" is also the tune used in the Act One Entry of the Kings for the Festivities and Contest of Intellectual Prowess. It occurs about seven minutes into the 9-minute finale.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 09:57:42 AM
OK - Time to get some work down here.  I suspect it will be a "Pack and Post", "Clean and Post", "Do some laundry and Post", etc., day.

Laters...
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 09:58:16 AM
DR JRand - Is something wrong with Uranus?

That's the only thing that's working!  :P
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 09:58:32 AM
Nice review of MUSIC MAN in Hartford (featuring Patrick Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Jason Graae, Mary Stout, among many others) on Theatermania:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13652

I wanna go, to-o-o-o <whine>
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 10:01:08 AM
I watched a movie called HAPPY ANNIVERSARY this morning.  A 1959 movie with some great New York location photography.  Patty Duke and Kevin Coughlin play the children of Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven.

A United Artists release, looking at the sets, I am think that some of the living room and the staircase was used a few years later when The Patty Duke Show from United Artists was filmed.

And Miss Mitzi Gaynor gives a sparkling and nuanced performance - it's probably the best thing I have ever seen her do.  Credit to her and the director David Miller.  This was based on a play ANNIVERSARY WALTZ....and too bad it's not better known.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 10:01:23 AM
My weekend plans:
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/LIVING/homestyle/04/25/mancave.robklein/art.thedress.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 10:02:17 AM
<whine>

Groaning isn't allowed, but whining is?    8)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 10:07:33 AM
BK, re:  some of the comments on hand addressing your CD shipments.  Since you get your money via PayPal, I'm assuming you know PayPal has a really easy automated multi-order shipping thingy (technical term), where about two clicks of your mouse (not a euphemism) will print out shipping labels with delivery confirmation.  I use it for my eBay sales, and it's very quick and simple.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ben on April 25, 2008, 10:12:43 AM
I still haven't listened to EP (not Elaine Paige or Extended Play or Euphemistic Platitude or any other combination of EP). I'm just too busy and I don't want to put it in the CD player and half listen while I'm working. I will listen this weekend!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 10:13:18 AM
Okay episode of MY NAME IS EARL....and glad to see he has recovered from his coma.

THE OFFICE had a rather disturbing - but still funny episode.  Who knew Rye Bread was a tweaker?  This could lead to all sorts of new developments.

As soon as they met Ryan in the club, my phone rang and it was Mr Ron Raines, who was responding to my phone call earlier about the Jerome Robbins exhibit at the NYPL. When I got off the phone, Ryan was trying to get some sleep so I missed everything.

Now to the important matter I forgot to bring up yesterday: the NYPL at Lincoln Center has two fascinating exhibits in their galleries right now: the large gallery is all Jerome Robbins: posters, photos, costumes, scene designs, great ephemera like Floria Laskey's leter detailing all the work he did on A FUNNY THING HAPPENED to a letter from a Russian Jew living in New Jersey (I think) telling him how much he'd been weeping since seeing his young life onstage in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. There are five videos showing footage of the 1958 Ed Sullivan show original cast of WEST SIDE STORY, Mary Martin's PETER PAN and others, a vidoe of JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY showing a rehearsal with Betty comden, Adolph Green, Nancy Walker and Chris alexander recreating "You Got Me" from ON THE TOWN, portions of his New York City Ballet choreography, another showing the great FANCY FREE. I didn't see any footage of my favorite City Ballet piece DANCES AT A GATHERING, which is both glorious and heartbreaking beyond belief that I cannot begn to describes its wonders, and footage from his failed BALLETS USA company.

There are also on display Trude Rittman's original copies of her music for "The small House of Uncle Thomas" and something, I think, for BILLION DOLLA BABY, and a ton of other wonderful pieces of memorabilia from photographs to contracts. Anyone coming into New York in the near futureshould try to catch it.

The other exhibit is on Songwriters and the Tonys.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 10:13:30 AM
Wow ANNIVERSARY WALTZ had a Broadway run of 611 performances, directed by Moss Hart and starring Kitty Carlisle (Hart) and MacDonald Carey with Mr Warren Berlinger in the Kevin Coughlin role.....
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ben on April 25, 2008, 10:14:10 AM
Anthony thanks you all for the congrats.

Yes, Jose, the performance schedule, although it's 9 shows, is different from the norm. Once they start performances they are dark Monday and Tuesday, have one show on Wednesday and Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday they have two shows a day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 10:14:34 AM
DR JRand - Is something wrong with Uranus?

Nothing surgery won't help.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 10:15:47 AM
My weekend plans:
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/LIVING/homestyle/04/25/mancave.robklein/art.thedress.jpg)

And I thought DR MBarnum was sad!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 10:17:21 AM
Notice the farmer's tan on the ankles....
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 10:17:31 AM
Groaning isn't allowed, but whining is?    8)

 ;D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jrand73 on April 25, 2008, 10:18:00 AM
Well, I think I knew this, but maybe some others here on HHW do not....

Warren Berlinger is the nephew of Milton Berle....
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 10:23:08 AM
Groaning isn't allowed, but whining is?    8)


Absolutely.  Are we gonnahaveaproblemwidyouabout dat?

 :)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 10:24:02 AM
My weekend plans:
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/LIVING/homestyle/04/25/mancave.robklein/art.thedress.jpg)

Having a Harry Hay fairy outing on your lawn?
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 10:28:02 AM
Latest stupid eBay buyer question:  some idiot just asked me if my $6.50 shipping charge for a large boxed set was per each DVD in the set.  Yes, of course, I'm going to charge you $65 for shipping if you bid $9.99 on the set, it's a special just for you.  Oy.


Sorry, Jeff, but I'm with the buyer.  SOME sellers charge a flat rate "per item" regardless.  It's one of those "gotcha" clauses that the buyer is supposed to detect BEFORE he bids.

It's along the same lines as selling something with a $.01 opening bid, but the shipping/handling charge (handling equalling labor, I guess) is something along the lines of $29.  And, of course, it's something that can be shipped via USPS for $4.80.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 10:28:43 AM
The Act One Finale for La Belle Helene "pars, pars, pars pour la Crete" is also the tune used in the Act One Entry of the Kings for the Festivities and Contest of Intellectual Prowess. It occurs about seven minutes into the 9-minute finale.

Can you recommend a recording?  Unfortunately, there isn't one in my library.

Oops, I checked again and there is one, with Felicity Lott, soprano.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 10:32:23 AM
Back from annoying errand which, at least, was quick.  Now I must shave and shower and be on my way to Teddy.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 10:32:58 AM
Check your email. If you ant the entire opera-bouffe, I would suggest the recording with Felicity Lott conducted by Marc Minkowski. Jessye Norman, whom I like a lot usually, is out of her element on the old WEMI recording.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 10:33:55 AM
Hiya

very excellent final dress rehearsal last night (jeez, I'm tired...) and I'm so up for tonight!!! The director added yet-another music cue, to go in tonight... scribble, scribble, little Pen...

The info is at www.roguemachinetheatre.com -

In answer to a question from yesterday, YES, I am still scribbling stories for www.FineArtsLA.com - but haven't had any time at all to take advantage of all the free tix I could have had for really great concerts... I'm also not going to be able to take advantage of free orchestra seats to Jessie Norman at UCLA and Frederica von Stade in Long Beach... ah, well - I'd rather sing than be sung at..
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 10:34:51 AM
Hi, pals!!!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 10:35:53 AM
It seems like days since I ate anything... maybe I'll go scrounge around in my sister's refrigerator... I think there might still be Seder leftovers.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 10:36:02 AM
GOOD NEWS - FOR SOME

If you filed your Income Tax return on time and opted for electronic funds deposit for rebates, you should receive your Economic Stimulus check next week ($600 for most singles earners).

FOX BUSINESS (http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/stimulus-checks-start-arriving-monday_579666_39.html)

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 10:36:17 AM
Gefilte Fish for Breakfast - maybe a new one-woman show...
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 10:36:48 AM
$600 might just cover a week's gasoline...
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 10:38:48 AM
Check your email. If you ant the entire opera-bouffe, I would suggest the recording with Felicity Lott conducted by Marc Minkowski. Jessye Norman, whom I like a lot usually, is out of her element on the old WEMI recording.

That's the one I should be able to find upstairs!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 10:42:50 AM
$600 might just cover a week's gasoline...

Still driving the Porsche?

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 10:44:27 AM
Gefilte Fish for Breakfast - maybe a new one-woman show...
Or...Gefilte Fish in Bed for Breakfast

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 10:51:22 AM
...Gefilte Fish in Bed for Breakfast  

This must be an example of your "more adult oriented" material I hear tell about...    :)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 10:53:10 AM
DR PennyO - Break a Leg!!   :)

The play sounds really interesting.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 11:00:54 AM
Thanks!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: PennyO on April 25, 2008, 11:01:44 AM
Okay - time to roll outa these jammies, hit the shower, crank out the new music cue, and head into LA... laters, gators!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 11:22:31 AM
Okay - time to roll outa these jammies, hit the shower, crank out the new music cue, and head into LA... laters, gators!

Break a leg, dearest darlingest PennyO!

I miss you.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 11:28:51 AM
I shall now be on my way to get my unkempt hair kempt, after which I shall return for but a brief moment before I head off to the Ray Courts show.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 11:29:19 AM
Oh, and the upload folder has been purged.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 11:30:49 AM
Sorry, Jeff, but I'm with the buyer.  SOME sellers charge a flat rate "per item" regardless.  It's one of those "gotcha" clauses that the buyer is supposed to detect BEFORE he bids.

It's along the same lines as selling something with a $.01 opening bid, but the shipping/handling charge (handling equalling labor, I guess) is something along the lines of $29.  And, of course, it's something that can be shipped via USPS for $4.80.

Except that my description clearly explains everything in easy to understand, 2nd-grade level English.   ;D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:34:27 AM
Good Afternoon!

One load of clothes drying here at the apartment, and my bed linens are currently drying in one of the big dryers up the block at the laundromat.  I've also put away a slew(!) of CDs and DVDs - most of which, alas, are still in their shrink wrap.  And now I'm having some lunch.  So far, so good.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 11:54:24 AM
Except that my description clearly explains everything in easy to understand, 2nd-grade level English.   ;D

"The Dick and Jane Guide to EBay"

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:59:17 AM
Happy News in the land of McLaughlin and Morelli. It means we will be separated from the end of July through the middle of October but it's for a good reason.

Anthony got a job!!!

Congrats to Ant!! :D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Kerry on April 25, 2008, 12:01:07 PM
Good day, my dear peoples!  If I had something clever to say, I would say it.   Knowing you are all here is enough for now. :)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 12:07:04 PM

Will we have to start posting photos of pin-up girls to balance out the beefcake on Pogue's behalf?  ;)

As he stays very busy and doesn't post much, I don't think so.

Besides, Pogue has posted several beefcake photos of himself!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jennifer on April 25, 2008, 12:10:33 PM

RE: last night's LOST


SPOILERS



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No, it never crossed my mind.  Ben was surprised to see Sayid in Tikrit.  He would not have been surprised had he "expected" to see him.  IMO, of course.
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The thing is did you see the smirk on his face after sayid killed that guy and agreed to do more killing?
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Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jennifer on April 25, 2008, 12:19:03 PM
RE: LOST,

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Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 12:23:03 PM
Oh, and the upload folder has been purged.

Thank you, dear.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: MBarnum on April 25, 2008, 12:27:21 PM
Well, I think I knew this, but maybe some others here on HHW do not....

Warren Berlinger is the nephew of Milton Berle....

I did not know this....and Mr. BK might well be seeing Mr. Berlinger today at the Ray Courts Show!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 12:33:55 PM
DR George-What a fantastic difference the chrome faucet makes.  It looks very sharp.  I’m sure you will be very happy every time you see the white one looking good at your parent’s and pleased it isn’t in your kitchen anymore.

Thanks.  This is actually one of the few times that I've made a decision myself about what to do with any kind of decorating. ;) Most of everything that I have, I've gotten from my family or friends, and I've liked what they've given me...and my sister painted my place with great color choices.  The only other things that I specifically chose are my big clock, my new TV and the stand for my new TV that I plan (hope) to put up today.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 12:34:16 PM
I'm catching a bit of DR PHIL today. What on earth would make someone go on the air and admit to sexually abusing his sister, brothers and daughter, and possibly his grandson?

Why would anyone willingly want the world to see what a horror they are?
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 12:34:52 PM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 12:37:01 PM
I'm catching a bit of DR PHIL today. What on earth would make someone go on the air and admit to sexually abusing his sister, brothers and daughter, and possibly his grandson?

Why would anyone willingly want the world to see what a horror they are?


He probably got kicked out of the public library.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 12:38:52 PM
I'm catching a bit of DR PHIL today. What on earth would make someone go on the air and admit to sexually abusing his sister, brothers and daughter, and possibly his grandson?

Why would anyone willingly want the world to see what a horror they are?

I saw the commercial for this and knew that I couldn't watch the show.  I'm not a fan of Dr. Phil's (not that I really have anything against him), but this is something that I don't want to watch.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 12:44:59 PM
Well, I'm off.  I need to eat something and then (finally) start on my TV room.  Later this afternoon, I'm ushering for the tour of Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=914) by the Carl Rosa Opera.  This will be good! :D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:19:07 PM
Gorgeous day out which made running my errands a pleasure.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:20:42 PM
I heard from a PR person at Disney. The Blu-ray was put on a plane and will arrive here tonight at 9 P.M.!!!!!

OMG! These folks are serious about wanting to get this review up ASAP. So, I'll be working into the early morning. Don't expect to see me at the usual time tonight. I'll be Blu-raying!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:22:03 PM
Having this afternoon free, I've managed to watch everything I recorded last night.

I began with SUPERNATURAL, a funny/sad episode done in a manner of a reality TV show. Clever motif for an episode, and I enjoyed it even with some sad things happening.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:23:14 PM
Next came SMALLVILLE. Tom Wellig must have been on vacation since he was barely in the episode.

At one point, Jimmy and Chloe dance (a tango), and suffice to say they won't be appearing on DANCING WITH THE STARS any time soon.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:23:53 PM
Next I watched 30 ROCK. Another semi-funny outing, but the show really hasn't been on-point since they've come back. There were some funny things, but the show wasn't consistently funny for me.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:25:43 PM
THE OFFICE was hilarious. I just loved Stanley's comment "I better be in my bathtub with a glass of red wine in an hour or somebody's gonna die." And everyone got a moment of hilarity all their own.

Yes, the Ryan storyline suggests future trouble or possibly a move back to Scranton to escape the evils of the city.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:27:29 PM
Next came last night's CSI. Boy, did Brass and Stokes look like idiots being played by a con. Can't believe they fell for it.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 01:27:42 PM
Back with a new improved do, which is very kempt indeed.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 01:27:58 PM
Shortly I shall be on my way to the Ray Courts show.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:28:25 PM
MY NAME IS EARL. Yes, I, too, am glad he's finally out of that coma. Maybe we won't have to endure any more of those ridiculous "old sitcom" interludes which weren't the least bit funny.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 01:29:58 PM
And I finished my afternoon watching another episode of PSYCH. Well, I started it. It's the one that takes place at Comic Con with George Takai in a cameo bit. As I recall, it's a funny episode. I'll finish it when I go back down.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 01:36:43 PM
Here is BK with the new do.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 01:39:35 PM
Here is BK with new do and new glasses.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 01:42:51 PM
Great photos, BK!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 01:44:42 PM
I heard from a PR person at Disney. The Blu-ray was put on a plane and will arrive here tonight at 9 P.M.!!!!!

OMG! These folks are serious about wanting to get this review up ASAP. So, I'll be working into the early morning. Don't expect to see me at the usual time tonight. I'll be Blu-raying!

I don't remember seeing any promos on TV for this release at all - maybe they want some Blue-Ray issue specific comments to hype the release.

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 01:53:54 PM
Here is BK with new do and new glasses.

Ready for a rousing rendition of Mushnik & Son!

der Brucer
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 01:55:16 PM

As he stays very busy and doesn't post much, I don't think so. Besides, Pogue has posted several beefcake photos of himself!


Thanks for perpetuating this, George.   :P
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:57:02 PM
The Primrose has landed in Westchester County!  :D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 01:57:18 PM
Except that my description clearly explains everything in easy to understand, 2nd-grade level English.   ;D

Then the buyer is truly a dolt.


 ;D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 01:58:11 PM
The Primrose had landed in Westchester County!  :D

It had, huh?  Has it moved on now to who knows where?

Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 01:59:47 PM
Off like a prom dress to take care of the dry cleaning...
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 02:00:03 PM
The Primrose had landed in Westchester County!  :D

Mine did not arrive today.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:01:12 PM
It had, huh?  Has it moved on now to who knows where?

Yes...

Your Bay Area!

;)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 02:02:53 PM
DR Jeanne, don't be a fuddy duddy!  Put down that musty old list and come play!   :D

Well, Sing, the list is now down. and I'm pooped.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 02:04:47 PM

RE: last night's LOST


SPOILERS



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The thing is did you see the smirk on his face after sayid killed that guy and agreed to do more killing?
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Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 02:06:16 PM
She was a "free spirit" with no home of her own, really, she used to drift from place to place, so she asked me to keep it.  She was my "exotic" girlfriend--I was in my 20s, she was in her mid-30s, from Morocco, and was a very successful belly dancer here for years.  She also had a glass eye, which I did not realize until our first night together when she said "My eye hurts" and then she popped it out of her socket and set it on the nightstand.  I withstood the strong urge to scream like a girly-man.   ;D

It sounds like DR ELMORE isn't the only one with some stories to tell. ;)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 02:09:20 PM
I don't remember seeing any promos on TV for this release at all - maybe they want some Blue-Ray issue specific comments to hype the release.

der Brucer

It doesn't come out until mid-May.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Matt H. on April 25, 2008, 02:10:58 PM
I'm going to head down now and finish the PSYCH episode I had started. I may watch a movie waiting for GHOST WHISPERER and then the delivery of the Blu-ray.

WBB (much) L.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: Jeanne on April 25, 2008, 02:15:35 PM
Sorry, Jeff, but I'm with the buyer.  SOME sellers charge a flat rate "per item" regardless.  It's one of those "gotcha" clauses that the buyer is supposed to detect BEFORE he bids.

It's along the same lines as selling something with a $.01 opening bid, but the shipping/handling charge (handling equalling labor, I guess) is something along the lines of $29.  And, of course, it's something that can be shipped via USPS for $4.80.

Me, too. you only have to get burned a couple times before you learn to check EVERYTHING out.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:17:15 PM

Quote
from: JMK on Today at 08:39:11am
She was a "free spirit" with no home of her own, really, she used to drift from place to place, so she asked me to keep it.  She was my "exotic" girlfriend--I was in my 20s, she was in her mid-30s, from Morocco, and was a very successful belly dancer here for years.  She also had a glass eye, which I did not realize until our first night together when she said "My eye hurts" and then she popped it out of her socket and set it on the nightstand.  I withstood the strong urge to scream like a girly-man.  
 


It sounds like DR ELMORE isn't the only one with some stories to tell. ;)

Elmore will be writing his, Jeff, however, might well pass his tales down as part of the Kauffman Oral History - the boys will be pleased, but Betsy may have other thoughts :D

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:20:46 PM
I'm catching a bit of DR PHIL today. What on earth would make someone go on the air and admit to sexually abusing his sister, brothers and daughter, and possibly his grandson?

Why would anyone willingly want the world to see what a horror they are?


I think you might be mistaken about chicken and egg -

this guy probably sexually abused his sister, brothers and daughter, and possibly his grandson so that he could get his fifteen minutes of TV fame.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:25:25 PM
I sure hope George remembered to set his DVR for Doctor Who tonight.

der Brucer
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 25, 2008, 02:32:59 PM
Dr. Phil is Jerry Springer with a license to practice.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:38:10 PM
Dr. Phil is Jerry Springer with a license to practice.

Well, you know what they say...

Practice makes perfect!    ;)
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:39:54 PM
DR Jeanne - me, too!

I almost feel I have to lie down this instant and take a little nappy-poo.

I wonder if the Wake-Up Fairy will visit me anon?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:40:43 PM
If I had a Mil, I'd become MattH"s neighbor:

(http://mlsimage.fnisrediv.com/ListingImages/uskw-b/images/4038070.jpg)
$995,000

9120 Summer Club Rd
Charlotte, NC 28277

•   Bedrooms: 5
•   Bathrooms: 4.5
•   Square Ft: 5407

Best house in Highgrove! All brick 3 story, 5 bedroom,4 1/2 bath. Finished 3 floor. Sub Zero refrigerator, cherry cabinets and stainless appliances. Built in's in den,window treatments throughout.Plantation shutters. Fenced yard,wooded back.

der Brucer



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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 02:44:29 PM


I wonder if the Wake-Up Fairy will visit me anon?

If we all clap, it might help!

der Brucer
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:44:51 PM
If I could design my own house, it would have a large library-slash-pantry room right off the kitchen.  Half the room would hold groceries, and the other half would be a library for all my cookbooks and books about food, with plenty of workspace to lay them out for a project or just to browse.

Is that impractical?

Somehow, I don't think I'll ever have the chance to worry about something like that.
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:45:55 PM
If we all clap, it might help!

Now why did my eyes read "if we all get the clap?"    :P
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:47:17 PM
(http://mlsimage.fnisrediv.com/ListingImages/uskw-b/images/4038070.jpg)

Nice house, but for a cool mill you'd think they could invest in a bag of fertilizer for the front lawn!
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:48:21 PM
I think I'm starting to get my second wind!  :D
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Post by: singdaw on April 25, 2008, 02:52:49 PM
I must say, the packaging and booklet for Evening Primrose are really, really classy.  They make me very happy!

Can't wait to give it a listen.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 02:56:45 PM
Now why did my eyes read "if we all get the clap?"    :P

I think the Freudian slip you wear to mow the lawn needs hemming.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 03:07:26 PM
If I could design my own house, it would have a large library-slash-pantry room right off the kitchen.  Half the room would hold groceries, and the other half would be a library for all my cookbooks and books about food, with plenty of workspace to lay them out for a project or just to browse.

Is that impractical?

Not alt all - in turn-of-the-century (19th-20th) houses it was called a butler's pantry. Our Norfolk brick Victorian town house had a huge one with glass paneled cupboards and lots of working shelf space - even room for a small table and chair.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 25, 2008, 03:08:34 PM
Now why did my eyes read "if we all get the clap?"    :P

Would I set such a trap ::)

der Brucer
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 03:22:02 PM
Dr. Phil is Jerry Springer with a license to practice.

Except he actually doesn't have a license.  There was a big expose of him on the MSN News channel a couple of days ago.  I knew that he had been married before Robin, and that the current marriage is on the rocks, but I didn't know he actually lost his license over 20 years ago when he hired a 19 year old female client to "work" in his office.  That's when he went into jury consulting.
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 03:27:10 PM
FRIDAY PRIMROSE REPORT
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No CDs arrived today in little America (Tacoma)!  I did receive my new One Touch can opener that I had ordered (but not from Kritzerland).
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 03:32:57 PM
To Jeanne and RLP--do you seriously mean that if you saw an auction for a boxed set of 10 DVDs and it clearly stated $6.50 shipping both in the description and in the shipping cost field you would think you were being charged $65.00, i.e., $6.50 for each DVD in the boxed set?  That's what happened in this particular instance.  I totally understand if you're buying multiple items from the same seller that you should check (although again my description clearly states when I offer combined shipping and when I don't), but I certainly wouldn't think to ask if I were buying a boxed set if the shipping charge was for the set or a pro-rated amount for each individual DVD.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:37:47 PM
Nice review of MUSIC MAN in Hartford (featuring Patrick Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Jason Graae, Mary Stout, among many others) on Theatermania:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13652

Ok, is it unAmerican that I really don't like the Music Man very well?   Maybe it's defending all the drug dealers in the real River City, but I don't think so. Actually, my trial this week was from "River City"
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 03:42:18 PM
Well, we will cope. He will have housing with a phone so we will talk frequently. I'm thinking it may even be time to break down and get a pre-paid cell phone since he'll be driving to Wisconsin (the theatre is about 90 minutes from Chicago) and if something happens he will not have to look for a phone.


Ben, go to www.net10.com

This company is great.  The cost for the minutes is a straght ten cents a minute.......... no daily charges, no roaming charges, no long distance charges.  You buy the minutes in 300 minute blocks for $30.00 plus tax.  I have been using their phones for the past four years.  I love them.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:46:09 PM
WOO HOO!!!! It's Friday...I made it through the week....but how on earth can it still be April?

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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:46:22 PM
It's snowing. What's that all about?
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:46:57 PM
Think I'll go find some food that someone else has cooked.
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 03:48:06 PM
DR elmore3003, you always have the best stories!

That memoir of yours is gonna be a real page-turner!   :)


Shouldn't that be paige-turner?
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 03:48:19 PM
DR Cillaliz - when I was growing up my parents had several couples friends who were like aunts and uncles to me.  One husband and wife pair were both from Iowa and were (probably still are) quite vociferous in their dislike for Music Man.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:50:11 PM
Ginny, I love that you just used the word vociferous
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 03:54:16 PM
LOL, Cil!  Must be all that kulcha that surrounds me at work all day!
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:55:35 PM
I had a couple kids come into my office today just being inane, I told them that they should probably leave...they said "Ok, how do we get to the library?"
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:57:49 PM
I am starting to get excited about my trip to New York.  I leave on Thursday. Woo hoo!
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 03:58:28 PM
CONGRATS TO ANT!!! I've always wanted to see The House on the Rock
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Post by: td on April 25, 2008, 03:59:55 PM
I'm still catching up. . . but. . . .(from the other day):
Quote
DR td - Jim Stanek sends his love.

That's sweet!  And I have been enjoying listening to YOU and JIM STANEK all week. . . .  ;)
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 04:11:47 PM
He's from New Jersey, so the Oregonian needs to update their records. HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE is set in New Jersey; there's that whole plot about the Hoboken diocese and Frank Sinatra.


 
Bayonne, NJ
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 04:14:34 PM
I am starting to get excited about my trip to New York.  I leave on Thursday. Woo hoo!

See my post #133 <whine>
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 04:15:37 PM
Well, I have been to The House on the Rock, with Richard, summer 1984.
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 04:45:42 PM
Just ordered a Primrose - s'pose I'll get it tomorrow  ;) ?
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Post by: JMK on April 25, 2008, 05:13:53 PM
Elmore, if you see this--years ago you posted a link (or maybe you sent it via email) to a hilarious parody of K-Tel commericals, only this one was for atonal music.  Do you still have it?  I want to send it to this kid who's doing the Hindemith Horn Sonata with me.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 25, 2008, 05:16:55 PM
Well, I have been to The House on the Rock, with Richard, summer 1984.

I wanna go toooooooooo
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 05:21:13 PM
Nice review of MUSIC MAN in Hartford (featuring Patrick Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Jason Graae, Mary Stout, among many others) on Theatermania:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13652

Brother David will be performing at Seven Feathers (http://www.sevenfeathers.com/index.php) which is about 90 miles from us, and the location of our first pit stop when we drive to Portland.
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 05:39:20 PM

It's along the same lines as selling something with a $.01 opening bid, but the shipping/handling charge (handling equalling labor, I guess) is something along the lines of $29.  And, of course, it's something that can be shipped via USPS for $4.80.

Bryan has a nifty little digital scale so he can immediately figure the postage, charge the customer a fair shipping price, and ship quickly.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 05:43:39 PM
Elmore, if you see this--years ago you posted a link (or maybe you sent it via email) to a hilarious parody of K-Tel commericals, only this one was for atonal music.  Do you still have it?  I want to send it to this kid who's doing the Hindemith Horn Sonata with me.

I hopefully just emailed it to you.
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 05:45:28 PM
DR George, I have liked everything you decorated yourself.  

Are you saying your sister chose your paint colors for you? ;D Did you approve them before she painted? I can't recall-what are the colors?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 05:52:48 PM
I've been hoodwinked  by Netflix! I need the super-special 3-disc set of THE JAZZ SINGER to se the footage of Elsie Janis, not the single disc edition that Netflix sends out. Damn!
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 05:55:32 PM
Bruce, nice photos!  I like the glasses, and the hair color.
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 06:04:58 PM
The hair color is mine own - we're not highlighting until next Wednesday.
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 06:05:38 PM
DR Elmore - the file you emailed to me earlier came through loud and clear - thanks!
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 06:07:38 PM
I'm finding Atonement quite pretentious.  Is the book better?
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 06:11:23 PM
Back from the worst-attended Ray Courts show I can ever remember.  Empty aisles for the most part, and when Patty Duke doesn't have more than a couple of people in line, you know something's wrong.  I did meet Patty (her handler is a friend of mine) and she was very sweet.  Mr. Rothman tagged along and had worked with a few people, so we had fun conversations with any number of them, including Dwayne Hickman, who's a great guy and who looks twenty years younger than he really is, Steve Franken, Warren Berlinger, Cisse Colpitz, Dick Van Patten, Dorian Harewood, etc.  Also seen, Kevin McCarthy with no one at his table the entire time I was there, the ageless William Schallert, Lindsay Wagner, Dom de Luise (very sour-looking individual), my friend Sara Ballantine and her daddy Carl, Edith Fellows, Gogi Grant, Linda Blair, Bo Hopkins, Jeff Conaway, Mini-me, and many others.  
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 06:12:01 PM
After the show we supped at Michael's Bar and Grill - another fantastic meal, and while I ate a lot, I did not eat as much as usual.
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 06:12:17 PM
I'm now going to watch a motion picture on DVD.
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 06:20:08 PM
I'm finding Atonement quite pretentious.  Is the book better?

Bryan said something similar about the movie so we decided to pass.

This may seem strange but I'm not sure I read the book.  I may have read an excerpt from it, or just seen to many blurbs on it.  Obviously, if I have read the book it didn't make a great impression on me. ;D
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 06:22:48 PM
The hair color is mine own - we're not highlighting until next Wednesday.

Have you thought about doing something closer to your own color?  It looks very nice this way, plus it looks thicker with the darker color..
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 06:24:00 PM
JRand, I hope you are feeling better.
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 06:29:39 PM
Okay, we've solved the mystery of Larry and TCB not getting their copies - there are about six invoices that aren't marked "completed" that we found, so obviously our crack helpers let these slip by - they'll go out first thing Monday morning.  
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 06:41:02 PM
I'm catching a bit of DR PHIL today. What on earth would make someone go on the air and admit to sexually abusing his sister, brothers and daughter, and possibly his grandson?

Why would anyone willingly want the world to see what a horror they are?



Hmm, sounds like Keir Dullea on LAW & ORDER.
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 06:50:27 PM
She was a "free spirit" with no home of her own, really, she used to drift from place to place, so she asked me to keep it.  She was my "exotic" girlfriend--I was in my 20s, she was in her mid-30s, from Morocco, and was a very successful belly dancer here for years.  She also had a glass eye, which I did not realize until our first night together when she said "My eye hurts" and then she popped it out of her socket and set it on the nightstand.  I withstood the strong urge to scream like a girly-man.   ;D


Why was Jeffrey in her bedroom if they weren't married?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 06:53:36 PM
DR Elmore - the file you emailed to me earlier came through loud and clear - thanks!

You're welcome! I'm watching the final episodes of the 1983 BBC  miniseries MANSFIELD PARK, which may be an improvement on the novel since it really is Miss Austen's dreariest novel.  I'm slogging through it again but it is a hard go. Miss Fanny Price is an unfortunate name for a heroine, and I thought I'd bust a gut when Henry Crawford planning to ask Fanny to marry him told his sister, "My Fanny will feel wonderful when the announcement is made."
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 25, 2008, 06:55:25 PM
Hmm, sounds like Keir Dullea on LAW & ORDER.

Well, the family that plays together stays together.
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 07:01:44 PM
Brother David will be performing at Seven Feathers (http://www.sevenfeathers.com/index.php) which is about 90 miles from us, and the location of our first pit stop when we drive to Portland.


Is David a brother or a half-brother?
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 07:03:03 PM
Half brother.
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Post by: Jane on April 25, 2008, 07:03:33 PM
Off to watch IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH.

'night
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 07:05:56 PM
Okay, we've solved the mystery of Larry and TCB not getting their copies - there are about six invoices that aren't marked "completed" that we found, so obviously our crack helpers let these slip by - they'll go out first thing Monday morning.  


Well, if  I have to be overlooked, I am grateful to be in the company of my buddy, Larry.
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 07:08:51 PM
Larry and Bruce - Brad Ross says to say hello.  Brad and his partner Dru, a lovely lady and cooking enthusiast, are here for dinner.  They're all looking at a cooking site, so i just hopped on here until they finish doing what they're doing.
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 07:14:46 PM
Larry and Bruce - Brad Ross says to say hello.  Brad and his partner Dru, a lovely lady and cooking enthusiast, are here for dinner.  They're all looking at a cooking site, so i just hopped on here until they finish doing what they're doing.


Brad didn't send a hello to me?
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 07:17:10 PM
Does Brad know you?
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Post by: Ginny on April 25, 2008, 07:19:25 PM
We made it almost to the end of Atonement and it was time for Numbers to start.  Richard's watching that now and I'm going to bed.  We'll finish the movie tomorrow.

'night!
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 07:23:26 PM
Brad didn't send a hello to me?


Oh, you mean LITTLE BY LITTLE Brad Ross, not the illusionist, Brad Ross.
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 07:24:16 PM
TCB - Do you get off work at 2 every day, or only Fridays?  I'm asking because they're rethinking our rehearsal plans, since they found out we're entitled to significantly more rehearsal time for Starfighter than we thought.  I was wondering if we'd be able to switch our get-together to the following Thursday (the 22nd).
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 07:31:14 PM
They're still looking at that food site.  How long can people look at food?  :)
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Post by: TCB on April 25, 2008, 07:35:24 PM
TCB - Do you get off work at 2 every day, or only Fridays?  I'm asking because they're rethinking our rehearsal plans, since they found out we're entitled to significantly more rehearsal time for Starfighter than we thought.  I was wondering if we'd be able to switch our get-together to the following Thursday (the 22nd).


FJL- I get off every day at 2:00, and can leave earlier than that when needed.  You will have to run the dates by George, but we want to do what fits in your schedule, not our schedules.












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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 09:13:07 PM
Okay, Mac people - someone sent me a movie to download - eight parts as rar files (whatever that means).  I got them all downloaded and tried to drag them to iMovie.  Won't take them, says they have to be unzipped (how unseemly).  So, I right click and it says "open with stuffit expander" only when I click that nothing happens.  I dragged stuffit expander into the dock and tried to open it, but it just bounces - does that program not actually open?

Anyone have any ideas how I can get this into a movie I can actually view?
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Post by: td on April 25, 2008, 09:43:08 PM
Not a Mac user, but a rar user:

What you have to do is select all of the .rar files, right click them and extract them into a folder (WinRar lets you select a folder to extract them into).
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Post by: MBarnum on April 25, 2008, 09:50:54 PM
BK, did you get to talk to Edith Fellows this time?
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Post by: td on April 25, 2008, 10:15:23 PM
DR MBARNUM, thank you so much for the heads up earlier!  Mr. K. should be in my mailbox any day now.   ;D
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 10:21:23 PM
Mac doesn't do win - that's a Windows thing.  I googled, found a solution that I think is working, at least something is being uploaded into iMovie.  I couldn't tell if it took all eight parts (I think it must have), but it certainly is taking a humungous amount of time to load, even though it originally said sixty minutes to load - it's been about eighty so far.
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Post by: bk on April 25, 2008, 10:21:40 PM
I didn't talk to Edith Fellows.
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 10:27:04 PM
Favorite youtube comment for the Debbie Reynolds "If I Had a Hammer" is one added 5 days ago, which reads in part:

"But in the end, it's all about Miss Reynolds and her impassioned commitment to both a brighter tomorrow and working her skirt . . . "
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 10:39:34 PM
The Primrose has landed in Westchester County!  :D

And Thurston County, Washington! ;D
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 10:45:17 PM
I sure hope George remembered to set his DVR for Doctor Who tonight.

der Brucer

AARRGGHH!! :o I forgot, but thanks for the reminder!  I was able to set my DVR to record the rebroadcast at 11:00 PM. :)
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 10:45:57 PM
Thanks for perpetuating this, George.   :P

Anytime. ;)
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Post by: FJL on April 25, 2008, 10:47:48 PM
George - Just checking whether you saw my post (#281) above, which reads:


"TCB - Do you get off work at 2 every day, or only Fridays?  I'm asking because they're rethinking our rehearsal plans, since they found out we're entitled to significantly more rehearsal time for Starfighter than we thought.  I was wondering if we'd be able to switch our get-together to the following Thursday (the 22nd)."

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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 10:52:09 PM
Good Evening!

Whew! Whew! Whew!

-That's three "Whew!'s"!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 10:57:59 PM
So...  All my laundry is done.  I got a good amount of cleaning, dusting and vacuuming done.  I did some organizing - that is if you consider "organizing" dumping the contents of your desk into a storage box so that it can all be dealt with later.  ;)  And now I just have to pack.  However, as I was folding my laundry, I set aside the clothes I want to take with me, so, literally, I just have to pack. :)
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 10:59:37 PM
FJL- I get off every day at 2:00, and can leave earlier than that when needed.  You will have to run the dates by George, but we want to do what fits in your schedule, not our schedules.

That's fine with me.  My schedule is flexible.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:00:11 PM
George - Just checking whether you saw my post (#281) above, which reads:


"TCB - Do you get off work at 2 every day, or only Fridays?  I'm asking because they're rethinking our rehearsal plans, since they found out we're entitled to significantly more rehearsal time for Starfighter than we thought.  I was wondering if we'd be able to switch our get-together to the following Thursday (the 22nd)."

See my previos post. :)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:02:43 PM
Favorite youtube comment for the Debbie Reynolds "If I Had a Hammer" is one added 5 days ago, which reads in part:

"But in the end, it's all about Miss Reynolds and her impassioned commitment to both a brighter tomorrow and working her skirt . . . "

That's funny!! ;D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:04:04 PM
PAGE 11 DANCE!!
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:04:34 PM
Doctor Who has started! :D
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:10:49 PM
So... I noticed a message on my phone around 5:45pm.  It was Cohen's Optical informing me that all of my eyeglasses were in!  All three pairs!  -And I only picked them out yesterday!  *I'm guessing they may have put a "speedy" on it due to the amount of money I spent.  ;)  So, I finished whatever bit of cleaning I was doing, showered, and headed down to the store.  I got there about fifteen minutes before they closed, but it turned out that none of the frames needed any adjustments (at least not now).  So...

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/NewSpecs1.jpg)(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/NewSpecs2.jpg)(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/NewSpecs3.jpg)
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:11:16 PM
LOL!  Me and my shrinking head!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:17:17 PM
After picking up my new eyeglasses, I headed up to Carnegie Hall for tonight's recital by Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau...

I really could go on and on about just how wonderful the whole evening was.  It truly was one of the most musical, dramatic, humorous and generous vocal recitals I have ever attended.  He even invited the audience to hum along with him during "All Through The Night", and made "us" stand up to sing the refrain of "Molly Malone" since we were kind of "bad" during the first refrain.

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/BrynMalcom.jpg)

*I wish I had gotten a better picture during their bows, but I just kept clapping and clapping and forgetting to take a pic.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:22:44 PM
One very cool thing about tonight's recital:  Malcolm Martineau, Mr. Terfel's pianist, was given a solo bow.  A very well-deserved solo bow.  His playing throughout was more than "supportive", it was practically telepathic at times.

One very "weird" thing about tonight's recital:  Most of the sheet music that Mr. Martineau was using was single-sided, loose copies.  The page-turner, consequently, basically stood up and turned pages twice as much as he would have normally (if the music was in a book, or copied back-to-back).  -Well, he actually slid the pages of music from right to left each time.  The page-turner also stayed on the stage between sets, which actually made me feel awkard. -I love page-turning, but I was also "taught" to leave the stage when the Artists leave the stage.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:25:58 PM
Nice new glasses, Jose!
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:33:06 PM
Thanks, George!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:35:00 PM
Hmm... I thought my flight was leaving at 10:30am tomorrow/later today.  Well, I just double-checked my itinerary and it actually gets in to Dulles at 10:30am... It leaves JFK at 9:00am... Which means I really won't get much sleep tonight... However, there's still room on the Noon flight out of JFK... I'm just wondering if it's worth the change fee... Hmm... ???
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 25, 2008, 11:36:15 PM
Well, regardless of what time I ended up heading out tomorrow, I should finish packing and get some sleep, so...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:37:37 PM
~~~Travel Vibes!!~~~
Title: Re:OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:39:58 PM
DR George, I have liked everything you decorated yourself.  

Are you saying your sister chose your paint colors for you? ;D Did you approve them before she painted? I can't recall-what are the colors?

Thanks, Jane!  Yes and yes. ;) The downstairs is a dusty kind of green and the upstairs is a light chocolate brown.  I don't have a picture of my upstairs yet (I will when I clean it all up to set up my TV) but here's a picture of my living room when it was all cleaned up.  It's not a recent picture, though. ::)
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Post by: George on April 25, 2008, 11:40:37 PM
You can see my old (original) faucet at the bottom of the picture.
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Post by: bk on April 26, 2008, 12:11:03 AM
Well, it got to one minute or less and froze iDVD - I had to force quit and the entire three hour transfer was black, no picture.  Marvelous.  If anyone else has any ideas, let me know.