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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were waxy but not very Brazilian, and now it is time for you to post until the Brazilian cows come home - they're off somewhere blaming everything on the Bossa Nova.
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And the word of the day is: UNIVOCALIC!
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Welcome 0 GUESTS. I guess we're just going through one of our down times - hasn't happened for about three years, but, there you are.
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The longest one word univocalic is strengthlessness.
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Thinking of DR JoseSPiano and family today.
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Nice box, DR George! :D
And now you can say, "I'm going to go clean my clock." :)
CONGRATULATIONS on 20 years! :)
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Nice box. (A Forever Plaid reference)
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Wishes mega vibes to Jose and family. I will keep you in my thoughts today.
Also vibes to dear TCB.
Vibes to all who need them.
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I have a toad problem. There is a toad that keeps coming into the house somehow. He was on the kitchen table last night and on the floor this morning.
I keep catching him and taking him out but I think he likes in here because he keeps coming back! I think he must be coming through the doggie door but I wouldn't think a little toad could move the flaps. I don't want to hurt him but he has to understand that toads stay outside.
Maybe he's my prince but I have no wish to kiss him. :)
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TOD - Do slot machines count?
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I think I won a yo-yo once in a school raffle. And perhaps an office football pool, years ago. Which is funny, because I don't know the first thing about football.
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I won second place and received a silver-plated chafing dish in an apple pie making contest.
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Miss Angela Lansbury is returning to Broadway in the revival of
Blithe Spirit (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122290.html)
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Ah, sir! Happy news indeed.
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"No...YOU'RE cuter!"
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kMk_ZsQIoOA/SPEhT4BHUKI/AAAAAAAAAgA/JfqiIfNX1KQ/s320/nemesis.JPG)
photo: Nemesis
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And the word of the day is: UNIVOCALIC!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SEPTEMBER
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Good morning, all! I've been out of bed for about 30 minutes - oy! weird dreams last night! - and I have to get the laundry into the washers. Today is a day of work around the apartment, a bit of work on Arlen-Harburg-Gershwin scores, and MOST HAPPY FELLA.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continued Vibes for our DR Jose and His Family! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Prizes I've won?
When I was a kid, I once won 5 chocolate sodas at a drive-in movie.
:-[
Also as a kid, I was on an Alaskan cruise with my parents and won $5.00 playing Bingo.
:(
Sad, isn't it?
:'(
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Tuesday morning greetings! It's an office day for me, getting ready for 2 presentations next week and one on Nov. 14.
~~~~~~Vibes for DR Jose's mother~~~~~~
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It's time to put the laundry in the dryers, and plan a 30-minute walk while things dry. Maybe Riverside Park this morning.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I slept amazingly well last over the past nine or so hours. :)
I shall return....
Laters...
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Tonight on tv:
ELI STONE (i am so happy this show is back!)
The Mentalist (i was not going to watch this show, but i am really liking it).
DWTS results show
90210 and Privileged are repeats.
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DR Cillaliz i'm curious who your favorites are on DANCING WITH THE STARS?
I planned to like rocco. But he is just not very good.
I also like cody and julianne but i find he has so much potential but is just so stiff looking.
The two teams i am cheering for who are impressing me:
Brooke (and david hough). I just think she is incredible. She almost looks like a pro.
Lance (and lacey). I knew lacey from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. She wasn't one of my favs. But i'm liking her this year. I love her creative choreography. And i feel like lance is doing great.
What did you think of cloris last night? She did do a lot better! And while i agree that she pushed herself maybe as far as she could go, I thought it was weird to give her an 8 and then give somebody who was obviously better a much lower mark.
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DR Cillaliz i'm curious who your favorites are on DANCING WITH THE STARS?
I planned to like rocco. But he is just not very good.
I also like cody and julianne but i find he has so much potential but is just so stiff looking.
The two teams i am cheering for who are impressing me:
Brooke (and david hough). I just think she is incredible. She almost looks like a pro.
Lance (and lacey). I knew lacey from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. She wasn't one of my favs. But i'm liking her this year. I love her creative choreography. And i feel like lance is doing great.
What did you think of cloris last night? She did do a lot better! And while i agree that she pushed herself maybe as far as she could go, I thought it was weird to give her an 8 and then give somebody who was obviously better a much lower mark.
I don't watch the show, but I'm sure you meant Derek Hough with Brooke.
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Good morning!
A very cool morning, but it's getting up to the mid080s today! Argh!
So, around noon, I'll close everything up and then open things back up when I get ready for bed.
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UPS dropped off a review disc this morning. Alas, not SLEEPING BEAUTY. It was SHREK THE HALLS which doesn't street until November 4th. It'll be at least a week before I get that that. Besides, I saw the show on ABc last Christmas, and I wasn't very impressed with it. But, it's only 22 minutes, and maybe I'll like it more on a revisit.
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Many years ago, when I worked at Bi-Mart and was our store's credit union rep, I attended a credit union rep meeting in Eugene. I won the door prize which was a dual cassette stereo player.
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I haven't won a great many things, but I have won a few items.
I've won Bingo once in my life, and I won a salt and pepper shaker set that included a pepper mill. My parents used that set until the day they died.
I won a contest for the soundtrack LP of MY FAIR LADY by correctly identifying who played Eliza in the 1938 movie version of PYGMALION. There were three LPs offered, and that was back when you MAILED in your entry. The earliest postmark on the envelope determined the winners. My parents were busy on the Saturday when I read about the contest, so I walked the four miles to the post office to get my entry to the PO.
Ron Pulliam's dear friend (whose name just went out of my brain) who had his own syndicated TV program CINEMA SHOWCASE offered the soundtrack album for NASHVILLE as a prize for the first 10 callers. I won one of those.
I've won two CD prizes here doing the Unseemly Quizzes of BK.
And I won the 2-disc DVD of ALICE IN WONDERLAND from The Digital Bits years before I started reviewing DIsney discs.
Those are the first things that come to mind.
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On TV Tonight!
ABC - OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, DANCING WITH THE STARS, ELI STONE (season premiere)
CBS - NCIS, THE MENTALIST, WITHOUT A TRACE
NBC - BIGGEST LOSER, LAW & ORDER: SVU (Ellen Burstyn guests)
FOX - HOUSE, FRINGE
FX - THE SHIELD
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Many years ago, when I worked at Bi-Mart
Which explains soooo much! How's your listening going?
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"No...YOU'RE cuter!"
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kMk_ZsQIoOA/SPEhT4BHUKI/AAAAAAAAAgA/JfqiIfNX1KQ/s320/nemesis.JPG)
photo: Nemesis
"No, I do not want to pull your finger, thank-you very much!"
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[I don't watch the show, but I'm sure you meant Derek Hough with Brooke.
Yep i totally meant derek. I wonder why i wrote david!
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I'm back from a lovelier than lovely walk down from 82nd Street to 72nd through Riverside Park, which is glorious at the moment: the day and weather are wonderful, lots of nurses nd their children all over the Park, and a nice walk for contemplation. Then over to Broadway and a stop at Broadway Market at 77th. I ran into Elaine Stritch's musical director Rob Bowman and had a nice chat with him. They're off to Pittsburgh in two days and then off to Detroit. She keeps working, God love her.
I got in, took some laundry out of the dryers; one is still working poorly, which has been a cosntant annoyance for about two months now. The big question is, are the complaints to the landlord getting to the service people or are the swervice people incompetent? So, I've got another hour of laundry while other things dry.
I just called DR Jose to check in on things, and his family is meeting with her surgeon around 1 pm, which I would guess is for a status report on how things are progressing. We only spoke briefly and I know he'll provide a much more inteligent and informed update than mine later. Keep those vibes coming!
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It's pretty well known that I don't drive. (Even after promising that I would, but we haven't gotten around to it yet, and I haven't had much time off from work so that I can get in much or any practice.)
So, years ago, it provoked a good deal of laughter when I won a door prize at the office Christmas party: a complementary lube job for my car.
On the other hand, that's what someone considered a Christmassy door prize? Sheesh.
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It's pretty well known that I don't drive. (Even after promising that I would, but we haven't gotten around to it yet, and I haven't had much time off from work so that I can get in much or any practice.)
So, years ago, it provoked a good deal of laughter when I won a door prize at the office Christmas party: a complementary lube job for my car.
On the other hand, that's what someone considered a Christmassy door prize? Sheesh.
I don't guess they made substitutions as to the object?
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Ron Pulliam's dear friend (whose name just went out of my brain) who had his own syndicated TV program CINEMA SHOWCASE offered the soundtrack album for NASHVILLE as a prize for the first 10 callers. I won one of those.
Jim Whaley.
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That's the title of my next novella:
I Won a Lube Job at the Office Christmas Party
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I've gone through life saying, "I've never won ANYthing!" Generally, I mean that in the sense that I've never won anything "substantial."
Of course I've picked up the odd win here and there. I have won a couple of sparkling prizes in the latent Broadway quizzes here at HainesHisWay.com. One was the incandescent "Das Barbeçu"! :D
I once won a table clock as a sort of raffle prize at the Allied Officers Club annual Charity Bazaar in Naples, Italy. The clock is battery operated and looks ornate, but its main feature -- a faux pendulum -- does not work. That, of course, is why it was donated to the raffle (which had tons of prizes). So...it was nice to have "won", but it would have been nicer without the flawed movement.
I've also won the odd bottle of wine at dinner parties, etc. Do lottery wins count? I've played so long that I've never come close to recouping what I spend on lottery tickets in six months, so I don't exactly jump up and down and dream of retirement when I pick up the odd $70 or $140 dollars on very rare occasions.
My Aunt Doris is a "winner" when it comes to prizes. She seems to win just about everything she enters (except lottery jackpots). If a store is giving away a refrigerator, my Aunt Doris's entry stub will be drawn. If there is a trip to Hawaii, my Aunt Doris wins it. Most family members who are with her won't even bother entering if she does. Of course, she doesn't win every time (and neither does anyone else "we" know). But she's one of those people who seem to have the "touch".
I do win auctions many times. But, you know...you have to PAY when you do that! ;)
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The Flawed Movement...
My scientific study of... :P
:-X Never mind!
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I've won a few hundred dollars in our state lottery a couple of times. And I won a pretty nice jackpot (can't remember how much right now) right off the bat on our honeymoon in Las Vegas, which of course I then gave right back to them at other games. :) I'm still waiting for one of my sparkling prizes from BK. ;)
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I won a sparkling prize once. The contest was to name the notes, so I plagiarized something witty that DR Sandra said and BK chose it for the title.
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A friend of mine just went on in a major role at the Metropolitan Opera last night - the premiere of John Adam's Doctor Atomic, about the life of Robert Openheimer.
To actors you say, "Break a leg!"
To opera singers, you say either "Toi, toi, toi" or "In bocca al lupo" [in the mouth of the wolf], to which the proper response is "Crepi il lupo" [I will eat the wolf]. Don't ask me why. :)
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Ron Pulliam's dear friend (whose name just went out of my brain) who had his own syndicated TV program CINEMA SHOWCASE offered the soundtrack album for NASHVILLE as a prize for the first 10 callers. I won one of those.
Jim Whaley.
Yes. I thought of his name the second I signed back on and was going to go back and add it to the original post. No need to now. Thanks.
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"Don't Ask Me Why" is the name of my new book on factual encounters with upleasant people.
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Well, I'm heading down now to see what is in today's mail (likely very little since usually the day after a Monday holiday is very light on mail, as if they hadn't bothered to sort anything on the day away).
WBBL.
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Oh, I forgot to mention last night in recapping my evening viewing that I also watched CHARLIE CHAN'S MURDER CRUISE. This was another Chan I had seen before on the Fox Movie Channel and guessed the murderer's identity the first time I saw it, but it's still an enjoyable Chan outing, and the transfer is really superb.
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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"Don't Ask Me Why" is the name of my new book on factual encounters with unpleasant people.
As opposed to fictional encounters with peasant people.
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Re: Last night's "Heroes"
SPOILERS
Salacadoola menchacaboola bibbido-bobbidi-boo I was pretty well pleased with last night's episode. It's nice to see Angela Petrelli's more vulnerable side from time to time and she has lately been such an uber-witch that last night's show was a nice change of pace. I think it's very odd, but endearing, that we're seeing a more gentle Sylar, although I'm not certain whether that's because Peter Petrelli took his more dangerous attributes from him or what. That's not clear to me, although that may be what happened. I'm not at all pleased with what we're seeing Mohinder doing, but there may be something a bit less sinister going on than meets the eye. So far as I can tell, he's putting his "victims" into some kind of stasis rather than killing them. But...is he also "changing" them for some purpose? The Hiro/Ando bit grew tireseome again, but I wasn't prepared -- and did not believe -- the slaying of Ando by Hiro. Hiro obviously stabbed him, but I'm guessing he has an ulterior motive -- plus the option of going back and turning the tables on everyone whenever he wants to. Hiro, at least, has the retention of memory when he goes back in time. Adrian Pasdar looked a bit different last night as Nathan Petrelli. His grooming or something gave him a different, yet better, look. I laughed out loud -- and repeated my laughter at the memory of it later -- over that scene with him and Ali Larter in bed. They had obviously slept together, but she was still wearing her pearls! LOL!!! I liked the sequence with Claire and the man who created vortexes. Claire is more appealing when she isn't being forced to act "severe". I look forward to upcoming episodes. HRG -- or, Noah Bennett -- just doesn't seem to ever "get it". As many times as he seemingly "rehabilitates" his attitude, he still does stuff that is going to lead to disaster in his personal life. Supercalifgragilistiexpialidocious even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious.
End Spoiler
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"No Need to Now" is the name of the new play I'm outlining about all the things I'd planned on doing by the time I reached 50.
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"In bocca al lupo" [in the mouth of the wolf], to which the proper response is "Crepi il lupo" [I will eat the wolf]. Don't ask me why. :)
Are you sure the opera isn't by Duran Duran?
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I'm up and the sky is blue and my nose is red. Not sure how I feel yet, other than groggy.
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That's the title of my next novella:
I Won a Lube Job at the Office Christmas Party
Tell me more.
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Dear Esteemed BK:
I understand that the Los Angeles area has a few brushfires burning today. How is the air quality? Hoping you aren't suffering from the smoke, in addition to your other ails of late.
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Haven't seen or smelled any evidence of the brushfires, thankfully
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That's the title of my next novella:
I Won a Lube Job at the Office Christmas Party
Tell me more.
He'll have to make up the story, because I certainly never went to the kind of office Christmas party that anyone would want to write about.
Drat.
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Der B wants to hog get some work done on the computer, and I want to go to the Farmer's Market today (from what I've heard, the last market of the season). Later, all.
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Besides a few things (very minor) Iwon through Top 40 radio stations, I won $45.00 (all in quarters just as I was boarding the plane from Las vegas to Phoenix. The cashier at Lucky's was not amused when I used them to pay for groceries the next day.
I won a radio (that somewhat resembled R2D2 long before R2D2 existed) by winning an essay contest through a local furniture store on "Why I Love America." This was in 1970, so anyone who loved America probably won something.
I also won a plane ticket for a trip to Disneyland. My mother was going to fly to the east coast to see her mother around that time, and times were tough then for my family, so i traded the ticket in for her trip to Philadelphia and paid the difference with a tax refund.
My aunt has always been one of thos people who enter contests and wants me to do so.
Oh, I also won the soundtrack LP to "Grease" and two tickets to the Phoenix premiere for coming in second place for a 50's trivia contest. OY!!!!!
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That's the title of my next novella:
I Won a Lube Job at the Office Christmas Party
I guess that sounds better than "I wanna"
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Lovely fo-toes of DR GEORGE's gifts from work....all those years......very nice to be appreciated.
VIBES for the family of DR JOSE.
I am intrigued by DR DANISE's story of the toad. They are harbingers of good news, DR DANISE - so expect something exciting to happen very soon.
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Let's see - I won some little stuffed animals in a TV Contest Contest - you had to submit your idea for a contest on a late night Movie Program hosted by the cleaning lady at the station who went by the name of Wilhelmina. It was really Mary Ellen Reid, the art director of the station. She always showed the last movie on Saturday night/Sunday morning and specialized in teen JD movies.
She also wrote a poem to her errant never seen boyfriend that went:
I finally found out who you are
You're someone after all.
I found your name inside your suit
I'll call you Robert Hall.
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Page Three Robert Hall Suit Dance.
(http://www.rustyzipper.com/pics/78850-M32835L.jpg)
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The history of Robert Hall....
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856259,00.html (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856259,00.html)
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I have won a couple of sparkling prizes here at HHW which were always nice to receive.
I won a $50 Gift Certificate for Half Price Books in a radio contest where I had to identify four snippets of music.
And about $54 total in over ten years of playing the lottery and powerball.
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TOD - three years ago, I had a real streak, all in the course of about 5 weeks:
--At our library's annual Staff Day, I won anything I wanted from the Recorded Books, Inc. catalog (David McCullough's John Adams on CD),
--At a professional gathering, I won a day planner, and,
--At a holiday dinner that my mom's financial planner threw for his clients, I won the ceramic snowman that was our table's centerpiece.
I should have bought a lottery ticket then!
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The history of Robert Hall....
Not to be confused with Monty Hall...
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:blXCogRwcknbzM:http://www.letsmakeadeal.com/images/mh-1975.jpg)
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I think he is wearing a Robert Hall sports coat in that photo, DR SINGDAW.
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So if he then sat in a hall watching The Boys in the Hall, it would be:
a Hall on a Hall in a hall watching Hall?
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The history of Robert Hall....
Not to be confused with Monty Hall...
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:blXCogRwcknbzM:http://www.letsmakeadeal.com/images/mh-1975.jpg)
Or Lani.
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The history of Robert Hall....
Not to be confused with Monty Hall...
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:blXCogRwcknbzM:http://www.letsmakeadeal.com/images/mh-1975.jpg)
Isn't Monty Hall Joanna Gleason's father?
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Laurette is sold out.
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bk, are you getting close on Evening Primrose?
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Laurette is sold out.
Good for Kritzerland!!!
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Good Afternoon!
:)
They finished the surgeries about a half an hour ago, and we'll get to see her in another half hour or so. Everything went very well, and it turned out she only needed a single bypass instead of a double.
Thanks again for all the Love and Concern.
Laters...
:)
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That is fantastic news, DR JoseSPiano!
***VIBES OF PEACE, COMFORT, CALM, & HEALING***
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Thanks for the update, DR Jose. Prayers and vibes continue for your mom!
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Good Afternoon!
:)
They finished the surgeries about a half an hour ago, and we'll get to see her in another half hour or so. Everything went very well, and it turned out she only needed a single bypass instead of a double.
Thanks again for all the Love and Concern.
Laters...
:)
Hooray! Hooray! DR Jose! Fantastic news. I'm sure there's a great weight off your heart now.
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Yesterday, DR Ron Pulliam posted about BRIGADOON.
(http://www.mendocino.edu/theater/Gohome.jpg)
But somehow, you just know that it's not Bonnie Jean that all the lads want to go home with. ;)
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And now I send recovery vibes to the mom of DR Jose! Hope she is back on her feet very soon!
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I have decided that the thing I like best about November elections....gas prices go down!! Woohoo!
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Good Afternoon!
:)
They finished the surgeries about a half an hour ago, and we'll get to see her in another half hour or so. Everything went very well, and it turned out she only needed a single bypass instead of a double.
Thanks again for all the Love and Concern.
Laters...
:)
Terrific news, DR Jose!
* * * * * SPEEDY RECOVERY VIBES FOR THE MOM OF DR JOSE * * * * *
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That is great news DR jose!
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TOD:
I've won:
A Campbell Soup sweatshirt from Campbell Soup
A chocolate layer cake at a church bazarre
The BUDDY OCR CD from Tower Records
Two tickets to a touring company of PIPPIN from the Philly Inquirer
A 19" Color TV from McDonalds
A number of Sparking Prizes from the Unseemly Trivia Contest on this here very site
And my favorite prize of all time--I was Boy of the Month, awarded by Sister Mary Francetta in 1st Grade (a prize I cherished so much that I kept the pin and claimed that I lost it.)
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"Heart Glow" Vibes to Ma Simbulan!
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I just saw my Mom, and spoke to her nurse. All is well, and it looks like she might even be awake in a few hours. So, my Dad is going to head home for a bit, and I'm going to head back to Carytown for some celebratory window-shopping - and maybe even a stop at For The Love Of Chocolate or Bev's Ice Cream (again).
I do have to say that even though it was a little hard/strange to see my father cry after we got the good news from the surgeon, i'm glad to know that he finally let "it" out. -He's never been one to show his emotions openly. He's very happy right now, and I'm looking forward to HIM getting a good night's sleep tonight (since it was apparently a bit noisy for him last night here at the hospital). And since it's a "light week" in the Cardiac Unit here, my Mom also has only one nurse in CSICU. And Kate has told us that if my Mom doesn't wake up until after the designated visiting window tonight, that she would let us come back after hours. :)
*I also found out that my mother's cardiac surgeon is one of the top-rated cardiac surgeons in the country. -Must have been those Vibes!
Layers...
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I have decided that the thing I like best about November elections....gas prices go down!! Woohoo!
I'd credit the crashed stock market rather than the elections, I would.
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Hello all! I just received a phone call from our dear and wonderful cyber-father TCB, and I realized I'd been incredibly neglectful about updating the HHW world about our new little son. I beg your forgiveness, and can only blame the time-warping tiredness that seems to have enveloped me. It seems like days come and go in sets of two and three now. So, on to the news. As I think TCB told you, Toby was born a little over five weeks early...a complete surprise to everybody. He spent a week in the NICU figuring out how to breathe and eat on his own, and battling a case of jaundice, and then was allowed home. I get to stay home with him until December 1st, which is lovely. He's a darling little baby, who keeps me very busy! He still hasn't figured out the difference between day and night, but since I'm at liberty to sleep when he sleeps during the day, it's working out alright.
A few pictures -
(http://i34.tinypic.com/15ez48w.jpg)
(http://i38.tinypic.com/2qxubyh.jpg)
(http://i36.tinypic.com/1zn4eg2.jpg)
Vibes to Jose and his family...I hope your mother's recovery is peaceful and speedy.
Vibes to TCB, and anyone else who might need them!
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*I also found out that my mother's cardiac surgeon is one of the top-rated cardiac surgeons in the country. -Must have been those Vibes!
Layers...
...upon layers....
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-I meant to say that Kate has no other patients to watch over today except for my Mom. :)
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HI, TOBY!!!!!
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*I also found out that my mother's cardiac surgeon is one of the top-rated cardiac surgeons in the country. -Must have been those Vibes!
Layers...
...upon Layers....
Well, I do like cakes and pastries... (Ah, the wonders of "Smart Spelling")
Laters...
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I have to agree with what DR JRand said last night about Carole Lombard. As much as I adore her, she did not make many memorable movies. After watching the always wonderful MY MAN GODFREY last night, I tried to sit though NO MAN OF HER OWN in which she co-starred with Clark Gable. You would think that the sparks between the two would be there, but they're not. I quit it half way through.
And why do I always forget that Lombard was NOT in TOPPER?
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DR Ann - Toby is a beautiful baby and you and Jed look very comfortable as parents. Thank you for sharing the photos - enjoy these "baby" days - they go so-o-o-o fast!
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DR Ann - Toby is a beautiful baby and you and Jed look very comfortable as parents. Thank you for sharing the photos - enjoy these "baby" days - they go so-o-o-o fast!
Boy do they ever! Five weeks have flown by in a blink.
When i was in high school I won a lava lamp at a dance. I thought it was the very epitome of cool. I was not cool in high school.
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Awww, DR Ann-- DB Toby is A-Dor-Able! Mazel Tov to you and DR Jed!
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Good news, Jose!
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Has Ann caught up? Beautiful photographs.
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Back from the long jog - it's really nice out - warm but not too hot, with none of the chilly air of the last four days.
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Evening Primrose has a ways to go yet - remember, we did 3000 of those - much harder to sell out that number than a 1000. But we're inching our way there and a few orders come in every few days.
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Beautiful Baby!!!
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Great news, Jose!
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Aw, Ann. Toby is very handsome. Thanks for sharing the photos and for the update. We have all been sending vibes and prayers.
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Page Three Robert Hall Suit Dance.
(http://www.rustyzipper.com/pics/78850-M32835L.jpg)
Two of my favorite shirts came from Robert Hall (in about 1971). And no, Laura, i do not own them any longer... I think.
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Kerry, the second box arrived today! Wow, where did you get them? I love the Theatre Monthly (I think that's it, I'm at the office and the books are at home).
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I'm seeing Billy Elliot tonight.
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Good Afternoon!
:)
They finished the surgeries about a half an hour ago, and we'll get to see her in another half hour or so. Everything went very well, and it turned out she only needed a single bypass instead of a double.
Thanks again for all the Love and Concern.
Laters...
:)
Yayhoo!!! Have the cake and pastries you mentioned (or was those euphemisms for the doctors?)
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Wonderful Toby pictures DR Ann! Say hi to DR Jed for us!!!
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Thanks for the photos of Toby, DR ann! I miss you and DR Jed very much so it's good to see you back for a moment.
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DR Ann, it is wonderful to see you, Jed and your beautiful little Toby.
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DR Jose, GREAT NEWS!
May your mother have an easy & short healing process!
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Congrats to the Simbulans and Slaughters!
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I wonder if perhaps DR Kerry will have some exciting stories about jury duty this evening.
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DR Danise, how cute you now have a pet toad. ;) ;D
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DR Jose, I keep thinking of your father. It is such a moving & sweet story.
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DR George, the wooden box & clock are very nice. Congratulations on 20 years!
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This 4-6 week closing is ridiculous since we're now into week 8 and the damned county, which I would think would have its act together before signing off on these property sales, still hasn't provided the buyer with the necessary paperwork for the closing. This is total bullshit, and i am starting to fear this closing will drag on until 2009. I'm mostly pissed because I wanted to use a small portion of the sale to pay for a Thanksgiving trip, shipment of about 25 more cartons to Miami University, and purchase of a couple of pieces of furniture.
Right now I'm very frustrated, and I could use more vibes to get this thing rolling. Now if we could only sell the rest of the three acres!
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The noses! The noses!
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Congrats and great pictures, Ann!! ;D
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Thank you Mr. Winkworth!
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Nice box, DR George! :D
And now you can say, "I'm going to go clean my clock." :)
CONGRATULATIONS on 20 years! :)
Thanks!
Nice box. (A Forever Plaid reference)
Thank you!
DR George, the wooden box & clock are very nice. Congratulations on 20 years!
And thank you!
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Laurette is sold out.
Congratulations, BK. :D
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This 4-6 week closing is ridiculous since we're now into week 8 and the damned county, which I would think would have its act together before signing off on these property sales, still hasn't provided the buyer with the necessary paperwork for the closing. This is total bullshit, and i am starting to fear this closing will drag on until 2009. I'm mostly pissed because I wanted to use a small portion of the sale to pay for a Thanksgiving trip, shipment of about 25 more cartons to Miami University, and purchase of a couple of pieces of furniture.
Right now I'm very frustrated, and I could use more vibes to get this thing rolling. Now if we could only sell the rest of the three acres!
~~~Vibes for a Quicker Closing (and that's not a euphemism) for Elmore!!~~~
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QUICK LAND SELLING VIBES DR ELMORE!
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! ! ! ! ! MORE QUICK AND EXPEDIENT CLOSING VIBES FOR DR ELMORE ! ! ! ! !
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What an interesting afternoon I've had. I did have steak for lunch which is a highlight (since I have it so seldom).
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I had a very nice gathering today for my book discussion group. Everyone thought the book, THE BOOK THIEF, was wonderful :)
I baked DR Tomovoz's Orange Almond Cake & it was a big hit. There isn't any flour in it, just almonds ground with sugar, making it very moist.
Now I'm off to take Sherlock for a hike.
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As for afternoon viewing, I began watching MISSING, that marvelous Costa-Gavras political seek and find thriller from the early 1980s. Just as wonderful now as it was then, and I think I appreciate it more now that I'm older and have lost my father (so I can understand and appreciate more the father's intensity about finding his son). And with all of the information that has come out in the decades since the film was made about the US involvement in foreign political revolutions. And, of course, there's the ever-present portrait of Richard Nixon on the wall of the Embassy as the ambassadors spew out one lie after another to cover their tracks.
What a brilliant film.
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Anyway, about an hour into the film, I hear a package hit my front porch, and sure enough, there is FINALLY the Blu-ray of SLEEPING BEAUTY. What to do? Well, I went ahead and finished watching MISSING. I didn't watch any of the bonuses. But I'll get to those tomorrow.
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I must say I'm feeling much better today. Still a little foggy and congested, but so much better than yesterday and the day before.
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I have this terrible desire to go buy a Parisienne cake and have half of it right now - as my meal o' the day. I won't, but I WANT to. :)
I suppose I'd better be on my way to the work session now - I may not last all two hours, but will be there for at least ninety minutes.
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When MISSING finished, I immediately put in the Blu-ray of SLEEPING BEAUTY, and a beauty it is indeed. I did see the flickering in a couple of places that DR JMK mentioned, but otherwise, the color was so rich and deep, and the details in the backgrounds of those forest scenes were astounding. I paused it a couple of times just to study the artwork. Lots of details in the colors in walls I had never noticed before, etc. Beautiful.
The DTS-HD Master Audio track had substantial bass for the first time I've ever heard it in all the incarnations of SB that I've owned. Sometimes the directionalized dialog and singing wasn't quite audible enough for effective phantom imaging, but I admire the effort to bring what I've always considered an underwhelming soundtrack to much worthier standards to match with that breathtaking picture.
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I forgot to mention that while I cooked and ate lunch, I watched another OFFICE episode from the 4th season set: the dinner party episode which is one of the funniest but most uncomfortable dinner parties in the history of TV.
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And obviously, I didn't get to watch AS THE WORLD TURNS or anything else this afternoon. Tonight, I'll try to catch FRINGE and ELI STONE on the DVR starting around 9:30 but must give the rest of the evening over to SLEEPING BEAUTY's bonuses.
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DR George - congratulations on the recognitions you received from your employer! Our annual Staff Day is coming up a week from Friday.
Along the same lines, I was informed this afternoon that there will be a retirement potluck for me on December 15.
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DR George - congratulations on the recognitions you received from your employer! Our annual Staff Day is coming up a week from Friday.
Along the same lines, I was informed this afternoon that there will be a retirement potluck for me on December 15.
Thanks! And Congrats, to you, too! :)
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Speedy recovery vibes to Jose's mom!!!
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Along the same lines, I was informed this afternoon that there will be a retirement potluck for me on December 15.
I'll bring potato salad and green beans! :)
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Hmmm....but if Larry doesn't get to take his Thanksgiving trip, we might get to have him here as a guest at our Thanksgiving dinner, so I'm torn :)
Anyway, vibes for everything to turn out the way Larry wants for the sale
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I have nothing to say today except that I have been planting some shrubs.
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I'll bring potato salad
Hot German Potato Salad? [he says, hopefully...]
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CONGRATULATIONS to bk on selling out! :D
Wait, that didn't come out right...
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***FINANCIAL WORKING-IT-OUT VIBES***
for DR elmore3003!
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I have some writing to do and then must head back down to continue with one of Mr. Disney's classics.
WBBL.
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Click to see a male Brazilian Wax menu (http://www.femtalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/malebrazilian-1.jpg).
Not for the squeamish!!
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My, my! The things one can learn on the internet.
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I just now (well, a few minutes ago) received the new 4-CD box set of Sondheim's music, "The Story So Far... (http://www.amazon.com/The-Story-So-Far/dp/B001EKH09E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1224018944&sr=8-1)" and there is a sticker that says "33 Rare & Previously Unreleased Tracks." Looking at the back of the box, the unreleased tracks are marked with an asterisk (*). The five "Evening Primrose" tracks are marked with a daggar and the note says "First authorized release."
??? First authorized release?? BK's "Evening Primrose" isn't "authorized?? What's that about?
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Things that I have won (in no particular order):
A portable CD player from Zero candy bar...I gave it to my dad because I already had one with more options.
A trip to Montery, California. My sister had entered all our names and mine was the one that was picked. I didn't get to go because my sister had just gotten married, so they used it for their honeymoon.
I've won several raffles and drawings here at work for various fund-raisers. My favorite was a reproduction of a 1930s radio. It's beautiful. :D
I've won one, count 'em, ONE sparkling prize from BK's Trivia Contest.
Twice (different years), I won a pair of tickets to a local theater group's productions.
Those are the big things that I can remember. :)
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Click to see a male Brazilian Wax menu (http://www.femtalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/malebrazilian-1.jpg).
Not for the squeamish!!
Ew.
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I also have won a sparkling prize, and it is one of my all time favorite CDs.
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Click to see a male Brazilian Wax menu (http://www.femtalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/malebrazilian-1.jpg).
Not for the squeamish!!
The one called "The Pilot" looks like Hitler's moustache!
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I'll bring potato salad
Hot German Potato Salad? [he says, hopefully...]
Not unless the menu includes hot pastrami and hot Reuben sandwiches.
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Great baby pics. Congrats to DRs Ann and Jed!
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DR MBarnum did you figure out what was happening on Facebook? I see you deleted the items ;)
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What's that about?
Yes. This has been discussed - I think while you were away. :)
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re: last night's HEROES
SPOILERS
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I did enjoy this week's show more than last week's. But there are still some things this season that i hate. The main thing is that Peter Petrelli is a big part of the show. And he's a lot of people's fav. But they are totally ruining him this year. He was a big reason i've loved the show. But the directions they are taking him in are not interesting and i really dislike him as the villain.
I like nathan and tracey together. And find the linderman aspect very fascinating. I like finding out they were "created". And i do like the softer side of sylar. Cannot stand what they are doing with mohinder. Yuck. It was interesting the first week. But now it's a big turn-off. Especially watching him with maya.
I'm not sure how i feel about the claire stuff. The interaction with the vortex guy were quite interesting. But it seems like her character is all over the place.
I don't hate the stuff with hiro (since i love him). I like adam monroe so i was glad to see him back. I like daphne. So it will be interesting to see how all that plays out.
I think the most interesting and confusing part was the end. Finding out matt's father (mr. parkman) has been putting linderman in people's heads and that papa petrelli is alive. That took me by surprise. And that was one of the things i used to love about heroes. Surprises that take you by surprise and that are interesting.
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I am excited to watch ELI STONE tonight. Although i'm not sure if i will be awake. 10pm is late for me to really concentrate on tv.
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Today is the Canadian federal election.
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What's that about?
Yes. This has been discussed - I think while you were away. :)
Ahh...I guess I didn't pay attention when I was catching up. ::)
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Good Evening!
Nurse Kate called my Dad around 5:00, and said that my Mom woke up for a few minutes, but then went back to sleep. So, we're just staying put tonight, but we'll head over in the morning for the visiting "hour" from 10:00-10:30. She also said that they were about to take out her breathing tube - which is a very good thing, since that means her body is returning to "normal" - and at quite a fast rate. :)
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Goodie! LOGO is running a few back to back episodes of SORDID LIVES I missed.
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I wonder if perhaps DR Kerry will have some exciting stories about jury duty this evening.
No, I have been given three group numbers, and two were called for today for after 1:00. My latest group number was dismissed, but I was afraid not to show up. Nothing happened.
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DR JOse, I'm pleased to hear your mother is sleeping well, and the breathing tube has already been removed-GREAT NEWS!
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In the meantime, I did head back over to Carytown. I was a little dismayed to see a few more "For Rent" signs in some formerly open and occupied storefronts, but at least my favorites were still open. I did go back to Bev's for a cup of ice cream: half Apple Cinnamon, half Coffee Heath Bar. -Last night, I had half a cup of Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie, and half Cinna-Bean (cinnamon ice cream with chocolate-covered espresso beans - my favorite!).
I also stopped into Plan 9 Music (http://www.plan9music.com/Home) where they had some great sale prices on some new and not-so-new releases, so... I have some new music to listen to on the ride back to NYC this weekend. I then picked up a couple of holiday-scented votive candles at Mongrel (http://www.mongrelonline.com/), and while I was there I also got to catch up with my friend, Doug, who also owns and runs the store. -It's a great store!
I stopped in a few other places: Jean-Jacques Bakery (http://www.carytownbakery.com/) - they recently remodeled... Tokyo Market - where I did not buy more origami paper... Merrymaker - I may go back later this week and pick up some stationery, and some of their Halloween decorations (all of which are only a dollar!)... Ukrop's (http://www.ukrops.com/) - I just always have to stop into Ukrop's and walk the aisles for a bit... 7-11 - lottery tickets, ya' know. ;)
All in all, a very nice way to spend the afternoon.
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DR singdaw - So, are you planning another couple's spa visit for you and your DP?
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I did go back to Bev's for a cup of ice cream:half Coffee Heath Bar. -
Finally a flavor I want to eat ;)
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Goodie! LOGO is running a few back to back episodes of SORDID LIVES I missed.
Awwwwwwwwwwwww.
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As for the Topic of the Day....
When we lived in Connecticut, I was a regular winner of the radio contests on WRNL. In fact, I had won so often at one point, that I was "banned" from calling in (and winning) for a period of six months. I won various prizes: t-shirts, tickets to the county fair, tickets to see The Fantasticks (my parents used those), tickets to see The Village People (I didn't bother to pick up those - I was only nine at the time), etc., etc., etc.
I also used to win various raffles: house plants(!), store gift certificates, restaurant coupons.
Lottery-wise, I've had a few nice wins, well, at least enough to almost break even on all the money I've spent on playing the numbers over the years. -Oh, and my Dad just won $100 on a scratcher!
I won a few of the contests that the Smithsonian website would have from time to time: a small hedgehog stuffed animal, and a window card for Rent.
I was the Grand Prize winner one year of MTI's own website contest. They would post a clue in the form of a limerick, and you had to guess the name of the show and/or the character. I won an autographed copy of one of Steven Suskin's books, as well as the 3-CD Most Happy Fella on Jay Records (which DR elmore assisted on/with). -And I was the Grand Prize winner since I had won a number of the weekly contests throughout the year - thus, I had also won a couple of other OCRs - including two copies of Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know :-\ ;)
I also think I've won a Sparking Prize from this here website too.
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I did go back to Bev's for a cup of ice cream:half Coffee Heath Bar. -
Finally a flavor I want to eat ;)
Bev's also makes a Coffee Oreo, and a Mocha Almond which are quite good.
*Strangely enough, Ben & Jerry's opened up a Scoop Shop last year just a few doors down from them. It's "strange" since B&J had already had a store in Carytown a couple of years ago - across the street from Bev's - but it closed down after just a year in business.
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DR Jane - I also thought of you when I was in For the Love of Chocolate. They had chocolate-covered strawberries, well marzipan strawberries that had been dipped in dark chocolate. :)
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What does "First Authorized Release" mean? Well, I'll tell you what THEY think it means. It means they went to a lot of trouble to get permission that they didn't need, because Evening Primrose as a TV program was never copyrighted. I got the only permission I needed - from Mr. Sondheim and his lawyer - that is who my deal is with. The fact that these people went and paid someone a fee they didn't need to is not my affair, but to call their release the first authorized release is sheer and utter nonsense, and least as far as I can see.
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DR MBarnum did you figure out what was happening on Facebook? I see you deleted the items ;)
Never did figure it out, and haven't had any problem since.
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Back from the work session where we worked. I've got my mail (no packages), and a Subway turkey sandwich and I shall now sit on my couch like so much fish.
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And I guess now that I know that my Mom is on the mend, my body and mind are finally processing all the "stuff" from the past couple of weeks. I'm feeling a bit sleep already, and it's not even 8:00 yet. ???
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What does "First Authorized Release" mean? Well, I'll tell you what THEY think it means. It means they went to a lot of trouble to get permission that they didn't need, because Evening Primrose as a TV program was never copyrighted. I got the only permission I needed - from Mr. Sondheim and his lawyer - that is who my deal is with. The fact that these people went and paid someone a fee they didn't need to is not my affair, but to call their release the first authorized release is sheer and utter nonsense, and least as far as I can see.
Will you put that in your letter to the editor too?
;)
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DR MBarnum did you figure out what was happening on Facebook? I see you deleted the items ;)
Never did figure it out, and haven't had any problem since.
DR MBarnum - It sounds like you got hacked. -Must be those Bollywood fans. ;)
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OH!
...And I also won a HP/Compaq PocketPC from Disney/ABC's website too. That was/is a really nice prize. Thankfully, my "contract" status with Disney Entertainment did not disqualify me. ;)
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It's pretty well known that I don't drive. (Even after promising that I would, but we haven't gotten around to it yet, and I haven't had much time off from work so that I can get in much or any practice.)
So, years ago, it provoked a good deal of laughter when I won a door prize at the office Christmas party: a complementary lube job for my car.
On the other hand, that's what someone considered a Christmassy door prize? Sheesh.
There have been many Christmas Eve's when I would have killed for such a door prize.
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What does "First Authorized Release" mean? Well, I'll tell you what THEY think it means. It means they went to a lot of trouble to get permission that they didn't need, because Evening Primrose as a TV program was never copyrighted. I got the only permission I needed - from Mr. Sondheim and his lawyer - that is who my deal is with. The fact that these people went and paid someone a fee they didn't need to is not my affair, but to call their release the first authorized release is sheer and utter nonsense, and least as far as I can see.
BK, I'm assuming that the tracks of both releases are mono. It's hard to tell with the Kritzerland tracks...they're so vibrant. :D The new "authorized" tracks are quite flat and VERY noticeably mono. :-\
A couple of other differences...what is called "Charles' Schedule / If You Can Find Me, I'm Here (reprise)" on the Kritzerland CD is called "Arts and Crafts" (the first words of the track). Also, the "authorized" version lists "I Remember Sky" as the title. It's NOT. The title has always been "I Remember"...no "Sky" in the title. "I remember sky..." is the first line of the song, but not the title. Someone didn't check that.
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DR MBarnum did you figure out what was happening on Facebook? I see you deleted the items ;)
Never did figure it out, and haven't had any problem since.
Did you at least change your password?
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Awwwwwwwwwwwww.
:D
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Well, Apple did unveil it's new MacBooks and MacBook Pros (http://www.apple.com/). Very pretty. Alas, no real price drop. Although, they did roll out a new "white" MacBook which is going for $999.
*Which means some stores and resellers will be offering the now "old" MacBooks they had in stock at sale prices. :)
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DR singdaw - So, are you planning another couple's spa visit for you and your DP?
:P
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DR singdaw - So, are you planning another couple's spa visit for you and your DP?
:P
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Nothing says lovin' like matching or complementary manscaping.
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Yesterday, DR Ron Pulliam posted about BRIGADOON.
(http://www.mendocino.edu/theater/Gohome.jpg)
But somehow, you just know that it's not Bonnie Jean that all the lads want to go home with. ;)
That BRIGADOON set is pretty damn awful.
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Hello all! I just received a phone call from our dear and wonderful cyber-father TCB, and I realized I'd been incredibly neglectful about updating the HHW world about our new little son. I beg your forgiveness, and can only blame the time-warping tiredness that seems to have enveloped me. It seems like days come and go in sets of two and three now. So, on to the news. As I think TCB told you, Toby was born a little over five weeks early...a complete surprise to everybody. He spent a week in the NICU figuring out how to breathe and eat on his own, and battling a case of jaundice, and then was allowed home. I get to stay home with him until December 1st, which is lovely. He's a darling little baby, who keeps me very busy! He still hasn't figured out the difference between day and night, but since I'm at liberty to sleep when he sleeps during the day, it's working out alright.
I remember Jed looked just like that when he was a baby!
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What does "First Authorized Release" mean? Well, I'll tell you what THEY think it means. It means they went to a lot of trouble to get permission that they didn't need, because Evening Primrose as a TV program was never copyrighted. I got the only permission I needed - from Mr. Sondheim and his lawyer - that is who my deal is with. The fact that these people went and paid someone a fee they didn't need to is not my affair, but to call their release the first authorized release is sheer and utter nonsense, and least as far as I can see.
BK, I'm assuming that the tracks of both releases are mono. It's hard to tell with the Kritzerland tracks...they're so vibrant. :D The new "authorized" tracks are quite flat and VERY noticeably mono. :-\
A couple of other differences...what is called "Charles' Schedule / If You Can Find Me, I'm Here (reprise)" on the Kritzerland CD is called "Arts and Crafts" (the first words of the track). Also, the "authorized" version lists "I Remember Sky" as the title. It's NOT. The title has always been "I Remember"...no "Sky" in the title. "I remember sky..." is the first line of the song, but not the title. Someone didn't check that.
Well, how can anyone take anything they say seriously then? I knew my master would be better than theirs and from what I've heard, it is. And since Mr. Deutsch bought a copy of our CD he very well could have used it. I suspect they MAY have used it in When if their is no tape problem where two words are missing. That was a flaw on the mastertape and all the LPs made by Sondheim - a flaw I fixed by figuring out something clever and having a mastering engineer good enough to be able to make it work.
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New MacBook Pros? I'm obsolete already???
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As always, they save the 17" screen for a few months down the road.
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This 4-6 week closing is ridiculous since we're now into week 8 and the damned county, which I would think would have its act together before signing off on these property sales, still hasn't provided the buyer with the necessary paperwork for the closing. This is total bullshit, and i am starting to fear this closing will drag on until 2009. I'm mostly pissed because I wanted to use a small portion of the sale to pay for a Thanksgiving trip, shipment of about 25 more cartons to Miami University, and purchase of a couple of pieces of furniture.
Right now I'm very frustrated, and I could use more vibes to get this thing rolling. Now if we could only sell the rest of the three acres!
Rapid Closing Vibes for DR Elmore!
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Click to see a male Brazilian Wax menu (http://www.femtalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/malebrazilian-1.jpg).
Not for the squeamish!!
The one called "The Pilot" looks like Hitler's moustache!
So Adolph is doing what? Sticking his tongue out?
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Nothing says lovin' like matching or complementary manscaping.
The voice of experience? ;)
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It just gets worse. I've just read that uncertainty has now hit the Japanese banking sector:
In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded.
Sumo Bank has gone belly up.
Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some branches.
Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.
Samurai Bank has had to cut its staff in half.
Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal!
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DR Jose, so glad to hear things went well for your mother
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I started winning radio call in shows when I was about 10. I won a pass to the movie theater. I won those regularly on KICD when I was growing up. I've won raffles for $$ and all kinds of stuff. I think my favorite was a trip to San Diego that I won from KSLX in Phoenix by singing We Didn't Start The State to the tune of We Didn't Start the Fire. Although the $1000 from the Rotary raffle wasn't bad either
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T.O.D.
Back in the 80s, one of the Seattle radio stations used to give away sets of tickets to a lot of the touring productions at the the 5th Avenue Theatre. Apparently not very many Broadway trivia fans listened to that station between 6 and 7:00 a.m., so I used to win at will. Unfortunately, the tickets were usually for a Tuesday or Wednesday evening, and I was alway in rehearsals for some show.
I won a tennis racket and a can of balls at the YMCA when I was about 12.
I won a set of children's encyclopedia when I was a kid.
I have won several small jackpots on lottery tickets over the years.
Oh, and I won a lot of wonderful friends when I found Haines His Way, plus a couple of sparkling prizes.
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DR Jane - I also thought of you when I was in For the Love of Chocolate. They had chocolate-covered strawberries, well marzipan strawberries that had been dipped in dark chocolate. :)
I'm drooling here. Did you take a photo?
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Hello all! I just received a phone call from our dear and wonderful cyber-father TCB, and I realized I'd been incredibly neglectful about updating the HHW world about our new little son. I beg your forgiveness, and can only blame the time-warping tiredness that seems to have enveloped me. It seems like days come and go in sets of two and three now. So, on to the news. As I think TCB told you, Toby was born a little over five weeks early...a complete surprise to everybody. He spent a week in the NICU figuring out how to breathe and eat on his own, and battling a case of jaundice, and then was allowed home. I get to stay home with him until December 1st, which is lovely. He's a darling little baby, who keeps me very busy! He still hasn't figured out the difference between day and night, but since I'm at liberty to sleep when he sleeps during the day, it's working out alright.
I remember Jed looked just like that when he was a baby!
;D
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DR TCB, how was your visit with Stan?
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DR TCB, how was your visit with Stan?
He was doing a little better today, but his hematocrit count is still very low.
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I'm seeing Billy Elliot tonight.
Can't wait to hear what you think!!
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You may wonder what I'm doing on-line at 9:06pm on the night I said I was going to see Billy Elliot. Well, I was settled in my seat (Row G, Aisle Seat No. 1 Rear Mezzanine) when at 5 minutes to 8 the House Manager came on and said "I have some bad news" There was trouble with one of the hydraulic lifts and instead of trying to do the show without that piece of scenery (too dangerous they decided), they cancelled the show!
The audience was NOT happy. I'm disappointed because I really want to see the show and it will be a bit of a hassle going back to exchange for another night but I've got lots of dates picked out and I will try to get another ticket at the Starving Actor rate. I hope to see it soon because my friend who is a child wrangler on the show said something is going to be cut. The show is running at 3 hours and they don't want to go into overtime so something will be cut in the next week or two before they open.
I'm going to the theatre tomorrow on my lunch hour to try and exchange the ticket.
It's a beautiful night in New York so I walked home from the theatre.
That's all for now.
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"Don't Ask Me Why" is the name of my new book on factual encounters with unpleasant people.
As opposed to fictional encounters with peasant people.
As opposed to fantasy accounts with aristocrats
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Good Afternoon!
:)
They finished the surgeries about a half an hour ago, and we'll get to see her in another half hour or so. Everything went very well, and it turned out she only needed a single bypass instead of a double.
Thanks again for all the Love and Concern.
Laters...
:)
Wonderful!!! Vibes and prayers continue for a quick and painless recovery!!
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Laurette is sold out.
Congratulations!!
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You may wonder what I'm doing on-line at 9:06pm on the night I said I was going to see Billy Elliot. Well, I was settled in my seat (Row G, Aisle Seat No. 1 Rear Mezzanine) when at 5 minutes to 8 the House Manager came on and said "I have some bad news" There was trouble with one of the hydraulic lifts and instead of trying to do the show without that piece of scenery (too dangerous they decided), they cancelled the show!
The audience was NOT happy. I'm disappointed because I really want to see the show and it will be a bit of a hassle going back to exchange for another night but I've got lots of dates picked out and I will try to get another ticket at the Starving Actor rate. I hope to see it soon because my friend who is a child wrangler on the show said something is going to be cut. The show is running at 3 hours and they don't want to go into overtime so something will be cut in the next week or two before they open.
I'm going to the theatre tomorrow on my lunch hour to try and exchange the ticket.
It's a beautiful night in New York so I walked home from the theatre.
That's all for now.
Sorry to hear that DR Ben. Hope you can see it soon
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WELCOME TO HHW TOBY!!
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DR Jennifer, it's probably easier for me to tell you who I don't like....right now I like the 7 bare chested men doing the flaminco dancing.,....
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On Dancing with the Stars that is
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DR TCB, how was your visit with Stan?
He was doing a little better today, but his hematocrit count is still very low.
Vibes they can get the count up, and his spirits as well.
I hope you are feeling better today.
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DR Ben, HOW FRUSTRATING! I hope you can trade the ticket for a convenient replacement.
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We're seeing BILLY ELLIOT tomorrow night, assuming all is well with the set.
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I'm really not particularly fond of Lance and Lacey. I think Cloris should go home, but she did work really hard last week and was much better. Rocco can't dance but I wish he could. I like Warren and Kim, and Brook and Derek the most.
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We're seeing BILLY ELLIOT tomorrow night, assuming all is well with the set.
The house manager said they were working for over a half hour trying to fix it. They may be working into the night to get it fixed. It's probably cheaper to pay them overtime then to cancel more shows.
The rest of this week, with the exception of Saturday night is on my list for a replacement date. If I can get a ticket for tomorrow evening I'll see you there.
Even though I have lots of theatre lined up I also have lots of open dates between now and the time it opens so I hope I can get something by being so flexible.
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Quick closing VIBES for Elmore
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I think in this ridiculous effort at these mammoth sets with hydraulics they are going to find this happening more and more - it happens almost nightly with 9 to 5. I can promise you if Nudie Musical gets to B'way it will be delightfully retro in that regard.
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I think in this ridiculous effort at these mammoth sets with hydraulics they are going to find this happening more and more - it happens almost nightly with 9 to 5. I can promise you if Nudie Musical gets to B'way it will be delightfully retro in that regard.
Too bad the prices won't be retro, too.
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I am sorry about your cancelled theatre visit Ben!
VIBES for an even better seat tomorrow night!
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VIBES for BK's throat
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I think in this ridiculous effort at these mammoth sets with hydraulics they are going to find this happening more and more - it happens almost nightly with 9 to 5. I can promise you if Nudie Musical gets to B'way it will be delightfully retro in that regard.
So...no hydraulic dildos?
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DR George
Posts: 19992
only 8 more posts to a new plateau
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I think in this ridiculous effort at these mammoth sets with hydraulics they are going to find this happening more and more - it happens almost nightly with 9 to 5. I can promise you if Nudie Musical gets to B'way it will be delightfully retro in that regard.
So...no hydraulic dildos?
hardly worth going then.... ;D
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New MacBook Pros? I'm obsolete already???
As always, they save the 17" screen for a few months down the road.
I thought your MacBook was a bit "older" - maybe even three or four "generations" ago at this point?
*And the MacBook Pro line has had a 17" screen for a while now.
**And Mac has a "habit" of rolling out something new every six months as it is, so... Just wait until January. ;)
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I think in this ridiculous effort at these mammoth sets with hydraulics they are going to find this happening more and more - it happens almost nightly with 9 to 5. I can promise you if Nudie Musical gets to B'way it will be delightfully retro in that regard.
Will there be any roles for older gentlemen in the stage version of NUDIE MUSICAL? I know it isn't Wednesday, yet, but it is close!
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DR Ben - :-\
Hmm... Interesting note about the running time. I know a couple of people who have already seen the show, and they've been saying that the three hours goes by very fast. Alas, if they have to cut something to bring it under three hours, ah, well... I guess this will be one of those shows that will actually start at 8:00 and not 8:05, and will have a true 15-minute intermission and not an 18 or 22 minute one. -However, I don't seem to recall hearing that the London production running over the three hour mark. ???
*Maybe they can ask for some concessions from and with the unions. I mean with all the "experimental" and "tiered" tour contracts now, I would think they could work something out. (Yeah, right.)
**I actually sort of purposely missed the revival of Les Miserables since I actually do and did miss the 15 minutes they cut from the show during the original run of the show.
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I got the MacBook Pro last year.
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I think in this ridiculous effort at these mammoth sets with hydraulics they are going to find this happening more and more - it happens almost nightly with 9 to 5. I can promise you if Nudie Musical gets to B'way it will be delightfully retro in that regard.
Will there be any roles for older gentlemen in the stage version of NUDIE MUSICAL? I know it isn't Wednesday, yet, but it is close!
Only one - the lead backer, Eddie.
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So... What is the Japanese word for "groan"?
::)
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So... What is the Japanese word for "groan"?
::)
Gloan?
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DR George
Posts: 19992
only 8 more posts to a new plateau
7
:D
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...And would it work better in hiragana, katakana or in kanji?
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DR Ben, what a bummer for you! Best of luck with the new ticket.
And so to bed.
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It's pretty well known that I don't drive. (Even after promising that I would, but we haven't gotten around to it yet, and I haven't had much time off from work so that I can get in much or any practice.)
So, years ago, it provoked a good deal of laughter when I won a door prize at the office Christmas party: a complementary lube job for my car.
On the other hand, that's what someone considered a Christmassy door prize? Sheesh.
There have been many Christmas Eve's when I would have killed for such a door prize.
For the car, TCB, for the car!!!
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Well, Apple did unveil it's new MacBooks and MacBook Pros (http://www.apple.com/). Very pretty. Alas, no real price drop. Although, they did roll out a new "white" MacBook which is going for $999....
And you expected the more truthful price of $666?
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Most distressing theatre news from DR BEN. I guess I can only say the audience at ALL MY SONS should be so lucky.
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Love the pics from DR ANN of Toby and DR JED......
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Oh, Cool!
I know some of those people in tonight's opening number of "Eli Stone"!
:)
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And still MORE good news from DR JOSE! Wonderful.
I bought the L/L book that DR CILLA LIZ wrote about yesterday.
And suddenly on Facebook all of my theatre friends from the 80's are showing up.....first one....and that leads to others and others.....
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So... What is the Japanese word for "groan"?
::)
Gwoan!
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
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For Jon Stewarts take on the economic situation check out The Daily Show (http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=187613&title=clusterf#@k-to-the-poor-house)
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It's pretty well known that I don't drive. (Even after promising that I would, but we haven't gotten around to it yet, and I haven't had much time off from work so that I can get in much or any practice.)
So, years ago, it provoked a good deal of laughter when I won a door prize at the office Christmas party: a complementary lube job for my car.
On the other hand, that's what someone considered a Christmassy door prize? Sheesh.
There have been many Christmas Eve's when I would have killed for such a door prize.
For the car, TCB, for the car!!!
Oh!
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Are you wearing all black?
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I am watching THE GENE KRUPA STORY.....just watched HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL.....Russ Tamblyn shot up with heroin - but not really since he is an undercover policeman - but he figured the effect that the drug would have one him would be to walk and talk like Mae West.
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My mousing keeps locking up, very annoying.
'night
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Are you wearing all black?
Yes I am.
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I bought the L/L book that DR CILLA LIZ wrote about yesterday.
Hope you like it. I'll be curious to see how you like it
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Are you wearing all black?
Yes I am.
Then I saw you. :)
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I gotta tell you. Oh, well, back to the motion picture on DVD.
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
I would say that you are probably not Rocky, so looking at the faces, I would say Frankenfurter.
LOL....no....but thanks.
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Are you Dr Scott?
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Riff Raff.
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I bought the L/L book that DR CILLA LIZ wrote about yesterday.
Hope you like it. I'll be curious to see how you like it
Individual reviews were mixed, but I think it sounds interesting, moreso from your description than the one on Amazon.
No, DR VIXMOM, although I played him when the guy broke his ankle a couple of weeks before the end of the run.
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Riff Raff.
No....but you're closer.....I will say that I look mostly like a floating head.
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I had a rather nice day today.
Der B got off the phone with a fellow he's been working with re elections databases in the Los Angeles area, and I suggested that, instead of both of us going to the Farmer's Market, I should go solo if he were to drive me there, and then walk home. He was agreeable, and I had a very enjoyable time talking with other customers and some of the vendors.
Then I started walking home, and stopped by Beautiful Foods, the local gourmet shoppe, for a few items. Heading up the highway, I crossed over and had a nice chat with my former boss over at Kitchen Collections, then browsed my way through the outlet mall before heading home.
All I need now is to figure out how I'm going to stuff the peppers I bought at the market, which should be very yummilicious for tomorrow's dinner.
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
Are you wearing all black?
Yes I am.
OH... I see you now
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I remember doing the time warp
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LOL....fifth from the left in the back row. Beside me is the lovely Elizabeth.....I was in the show and the stage manager so we were wearing our blacks when the photo was taken. We did a lively pre show speech that got the audience in a great mood.
It was a fun fun show. You can sort of see the steps on each side of the stage that lead up to the bridge above us....the black spot behind us was a screen that had slides projected onto it, and scenes acted out in silhouette now and then.
I could do the show again right now....we did it for 12 weeks, a couple of Saturdays we had 5 shows a day.....
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We decied the Vixter was old enough to see RHPS last week....
she emphatically told us that she would never be old enought to watch the Vixparents doing the time warp...
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Rotten brat
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Karen the wild haired blonde sitting on the floor in the front and I ended the curtain call by doing the Time Warp on the bridge.....which was might precarious.....but being onstage makes you fearless - I don't know if I would do THAT again or not......
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LOL....fifth from the left in the back row. Beside me is the lovely Elizabeth.....I was in the show and the stage manager so we were wearing our blacks when the photo was taken. We did a lively pre show speech that got the audience in a great mood.
It was a fun fun show. You can sort of see the steps on each side of the stage that lead up to the bridge above us....the black spot behind us was a screen that had slides projected onto it, and scenes acted out in silhouette now and then.
I could do the show again right now....we did it for 12 weeks, a couple of Saturdays we had 5 shows a day.....
Its not all bad, you might even find it quite enjoyable
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I remember doing the time warp
Let's do it again sometime
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We decied the Vixter was old enough to see RHPS last week....
she emphatically told us that she would never be old enought to watch the Vixparents doing the time warp...
Just start singing Hot Patootie now and then.....she will certainly prefer that you switch to the Time Warp.
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I remember doing the time warp
Let's do it again sometime
It's just step to the right.
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LOL....fifth from the left in the back row. Beside me is the lovely Elizabeth.....I was in the show and the stage manager so we were wearing our blacks when the photo was taken. We did a lively pre show speech that got the audience in a great mood.
It was a fun fun show. You can sort of see the steps on each side of the stage that lead up to the bridge above us....the black spot behind us was a screen that had slides projected onto it, and scenes acted out in silhouette now and then.
I could do the show again right now....we did it for 12 weeks, a couple of Saturdays we had 5 shows a day.....
I picked out the right person in the photo, I just thought you were playing Riff Raff.
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why is it I can remember this stuff and cannot rememeber the name of the woman who has sat next to me at work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for for the past 2 years?
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So...
Just how much would you pay to have a naked tennis lesson with Andy Roddick?
(http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/14/andy_roddick_81040593.jpg)
Andy Roddick To Play Tennis Naked (http://www.anthropical.com/2008/10/14/andy-roddick-to-play-tennis-naked/)
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When Eddie said he didn't love his teddy
You knew he was a no good kid.
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G'night!
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We decied the Vixter was old enough to see RHPS last week....
she emphatically told us that she would never be old enought to watch the Vixparents doing the time warp...
Just start singing Hot Patootie now and then.....she will certainly prefer that you switch to the Time Warp.
;D
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LOL....fifth from the left in the back row. Beside me is the lovely Elizabeth.....I was in the show and the stage manager so we were wearing our blacks when the photo was taken. We did a lively pre show speech that got the audience in a great mood.
It was a fun fun show. You can sort of see the steps on each side of the stage that lead up to the bridge above us....the black spot behind us was a screen that had slides projected onto it, and scenes acted out in silhouette now and then.
I could do the show again right now....we did it for 12 weeks, a couple of Saturdays we had 5 shows a day.....
I picked out the right person in the photo, I just thought you were playing Riff Raff.
RiffRaff was kind of a pill - but he looked nice in his return to Transylvania costume....he's wearing it in the pic....back row far left next to Magenta....who was hilarious.
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My that was a fast page!
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I remember doing the time warp
Let's do it again sometime
It's just step to the right.
Its just a step to the left , and then you jump to the ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight
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So...
Just how much would you pay to have a naked tennis lesson with Andy Roddick?
(http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/14/andy_roddick_81040593.jpg)
Andy Roddick To Play Tennis Naked (http://www.anthropical.com/2008/10/14/andy-roddick-to-play-tennis-naked/)
Not much!
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Page Ten Time Warp.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdu7xoHU9DA
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Does it have to be a TENNIS lesson?
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When Eddie said he didn't love his teddy
You knew he was a no good kid.
but when he threatened your life with a pocket knife
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So...
Just how much would you pay to have a naked tennis lesson with Andy Roddick?
(http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/14/andy_roddick_81040593.jpg)
Andy Roddick To Play Tennis Naked (http://www.anthropical.com/2008/10/14/andy-roddick-to-play-tennis-naked/)
no thank you ....
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So...
Just how much would you pay to have a naked tennis lesson with Andy Roddick?
(http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/14/andy_roddick_81040593.jpg)
Andy Roddick To Play Tennis Naked (http://www.anthropical.com/2008/10/14/andy-roddick-to-play-tennis-naked/)
no thank you ....
Umm...I'll take some of that (my standards aren't that high). ;)
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Man there are some scary scary versions of the Time Warp on YouTube.....
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And after all, it is for CHARITY!
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Well, even though there are only five, count 'em FIVE more posts to my new plateau, it's time for me to leave my place of work and go home for some TV watching. I have a lot, since I didn't watch any of last night's NBC shows. :-\
Until later!
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20.000 before midnight PST, DR GEORGE...
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When I see people on PST, why doi I feel like they're whispering?
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I don't know but so doi.
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I have to turn off my computer to finish some updating.
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When I see people on PST, why doi I feel like they're whispering?
;D
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I don't think I would like that show.
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I've had a very full night of viewing. I began with the bonus features on SLEEPING BEAUTY. Four hours laster and I still wasn't finished with them. I'll have to finish up tomorrow morning and get the review up then. A few hours one way or another after being a week late won't make any difference now.
I did enjoy the making of and sound restoration documentaries, and the Blu-ray has that picture-in-picture commentary with lots of added storyboards, photos, films clips, etc. constantly popping up (though I can't imagine ever wanting to see that again).
GRAND CANYON in 1080p and DTS-HD Master Audio sound was fairly spectacular.
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Trying to watch Dragonwyck - it's in the new Fox Horror Films box. If this is a horror film so is Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm.
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I wasn't surprised by the Star going home tonight on DWS.
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I also enjoyed the recreated tour of SLEEPING BEAUTY'S CASTLE and also the new VERY impressive Blu-ray extra with the viewer and the fairies trapped in Malefecent's dungeon with great 1080p picture and DTS-HD MA sound that had my house shaking.
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Trying to watch Dragonwyck - it's in the new Fox Horror Films box. If this is a horror film so is Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm.
well I know if I tried to play Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm for Vixdad he would run screaming from the room
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I don't think I would like that show.
but it was so much FUN!!!
it was 30 years ago....
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Then I watched tonight's FRINGE. I did enjoy it than the previous two episodes, but I'm wondering if I just want to get any more involved in a sci-fi kind of show. I'll have to think long and hard about this before next week. But Mark Valley sure is gorgeous to look at.
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well beddie byes for me I think... goodnight all!!
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I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the season premiere of ELI STONE. I was grinning stupidly from the first beats of "Dancing in the STreet" with Loretta Devine singing marvelously. The story really hooked me, and, as usual, left me teary-eyed by the end.
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DR MBarnum did you figure out what was happening on Facebook? I see you deleted the items ;)
Never did figure it out, and haven't had any problem since.
DR MBarnum - It sounds like you got hacked. -Must be those Bollywood fans. ;)
Well, then why don't they add Bollywood youtube clips instead of airline clips?
And how does one get and un-get hacked?
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It just gets worse. I've just read that uncertainty has now hit the Japanese banking sector:
In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded.
Sumo Bank has gone belly up.
Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some branches.
Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.
Samurai Bank has had to cut its staff in half.
Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal!
Would you believe I read this whole thing before I realized it was a joke?
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Can you find me in this picture? I am there, I assure you.
I think I see JRand!
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It just gets worse. I've just read that uncertainty has now hit the Japanese banking sector:
In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded.
Sumo Bank has gone belly up.
Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some branches.
Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.
Samurai Bank has had to cut its staff in half.
Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal!
Would you believe I read this whole thing before I realized it was a joke?
Umm... Do you really want an answer to that question?
;D
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So...
Just how much would you pay to have a naked tennis lesson with Andy Roddick?
(http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/14/andy_roddick_81040593.jpg)
Andy Roddick To Play Tennis Naked (http://www.anthropical.com/2008/10/14/andy-roddick-to-play-tennis-naked/)
Now, if it was Pete Sampras.....!!
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Looking forward to going to the Ken Burns lecture tomorrow night. It was fun to hear him interviewed on the radio this morning.
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OK - Me tired. Me sleepy. Me go to beddy-by.
Goodnight.
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Our GUESTS really have no clew anymore. I'd guess we lost three-quarters of them when the board switched addresses - shows what happens when you miss the notes two days in a row. They probably didn't read the notes anyway, and just figured we folded. As if.
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Good night Jose, sleep well.
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I have some writing to work on and then will head down to bed.
Good night!
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time for me to sign off as well....night
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Just checking....
Jeez have they screwed up my avatar...
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This is the problem when one stays away. There are many posts about unsquishing your avatar - search squished and unsquished and you should find easy instructions on how to fix it.
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So...
Just how much would you pay to have a naked tennis lesson with Andy Roddick?
(http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/14/andy_roddick_81040593.jpg)
Andy Roddick To Play Tennis Naked (http://www.anthropical.com/2008/10/14/andy-roddick-to-play-tennis-naked/)
Perhaps I could retrieve the balls. Anything to do my part to help.
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I gotta tell you.
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I'm playing some Neal Hefti soundtracks in honor of his passing.
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I'm still congested but today was a much better day, with not nearly so much coughing and phlegm. My voice is still pretty shot, though.
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20.000 before midnight PST, DR GEORGE...
Okay...here I go! :D
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First, I had to set down my cat. She's quite clingy in the evening.
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I watched and recorded tonight's episode of "Eli Stone." It was very good. Now, I'm burning a DVD for my friend, Margo (she has no cable). I also bought the first season DVDs, which Margo can borrow, since I wasn't able to record the first five episodes for her when they were originally broadcast.
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Only one more (for me)...
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;D ;D ;D ;D
GRATUITOUS POST #318!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D