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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were early and caught the worm, and now it is time for you to post until the early cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: OBAMBULATE!
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For those who may have missed it yesterday (and it seems there were plenty, since we only had three orders):
And the new Kritzerland limited edition CD is Bernard Herrmann's A Christmas Carol and A Child Is Born. These were both TV specials in the mid-1950s. Both have either narration and/or dialogue and some sound effects - both have songs by Herrmann as well as wonderful underscore by him, as well. The release is definitely archival in nature - A Child Is Born only came out on a promo 10" record, one of the most collectible of all time. A Christmas Carol comes from acetates made at the time of the broadcast - many years ago I found a reel-to-reel tape made directly from those acetates and have just sat on it for years, until I finally unearthed it several months ago. The mastering engineer has done an amazing job cleaning them up (especially A Child Is Born) and they sound very clear and nice, with the occasional anomaly.
The running time for both scores combined is over fifty minutes. Given that it's our Christmas release and the archival nature of the recordings, we again are offering this at a special price of $15.98 (plus 3.75 shipping). I'm not officially announcing this for another week - so you hainsies/kimlets have a week jump on everyone else (and remember, Laurette completely sold out in less than four days). Payment the usual way via paypal to kritzerland at adelphia dot net. Be sure to put the title of the CD in the paypal invoice.
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And now to bed.
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Yesterday's day of posts is still open.
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Yesterday's day of posts is still open.
And the jury is still out.
:)
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***MEDICAL VIBES***
for DR Cillaliz's Steve!
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***CONTINUED POSITIVE VIBES***
for bk, DR Danise, DR Vixmom, and all else needing them!
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Song lyric quotes?
Okay, I'll start out.
"The shadow of your smile, when you are gone...."
From the late, great Paul Francis Webster.
Is that the sort of thing you had in mind, or did you want the full lyric?
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Of course, there's also:
"Davy...Davy Crockett...King of the Wild Frontier".
:)
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We saw GHOST TOWN yesterday afternoon.
A very funny (and sometimes touching) movie. It's like an updated version of TOPPER.
Ricky Gervais is terrific. Did you see him on the Emmy Awards?
He was the best thing on the show.
Hopefully, he'll host the Oscars this coming year.
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"There were accidents and incidents
There were hints and allegations"
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Monet Monet Monet
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All caught up
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VIBES and Prayers for Cilla's friend Steve
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Vibes for Jose's folks
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Belgium
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Vibes for TCB and his Dear Friend
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Health Vibes for SweetSocks
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Health Vibes for BK --- and get thee to a physican!!
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JMK - when did you shave your beard?
;D
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And now to work
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but first ---thank you all for the vIbes
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Tomovoz - nice pictures! Please keep them coming!
and thank you for the postcard
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Belgium
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Thanks DR Vixmom.
Bedtime in OZ.
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"With ketchup is extra!"
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TmUBWwWLKUU/SPXs35-83OI/AAAAAAAAB6g/nqoiFL4IhHA/s400/tn-500_tobe395r.jpg)
photo: To Be Or Not To Be
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Really enjoying your photos, DR Tomovoz.
And I am remiss in not thanking you for my postcard, as well.
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Good morning DR td. I'm feeling "Alive" this evening.
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Goodnight DR DrinkMore.
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Vibes for the friends of DRs CILLA LIZ and TCB.
And such lovely photos from DR TOMovOZ....it's like the Grand Tour...and we don't have to leave our desks.
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Page Two Hammock Dance. ;D
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Tonight is Wing, live at Birdland! Anyone going?
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Good morning, all! I have a reading of a new musical STAGECOACH MARY to attend this afternoon at 12:15. Before then, I've a few errands to run, inclluding a stop at the pharmacist, and then my walk down to the reading.
I think the medley from the STUDENT PRINCE has finally been approved, so that's one more job to add to the work table. I had some work lined up with a chorus in Houston but I beieve the hurricane has kiboshed it for the time being. If only my two cabaret artistes would send some of the money they owe me! I hate to harp on money in so many posts, but I am sick of being poor because the folk who owe me mney - whether it's for a job or from a property closing - can't deliver within a reasonable deadline. I certainly met my deadlines for them.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm back in New York City.
And now...
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The bus ride back up to NYC wasn't too bad. I don't think I really slept at all, but I know there were a couple of times when I opened my eyes and realized that we were anywhere from 30-60 miles from the last place I remember. I had though the bus was supposed to stop in DC for a pick-up, but instead it made a stop just past Fredericksburg, then Baltimore, and I think some totally random place in between. -To pick up more "cousins". ???
We would have been on time - 7:00-ish - had it not been for the construction on the Delaware Memorial Bridge and a small accident scene before the Holland Tunnel. However, I was on the subway back uptown by 8:00, so, still, not too bad.
*I had forgotten how different and stunning the views are when you enter Manhattan from the Holland Tunnel. Of course, it's a much different skyline without the Twin Towers there, but, even so, looking at the morning sun hit the windows and walls of the various buildings in Lower Manhattan, well... -It's sort of making me want to head back down there some morning soon, and take some pictures. ;)
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TOD:
I can still recall my last affair
He was smart, he was rich, he went everywhere
Well, he did until he went to the chair
They ain't done right by our Nell
Life is very far from easy for a woman nowadays
What with buying stocks in Woolworths and shopping at Cartier's
With with eating only pot cheese for fear of becoming stout
What with keeping her children in nights
And keeping her husband out
What with paying calls and giving balls and living beyond her means
What with portrait sittings and girdle fittings and christening submarines
Add to that a Latin boyfriend she keeps in a private nest
No wonder now and then a lady needs a rest
Yay, Cole Porter!
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I'm not sure how this happened, but...
When I hit "previous" in order to go to today's posts (from yesterday's still unlocked posts), I started reading and noticed that what I was reading was sort of familiar... It had gone back to sometime in May... DR elmore was having a bad morning - dead computer, brown water, etc... But then as I read the next post... Well... ???
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I believe that Skip will also be attending that STAGECOACH MARY presentation at the NAMT festival at 12:15. The presentation is supposed to run about 45 minutes, I think.
(DR Julie may be there as well; I think she's seeing just about all of the NAMT presentations this year.)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Hmmm... Basically all of Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George. ;)
*Once I'm a bit rested - or at least not so frazzled and punchy, I'll post some specific examples.
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Tonight is Wing, live at Birdland! Anyone going?
OOHH!! That's what I'm supposed to do tonight! DOH!?!?!?!?
Too many things, too many things...
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OK...
I've already unpacked my luggage and put away my (freshly-cleaned) clothes, and I'm in the midst of finishing my breakfast of oatmeal and a cup of green tea. I don't start work/playing until 1:00, so I'm trying to figure out if it would be safe for me to nap for about an hour or so. -Or if I should spend the next couple of hours just taking care of things around the apartment, and running some errands. I'm done at 6:00pm today, so I can always head back here - instead of to Birdland - and get a good night's sleep. -Especially since I start at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Hmm...
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Who knew? Hershey's now makes candy corn kisses!
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:TNXrGudZrhvvjM:http://civellophoto.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c09d853ef00e553a21e508833-320wi)
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Glad you are home safely, DR JoseSPiano. Hope you can get some rest at some point.
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Belgium
We were here also. It's like Tom used our 1988 European itinerary.
BTW, Tom, what was the Honfleur picture from yesterday which you posted to test my memory.
Inquiring minds want to know.
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I had oatmeal with a banana, cranberries and raisins.
Apparently Bananas are the fruit of choice in Japan at the moment
Japan Goes Bananas (http://news.aol.com/health/article/japan-goes-bananas-over-diet-craze/216115?icid=100214839x1211936343x1200675761)
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Who knew? Hershey's now makes candy corn kisses!
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:TNXrGudZrhvvjM:http://civellophoto.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c09d853ef00e553a21e508833-320wi)
I saw that a couple of days ago, one of my customers bought a bag.
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And the word of the day is: OBAMBULATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WALKING HAPPY
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I see
Fireworks!
I see the Pageant and Pomp and Parade!
I hear the bells ringing out!
I hear the cannons' roar!
I see Americans, all Americans
Free! For evermore!
- Sherman Edwards.
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I've been sped from my bed by a wizard named Fred
To be spread-eagled under a cedar
I've been shocked and unfrocked at a Walpurgisnacht
Tell me, where is Gloria Steinem when you need her?
- Stephen Schwartz
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Welcome Back to NEW YORK
JOSE
"The City That Never Sleeps"
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Why is Catching the Worm under The Never Ending Story?
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Because bk is simply toying with us.
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Monet Monet Monet
What an incredible picture!
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I'm not sure how this happened, but...
When I hit "previous" in order to go to today's posts (from yesterday's still unlocked posts), I started reading and noticed that what I was reading was sort of familiar... It had gone back to sometime in May... DR elmore was having a bad morning - dead computer, brown water, etc... But then as I read the next post... Well... ???
That happened to me yesterday; I found myself reliving June.
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I think I ran into Stagecoach Mary at Safeway yesterday.
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Good morning!
A very chilly morning once again, but I've got lots of layers on so I don't (yet) have to turn on the heat. And the day will have highs in the 70s which will allow me to open things up and get some warm air into the house.
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Who knew? Hershey's now makes candy corn kisses!
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:TNXrGudZrhvvjM:http://civellophoto.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c09d853ef00e553a21e508833-320wi)
I knew; they just didn't appeal to me. Kandy Korn is something I've never really developed much of a taste for.
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MY OWN WORST ENEMY
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SAMANTHA WHO?, BOSTON LEGAL
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
FOX - SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, PRISON BREAK
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I'll be finishing DYNASTY today. I only have four episodes left and there are no bonus features, so if I don't get them all done this afternoon, I'll finish them in the early evening.
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I also have DEXTER, MAD MEN, and the last half of BROTHERS & SISTERS to catch up with today. Looking forward to watching some of those before I tune into the CHUCK about 9:25 courtesy of the DVR.
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MY OWN WORST ENEMY
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SAMANTHA WHO?, BOSTON LEGAL
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
FOX - SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, PRISON BREAK
ESPN - MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
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Page Three Gates of Emerald City Dance!!!
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I had oatmeal with a banana, cranberries and raisins.
Apparently Bananas are the fruit of choice in Japan at the moment
Japan Goes Bananas (http://news.aol.com/health/article/japan-goes-bananas-over-diet-craze/216115?icid=100214839x1211936343x1200675761)
Ugh! Just reading this reminds me of a completely disgusting phone call Dan Savage once received regarding Japan and bananas. Don't ask me to explain.
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The paperback copy of Judith Jones' autobiography, The Tenth Muse, finally arrived Saturday, after being on preorder for what seemed forever. Jones is the editor who realized that Julia Child should be published as is, and not dumbed down the way the male editors wanted.
First two paragraphs, enough to tell me this is going to be a fun read:
When my mother was well into her nineties, she announced that she had an important question for me and wanted an honest answer. I steeled myself for something weighty, perhaps about whether I believed in heaven and hell.
Then she looked at me and asked: "Tell me, Judith, do you really like garlic?" I couldn't lie. Yes, I admitted, I adored garlic. She looked so crestfallen at that moment that I was shre she felt a sense of finality about the wayward path her younger daughter had taken.
Now that's the way to start a book! It's not a long read - the autobiography itself runs under two hundred pages, with maybe eighty more of favorite recipes. But in just the first few pages, something that has been bothering me for a while has been underlined yet again.
Where the frickety-frack did this myth that daughters learn to cook from their mothers come from?
Julia Child didn't learn to cook from her mother. Her family had servants. She had no idea about how to cook until she landed Paul and in France. M. F. K. Fisher's family had servants. Irma Rombauer's family of course had servants, being of the upper crust of St. Louis. And now, here's Judith Jones, whose father was a lawyer but not well-to-do, living in an apartment in NYC, and they've got a cook!
Heck, my own grandmother's family had servants, back when my great-grandfather was Sheriff of Napa County. Grandma learned the basics of cooking from the family cooks (and a good thing, too, because Grandpa had no money and couldn't afford to hire help until much later, by which time having servants was considered something only the rich folk did, what with the Depression and all.)
All right, Laura Wilder learned to cook because her Ma taught her, but once you get away from the frontier mentality, and closer to the turn of the century, having hired help was not that unusual. Our own esteemed BK has the Evil Eye on weekends - if she could cook, maybe we wouldn't have to worry as much about his eating habits! (Come to think of it, BK, there are people who will cook a week's worth of healthy meals, and deliver them to your house, for a reasonable fee, which is a modern spin on hiring a cook - they just happen to work for several clients, rather than a single household.)
My point is that part of why so many families seem dependent upon Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice and all this other cr@% crud that pretends to be good food but is really no better than eating someone else's leftovers, is that the people who were supposedly learning how to cook from their mothers have not done so, mainly because their mothers never learned to cook, either! And, if they don't learn how to enjoy cooking from Mommy, or from anyone else, then the odds are they're never going to learn on their own!
(end rant)
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I'm off to a show.
I also just got a testy email from one of the two cabaret singers because I sent a copy of the invoice again. I had honestly thought he he had requested the invoice in September because he was sending some money, but clearly I was mistaken.
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DR JOSE pictures of NYC are always appreciated.
DR ELMORE remember you must always say: Indiana's Own: Cole Porter.
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I'm off to a show.
I also just got a testy email from one of the two cabaret singers because I sent a copy of the invoice again. I had honestly thought he he had requested the invoice in September because he was sending some money, but clearly I was mistaken.
Does he like garlic. And who cares about the testy email, did he send a check?
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My television is in a B I G box and taped and awaiting the UPS man to take it away.
Go away, but come back soon. I am in 20" television hell.
TAR last night had a LOT of challenges - and New Zealand is beautiful. And if the two divorcees didn't get to go home, I glad it was the other team of my non favorites.
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I'm off to a show.
I also just got a testy email from one of the two cabaret singers because I sent a copy of the invoice again. I had honestly thought he he had requested the invoice in September because he was sending some money, but clearly I was mistaken.
Should have told him that those invoices are automatically sent out for PAST DUE accounts.
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I'm off to a show.
I also just got a testy email from one of the two cabaret singers because I sent a copy of the invoice again. I had honestly thought he he had requested the invoice in September because he was sending some money, but clearly I was mistaken.
And don't send another invoice until I request it!!!
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Arrrgh! Once again I forgot about taping THE AMAZIN' RACE so I once again have to resort to watching it in bite-sized bits on YouTube. But that's better than not seeing it all I guess.
Thanks once again to DR Jennifer for finding them for me!
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it might
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to split posts
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Oooohh....posting between days moves the previous day's topic up to the top when your last post is from that day. :)
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Facebook has already reunited me (so to speak) with a long-lost friend from my high school days. Amazing.
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I can't seem to wrap my brain around the TOD this morning--nothing is immediately popping up for me.
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My television is in a B I G box and taped and awaiting the UPS man to take it away.
Go away, but come back soon. I am in 20" television hell.
TAR last night had a LOT of challenges - and New Zealand is beautiful. And if the two divorcees didn't get to go home, I glad it was the other team of my non favorites.
Betsy LOL'd because we couldn't understand the old guy next to Phil and kept wondering what "filsted" meant, until we finally figured it out. :)
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And that three way hug between the losers and "filsted", with Phil looking on, was priceless.
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for my lunch out with best friend John.
WBBL.
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"It's priest. Have a little priest."
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DR JMK got married yesterday on Facebook.
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Who's the lucky gal?
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;)
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Boo!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SPT-E4knZgI/AAAAAAAAAuU/PxoFfZBjNG0/s400/amanda+c.jpg)
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Boo!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SPT-E4knZgI/AAAAAAAAAuU/PxoFfZBjNG0/s400/amanda+c.jpg)
Is that a miniature schnauzer or something?
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Who's the lucky gal?
I don't think she was mentioned by name.
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I'm off to a show.
I also just got a testy email from one of the two cabaret singers because I sent a copy of the invoice again. I had honestly thought he he had requested the invoice in September because he was sending some money, but clearly I was mistaken.
Send him a banana from Japan.
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Who's the lucky gal?
I don't think she was mentioned by name.
By her own choice. ;D
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LOL DR JMK
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I just saw a pilot that Miss Bette Davis made in 1965 for a television series called the Decorator. I am not sure what anyone involved with the project was thinking....or drinking.
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I just saw a pilot that Miss Bette Davis made in 1965 for a television series called the Decorator. I am not sure what anyone involved with the project was thinking....or drinking.
Did it involve Bette entering various rooms and exclaiming, "What a dump!"?
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Page Four Bette Davis Dance.
(http://myblogs.sunderland.ac.uk/blogs/crmcs/Bette_Davis_intro.jpg)
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Was The Decorator a sitcom, drama, or mystery series?
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Sounds like a precursor to Designing Women
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I just saw a pilot that Miss Bette Davis made in 1965 for a television series called the Decorator. I am not sure what anyone involved with the project was thinking....or drinking.
Did it involve Bette entering various rooms and exclaiming, "What a dump!"?
No she was redecorating Ed Begley's house....and she wanted it a bit less Texas! Her assistant played by Miss Mary Wickes stood around a lot smiling and shaking her head at her boss' wacky antics.
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Was The Decorator a sitcom, drama, or mystery series?
It had a laugh track and Mary Wickes so I think it was supposed to be a comedy.
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If you have a torrent downloader, you can download it at
www.mininova.org
Just search THE DECORATOR.
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Boo!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SPT-E4knZgI/AAAAAAAAAuU/PxoFfZBjNG0/s400/amanda+c.jpg)
Is that a miniature schnauzer or something?
I think it's a Westie.
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A Westie that gives one the willies?
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Good Afternoon!
Well... It looks like I'm going to have a busy afternoon. Which is a good thing since there will be no lulls for me to fall asleep during. *Pardon my lack of syntax.
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I didn't even know there WAS a tax on SYN.
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It's white fondant.
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Whar's MR BK? He's late today.
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I got down to Columbus Circle around 11:15, and then spent the next hour or so walking leisurely down Broadway, taking care of errands along the way (drug store, bank, post office, etc.). I even got to spend a couple of minutes in, on and around the new TKTS booth. Those steps certainly are RED!
And now... I think we have 180 people signed up to sing this afternoon. So far...
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Watch for Mr Keith Dunn, DR JOSE....he may be in your group.
He is of course a friend of mine.
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And here we go...
Laters...
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Watch for Mr Keith Dunn, DR JOSE....he may be in your group.
He is of course a friend of mine.
Will do, DR JRand.
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TOD:
Some people sit on their butts.
Got the dream, yea, but NOT the guts.
Well that's peachy for some people
Who don't know they're alive!
But I
At least gotta try...................
Mr Stephen Sondheim with music by Mr Jule Styne.
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I also love the lyrics to Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Once on a high and windy hill
In the morning mist
Two lovers kissed
And the world stood still.
Your fingers touched
My silent heart
And taught it how to sing.
Yes, true love's a many splendored thing.
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I'm up, i'm up. Holy cows and holy smokes and holy moley on rye - did I really sleep twelve HOURS?
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I'm just catching up on yesterday's posts.
Vibes for DR TCB's friend STAN. ~~~~~~~~~
And for BeeGee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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More cow bell!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kAshN_1Trk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kAshN_1Trk&feature=related)
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The road you didn't take
Hardly comes to mind - does it?
The door you didn't try
Where could it have lead?
The choice you didn't make
Never was defined - was it?
Dreams you didn't dare are dead
Were they ever there - who said
I don't remember - I don't remember
At all
Stephen Sondheim - Follies
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I agree with what DR Jose and other DRs have said about jogging vs walking. And about eating little meals throughout the day (vs one meal of the day).
It literally made me cringe when i read that after the chicken soup anyone would even think of not eating again for the rest of the day.
Although i wonder if walking and eating a bunch of little meals would have the same effect on someone who doesn't really have much more weight to lose. I do think it sounds a lot healthier.
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I hope the true romantics here at HHW have read Han Suyan's book A MANY-SPLENDORED THING, which makes the movie even better....
And Jennifer Jones and William Holden make such an attractive couple - and their culture clash and eventual, inevitable, affair make this one of my favorite romantic movies ever.....
Jennifer Jones with William Holden (or Jennifer Jones with Gregory Peck)....wow!
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My niece (3) stayed over again saturday night. She seems to make her own decisions. And again on saturday afternoon she begged her parents to let her have another sleepover.
Only problem is she finds it hard to leave.
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MY OWN WORST ENEMY
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SAMANTHA WHO?, BOSTON LEGAL
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
FOX - SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, PRISON BREAK
And the CW's Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill
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THE DECORATOR--sounds like an espionage type of show...
"When the job is tough and the situation is tougher, it's time to call in...The Decorator!"
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DR Cilla, congrats on your great Curves deal.
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Arrrgh! Once again I forgot about taping THE AMAZIN' RACE so I once again have to resort to watching it in bite-sized bits on YouTube. But that's better than not seeing it all I guess.
Thanks once again to DR Jennifer for finding them for me!
I'm not sure what the difference would be watching all the clips on the CBS website. I know for some odd reason they do not show the entire episode. But they do have a lot of clips.
I guess you should set your recording to record every week!
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Just got the OK to do The Producers. Jose, what are you doing on August 14 and 15 next year? :)
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I also love the lyrics to Love Is a Many Splendored Thing...
Well, if you're gonna be that way about it...
Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free
So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I am so in love with you
Now I shout it from the highest hills
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret any more.
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You know, DR SWW - D. Day is one of those singers - who when they sing a song - well, it's been sung.....
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And, as long as I'm in a Doris Day mood...
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, "What will I be?
Will I be pretty, will I be rich?"
Here's what she said to me:
"Keep your knickers on
Be quiet, don't bother me
My head has gone out to sea
Keep your knickers on
Be quiet, just for me."
(Doris Day's mommy had a hangover that morning. ;D)
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Vibes for DR Cilla's friend steve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I have a question for DR jose (or anyone else) re: kids and hospitals.
When my aunt was in the hospital (i guess my niece was only 1) we were wondering whether it was okay to bring her (since there are so many germs). I remember seeing a lot of kids walking around the halls visiting.
But I spoke with a nurse who worked there and she said she would never ever bring a child to a hospital to visit a patient (unless it was to the nursery).
I was reading about DR jose's whole family with all the kids going to visit and i was just wondering if it was a concern. Or was that nurse just being overly cautious.
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Okay this is very odd.
Since so many people here keep mentioning facebook and since my sister-in-law is a member and i wanted to join because of her, i signed up today.
And there were already 2 people set up who had wanted to be my friends. one is my uncle. But the other i don't know. It is very odd that there would be people waiting!
Btw, if anyone wants to be my friend find me (since i have no idea how this works or if i'll even find my sister-in-law).
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DR JENNIFER welcome to the 21st century.
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Jennifer, one reason for not bringing a child to a hospital has nothing to do with germs. Children can find seeing a relative ill very disturbing. Heck, I know adults who can't stand going to hospitals to visit people, for that exact reason.
Nurseries, being filled with newborn life, are very different. And, of course, no one expects the patients there to be bursting with conversation.
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Okay this is very odd.
Since so many people here keep mentioning facebook and since my sister-in-law is a member and i wanted to join because of her, i signed up today.
And there were already 2 people set up who had wanted to be my friends. one is my uncle. But the other i don't know. It is very odd that there would be people waiting!
Btw, if anyone wants to be my friend find me (since i have no idea how this works or if i'll even find my sister-in-law).
It's not odd--the same thing happened to me, too. If you notice, in your Add Friends menu, you can send out invites to your address book, so your Uncle must have done that some time ago, and now that you've signed on, it recognized your email address and posted the people who had sent you invites from their address book. Or something like that.
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I agree with what DR Jose and other DRs have said about jogging vs walking. And about eating little meals throughout the day (vs one meal of the day).
It literally made me cringe when i read that after the chicken soup anyone would even think of not eating again for the rest of the day.
Although i wonder if walking and eating a bunch of little meals would have the same effect on someone who doesn't really have much more weight to lose. I do think it sounds a lot healthier.
Had you read on, you would have seen that I did indeed eat after the chicken soup - eggs and an English muffin, carrots, etc.
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I'm back from my adventures in midtown. My friend Curtis is certainly a wonderful composer; I like his music very much. I thought the cast, which included Lauren Kennedy, Nick Wyman, and Jose Llana, and the band were wonderful. It would have been nice to see Brad Haak, the musical director, after, but it was quite a crush of people. Besides the wonderful composer Skip Kennon, it was nice to see my friends Richard Norton, Mark Robinson, Stephanie Rhodes of the 42nd Street Moon Company in San Francisco, our E&T DR Julie, and Jim Morgan. I had several friends besides Curtis and tom with this show doing presentations today and tomorrow and I wish them all well.
Now, I have to schlep my laundry down the street since the ass who's wife left him because he beat her up once too often - there's a story here - is taking up the laundry room this afternoon, may he rot in hell. He's an ugly man.
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I have a question for DR jose (or anyone else) re: kids and hospitals.
When my aunt was in the hospital (i guess my niece was only 1) we were wondering whether it was okay to bring her (since there are so many germs). I remember seeing a lot of kids walking around the halls visiting.
But I spoke with a nurse who worked there and she said she would never ever bring a child to a hospital to visit a patient (unless it was to the nursery).
I was reading about DR jose's whole family with all the kids going to visit and i was just wondering if it was a concern. Or was that nurse just being overly cautious.
Actually, depending on what's going around, they'll keep kids under 12 from visiting. Other times, anyone is allowed (at least at the hospitals here).
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TOD:
Here's a favorite verse:
You know the feeling
Of something half-remembered,
Of something that never happened
Yet you recall it well.
You know the feeling
Of recognizing someone
That you've never met
As far as you could tell;
Well......
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I'm back from my adventures in midtown. My friend Curtis is certainly a wonderful composer; I like his music very much. I thought the cast, which included Lauren Kennedy, Nick Wyman, and Jose Llana, and the band were wonderful. It would have been nice to see Brad Haak, the musical director, after, but it was quite a crush of people. Besides the wonderful composer Skip Kennon, it was nice to see my friends Richard Norton, Mark Robinson, Stephanie Rhodes of the 42nd Street Moon Company in San Francisco, our E&T DR Julie, and Jim Morgan. I had several friends besides Curtis and tom with this show doing presentations today and tomorrow and I wish them all well.
Now, I have to schlep my laundry down the street since the ass who's wife left him because he beat her up once too often - there's a story here - is taking up the laundry room this afternoon, may he rot in hell. He's an ugly man.
Send the man in the laundry room a Japanese banana too!
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The road you didn't take
Hardly comes to mind - does it?
The door you didn't try
Where could it have lead?
The choice you didn't make
Never was defined - was it?
Dreams you didn't dare are dead
Were they ever there - who said
I don't remember - I don't remember
At all
Stephen Sondheim - Follies
Most definitely!
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Okay this is very odd.
Since so many people here keep mentioning facebook and since my sister-in-law is a member and i wanted to join because of her, i signed up today.
And there were already 2 people set up who had wanted to be my friends. one is my uncle. But the other i don't know. It is very odd that there would be people waiting!
Btw, if anyone wants to be my friend find me (since i have no idea how this works or if i'll even find my sister-in-law).
It's not odd--the same thing happened to me, too. If you notice, in your Add Friends menu, you can send out invites to your address book, so your Uncle must have done that some time ago, and now that you've signed on, it recognized your email address and posted the people who had sent you invites from their address book. Or something like that.
Explains why no one was anxiously waiting for me to join Facebook, I use a different email address. ;)
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DR Jennifer, interesting question. DR td, was your mother a nurse in a hospital?
My friend who was recently in the hospital enjoyed a few visits from her young grandson. My guess is visits like these help the patient to recover sooner. I think the bigger concern is if the child, or any visitor, carries germs in with them. You wouldn't visit a patient with a child if the patient were contagious.
I believe most hospitals have sinks for hand washing as you enter, and leave the room.
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It's never really warmed up today as I'd hoped. I may have to break down this evening and snap on the heat to take the chill out of the house. We'll see....
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I spent most of the afternoon watching three of the four remaining episodes of DYNASTY. I'll get to the season finale later today.
Paul Burke was the guest star in a couple of episodes as a senator whom Alexis (Joan Collins) ruined because he tried to impede her takeover of Dever-Carrington Oil Company.
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The penultimate episode contained that infamous cat fight between Joan Collins and Linda Evans in the lily pond of the Carrington estate. Evans was throwing punches at Collins with sound effects that made the blows sound like something Muhammad Ali might be throwing. Hilarious.
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I did have time to skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest and nothing in the previews.
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Back from the long jog, which was more of a long power walk today. It felt good to do it and it's a beautiful day, and I'm feeling a bit better.
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But other than getting some food, that's going to be it for today.
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I held back about twenty copies of Laurette - I always do this in case of shipments gone awry or emergencies. Because I know so few here actually ordered it, I will sell ten of the twenty to anyone here who'd like to still get one - as I've said, it's already a collector's item, having sold out before it even shipped. Nobody will be getting it for the published price of $15.98 (plus 3.75 shipping) - so, if you missed out this is the last chance to get it at the original price - I might even suggest getting a second one to hold onto and eventually either use for trading or to sell on eBay.
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Belgium
We were here also. It's like Tom used our 1988 European itinerary.
BTW, Tom, what was the Honfleur picture from yesterday which you posted to test my memory.
Inquiring minds want to know.
The old jail building Ben.
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How wonderful to see DtM back at HHW.
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A "play" farm over which a Queen could lose her head!
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"This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine...."
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Tom, I am so enjoying your photos!
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So, this morning I took a widow lady from church out -- we went for a walk in the park and lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory.
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Going to write for a bit and then head back down to finish up with Blake Carrington and his clan, and then play catch up on last night's TV shows.
WBBL.
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Good morning DR td. I'm feeling "Alive" this evening.
Good evening, DR tomovoz! I'm feeling twitchy and bitchy and manic, myself.
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How wonderful to see DtM back at HHW.
Hear, hear! :)
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So, this morning I took a widow lady from church out
Did you use a pistol or a blowdart?
...and, more importantly, was her insurance paid up?
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My favorite line from any song is from the Mort Shuman translation of Brel's "Chanson des Amants Vieux (Song for Old Lovers):"
We are just surrealist pilgrims; melting clocks in marble halls.
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More Royal excess!
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Also, I really like Stephen Schwartz'
But there's an alchemy in time
transforms each grief
and hurt
and scar
Into the precious stuff of who we are.
from the song "Forgiveness' Embrace."
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Now DR Tomovoz, how did a picture of your dining room get mixed in with your travel album?
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"everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance"
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"You take two bodies and you twirl them into one
Their hearts and bones
And they won't come undone"
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Maladies
Melodies
Allergies to dust and grain
Maladies
Remedies
Still these allergies remain
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I'm feeling pretty much better, but still struggling with pesky mucus and phlegm.
Just for you, DR FJL, I shall avoid illustrating. :)
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Now DR Tomovoz, how did a picture of your dining room get mixed in with your travel album?
I'll need to be careful not to include the photographs of the "frocks".
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When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too
Is when I fall in love with you.
Edward Heyman, lyric Victor Young, music
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Window cleaning is NOT one of my home duties.
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A Bridge too far.
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Good grief, Tom, having to clean that window would give even Matt pause!
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Home
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When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too
Is when I fall in love with you.
Edward Heyman, lyric Victor Young, music
Our Favorite Song. Our First Dance at Our Wedding -Over 43 Years Ago
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Millau Bridge
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Closer
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And Closer
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I like Bridges!
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Reflections
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And still more!
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I like Bridges!
All those burning bridges that have fallen after me. . .
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And still more!
The reflection of the bridge is gorgeous.
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I like Bridges!
And bridges like you!
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I've just been reading about the Millau Viaduct. Fascinating!!
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There is a documentary about it available on DVD. When we first saw the bridge (4 years ago), it was in the clouds.
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Another fave:
Nobody knew,
Not even you,
When I first started walking on wings;
But how long can a man or a woman
Ever hope to hide
Love that's locked up inside?
Every story worth the spinning
Must have a beginning. . .
(I'll leave it to other DRs to Name That Tune!
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Chateau
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Sail on silvergirl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
Im sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
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There is no cure for l'amour on the Bridge of Caulaincourt. . .
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I have reason to celebrate: it is now, as far as I'm concerned, officially autumn.
I know this because I've just heard the first flock of geese of the season flying overhead.
Lordy, what a wonderous cacaphony they make! True joy!
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Friendly locals
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TOD: Why oh why the sky.
Why oh why is it blue and why am I me tell me why are you you.
Why are you-hoo?
(Many a Mile to Go---Van Dyke Parks)
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If you're a P-V-T, your duty
Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T
But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T
The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T
(G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer)
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Window
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And I've now filled the upload folder!
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Window
Fenetre.
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So, this morning I took a widow lady from church out -- we went for a walk in the park and lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory.
That's really not nice to refer to me that way, and I'm not REALLY a widow!
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(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v352/26/0/678544475/n678544475_812944_8174.jpg)
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TOD:
Here's a favorite verse:
You know the feeling
Of something half-remembered,
Of something that never happened
Yet you recall it well.
You know the feeling
Of recognizing someone
That you've never met
As far as you could tell;
Well......
Chorus:
Laura is the face in the misty light......
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And I've now filled the upload folder!
:-X
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(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v352/26/0/678544475/n678544475_812944_8174.jpg)
Looks like a cake that DRSandra decorated.... or would.
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You would trust that gal with a can of frosting? :o
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Window
I LOVE DOLLS! :)
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Please don't give her any ideas. There's a potluck on Sunday.
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(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v352/26/0/678544475/n678544475_812944_8174.jpg)
Looks like a cake that DRSandra decorated.... or would.
Wouldn't that make a nice cake for DRs Jed and Ann and DS Toby?
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Let's go hear how the Christmas arrangements came out. Down the Village for a couple of hours and back later.
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I was about to have a little wine when I realized I hadn't collected the mail yet. Drinking first would not have been a smart move since I'm driving. My right knee has been bothering me & walking down the driveway makes it worse, today I'll give it a rest.
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DR Jane - there's something we have in common! Whenever I come home from work, I pull over next to the mailbox and collect the mail from the car. . .
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I thought the favorite lyric lines would be a much more popular topic.
I got lost in his arms
And I had to stay
It was dark in his arms
And I lost my way
From the dark came a voice
And it seemed to say
There you go
There you go...
The sublime Irving Berlin
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Broken windows
And empty hallways
A pale dead moon in a sky streaked with gray
Human kindness - overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today.
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Maybe I should have saved those leftover dreams
Funny, but here's that rainy day
Here's that rainy day they told me about
And I laughed at the thought that it might turn out
That way
Where is that worn out wish that I threw aside
After it brought my love so near
Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day
Funny - that rainy day is here.
Lyric - Johnny Burke Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
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DR Jane - there's something we have in common! Whenever I come home from work, I pull over next to the mailbox and collect the mail from the car. . .
If you walk to the mailbox how long a walk is it?
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I'm frying some tofu.
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DR Jane - there's something we have in common! Whenever I come home from work, I pull over next to the mailbox and collect the mail from the car. . .
If you walk to the mailbox how long a walk is it?
Nowhere near a country mile.
It's just across the road from the driveway, so. . . shall we say, about 100 steps. . .and I take large steps.
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DR Jane - there's something we have in common! Whenever I come home from work, I pull over next to the mailbox and collect the mail from the car. . .
If you walk to the mailbox how long a walk is it?
Nowhere near a country mile.
It's just across the road from the driveway, so. . . shall we say, about 100 steps. . .and I take large steps.
I bet it seems farther when there is ice on the road. ;)
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The people of HHW are the greatest people in the world, and your vibes may be the world's first medical miracle. This afternoon, only forty eight hours after being rushed back into surgery to relieve bleeding on the brain; my friend Stan left the hospital and was returned to the Tacoma Lutheran home to continue his recovery. And if he could have gotten away with it, he would have gladly walked out the front door, but rules are rules.
Thank you one and all.
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Love the photos Tomovoz, thanks for sharing
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TAR last night had a LOT of challenges - and New Zealand is beautiful. And if the two divorcees didn't get to go home, I glad it was the other team of my non favorites.
I enjoyed TAR last night. Fine with who went home and enjoyed them all being bunched up and having to do challenges and really race each other
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I didn't even know there WAS a tax on SYN.
That is why I am always broke!
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Apparently two packages were at the mail place when I was there at two, and they neglected to alert me to that fact, so I just went and got them.
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Great news DR TCB and CONTINUED HEALING VIBES FOR STAN!
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Time to get dinner together.
Actually, this is a simple case of reheating the French Onion soup I made a couple of nights ago. Der B wants leftovers.
With a bit of salad on the side. But not in the same bowl, that would just be soggy.
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And when the drums roll out
Think about me.
There's gotta be me!
If I like it I will cheer it, cheer it,
Loud and let 'em hear it
How can there be a parade with out a crowd?
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Great news DR TCB. Best wishes for a complete and gentle recovery - Austrian Zither Vibes!
"My Friend Stan" - a great pop recording by Slade!
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Some day, when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And they way you look tonight
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It's very clear, our love is here to stay.
Not for a year, but ever and a day.
The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies and in time may go.
But oh, my dear, our love is here to stay.
Together we're going a long, long way.
In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble --
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay.
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Flash! Bam! Alakazam!
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More Royal excess!
Your bedroom?
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Glad to hear about Stan...continued healing vibes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Haven't heard anything about Steve yet, thanks for the vibes and the prayers, they are very much appreciated
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And ice like vinyl
On the streets
Cold as silver
White as sheets
Rain like strings
And changing things
Like leaves.
I remember leaves
Green as spearmint
Crisp as paper.
I remember trees
Bare as coat racks
Spread like broken umbrellas.
And parks and bridges,
Ponds and zoos,
Ruddy faces,
Muddy shoes,
Light and noise and
Bees and boys
And days.
I remember days,
Or at least I try.
But as years go by
They're sort of haze,
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky.
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The people of HHW are the greatest people in the world, and your vibes may be the world's first medical miracle. This afternoon, only forty eight hours after being rushed back into surgery to relieve bleeding on the brain; my friend Stan left the hospital and was returned to the Tacoma Lutheran home to continue his recovery. And if he could have gotten away with it, he would have gladly walked out the front door, but rules are rules.
Thank you one and all.
WONDERFUL NEWS, TCB!!! ;D
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I was in a meeting for three hours, earlier today and now I have to leave. I'm off to the callbacks for Reefer Madness! The Musical!
Until later!
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But before I go...those were great photos, Tomovoz! :D
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DR Jane - there's something we have in common! Whenever I come home from work, I pull over next to the mailbox and collect the mail from the car. . .
If you walk to the mailbox how long a walk is it?
It is on his porch.
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Great news about Stan! :D
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Maria!
Say it loud and there's music playing,
Say it soft and it's almost like praying.
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Dee Dee, (http://omg.yahoo.com/news/soul-singer-dee-dee-warwick-dies-in-nj-at-age-63/14360?nc) sister of Dionne, Warwick passed away at the young age of 62.
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Don't cry
Don't cry
Come on back in the house and don't cry
Come on back in the house and get out from under
That old, cold sky
Frank Loesser - The Most Happy Fella
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Oh, there's nothin' halfway about the Iowa way to treat you
When we treat you which we may not do at all
There's an Iowa kind of special chip on the shoulder attitude
We've never been without that we recall.
We can be cold as our falling thermometers in December
If you ask about our weather in July
And we're so by God stubborn we could stand touchin' noses for a week at time
And never see eye to eye
But what the heck, you're welcome
Join us at the picnic
You can eat your fill of all the food you bring yourself
You really ought to give Iowa a try.
Meredith Willson - The Music Man
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It has been a busy day, Rudy Ray Moore & Richard Blackmore passed away. I never cared for Blackmore’s worst-dress list & I’m not familiar with Rudy Ray Moore. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-moore21-2008oct21,0,5052090.story)
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It has been a busy day, Rudy Ray Moore & Richard Blackmore passed away. I never cared for Blackmore’s worst-dress list & I’m not familiar with Rudy Ray Moore. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-moore21-2008oct21,0,5052090.story)
Mr. Blackwell (Richard)
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Yup, Mr Blackwell (Richard).
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I put some photos on Facebook and they are SOOOO LARGE.
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TOD:
From "Nobody" sung by Sylvia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AfvRWvvP1U
Maybe that explains the last two week
You called me up, dead on your feet
Working late again
I asked who with
You said, nobody
Aah, nobody
Well your nobody called today
She hung up when I asked her name
Well, I wonder
Does she think she's being clever
You say, nobody's after you
The fact is what you say is true
But I can love you like nobody can
Even better
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Sorry to hear about Mr. Blackwell - I always enjoyed seeing him on various opening nights I attended right up until a couple of months ago.
I'll always have a special place in my heart for Rudy Ray Moore, who directed the blaxploitation film Dolemite. Back when we were previewing Nudie Musical around town, we did one preview in downtown San Diego where we showed with Dolemite. We were literally the only white people in the theater and we were all quite nervous about being there and how they'd react to our film. Well, they were a GREAT audience and after the show all those wonderful people could not have been nicer to us. And Dolemite was fun.
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Hey, look me over
Lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover
Mortgage up to here
But don't pass the plate, folks
Don't pass the cup
I figure whenever you're down and out
The only way is up
And I'll be up like a rosebud
High on the vine
Don't thumb your nose, but
But take a tip from mine
I'm a little bit short of the elbow room
But let me get me some
And look out world here I come.
The divine Carolyn Leigh Music by Cy Coleman
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Nothing's impossible I have found
For when my chin is on the ground
I pick myself up
Dust myself off
And start all over again
Don't lose your confidence if you slip
Be grateful for a pleasant trip
And pick yourself up
Dust yourself off
And start all over again.
Dorothy Fields - music by Jerome Kern
My personal credo
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Or for the shy. reserved Coleman-Leigh fan, didn't Mad Magazine do "Hey, overlook me"
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Sorry to hear about Mr. Blackwell - I always enjoyed seeing him on various opening nights I attended right up until a couple of months ago.
And he is survived by his partner of 60 years.
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60 years-WOW!
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I put some photos on Facebook and they are SOOOO LARGE.
Of course they are large! They are pictures of Sherlock! :)
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Sherlock large is fine, it is the one of me I want smaller.
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I would like to trade, size wise, the photo of Sherlock in the tunnel (can't see him in the small photo) with the large one of above it.
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The other day someone mentioned the new ad for Direct TV using the image of the late Heather O'Rourke. In the new edition of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, their weekly feature The Bullseye also took exception to using a young actress, who has been dead for twenty years, to hawk their product.
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I managed to make Sherlock BIG :) Now I'm working on making me small.
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It worked!:) OMG is that photo of Sherlock in his tunnel cute!
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G'night!
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I managed to make Sherlock BIG :) Now I'm working on making me small.
Curves.
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BK - I tried to order those two CD's from kritzerland.com but got confused, so I just sent a paypal payment with a note that they're for the two CD's plus shipping.
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Oh, there's nothin' halfway about the Iowa way to treat you
When we treat you which we may not do at all
There's an Iowa kind of special chip on the shoulder attitude
We've never been without that we recall.
We can be cold as our falling thermometers in December
If you ask about our weather in July
And we're so by God stubborn we could stand touchin' noses for a week at time
And never see eye to eye
But what the heck, you're welcome
Join us at the picnic
You can eat your fill of all the food you bring yourself
You really ought to give Iowa a try.
Meredith Willson - The Music Man
I resemble that remark :)
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My new Niece cat, Katie...DR Adam and DR Sundee got her tonight
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'night
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Here Katie Cat....
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Cute Niece Cat :)
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Hey! That's the blue truck I gave to Gabe. That cat is smaller than I thought
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Awwww.
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Monday evening greetings! I am back from Georgia after an 11-hour drive today with my mom, aunt, and sister. My sister did all the driving and must be exhausted. I know I am, and I was just the navigator.
But the trip was totally worthwhile and we made a lot of great memories.
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Healing vibes for Steve, friend of DR Cillaliz!
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And ice like vinyl
On the streets
Cold as silver
White as sheets
Rain like strings
And changing things
Like leaves.
I remember leaves
Green as spearmint
Crisp as paper.
I remember trees
Bare as coat racks
Spread like broken umbrellas.
And parks and bridges,
Ponds and zoos,
Ruddy faces,
Muddy shoes,
Light and noise and
Bees and boys
And days.
I remember days,
Or at least I try.
But as years go by
They're sort of haze,
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky.
YES! Very good call, TCB
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DR JENNIFER welcome to the 21st century.
thanks. :)
Actually i wasn't able to find my sister-in-law. She has her settings set to private. So i'm gonna have to get her new email address and then ask her to ask me to be her friend!
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I agree with what DR Jose and other DRs have said about jogging vs walking. And about eating little meals throughout the day (vs one meal of the day).
It literally made me cringe when i read that after the chicken soup anyone would even think of not eating again for the rest of the day.
Although i wonder if walking and eating a bunch of little meals would have the same effect on someone who doesn't really have much more weight to lose. I do think it sounds a lot healthier.
Had you read on, you would have seen that I did indeed eat after the chicken soup - eggs and an English muffin, carrots, etc.
Yeah i read that part after.
What i was referring to was the intent not to eat any more. Not that you didn't.
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AMAZING RACE SPOILERS from last night
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TAR last night had a LOT of challenges - and New Zealand is beautiful. And if the two divorcees didn't get to go home, I glad it was the other team of my non favorites.
I enjoyed TAR last night. Fine with who went home and enjoyed them all being bunched up and having to do challenges and really race each other
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I was also okay with the team who went home (they really did not seem to do anything right this episode). But i disagree about the bunching. I hate it and find it extremely unfair to the good teams. But constantly letting the bad teams catch up and then not making them do that many tasks it allows the bad teams to stay much longer than they should.
I will say i am sick of those divorcees witches. They do not seem nice at all. But had some luck. I like the tasks where it takes actual effort. So i really liked the stepping on kiwis vs building those bikes. Some people were good at each. and you really had to work at it.
Anybody have any favorites? I am amazed that ken and barbie keep finishing at the top. I really did not think they would be this good.
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That is so great about stan!
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I wonder why I can't see the pictures posted by DR Tomovoz?
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I thought the favorite lyric lines would be a much more popular topic.
I got lost in his arms
And I had to stay
It was dark in his arms
And I lost my way
From the dark came a voice
And it seemed to say
There you go
There you go...
The sublime Irving Berlin
It's a great topic, Bruce, and I hope you'll do it again. I'm just out of practice.
I still think in lyrics, though!
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I could say life is just a bowl of Jell-O...
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It's chilly in the house, but I've been able to resist turning on the heat, and once I snuggle under the covers, I'll be fine. Of course, it'll be HELL when I try to get out from under them into the cold house in the morning, but I'll worry about that LATER.
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"You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught"
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I had a full evening of entertainment tonight. I began by finishing the DYNASTY box set. It was a pleasant walk down memory lane watching these episodes after so many years away from them. Nice to see folks like Grant Goodeve, Edward Winter, and Mark Richman making more than one visit to the show.
Of course, Grant Goodeve played Steven's lawyer who assisted him with the divorce from Sammie Jo and who later became his lover. Of course, the SECOND that Blake found out Steven wasn't celibate any more, he was on the phone to the lawyers wanted to remove Steven's son from such an UNHEALTHY environment. Seems like some folks' thinking hasn't changed much after all these years (this was made in 1983).
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Next, I watched DEXTER. I really like the show this season, but it isn't nearly as gripping as last season (how could it be?). I am enjoying Jimmy Smits as Dexter's new best friend.
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Following that, I watched last night's MAD MEN in HD which had been placed on HD Free On Demand already. This was the penultimate episode of the season, and it was another remarkable one. Some GREAT set-ups for the season finale next week. And I couldn't believe it was possible but we got even more secrets from the life of Don Draper/Dick Whitman. Amazing.
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Then it was time to watch CHUCK and speed through commercials.
Very funny, very entertaining episode, probably the best episode of the season thus far. Loved the high school guy thinking Chuck was doing all of this macho stuff as Special Agent Carmichael.
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HEROES is finally solidly on track now that we see what's happening - why folks seem to be shiufting back and forth between evil and good.
Now, that painting that Hero and Ando see at the end of the show that identifies the four villains they need to deal with. I couldn't tell (and I paused it and looked a long time) if the villain in the upper right hand corner was Peter or Sylar. (The other three were the Petrelli father, the flame guy, and the guy who gains strength from fear. Who was the fourth?)
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When I finished HEROES there was about 10 minutes left in CSI: MIAMI. I noticed that Chad Allen was one of the guest stars tonight. Looks like he's really in demand right now which makes me very happy.
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Tomorrow I am on my own. Edith is having a tooth pulled at 1:00 PM. She wasn't worried about it until they called her today and asked if drills and cracking bones and teeth bothered her. LOL, I can't believe they actually said that. They said if it didn't bother her, she wouldn't have to be put under to have it removed. After the phone call she suddenly got nervous about the whole thing... I'm sure it will be fine but I told her to take the whole day off and if she isn't feeling ok Wednesday morning to go ahead and stay home.
Anyway, I will be on my own for a day or so. I'm looking forward to it...for a day or so. I get some things done that I wouldn't otherwise. I'm sure when she comes back I'll be more than ready for her to come back.
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I've done more Dragnets - some very interesting episodes tonight. I wish someone would release a proper Dragnet set - the negatives must exist somewhere - these episodes are off dupes of dupes of 16mm prints and they're horrible. It would be so great to see this done correctly. Surely the Jack Webb estate must have access to this material?
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I forgot to mention that I also had time to revisit the Ultimate Edition of GOLDFINGER for about 40 minutes tonight. Always such a pleasure watching the Connery Bonds.
I got my notice that Amazon has shipped the Blu-ray Bonds which I ordered. The reviews have been nice for them, so I'll look forward to seeing the six that are being releasesd in this wave of Blu-ray releases.
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Tomorrow I'll be reviewing the holiday release SHREK THE HALLS. It was a Christmas special last year which I watched in HD and wasn't all that wild about. It'll be interesting to see it again. It's only 22 minutes through there appear to be a fair amount of bonus features to go along with it.
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Now, with writing completed, I'm heading down to bed.
Good night!
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I'm thinking of going to bed early again - maybe not ten, but ten-thirty or eleven. For now, I'm going to take a nice long hot shower. Oh, for those keeping track, today I ate a ham sandwich and a turkey sandwich, both excellent. Also had a little red potato salad with it. Had a huge helping of tomato, cucumbers and onions in vinegar, some chocolate licorice, and a few other little things. It seemed just right, filled me up, and was all very calorie-friendly.
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Good Evening!
I played auditions today. We had about 160 people show up, and we got through all of them in a four and a half hours. Whew!
*Alas, I ended up playing "Part of Your World" about 35 times, so... Oy!
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When I got home a little before 11:00 tonight, I started transferring the files from my old Mac to my new Mac. I'm using Mac's "Migration Assistant" which transfers everything via a FireWire connection. Well, I thought it would only take a few minutes since it's being done via FIREWire, alas, it's going to take a couple of hours. Hopefully, it will be done by morning. So...
Pardon my brevity in some of my subsequent posts. I don't mind typing on my iPhone, but a lot of typing on my iPhone is a different story.
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Oh... Maybe the file transfer will be done in ten or fifteen minutes. I guess it was just catching up. ;)
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So, I called my father earlier tonight to see how things were going with my Mom. He said she's coming home tomorrow morning! :) However...
My Dad continued, "So, guess what happened to me?". Well, he had another dizzy spell today. However, this time he went and had some family friends - one of whom is a nurse - drive him to his own doctor to have some tests done. After a couple of hours, it was determined that he was having(?) an irregular heartbeat. :-\ However, he was actually laughing about the situation since he and my mom will now be on the same medication. I laughed too.
Thankfully, my brother, Don, was able to drive back down to Richmond tonight to keep an eye on my Dad. He'll also help with getting my Mom home from the hospital and getting her re-settled.
And, yes, I will definitely be heading home again next week.
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Oh, and I ended up having a date tonight. A very nice date. :)
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I went to the callbacks and it all went well. I sang fairly well...and sight-read the excerpts that we sang through. I think I read okay, but I don't care if I get a named role or just ensemble. All the ensemble members play characters throughout the whole show and that's always been fun.
So now, I wait. :)
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It worked!:) OMG is that photo of Sherlock in his tunnel cute!
Good. I looks like you found the Edit button. ;)
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The other day someone mentioned the new ad for Direct TV using the image of the late Heather O'Rourke. In the new edition of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, their weekly feature The Bullseye also took exception to using a young actress, who has been dead for twenty years, to hawk their product.
There was a commercial a few years ago where the late Fred Astaire was used to sell vacuum cleaners. :P
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Oh, and I ended up having a date tonight. A very nice date. :)
This is not the time for brevity. I want details, my good man, details!
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DR TCB - Great news about your friend, Stan! Continued Vibes to him and his family and friends.
*And how are you doing/feeling lately, Tom?
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Whew. I am transcribing an audio interview with a very colorful starlet from the 1940s. She mostly played show girls and bit parts, with just a handful of lead roles in some PRC films.
She will at one moment talk about working with Bob Hope and then all of a sudden she will go into rants about how the phone company and Bank of America are trying to put a hit on her and that her life is in danger or how she is the descendant of some famous king of Germany.
I truly hope that the stuff about her career is not all a figment of her imagination...but I am researching as much as I can to make sure that most of what she tells me (about the Hollywood part) is logical and most likey true.
On a side note, she is now in place that is giving her good mental health care. Poor thing. She is nearly 90 years old.
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What is Ron Pulliam up to these days? I would imagine he's having decent weather (although I haven't loooked at the weather map to see).
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Oh, and I ended up having a date tonight. A very nice date. :)
This is not the time for brevity. I want details, my good man, details!
That was discretion, not brevity.
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My new Niece cat, Katie...DR Adam and DR Sundee got her tonight
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1911.0;attach=220)
Pretty kitty! ;D
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Oh, and I ended up having a date tonight. A very nice date. :)
This is not the time for brevity. I want details, my good man, details!
That was discretion, not brevity.
You worked hard today and a had a tough week. You deserve a nice date.
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Oh, and I ended up having a date tonight. A very nice date. :)
This is not the time for brevity. I want details, my good man, details!
That was discretion, not brevity.
You worked hard today and a had a tough week. You deserve a nice date.
I do, and I did. Or should that be: I did, and I do.
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Well, the Migration Assistant has been indicating "Less Than A Minute Remaining" for about ten minutes. Hmmm...
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Let's go hear how the Christmas arrangements came out. Down the Village for a couple of hours and back later.
What?!?!? Check your blood sugar lately? ;)
*At first I thought it was a song lyric. ::)
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I had no nice date tonight because I was sitting here doing my get well routine. Today is the first full day and evening where I felt a little better all the way through the day and night. I'm going to write the notes now, get them posted, and go to sleep.
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I love this Sondheim rhyme ;)
From the depths of her interior
Were fears she was inferior
And something even eerier
But no one dared to query 'er
Superior
Exterior
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I am still awake. This evening I tried a new slow cooker recipe for beef stroganoff. It turned out very very well, and got rave reviews from DH Jed. However, I am now dealing with a very upset stomach. Since DH Jed is exhibiting no such signs, I'm guessing nothing was wrong with the food itself. So either I ate too much and am now paying the price, or it was the consumption of red meat that did it. Thinking back, I can't honestly remember the last time I consumed red meat. My system is clearly not accustomed to it and is not responding well. I've taken some Pepto and I hope I feel better soon. Upset stomach is not pleasant while breastfeeding... :(
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~~~Feel Better Tummy Vibes for DR Ann!!~~~
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Well, I've been trying unsuccessfully to transfer my iTunes library to my new computer for the past couple of minutes. However, the Migration Assistant did its job, and my documents and programs are all now on my new laptop. :)
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And before I got to bed... -I do have to work/play tomorrow morning at 10:00, so...
Back to the Topic of the Day... Well, at least the titles, not the lyrics - it really is late, so...
"The More I See You"
"How Deep Is The Ocean"
"New Words"
"Skylark"
"Here's That Rainy Day"