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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were neither arch nor arcane, and now it is time for you to post until the arch and arcane cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PALINODE!
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Wow.... very quiet...
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Cold here tonight...
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Vibes to DC Sassy......
Continued vibes to Jose's mum!
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A Very Happy Birthday to (former) DR Cason!
And a Very Happy (belated) birthday to DR 3DDiffusion who's birthday was yesterday!
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR Edisaurus today!!
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR CASON!!!
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Happy Birthday to E & T DR Cason!!!!!
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Well 2 years ago the powers that be sold my little town down the river and agreed to the construction of the Tanger Outlet Mall - a monstrosity that is supposed to draw up to 50,000 people a day , on a direct path past my front door
http://www.exploreli.com/entertainment/localguide/south-shore-suffolk/ny-lsstyle5892222oct22a,0,4456381.story
they have tried to raise a level of excitement and win the hearts and minds of those of us they have by the , well you get my drift, by having special, preferential hiring days for residents of this town, and in yetserday's mail, we residents have all received special "backstage passes" to allow us to come in to see the mall in all its glory and have a private shopping night tonight from 4 -9 - tomorrow is the official grand opening
Much has been made of the tax benefits to our little town - however since the powers that be (did I mention how they sold us down the river?) gave the multimillionaire smug bassas a TEN YEAR TAX Moritorium it will do us no good whatsoever until years after our property values have been driven into the ground
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Good morning, all! I have a long day at Toyland and that's about it. I've got to put together a lunch and get ready all of the scores I need to cart with me.
Beyond that, I anticipate a quiet day. Let's hope.
Cason? Do we know a Cason? Hppy Birthday to him, I guess!
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there are some silver linings:
they have built a 16 screen (including IMAX) stadium seating movie theatre and local residents (with proof of residency) may attend all shows for the next week for $2 a ticket - $2 popcorns and $2 sodas
I will be able to bike to work when the economy forces my business to close and I am forced to sell my car take a minimum wage job (or 3 ) at the local shops
It will make a handy place to stay warm when we cannot afford to heat our houses
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have a nice day
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Healing VIBES for Jose's folks
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Health VIBES for TCB's Stan and Cilla's Steve
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Healing VIBES for DR Laura's DC Sassy
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Good Moning dear LAR!!! I hpe ypouare feeling fit andf well and happy this morning!
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continued feel better vibes for BK and Slingshot
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Congratulations on your casting George
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well I better get my grumpy self off to work
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Thank you, DR Vixmom! :-*
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And so very sorry to hear about the Target mall... :(
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Well 2 years ago the powers that be sold my little town down the river and agreed to the construction of the Tanger Outlet Mall - a monstrosity that is supposed to draw up to 50,000 people a day , on a direct path past my front door
Dear Vixmom, welcome to my world. I feel your pain!
That said, Happy belated anniversaurus!
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For ask bk day: Re: McCormick and Schmidt--I thought it might be pricey since they didn't list prices on their website. My friend Susan is picking me up from the airport and driving me to Burbank, so I'll be picking up the tab. That alone is worth a nice dinner!
So...what did you have there?
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Thanks for the vibes, Sweetsocks!
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well I better get my grumpy self off to work
You have every right to be grumpy. I was grumpy for 3 years! (Now I'm just Sleepy...)
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Happy Birthday, dear E&T Cason!!!! We miss you!
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PALINODE:
I think that I shall never see
An Alaskan who understands
The role of V.P.
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Wednesday morning greetings! Just stopping in to say a quick HI before going upstairs to teach the October edition of Grantseeking Basics.
See y'all this afternoon!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes for DR edisaurus! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keep them property closing vibes coming as well, DRs! I'm getting tired of waiting for nirvana.
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there are some silver linings
It will make a handy place to stay warm when we cannot afford to heat our houses
It's so nice to see the homeless style of livng trickle down to the suburbs. Don't you have a subway to sleep in?
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PALINODE:
I think that I shall never see
An Alaskan who understands
The role of V.P.
But she sure likes to shop at expensive stores, just like all those other "real Americans!"
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Vixmom, I understand how you feel. My city gave the tax money to car dealers for many many years to get them to move here. Now they are packing up and moving to other cities, who apparently are giving them more.
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Happy Happy Birthday to DR Cason!
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Happy Birthday to DR CASON - the man from Planet X.
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DR Vixmom, the mall which I work in was planned and vetoed and planned and vetoed on and off for nearly two decades. It is built in an area of three former mill-towns and two former mining towns, so naturally, one would think that a mall the size of The Pittsburgh Mills would be a boon for this area in tears of employment AND shopping.
But, a funny thing happened on the way to the opening. Firstly, many things did NOT get built - such as a mini Nascar raceway (the signage and the fence surrounding the track remained in place for quite a while) - many shops found that they could not maintain themselves; a Prmanti's product store was the first victim; restaurants have come and gone and come and gone again. The owner of the Mills project declared bankruptcy and has been bought out.
There are no real flagship stores in the mall itself - sure there's a Macy's, a Borders and a Dick's Sporting Goods - and the rents (supposedly) are enormously high enough to detract prospective retailers from coming in.
The Mills is suffering because it brought in a load of high-priced stores to a monetarily deprived community; the employment is there, but the shoppers are not.
Had The Mills been built when originally proposed, the economy was better, the surrounding area was less depressed and consumers had a bit more disposal income (though not much).
In the past two months, the Mill's current owner has backed out, bringing in his son from North or South Carolina to try to bring the mall into the black.
A quick walk-through of the mall shows nearly a third of the retail spaces empty and waiting for ANY business to lease the space.
I hope whoever is in charge of YOUR mall from the onset plans it out far better than the mall here north of Pittsburgh was planned.
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Sad story, DR VIXMOM......I wonder if any of those people would be interested in the EMPTY malls I drive by on the way to work....where big stores no longer operate, and the small stores change signs every five months or so....becoming something else.
Mostly now it's nail salons, massage parlors, and union halls.
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I hope DR CASON has a wonderful birthday today!
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DR td and I were writing at the same time......
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re: the Debra Messing show THE STARTER WIFE
It's premiering here tonight and i was wondering if anybody here watched it or has seen it? Does it sound like something i might like? Thanks.
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Happy birthday to DR Cason.
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Happy BDay to DRCason!!!!
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DR jane, re: my comment yesterday about viewing some tv programs online.
I just wasn't sure if it was a viable option for DR Derbrucer. I just wanted to mention that a lot of shows are available to watch online (although i cannot watch any of them from us websites).
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DR td and I were writing at the same time......
. . .because great minds think alike.
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re: Last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS elimination.
When i commented yesterday i did not give the spoilers that dialidol had listed. But they were right on with the bottom 2.
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I think i mentioned that i thought it might be susan lucci to go home. Dialidol had toni braxton at the very bottom with susan lucci as the 2nd to bottom. And cloris as the 3rd to bottom. I think in a way it was surprising for toni to go, since she was a much better dancer than the other 2. I guess she just a) doesn't have a big enough fan base and b) has not been dancing up to her potential. To me she had great potential. but didn't really shine like she should have.
Interestingly dialidol had my 3 favorite dancers as the top 3 (this never happens). My 3 favs are cody/julianne, brooke/derek, and lancey/lacey.
I just assume that warren/kym will end up in the finals though.
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Don't get me started on the way they have screwed up this City.
On a good note, I am off to get my ankle scanned because the last X-rays showed a gap between two of the bones that were pinned together. Maybe they just shoot some superglue or flubber in there. It has been a source of frustration and pain the last two or three weeks, so I am quite anxious to get a diagnosis and make some progress. Wish me luck, please.
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Vixmom, move to PDX. We have one of the most restrictive building codes in the nation--Wal-Mart, for example, has pretty much given up on us (in the metro area at least--they're out in the 'burbs), and Costco and Ikea had to fight like hell to get approved.
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DRJENNIFER no one should ever watch ANY show with Debra Messing.
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DR JMK does the Frances Farmer Fun Festival have a website for information?
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Happy (belated) birthday to DR 3DDiffusion!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR CASON!!!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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DR Kerry, GOOD LUCK & VIBES!!!
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WORK & MALL VIBES TO DR VIXMOM, yes you deserve to be grumpy.
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Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear E and T Boo-Key
Happy Birthday to You!
and many more!!
(being E and T -- he got that from my side of the family ...)
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Good morning!
Warmer inside and out this morning though still just a bit chilly. I will once again open doors and windows when the temps reach their near-highs today to keep the house moderately pleasant.
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DR Jennifer,
You must not have seen the six episode miniseries THE STARTER WIFE which was the jumping off point for this series. It was moderately entertaining, but I decided I wouldn't invest in the show as a weekly series.
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - PUSHING DAISIES, PRIVATE PRACTICE, DIRTY SEXY MONEY
CBS - comedies, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: NY
NBC - KNIGHT RIDER, DEAL OR NO DEAL, LIPSTICK JUNGLE
FOX - World Series
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With last night's THE MENTALIST, THE SHIELD, and GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT on my DVR, I'll have plenty of TV to watch tonight even though the only show I'll record and watch after it starts is CSI: NY.
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Speaking of E and T, Ghost Talk is calling (insert moans, creaking doors, clanking chains) Gotta make like a spirit and disappear, make like a ghost and vanish, make like a ... oh, never mind. Adios -- *poof*
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Today I'm supposed to get the Blu-ray of TINKER BELL for review purposes. However, not depending on Disney to get things mailed on time or to the correct person, I also have ready to watch the first disc in the 10 disc RIALTO PICTURES set from Criterion - TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI.
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DR JMK does the Frances Farmer Fun Festival have a website for information?
francesfarmersrevenge.net (http://francesfarmersrevenge.net)
The guy emailed me yesterday--the City of Seattle has approved November 7 as Frances Farmer Day and they're going to try to get that changed to September 19 permanently starting next year.
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Thanks.
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I sent the link to my sister in Seattle, maybe she will go.
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A happy birthday wish to the E and T (and probably very, very busy) DR Cason. Hope you have a wonderful day!!
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Well, that put us into wide screen...but, we will survive!
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re: the Debra Messing show THE STARTER WIFE
It's premiering here tonight and i was wondering if anybody here watched it or has seen it? Does it sound like something i might like? Thanks.
How on earth would anyone here be able to know that? I hate loathe despise Debra Messing, so "The Starter Wife" is not something I would like, and I know that without requiring anyone else's input.
Take a chance and watch an episode. Only you can decide.
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I also have ready to watch the first disc in the 10 disc RIALTO PICTURES set from Criterion - TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI.
MERDE!
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Congratulations on your casting George
Casting? George! Have you broken something? Leg, arm, hip? How big is the cast? Will you be wearing it for an extended period? Is it a hard cast or a soft cast?
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I am perplexed by its being Wednesday.
It feels like Tuesday.
And I ain't got no Project Runway to look forward to.
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Well, that put us into wide screen...but, we will survive!
It's great to start a day with a rationalization that concerns magnitude.
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And to the "thought implant" of hearing Gloria Gaynor singing "We Will Survive"!
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I watched a rather flabby episode of "Biggest Loser" last night. The promos ruined it for me by positing two potential evictees, one of which actually was evicted. There was virtually nothing to look forward to except more reasons to increase my severe dislike for one contestant named "Heba". She provided them and then some.
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Much to my surprise and delight, the UPS man just dropped off the Blu-ray of TINKER BELL, so that will be my work project for the day.
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Happy Belated/Actual/Un Birthdays to All and Sundry...especially Sundry!
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Now, I must head down to check my regular mail and then start fixing something for lunch.
WBBL.
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I was reading Shopenhauer last night,
And I think that Shopenhauer was right....
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I'm up, after a mostly good night's sleep. I did wake up twice and the second time I finally figured out why. Yesterday morning it was around sixty-five in the house when I awoke, so I turned on the heat. I then forgot I turned on the heat so I never turned it off. I don't sleep well when the heat is on, and that was the problem. The second time I realized I was hearing the heater, so I got up and turned it off.
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Not sure if I'll have time to jog this morning. I'd have to be on the jogging road by ten, and the heat has made me very dry and congested.
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We started the fireplace yesterday and it was blazing away this morning. A very nice warm fire.
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BK, regarding Peggy Webber in DRAGNET...she also worked on the radio version as well as many episodes of the later 1960s verson.
If you check your back issues of SCARLET STREET you will find my interview with her (from a few years back. )
She is very active in CALIFORNIA ARTISTS RADIO THEATRE http://www.calartistsradiotheatre.org/CART_schedule.htm
And of course she was the female lead in the films SPACE CHILDREN and THE SCREAMING SKULL.
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E and T, I may be, but I did want to stop by and thank all of you loyal HHW'ers so much for your birthday wishes!
When I get a chance, I'll let you guys know how things are going here at UCLA...but alas, I need to get ready for a lecture discussion. Thrilling way to spend a birthday... ;)
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Happy birthday to the E&T Cason!!!
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Maybe the lecture will be about being E&T
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Or about being E.T.
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR CASON ! ! ! ! !
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October's Grantseeing Basics class is history and I only have to teach it twice more ;D
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Good Afternoon!
Another good and busy day of auditions. Not crazy, just busy.
My Dad is doing much, much better today. Alas, my Mom's "levels" seem to be keeping her in the hospital for now. She's feeling much, much better and feeling stronger today too, but her doctors want to err on the safe and cautious side in regards to sending her home. Thankfully, my parents have great medical insurance. ;)
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And I only have 45 minutes to go... And we're a little ahead right now. This, my "posting lull".
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Vixmom, move to PDX. We have one of the most restrictive building codes in the nation--Wal-Mart, for example, has pretty much given up on us (in the metro area at least--they're out in the 'burbs), and Costco and Ikea had to fight like hell to get approved.
another reason Jed and I have always said that the Portland area would be the only place we'd move if we ever decided to leave our current digs.
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I too would love to live in Portland, but alas I am poor and can only afford Salem.
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And the word of the day is: PALINODE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: I'M NOT AT ALL IN LOVE
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I too would love to live in Portland, but alas I am poor and can only afford Salem.
I doubt we'd be able to really afford it either, MBarnum. Tacoma suits us well, though. It's big enough and close enough to Seattle to keep us close to theaters and such, but a heck of a lot cheaper. And quite pretty, really, when you know the right areas of town to live in.
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As If by Wizardry-Page 4
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AND THE CASON KEEPS MARCHING ALONG
Happy Happy Birthday to The Birthday Boy
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Much has been made of the tax benefits to our little town - however since the powers that be (did I mention how they sold us down the river?) gave the multimillionaire smug bassas a TEN YEAR TAX Moritorium it will do us no good whatsoever until years after our property values have been driven into the ground
My hunch is that your local government gave the developer a Local Property Tax Moritorium; your community should still benefit from the gillions of dollars of sales tax revenue the mall generates. Unless you folks elected a gaggle of villiage idiots to the local halls of government, you should have a net plus on the deal (without the Mall, the property would probably have generated little in Property Taxes).
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But she sure likes to shop at expensive stores...
Easy to do when somone else is picking up the bill.
der Brucer
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Happy Birthday DR Cason...
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property closing vibes to Elmore......
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Congrats to George....
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Re: Malls
The one here in FArgo is pretty good and has only a couple of holes. However the one in Moorhead is half empty. Many of the big box stores want to be stand alones or connected to a stripmall.
Malls are hit and miss for me. MOA in the twin cities is WAY too big for me. I do like the Maplewood, Burnsville and Rosedale malls in the twin cities.
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We do have some strip malls that have big holes and it depends on what part of town. Northend of town has a lot of probs keeping businesses however those closerto the university seem to be doing better.
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Since we are on the topic of Malls.....
BK, what was the first mall you went to?
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btw, all readers are invited to answer along with bk...
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Hello Ann, I hope you are feeling better and Master Toby is doing well...
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Hello Ann, I hope you are feeling better and Master Toby is doing well...
HI Dakota! I'm feeling much better, thank you. Tobers is still dealing with some spitting up issues, but I think that has more to do with how much milk he's guzzling during a feeding, and how much extra air he's swallowing each time. He and I have been sleeping upright in a recliner for the last two nights, and it seems to help him. Hopefully he'll grow out of this soon.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Cason!
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Re: Malls
The one here in FArgo is pretty good and has only a couple of holes. However the one in Moorhead is half empty. Many of the big box stores want to be stand alones or connected to a stripmall.
Malls are hit and miss for me. MOA in the twin cities is WAY too big for me. I do like the Maplewood, Burnsville and Rosedale malls in the twin cities.
The Mall that Vixmom is talking about is not your usual retail Mall - it is an Outlet Mall that specializes in Brand Name manufacturers (mainly apparel) who have stores that deeply discount their merchandise. They do not have big name Big Box stores, or chain department store anchors. They do not rely on the locals as a major customer base - they depend on "destination shoppers" who will travel for the bargains. We have a major Tanger Outlet Mall here in the Rehoboth area (within walking distance of our house in the woods). The Mall hosts dozens of buses that ferry in out-of-staters for a day of tax-free discount shopping. The Mall has no Cinemas and no restaurants.
der Brucer
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Hello Ann, I hope you are feeling better and Master Toby is doing well...
HI Dakota! I'm feeling much better, thank you. Tobers is still dealing with some spitting up issues, but I think that has more to do with how much milk he's guzzling during a feeding, and how much extra air he's swallowing each time. He and I have been sleeping upright in a recliner for the last two nights, and it seems to help him. Hopefully he'll grow out of this soon.
Or he'll get teeth and you'll "grow out of it". ;D
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First mall - you mean, actual mall type mall would probably have been Topanga Plaza or the Laurel Canyon mall by Oxnard and Laurel Canyon. First of the really humungous malls would have been the original indoor mall at Sepulveda and Ventura - what the hell was it called - it was famous.
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Did a very pleasant log jog, and have now shaved and will shortly shower - still awaiting CD delivery - hopefully he'll be here before I leave.
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btw, all readers are invited to answer along with bk...
Actually, I can't answer. There were no Malls in my youth - it was all downtown Department Stores. Later on the downtown stores opened suburban venues which ultimately grew into larger shopping centers. I don't think I ran into a classic one-owner mall until I settled in CA in the late sixties.
der Brucer
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First mall - you mean, actual mall type mall would probably have been Topanga Plaza or the Laurel Canyon mall by Oxnard and Laurel Canyon. First of the really humungous malls would have been the original indoor mall at Sepulveda and Ventura - what the hell was it called - it was famous.
Sherman Oaks Galleria - like, the home of the Valley Girls
der Brucer
The original closed in 1999 and a new open air version opened in 2002.
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I'm appalled by malls.
That is all.
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I too would love to live in Portland, but alas I am poor and can only afford Salem.
Would you really want the daily commute to work?
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Re: Malls
The one here in FArgo is pretty good and has only a couple of holes. However the one in Moorhead is half empty. Many of the big box stores want to be stand alones or connected to a stripmall.
Malls are hit and miss for me. MOA in the twin cities is WAY too big for me. I do like the Maplewood, Burnsville and Rosedale malls in the twin cities.
The Mall that Vixmom is talking about is not your usual retail Mall - it is an Outlet Mall that specializes in Brand Name manufacturers (mainly apparel) who have stores that deeply discount their merchandise. They do not have big name Big Box stores, or chain department store anchors. They do not rely on the locals as a major customer base - they depend on "destination shoppers" who will travel for the bargains. We have a major Tanger Outlet Mall here in the Rehoboth area (within walking distance of our house in the woods). The Mall hosts dozens of buses that ferry in out-of-staters for a day of tax-free discount shopping. The Mall has no Cinemas and no restaurants.
der Brucer
Places like that belong off of freeway exits, that do not take traffic through neighborhoods.
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I'm appalled by malls.
That is all.
Malls were part of my sinful youth:
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der Brucer
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DR Jennifer,
You must not have seen the six episode miniseries THE STARTER WIFE which was the jumping off point for this series. It was moderately entertaining, but I decided I wouldn't invest in the show as a weekly series.
If it was on USA network we don't get that station here.
But they are starting with the tv series (the 2 hour premiere starts tonight on showcase).
When i was watching this week's (here) Saving Grace there was a promo for Starter Wife. It looked interesting. But i did not ever see the mini series.
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - PUSHING DAISIES, PRIVATE PRACTICE, DIRTY SEXY MONEY
CBS - comedies, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: NY
NBC - KNIGHT RIDER, DEAL OR NO DEAL, LIPSTICK JUNGLE
FOX - World Series
The CW also has America's Next Top Model (although i don't get it till sat), and a new show called Stylista (which i will be recording).
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THE ARCH AND THE ARCANE was my favorite sopa opera of the 60's.
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Places like that belong off of freeway exits, that do not take traffic through neighborhoods.
Well, down here there is little choice - there is only one road through town; the Outlet Malls are smack dab on the highway. (I might add that the when the Malls were built, there were no "neighborhoods" (the outlets were built on farmland) - "neighborhoods" came later. The Malls are destination shopping points for folks who bus in from Virginia, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
(The low-cost sales-tax free cigarettes are also a big attraction!)
der Brucer
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re: the Debra Messing show THE STARTER WIFE
It's premiering here tonight and i was wondering if anybody here watched it or has seen it? Does it sound like something i might like? Thanks.
How on earth would anyone here be able to know that? I hate loathe despise Debra Messing, so "The Starter Wife" is not something I would like, and I know that without requiring anyone else's input.
Take a chance and watch an episode. Only you can decide.
I disagree. I can see the kinds of shows that others here watch and know whether i think something would be their cup of tea.
I was mostly just curious if anybody here watched the show and liked it.
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Definition according to Wikipedia: A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain retail units, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit.
My first mall was in Century City. It was fairly charming outdoor mall when it first opened up. While still an open air shopping center it has grown tremendously since the early days. There was one main department store, Broadway, in the center with wonderful small shops all around. Now there is a major theater complex, multiple major department store, far more shops & restaurants. Century City has grown incredibly, the shopping center is now surrounded by tall building, hotels, & gated communities.
The first enclosed mall I can remember is the Northridge Mall.
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RE: last night's ELI STONE.
I also loved it.
I had no opinion about whether i would enjoy katie holmes before the episode. but like DR MattH, I loved katie in the role of grace. I really hope she returns. The role was wonderful!
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Places like that belong off of freeway exits, that do not take traffic through neighborhoods.
Well, down here there is little choice - there is only one road through town; the Outlet Malls are smack dab on the highway. (I might add that the when the Malls were built, there were no "neighborhoods" (the outlets were built on farmland) - "neighborhoods" came later. The Malls are destination shopping points for folks who bus in from Virginia, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
(The low-cost sales-tax free cigarettes are also a big attraction!)
der Brucer
At least the neighborhoods came after & the people knew what they were buying, not the other way around.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes for DR edisaurus! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keep them property closing vibes coming as well, DRs! I'm getting tired of waiting for nirvana.
I saw NIRVANA in concert while Kurt was still alive. Oh wait, maybe that was THE BEACH BOYS.
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I must be on my way to rehearsal - CDs did arrive, and I got all the single orders in their packages, but ran out of time to do any of the other postage. So, I'm planning on being back at three sharp to do the rest of the postage, and then take all the stuff to USPS and the five big boxes to the UPS Store, and then immediately deliver the box of 100 over in Reseda. Whew!
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Good Afternoon!
Due to everyone(!) showing up on time for their audition slots today, we ended up finishing about 30 minutes early, so I was able to take a short, semi-leisurely walk in midtown before hopping on the train back uptown. I would have walked around a bit longer, but the cooler(!) temps have definitely settled in for the day. Now I'm just waiting for the snow. ;)
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Did anyone watch HOUSE last night? We are missing the first 13 minutes of the show. Our Directv connection had to be re-started. It took so long we missed the beginning of HOUSE. Half way through the re-start process (which states every minute or so "just a few more seconds" "we are almost there") it began the process all over again. Needless to say "a few more seconds" lasted at least 20 minutes.
Before we watch HOUSE it would be nice to know what we missed, might make things less confusing ;)
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I know it's a press release and nothing may come of it but this just in from Playbill On-Line
Promises, Promises (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122609.html)
It was the first Broadway musical I ever saw (on Broadway). It was 1971 and Tony Roberts was playing C.C. Baxter and Jenny O'Hara (sister of Jill who originated the part) played Fran Kubelik.
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In other news...
I think I may take a nap, but I have a feeling that if I do grab a few winks, I'll end up grabbing a few more than I should. I'm meeting a friend - not that friend - for dinner at 6:30, and then we're finally catching "Vicky Christina Barcelona" before it leaves town. Again, we'll see.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES
TO E AN T DR BOO-KEY!
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DR Jane - To answer your question from the other night: Possibly tomorrow night. ;)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, D(E&T)R CASON!!!!!
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First really really big mall I went to when I was growing up in Brooklyn was Kings Plaza at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U. It took a while to get there by two busses, but it was a great place to spend an afternoon, see a movie or two, and find bargains. And Cooky's all-you-can-eat was the delightful start of my battle with weight. :)
There were a couple of blocks of stores which might be called malls near where I lived, one by Trump Village and one by Luna Park. They called themselves shopping centers, but they looked like what i think of as strip malls.
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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY
WISHES TO DR 3-D!
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Re: Malls
The one here in FArgo is pretty good and has only a couple of holes. However the one in Moorhead is half empty. Many of the big box stores want to be stand alones or connected to a stripmall.
Malls are hit and miss for me. MOA in the twin cities is WAY too big for me. I do like the Maplewood, Burnsville and Rosedale malls in the twin cities.
The Mall that Vixmom is talking about is not your usual retail Mall - it is an Outlet Mall that specializes in Brand Name manufacturers (mainly apparel) who have stores that deeply discount their merchandise. They do not have big name Big Box stores, or chain department store anchors. They do not rely on the locals as a major customer base - they depend on "destination shoppers" who will travel for the bargains. We have a major Tanger Outlet Mall here in the Rehoboth area (within walking distance of our house in the woods). The Mall hosts dozens of buses that ferry in out-of-staters for a day of tax-free discount shopping. The Mall has no Cinemas and no restaurants.
der Brucer
Ahhh, outlet malls like the one they have in Albertville, MN... They do have a couple of coffee shops and a sub shop there.
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Hello Ann, I hope you are feeling better and Master Toby is doing well...
HI Dakota! I'm feeling much better, thank you. Tobers is still dealing with some spitting up issues, but I think that has more to do with how much milk he's guzzling during a feeding, and how much extra air he's swallowing each time. He and I have been sleeping upright in a recliner for the last two nights, and it seems to help him. Hopefully he'll grow out of this soon.
I hope he will too...
Just wait he will have you running top speed in a few short months...
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Places like that belong off of freeway exits, that do not take traffic through neighborhoods.
Well, down here there is little choice - there is only one road through town; the Outlet Malls are smack dab on the highway. (I might add that the when the Malls were built, there were no "neighborhoods" (the outlets were built on farmland) - "neighborhoods" came later. The Malls are destination shopping points for folks who bus in from Virginia, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
(The low-cost sales-tax free cigarettes are also a big attraction!)
der Brucer
THe one here in FArgo is not necessarily a tax break but it was a huge destination shopping point in North dakota for years and it also drew shoppers from Western MN. It was open wheat fields when it was built in the 70s and the rest of fargo has grown around it.
Intersting thing about West Acres or Wasted Acres as the locals call it with the exception of Pennys, Sears, Macys {formerly Dayton-Hudson then Marshall Fields} and Herbergers (formerly DeLendrecies), the rest of the big Box stores like Kohls and Target are right near by. Many of the stores in the mall are more geared to teenyboppers such as Aeropostale, LAGap, Wetseal and several others. There are somethings I have seen in Wetseal I would not want to be caught dead in.
I do like some things that Eddie Bauer carries --- when and if it is on the clearance rack...
Funny right behind the mall and Best Buy is Savers.
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Open air malls have some issues up here due to the climate....
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The first mall I recall was THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER. Don't know when it opened, but it was sometime in the early 60s.
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I found Mall of America too big for my liking... Four floors of shopping, an amusement parkand so forth. Heck each floor had at least one Bloomies or Macys, god knows how many Hollister and Aeropostale and the like. However there was one shop I liked: Irish Indeed!
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I also liked Eaton Place in Winnepeg.
South Forks Plaza was the first one I went to and that was built in early 70s. Columbia Mall followed a few years later and was the place to be in the 80s
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MBarnum, the local indian student association is having bollywood night on campus, you coming?
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Did anyone watch HOUSE last night? We are missing the first 13 minutes of the show.
Before we watch HOUSE it would be nice to know what we missed, might make things less confusing ;)
Thirteen brings a woman, Spencer home with her and they have sex. Afterward, Thirteen goes to the bathroom and talks to Spencer in the other room. They're interrupted when Spencer falls out of bed, convulsing. Thirteen calls the EMTs who take Spencer to the hospital ER where Cameron admits her. Thirteen admits she doesn't know Spencer's name. Cameron brings the case to House, but he's busy playing a practical joke on Wilson. He goes into Wilson's office and finds him lying on the floor. House asks why Wilson was late and he claims he was meeting with someone for breakfast, but then eats a doughnut. Ecstasy doesn't account for the symptoms and House discovers that Thirteen knows about the case because she was with Spencer at 3 a.m.
In differential, House is interested in Thirteen's downward spiral and whether she was using drugs. Thirteen insists that Spencer has visited four other doctors who have found nothing, and she's just a hypochondriac who drinks too much. House orders Thirteen to take a bone marrow sample and goes along with her. Spencer cheerfully talks about her sexual affair with Thirteen.
House wants Lucas to investigate Wilson, noting he never eats a doughnut after a big breakfast. Lucas figures House is worried that something changed, but House tells him to check Wilson out.
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MORE HERE (http://www.tv.com/house/lucky-thirteen/episode/1232229/recap.html?tag=overview;recap)
der Brucer
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Provo Town Center is nice also. Very light and airy with a lot of natural sunlight
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As for Malls...
I don't mind the big outlet malls, however, I do miss the days when an "outlet mall" was a true "outlet mall". Nowadays, most of the stores/chains in outlet malls are actually "lower end" versions of their namesake(?). Heck, even Old Navy - a.k.a. "The Disposable Clothing Store" - has their own version and brand of outlet mall clothing. They no longer really carry the post-season and discontinued merchandise from their main stores. The clothing is manufactured - and labeled - for the outlet malls.
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I too would love to live in Portland, but alas I am poor and can only afford Salem.
Maybe if you didn't live in Salem, you wouldn't be poor. Maybe if you lived in India and roamed the streets in one of your many saris, you might, at this very moment, be a huge Bollywood star. Or possibly a Bombay drag queen.
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The first mall I can remember is the original Tysons Corner in Tysons Corner/Fairfax, VA. It was "HUGE". Of course, years later, after two major remodelings/overhauls - including adding a second level(!) - it really is HUGE now. Alas, I miss the Farrell's. ;)
There are no real malls here in New York City, however, there is something called the "Broadway Mall" a block or two from Macy's, and, frankly, I have no desire to set foot in there. It's just a collection of stores that already have locations elsewhere in the city. -Some of them even have storefronts in the Mall, and then another location a block or two away.
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DR Jane - You can watch last night's "House" online HERE (http://fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=house).
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As for Malls...
I don't mind the big outlet malls, however, I do miss the days when an "outlet mall" was a true "outlet mall". Nowadays, most of the stores/chains in outlet malls are actually "lower end" versions of their namesake(?). Heck, even Old Navy - a.k.a. "The Disposable Clothing Store" - has their own version and brand of outlet mall clothing. They no longer really carry the post-season and discontinued merchandise from their main stores. The clothing is manufactured - and labeled - for the outlet malls.
I had to laugh at old navy last summer. I was in the one in GF with my neice and she waned to by a pair of denim cut off shorts. The store was selling them for 24.99. I told her she was crazy and it was cheaper to go to the thrift store and buy a pair, then make them into cut-offs.
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DR Jennifer - My roommate, Jim, who is admitted "TV-holic", gave "The Starter Wife" a try. His "try" only lasted 10 minutes. -If that means anything.
-And I think DR Ron Pulliam was simply stating that if you're interested in watching the show - any show - and it doesn't interfere with your other TV viewing, just watch it. Form your own opinion, and proceed from there.
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DR Jane - To answer your question from the other night: Possibly tomorrow night. ;)
:) May you have at least as good an evening as the previous one.
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I too would love to live in Portland, but alas I am poor and can only afford Salem.
Maybe if you didn't live in Salem, you wouldn't be poor. Maybe if you lived in India and roamed the streets in one of your many saris, you might, at this very moment, be a huge Bollywood star. Or possibly a Bombay drag queen.
Or maybe if DR MBarnum just stopped buying Bollywood movies and ordering Bollywood posters from India for just a week each month, he'd be rich (again).
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DR Jane - To answer your question from the other night: Possibly tomorrow night. ;)
:) May you have at least as good an evening as the previous one.
I'm sure it will be. Our previous dates have always been good. :)
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Open air malls have some issues up here due to the climate....
They do work better in Southern California ;)
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I know it's a press release and nothing may come of it but this just in from Playbill On-Line
Promises, Promises (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122609.html)
It was the first Broadway musical I ever saw (on Broadway). It was 1971 and Tony Roberts was playing C.C. Baxter and Jenny O'Hara (sister of Jill who originated the part) played Fran Kubelik.
I loved the musical PROMISES, PROMISES. I only saw the original touring company, but it was wonderful.
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DR Jose, plural? I thought that had been your first one.
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DR DB, all that in the first 13 minutes! ;D Thanks for the info & link.
DR Jose, thanks for the on-line watch link.
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It did not warm up as much today as it did yesterday, so I gragged out an old space heater to take the chill out of the air in the den where I have the home theater. Once it ran for a bit, it was fine. And it's fun upstairs where I am now since warm air rises and whatever heat the sunlight is furnishing is gathering upstairs.
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I began my afternoon skimming through last night's season finale of GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT. I knew Chad Allen's character was gone, but he was mentioned and it gave hope that the character might be brought back next season.
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Next, I watched THE MENTALIST while I cooked and ate lunch. I enjoyed the episode very much, but we're in the same situation with him as we are with Allison on MEDIUM. He keeps being right, and the folks in power always doubt him and never give him the benefit of the doubt until he has to prove himself yet again. If the show continues to do as well as MEDIUM as done, I guess five or five years down the line, there will still people thinking he's wrong.
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The first mall that I ever heard of in Washington State was the Northgate Mall, north of Seattle. It wasn't an enclosed mall, but rather was two strips of stores facing each other with a cover over the walkway. The first Mall I was ever in was the Tacoma Mall which opened in, I believe, 1966.
Having spent most of my retail employment years working in malls, I try to avoid shopping in them at all costs.
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DR DB, all that in the first 13 minutes! ;D Thanks for the info & link.
DR Jose, thanks for the on-line watch link.
DR Jose, plural? I thought that had been your first one.
I never said "first". :)
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I spent the vast majority of the afternoon on the Blu-ray of TINKER BELL. Showing us the origins of the fairy and her role in the world of Pixie Hollow in Never Land, it's a moderately amusing and entertaining animated-for-home film. The CGI is very colorful but, of course, with nothing like the budget of THE INCREDIBLES or NEMO, it can't look as good as Pixar films do. Still, it was pleasant, and I'm sure little girls will love it.
Some star power in the roles of the fairies: Mae Whitman plays Tink, but as her pals there are America Ferrera (UGLY BETTY), Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, and Anjelica Huston as the Fairy Queen. Jane Horrocks plays Fairy Mary who's the head tinker fairy, and Jesse McCartney plays Terence who dispenses pixie dust (looks like they're setting him up to become Tink's boy friend in a later adventure.)
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The bonus items are a little disappointing. There are some games and a music video, some deleted scenes, but the "making of" documentary only runs 10 minutes and only talks about the conception of Pixie Hollow and its inhabitants. Not one word about the marvelous cast they rounded up to do these voices. Strange.
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I ended the afternoon skimming AS THE WORLD TURNS. Luke, Noah, et al were on, planning his run for student body president. Kevin, to his credit, was not on board with all the homophobia being spouted about Luke. Be interesting to see where this goes.
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Jose-
By The Way
Go out and get Yo-Yo Ma's new Cd SONGS OF JOY AND PEACE
I think you will enjoy it.
By The Way
Scott Ellis?
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I dislike malls, be they indoor malls, strip malls, or outlet malls.
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This morning my DH and I went for a walk in a city park for about 3 miles. Echo Canyon, which Cillaliz might remember. It took all morning. it was 1.5 miles scrambling up to the top of Camelback Mountain and 1.5 miles picking our way down the boulders.
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Years ago, New Yorkers could have put a roof over 42nd Street and made it the country's first real strip mall. :D
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Years ago, New Yorkers could have put a roof over 42nd Street and made it the country's first real strip mall. :D
I miss the old 42nd Street. It was more fun when it was scary to walk down it.
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DR JOSE has another date tomorrow night. Whew! What a social butterfly.
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Mooresville had the outdoor Village Shopping Center which had a Ben Franklin Dime Store, Handy Hardware, Kroger, Hook's Drug Store, Hallmark Cards, Habig's Casuals for clothing, and Shoe World....and a few little stores that came and went. It is still there....but none of the original stores - except Handy Hardware and Kroger (but in a new location) are still there.\
First indoor mall....the Simon's Lafayette Square at Lafayette Road and 38th street. It is still there as well, but is sort of a ... well I don't shop there.
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Of course, in addition to DR CASON, someone else famous is celebrating a birthday today.
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Having spent most of my retail employment years working in malls, I try to avoid shopping in them at all costs.
Bryan feels the same way.
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DR GINNY - the days are dwindling down to a precious few. Who will be doing the Grant workshops when you depart?
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Miss Annette is 66 years old today, and still America's Pineapple Princess.
DR EDISAURUS - please remind Mr Sherman that his Annette songs still get a lot of CD play around these here parts.
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DR GINNY - the days are dwindling down to a precious few. Who will be doing the Grant workshops when you depart?
Well, DR JRand, they've been advertising the position all month and haven't received any likely applications. I just posted it to a couple of the listservs that I frequent.
Anybody here want to become a Grants Specialist at Dayton Metro Library?
30 work days...
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Years ago, New Yorkers could have put a roof over 42nd Street and made it the country's first real strip mall. :D
I miss the old 42nd Street. It was more fun when it was scary to walk down it.
I always thought it was kind of daring and exciting to walk down 42nd St. And when I was much younger, very profitable.
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DR DB, all that in the first 13 minutes! ;D Thanks for the info & link.
DR Jose, thanks for the on-line watch link.
DR Jose, plural? I thought that had been your first one.
I never said "first". :)
I know, however if you mentioned something recently I missed it. ;)
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DR DB, all that in the first 13 minutes! ;D Thanks for the info & link.
DR Jose, thanks for the on-line watch link.
DR Jose, plural? I thought that had been your first one.
I never said "first". :)
I know, however if you mentioned something recently I missed it. ;)
Perhaps Dr Jose preferred not to mention the first, until he was sure there would be a second!
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In order to make my last post I had to close the site & reopen it. This is not the first time I have attempted a post only to be told I already made said post & to go "back". Has anyone else had this problem?
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DR DB, all that in the first 13 minutes! ;D Thanks for the info & link.
DR Jose, thanks for the on-line watch link.
DR Jose, plural? I thought that had been your first one.
I never said "first". :)
I know, however if you mentioned something recently I missed it. ;)
Perhaps Dr Jose preferred not to mention the first, until he was sure there would be a second!
Naturally, if I had a first date, I would announce it here. I would also contact Ripley's BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
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Me too DR TCB.....for a date of my own, that is.
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DR JANE - maybe it's your browser.....that hasn't happened to me YET!
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In order to make my last post I had to close the site & reopen it. This is not the first time I have attempted a post only to be told I already made said post & to go "back". Has anyone else had this problem?
DR Jane - That happens if you try to "re-quote", but then type in another response to another post. The board's software is "too smart" in that regard. -If you look at your URL/address line when you respond/quote to a post, it actually has a specific URL. So, if you happen to page back to an "old" response page, and then post from there, it will signal the system that it's a duplicate post.
You don't have to close and open the board, however. Just go back to the "Home", and it will fine from there.
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DR DB, all that in the first 13 minutes! ;D Thanks for the info & link.
DR Jose, thanks for the on-line watch link.
DR Jose, plural? I thought that had been your first one.
I never said "first". :)
I know, however if you mentioned something recently I missed it. ;)
Perhaps Dr Jose preferred not to mention the first, until he was sure there would be a second!
Naturally, if I had a first date, I would announce it here. I would also contact Ripley's BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
PSHAW!!!!
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It has happened a number of times. I'm pretty sure only when I have used the quote option.
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Today I went for a walk on my balcony, and this is what I saw (with apologies to DR Laura).
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/TheWinner.jpg)
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I'm hopping off-line now to do some writing, and then will head back down for some fun evening viewing. I may be able to get to SEX AND THE CITY (the Movie) on Blu-ray tonight.
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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In order to make my last post I had to close the site & reopen it. This is not the first time I have attempted a post only to be told I already made said post & to go "back". Has anyone else had this problem?
DR Jane - That happens if you try to "re-quote", but then type in another response to another post. The board's software is "too smart" in that regard. -If you look at your URL/address line when you respond/quote to a post, it actually has a specific URL. So, if you happen to page back to an "old" response page, and then post from there, it will signal the system that it's a duplicate post.
You don't have to close and open the board, however. Just go back to the "Home", and it will fine from there.
Closing & opening was easier then finding "home" & starting from there.
I hadn't actually quoted the one I opened, only in a previous quote on the subject. So did you have difficulty responding to my quote when you had quoted previously? Gosh, I understand what I'm saying but I gotta wonder if anyone else does ;D
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Years ago, New Yorkers could have put a roof over 42nd Street and made it the country's first real strip mall. :D
I miss the old 42nd Street. It was more fun when it was scary to walk down it.
I always have to wonder if "people" would really like the "old 42nd Street" if it ever came back. Yes, a little danger in one's daily commute can be "exciting", but I'd rather feel safe and secure - regardless of how many Starbucks happen to be crammed into those four to six block area.
I mean, regardless of what you thought about Kock and Giuliani, I think making the Times Square area a true Destination was not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, rents are skyrocketing, and some of the seedier elements have been pushed further west and east, but isn't that happening everywhere?
-I'm not a NYC native, so I know my opinion may be in the minority, but I have been coming to the City That Never Sleeps regularly since I was 10 years old, and I've lived here the past three years. I like the cleaner and less seedy NYC. Call me a rebel. ;)
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Beautiful DR TCB!
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In order to make my last post I had to close the site & reopen it. This is not the first time I have attempted a post only to be told I already made said post & to go "back". Has anyone else had this problem?
DR Jane - That happens if you try to "re-quote", but then type in another response to another post. The board's software is "too smart" in that regard. -If you look at your URL/address line when you respond/quote to a post, it actually has a specific URL. So, if you happen to page back to an "old" response page, and then post from there, it will signal the system that it's a duplicate post.
You don't have to close and open the board, however. Just go back to the "Home", and it will fine from there.
Closing & opening was easier then finding "home" & starting from there.
I hadn't actually quoted the one I opened, only in a previous quote on the subject. So did you have difficulty responding to my quote when you had quoted previously? Gosh, I understand what I'm saying but I gotta wonder if anyone else does ;D
I understand what you're saying.
And, yes, the board basically only allows you to respond to the post you "originally" quoted. So, if you try to re-quote, re-respond, it will come up as an error.
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*And the Home button is right at the top of the page.
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I went for a walk today and saw this:
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Oh, how pretty.
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In order to make my last post I had to close the site & reopen it. This is not the first time I have attempted a post only to be told I already made said post & to go "back". Has anyone else had this problem?
DR Jane - That happens if you try to "re-quote", but then type in another response to another post. The board's software is "too smart" in that regard. -If you look at your URL/address line when you respond/quote to a post, it actually has a specific URL. So, if you happen to page back to an "old" response page, and then post from there, it will signal the system that it's a duplicate post.
You don't have to close and open the board, however. Just go back to the "Home", and it will fine from there.
Closing & opening was easier then finding "home" & starting from there.
I hadn't actually quoted the one I opened, only in a previous quote on the subject. So did you have difficulty responding to my quote when you had quoted previously? Gosh, I understand what I'm saying but I gotta wonder if anyone else does ;D
I understand what you're saying.
And, yes, the board basically only allows you to respond to the post you "originally" quoted. So, if you try to re-quote, re-respond, it will come up as an error.
I double checked & I hadn't responded to that post, only to your last post so I should have been ok. I even double checked I was at the bottom of ALL the quotes. Sometimes I miss & go in the middle. I find if I remember to click on preview I can see what I'm doing better than in the original box.
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I hadn't actually quoted the one I opened, only in a previous quote on the subject. So did you have difficulty responding to my quote when you had quoted previously? Gosh, I understand what I'm saying but I gotta wonder if anyone else does ;D
Not a clue, DR Jane.
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Jose-
By The Way
Go out and get Yo-Yo Ma's new Cd SONGS OF JOY AND PEACE
I think you will enjoy it.
By The Way
Scott Ellis?
Thanks, DR ArnoldMBrockman for the CD recommendation.
As for Scott Ellis - Check your e-mail. I hope. -I'm not sure my outgoing mails have been "outgoing" lately.
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Years ago, New Yorkers could have put a roof over 42nd Street and made it the country's first real strip mall. :D
I miss the old 42nd Street. It was more fun when it was scary to walk down it.
I always have to wonder if "people" would really like the "old 42nd Street" if it ever came back. Yes, a little danger in one's daily commute can be "exciting", but I'd rather feel safe and secure - regardless of how many Starbucks happen to be crammed into those four to six block area.
I mean, regardless of what you thought about Kock and Giuliani, I think making the Times Square area a true Destination was not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, rents are skyrocketing, and some of the seedier elements have been pushed further west and east, but isn't that happening everywhere?
-I'm not a NYC native, so I know my opinion may be in the minority, but I have been coming to the City That Never Sleeps regularly since I was 10 years old, and I've lived here the past three years. I like the cleaner and less seedy NYC. Call me a rebel. ;)
I believe there is a Freudian slip in that post, but I won't touch it!
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I went for a walk today and saw this:
Very lovely, Jane.
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I didn't take my camera this morning.
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I believe there is a Freudian slip in that post, but I won't touch it!
Well, maybe just a Finger Slip. SPOO!! ;D
Thanks for reading. ;)
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DR JOSE has another date tomorrow night. Whew! What a social butterfly.
We'll see. We both seem to have pretty erratic schedules lately, so... If it happens, good. If not, there will (most likely) be a next time.
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I hadn't actually quoted the one I opened, only in a previous quote on the subject. So did you have difficulty responding to my quote when you had quoted previously? Gosh, I understand what I'm saying but I gotta wonder if anyone else does ;D
Not a clue, DR Jane.
;D
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I hadn't actually quoted the one I opened, only in a previous quote on the subject. So did you have difficulty responding to my quote when you had quoted previously? Gosh, I understand what I'm saying but I gotta wonder if anyone else does ;D
I went for a walk today and saw this:
Very lovely, Jane.
Not a clue, DR Jane.
Thank you.
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I didn't take my camera this morning.
I still don't have a camera. I do have a wealth of photos from previous years of walking in Lithia Park.:)
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OK - Time for me to head down to Lincoln Square. Hopefully, I'll stay awake.
Laters...
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Can browsers become unibrowses?
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I went for a walk today and saw this:
Absolutely beautiful!!!! Thank you for sharing it!
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You are welcome.
I also saw this:
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***MEDICAL LUCK AND PAIN-FREE VIBES***
for DR Kerry!!!!
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Are they web ducks because they are now posted on the InterWeb?
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***PROPERTY CLOSING VIBES***
for DR elmore3003!
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Today was a work day from hell. :(
And they may be more that way from here on in. So I may perhaps be more scarce now during the day.
We shall see! :-\
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Can browsers become unibrowses?
I'm sure, someday soon, that you will look in the mirror and tell us! :D
;)
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What a non-stop little day this has been! Rehearsal was fun - they're really out of shape and need to get this show back in their bodies - it's almost as if they haven't even been practicing. The stuff I fixed after Great Neck, arrangement-wise, is working well, and I added a few new lines of patter, and cleaned up some staging that I didn't love in the opening number. Four more days to get it perfect.
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I then came home, affixed postage on all the other packages that needed same, and got everything shipped out, along with the five boxes to the online dealer. No way for me to go to Reseda to deliver the box of 100, so I'll do that for sure tomorrow afternoon. Right now, I'm going to box up all the other online store orders, so that I can ship them prior to our ten o'clock rehearsal tomorrow - if, for some reason, I can't, then I'll ship at two when we're finished. My jog is probably going to have to wait until after two, as I won't get up extra early while I'm still recuperating. I feel pretty good today.
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Today was a work day from hell. :(
And they may be more that way from here on in. So I may perhaps be more scarce now during the day.
Those are the days that you need the wackiness of HHW the most!
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Are they web ducks because they are now posted on the InterWeb?
;D
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Can browsers become unibrowses?
I'm sure, someday soon, that you will look in the mirror and tell us! :D
;)
I know what I need to know from your avatar!
;)
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Congratulations on your casting George
Thanks, Vixmom!
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Congrats to George....
Thanks, Dakota!
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Congratulations on your casting George
Casting? George! Have you broken something? Leg, arm, hip? How big is the cast? Will you be wearing it for an extended period? Is it a hard cast or a soft cast?
Fortunately, it was NONE of those, Ron. I've never broken a bone, and I don't intend to start breaking them now.
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Today was a simply gorgeous day around these parts. I was inspired to put Tobers in the wrap and go walking on the Tacoma waterfront. Alas I did not bring my camera, but I found a photo of where I was walking...just imagine that the leaves looked like the tree in TCB's photo. It was very enjoyable, dampened only slightly by a train that stopped along the track nearby and stunk to high heaven. I walked about two miles, and Toby slept the whole way.
(http://i33.tinypic.com/2ir68zq.jpg)
Then I went to Fred Meyer to buy more nursing pads (I'm sure you wanted to know that) and now I am home enjoying a delicious pear.
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DR Ann, is the waterfront down the road from DR TCB's? I think we were there. Unfortunately you and Jed were at a play.
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DR Ann, is the waterfront down the road from DR TCB's? I think we were there. Unfortunately you and Jed were at a play.
Yes, the very same. That's right, I'd forgotten you were in town that time. I was so sorry we had to miss meeting you two!
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Our day in Tacoma:
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DR Ann, is the waterfront down the road from DR TCB's? I think we were there. Unfortunately you and Jed were at a play.
Yes, the very same. That's right, I'd forgotten you were in town that time. I was so sorry we had to miss meeting you two!
I wasn't, because George and I had Keith and Jane all to ourselves! :-*
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Tacoma's waterfront is very beautiful. How nice to have a two mile walk along there. I hope you can have many more before you return to work.
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Our day in Tacoma:
Damn, I guess I have lost some weight!
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DR Ann, is the waterfront down the road from DR TCB's? I think we were there. Unfortunately you and Jed were at a play.
Yes, the very same. That's right, I'd forgotten you were in town that time. I was so sorry we had to miss meeting you two!
I wasn't, because George and I had Keith and Jane all to ourselves! :-*
;D It was a pleasure meeting you & seeing DR George again. I do wish though we could have met DRs Ann & Jed.
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DR TCB, how much weight do you think you lost? That is good for your hip.
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DR Jennifer - My roommate, Jim, who is admitted "TV-holic", gave "The Starter Wife" a try. His "try" only lasted 10 minutes. -If that means anything.
-And I think DR Ron Pulliam was simply stating that if you're interested in watching the show - any show - and it doesn't interfere with your other TV viewing, just watch it. Form your own opinion, and proceed from there.
In this case because we don't get USA network i really knew NOTHING about the show.
I'm sort of surprised that nobody here has seen it.
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DR TCB, how much weight do you think you lost? That is good for your hip.
Maybe 15 to 20 lbs.
**And I lost it by eating several small meals a day, and never jogging when I had the flu.
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Can i say that it is freezing here today. :(
I think it was like 4C (under 40F). Brrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
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DR Jennifer - My roommate, Jim, who is admitted "TV-holic", gave "The Starter Wife" a try. His "try" only lasted 10 minutes. -If that means anything.
-And I think DR Ron Pulliam was simply stating that if you're interested in watching the show - any show - and it doesn't interfere with your other TV viewing, just watch it. Form your own opinion, and proceed from there.
In this case because we don't get USA network i really knew NOTHING about the show.
I'm sort of surprised that nobody here has seen it.
After the things that Jrand and Ron have said about Debra Messing, do you think any of us would admit it?
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DR TCB, how much weight do you think you lost? That is good for your hip.
Maybe 15 to 20 lbs.
**And I lost it by eating several small meals a day, and never jogging when I had the flu.
;D
Good for you!!
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DR TCB, how much weight do you think you lost? That is good for your hip.
Maybe 15 to 20 lbs.
**And I lost it by eating several small meals a day, and never jogging when I had the flu.
;D
Good for you!!
I lied about the small meals and the jogging.
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Boy, a path like that sure would be an incentive to
cruise walk every day! :)
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And now I'm pooping out for the day.
Good night, DR TCB!!
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And now I'm pooping out for the day.
Good night, DR TCB!!
Good night, Coleslaw.
And G'night to everyone else!
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Our day in Tacoma:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1913.0;attach=232)
I remember that! ;D
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Well, I'm off too. I'm going to see Capital Playhouse (http://www.capitalplayhouse.com/)'s production of The Threepenny Opera. I don't think it's the Blitzstein translation, because a friend of mine went last week and said that they said the "F" word throughout the show. :o
I'll report back later tonight.
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DR TCB, how much weight do you think you lost? That is good for your hip.
Maybe 15 to 20 lbs.
**And I lost it by eating several small meals a day, and never jogging when I had the flu.
LOL, I know. ;D Congrats on the weight loss.
;D
Good for you!!
I lied about the small meals and the jogging.
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there are some silver linings
It will make a handy place to stay warm when we cannot afford to heat our houses
It's so nice to see the homeless style of livng trickle down to the suburbs. Don't you have a subway to sleep in?
this is Lawng EYEland we don't believe in convenient public transportation -- we do have SOME pulic trnasportation but we make sure it doesn't go where you want to when you want it to
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Vixmom, move to PDX. We have one of the most restrictive building codes in the nation--Wal-Mart, for example, has pretty much given up on us (in the metro area at least--they're out in the 'burbs), and Costco and Ikea had to fight like hell to get approved.
now see , there are three stores I would shop at -- however a 2500 dress knocked down to $750 at some designer "discount" store.... well not my cuppa tea
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BTW Bruce - the title of your Notes is probably what "set me off" the new mall is named "The Arches"
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The Mills is suffering because it brought in a load of high-priced stores to a monetarily deprived community; the employment is there, but the shoppers are not.
Had The Mills been built when originally proposed, the economy was better, the surrounding area was less depressed and consumers had a bit more disposal income (though not much).
this is my expectation for this mall --- of course I am not known for my fiancial saavy so I may be completely wrong - as may be my fears about traffic and congestion....
this is one time I hope I don't know what I'm talking about..
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I have been remiss - oh yes I have been remiss
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VIBES TO DEAR DEAR READER ELMORE FOR A SPEEDY COMPLETION OF THE LAND SALE
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I can't watch HOUSE online until 8 days after it aired. :(
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'night
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Much has been made of the tax benefits to our little town - however since the powers that be (did I mention how they sold us down the river?) gave the multimillionaire smug bassas a TEN YEAR TAX Moritorium it will do us no good whatsoever until years after our property values have been driven into the ground
My hunch is that your local government gave the developer a Local Property Tax Moritorium; your community should still benefit from the gillions of dollars of sales tax revenue the mall generates. Unless you folks elected a gaggle of villiage idiots to the local halls of government, you should have a net plus on the deal (without the Mall, the property would probably have generated little in Property Taxes).
der Brucer
My understanding is that the sales tax revenues go to the county and to the state with a small portion going to the township -- however 80% of the taxes I pay to own a property in my hamlet (which is within the Township, which is within the County, which is within the State) consist of school taxes - this is the burden that should be lifted from my shoulders by the building of this monstrosity - but alas no, the mall owners are being taxed for the next ten years as if the land were still vacant -
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Years ago, New Yorkers could have put a roof over 42nd Street and made it the country's first real strip mall. :D
I miss the old 42nd Street. It was more fun when it was scary to walk down it.
I always have to wonder if "people" would really like the "old 42nd Street" if it ever came back. Yes, a little danger in one's daily commute can be "exciting", but I'd rather feel safe and secure - regardless of how many Starbucks happen to be crammed into those four to six block area.
I mean, regardless of what you thought about Kock and Giuliani, I think making the Times Square area a true Destination was not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, rents are skyrocketing, and some of the seedier elements have been pushed further west and east, but isn't that happening everywhere?
-I'm not a NYC native, so I know my opinion may be in the minority, but I have been coming to the City That Never Sleeps regularly since I was 10 years old, and I've lived here the past three years. I like the cleaner and less seedy NYC. Call me a rebel. ;)
I have to agree with you there Jose I would be much less likely to wander the city steets after dark with the Vixter in tow if the streets were still the way they were when I was her age( back in the 70's)
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Good Evening!
I really liked "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". I hadn't read too many of the reviews, but I did notice that almost all of them mentioned that Woody Allen had returned to his "roots" - and all for the better. And I'd have to agree. The movie reminded me a lot of "Manhattan". It was one of those movies that just "happens", and it's best just to let it happen. Funny, quirky, real and impossible but probable. :)
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Jennifer - Vixdad has been watching and enjoying the Starter Wife - I saw bits and pieces of a couple of the episodes -- it was OK but didn't really grab me
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George - Might it be the Wallace Shawn version which played at the Roundabout?
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It was also good catching up with my friend, Mark. We hadn't seen each other in person in over a year, but had kept in touch via e-mails and online chats. It was a nice in-person "reunion". And the dinner at Le Pain Quotidien wasn't bad either - although their whole serving staff seemed quite lacking at times. ???
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Good Evening!
I really liked "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". I hadn't read too many of the reviews, but I did notice that almost all of them mentioned that Woody Allen had returned to his "roots" - and all for the better. And I'd have to agree. The movie reminded me a lot of "Manhattan". It was one of those movies that just "happens", and it's best just to let it happen. Funny, quirky, real and impossible but probable. :)
hmm maybe I should take advantage of the $2 movie ticket specials and go see it this weekend
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Good Evening!
I really liked "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". I hadn't read too many of the reviews, but I did notice that almost all of them mentioned that Woody Allen had returned to his "roots" - and all for the better. And I'd have to agree. The movie reminded me a lot of "Manhattan". It was one of those movies that just "happens", and it's best just to let it happen. Funny, quirky, real and impossible but probable. :)
hmm maybe I should take advantage of the $2 movie ticket specials and go see it this weekend
Be sure to check the theatre listings. I know that this is the last week of the movie here in Manhattan. And I also know that many theatres are gearing up for the release of "High School Musical 3" this weekend. In fact, there are a very limited number of openings this weekend due to the "HSM3" juggernaut.
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I had a very nice night at work tonight. That is all. I feel liking singing some Loesser. . .or some Schwartz. . .
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DR Jennifer - My roommate, Jim, who is admitted "TV-holic", gave "The Starter Wife" a try. His "try" only lasted 10 minutes. -If that means anything.
-And I think DR Ron Pulliam was simply stating that if you're interested in watching the show - any show - and it doesn't interfere with your other TV viewing, just watch it. Form your own opinion, and proceed from there.
In this case because we don't get USA network i really knew NOTHING about the show.
I'm sort of surprised that nobody here has seen it.
After the things that Jrand and Ron have said about Debra Messing, do you think any of us would admit it?
I respect their opinions, but Debra is not the reason I'm not watching the show. I watched the miniseries and enjoyed it. But for me, the story ended there. I didn't need anything else with these people.
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OY! My laptop crashed and it's a registry error which from what I've been reading means I may have to reinstall windows and lose everything. Ok I have an external hard drive and I was good at backing up....until last February. What a bummer. I really don't want to lose some of the photos I intended to back up later and many of the emails that I was saving.
On the other hand. I can take new photos, and I really don't remember the last time i looked through the email on that computer. I'm going to wait until tomorrow. I think I have the name and phone number of the tech who fixed it last. My warranty goes through November then expires, but I can't see spending another 300+ dollars on an extended warranty when that would go a long way toward a new laptop. A lighter lap top that would be easier to carry when I travel....
Oh bother
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We've had 1.74 inches of rain today and it's pouring out right now.
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Tonight, I watched the Blu-ray of SEX AND THE CITY - THE MOVIE. VERY long, but then with four lead actresses, it kind of had to be to do each of them justice. I was a little bummed about Samantha's story, but the others were all satisfying and I overall enjoyed the movie. It did have the same mix of humor and heart that the series had, and it was nice seeing all the familiar faces from the show in high def with all their fashions and such.
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Thanks for the continuing vibes for Steve. Looks like his surgery will be on November 3.
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Next, I watched last night's episode of THE SHIELD. OMG! It is ONE FABULOUS SHOW! I have no idea how this is all going to end, but it won't be pretty.
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And I concluded my evening watching CSI: NY. I managed to catch up with the show right at the end using the DVR and speeding through commercials, so the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Pretty good episode tonight with some typically quirky folks.
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It's not a good time for some of our friends it seems. Our good friend Allan (our sometime house sitter) was run over last Friday night. Multiple injuries. He now has had a minor (are any minor) heart attack and has pneumonia. His partner Carol is not coping well at all. Another one of those way too common situaton where finance is in control of only one party which adds to difficulties. Children are also causing problems by thoughtlessness - Allan's grown up kids! Allan is in his mid 70s and has had stents for a few years and had radiation treatment this year. He's not got that much strength there for the fight! the couple have only recently (six weeks) shifted into a new home in the countryside - unfortunately that means a run of at least 90 minutes to the hospital!
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Thus I'm not on line much! We are on call. We live at about the half way mark.
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Page Ten Kansas Dance!!!
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VIBES for the dear friends of Tomovoz
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and laptop recovery vibes for Cilla
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me sleepy now -- night night
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How horrible for Allan! I'm so sorry, but I'm glad he has good friends who have his back.
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~~~VIBES FOR THE DEAR FRIENDS OF DR tomovoz~~~~~
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I need to relax in my recliner now.
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Thanks all and sundried. At least my sister (who can be thoughtless) is being wonderful. She and Carol have been friends since pre-teen days. I've known Carol since I was about 9.
I'll be back with more France pics soon I hope!
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DR Tomovoz - ~~~~~VIBES to your friend Allan~~~~~
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Vibes to DR Tomovoz's friend Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I'm heading down to bed now. I'm a little earlier than usual, but that's because I need to get to bed early since I'm getting up early tomorrow to be a bad boy and go get doughnuts for breakfast with friends. (We aren't doing lunch tomorrow; this is compensation.)
Good night!
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It's not a good time for some of our friends it seems. Our good friend Allan (our sometime house sitter) was run over last Friday night. Multiple injuries. He now has had a minor (are any minor) heart attack and has pneumonia. His partner Carol is not coping well at all. Another one of those way too common situaton where finance is in control of only one party which adds to difficulties. Children are also causing problems by thoughtlessness - Allan's grown up kids! Allan is in his mid 70s and has had stents for a few years and had radiation treatment this year. He's not got that much strength there for the fight! the couple have only recently (six weeks) shifted into a new home in the countryside - unfortunately that means a run of at least 90 minutes to the hospital!
Huge hugs and good vibes!
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DR Jennifer - My roommate, Jim, who is admitted "TV-holic", gave "The Starter Wife" a try. His "try" only lasted 10 minutes. -If that means anything.
-And I think DR Ron Pulliam was simply stating that if you're interested in watching the show - any show - and it doesn't interfere with your other TV viewing, just watch it. Form your own opinion, and proceed from there.
In this case because we don't get USA network i really knew NOTHING about the show.
I'm sort of surprised that nobody here has seen it.
After the things that Jrand and Ron have said about Debra Messing, do you think any of us would admit it?
I didn't know you'd been neutered! :D
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Congratulations on your casting George
Casting? George! Have you broken something? Leg, arm, hip? How big is the cast? Will you be wearing it for an extended period? Is it a hard cast or a soft cast?
Fortunately, it was NONE of those, Ron. I've never broken a bone, and I don't intend to start breaking them now.
;)
WHAT? With all your theatrical background and you've NEVER broken a leg?
:)
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Back from an incredibly long and boring and awful play - three hours and forty-five minutes which included a ten-minute intermission. Never again. Must write notes quickly and get to bed.
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George - Might it be the Wallace Shawn version which played at the Roundabout?
I was thinking that, but it wasn't. The music director told me that they used the Blitzstein script but the song lyrics are from a 1992 translation. He told me who, but I don't remember.
Otherwise, The Threepenny Opera was good...different, but good. The performers and the singing were very good. It wasn't a full house but the people who stayed through the whole thing seemed to enjoy it. I think people stayed because of the performers (friends of, you know) rather than the show, itself. ;)
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It's not a good time for some of our friends it seems. Our good friend Allan (our sometime house sitter) was run over last Friday night. Multiple injuries. He now has had a minor (are any minor) heart attack and has pneumonia. His partner Carol is not coping well at all. Another one of those way too common situaton where finance is in control of only one party which adds to difficulties. Children are also causing problems by thoughtlessness - Allan's grown up kids! Allan is in his mid 70s and has had stents for a few years and had radiation treatment this year. He's not got that much strength there for the fight! the couple have only recently (six weeks) shifted into a new home in the countryside - unfortunately that means a run of at least 90 minutes to the hospital!
~~~Super Recovery Vibes for DR Tomovoz's DF Allan!!~~~
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~~~Computer Vibes for DR Cillaliz!!~~~
I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!
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Congratulations on your casting George
Casting? George! Have you broken something? Leg, arm, hip? How big is the cast? Will you be wearing it for an extended period? Is it a hard cast or a soft cast?
Fortunately, it was NONE of those, Ron. I've never broken a bone, and I don't intend to start breaking them now.
;)
WHAT? With all your theatrical background and you've NEVER broken a leg?
:)
Well...proverbially, of course ;) but never real bones. :D