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Well, you've read the notes, the notes raised a ruckus, and now it is time for you to post until the raised cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: OFFICINAL!
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A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN DEAR READER JANE, WHO I'VE bk HAS KNOWN SINCE SHE WAS FIFTEEN OR SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!
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WOW, DR Ginny. What a scare!!! Sure glad that you are OK. :P
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DR Cillaliz, the new shades look quite lovely. I've never understood how window treatments have become so expensive.
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ON THIS DAY:
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans were killed.
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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Happy Birthday DR Jane!
I hope you get to do something fun and eat something yummy!
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DR Jane, re: my brother-in-law caring about my niece sitting on santa without him.
I don't think he cared. She called him right after.
I did'nt want to take the picture, to just make it less of a thing. But we were taking our own pics with some trees and finally got her christmas card picture.
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I still remember that "Scarecrow, Scarecrow-ow" theme song.
To the extent less-than-famous theme songs are part of the mental soundtrack when I happen to think back on my childhood, that's one of them, along with "The Ballad of Josie, a story to remember" and "With A Little Love (just a little love) - the Debbie Reynolds Show theme" and "Where were you when the lights went out" and "If it's Tuesday this must be Belgium" and "The one and only genuine original family band" and of course the oft-spoken-of-by-me fanfare theme from Viva Max.
(a reference to the Scarecrow reference in the notes)
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Happy happy birthday to Jane!
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A most wonderful natal day to our dear, kind Jane!!!
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And the word of the day is: OFFICINAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is : LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE
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JANE-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL
AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ON THIS FESTIVE DAY?
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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No.
Either that, or we are heathens together.
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Happy
Birthday
DR
JANE
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Happy B'Day to Jane!
Jrand, regards your Burton Jimmy Porter question about LOOK BACK IN ANGER...Jimmy Porter is pretty much that disagreeable in the play. When the John Osborne play first premiered at the Royal Court, it was the one that ushered in the "Angry Young Man" movement of British plays and playwrights in the fifties. Though even I find the amount of "Welsh honking" that Burton does in the movie a tad over the top, it's still strangely compelling. I just picked up a DVD of the film for three bucks at my local Big Lots.
Judi Dench directed a television version of the play a few years back, with Ken Branagh and Emma Thompson, that I remember liking quite a lot. It can be found in the BBC's boxed set of Judi Dench, along with a lot of other terrific stuff. If you want to know more about "the angry young man" movement...a fascinating time in British theatre...I recommend John Heilpern's excellent biography, JOHN OSBORNE, THE MANY LIVES OF THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN. I couldn't put this book down. What a fascinating, self-destructive talent!
BK & I shared many a good time at the late Beverly Garland's hotel when it hosted the Ray Court Memorabilia Shows. RIP, Ms. Garland.
BK, I'm glad to hear the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh series from Disney is out on DVD. I shall try to track it down. I've never seen it; but in the last few years I've become interested in the novels on which it is based. There are probably a half dozen of them, written in the early part of the twentieth century by Russell Thorndyke (Does he spell it Thorndike?), who was an occasional actor (I think he plays the priest in Olivier's HAMLET) and also the brother of the great actress, Dame Sybil Thorndyke. All the books are in public domain and can be downloaded right off the internet. I haven't read any of them yet.
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Thanks for the recommendations, DR CP.....I noticed the different productions when I was looking at its listing on IMDB. And I kept thinking I had seen the actor who played Cliff....turns out he was the greedy cousin in SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER and had a recurring role on one of my favorite TV series from the 60's - THE RAT PATROL, next in COLOR on ABC.
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I like SCARECROW - but I liked THE LEGEND OF DICK TURPIN more....hopefully that will come out on DVD someday.
I guess MR BK passed on the Mickey Mouse Club presents ANNETTE!
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DR DRUXY - what was the proper pronunciation of Ms. Foch's last name? I have heard Fahsh, Fosch, Fahk, Foke, and Fox.
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So Beverly Garland and Nina Foch passed away.
I am sorry to hear about Ms. Foch.
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HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO DR JANE.
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And now for something tacky...
A couple of days ago, a group at the store had food brought in from Kentucky Fried Bird. I don't know why they do things like this - we serve up pretty good birds at our Deli/Food to Go dept. - but some people insist on having fast food. Le sigh.
I found a packet of what looked like honey, left on one of the break room's tables. But it wasn't honey, not exactly. It was a packet of the Colonel's Honey Sauce.
Yep, that's how it's labled.
And, in much smaller print on the front of the packet, it read "11% real honey."
I had to blink at that one. Just 11% real honey?
Sure enough, on the back of the packet there was a list of the ingredients:
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Sugar
Corn Syrup
Honey
Caramel Color.
EEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!!
What is this? Do we have to have high fructose corn syrup in everything? Is it really necessary to have it in our honey? Isn't honey sweet enough on it's own?
This sort of additives/manufactured cr@p just makes me sick.
And it's making a whole lot of other people sick, too, but at least I'm trying not to eat the stuff.
Bleh.
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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YES!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAREST JANE!!!
Enjoy a glorious walk and the lovely sky and all your family (the two-legged ones and 4-legged ones)
And cake. Never forget cake.
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I couldn't eat anything called The Colonel's Honey.
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Good morning, all! I slept late and I have things to do before meeting Matthew, my best friend from college, to see MILK at 2 pm. After that, we'll have a dinner-catch up session since we haven't seen each other since September. He has plans at 6:30 or so, and I have things to do here, like learn if my friend Nick wins the AMAZING RACE.
I discovered in my wallet last night a Fed EX/Kinko's receipt from a week ago for binding some music, and I had totally forgotten about it. So I need to run over to them and pick up three Arthur Sullivan scores. After that, some Toyland work and later the Happiest Fellow.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happiest of Birthday Wishes to Our DR Nursie Jane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fifty years ago, when the TV GUIDE was really what its title says - I remember reading on the Yellow News Page (remember those?) - that the cast of Alfred Hitchcock's AN UNLOCKED WINDOW was not given the final few pages of the script until time for shooting.
And it is also one of my favorite television episodes of ANY series ever - with some terrific performances by Dana Wynter, Louise Latham, John Kerr, and T.C. Jones.
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I very much enjoyed the clips from the bend-knee-feet.
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So Beverly Garland and Nina Foch passed away.
I am sorry to hear about Ms. Foch.
Foe-sh
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DR DANISE - it is not your responsibility if the doggie takes the walk. He has a whole week, and I think people who come in looking for pets are encouraged to look at the dogs on the line first.
And if he bit someone, no matter how nice he seemed on the day you saw him, there is something in his nature that is unpredictable and could make him difficult for you to own.
Impending doom - no matter how tragic - is not a motive to adopt a pet.
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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I can't believe you wouldn't want to after it's been a Christmas mainstay for the last decade, just for curiosity sake alone.
I saw/reviewed it when it came out. I was enchanted by it then, and it still works its spell on me now. So many things about it ring true even though I was a generation later than the time period of the movie.
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Good morning!
Very cold but absolutely bright and shining. Might as well call it winter, though because it definitely feels like it.
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Yes, I too have vivid memories of that ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR episode, clearly the best one ever made for the show's hour episode format. (I also loved "The Jar.")
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Happy Birthday to DR Jane!!!
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Off to do some work on the theatre website.
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With the whole day free, I'm not sure what I want to watch. DR. SYN certainly seems tempting. So does ANNETTE. I have a stack of Blu-rays and a smaller stack of HD-DVDs I'd like to start winnowing down. So many choices.
I do have one more Bette Davis movie in her last Warner set (IN THIS OUR LIFE) that I'll likely watch at some point today. It's never been a favorite despite being directed by John Huston. This kind of female-driven melodrama just isn't his cup of tea.
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - EXTREME MAKEOVER, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS
CBS - THE AMAZING RACE, HALLMARK HALL OF FAME
NBC - NFL FOOTBALL (Washington vs. Baltimore)
SHO - DEXTER
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And not only is the Internet out again - which isn't bugging me that much today - but I just had to call the landlord to remind her to call the oil company since there's been no heat for the past 24 hours. :-\ Thankfully, I have a very toasty down comforter.
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Guess I'll head down now to get clothes ready for washing and then start thinking about what's for lunch.
WBBL.
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DR elmore - Get to the theater early. Last night's showing in Times Square filled up fast and early. And when I walked out, there were already about 50 people in line for the next showing.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR JANE!!!!!
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I've been watching "Meet the Press" this morning. I enjoyed the interview with President-Elect Barack Obama, but I also liked the passing of the baton, torch to David Gregory.
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And we're back!
-Well, the internet has been restored once again here in Chez Harlem. It appears that our wireless router might actually be on it's last technological legs. Jim's going to bring an extra one from his office, and we're going to see if that ends up fixing things for more than a couple of hours at a time.
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For any DRs who may be watching their sodium intake - or the sodium intake of a friend or family member:
High Sodium in Unexpected Places (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/health/05salt.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
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DR MATTH - Annette goes very quickly....and its interesting to contemplate what Darlene Gillespie would have made of the role that went to Judy Nugent. Episodes 1 and 8 are previews and recaps of the whole series, so you can start with episode 2 if you want to.
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No heat!???
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TAR finale tonight!
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Good morning! Feeling a bit better this morning. Still very phlegm-y, but less sinus pressure and therefore less pain. I feel that it is probably moving down into my chest, and will become a persistent cough for a few weeks. That I can handle. I by-passed the dreaded ear infection stage, so I'm happy.
A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LOVELY DR JANE. I hope it is a day filled with family, good tidings, and cake. Lots of cake.
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No heat!???
Nope. No heat. In fact, it feels like there is cold coming off the radiators. However, it is cold, but it's not that cold. We can't see our breath. Yet.
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So... What about that SNL Digital Short/Music Video last night?
;D
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Hmm... I guess I should do something about brunch or some other form of nutritional consumption.
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Pogue family new addition: Nigel, Lord Bothwell
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Hmmm....
The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company (http://www.poopoopaper.com/pootopaper.html)
*Don't worry, there are no pictures of elephant poo poo.
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DR JANE!
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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No, it makes you a lucky heathen.
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Pogue has a new dog!
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DR singdaw - Yes, you're a heathen. But is that really new news? ;)
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As Druxy said, Fohsh. My father, for the last five years of his life, became, like my Uncle Saul, a CPA, and did Miss Foch's taxes, as well as Mr. Arthur O'Connell's taxes. In fact, he brought the latter to the Westwood sneak preview of The First Nudie Musical.
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Oh, and I'm up. It's very gray out. Looks like it might even rain, which means I should probably get the jog done asap - I'll try to be out doing it by ten or so.
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The Jar is the other Hitchcock hour that is brilliant - and also one of the greatest hour-long episodes of a TV series ever. It, too, has a score by Herrmann and is brilliantly directed with great performances by Pat Buttram and especially Colin Wilcox as Thedy Sue. Based on a Ray Bradbury story. Or, to put it the way this generation puts it - based off a Ray Bradbury store. I gotta tell you.
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PAGE THREE MoMA SIGN DANCE!!!!
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Great new canine, DR CP.
Thanks to DR DRUXY and MR BK....I can now say Fohsh with authority.
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Take off your shoes and make friends.
THE JAR really scared me when I saw so many years ago....and I haven't watched it since.
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Watching TREASURE ISLAND with Bobby Driscoll on TCM....it's family day on TCM!
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It's a Disney movie day which means lots of dead pets and closeups of animals' butts.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And not only is the Internet out again - which isn't bugging me that much today - but I just had to call the landlord to remind her to call the oil company since there's been no heat for the past 24 hours. :-\ Thankfully, I have a very toasty down comforter.
Perhaps there are some other needy neighbors with whom you could possibly share your comforter.
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Pogue family new addition: Nigel, Lord Bothwell
Details, please?!
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Pogue family new addition: Nigel, Lord Bothwell
Congratulations CP, on your adorable new family addition.
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PAGE THREE MoMA SIGN DANCE!!!!
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Just the shoes, Jose, just the shoes.
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Hi all!
A very BIG Happy Birthday to our DR Jane!
I feel horrible that I forgot to mail your birthday card. I was so used to the old computer popping up with important dates at least a week before they occur to give me time to do things that I didn't get it done. I'm so sorry.
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Trying to get up the energy and oomph to do the long jog.
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...My father... did ...Mr. Arthur O'Connell's taxes. In fact, he brought the latter to the Westwood sneak preview of The First Nudie Musical.
I am suddenly wondering what would have happened if your father had brought Mr. O'Connell to the set of The First Nudie Musical. A cameo, perhaps?
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Wow, look at that time stamp. BK and I hit Post at the exact same second!
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My goodness, I just passed 44,000 postings - the next 1000 will bring me to a lovely new achievement in posting.
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I have just roasted some chestnuts (alas not on an open fire) and they are fairly good. I say fairly because for what ever reason, they don't have any salt taste to them at all despite the fact that I cut the X's in them and soaked them all night in salt water.
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I own a copy of the DVD "The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh" Special Edition. It is sitting on my shelf still in it's wrapper. One of at least twenty or so DVD's that I have yet to even open.
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It is nearly time for workies.
And I haven't a clue as to what I'll be fixing for der Brucer's dindin tonight.
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Off to the movies. I hope the crowd isn't too horrifying and there are still tickets left fro the 2 pm showing.
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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No, it makes you a lucky heathen.
DR singdaw - Yes, you're a heathen. But is that really new news? ;)
I'm afraid I have to agree with Jose. You are a heathen. ;)
Only because I haven't met one person who hasn't seen that movie and can't identify with at least one scene from it.
For me, it's the bit about the fathers cursing. My Dad didn't have the furnace to fight, it was the car. I remember the choice words he used when he was working on the car. :) Mom would go outside and tell him 'Danny, please the neighbours will hear you!"
Of course at that point, he also had some choice words about what the neighbours could do about it! :) :) :)
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Nigel is a purebred Yorkshire Terrier, about 6 months old...still has a bit of piddling problem, but we're working on that. Otherwise spunky and energetic with lots of Personality, as the Cole Porter song goes.
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Not quite sure why I can't that picture of Nigel full-size in the body of the post. But if you double-click, it brings it up bigger.
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Congrats on the new dog, Dr Charles Pogue. May you both have many years of love and companionship.
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Well, I have work to do.
Laters all! Have a GREAT afternoon!
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Not quite sure why I can't that picture of Nigel full-size in the body of the post. But if you double-click, it brings it up bigger.
The "thumbnail" is standard for this "new board". It allows you to post larger size pics now without throwing the board into VistaVision. You must have been out of class that day. ;)
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DR DANISE - it is not your responsibility if the doggie takes the walk. He has a whole week, and I think people who come in looking for pets are encouraged to look at the dogs on the line first.
And if he bit someone, no matter how nice he seemed on the day you saw him, there is something in his nature that is unpredictable and could make him difficult for you to own.
Impending doom - no matter how tragic - is not a motive to adopt a pet.
Before I go...
I know, DR JRand but what gets me is when an animal bites someone, it's always their fault and they pay the price with their life. Everyone, including animals, can have a bad day and we don't know what the human did to spark that bite. For all we know, he or she may have deserved it.
Wouldn't it be a horrible thing if WE were put down or marked for the rest of of lives for one small mistake.
I'm going to be praying extra hard this week that the dog gets it's 2nd chance at life but if it is still there come Saturday, I just may have a new addition to my small family. I can't stand by when a life is in the balance and do nothing.
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Off to the movies. I hope the crowd isn't too horrifying and there are still tickets left fro the 2 pm showing.
I have a feeling that no matter the size and manner of the crowd, DR elmore will find something "horrifying" about it. ;)
*Hmm... Only since I studied the schedules for yesterday, it's being shown in Times Square at 2:00, but it's at Lincoln Plaza at 2:35. Hope you made to wherever you ended up.
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It is nearly time for workies.
And I haven't a clue as to what I'll be fixing for der Brucer's dindin tonight.
Big Macs?
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DR Danise - Soaking chestnuts in salt water doesn't really "salt" them. The salt in the soaking water helps to draw out any extra moisture in the chestnuts. Any "saltiness" is just a result of any soaking water left in the chestnut. Since you're diluting the salt in water, you would have to add a copious amount of salt in order to make a difference. However...
If you start off the soak in warm(!) salted water, that will help a little. Or you could soak them in salted water, then bring them up to boil in the salted water for a minute or two. Then take them out of the water and put them in the oven to roast.
Or just REALLY salt the water. -Of course, as for salt and sodium... Didn't you see the article I posted earlier? ;)
*Personally, I like my chestnuts on the sweet side.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DR JANE!!
May you have a delightful day!
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PAGE THREE MoMA SIGN DANCE!!!!
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One could make new friends by simply discussing the sign. Was that the point??
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And not only is the Internet out again - which isn't bugging me that much today - but I just had to call the landlord to remind her to call the oil company since there's been no heat for the past 24 hours. :-\ Thankfully, I have a very toasty down comforter.
Perhaps there are some other needy neighbors with whom you could possibly share your comforter.
Oh, you mean along the lines of "make new friends"?
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Jeanne, I hope you were able to calm the fears of your potential buyers.
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Jeanne, I hope you were able to calm the fears of your potential buyers.
Thank you, Tom. I think they realize that they shouldn't take the home inspection report as verbatim. But they have other concerns, I believe. I'm currently formulating Plan B.
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Matt just left a few minutes ago. There is indeed a crack in one of the joists in the basement--Matt said it will be easy to fix. We heard something about SIX cracks and $10-15K, but we only found the one and Matt's estimate is NOTHING like the above number.
BTW, for Singdaw and others, I deliberately did not have all the repirs on my list done prior to the inspection, as someone mentioned to me that home inspectors feel obliged to find something for their report. I was simply trying to make his job easier, yes? Interesting, the inspector didn't find ANY of them.
I have always been a believer in home inspections, but I must say that this one hasn't done a service to either the buyers or the seller.
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Yesterday was packing day. A friend came by and helped me pack many items. Although I plan to use professional movers, I haven't been happy with the movers packing me in the past. I have a system where everything is organized and labelled--and it REALLY makes unpacking easier. I knew this friend would appreciate my systematic method. What's discouraging, though, is how much is left to do. oy!
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Must now take care of some of the Saturday stuff that I didn't have time for on Saturday.
Did I chase everyone away???
Hope you all have a great day--especially Jane!
TTFN.
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Yesterday, I had to pick to pick up some shelf clips for my bookcase, and since I couldn't find what I wanted anywhere else; I decided to bite the bullet and go to Lowe Depot*. Since I was already there, I went over to their "Holiday Decoration Center" to see if I could find a large, lighted, artificial wreath to hang on the outside of my balcony.
Now yesterday was December 6. Is that really too late in the seaon to hope to find decorations? Everything was totally picked over, and what was left was really ugly. Am I expecting too much to find decorations in this massive "Holiday Decoration Center" on the first Saturday in December?
*Any similarity to actual stores is purely intentional.
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Jose, maybe we can channel you some of our heat. We have the reverse problem. It's 35 degrees right now, not terribly cold but winterish weather. In the apartment the temperature is hovering around 85 degrees. We have steam radiators and THEY ARE NOT TURNED ON and the temperature is still 85 degrees. The silly thing is other tenants in the building are complaining about little or no heat. We have had this problem for years but this season it seems particularly bad. We have a window open in the bedroom and the living room and a small fan going in each window to make it seem less like sultry summer and more like the end of fall.
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Milk, by the way, is a wonderful, moving film. Sean Penn becomes Milk and I don't feel there is a false moment in his entire performance. The whole thing is beautifully cast and, like Jose, I cried more than once.
We are on our way to a holiday party later this afternoon. We will be on the Upper West Side breaking bread and grog with the likes of Marni Nixon.
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Milk, by the way, is a wonderful, moving film. Sean Penn becomes Milk and I don't feel there is a false moment in his entire performance. The whole thing is beautifully cast and, like Jose, I cried more than once.
We are on our way to a holiday party later this afternoon. We will be on the Upper West Side breaking bread and grog with the likes of Marni Nixon.
One of Marni's long-time students is going to be in the prodution of GLORIOUS that I am in January. She is also a long time friend (not Marni, but my friend) of mine.
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DR CP, congratulations on Nigel! What a cutie he is!
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Back from a rather pleasant long jog and must now go to my booklet designer's home to discuss the new booklet design.
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Is this a beautiful two-week old baby, or what?
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DR Jane, have a wonderful day of birth celebration!!!!
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Bruce, yup 15 or something…just about. Yes, I was 15 & something while you were 16 & something. The something was 9months. Thanks for the big birthday wish. I’m having a nice morning.:)
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DR Singdaw-Wow, thanks for the bright & cheerful birthday wishes.
I know I appear to be here, but the phone keeps ringing. I wonder why.;) As a result I have not read any farther. I will have to return later to read all my birthday wishes.
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Jose, maybe we can channel you some of our heat. We have the reverse problem. It's 35 degrees right now, not terribly cold but winterish weather. In the apartment the temperature is hovering around 85 degrees. We have steam radiators and THEY ARE NOT TURNED ON and the temperature is still 85 degrees. The silly thing is other tenants in the building are complaining about little or no heat. We have had this problem for years but this season it seems particularly bad. We have a window open in the bedroom and the living room and a small fan going in each window to make it seem less like sultry summer and more like the end of fall.
Well... Now that the oil company has come and gone, we now have heat again. Well, they're at least warming back up again. However, we have the same issue too with "overheating". But as I've mentioned in the past, our landlord has the radiators' thermostat on a timer, so the heat only comes on a certain times of the day - which, alas, is usually when no one is in the building. -I'm still trying to figure out why she continues to set it "off" between 8:00pm and 4:00am, but has it going at 8:00am-2:00pm. ???
Anyhoo... At least you can open a window at your place. If I open mine, then I end up with too much second-hand cigarette smoke from the people next door who smoke on their stoop. :-\
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OK - My previous post almost did not make sense. I think I'm trying to do too many things at once. So...
Laters...
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Havea wonderful day DR Jane. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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I watched "The Seeker" (The Dark is Rising) last night.
So sad that the story had to be Americanised so much (I guess to sell it). The book is so dependent upon English Mythology. I've read the books in the series (about 15 years ago).
I had no problems with placing the children into the present (Mobile phones and computer technology etc) but was disappointed in so much.
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I watched "The Seeker" (The Dark is Rising) last night.
So sad that the story had to be Americanised so much (I guess to sell it). The book is so dependent upon English Mythology. I've read the books in the series (about 15 years ago).
I had no problems with placing the children into the present (Mobile phones and computer technology etc) but was disappointed in so much.
I am embarrassed to say that I have never heard of the movie, or the book.
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DDNigel is a real cutie! :)
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I am embarrassed to say that I have never heard of the movie, or the book.
Oh come now. Surely you have better things to be embarrassed about? ;)
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Back from the booklet designer's home. We've discussed the cover, he "gets" it and I'll have something to look at in a day or two. I also gave him all the material for the cover of our January release.
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bk, CONGRATULATIONS on 44,000 posts.
That's what I need - some oomph.
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I think I am going to go take a little nappy poo.
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Both of these are things that I'll tell you right now everyone should have - they're both going to sell out within a day, that much I know (given our last two releases - copies of the Herrmann CD are going for thirty bucks and upwards on eBay). I will give everyone here the usual few days advance notice. The December release will officially be announced the day before Christmas, so I'll mention it here a couple of days prior to that.
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I had to conduct again this morning. And boy, are my arms tired!
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I am embarrassed to say that I have never heard of the movie, or the book.
Oh come now. Surely you have better things to be embarrassed about? ;)
Hmmmm. I am a friend of yours?
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PAGE FIVE!
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - EXTREME MAKEOVER, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS
CBS - THE AMAZING RACE, HALLMARK HALL OF FAME
NBC - NFL FOOTBALL (Washington vs. Baltimore)
SHO - DEXTER
And on TNT:
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (the new third installment of the series). The first two re-run starting at 4PM. The interplay betwen Jane Curtin and Bob Newhart make it all wothwhile.
And at 10: The Premiere of LEVERAGE (New series with Timothy Hutton)
der Brucer
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Well, I haven't known Jane since was fifteen, but I did torture her in New York, and she is SOMETHING!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sherlock's BFF - Jane.
der Brucer
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Hmmmm. I am a friend of yours?
Now THERE'S something to be embarrassed about! :)
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DDNigel is a real cutie! :)
Who?
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I know, DR JRand but what gets me is when an animal bites someone, it's always their fault and they pay the price with their life. Everyone, including animals, can have a bad day and we don't know what the human did to spark that bite. For all we know, he or she may have deserved it.
I'm going to be praying extra hard this week that the dog gets it's 2nd chance at life but if it is still there come Saturday, I just may have a new addition to my small family. I can't stand by when a life is in the balance and do nothing.
Danise, sad as it may be, the shelters put down thousands of dogs each year.
Think long and hard. If you adopt a dog with a biting history, your Homeowners Insurance probably will be subject to cancellation. If you adopt the biter, some other non-biter will take his place in the line.
You can't save all the ones heading for disposal this week, and next week there will be more. At least find an animal with no suspicious history.
Speaking of lives in balance, is your shelter one of the many that automatically puts down certain breeds (like Pit Bulls)?
Does your shelter offer a limited-time return policy? Many shelters will let you return an adopted animal for credit on another adoption if the animal does not fit in. If offered, that is an easy way to get an animal home for a trial. (Meet and greets in a kennel yard often fail to disclose a territoriality instinct that will make the home dog hostile to a new addition when on it's own turf)
der Brucer
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Watching TREASURE ISLAND with Bobby Driscoll on TCM....it's family day on TCM!
It's a brilliant condensation of the novel (even with an American in the lead). It used to be one of my favorite activities to teach the book to my seventh graders and then we'd watch the movie and write papers on the changes from book to film.
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I am making soup. Minestrone to be exact. Sorry Jane, I added beef.
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MILK is opening here this coming Friday. It's booked into the same theater (one theater) that housed the original run of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, and I predict the same sellout crowds for the first few days, too.
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I think I need to add some tomato paste.
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I watched the last half hour of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE which I ate lunch. That second proposal of love always chokes me up no matter how many times I see it. Beautifully played and filmed.
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Next, I watched two more BONES episodes so I could finish disc two in the third season set. One was the infamously delayed (for a season) episode concerning the murder of the college basketball player. Very good episode.
The disc contained both the aired episode and the original episode which had scenes of Hodgins proposing to Angela which had to be deleted with other scenes put in its place since that storyline played out at the end of the previous season.
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Then, I began watching DR. SYN ALIAS THE SCARECROW. I decided I'd watch the movie version on disc 2, but I'm still 28 minutes from the end of it. I'll finish it when I go back down.
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I will say that color and sharpness-wise, it looks almost like a brand new film. The trebly sound gives its age away, of course, as there is no low end at all in the mix, but it is so enjoyable.
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I saw DRLaura's DS today at church and gave him an octopus for his ledge. Yes, this actually makes sense. And DRSandra looked stunning wearing two beatuiful socks (one was black with a map of the world on it, the other light blue with frogs and lily pads). By wearing mismatching socks, Sandra can get twice the use out of them-- very useful to know. :D Perhaps that was what was behind David Hockney's thinking decades ago
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And how is DR Laura's sister?
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DR Kerry, you just squeeked by modifying that post. Ten seconds later and I would have had proof of the original.
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WINTER WONDERLAND
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/12/02/haslettmi830am.jpg)
Haslett, Michigan, 8.30 am.
der Brucer
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..And DRSandra looked stunning wearing two beatuiful socks
On which foot?
der Brucer
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Afternoon surf completed and now I'm heading down to clean the guest bath, put away the already-folded laundry, and then back to Romney Marsh for more adventures with the Scarecrow.
WBBL.
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And where IS dear reader Laura - hasn't it been quite a while since her last post?
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Listening to a CD, and getting ready to eat tuna sandwiches for lunch - just what I was craving. Then I'll watch a DVD or three. I actually began watching White Christmas last night in the bedroom environment - despite having owned the original DVD and then the one that came out last year or so, I actually haven't seen the damn thing in over twenty, maybe thirty years. I must say, I'm finding it VERY enjoyable. I'd forgotten that two of the screenwriters were the great Panama and Frank - and yes, the jokes and humor work better here than on stage.
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I will light a candle that the doggie will find a home, DR DANISE.
And while it may surprise you, some people ARE marked for life by one simple mistake.
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I am intrigued....yes intrigued by the thought of the new KRITZERLAND releases.....
Do either of them involve a composer of a music cue called "Nancy and the Donkey"?
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I don't remember reading it....but has any DR seen the DVD's of the first season of the DONNA REED SHOW? Are they the complete episodes or the syndicated versions.
I guess the Screen Gems credit is chopped off at the end - so the prints must come from someplace else.....I thought Todon - Donna and Tony Owens' company owned it, but there is some controversy about the quality of the prints from reviewers on Amazon.
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The Family Stone
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DR TCB when I was at Wall-E this morning, the Christmas merchandise look as if it hadn't been touched!
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463174,00.html)
Average Price of Gasoline Reaches Lowest Level in Nearly 5 Years
Sunday, December 07, 2008
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price of U.S. gasoline fell 22 cents a gallon during the past two weeks, bringing it to its lowest level in nearly five years, according to a national survey released Sunday.
The average price of regular gasoline Friday was $1.75 a gallon, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said. The price of mid-grade was $1.90 a gallon and the price of premium was $2.02 a gallon.
Anf not a single thank you from BK to the Oil Companies.
der Brucer
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Sunday evening greetings! DH Richard presided over morning prayer today, as our priest is fulfilling a National Guard obligation this weekend and next. After church, Richard took the entire congregation out for lunch - Rob, Mary Linda, and me.
He and I did some Christmas shopping on the way home and now I'm going to deck some more halls.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Jane!!!
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The Family Stone
(http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1224724202_1.jpg)
Looks more like the Family Stoned!
der Brucer
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LOL DR derBRUCER.....I think Donna Reed admitted on at least one occasion, that may have been the case.
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ON THIS DAY:
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans were killed.
It wouldn't feel like my birthday is someone didn't remember Pear Harbor.
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Thank you for the birthday wishes DR JFL.
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Happy Birthday DR Jane!
I hope you get to do something fun and eat something yummy!
Thank you. I just did. We went for a walk in town with Sherlock & left him in the car while we had lunch.
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A most wonderful natal day to our dear, kind Jane!!!
You are so kind.:) Thank you.
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JANE-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL
AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ON THIS FESTIVE DAY?
How sweet. Right now I'm going to Skype DS Craig & soon to be DD Ioana.
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Happy
Birthday
DR
JANE
!!!!!!!!!
A BIG thank you.
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Thank you DR Charles Pogue. I’m still trying to get to your part of the country, one day.
DR JRand, thanks. It is a very happy day.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAREST JANE!!!
Enjoy a glorious walk and the lovely sky and all your family (the two-legged ones and 4-legged ones)
And cake. Never forget cake.
Thank you. I walked with two of my family. Keith didn't dress warm enough so it wasn't a long walk, just short & sweet.
No cake. I did have an early birthday Carvel's cake last week :)
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...Pear Harbor.
A peach of a place!
der Brucer
Remmeber The Maine, Plymouth Rock, and the Golden Rule... and Jane!
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Back from the movies and dinner with Matthew. We had a great day and a tasty meal at the diner on 44th and 9th Avenue, caught up on all our (mis)adventures, and went separate ways, he to conduct a tour of Radio City, Grand Central Station, and other parts of Manhattan and I to a taxi. As to the movie, it was a real nostalgia blitz of life between 1970 and 1978, and I wept through a lot of it. The cast is really quite wonderful, looking amazingly like their real counterparts, and Sean Penn is absolutely wonderful. As to the huge crowds, I suspect we sat in an audience of fifty people at the most, but the audience was amazingly silent and gave the film a big hand at the end.
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DR TCB when I was at Wall-E this morning, the Christmas merchandise look as if it hadn't been touched!
Really, maybe I just picked the wrong store to shop.
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Sunday evening greetings! DH Richard presided over morning prayer today, as our priest is fulfilling a National Guard obligation this weekend and next. After church, Richard took the entire congregation out for lunch - Rob, Mary Linda, and me.
He and I did some Christmas shopping on the way home and now I'm going to deck some more halls.
That was it? Four people at the service?
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Sunday evening greetings! DH Richard presided over morning prayer today, as our priest is fulfilling a National Guard obligation this weekend and next. After church, Richard took the entire congregation out for lunch - Rob, Mary Linda, and me.
He and I did some Christmas shopping on the way home and now I'm going to deck some more halls.
That was it? Four people at the service?
Oh wait, Mary Linda can't count as two people!
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It took 11 minutes to type that last post, because of #$#%#$%^& AOL got stuck again and again.
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HAPPY, HAPPY NATAL DAY, DR JANE!
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Sunday evening greetings! DH Richard presided over morning prayer today, as our priest is fulfilling a National Guard obligation this weekend and next. After church, Richard took the entire congregation out for lunch - Rob, Mary Linda, and me.
He and I did some Christmas shopping on the way home and now I'm going to deck some more halls.
That was it? Four people at the service?
Oh wait, Mary Linda can't count as two people!
Well, our wonderful organist, Rick, was there, too, but was unable to go to lunch because he was playing a carillon concert in Mariemont shortly after church adjourned.
Yes, we're a very small mission and many of the others are quite elderly. It was so cold today and slippery that we think they just stayed home.
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I am so excited about tonight's TAR finale.
Only thing is my sis has the stomach flu and i will have to watch it with my 3 year old niece. I really hope she likes it.
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Tonight we have DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES at 7pm (on ABC at 9pm), then TAR, then the season finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA, and then BROTHERS & SISTERS. I probably won't get to watch anything but TAR tonight. ANd maybe part of SYTYCD.
I'm really rooting for one dancer, who i predict should win.
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TAR TAR TAR
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I was in a production of EXECUTION OF JUSTICE way back in 1987. I played several small parts, but my favorite was as Harvey Milk's partner who described the candle light vigil.....
It was a very good production and there were some great people in it.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happiest of Birthday Wishes to Our DR Nursie Jane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! Boy, with all the calls it is taking me forever to get through the 1st page.:)
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Yep TAR TAR TAR. I cannot wait! But now apparently i need to watch strawberry shortcake videos online.
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Happy Birthday to DR Jane!!!
Thank you :)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463174,00.html)
Average Price of Gasoline Reaches Lowest Level in Nearly 5 Years
Sunday, December 07, 2008
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price of U.S. gasoline fell 22 cents a gallon during the past two weeks, bringing it to its lowest level in nearly five years, according to a national survey released Sunday.
The average price of regular gasoline Friday was $1.75 a gallon, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said. The price of mid-grade was $1.90 a gallon and the price of premium was $2.02 a gallon.
Anf not a single thank you from BK to the Oil Companies.
der Brucer
Oh, I'm sure you know why this is happening - as I said months ago, the oil companies are scared shitless of Obama and what he might do - they are doing this in quite a calculated manner. If only this election had been just before doing The Brain in Anaheim, I probably could have saved myself about $1000 in gas.
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Good morning! Feeling a bit better this morning. Still very phlegm-y, but less sinus pressure and therefore less pain. I feel that it is probably moving down into my chest, and will become a persistent cough for a few weeks. That I can handle. I by-passed the dreaded ear infection stage, so I'm happy.
A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LOVELY DR JANE. I hope it is a day filled with family, good tidings, and cake. Lots of cake.
Thank you DR Ann for your sweet wishes. I should have cake. I could have a Mallomar instead, that is almost like cake.
I’m glad the worst part of the cold is gone.
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DR Jose, thanks for the birthday wishes. :)
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DR JANE!
Very cute, thank you. I like your festive avatar.
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My two sandwiches were quite yummilicous, and I also had some cantaloupe. That will be it for today, because tomorrow I'm being taken to lunch (a Thai place - I've already warned that I will eat only an appetizer, say egg rolls or chicken satay or something like that), and then I'm being taken to The Smoke House for dinner. Obviously that will be my splurge meal for the next two weeks, what with the garlic cheese bread and whatever else I may eat - I may have the Louis and try to do cocktail sauce along with the Louis dressing, so I don't have TOO many calories. Otherwise, I may just opt for the prime rib - we shall see. Of course, I'd love the clam chowder, too, but that's gilding the lily just a little too much. Or I could have a big bowl of clam chowder and the garlic cheese bread and stop right there - but that won't be happening. No, best to stay away from the clam chowder, methinks.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463174,00.html)
Average Price of Gasoline Reaches Lowest Level in Nearly 5 Years
Sunday, December 07, 2008
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price of U.S. gasoline fell 22 cents a gallon during the past two weeks, bringing it to its lowest level in nearly five years, according to a national survey released Sunday.
The average price of regular gasoline Friday was $1.75 a gallon, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said. The price of mid-grade was $1.90 a gallon and the price of premium was $2.02 a gallon.
Anf not a single thank you from BK to the Oil Companies.
der Brucer
Oh, I'm sure you know why this is happening...
Well, BK, one of the telephone crazies who calls my library regularly told me yesterday that it's because of the androids ::)
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Thank you DR Danise. It is ok you forgot. I know not having the computer must be frustrating, without mine I find it easier to miss birthdays at the beginning of the month than at the end.
I must be worst than a heathen as I have never been able to watch the entire CHRISTMAS STORY. It just hasn’t captured my interest.
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DR Jeanne, thanks. I am having a delightful day.
GOOOD LUCK WITH PLAN B!
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DR TCB, that is a beautiful baby giraffe. :)
A birthday just is complete anymore without one of DR MBarnum’s antique cards.
Birthday wishes from the land of Oz, I love this site.
All three are much appreciated.
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Well, I haven't known Jane since was fifteen, but I did torture her in New York, and she is SOMETHING!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sherlock's BFF - Jane.
der Brucer
;D :) ;D
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DR TOMovOZ and DR COLIN - thanks for the colorful calendar that arrived yesterday. Now I am truly ready for 2009.
Can it possibly be MR BK's birthday again...already?
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Now I am off to watch THE AMAZING RACE......
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I see people with umbrellas, so I guess it's raining.
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An LA rain - one drop every twenty minutes.
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Thank you DRs Ginny & td.
Now to call my brother back, before DS Bryan calls for the second time.
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I remember the only time I ever visited Disney World. It was in September, and the temperature was over 90 with equal humidity. Suddenly it started raining, actually more of what I would call a mist; and suddenly the entire park emptied out. I couldn't believe it, you would have thought they had closed down the park. No lines on any rides. Fantastic.
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Disney World is in Florida; Disney Land is in California. :)
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OMG all three teams are in Portland Oregon, just as DR JMK wrote....and the detours are amazing.....the winner will have truly earned the money from this leg alone!
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Disney World is in Florida; Disney Land is in California. :)
Wow! You are sharp. I was at Disney World in Florida.
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Okay, I have been computer-less for the past three days. . . It can be done, but. . . .one really misses HHW the most.
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Okay, I have been computer-less for the past three days. . . It can be done, but. . . .one really misses HHW the most.
I feel ur pane.
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Satisfying and satisfactory finale for The Amazing Race. And a moment at the finish line that made Phil shed a tear.
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Oh, I'm sure you know why this is happening - as I said months ago, the oil companies are scared shitless of Obama and what he might do - they are doing this in quite a calculated manner.
Nope - no cause and effect at all. The retail price is simply following the price of crude, which is not under control of the Oil Companies. In fact, Obama has already backed off the idea of a windfall profits tax for the oil companies, so they have nothing at all to fear.
der Brucer
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elmore, Julieanne and I just finished watching MILK on a industry screener (it's awards season so new DVDs coming in the mail almost every day) and found it quite moving with a wonderful sense of time and place. I now must google Anita Bryant and find out whatever happened to that pinched, unhappy harpy. I hope the last thirty years of her life have been the obscure misery she deserves.
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Pogue family new addition: Nigel, Lord Bothwell
Nigel is darling! It would be sweet to watch Sherlock lie down on the floor & let Nigel climb all over him.
May you have many years of joy with Nigel.
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It's been crazy busy today--Happy Birthday, Jane, from all of us at Chez Kauffman.
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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yes
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR JANE!!!! Sorry I wasn't here earlier to wish you a happy day but it's been a very busy day of chores
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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yes
I hereby sentence you to watch 24 hours of Christmas Story - one of thelcoal cable channels does it every Christmas Eve
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR JANE!!!
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Cilla - I love your new shades!
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VIBES and Prayers for TCB, Stan, Ann and the DS of DR Laura
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Tomorrow I go to get my feeding tube... think if I slip the surgeon a an extra $20 I can get a tummy tuck thrown in?
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I likely will not be around the next couple of days - so HAPPY BIRTHDAY in Advance for BK
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My mother saw A CHRISTMAS STORY last year for the first time. . .and the second time. . .and the third time. . .thanks to its marathon showing on one of those nice Turner channels.
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Ginny -I am glad your close call was just that... be careful out there!!
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We woke up this morning to snow --- the Vixter went out and cleaned off my car and started it up and got the heat going for me
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andf she has taken over the teaching of my 1st grade class
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My mother saw A CHRISTMAS STORY last year for the first time. . .and the second time. . .and the third time. . .thanks to its marathon showing on one of those nice Turner channels.
that's the one - Vixdad LOVES that show... in fact a few years ago we (Vixter & I) bought him a Christmas ornament in the shape of a packing crate marked FRAGILE... when you open it it contains a second ornament - a replica of the "major award"
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Well -- off to do a few things that need doing....
VIBES for all and to all a good night!
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Busy Kauman's & Cilla, you caught me in time so all is fine ;). Thanks for the wishes.
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Dr Vixmom, good luck tomorrow & thank you for my birthday greetings.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Jane!! ;D
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Thank you DR George. It has been a fantastic birthday.
'night
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Ginny -I am glad your close call was just that... be careful out there!!
Thanks, DR Vixmom!
I'll be thinking about you tomorrow and throughout this first week of your treatments.
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Cilla - I love your new shades!
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Thanks! They are double cell, so they are also insulating, which is nice. Today I bought the laminate floor I'm going to put in. It has to sit in the room for a few days before I can put it in. I had second thoughts about the design I picked out, but I think it will really work and be unique, so I decided to go for it.
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VIBES TO VIXMOM, hope all goes well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Busy Kauman's & Cilla, you caught me in time so all is fine ;). Thanks for the wishes.
What have you done with our fortissimo?
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I can't believe how warm it is in my office. I only have the heat set to 63 tonight, but my office feels like 80. Good lord, it's warm in here!
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When I went back into the home theater, I picked back up with DR. SYN. Really enjoyable film version of the story even if Disney had to abruptly slap a "The End" title card at the conclusion that seemed totally ill-fitting.
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I have had the most peculiar thing happen. All of a sudden, my HD-DVD player will not recognize any remote controls. The player itself works fine when I use the play, pause, and chapter ahead buttons on the front, but no remote works with it, even with fresh batteries. I tried cleaning to front in case the sensor was blocked or smudged or something, but that didn't do any good at all. I really have no idea why it doesn't recognize either the remote that came with it or the universal remote that has the codes punched in for that model.
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So, instead of watching THE THING on HD-DVD which I had planned, I just put in DR. NO once again on Blu-ray and watched that. At least THAT remote works perfectly.
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DEXTER had a really wonderful episode tonight, the penultimate one for the season. Great cat and mouse stuff, a HUGE surprise at the beginning of the episode, and next week's season finale should be a corker.
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I really enjoyed DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES tonight, too. I liked all of the storylines for a change.
I have to say since Gale Harold had his accident, it didn't surprise me that Susan and Mike are being inched back together. I really don't think that was the original plan for the season.
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I had enough time to watch the first half of BROTHERS & SISTERS. A nice surprise finding out the father of Julia's baby, and I'll be curious to see how this news affects the family in the episodes to come.
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I will also be really curious to see if my break from work continues tomorrow or if a shipment of review discs arrives.
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My goodness, I just passed 44,000 postings - the next 1000 will bring me to a lovely new achievement in posting.
Congrats to BK's 44,000+ Posts!! ;D
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And on TNT:
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (the new third installment of the series). The first two re-run starting at 4PM. The interplay betwen Jane Curtin and Bob Newhart make it all worthwhile.
der Brucer
I just happened to see the TV listings just before this started and was able to set my DVR to record the HD version of this. I don't know when I'll be able to watch it, but I'll have it recorded. :D
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Heading down to bed now.
Good night!
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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That's another YES from me!!
;)
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I likely will not be around the next couple of days - so HAPPY BIRTHDAY in Advance for BK
~~~SUPER EVERYTHING VIBES FOR FOR DR VIXMOM!!~~~
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Am I a heathen for never having seen A Christmas Story??
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I've never seen it - draw your own conclusions.
der Brucer
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Today, we had another great show. ;D We have more people in today's audience than in last night's, but both were good audiences. Now, we have three days off, but on Tuesday, I'm going to see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in Seattle. :)
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TNT's LEVERAGE is definitely a keeper; a Mission Impossible scenario with a very attractive cast, nice writing, good filming and super editing.
der Brucer
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Oregon looked beautiful in the TAR finale. Despite the idiot frats. :)
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Today, we had another great show. ;D We have more people in today's audience than in last night's, but both were good audiences. Now, we have three days off, but on Tuesday, I'm going to see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in Seattle. :)
The movie which is great or the stage version which is not.
der Brucer
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I must get some sleep, then I have a busy morning, so let me say right now....Happy Birthday Eve BK!! I'll send you appropriate wishes whenever I can get to a computer tomorrow
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TNT's LEVERAGE is definitely a keeper; a Mission Impossible scenario with a very attractive cast, nice writing, good filming and super editing.
der Brucer
Cool. Thanks for the info.
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Today, we had another great show. ;D We have more people in today's audience than in last night's, but both were good audiences. Now, we have three days off, but on Tuesday, I'm going to see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in Seattle. :)
The movie which is great or the stage version which is not.
der Brucer
The stage version at the 5th Avenue (http://www.5thavenue.org/show/7Bridesfor7Brothers0809/).
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I want you all to be careful out there. We need to stick together and realize what a great thing we have here. Ok, perhaps a little sentimental, but where else I can find a group as wonderful as you? As us, I should say. Who is better than us?
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Despite the idiot frats. :)
Who, of all the finalists, looked most like Portlanders ;D
der Brucer
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Good Evening!
A friend of mine happened to catch me online earlier, and wanted to know if I had had dinner yet, and since I hadn't, well... He had just gotten back from a family vacation - his parents' 50th(!) wedding anniversary - down in Walt Disney World, and didn't have any food in his place, and I was more than happy to accompany him to a great little diner uptown.
While we walked to the diner, we happened to see - well, hear - a man get struck by a livery cab. Thankfully, there were some other witnesses closer to the scene, and once we were sure they were making the requisite calls to the police, we continued walking. About two blocks away, we saw a police cruiser and were about to go tell them that there was an accident, but then a bicycle delivery man rode up and told them. I hope the man who was hit is OK.
Dinner was very good, and we had a great time catching up. And our waiter was also a hoot. A bit aloof and distant at times, but he "walked the walk, and talked the talk". ;)
Then on the way back from the diner, we happened to see a man get caught off guard by a big gust of wind. He ended up falling into one of the metal garbage cans that are set up on the street corners. Thankfully, he had a friend walking with him, and he was also able to use the lamp post to help re-steady himself.
Stay warm. Stay safe.
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And Congratulations to the winners of "The Amazing Race"!!!
:)
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Disney World is in Florida; Disney Land is in California. :)
Actually... "Walt Disney World" is in Florida. "Disneyland" is in California.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463174,00.html)
Average Price of Gasoline Reaches Lowest Level in Nearly 5 Years
Sunday, December 07, 2008
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price of U.S. gasoline fell 22 cents a gallon during the past two weeks, bringing it to its lowest level in nearly five years, according to a national survey released Sunday.
The average price of regular gasoline Friday was $1.75 a gallon, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said. The price of mid-grade was $1.90 a gallon and the price of premium was $2.02 a gallon.
Anf not a single thank you from BK to the Oil Companies.
der Brucer
And I'm wondering if the reports and speculations that gas could get back down in the $1.00/gallon range within the first six months of 2009 will come true.
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Welcome back, DR td!
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Oh, I'm sure you know why this is happening - as I said months ago, the oil companies are scared shitless of Obama and what he might do - they are doing this in quite a calculated manner.
Nope - no cause and effect at all. The retail price is simply following the price of crude, which is not under control of the Oil Companies. In fact, Obama has already backed off the idea of a windfall profits tax for the oil companies, so they have nothing at all to fear.
der Brucer
Uh huh. Sure. 'Fraid not. There are none so blind as those who will not see.
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Finished watching White Christmas - very interesting after seeing the stage show - more about that in the notes.
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Just nosing around the Internet - not much interesting going on. Sounds like it's drizzling outside. If it's raining in the morning then no jog for me.
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I looked up calories for clam chowder and surprisingly a bowl of it isn't nearly as bad as I though, and a cup is quite reasonable. Lots of fat grams, though, but calorie-wise, not terrible. Still, I think I've already decided to do the Louis with both Louis dressing and red sauce, and the garlic cheese bread. Okay, MAYBE a CUP of clam chowder, but then there might be dessert, so maybe not.
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I looked up calories for clam chowder and surprisingly a bowl of it isn't nearly as bad as I though, and a cup is quite reasonable. Lots of fat grams, though, but calorie-wise, not terrible. Still, I think I've already decided to do the Louis with both Louis dressing and red sauce, and the garlic cheese bread. Okay, MAYBE a CUP of clam chowder, but then there might be dessert, so maybe not.
Of course, that's presuming that the websites you've been checking out have the caloric information for the Clam Chowder that they serve at the Smoke House. Anyhoo...
Just order a cup. Have a couple of spoonfuls, then push it aside. Or have someone else at your table take it from you. ;)
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Well, I'm sleepy, so...
Goodnight.
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I'll try to be good, but I suppose if it's my one big splurge of the last six months it'll be okay. Of course, the next day I'm going to Langer's for pastrami, but I've never gained weight having a pastrami sandwich and one latke. Of course, Wednesday and Thursday I'm going to Hugo's, but Papa's Eggs is very lowcal, so that's good. After Thursday, I'll do Subway for a couple of days and that should put everything right, presuming anything goes wrong. I do find that if I do the four miles, anything's fair game, food-wise.
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TAR in Portland was fun! It was great to see the contestants pass by locations downtown that I see all the time!
And it is interesting how everything seems to happen so fast...but really, it is quite a long drive from Newburg to The Bridge of the Gods...at least an hours drive, I would think.
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I saw A CHRISTMAS STORY once. That is all.
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I met the dad of one of the kids from A CHRISTMAS STORY last time I was in Los Angeles. Or was it a kid from THE GOONIES? I don't know...the dad was a total jerk. BK knows who I mean.
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DR Tomovoz, thanks for the awesome Australian bird calendar!
My supervisor stole it from me as soon as she saw it. I presume it will be returned on Monday.
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Vixmom, I will be thinking good thoughts of you this week! Take care!