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Well, you've read the notes, the notes knew ye, and now it is time for you to post until the 2009 cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SERIATIM!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to once upon a time dear reader Maya.
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A little boring around these here parts, wouldn't you say?
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What makes the red potatoes so righteous? That's what I'd like to know...
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR Ron Pulliam!!!!
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR elmore3003!!!!
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***PLUMBING VIBES***
for DR Cillaliz!!!!
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DR JoseSPiano - very sorry about the watch. Thank you for your theatre report.
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What makes the red potatoes so righteous? That's what I'd like to know...
I suspect because they are greeted with righteous indigestion.
der Brucer
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(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/12/23/salisburymattcardygetty.jpg)
Choristers from the Salisbury Cathedral Choir light candles as they leave the vestry to practice ahead of the midnight service that will be held in the Cathedral marking Christmas Eve on December 23, 2008 in Salisbury, England. It will be the 750th year that Christmas has been celebrated in the cathedral after it was dedicated in 1258. It is thought that the foundation of the choir stretches back even further with evidence of the foundation of a song school in Salisbury as early as the 11th century. By Matt Cardy/Getty.
Seems the young squires were in sing school when they should have been out protecting Harold's eye!
der Brucer
How many songs did Singdaw sing when Singdaw sang in song school?
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Should you have a spare Border's card hanging around:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/BordAd2.jpg)
der Brucer
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Good morning, all! I've not caught up from yesterday but I will when I return from my errands. I'm off to Fed Ex, then back here to pack up.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel Vibes to DR Ron Pulliam! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Travel vibes to DR ELMORE.
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Wotta story, DR JOSE. Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at yore rear end!
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I wanted to like the television series PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES, but Patricia Crowley wasn't a good choice for the Mom......and she kept calling the kids by their real names instead of their character names in big scenes of chaos.....
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I liked seeing my production of ALL MY SONS last summer......except for the ONE problem actor. That made it mostly painful......
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Monday morning greetings! It's a clear, sunny day here in SW Ohio - a beautiful day for travel.
Vibes for DRs Elmore and Ron as they head home after holiday visits with family and friends!
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Travel Vibes to Elmore and Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This is very nearly, most assuredly, almost absolutely my last 2008 post from Johnston SC.
I'm packed, for the most part, and am trying to relax a bit before we start our drive to Columbia SC.
My aunt either will or won't be coming with us, dependent upon a couple of factors -- the men who will install new blinds (today, tomorrow or ?) and my cousin Rick, the dentist, whom my aunt hopes can see her today or tomorrow for a lost filling. If neither happens today, she'll ride along.
TRAVEL VIBES appreciated.
Also,
~~~Travel VIBES for DR Elmore~~~
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Favorite performances?
Film:
Frank Langella in FROST/NIXON
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep in DOUBT
Stage:
Gary Beach in SPAMALOT
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So far so good. I turned the water on this morning and nothing sounded like it was dripping in the shower area. I also called the plumber. He'll come out at 10:00 AM and look at it to see if he needs to send someone out to fix it right away or where we go from here.
DR JMK, The biggest problem with an insert will be that the walls and floor aren't square or level (like the rest of the basement). It's a shower someone tiled themselves, or they hired a lousy contractor to put it in. I could see putting in some of the premade walls or possibly an insert if there is a way to do it, but first I'm hoping they can save the tile and go in from the wall in the room behind the shower.
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So time to get dressed...WOW it's 40 degrees out right now. We're having a heat wave....a tropical heat wave...
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm just waiting for my Mom or Dad or brother or even my niece, Alexandra (she has her own cell phone now) to call me.
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~~~~~TRAVEL VIBES TO DRS ELMORE AND RON PULLIAM~~~~~
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Plumbing vibes for DR Cillaliz.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Travel vibes for DR RonP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Travel vibes for DR Elmore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Yesterday i finally watched the season finale of BOSTON LEGAL. I was not expecting that!
And i read 3 books.
Tonight on tv on MTV the premiere of the HILLS spin-off THE CITY, and BROMANCE. I will have to catch them both online since i don't get MTV.
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
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Even though I am a season behind in watching but David Tennant's performance as the Doctor in the Doctor Who series continues to amaze me. The writers have given depth and character and emotion to a character that I felt was lacking in all the incarnations. I am NOT looking forward to his departure and was hoping a healthy pay raise might entice him to stay but that won't happen. :-[
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DR Jose sorry about your watch. Is there anyway that someone turned in the bag?
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Cold today, but the sun is shining. No clouds. That's a nice change from the last few days.
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Year's End Page Two Dance
(http://www.knti.com/UserFiles/Image/end6.jpg)
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Hopefully the mail will bring some interesting items today.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
On Stage:
Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell in Sunday in the Park with George
Paulo Szot, Kelli O'Hara and Danny Burstein in South Pacific
Laura Benanti in Gypsy
Deana Dunagan, Amy Morton and Rondi Reed in August: Osage County
Lin-Manuel Miranda in In The Heights
Alexander Gemignani in Bounce
On Screen:
Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"
Dev Patel in "Slumdog Millionaire"
Viola Davis in "Doubt"
Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall in "Sex & The City"
Wall-E in "Wall-E"
-And a couple of other I know I'm forgetting after the mini-film-festival I immersed myself in over the past couple of weekends.
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I've been to Fed Ex to drop off the last cartons of work and then to thre bank, the Fed Ex cartons I'm shipping on my own FedEx account are in the car, my carry-on bag is packed and as soon as the laundry dries, I'll be completely ready to leave. Jo got a request from a sick co-worker to come into work today so we said our goodbyes and I said goodbye to Randy on the phone. I hope to leave here around noon, drive to the Miamisburg Fed Ex Center to drop off the cartons I'm shipping to my home, then to Dayton. I have to strop somewhere to fill up the car's gas tank.
I fly from Dayton at 3:15, land in DC around 4:40, wait two hours and fly to LaGuardia. I won't be in the apartment, if all goes well, before 8 pm. It pisses me off to no end that US Air is now discontinuing nonstop flights to Dayton. The whole flight should have taken me 2 hours, not five.
Keep them vibes coming!
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
OHH!!! I haven't seen that one in years! LOVED IT THEN, LOVE IT NOW!
Thanks for the "reminder" - and the chance to bookmark it!
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Hmm.. It appears that both my parents' cellphones are currently off, as is my brother's. Hmm..
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Ah... They're still in Weehawken...
I guess I could see the 11:30 showing of "Waltz with Bashir" in the meantime. Hmm... ;)
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
:D
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Hmm.. It appears that both my parents' cellphones are currently off, as is my brother's. Hmm..
Maybe they're still at RCMH.
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
OHH!!! I haven't seen that one in years! LOVED IT THEN, LOVE IT NOW!
Thanks for the "reminder" - and the chance to bookmark it!
I hadn't seen it before, but now I can't forget it.....
"But, Maria, you love hookers."
"Yes, Reverend Mother....but seven?!"
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Good morning!
It was gray and wet when I woke up and went out to get the newspaper. In the following couple of hours, the clouds have completely left the scene, and it's the most beautiful early spring day (in December) you've ever seen! Wow! I'll be sitting on my side porch waiting for best friend John to pick me up for lunch enjoying the fresh air and sunshine for sure.
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DS Betsy watched parts of SOM last night, as she does every time it's broadcast. My falsetto version of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is legend Chez Kauffman. :)
I, too, am hoping for a ton of late packages to arrive today. It turns out that the PDX post office couldn't even make it out to the airport to pick up arrivals for almost two weeks, so they're seriously backlogged. I'm still waiting on THE FILMS OF MICHAEL POWELL, a huge shipment of Brasil CDs from Dusty Groove, and a little troika of jewelry that JR knows about. :)
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Clear weather vibes to our travelers today!!!
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Best performances I've seen in films during this year (on DVD and Blu-ray since I didn't go to the movies this year):
Daniel Day-Lewis in THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Emile Hirsch in INTO THE WILD
Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in THE DARK KNIGHT
Keira Knightley in THE DUCHESS
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - GREATEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS, DEAL OR NO DEAL, MOMMA'S BOYS
ESPN - The Alamo Bowl
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I need to get to the post office to send packages to my sister and family. They had planned to come to Iowa for Christmas but changed plans near the last minute, so I told them I'd send them after Christmas... I hope I can get there today....
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Waiting for the Plumber.....
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We had a little customer service brouhaha last night with Game Crazy. I knew we had an in-store credit due to a foul up with their computer system. DS Betsy took the boys to buy them last night of Hannukah gifts and when she came back she said the guy had told her the credit had already been used. I knew I hadn't been in the store since we got the credit, so I called the guy very politely (no, really) and asked him to look up our records and tell me how it had been used. The guy went OFF on me (I mean, totally losing it, as only an early 20-something can) and then HUNG UP ON ME! Bad decision. :) I called back, asked for his district manager's number, and HE HUNG UP ON ME AGAIN! So I simply called another store and got the manager's cell number and called him. I was fuming by the time this was all over--I believe I may have even channeled BK for a brief shining moment. :)
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Good morning, kidz!
Well, Tuna's birthday party was great!!! There were 14 of us cousins there, and about 50 of the facility residents! She was thrilled to see her friend from Winnemucca. And to finally meet Rikki's daughter in law. Tina had been jumping out of her skin for weeks, waiting for this, and she bounced awake at 5 ayem - shpilkes - and had a long, lovely day.
After I got back from rehab, I took her and her friend to dinner at an amazing new place - a Brazilian steak jernt - Kravings - on Ventura Bl, just a few blocks away. Ohmigosh! The prix fixe dinner is $33.95 - including a vast, brilliant salad/appetizer bar. Then the fun begins - the waiters circulate with all manner of grilled meats on long skewers, with huge carving knives - they stop at one's table, tell about the meat/fish/shrimp/whatever, ask if you'd like some, and carve a portion right there. After two or three minutes, another waiter comes by with another type of meat on another skewer. This goes on until you beg them to stop.
I had a bite of spiced ground lamb, leg of lamb, filet mignon, chicken in tequila and lime, beef in a spicy marinade, some other beef chunk, mahi mahi, and a couple of other meats. I don't eat shrimp, but my companions had grilled giant prawns. It just keeps coming!!
The flan is the flannest flan in the world - a real star. They also have a wow of a tiramisu and a pistachio ice cream served with a whole spiced pear. Extensive, gorgeous, eclectic wine list. They also have a lounge with live music and a tapas menu. And the decor is ambience times ten. I will be taking others to dine there, oh, yes I will!!!
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Save traveling, to my on-the-road pals... get home safe.
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Waiting for you book to arrive, Drux!
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Well...
My brother is now driving into New York City from Weehawken. And, of course, one of the "tubes" of the Lincoln Tunnel is closed right now due to an earlier incident/accident. Hmm.. :-\
*I would have had time to see that movie. -Or at least get another hour of so of sleep. ;)
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DR PennyO - OOOHH!! A Churrascaria! Did they use the system of the green and red sign/placards ("keep it coming" and "STOP!")?
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I will be taking others to dine there, oh, yes I will!!!
Where is this sign-up list? ;)
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Work is hopping today!!! Wasn't expecting so many issues during what is traditionally a "quiet" week. :P
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We had a cute substitute tenor at church yesterday. As DR George is wont to say: "Just thought I'd share!" :)
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the plumber arrived promptly at 10:00 as promised. Wow. The good news is it looks like they can cut through the wall on in the store room and change the entire shower system without taking out the tile. WOO HOO!!! I am so happy. He also said he doesn't think it's leaking, just dripping when I take a shower. He doesn't think the current handles etc are repairable. I didn't think it would be...way too much rust. So, the price seems reasonable and I am very happy about this!
Whew! Off to work....oh Boo just dragged a Cat dancer all the way down stairs. I better play a little before I go. LATERS
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They will get to it next week unless I notice water on the floor in the meantime. I have a very busy week next week, but I will find time to fit them in. This is just too good. Thanks for the vibes!
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for my lunch outing.
WBBL.
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How many songs did Singdaw sing when Singdaw sang in song school?
Singdaw sang a song of scary syllables.
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DR PennyO - OOOHH!! A Churrascaria! Did they use the system of the green and red sign/placards ("keep it coming" and "STOP!")?
I went to one of those in Ft Worth TX. It was fabulous. I ate too much, but it was all so good
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Good news for DR Cillaliz!!!! :D
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Great news, DR CILLA LIZ!
DR JOSE, maybe Lucy Ricardo tried to make a U-turn in the tunnel.
Tonight I will start to watch the last of the DVD's in my OLDIES.COM shipment including:
The Bride Wore Black - in anticipation of the new Kritzerland CD release
Alexander the Great - with Richard Burton in the title role
DeSade - with Keir Dullea in the title role
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning with Mr Albert Finney
The Decameron with English subtitles
The Knack and How to Get It - with Michael Crawford
Madmen of Mandoras aka They Saved Hitler's Brain & The Devil's Hand
Also a 4-DVD set that will soon be on it's way to DR MBARNUM.
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All for less than $47 including shpg.
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My cooking tip for the day:
http://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/sounds/crackers/rhubarb.wav (http://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/sounds/crackers/rhubarb.wav)
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DR JMK....please let us know the outcome.
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How many songs did Singdaw sing when Singdaw sang in song school?
Singdaw sang a song of scary syllables.
Lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergmann
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Great news, DR CILLA LIZ!
DR JOSE, maybe Lucy Ricardo tried to make a U-turn in the tunnel.
Tonight I will start to watch the last of the DVD's in my OLDIES.COM shipment including:
The Bride Wore Black - in anticipation of the new Kritzerland CD release
Alexander the Great - with Richard Burton in the title role
DeSade - with Keir Dullea in the title role
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning with Mr Albert Finney
The Decameron with English subtitles
The Knack and How to Get It - with Michael Crawford
Madmen of Mandoras aka They Saved Hitler's Brain & The Devil's Hand
Also a 4-DVD set that will soon be on it's way to DR MBARNUM.
Ah MADMEN OF MANDORAS...I rather enjoyed that one...and it co-stars Scott Peters, Mac the Marine in Attack of the Puppet People.
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For some reason, DR MBARNUM - there are TWO versions of the movie in this set....digital transfer from the original negative.
Only $5.98 at OLDIES.COM.
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/6636GD.html
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Okay, verybody, time to leave Middletown OH. The car is packed and I'm off to Miamisburg and the fed Ex center.
God willing, I'll post tonight when I'm back in Manhattan.
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Okay, verybody
***VIBES*** that DR elmore3003 is seated next to verybody on his flights! ;)
(http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:nh0zi84Kv_fdaM:http://www.ab-core-and-stomach-exercises.com/images/6-pack-abs.jpg)
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I am thinking about taking a ride on the new light rail today.
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DR PennyO - OOOHH!! A Churrascaria! Did they use the system of the green and red sign/placards ("keep it coming" and "STOP!")?
Yes!!! Totally new dining experience for me!!
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OH... So they're already at "American Girl Place"... ::)
Laters...
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Excellent vibes and xylophones to our travelers.
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I'm up, the sky is blue, and I shall go do errands and whatnot in about forty minutes, then do the long jog after it heats up a bit.
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Vibes and crotales for traveling HHW'ers today.
Finally getting around to setting up the studio-office room in the house. Until now, it's been a catch-all, but it's time to make it working space.
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Good Afternoon!
Well... Even Uncle Jojo has his limits. The line to get into FAO Schwarz this afternoon: http://twitpic.com/xnj0/
I think my family is inside. :-\
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I've shipped my packages. I got a Nudie Musical DVD order that I can't ship as I seem to be out - so I've just ordered some more. Also, I've heard that the earliest I'll have CDs is Friday, not Wednesday as I'd hoped - still I'd love to get them on Friday and get them shipped out.
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Just got back from ensuring that Border's stays in business for another year. :)
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Just got back from ensuring that Border's stays in business for another year. :)
They'd better-- Someone just gave me a gift card for them!
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Back from the long jog. Beautiful day.
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TOD:
I'll admit I haven't seen many films or plays this year. Of the films I did see, "MILK" and "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" were excellent.
I'm having dinner with my aunt, and we're going to watch "The Bad and the Beautiful" (which I haven't seen in years).
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Waiting for you book to arrive, Drux!
Thank you. Enjoy!
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
This is hysterical! ;D
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I'm angry at Gelson's.
>:(
They stopped carrying my margarine [Promise Fat Free] and there's no place else in Los Angeles where it's sold.
:'(
However, I'm told that is IS available in Austin, TX.
:)
So, as far as Gelson's is concerned:
:P
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If you're a fan of Jack Benny & Groucho Marx, you have to see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNK1Jt4JLg
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I took a nice hot shower and am now listening to CDs. I did some preliminary work on a novel, and rewrote a few Nudie Musical lines. And now, I'm thinking about food, since I did a brisk run.
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I'm also thinking about why we're STILL on page three?
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I am glad and surprised to see there is a new episode of ELI STONE tomorrow night!
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TOD
Even though I am a season behind in watching but David Tennant's performance as the Doctor in the Doctor Who series continues to amaze me. The writers have given depth and character and emotion to a character that I felt was lacking in all the incarnations. I am NOT looking forward to his departure and was hoping a healthy pay raise might entice him to stay but that won't happen. :-[
Not with that back injury he just had operated on.
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Waiting for the Plumber.....
By Samuel Beckett.
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We had a cute substitute tenor at church yesterday. As DR George is wont to say: "Just thought I'd share!" :)
What? No pictures?? >:(
;)
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
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You'd think it was a holiday weekday or something.
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Actually, it's quite annoying.
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And inexcusable. I don't want to start naming names, but I will.
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Good Afternoon!
Well... Even Uncle Jojo has his limits. The line to get into FAO Schwarz this afternoon: http://twitpic.com/xnj0/
I think my family is inside. :-\
Another hostage situation.
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It is a simply beautiful day here and nothing like a typical December day. More like late March or early April. Amazing.
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Had some phone calls this afternoon so I didn't get as much viewed as I'd hoped.
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And the word of the day is: SERIATIM!
And The Song Of The Day Is: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
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I did, however, have time to view THE TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV by Roberto Rossellini. It's the same rather placid take on history that he showed in those TV bio films that I watched a week or two ago, only here he's got a movie-sized budget and it shows in the number of extras and the grandeur of the production design.
Not a great film (the actor playing Louis is HIDEOUSLY uncharismatic and appears at certain points to be reading his lines off cue cards. I'll be interested to watch the bonus features to see if he was an amateur cast in the part because he resembled the real man. Truly, everyone else acts circles around the star of the show!
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I must say it is amusing to follow our GUESTS to the various and sundried threads they're perusing. Someone was just looking at one from April of 2004! On that day, I was signing at the UCLA Book Fair AND in Glendale apparently. And Jay was still posting, and someone named Emily and Francois and William F. Orr. I received a nice Xmas card from the latter who tells me he's going to try to come back to us in 2009. As to the others, I just scratch my head - especially re Jay.
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I am glad and surprised to see there is a new episode of ELI STONE tomorrow night!
Yes, DR Jennifer. See On TV Tonight!™ tomorrow for more information. ;D
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There are three bonus features on the disc, none of which I had time to get to this afternoon, so I'll watch them tonight. As for the rest of the evening, I have made no decisions yet about that.
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We have six hainsies/kimlets here and not one of them seems to be posting. You tell me.
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Someone was supposed to call me at eleven-thirty. Two hours later the call still hasn't happened. I suppose I shall venture to the mail place shortly, where there will hopefully be a couple of packages.
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Bad news from the Dixie front.
It seems that the vets that took care of her girlie parts didn't do a very good job of it. She got all infected, and der B's SIL had to rush her to a vet closer to where they live. Hopefully she'll be all right, but our local SPCA is going to have a lot to answer for.
Such as why they've allowed what was a fairly decent and clean animal shelter turn into a total dump.
Such as why they've hired vets who would botch such an operation.
I can only imagine the trauma the younger grandlad is going through right now, being the sort who wears his heart on his sleeve, and no doubt has already fallen totally in love with the dog.
I might even suggest to der B's daughter that she write to the local paper about what has happened.
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DR Singnymph, you will be missed. Do return again during your next break.
DR George, medicine vibes for you and your cat.
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I'm angry at Gelson's.
>:(
They stopped carrying my margarine [Promise Fat Free] and there's no place else in Los Angeles where it's sold.
:'(
However, I'm told that is IS available in Austin, TX.
:)
So, as far as Gelson's is concerned:
:P
s
Have you requested ordering a case of the margarine? Sometimes if you are willing to buy a full case they will get it in for you. I would speak to the manager.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYA!
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VIBES FOR POOR DIXIE AND FOR THE GRANDLADS. I HOPE ALL IS WELL!!!!
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Closer to home, and on a happier note:
A couple of days ago at work, I was down on the main floor when Tim and Mike (both from the meat department) called me over and asked what I knew about roux.
I, of course, explained to them that a roux is a mixture of some kind of fat (usually butter, sometimes bacon fat, sometimes vegetable oil) with usually an equal amount of all purpose flour, that is cooked together so that the raw flour flavor disappears, and which is then used to thicken stews and soups and sauces.
Did I know anything about pre-packaged roux?
Well, I guessed that such a thing might exist, but we don't carry it.
It turns out that a customer (of the young female variety) had been looking for the pre-packaged stuff, and if we hurried, we might catch her and I could tell her what I knew. So off Tim and I went, and we found her at one of the self-scan registers with her boyfriend. She and I had a nice conversation (and she's from the South, which explains why she was familiar with the packaged roux), and I found that she prefers to make her gumbo with okra, and she was glad to meet someone else who enjoys cooking, and will be coming back to our store.
Ever since then, Tim has been calling me Roux.
I've been calling him Kanga. ;D
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Bruce Did you know Flips wife in high school? Was she with Flip?
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Good news Cilla, now if only Jose’s missing gift could be found.
DR Jose, how many times have you or your father called lost and found?
I remember the meat trucks, it was the live chicken truck that really bothered me.
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For some reason, DR MBARNUM - there are TWO versions of the movie in this set....digital transfer from the original negative.
Only $5.98 at OLDIES.COM.
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/6636GD.html
MADMEN OF MANDORAS was the original version, but sometime in the early 70s new footage was added to pad out the length of the film, and it was renamed THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN...I recommend skipping the padded out version.
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I'm angry at Gelson's.
>:(
They stopped carrying my margarine [Promise Fat Free] and there's no place else in Los Angeles where it's sold.
:'(
However, I'm told that is IS available in Austin, TX.
:)
So, as far as Gelson's is concerned:
:P
s
Have you requested ordering a case of the margarine? Sometimes if you are willing to buy a full case they will get it in for you. I would speak to the manager.
The problem is that ta case won't keep long enough for me to use all of it...and I really don't want to cart what's left to Texas.
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I figured you could freeze it.
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Hopping off-line now to get some writing done. Then, back downstairs to check out the bonus features on the Criterion disc and then have some leisure viewing to complete my evening.
WBBL.
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I am on a Universal kick today (maybe due to the Vera West discussion of a few days back) and just watched a cute comedy from 1940 titled LOVE, HONOR AND O' BABY starring Donald Woods and Kathryn Adams.
Up next was the Andrew Sister's 1942 musical GIVE OUT, SISTERS co-starring Grace McDonald and Dan Dailey and the Jiven Jacks and Jills (which included a very young Donald O'Connor).
Now for another Universal musical, STRICKLY IN THE GROOVE (1942) starring Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Grace McDonald and Ozzie Nelson.
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Of course those Universal films of the 40s are only available on black gray market DVDrs, due to the fact that Universal Studios doesn't seem to realize that they have an embarrassment of riches in their film vaults...so many films of the 30s, 40s, and 50s just ready for public consumption, and at their finger tips, but instead they prefer to release umpteen versions of the 1933 film THE MUMMY.
ps: not that I dislike THE MUMMY, but really, how many times do they need to release it on DVD.
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Page 5 Universal musical dance.
(http://www.moviegoods.com/assets/product_images/1010/270082.1010.A.jpg)
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I'm angry at Gelson's.
>:(
They stopped carrying my margarine [Promise Fat Free] and there's no place else in Los Angeles where it's sold.
:'(
However, I'm told that is IS available in Austin, TX.
:)
So, as far as Gelson's is concerned:
:P
s
Have you requested ordering a case of the margarine? Sometimes if you are willing to buy a full case they will get it in for you. I would speak to the manager.
The problem is that ta case won't keep long enough for me to use all of it...and I really don't want to cart what's left to Texas.
The real reason you can't find Promise Fat Free Margarine at Gelsons, or any place else, is because it's no longer being made.
Checking around, it seems that Promise was making an empty promise when it claimed that the product was fat free. According to an article at Askville by Amazon (http://askville.amazon.com/buy-Promise-fat-free-margarine-Gaint-groc-stores-Wash-DC-area-stopped-carrying/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=11171438), while Promise FFM technically did not contain any triglycerides, it was high in monoglycerides and diglycerides, which end up being the same thing once your body gets ahold of them. For some danged reason, however, the FDS only requires that the triglycerides be called "fat," and any product that only contained the mono- and di- stuff could be called "fat-free" in a loopholey kind of way. Enough customers complained about the mono- and di-plicity, and the product has been pulled. However, you can still get Promise Healthy Heart, which is basically the same product with some vitamins added.
Druxy, it's margarine. Margarine contains fat, whether the manufacturers and the FDA admit it or not. Do yourself a favor, get the product that tastes best, and just use less of it.
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Page 5 Universal musical dance.
(http://www.moviegoods.com/assets/product_images/1010/270082.1010.A.jpg)
Ah, yes, the Andrews Sisters. LaVerne, Maxine, Patty and, apparently, Dana!
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Good Late Afternoon!
Elvis has left the building. At the very least, my family has left Manhattan.
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Well, I guess it was a good visit. Everyone finally made their way out of FAO Schwarz around 2:00 (I think), and then we all headed over to Seventh Avenue to grab some lunch. After crossing the line(!) waiting to get into the Carnegie Deli, we all made our way into China Regency.
Wonton Soup, Chicken Corn Velvet Soup, Hot and Sour Soup, Vegetable Spring Roll, Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, Sesame Chicken, BBQ Spare Ribs, Shredded Pork and Pickled Cabbage Soup, Steamed Broccoli and Steamed White Rice were consumed. And without incident too!
Then after a brief walk down to 52nd Street to the garage where their car was parked, pictures were taken, hugs were exchanged, and they started their trip back down to Virginia.
Again, I guess it was a good visit. It was all just a bit hectic, hurried and frustrating... for me, at least. It did look like everyone had a great time during their 24 hours in NYC, but... As I posted on my Facebook page: After a number of visits to NYC, I should just accept the fact that when my parents come to NYC, they're here to visit NYC and not me.
*And compound that with the whole bag on the ferry, left/lost Christmas - which I (pitifully) realized would have been my first actual present received this year, well... I went to see another movie...
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As I was walking by Lincoln Plaza, I noticed that "Waltz with Bashir" was about to start, so... "Waltz with Bashir" I did.
What an amazing piece of film-making. It manages to be a cartoon/animated feature, a memory piece, a documentary and analysis of the troubles in Palestine in the early 1980's, particularly the massacre of a whole town/camp of Palestinians by Christian Phalangists.
The use of animation is used expertly to "portray" the recent past both realistically (as in news accounts) and in very personal, post-trauma-tinged memories and dreams. It managed to be Academic and entertaining at the same time.
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DR Jane - I thought it was the pigs. ;)
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Scored on two out of three today--got my big box o' Brasil (several of which I think our very own BK would love, love, love) and, finally, two weeks late, THE FILMS OF MICHAEL POWELL. Yay!
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
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We had a little customer service brouhaha last night with Game Crazy. I knew we had an in-store credit due to a foul up with their computer system. DS Betsy took the boys to buy them last night of Hannukah gifts and when she came back she said the guy had told her the credit had already been used. I knew I hadn't been in the store since we got the credit, so I called the guy very politely (no, really) and asked him to look up our records and tell me how it had been used. The guy went OFF on me (I mean, totally losing it, as only an early 20-something can) and then HUNG UP ON ME! Bad decision. :) I called back, asked for his district manager's number, and HE HUNG UP ON ME AGAIN! So I simply called another store and got the manager's cell number and called him. I was fuming by the time this was all over--I believe I may have even channeled BK for a brief shining moment. :)
:o And the outcome??
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They will get to it next week unless I notice water on the floor in the meantime. I have a very busy week next week, but I will find time to fit them in. This is just too good. Thanks for the vibes!
Congrats on the good news! :D
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Bad news from the Dixie front.
It seems that the vets that took care of her girlie parts didn't do a very good job of it. She got all infected, and der B's SIL had to rush her to a vet closer to where they live. Hopefully she'll be all right, but our local SPCA is going to have a lot to answer for.
Such as why they've allowed what was a fairly decent and clean animal shelter turn into a total dump.
Such as why they've hired vets who would botch such an operation.
I can only imagine the trauma the younger grandlad is going through right now, being the sort who wears his heart on his sleeve, and no doubt has already fallen totally in love with the dog.
I might even suggest to der B's daughter that she write to the local paper about what has happened.
~~~Vibes for DD Dixie!!~~~
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
But the location in Sacramento is closing and offering 40%-off their entire stock. -At least according to the e-blast that Border's sent out. ;)
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DR George, medicine vibes for you and your cat.
Thanks, and Ebonie thanks you, too! ;D
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We had a little customer service brouhaha last night with Game Crazy. I knew we had an in-store credit due to a foul up with their computer system. DS Betsy took the boys to buy them last night of Hannukah gifts and when she came back she said the guy had told her the credit had already been used. I knew I hadn't been in the store since we got the credit, so I called the guy very politely (no, really) and asked him to look up our records and tell me how it had been used. The guy went OFF on me (I mean, totally losing it, as only an early 20-something can) and then HUNG UP ON ME! Bad decision. :) I called back, asked for his district manager's number, and HE HUNG UP ON ME AGAIN! So I simply called another store and got the manager's cell number and called him. I was fuming by the time this was all over--I believe I may have even channeled BK for a brief shining moment. :)
:o And the outcome??
The district manager sounded all of 22 himself (he called the salesman's behavior "retarded," for instance), but called and screamed at the guy and then called back and apologized to us.
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
But the location in Sacramento is closing and offering 40%-off their entire stock. -At least according to the e-blast that Border's sent out. ;)
I got that e-mail...and the "correction" e-mail.
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
But the location in Sacramento is closing and offering 40%-off their entire stock. -At least according to the e-blast that Border's sent out. ;)
...and then apologized for.
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
But the location in Sacramento is closing and offering 40%-off their entire stock. -At least according to the e-blast that Border's sent out. ;)
I got that e-mail...and the "correction" e-mail.
Stop that.
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Did Jose ever find his keys?
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Did Jose ever find his keys?
He's looking for his watch now.
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SWoody, the vet at one of the local shelters were fostered for years ago was incompetent. They must be cheaper for the shelters to hire.
I hope Miss Dixie is ok.
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Freddie Hubbard, R.I.P.
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Did Jose ever find his keys?
He's looking for his watch now.
Well, since I never had the watch, well...
And I never found my keys.
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... As I posted on my Facebook page: After a number of visits to NYC, I should just accept the fact that when my parents come to NYC, they're here to visit NYC and not me....
But it wouldn't be the same without you.
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
OHH!!! I haven't seen that one in years! LOVED IT THEN, LOVE IT NOW!
Thanks for the "reminder" - and the chance to bookmark it!
Apparently, I have misplaced my sense of humor.
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
But the location in Sacramento is closing and offering 40%-off their entire stock. -At least according to the e-blast that Border's sent out. ;)
I got that e-mail...and the "correction" e-mail.
Stop that.
Of course, I read the original email and knew that only the soon-to-close Sacramento location was offering 40%-off across the board. I didn't think there was anything to correct or to apologize for.
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... As I posted on my Facebook page: After a number of visits to NYC, I should just accept the fact that when my parents come to NYC, they're here to visit NYC and not me....
But it wouldn't be the same without you.
Aw, Thanks. I needed that. I really did. :)
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Freddie Hubbard, R.I.P.
Oh, no! I was just listening to First Light yesterday.
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
Our own Borders patrol!
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DR Jane - I thought it was the pigs. ;)
I really don't want to remember any of it-lol.
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We had a cute substitute tenor at church yesterday. As DR George is wont to say: "Just thought I'd share!" :)
Okay..................................... then share!
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DR Jane - I thought it was the pigs. ;)
I really don't want to remember any of it-lol.
DR DERBRUCER - That means NO pics!!!
;D
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I should just accept the fact that when my parents come to NYC, they're here to visit NYC and not me.
*And compound that with the whole bag on the ferry, left/lost Christmas - which I (pitifully) realized would have been my first actual present received this year, well... I went to see another movie...
:-* & hugs.
Did your parents visit NY this often before you moved there?
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BEWARE OF BAD LANGUAGE....but this IS funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxf-e_CfZg
OHH!!! I haven't seen that one in years! LOVED IT THEN, LOVE IT NOW!
Thanks for the "reminder" - and the chance to bookmark it!
Apparently, I have misplaced my sense of humor.
;D I'm glad I stopped before the singing began. I couldn't get past the voices in the beginning.
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DR Jane - I thought it was the pigs. ;)
I really don't want to remember any of it-lol.
DR DERBRUCER - That means NO pics!!!
;D
;D ;D Absolutely no photos PLEASE!!
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Good Afternoon!
Well... Even Uncle Jojo has his limits. The line to get into FAO Schwarz this afternoon: http://twitpic.com/xnj0/
I think my family is inside. :-\
Why?
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Did Jose ever find his keys?
He's looking for his watch now.
Hmm...must be sleep walking again.
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I am getting a lot of DVDr watching done today...now I am on TARZAN'S FIGHT FOR LIFE with Gordon Scott.
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MBarnum, all this movie watching-you must be on vacation. Are the offices closed until the New Year?
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I am on a Universal kick today (maybe due to the Vera West discussion of a few days back) and just watched a cute comedy from 1940 titled LOVE, HONOR AND O' BABY starring Donald Woods and Kathryn Adams.
Up next was the Andrew Sister's 1942 musical GIVE OUT, SISTERS co-starring Grace McDonald and Dan Dailey and the Jiven Jacks and Jills (which included a very young Donald O'Connor).
We know which one Dan Dailey was, but is Donald O'Connor a Jack or a Jill?
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Even though I am a season behind in watching but David Tennant's performance as the Doctor in the Doctor Who series continues to amaze me. The writers have given depth and character and emotion to a character that I felt was lacking in all the incarnations. I am NOT looking forward to his departure and was hoping a healthy pay raise might entice him to stay but that won't happen. :-[
I love(d) David as The Doctor, also. I haven't heard if they've started searching for a replacement, yet. Who can fill his shoes??
:)
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I figured you could freeze it.
Freezing ruins it.
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I'm angry at Gelson's.
>:(
They stopped carrying my margarine [Promise Fat Free] and there's no place else in Los Angeles where it's sold.
:'(
However, I'm told that is IS available in Austin, TX.
:)
So, as far as Gelson's is concerned:
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Have you requested ordering a case of the margarine? Sometimes if you are willing to buy a full case they will get it in for you. I would speak to the manager.
The problem is that ta case won't keep long enough for me to use all of it...and I really don't want to cart what's left to Texas.
The real reason you can't find Promise Fat Free Margarine at Gelsons, or any place else, is because it's no longer being made.
Checking around, it seems that Promise was making an empty promise when it claimed that the product was fat free. According to an article at Askville by Amazon (http://askville.amazon.com/buy-Promise-fat-free-margarine-Gaint-groc-stores-Wash-DC-area-stopped-carrying/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=11171438), while Promise FFM technically did not contain any triglycerides, it was high in monoglycerides and diglycerides, which end up being the same thing once your body gets ahold of them. For some danged reason, however, the FDS only requires that the triglycerides be called "fat," and any product that only contained the mono- and di- stuff could be called "fat-free" in a loopholey kind of way. Enough customers complained about the mono- and di-plicity, and the product has been pulled. However, you can still get Promise Healthy Heart, which is basically the same product with some vitamins added.
Druxy, it's margarine. Margarine contains fat, whether the manufacturers and the FDA admit it or not. Do yourself a favor, get the product that tastes best, and just use less of it.
Thanks for the information. Now I don't feel so bad.
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I am on a Universal kick today (maybe due to the Vera West discussion of a few days back) and just watched a cute comedy from 1940 titled LOVE, HONOR AND O' BABY starring Donald Woods and Kathryn Adams.
Up next was the Andrew Sister's 1942 musical GIVE OUT, SISTERS co-starring Grace McDonald and Dan Dailey and the Jiven Jacks and Jills (which included a very young Donald O'Connor).
Now for another Universal musical, STRICKLY IN THE GROOVE (1942) starring Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Grace McDonald and Ozzie Nelson.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never heard of any of those pictures.
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Druxy, have you heard of Smart Balance (http://www.smartbalance.com/)? It's the only kind of spread that my sister and niece will use (my sister's a vegetarian and my niece is vegan). According to their Nutrition FAQs:
The essence of Smart Balance is its unique (in fact, patented) blend of natural vegetable oils. This blend doesn’t just avoid "bad" things like dietary cholesterol and trans fatty acids. It also works proactively, to provide your diet with the right balance of natural fats: a balance that can help you improve your blood cholesterol ratio. Our signature product, Smart Balance Buttery Spread (Regular and Light) brings this remarkable formula together with delicious buttery flavor and a wonderfully creamy texture.
And it tastes good. :)
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I am on a Universal kick today (maybe due to the Vera West discussion of a few days back) and just watched a cute comedy from 1940 titled LOVE, HONOR AND O' BABY starring Donald Woods and Kathryn Adams.
Up next was the Andrew Sister's 1942 musical GIVE OUT, SISTERS co-starring Grace McDonald and Dan Dailey and the Jiven Jacks and Jills (which included a very young Donald O'Connor).
Now for another Universal musical, STRICKLY IN THE GROOVE (1942) starring Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Grace McDonald and Ozzie Nelson.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never heard of any of those pictures.
You must remember that the post came from M. Barnum. You are not expected to have heard of any of his films.
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Druxy, have you heard of Smart Balance (http://www.smartbalance.com/)? It's the only kind of spread that my sister and niece will use (my sister's a vegetarian and my niece is vegan). According to their Nutrition FAQs:
The essence of Smart Balance is its unique (in fact, patented) blend of natural vegetable oils. This blend doesn’t just avoid "bad" things like dietary cholesterol and trans fatty acids. It also works proactively, to provide your diet with the right balance of natural fats: a balance that can help you improve your blood cholesterol ratio. Our signature product, Smart Balance Buttery Spread (Regular and Light) brings this remarkable formula together with delicious buttery flavor and a wonderfully creamy texture.
And it tastes good. :)
I'll try it. Thanks.
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I don't think it's specifically fat-free (and I don't know if there's a fat-free version), but it's better for you than most spreads.
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I get to keep the Christmas tree up for one more day since we went to Medford & picked up Keith's computer. It needed a new power supply. He purchased his computer from Falcon Northwest, a local company (originally located in Ashland). It makes taking the computer in for service very easy, plus their customer service is top notch.
On the way home we stopped at Baskin Robbins for me.
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DR Jane - I thought it was the pigs. ;)
I really don't want to remember any of it-lol.
I have the photo, but I won't post it
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DR George, do they bake with Smart Balance? What do you think of it?
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DR Jose, I'm sure your family loves seeing you AND New York City.
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DR Cilla, I remember trying not to look at anything as we walked down the street & you did have your camera out. I think we also attempted to keep the Vixter from looking at anything. ;D
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That was when I first realized how much it bothers you to see that.
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DR George, do they bake with Smart Balance? What do you think of it?
Yes, they do. The light Smart Balance container says not to use it for baking, but the regular Smart Balance can be used for baking. All are very good. My sister and niece have been using the different versions for several years and are very happy. :)
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I don't think it's specifically fat-free (and I don't know if there's a fat-free version), but it's better for you than most spreads.
I just found this on the Smart Balance website:
What's the difference between Smart Beat® and Smart Balance®?
Smart Beat offers excellent fat free and low fat cheeses, mayonnaise, spreads and squeeze spreads. They're all lactose free and very low in calories. Smart Balance products are focused on using healthy fats to help you improve your cholesterol ratio, while avoiding trans-fatty acids and hydrogenated oils.
So, they do have low-fat/fat-free products.
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If my parents had let me I would have been a vegetarian from a young age. Yet, when I think of all the "interesting" foods I did eat ::)
It is easier to grow up not eating foods than giving them up later in life. And way back then I never heard of tofu.
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Good Evening!
And as my Italian sausages and onions (I've never really been fond of the "peppers" part of "sausage and peppers") are simmering away in the oven...
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Thanks for the info George.
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DH Richard and I went to The Greene this afternoon because I'd received a gift card from there, and one from the Vera Bradley store there, as retirement gifts. By combining them, I was able to get
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/VeraBradley/4017-Bird?$240x210$)
It's a 17" x 13" x 8" rolling travel tote in the Yellow Bird fabric. I have some smaller pieces in this pattern and the travel bag will go nicely with my black luggage.
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Thanks for the info George.
My pleasure.
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DH Richard and I went to The Greene this afternoon because I'd received a gift card from there, and one from the Vera Bradley store there, as retirement gifts. By combining them, I was able to get
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/VeraBradley/4017-Bird?$240x210$)
Nice. :)
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DR Ginny, very pretty. It is nice you could combine the gift certificates.
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Thanks, DR Jane. Thanks, DR Cillaliz.
I'm also a bit tired, and need a good night's sleep right now too. So...
My parents would make an annual trip to NYC each Christmas each year to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. I think that's been a tradition of their for the past 15 years. However, they would usually come up with another couple, and they would take one of those "day busses" from DC. Leave DC at 9:00am, see the afternoon show at RCMH, head right back to DC. No real sight-seeing. -I believe they've been up at least three times this year.
I was just hoping to spend more time with my nieces and nephew this time. I knew the schedule was going to be tight, but the time crunch ended up being "crunchier" today since my family didn't end up leaving their hotel in Weehawken until around 11:00 - they had originally planned to be in the city at 9:00. However...
They did get very lucky when they went to American Girl Place. Right after they entered the store, the staff started setting up the barricades outside in order to control the flow of people into the store. -And, apparently, it was still wall-to-wall people in there. But the grandparents did end up buying Alexandra and Alyssa another doll and some of the requisite accessories. I had hoped to catch them at AGP, but by the time I got down there, they had already headed up 5th Avenue a couple of blocks to FAO Schwarz.
FAO Schwarz truly was a madhouse, and when I saw the line stretched down the sidewalk, I just went ahead and took a seat on the plaza and waited for them out there. Which was OK, since I did need some "calming down" time after making my way through the crowded sidewalks of 5th Ave. And since John Michael did not buy/get anything at American Girl Place ;), he was able to pick out a few things at FAO Schwarz. -Which included a small jar of over-sized chocolate non-pareils. :)
And lunch at China Regency was very nice, and the cashier doted over my nieces. Very cute.
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***VIBES of all kinds for DD Dixie and her family!
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Aww... Thanks, DR singdaw - I did not mean for this to turn into a pity party. -I also know a big part of "this" is the residual homesickness from Christmas Day.
However...
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Even though I am a season behind in watching but David Tennant's performance as the Doctor in the Doctor Who series continues to amaze me. The writers have given depth and character and emotion to a character that I felt was lacking in all the incarnations. I am NOT looking forward to his departure and was hoping a healthy pay raise might entice him to stay but that won't happen. :-[
I love(d) David as The Doctor, also. I haven't heard if they've started searching for a replacement, yet. Who can fill his shoes??
:)
Yes, the search is on. The suggestions and rumors for who will be the next Doctor have been rampant! Rampant, I repeat! And rife! It has been rife with rampantcy!
Seriously, the big change is not so much that Tennant is stepping away from the role, but that Russel T. Davies is leaving as Executive Producer and head writer/script editor. The five specials (the first has already aired in England) are his way of giving incoming EP Steven Moffat a clean slate to work with, and it will probably be Moffat who makes the final decision on who will be the next actor to take on the role.
One thing is certain - every time the role has been recast, the producers have gone in a quirkily different direction than we've been living with. So, will the next Doctor be older? Ugly? Non-white?
Stay tuned, and expect the decision to be fun. (Hey, the only time they've screwed up was when John Nathan Turner cast Colin Baker in the part, mainly because he was the life of the party and totally charming at a wedding they both attended - not the best casting decision, IMO!)
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Even though I am a season behind in watching but David Tennant's performance as the Doctor in the Doctor Who series continues to amaze me. The writers have given depth and character and emotion to a character that I felt was lacking in all the incarnations. I am NOT looking forward to his departure and was hoping a healthy pay raise might entice him to stay but that won't happen. :-[
I love(d) David as The Doctor, also. I haven't heard if they've started searching for a replacement, yet. Who can fill his shoes??
:)
Yes, the search is on. The suggestions and rumors for who will be the next Doctor have been rampant! Rampant, I repeat! And rife! It has been rife with rampantcy!
Seriously, the big change is not so much that Tennant is stepping away from the role, but that Russel T. Davies is leaving as Executive Producer and head writer/script editor. The five specials (the first has already aired in England) are his way of giving incoming EP Steven Moffat a clean slate to work with, and it will probably be Moffat who makes the final decision on who will be the next actor to take on the role.
One thing is certain - every time the role has been recast, the producers have gone in a quirkily different direction than we've been living with. So, will the next Doctor be older? Ugly? Non-white?
Stay tuned, and expect the decision to be fun. (Hey, the only time they've screwed up was when John Nathan Turner cast Colin Baker in the part, mainly because he was the life of the party and totally charming at a wedding they both attended - not the best casting decision, IMO!)
Several years ago (before the "new" Doctor Who even started), I vaguely remember reading something about the transformations and that it had been established YEARS ago that the Doctor could only transform a certain number of times (and then he would really die). Do you (or anyone) know anything about that?
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DR Jose, the extra visits are because you live in NY. :)
My take, you need to let your family know it helps you if they use their cell phones so you can connect with them more easily. If they don't want to call teach them how to text ;)
I'm sorry you didn't get to spend as much time with the little ones, I know how that feels. I've only seen my grandnephew twice.
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
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Aww... Thanks, DR singdaw - I did not mean for this to turn into a pity party. -I also know a big part of "this" is the residual homesickness from Christmas Day.
However...
Of course it is but knowing that doesn't make it much easier.
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
:D
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How is DD Dixie this evening? Is she home or at the vet's?
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DR Jose, the extra visits are because you live in NY. :)
My take, you need to let your family know it helps you if they use their cell phones so you can connect with them more easily. If they don't want to call teach them how to text ;)
I'm sorry you didn't get to spend as much time with the little ones, I know how that feels. I've only seen my grandnephew twice.
Well... My brother forgot to bring his cellphone charger with him, so... And with all the noise in the stores, my parents were not able to hear their cellphones ringing.
And I truly know that if I didn't have to deal with the thousands of additional people in midtown today, I would have had a better experience today - even if it was still as hurried as hectic as it was.
God, I'm a New Yorker! ;D
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Oh... And on the bright side (Part 2)...
And I guess part of lack of sleep could be due to the fact that I've been seeing someone for the past couple of months, so...
;) ::) :P :-X
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
Congratulations, DR Jose! Need someone to turn pages for you?
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How is DD Dixie this evening? Is she home or at the vet's?
Last we've heard, Dixie is at the vet's, with more surgery having been performed. Der B's daughter is not keeping us posted hourly, but if there was a real disaster I'm certain we'd have heard something.
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
Congratulations, DR Jose! Need someone to turn pages for you?
Get in line, DR Ginny. Get in line. ;)
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Congratulations on the Cruising news DR Jose. Don't go there DR TCB.
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I'm having a kulture day - listening to Hadley & Hampson. It's only taken me 15 years to buy this CD!
always a Tom & Jerry fan.
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Congratulations on the Cruising news DR Jose. Don't go there DR TCB.
Oh... Let him go there.
-And, Thank You, DR Tomovoz. -It's just too bad that DCL doesn't cruise to Australia. Yet. *There are rumors that the two new ships may have some international itineraries. :)
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Well, since it does have wheels...
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/VeraBradley/4017-Bird?$240x210$)
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OH! And the sausages and onions I made came out very well. I will probably slice some of them up tomorrow and assemble some sort of baked ziti or mostaciolli. Future YUM!
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Oh... And on the bright side (Part 2)...
And I guess part of lack of sleep could be due to the fact that I've been seeing someone for the past couple of months, so...
;) ::) :P :-X
Just today I was wondering & wasn't sure if I should ask. :)
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Well, since it does have wheels...
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/VeraBradley/4017-Bird?$240x210$)
Doesn't having a new bag on wheels qualify me to jump to the head of the page-turner line?
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
Congratulations, DR Jose! Need someone to turn pages for you?
Get in line, DR Ginny. Get in line. ;)
I could turn your page, Jose.
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Several years ago (before the "new" Doctor Who even started), I vaguely remember reading something about the transformations and that it had been established YEARS ago that the Doctor could only transform a certain number of times (and then he would really die). Do you (or anyone) know anything about that?
During the long run of the series, and I cannot remember exactly when, it was determined that a Time Lord could regenerate twelve times, giving him (or her, if she was a Time Lady) thirteen lives.
However, part of the Master's story arc was that he'd already run through his regenerations, and somehow managed to go further by taking over other people's bodies (see The Keeper of Traken). And, obviously, he was able to regenerate in the Third Series story Utopia, when he went from being Derek Jacobi to John Simm.
Plus, there is the curious case of The Valeyard, all through The Trial of a Time Lord (aka the 23rd season), who turned out to be a part of the Doctor, somewhere between his twelfth and thirteenth regenerations, who was trying to take over the Doctor's earlier regenerations.
No matter what happens, I'm sure Moffat or whoever will come up with some way of allowing the Doctor to continue. Where there is a will, there is an ingenious scriptwriter capable of practically anything!
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Doesn't having a new bag on wheels qualify me to jump to the head of the page-turner line?
;D
Well, at least I know you'll have some fashionable luggage on board.
I'll move you up in the queue.
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Here is photo of some familiar faces back in December 2005
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Congratulations on the Cruising news DR Jose. Don't go there DR TCB.
Too late!
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Here is photo of some familiar faces back in December 2005
2005? Are you sure you don't mean 2006?
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Doesn't having a new bag on wheels qualify me to jump to the head of the page-turner line?
;D
Well, at least I know you'll have some fashionable luggage on board.
I'll move you up in the queue.
Ginny, isn't it time you got a job?
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Oh... And on the bright side (Part 2)...
And I guess part of lack of sleep could be due to the fact that I've been seeing someone for the past couple of months, so...
;) ::) :P :-X
Just today I was wondering & wasn't sure if I should ask. :)
Well, there's nothing to ask about right now. It just is what it is. :)
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How is DD Dixie this evening? Is she home or at the vet's?
Last we've heard, Dixie is at the vet's, with more surgery having been performed. Der B's daughter is not keeping us posted hourly, but if there was a real disaster I'm certain we'd have heard something.
Continued vibes for the poor thing. They must have really screwed up if more surgery was required.
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Oh... And on the bright side (Part 2)...
And I guess part of lack of sleep could be due to the fact that I've been seeing someone for the past couple of months, so...
;) ::) :P :-X
Just today I was wondering & wasn't sure if I should ask. :)
Well, there's nothing to ask about right now. It just is what it is. :)
My curiosity has been satisfied, I know you are still dating.
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
That sounds like great fun!!
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One more
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Here is photo of some familiar faces back in December 2005
2005? Are you sure you don't mean 2006?
yes you are correct
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Several years ago (before the "new" Doctor Who even started), I vaguely remember reading something about the transformations and that it had been established YEARS ago that the Doctor could only transform a certain number of times (and then he would really die). Do you (or anyone) know anything about that?
During the long run of the series, and I cannot remember exactly when, it was determined that a Time Lord could regenerate twelve times, giving him (or her, if she was a Time Lady) thirteen lives.
However, part of the Master's story arc was that he'd already run through his regenerations, and somehow managed to go further by taking over other people's bodies (see The Keeper of Traken). And, obviously, he was able to regenerate in the Third Series story Utopia, when he went from being Derek Jacobi to John Simm.
Plus, there is the curious case of The Valeyard, all through The Trial of a Time Lord (aka the 23rd season), who turned out to be a part of the Doctor, somewhere between his twelfth and thirteenth regenerations, who was trying to take over the Doctor's earlier regenerations.
No matter what happens, I'm sure Moffat or whoever will come up with some way of allowing the Doctor to continue. Where there is a will, there is an ingenious scriptwriter capable of practically anything!
Or they could just ignore that little piece of information. ;)
Revisionist history is rampant in TV series.
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On the bright side...
I just received confirmation today that I will be playing for a former "Disney Princess" sometime in the very near future on the Disney Cruise Line. This time round, it will be the 7-Day Itinerary with stops in St. Maarten and St. Thomas/St. John. And just like when I do the audition workshops on board, I will only be "working" for about two hours total, and the rest of the time I get to be a passenger. :)
Congrats! Cool!
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Well, I need to be leaving work. I have to pick up some stuff at my sister's and go to my parents' house.
Until later!
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Several years ago (before the "new" Doctor Who even started), I vaguely remember reading something about the transformations and that it had been established YEARS ago that the Doctor could only transform a certain number of times (and then he would really die). Do you (or anyone) know anything about that?
During the long run of the series, and I cannot remember exactly when, it was determined that a Time Lord could regenerate twelve times, giving him (or her, if she was a Time Lady) thirteen lives.
However, part of the Master's story arc was that he'd already run through his regenerations, and somehow managed to go further by taking over other people's bodies (see The Keeper of Traken). And, obviously, he was able to regenerate in the Third Series story Utopia, when he went from being Derek Jacobi to John Simm.
Plus, there is the curious case of The Valeyard, all through The Trial of a Time Lord (aka the 23rd season), who turned out to be a part of the Doctor, somewhere between his twelfth and thirteenth regenerations, who was trying to take over the Doctor's earlier regenerations.
No matter what happens, I'm sure Moffat or whoever will come up with some way of allowing the Doctor to continue. Where there is a will, there is an ingenious scriptwriter capable of practically anything!
Before you think me rude...Thanks for the info! ;D
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Several years ago (before the "new" Doctor Who even started), I vaguely remember reading something about the transformations and that it had been established YEARS ago that the Doctor could only transform a certain number of times (and then he would really die). Do you (or anyone) know anything about that?
During the long run of the series, and I cannot remember exactly when, it was determined that a Time Lord could regenerate twelve times, giving him (or her, if she was a Time Lady) thirteen lives.
However, part of the Master's story arc was that he'd already run through his regenerations, and somehow managed to go further by taking over other people's bodies (see The Keeper of Traken). And, obviously, he was able to regenerate in the Third Series story Utopia, when he went from being Derek Jacobi to John Simm.
Plus, there is the curious case of The Valeyard, all through The Trial of a Time Lord (aka the 23rd season), who turned out to be a part of the Doctor, somewhere between his twelfth and thirteenth regenerations, who was trying to take over the Doctor's earlier regenerations.
No matter what happens, I'm sure Moffat or whoever will come up with some way of allowing the Doctor to continue. Where there is a will, there is an ingenious scriptwriter capable of practically anything!
Or they could just ignore that little piece of information. ;)
Revisionist history is rampant in TV series.
Ignore that little piece of information? Surely you jest!
Whovians are more dedicated to their subject than any trekkie. They would notice the lack of adhesion to the history, and would jeer the perpetrator into the Void.
(If the Esteemed BK knew how much more dedicated the Whovians are compared to, say, the film score crowd, his mind would be boggled!)
:D
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I am on a Universal kick today (maybe due to the Vera West discussion of a few days back) and just watched a cute comedy from 1940 titled LOVE, HONOR AND O' BABY starring Donald Woods and Kathryn Adams.
Up next was the Andrew Sister's 1942 musical GIVE OUT, SISTERS co-starring Grace McDonald and Dan Dailey and the Jiven Jacks and Jills (which included a very young Donald O'Connor).
Now for another Universal musical, STRICKLY IN THE GROOVE (1942) starring Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Grace McDonald and Ozzie Nelson.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never heard of any of those pictures.
Don't be embarrassed DR Druxy, most of Universal's B films of the 30s and 40s (other then the horror films and Abbott and Costello movies) haven't been seen since that days of the UHF channel late, late, late shows. The only way to find them now is by those who collected 16 mm films, thus the DVDrs that I purchased.
But I tell you, these films are a lot of fun! Nobody made movies like Universal!
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Bruce, we finally watched WALL-E. Yup, a wonderful imaginative movie. :)
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Wow, was it really two years ago that we were all in LA for the Brain! What a fun time that was!!
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Took a vacation day, DR Jane. And it has been great!
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Who is the lucky guy, DR Jose! I don't think you have told us...well, at least not in much detail.
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And a little birdie - well, a Facebook status - has told me that DR elmore has made it safe and sound back to NYC.
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Finished with Tarzan, and finished another Universal, this time the musical mystery THE CRIMSON CANARY (1945) starring Noah Beery Jr, Lois Collier, and John Litel.
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For those DRs who are looking for a way to "endure" the current run of reruns, here's some info on some Webisode series that may help tide you over until the new episodes start back up again:
NBC Bridges Series Gaps With Online Minidramas (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/arts/television/29webi.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
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And a little birdie - well, a Facebook status - has told me that DR elmore has made it safe and sound back to NYC.
I saw that :) I bet he is tired.
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DR MBarnum, I'm glad you enjoyed your day off & just relaxed.
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'night
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I had a Subway turkey for lunch. It was very good. I've been snacking on other things since then, none of them terribly problematic. I've done Garage Band versions of the two new Nudie numbers, I've watched a motion picture on DVD and am now watching the featurettes that came with.
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JMK, please let us know how Stairway to Heaven looks.
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I am on much earlier than usual tonight. I wanted to get the Criterion review finished and posted, but since there weren't that many bonux features to write up, it didn't take nearly as long as I figured. I could have watched an NCIS episode and still not been in any danger of working into the dead of night.
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Yes, I'm back! I got in about 2 hrs ago, unpacked, ordered dinner, won an eBay item, and here I am. Next week the stupid US Air goes back to three nonstop flights a day from Dayton to LaGuardia. Fuckem.
There was a delay in DC with the shuttle to LaGuardia so I got back later than expected, but the 2-hour wait in DC was a major pain in the butt. I hate having to take two planes to get to one location.
So, anyway, I think I had a very good time in Ohio, probably regained every pound I lost, and it's nice to feel that Randy and I still constitute a family unit and that I care greatly for him and Jo and my nephews and nieces. I also saw more friends than I usually do - some I hadn't seen in 30 years! - and that was a wonderful thing.
DR Ginny, the package had a glitch; it should arrive by Wednesday.
And now I'm tired. I have to be here tomorrwo to receive three cartons of Fed Ex and wait for Fed Ex to ship out 4 cartons of manuscripts to Miami University. And then there's also laundry to be done. Oy.
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I did watch the three bonus features when I went back downstairs. The longest was only 25 minutes, so it took less than a hour to finish off the disc.
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So glad you made it back safely, DR Larry, even with the burdensome plane changes.
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I did not get any review discs in the mail today, so it looks like tomorrow's assignment will be the new Centennial Edition of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. Again, there are three or four new bonus features in addition to porting over the others from the last release of the film on DVD. It will likely take me the afternoon and part of the evening again to finish everything. I could write the film up now if I wanted since I've seen it so many times, but I'll hold off for tomorrow.
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Once I finished the Criterion disc, I put in Mae West in SHE DONE HIM WRONG. Although I had burned a DVD for myself a few years ago from a TCM broadcast (since it looked like Universal wasn't going to release any more of their Mae West pictures), they did release this one, and it's been sitting on my to-watch shelf for a year waiting to be watched.
It's basically the same quality of the disc I burned: heavier grain than one might expect and some scratches along with a hissy audio track. Still, it goes on the shelf with the Mae West box set Universal issued some years back.
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After that was finished, I was in the mood for a mystery, so I took off the shelf the Joan Hickson version of A POCKETFUL OF RYE. I love all of her Miss Marple films, but in this one, she's barely in the first hour. It's an excellent mystery all tied into the old nursery rhyme.
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I ended my evening by skimming through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest, but Luke-Brian-Noah were certainly prominent in the previews for tomorrow. Should be a good episode.
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Borders is safe until at least 2011. I speak because I know.
But the location in Sacramento is closing and offering 40%-off their entire stock. -At least according to the e-blast that Border's sent out. ;)
. . .and the follow-up email that went out.
The official line on the Sacremento screw-up is that someone really f**ked up royally by sending a regional short list letter out nationwide, leaving upper levels with tons of spin control and many more Borders' customers questioning when the rest of the stores were closing.
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Let the joyous news be spread....
I am back in my homestead!
:D
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Let the joyous news be spread....
I am back in my homestead!
:D
...And what about the joyous news?
;D
Welcome home, DR Ron Pulliam.
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The inflight movie I watched was "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". I rather enjoyed it. Bardem was delightful in a suave lover role. The two women were interesting. I liked the blond the best. The brunette kept channeling Mia Farrow...or, rather, was Woody Allen's female alter-ego.
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Let the joyous news be spread....
I am back in my homestead!
:D
...And what about the joyous news?
;D
Welcome home, DR Ron Pulliam.
Awww...has my departure from the east coast dimmed your lights?
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DRs Elmore and Ron, it's so nice to have you back where you belong!
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My cousin Sue Ellen is our family's historian and she gave me on Saturday a CD-rom of family stories and photos, many of which I've either not seen in 50 years or never seen. I've been caught up in them and the ones from the 1930s of my mother and her siblings are very "Little Rascals." DR MBarnum would love them and all my mother's sisters 1940s dresses.
Here's my mother and dad on their wedding day, 1944.
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The inflight movie I watched as "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". I rather enjoyed it. Bardem was delightful in a suave lover role. The two women were interesting. I liked the blond the best. The brunette kept channeling Mia Farrow...or, rather, was Woody Allen's female alter-ego.
I am supposed to get this DVD to review when it comes out in January. At this point, I can't remember if it was the DVD or Blu-ray version, but I'll be seeing it within a few weeks, and as the movie is his biggest hit in years and has garnered his best reviews in years (and with an almost certain Oscar nomination for Penelope Cruz in the supporting category), I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Glad you made it back home safe and sound, DR Ron.
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MattH, I'll be interested to hear if the Breakfast At Tiffany's is the same wretchedly brown disgusting transfer from the last special edition. One of the worst color transfers ever of one of my favorite IB Technicolor films ever - and no one can tell me ANYTHING about the look of this film as I owned a pristine 35mm IB Tech print, which was one of the most stunning prints I've ever seen.
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Here are my brother Macbeth and me on Easter Sunday, 1957. I'm on the left.
Scary!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Easter57.jpg)
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Now, I think I'll head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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I spent the day in NYC. My nephew has a school project that involves spending time with someone in his proposed field of study, namely entertainment reporting. So I went up to the city with my nephew and sister. After we dropped off my my nephew, my sis and I started to walk about the Fifth Ave looking for a place to eat breakfast, but we detoured through Saks and St. Patrick's. We wound up brunching in the Rockerfeller Plaza concourse where we watched them clear the ice of skaters just so this one guy (who didn't skate well at all) could publicly propose to his girlfriend. The crowd cheered as she evidently accepted. After that spectacle, we decided that it was too cold to make our way up to the Met Museum and instead found our way to MOMA where we spent the rest of the afternoon. Even though the city was cold, and crowded and filled with what seemed to be too many screaming kiddies, a good time was had by all.
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MattH, I'll be interested to hear if the Breakfast At Tiffany's is the same wretchedly brown disgusting transfer from the last special edition. One of the worst color transfers ever of one of my favorite IB Technicolor films ever - and no one can tell me ANYTHING about the look of this film as I owned a pristine 35mm IB Tech print, which was one of the most stunning prints I've ever seen.
I remember how much you didn't like it. I'll be absolutely shocked if it isn't the same transfer.
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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I spent the day in NYC. My nephew has a school project that involves spending time with someone in his proposed field of study, namely entertainment reporting. So I went up to the city with my nephew and sister. After we dropped off my my nephew, my sis and I started to walk about the Fifth Ave looking for a place to eat breakfast, but we detoured through Saks and St. Patrick's. We wound up brunching in the Rockerfeller Plaza concourse where we watched them clear the ice of skaters just so this one guy (who didn't skate well at all) could publicly propose to his girlfriend. The crowd cheered as she evidently accepted. After that spectacle, we decided that it was too cold to make our way up to the Met Museum and instead found our way to MOMA where we spent the rest of the afternoon. Even though the city was cold, and crowded and filled with what seemed to be too many screaming kiddies, a good time was had by all.
So that was you, DR Dan (the Man)! ;)
Ah... MoMA... :)
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Last one: my mother, her four sisters, and my Uncle Paul the baby. This is around 1929. my Uncle Bob was born in 1931.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/siblings.jpg)
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OK... Since I feel sleepy, I think I'm going to go to sleep, so...
Goodnight.
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So that was you, DR Dan (the Man)! ;)
Ah... MoMA... :)
Yes, again although incredibly crowded, it was a wonderful place to spend the afternoon. So many glorious paintings...
We had a sort of good new/bad new situation--since my sister's place of work is a corporate sponsor, we were able to by-pass the long, long general admission line outside and make it through to the merely long line inside for free admission. The bad side is that Van Gogh was sold out.
I was shocked to find that MOMA houses Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World". I was doubly shocked to find it hung in a small shabby hallway of a gallery.
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DR Elmore, I'm lovin' the family history pics! I'll check the rest out tomorrow since I am barely able to keep my eyes open here.
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I gotta tell you.
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At the beginning of the day, I never thought I'd be a rock guitarist by the end of the day. The purchase of Guitar Hero for PS2 has taken care of that. My students will be impressed. :)
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JMK, please let us know how Stairway to Heaven looks.
Just finished a wonderful day of Powell-gazing. Stairway/Life & Death looks pretty damned good. The Technicolor segments look excellent, though you might quibble they're just a tad on the purple side of things. It's certainly head and shoulders above any other release I've had/seen (I don't have a region free player, so I can't compare to the R2 version that's been out for some time). There's a bit of damage in the b&w segments, nothing too egregious.
The real story, color-wise, is Age of Consent. I had never seen this one before. Wowza, what a palette! Have you seen it, BK? Amazing. You should release the Sculthorpe score on Kritzerland--a lovely little piece, redolent of gamelans. The stems sound like they were slightly damaged somewhere along the way, probably when the score was jettisoned in favor of one by Stanley Myers.
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I have Age Of Consent on a region 2 DVD - it's spectacular and I'm sure this is derived from the same source material. I'm most anxious to compare the Stairway To Heaven with its region two counterpart.
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I am on a Universal kick today (maybe due to the Vera West discussion of a few days back) and just watched a cute comedy from 1940 titled LOVE, HONOR AND O' BABY starring Donald Woods and Kathryn Adams.
Up next was the Andrew Sister's 1942 musical GIVE OUT, SISTERS co-starring Grace McDonald and Dan Dailey and the Jiven Jacks and Jills (which included a very young Donald O'Connor).
Now for another Universal musical, STRICKLY IN THE GROOVE (1942) starring Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Grace McDonald and Ozzie Nelson.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never heard of any of those pictures.
Don't be embarrassed DR Druxy, most of Universal's B films of the 30s and 40s (other then the horror films and Abbott and Costello movies) haven't been seen since that days of the UHF channel late, late, late shows. The only way to find them now is by those who collected 16 mm films, thus the DVDrs that I purchased.
But I tell you, these films are a lot of fun! Nobody made movies like Universal!
I do recall that they made a few good westerns (e.g. WHEN THE DALTONS RODE) and some film noir. I think that THE KILLERS is one of the all time great gangster movies.
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DR elmore-loved the old family photos.
Welcome home DRs Ron & elmore.
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Tonight we watched THE TENDER TRAP w/Sinatra.
It was okay...but SO DATED.
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I've finished my viewing for the evening, and am now listening to CDs.
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Catching up took a long time.
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I'm - I'm -
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I'm.
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That is three I'm's.
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What price I'm?
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I'm what price?
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I will singlehandedly take us to page eleven.
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After all, I singlehandedly took us to page ten.
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Vibes to Dixie
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I'm -
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bidin' my time
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Cause that's the kind of guy I'm.
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Several years ago (before the "new" Doctor Who even started), I vaguely remember reading something about the transformations and that it had been established YEARS ago that the Doctor could only transform a certain number of times (and then he would really die). Do you (or anyone) know anything about that?
During the long run of the series, and I cannot remember exactly when, it was determined that a Time Lord could regenerate twelve times, giving him (or her, if she was a Time Lady) thirteen lives.
However, part of the Master's story arc was that he'd already run through his regenerations, and somehow managed to go further by taking over other people's bodies (see The Keeper of Traken). And, obviously, he was able to regenerate in the Third Series story Utopia, when he went from being Derek Jacobi to John Simm.
Plus, there is the curious case of The Valeyard, all through The Trial of a Time Lord (aka the 23rd season), who turned out to be a part of the Doctor, somewhere between his twelfth and thirteenth regenerations, who was trying to take over the Doctor's earlier regenerations.
No matter what happens, I'm sure Moffat or whoever will come up with some way of allowing the Doctor to continue. Where there is a will, there is an ingenious scriptwriter capable of practically anything!
Or they could just ignore that little piece of information. ;)
Revisionist history is rampant in TV series.
Ignore that little piece of information? Surely you jest!
Whovians are more dedicated to their subject than any trekkie. They would notice the lack of adhesion to the history, and would jeer the perpetrator into the Void.
(If the Esteemed BK knew how much more dedicated the Whovians are compared to, say, the film score crowd, his mind would be boggled!)
:D
I certainly understand that the Whovians (the fans) are absolutely dedicated and knowledgeable, but I'm saying that the writers and/or producers may not be. There have been countless examples of new versions of shows that totally disregard previous canon and it angers the original fans. They (the writers and/or producers) try to make something for a new audience and it rarely works at all.
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How is DD Dixie this evening? Is she home or at the vet's?
Last we've heard, Dixie is at the vet's, with more surgery having been performed. Der B's daughter is not keeping us posted hourly, but if there was a real disaster I'm certain we'd have heard something.
Continued vibes for the poor thing. They must have really screwed up if more surgery was required.
Boy, did they ever. They found balls of dog hair inside which had casued an infection which then ruptured her incision. The local MD vet called the DE SPCA (who ran the shelter) and raised cain - the DE shelter will pay all of the MD Vet's costs for caring for Dixie. The VET said their was nothing the Family did to aggravate the injury - it was all the SPCA's fault.
As a side note: the Family had never used this particular Vet before, but the Vet's son is one of William's schoolmates, so they thought they'd try him out. It was nice to see the Vet take the lead on getting the DE folks to pick up the tab.
der Brucer