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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a February kind of vibe, and now it is time for you to post until the February cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: VICTUALS!
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Yesterday, I went to work and actually got some work done. After that, I went downtown to "usher" for Putt Putt Palooza miniature golf (it's a fund raiser for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts) and I mainly just stood there and directed people to the next "hole." Then I went to my sister's for some vegetarian nachos with the family. She used some kind of textured soy product instead of ground meat and it was very good. She did have real cheese and light sour cream (my niece is vegan, so she used soy cheese and no sour cream) and standard nacho toppings and veggies. My parents and niece played Phase 10 (I got there after they started) and a good time was had by all. I was there for several hours then came home to find that my cat had thrown up downstairs in my living room. :P Fortunately, it was very easy to clean up.
And now, I'm just catching up with all the posts. :)
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My sister also made vegan chocolate cupcakes with cookies-and-cream frosting. Those were GOOD! ;D
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I'm listening to a Frederic Talgorn CD. I'm not quite ready to go to bed yet.
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Welcome three GUESTS.
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Very Happy Birthday to DR Kerry!!
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Welcome seven GUESTS.
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A Very Happy Birthday to Donald Feltham!!
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I think my computer has a virus...trojan...something. :P I keep getting this pop-up banner saying that my computer is being attacked from the Internet and how should this program (that I downloaded and installed...my bad...but uninstalled) handle it. NOOOOO!! I ran my McAfee virus software that Larry, my sister's boyfriend, put on my computer when he built it, but it never finds anything. Larry said that I should uninstall that and reinstall it from Comcast. Comcast customers get McAfee for free. Since I was only sort of shown what to do with it when he built my computer, I don't really know how to use it. I hope this works. So far, nothing bad seems to be happening on my computer, except for this pop-up banner every 10 minutes or so. :-\
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So, I must leave the Internet for the night and see how to uninstall McAfee so that I can reinstall it.
Good night all...and wish me luck.
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I have one word for you: Mac
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Well, I suppose I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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Due to my many naps today I was not at all tired when it came to be bedtime...so I went grocery shopping instead. Now it is 1:30 in the a.m.
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DerBrucer, it is two CUPS of lard, not two pounds.
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Happy Happy Birthday, DR Kerry!!!!
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A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN LOVELIER THAN LOVELY DEAR READER KERRY!!!!
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A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN BRILLIANT RADIO HOST, MR. DONALD FELTHAM!!!
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Not speaking at all is feeling very wierd to me. I occassionally write down things I want to say but I find it is so much trouble that I don't say a lot unless it's important
I wonder if I will so carefully consider what I say when my voice comes back?
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BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR DEAR READER AND ALL AROUND GOOD GUY MICHAEL SHAYNE
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Well, guess I will see if I can get a little more sleep
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Happiest of birthdays to Donald!!!
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And a very very very
Happy birthday to dear Kerry
(OK, it's not great, but it rhymes)
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DR Kerry - have a Super(Bowl) birthday - Go Cards!
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And the word of the day is: VICTUALS!
We have a restaurant near us called VITTLES, but we always refer to it as VICTUALS.
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A special birthday message to Kerry from friends he may not even know he had!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWlEf0pd-VM
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And the word of the day is: VICTUALS!
And the word of the day is: VICTUALS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: FOOD,GLORIOUS FOOD
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Happy Birthday to Radio Host Mr Donald Feltham.
And copious Birthday Greetings to generous DR KERRY!
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DR GEORGE - this is the free ware that the computer tech installed on my computer after it had been attacked THREE times, and I have had no problems since.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
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DR MATTH - if you would like an anaglyph DVD of Kiss Me Kate that might work on your TV....send me your snail mail.
It's okay....and better than nothing.
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But duck when Kathryn faces forward! ;D ;D
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Above Page Two Kathryn Grayson expansion dance.
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Happy Birthday to DR Kerry.
Happy Birthday to Donald!
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I don't think i will be back to post today. My niece is upstairs watching a dora movie. And i have 20 minutes to read my email, take a shower, get dressed and prepare my dish for tonight's Super Bowl party!
My brother-in-law is a huge steelers fan. So i will probably cheer for them. Although we do a football pool. So i'd like to win that (won't know the numbers i get till tonight).
Happy Super Bowl day!
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Happiest of Birthdays to my almost birthday buddy, Kerry!
And the same to the best radio host in the world, Donald F!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONALD FELTHAM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KERRY
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And a very very very
Happy birthday to dear Kerry
(OK, it's not great, but it rhymes)
Maybe you colud work in a variation of Mary, merry and marry. . . .
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HAPPY NATAL DAY YOU DR KERRY, YOU!
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Happy Birthday to the Donald. Well, maybe not "The" Donald. But a Donald.
Happy Birthday to a Donald!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I would think that I would Kerry's Birthday off from work....but no such luck.
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Good morning, all! Today is the 150th birthday of Victor Herbert, America's great Irish-American composer, and one of the creators of our musical theatre heritage. While some of his short pieces remain in the concert repertoire, larger works like the wonderful cello concertos and the tone poem "Hero and Leander" get only sporadic performances. Like Sir Arthur Sullivan, he was born in Ireland, trained in Germany, and moved to a large metropolis to achieve fame. In Herbert's case, it was a ticket to New York to play cello - like Jacques Offenbach he was a virtuoso cellist - in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He was conductor for several years of the Pittsburgh Symphony, a Victor recording artist with the Victor Herbert Orchestra, and a mostly-forgotten musical theatre composer who wrote for all forms of turn-of-the-century musical theatre from opera to revue:
MADELEINE and NATOMA (opera)
THE MAGIC KNIGHT (parody opera)
EILEEN, NAUGHTY MARIETTA, THE MADCAP DUCHESS, SWEETHEARTS (romantic operetta)
THE RED MILL, MLLE MODISTE. THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER, IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND (musical comedy)
BABES IN TOYLAND, WONDERLAND (extravaganza)
I think he was, unlike Arthur Sullivan, looking for a WS Gilbert who never arrived, but he worked with the best of the Broadway set, who turn worked with other greats from Oscar Hammerstein II to Jerome Kern. While not all of his shows would play well today and the quality of their scores can be inconsistent, second-rate Herbert is often better than some of the first-rate folk writing today. Take 5 minutes out of your tme today and listen to something Victor Herbert wrote, from the sentimental nostalgia of "Toyland" to the piquant quaintness of the "March of the Toys," from the grandiose flights of "The Italian Street Song" to the Vaudeville knockabout of "The Streets of New York."
My favorite Victor Herbert number is "Barney O'Flynn" from BABES IN TOYLAND, an "Irish" song with a great swing and yearning subtext, but I'm partial to his two "Mignonette" songs, one cut from BABES and another in THE RED MILL, a very funny musical for two comedians. Happy birthday, Victor!
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The squirrels came back to the Sunflower Seeds today.
And so I am off to work.
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Happy Birthday Victor Herbert!
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Today, I am working on my income taxes. I slept badly last night and I woke with an achey and stiff neck. I'll spend my day tallying receipts at my desk and lying on a heating pad.
Last night I watched my new DVD of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA and finished the evening by weeping though the beauty of the 1955 broadcast of AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Birthday Greetings to DR Kerry and Donald Feltham !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now I have to replace a lightbulb. Oy!
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Thank you all for the birthday wishes; you really are my family of choice!
To celebrate I will totally ignore all football and especially the Superbowl!
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My mouse is sticky! OY!
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I would think that I would Kerry's Birthday off from work....but no such luck.
Go ahead. Show them what a sexy and strong man you are!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONALD FELTHAM
Of course!
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But duck when Kathryn faces forward! ;D ;D
LOL! Even Ava Gardner conceded that Kathryn had the biggest bust in Hollywood.
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DR Elmore:
I must shame-facedly admit that I didn't realize Victor Herbert wrote my favorite Jeanette MacDonald aria "The Italian Street Song."
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Good morning!
Another beautiful day and supposed to be a tiny bit warmer (though it didn't feel like it when I went outside for the newspaper this morning). Argh! Not a cloud in the sky, but we're supposed to have rain tomorrow.
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I cannot and will not believe that it is now February! What happened to January? What happened to 2008?
:o
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - SUPER BOWL XLIII, THE OFFICE (one hour episode)
ABC - WIPEOUT (reruns) followed by WIPEOUT BOWL I
CBS - 60 MINUTES
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As I mentioned last night, I'll be working today on THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, a film by Luis Buńuel. I've never seen it, and from what I've read, it's quite surreal, so it should be an interesting afternoon. It's not very long, but it is a two disc set which suggests many extras that will likely take me much of the afternoon and evening.
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For viewing while I eat my lunch today, I have these options: Wednesday's LIFE ON MARS, Thursday's SMALLVILLE, and Friday's MONK. It'll likely be the latter, and the other two tonight when I've finished my work project.
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR KERRY ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONALD FELTHAM ! ! ! ! !
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Happy Birthday to Radio Host Donald Feltham!!!
Happy Birthday to DR Kerry!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONALD FELTHAM!
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My mouse is sticky! OY!
Speculations are endless . . .
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DR Elmore:
I must shame-facedly admit that I didn't realize Victor Herbert wrote my favorite Jeanette MacDonald aria "The Italian Street Song."
DR Matt H, I cannot believe that! Well, the good news is you've got a Victor Herbert composition to thnk about today!
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This is the front page story in the Des Moines Register this morning
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090201/NEWS/902010351/1001
Keeler: Warner's legacy beyond football is already written
Thought the Cardinal fans may find it interesting. He was a quarterback at the University of Northern Iowa and played with the Iowa Barnstormers in the indoor football league, so Iowa claims him as one of our own
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As promise a recap of my London theatre orgy:
I timed the trip so we could catch AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY with the original Steppenwolf cast at the National Theatre with my old theatre colleague, Tony-winning Deanna Dunagan in it. She and it were magnificent. It turned out we were staying in the same hotel as the cast, so we had a couple of chances to chat, usually going to or from the theatre. And on our last night there, Deanna, The Lovely Wife, and I all went to see The Pitman Painters at the National. In fact, of the eleven shows we saw, five were at the National.
Both The War Horse, a exquisite epic that utuilized intricate puppetry as well as actors, and Tom Stoppard's rarely performed collaboration with Andre Previn, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a fully staged play with a full orchestra, were also grand and moving pieces of theatre. Toby Jones starred in the latter.
The only absolute dog we saw...which almost never happens at the National...was Mrs. Affleck -- a reworking and updating to the fifties of Ibsen's Little Eyolf. I like Ibsen a lot and this play in particular. This rewritten updating neither further illuminated Ibsen's original nor brought any particular insight to the fifties era it was set in. I found it also badly staged with a cumbersome set. The preview night I saw it, I watched the set-change which was supposed to be done during a fifteen
minute interval. It took twenty-five and seemed more like a set strike than set change.
The Old Vic's production of a new play called COMPLICIT, directed by Kevin Spacey and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen McGovern, and David Suchet, got raked over the coals by the critics. I didn't think it was as bad as all that and liked the message of the play and, particularly, the second half. Despite wearing a visible ear-piece where he was being fed as-yet-unlearned lines, Richard Dreyfuss was okay, very Dreyfuss, and moving and effective in the climax of the play. McGovern was too young to play his wife and wasted in an underwritten part. Acting honours went to Suchet. Spacey had converted the Old Vic into a theatre in the round and it was an interesting, intimate space. Despite the Old Vic's great history and consistently great work ; I've always found the space a bit unintimate and the sightlines troubling in its original configuration.
We saw two Joe Orton plays, LOOT, starring the terrific David Haig, and ENTERTAINING, MR. SLOANE, starring the equally terrific Imelda Staunton. I'd never seen either onstage before and enjoyed both. In SLOANE, Ms. Staunton came on at one point in the sheerest of nighties, displaying all her charms and fluffy bits. Tres daring.
We saw a new play at the Donmar written by and starring Ian McDiarmid (The Emperor in all the Star Wars movies) called BE NEAR ME. After a first act with two characters doing impenetrable Scottish slang accents of which only every third sentence was understood, the play really came on and centered around McDiarmid's charming, funny, sad performance. Certainly worth the price of the ticket.
Two Shakespeares rounded out the bill. Oddly enough, they are the two plays I have seen more than any other, could care less if I ever see again, and don't find the epitome of Shakespeare to begin with. Both, however, were delightful. The first was Twelfth Night with Derek Jacobi playing Malvolio, assisted ably by several other actors we've seen frequently over there -- Ron Cook, Guy Henry, and Victoria Hamilton, not household names here, but very respected over there. While sturdily done and perfectly enjoyable, I suspect the reason it didn't kick me in the butt was my indifference to the play in general. The second Shakespeare was an RSC production of Midsummer Night's Dream, which was magically done. They made the usually tedious lovers interesting and fun, the 'rude mechanicals' were quite amusing, and the array of faeries mischievous and real characters.
Alas, all that said, London...while still the greatest city in the world...gets to looking like an American Mall a bit more every time I go. The block of Charing Cross road that used to be nothing but used bookstores has now replaced many of those bookshops with a Subway or a Quiznos or a coffee shop (sometimes a Starbucks, sometimes a British franchise). I've never seen so many sandwich and coffee shops. If you don't like a particular one, go two doors down and you'll find another. Several of my Favourite bookstores have disappeared all over London (and another is about to go online), as have so many quirky little shops replaced by dull franchise stores or eatries, far too many of them American brands. Thankfully, Cecil Court (and BK's and my friend, Nigel Williams) remains pretty much intact and seems to have added a few refugee bookshops from other places around town.
If it hadn't been for the National, the West End would have been pretty dismal. I fear it's looking more like Broadway all the time. We saw nothing in Shaftsbury Avenue this trip, because there was nothing worth seeing. Merely an array of tired musical revivals, comedian one-man shows, and dreary rockish musicals. In the weekly theatre guide, I counted 26 musicals to 11 straight shows...most of those musicals were tedious, tired crap like Stomp; We Will Rock You; Diry Dancing; Les Miz; or inervating revivals of Grease; Sound of Music; Phantom; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. And then there are the long runs like Chicago -- come on already, the movie came out years ago! I'm so tired of long runs that should have been shuttered eons ago, bad rock musicals, and musicals made from movies. Thank God for the RSC and the National!
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Today is the 50th Anniversary of the day the music died.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090201/BUDDYHOLLY/902010336
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR KERRY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONALD F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Time to hang wallpaper
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WELL-HUNG WALLPAPER VIBES FOR DR CILLALIZ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm restoring my iPhone... I hope.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR KERRY!!!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DJ DONALD!!!!!
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DR MATTH - if you would like an anaglyph DVD of Kiss Me Kate that might work on your TV....send me your snail mail.
It's okay....and better than nothing.
I think I will just stick with Brent Barrett's KISS ME KATE. It isn't perfect - but he is!
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DR Charles Pogue - "Little Eyolf" becomes "Mrs. Affleck"? Hmm...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR KERRY!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DONALD FELTHAM!
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This is the front page story in the Des Moines Register this morning
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090201/NEWS/902010351/1001
Keeler: Warner's legacy beyond football is already written
Thought the Cardinal fans may find it interesting. He was a quarterback at the University of Northern Iowa and played with the Iowa Barnstormers in the indoor football league, so Iowa claims him as one of our own
Kurt Warner's face makes him look like SHREK in that photo.
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I'm up, I'm up. And welcome to February. The sky is blue, and I am groggy, it's really true that soon I'll joggy.
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DR MATTH - if you would like an anaglyph DVD of Kiss Me Kate that might work on your TV....send me your snail mail.
It's okay....and better than nothing.
I think I will just stick with Brent Barrett's KISS ME KATE. It isn't perfect - but he is!
I loved the Broadway revival, but this was a disappointing transcription of it, particularly the direction.
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The thing I remember most about CANNERY ROW was that Raquel Welch was originally cast and was replaced after filming started by Debra Winger. Miss Welch filed a huge lawsuit but I'm not sure whatever became of it (the lawsuit, not Miss Welch).
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I must head down now and start cooking lunch. Then, on to my work assignment.
WBBL.
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DR Charles Pogue - "Little Eyolf" becomes "Mrs. Affleck"? Hmm...
Jose, sadly, it didn't become much of anything. One prominent critic suggested a more enjoyable evening might be spent tearing out one's fingernails by the roots.
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A special birthday message to Kerry from friends he may not even know he had!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWlEf0pd-VM
This is great! ;D
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR KERRY! HOPE YOUR DAY IS PERFECT!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RADIO HOST DONALD FELTHAM!!!
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I am figuring that I will get to see most of the second half of the Super Bowl today. GLORIOUS runs approximately 2 hours; 5 minutes with the intermission. The cast is expected to do the "meet and greet" with the audience after the show, but I may just put in a brief appearance. The house is practically sold out today.
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DR Jane: Regarding your comment about remembering the keyboard characters to create smilies, I'll ask if you have a printer. If you do, you can click on "quote" to a post that contains a smiley you like. When you see the text, you will see the characters rather than the emoticon they create. Make a note you can keep next to your computer that for a big grinning smiley, you'd type a colon ( : ) and a capital ( D ) with no space between them.
For a winking smiley, you'd type a colon ( : ) and a semi-colon ( ; ).
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The thing I remember most about CANNERY ROW was that Raquel Welch was originally cast and was replaced after filming started by Debra Winger. Miss Welch filed a huge lawsuit but I'm not sure whatever became of it (the lawsuit, not Miss Welch).
From wikipedia:
Raquel Welch was originally cast to play Suzy, but was fired after five days' filming. It was alleged she was taking too long to get ready each day. Welch sued the studio, MGM, and won a multi-million dollar settlement in the mid-eighties, but by then her film career was badly damaged. Because Turner Entertainment owned the film when she won the settlement, Turner had to pay it.
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DR Jane: Regarding your comment about remembering the keyboard characters to create smilies, I'll ask if you have a printer. If you do, you can click on "quote" to a post that contains a smiley you like. When you see the text, you will see the characters rather than the emoticon they create. Make a note you can keep next to your computer that for a big grinning smiley, you'd type a colon ( : ) and a capital ( D ) with no space between them.
For a winking smiley, you'd type a colon ( : ) and a semi-colon ( ; ).
If you saw the junk on my little desk you would know there isn't room for me to print out a cheat sheet. ::) I'm rather hopeless.
I saved all the details on my computer, though at this point it is faster to use the preview :D In reality I use the preview box a lot, simply because it is easier to see what I'm typing in the preview box.
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Matt H I am very impressed you have gone TWO MONTHS without chocolate. I should strive to be as good as you are. I have been slowly reducing the amount of chocolate I eat (don’t want to go through withdrawal). I get so sick when I eat too much chocolate you would think it would be easy to give up.
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I cannot and will not believe that it is now February! What happened to January? What happened to 2008?
:o
Hell, what happened to the 20th Century!
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PAGE FOUR!
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Thank you all for the birthday wishes; you really are my family of choice!
To celebrate I will totally ignore all football and especially the Superbowl!
You are my kind of guy!!! ;D
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I forgot it was the Super Bowl until I decided to walk over to the grocery store. Mistake!!! At 11:30 all New York football fanatics were at my grocery store buying things for their various and sundry parties. I saw the lines at the register and left. I did get to another store though to buy the eggs I needed.
We are having hearty meat loaf with mashed potatoes and green beans for dinner tonight. I just finished getting the meat loaf ready. It will go into the oven around 3:45.
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Hey, Danise!!!
Happy New House (even though it's not finished yet)
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Hi all! Just popping in for a quick moment. Things are progressing with the house but not as fast as I would like.
I do hope to be home by Valentines day. At least that is the plan.
I also hope that everyone here is doing well.
Thank you so much for the DVD, DR George! I haven't had time to watch it yet but it is on my "to do" list. A list that seems to grow with each passing day. :)
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Hey, Danise!!!
Happy New House (even though it's not finished yet)
Thank you DR Ben!
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Good Afternoon!
My iPhone has been Updated, Verified, Re-Updated, Re-Verified, and Restored. Whew!
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I had my annual sleep study done on Friday night. A week early because they had a cancelation.
I couldn't sleep without the mask. I guess it's so ingrained in my head that if I don't wear it I could stop breathing and not start back up again that I just couldn't settle down until I had it on.
They let me try until midnight and then had to switch me to the mask--after that, I fell right asleep without any problem.
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DR Danise - Are you taking pictures of the not-as-fast-as-you-would-like progress? -Although, I guess you could take some comfort in knowing that "not-as-fast-as-you-would-like" is more the norm than the exception. How is Sheena doing? Have you been able to visit her in the kennel?
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They let me try a new, more comfortable mask that I really liked. The tech made a note of it and said he would let the doctor know that I got along with it even better then the old mask.
I hope my insurance will let me switch.
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I am figuring that I will get to see most of the second half of the Super Bowl today. GLORIOUS runs approximately 2 hours; 5 minutes with the intermission. The cast is expected to do the "meet and greet" with the audience after the show, but I may just put in a brief appearance. The house is practically sold out today.
I'm sure there will be some audience members in attendance today who will also be wondering how the game is going. Maybe the theatre could set up a TV on stage during the "meet and greet"? ;)
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DR Danise - Are you taking pictures of the not-as-fast-as-you-would-like progress? -Although, I guess you could take some comfort in knowing that "not-as-fast-as-you-would-like" is more the norm than the exception. How is Sheena doing? Have you been able to visit her in the kennel?
I take photos every time I go to the house so I have a record of it.
Sheena is doing well--so I'm told. I haven't been to see her because after taking about it to the kennel people and some dog friends I decided I didn't want her to get excited and think she was going home when she wasn't.
The kennel people just love her and have told me they take her out to play even more often then I'm paying for because they just like her so much.
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I really, really, REALLY miss my girl. :( I can't wait for us both to be home. I thought of her today around ten because that's dog park time.
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How is Vix Mom? How is everyone else? Is there anything I should know about?
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I feel so out of the loop.
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DR Charles Pogue - "Little Eyolf" becomes "Mrs. Affleck"? Hmm...
Jose, sadly, it didn't become much of anything. One prominent critic suggested a more enjoyable evening might be spent tearing out one's fingernails by the roots.
Just curious: What were the updated names of the characters? Especially for "Borghejm".
"Little Eyolf" was my friend's directing thesis project in college, so I was more or less immersed in that world via osmosis for a few months. ;)
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A very happy birthday to you DR Kerry!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR KERRY!!!!
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Sorry if I'm bouncing around. I'm trying to check my emails and such.
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Hey, I won $3.00 on PowerBall! Woooo Hooo! :)
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Well, I've gotta run. I have to go out to the house and leave some notes for the guys about the where I want the power outlets.
Hugs, love and vibes to all!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wrote four pages, finished the chapter I was on, and am now printing them out, after which I'll Xerox then deliver to muse Margaret. After which, I'll return and do the long jog.
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My mouse is sticky! OY!
What 'till the cat gets done with it:
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der Brucer
PS: Happy Birthday
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Hello, everyone!
HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to DR KERRY!!
Ditto to DONALD FELTHAM!
(shades of Miss Karen)
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HOUSE VIBES to DR DANISE! May your newly-redone house be all you wanted.
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It is a lazy day here in Whereversville, FL. I am doing laundry. SUCH an exciting life!
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Kudos to Bruce for turning out another novel at breakneck speed.
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Happy belated birthday wishes to all whom I've missed.
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:P I keep getting this pop-up banner saying that my computer is being attacked from the Internet and how should this program (that I downloaded and installed...my bad...but uninstalled) handle it. NOOOOO!! I ran my McAfee virus software that Larry, my sister's boyfriend, put on my computer when he built it, but it never finds anything.
The Intrusion alert you are getting has nothing to do with Anti-Virus software. These are alerts generated from Firewall software like Norton Personal Firewall. To practice "Safe cruising browsing you should have both Anti-Virus and Firewall software installed. I usually get one or two intrusion alerts a day.
der Brucer
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I have no other news.
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Where's Sing? Is he still sick?
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I have one word for you: Mac
And I have an answer - vulnerability to internet intrusions is platform independent; I don't know about modern Macs, but modern PCs usually come with Firewall Protection installed, or it is available in most security packages.
der Brucer
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Something special for Elmore:
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CHRONICLE BOOKS (http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Quirk Books By Jane Austen
and Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen's classic novel to new legions of fans.
der Brucer
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I have one word for you: Mac
And I have an answer - vulnerability to internet intrusions is platform independent; I don't know about modern Macs, but modern PCs usually come with Firewall Protection installed, or it is available in most security packages.
der Brucer
It's all comes down to responsible web-browsing and downloading. For both platforms.
Mac's are not totally immune to viruses. However, since Mac's OS is not an "open platform", it would just require too much work and time for a hacker to develop something. However...
As some Mac users have found out over the past week or so, there is some malware present in the new iLife '09. Well, the iLife '09 that's available for download via bit/fittorrent - a.k.a. illegal download. ;)
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Time to hang wallpaper
I should think criminal defense attorneys would avoid using "hang" as a verb.
der Brucer
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*And there are some companies that make Anti-Virus software for Mac's, including McAfee.
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As for the Super Bowl...
Is it may imagination, or is NBC just overdoing it today with their Super Bowl coverage? It's going on ALL DAY! -With a break at 5:00pm (EST) for Matt Lauer's interview with President Barack Obama.
I just don't seem to recall so much pre-game coverage before.
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I am figuring that I will get to see most of the second half of the Super Bowl today. GLORIOUS runs approximately 2 hours; 5 minutes with the intermission. The cast is expected to do the "meet and greet" with the audience after the show, but I may just put in a brief appearance. The house is practically sold out today.
I'm sure there will be some audience members in attendance today who will also be wondering how the game is going. Maybe the theatre could set up a TV on stage during the "meet and greet"? ;)
Can't they just watch on their iPhones during the performance :D
der Brucer
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Well, after a run up to the corner store, I've discovered that it's an absolutely beautiful day here in NYC! Time to get outside for a bit.
Laters...
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I'm rather hopeless.
Never argue with a Lady.
der Brucer
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Singdaw is now DAW and feeling better, from what I remember.
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Pages are printed and Xeroxed and delivered. I think I'll go do the long jog (very pretty out), then eat something and then watch DVDs and wait for muse Margaret's call. Since I've done four pages, I don't think I'll write any more new pages today, but if she has notes then I might do them if they're easy. And I decided to change the name of a dog in the book, so that's a simple find and replace, plus adjusting one line.
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I mainly just stood there and directed people to the next "hole."
This had to have been DAW's philosophy at some point.
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DR Pogue mentions EGBDF! Wow! I thought I was the only person in the world who knew about that one--I've had that LP for years. Did it every make it to CD-ism?
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Happiest of Birthdays to all.
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Happy Birthday to the 2 BD Boys!! And many more!!
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday to all.
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GO CARDS!!!
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I liked Cannery Row -- thought it was charming.
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And as I exit -- GO CARDS!!
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DR Pogue mentions EGBDF! Wow! I thought I was the only person in the world who knew about that one--I've had that LP for years.
Was the flip side FACE
der Brucer
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Where's Sing? Is he still sick?
DAW (nee Sing) should be doing his Sunday singing if he is not sick; otherwise, he would be at home sighing.
der Brucer
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DR Pogue mentions EGBDF! Wow! I thought I was the only person in the world who knew about that one--I've had that LP for years. Did it every make it to CD-ism?
JMK,
I too have the LP. I picked it up for a dollar in a store in LA once. Never got around to playing it until a year ago when a friend converted all my records to CD (I don't think there's been a commercial CD). I did not think you could improve on the record which was performed by Ian McKellen, Ian Richardson, and Patrick Stewart...all three brilliant voices...but seeing it live was a treat! I thought it odd or maybe just fortuitous that shortly after having listened to the album I should get a chance to see a performance of the same play.
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Wonderful to read about DR CP's visit to London and all of the adventures he and the lovely wife had!
Also great to hear from DR DANISE during her reconstruction.
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And of course DR MATTH - Kathryn's erstwhile one time co-star Oreste WAS one of Hollywood's biggests busts.
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
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We were very busy for the first three hours....and now the uproar has died down.
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Where's Sing? Is he still sick?
DAW (nee Sing) should be doing his Sunday singing if he is not sick; otherwise, he would be at home sighing.
der Brucer
....or showing someone the next "hole." ;D
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NEWS OF THE WORLD (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/150832/14-times-Olympic-gold-medal-winner-Michael-Phelps-caught-with-bong-cannabis-pipe.html)
(http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00025/phelps_516_0102_25518a.jpg)
14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps caught with cannabis pipe
By Georgina Dickinson, 01/02/2009
THIS is the astonishing picture which could destroy the career of the greatest competitor in Olympic history.
In our exclusive photo Michael Phelps, who won a record EIGHT gold medals for swimming at the Beijing games last summer, draws from a bong.
The glass pipes are generally used to smoke cannabis.
And after sporting chiefs announced laws which mean four-year bans for drug-taking, Phelps’ dreams of adding to his overall 14 gold medal tally at the 2012 games in London could already be OVER.
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,486396,00.html)
PHELPS CALLS PHOTO OF HIM SMOKING MARIJUANA 'REGRETTABLE'
TAMPA, Fla. — Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana.
In a statement released to The Associated Press, the swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games conceded the authenticity of the exclusive picture published Sunday by the tabloid News of the World.
Phelps said: "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."
"Sorry" might not be enough.
That could be the most expensive "hit" in history.
der Brucer
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What 50's movie do you think SHOULD have been filmed and shown in
3-D?
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN would certainly have been a bit more lively.....and THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT and WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? almost cry out for the Third-Dimension effect.....
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I posted the link yesterday, DR derBRUCER.....he handles that bong like a pro....if there is such a thing.
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BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR DEAR READER AND ALL AROUND GOOD GUY MICHAEL SHAYNE
Why thank you very much.
My birthday wish is for you. That you will get well and completly cancer free.
Lots of love
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Where's Sing? Is he still sick?
DAW (nee Sing) should be doing his Sunday singing if he is not sick; otherwise, he would be at home sighing.
der Brucer
....or showing someone the next "hole." ;D
At the top of the hole sit the previlaged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...
der Brucer
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BIRTHDAY OLEs TO RADIO DJ SUPREME MR. DONALD FELTHAM!!!
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BIRTHDAY SKOLs TO DEAR READER KERRY
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Good morning, all! Today is the 150th birthday of Victor Herbert, America's great Irish-American composer, Happy birthday, Victor!
150?? Wow! he doesn't look a day over 125.
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I posted the link yesterday, DR derBRUCER.....he handles that bong like a pro....if there is such a thing.
Yes, but not his attempt at an apology.
der brucer
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I must head down now and start cooking lunch. Then, on to my work assignment.
WBBL.
I believe she won, but I don't think she has made a movie since. (Blacklisted)
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DR Pogue mentions EGBDF! Wow! I thought I was the only person in the world who knew about that one--I've had that LP for years. Did it every make it to CD-ism?
JMK,
I too have the LP. I picked it up for a dollar in a store in LA once. Never got around to playing it until a year ago when a friend converted all my records to CD (I don't think there's been a commercial CD). I did not think you could improve on the record which was performed by Ian McKellen, Ian Richardson, and Patrick Stewart...all three brilliant voices...but seeing it live was a treat! I thought it odd or maybe just fortuitous that shortly after having listened to the album I should get a chance to see a performance of the same play.
Is the recording abridge or the whole play? I also own the LP but haven't listened to it for a very long time
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WELL-HUNG WALLPAPER VIBES FOR DR CILLALIZ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
LOL,thanks TD. Right after I signed off I remembered that Mercy Heart Hospital was putting on a Heart health expo today and I decided to go. It was really interesting. I got a mini carotid artery ultrasound - "it looks beautiful" . Had my blood pressure checked - "it's fabulous" got a free coupon for a cholesterol and glucose check, sat in on a cooking class about the Mediterranean Heart diet. He made salmon sauteed in olive oil and sauteed vegetables - also in olive oil.
I went to the room where they demo an open heart surgery. It's with dummys not humans, but was pretty interesting to actually see how it's done up close. They also had an open question session with a cardiologist that was very interesting and they had other things like listening to your pulse vial ultrasound, a display of pacemakers, a visit to the cardio rehab center (They have a fabulous view while they are riding and walking).
It was really interesting. I got some freebie giveaways and found out my BMI has gone down about 6 points since I started my diet. I was very impressed with the whole day. I've gone to similar things in gyms or whatever, but this one was all in the actual hospital and there were doctors and cardiologists answering questions not just interns or residents. I was also pleased that all the screening I did do came out very positive.
When I came home I hung most of the wall paper in that bathroom. I'm just SO sick of that room and I was hungry, so I took a break. I've considered just leaving the whole mess until tomorrow, but I'm really very close to being done, so I'll go back later and do it. Then I get to clean...oh joy
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Tne big scandal about 1980 at the National was the Howard Brenton play ROMANS IN BRITAIN which had complete nudity and Roman soldiers raping naked young British lads. The uproar was over subsidizing such "filth."
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Well I off to the Superbowl Party. Going for the food, commercials and whatever. The game doesn't really interest me.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/150832/14-times-Olympic-gold-medal-winner-Michael-Phelps-caught-with-bong-cannabis-pipe.html)
(http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00025/phelps_516_0102_25518a.jpg)
14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps caught with cannabis pipe
By Georgina Dickinson, 01/02/2009
THIS is the astonishing picture which could destroy the career of the greatest competitor in Olympic history.
In our exclusive photo Michael Phelps, who won a record EIGHT gold medals for swimming at the Beijing games last summer, draws from a bong.
The glass pipes are generally used to smoke cannabis.
And after sporting chiefs announced laws which mean four-year bans for drug-taking, Phelps’ dreams of adding to his overall 14 gold medal tally at the 2012 games in London could already be OVER.
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,486396,00.html)
PHELPS CALLS PHOTO OF HIM SMOKING MARIJUANA 'REGRETTABLE'
TAMPA, Fla. — Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana.
In a statement released to The Associated Press, the swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games conceded the authenticity of the exclusive picture published Sunday by the tabloid News of the World.
Phelps said: "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."
"Sorry" might not be enough.
That could be the most expensive "hit" in history.
der Brucer
Well, for God's sake, he's a 23 year-pld jock, not some brain surgeon. No one said the kid was sensible, just a damned good swimmer.
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Hey, I won $3.00 on PowerBall! Woooo Hooo! :)
You said you wanted to win the lottery and you did! ;)
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Where's Sing? Is he still sick?
DAW (nee Sing) should be doing his Sunday singing if he is not sick; otherwise, he would be at home sighing.
der Brucer
....or showing someone the next "hole." ;D
At the top of the hole sit the previlaged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...
der Brucer
That's "lower" not "lonely" zoo, according to the score!
What the hell did I do to the first post?
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Matt H I am very impressed you have gone TWO MONTHS without chocolate. I should strive to be as good as you are. I have been slowly reducing the amount of chocolate I eat (don’t want to go through withdrawal). I get so sick when I eat too much chocolate you would think it would be easy to give up.
I decided that would be part of my diet plan. It was easier to give up than I thought though, I must admit, if I had some around the house, I'd be tempted to give it a taste. (Well, I do have brownie mix on the shelf, but I keep that in case someone asks me to bring a dessert to a dinner party at the last minute.)
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GUYS AND DOLLS might have been an interesting 3-D movie. Anything to get it away from that dullish studio look.
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I got a phone call right before I was going to head downstairs, and it kept me tied up for almost an hour, so I got WAY behind again on my afternoon schedule. Managed to get most things done I had planned, but I had to scurry around more than I like to.
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DR Danise - hang in there, it's never as easy or a quick as you hope it will be and usually something comes up you didn't expect, no matter who is doing the work. I think it's fabulous you are going to have a wonderful place to go home to. Sounds like Sheena is in a good place.
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While I ate lunch, I watched Friday night's MONK. It was a mystery done in the COLUMBO-style, my least favorite kind of mystery except when Columbo does it.
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Next, I watched THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL. It is a weird allegorical work, or a big joke on pretentious critics who try to read insight into what is meant to be simply a weird tale. Not quite sure what I make of it. Will have to think some more on it before I start writing it up.
The transfer looked very nice for the most part, but the sound was fairly weak, filled with hiss and some early phasing problems during the credits.
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I think that LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS would be great in 3-D - either version.
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Mmm, the smell of meat loaf is wafting through the apartment. In about 15 minutes I will begin steaming the green beans and boiling the potatoes.
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It's a two disc set, and the only other item on the first disc was the trailer which makes the movie look like it might be a murder mystery. What a joke!
The second disc has the other bonus items. The first is a biographical documentary on Buńuel that's actually longer than the film itself! I got about forty minutes of it watched with 58 minutes left. It looked like there were two other features on the disc which I'll also watch when I go back down. I should have some time tonight to watch some of the other stuff on the DVR.
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I dredged some cod and fried that up for dinner with fresh broccoli.
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I went to the room where they demo an open heart surgery. It's with dummys not humans, but was pretty interesting to actually see how it's done up close.
Couldn't Iowa spare one pig for a demo? (I bet Seattle Grace would do it!)
der Brucer
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Jumping off-line now to do some writing and then much go clean my bathroom, put away the folded laundry, and then get back to the documentary on Luis Buńuel.
WBBL.
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Cilla, your day at the hospitals sounds very interesting. I've never seen a health clinic like that. Congrats on your latest results.
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At the top of the hole sit the previlaged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...
der Brucer
That's "lower" not "lonely" zoo, according to the score!
And according to my printed script - but the Internet says "lonely". Do we believe the old-fashioned paper-ink media, or the new techology?
der Brucer
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DR Matt H, I'm still impressed you gave up chocolate. Have you lost weight on your diet or is it just to eat healthy?
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DR Matt H, I'm still impressed you gave up chocolate. Have you lost weight on your diet or is it just to eat healthy?
Please - only a traitor to The American Way would suggest chocolate is unhealthy.
der Brucer
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Did the long jog, then got some luncheon items at Gelson's. I had their yummilicious cheesy potatoes, which I haven't had in over six months. And a couple of chicken tenders. Muse Margaret also gave me some pumpkin cranberry muffins that she made.
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Muse Margaret called a few minutes ago and loved (her words) the new pages - had two tiny little things, which will take me about ten seconds to do. I was a little concerned about this batch of pages, as I always am when I'm this point in a book, so her reaction pleased me very much.
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DR derBRUCER you are correct, I did not post the apology from Mr Phelps' most excellent adventure.
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ROMANS IN BRITAIN sounds like my kind of play. Especially if it's in 3-D.
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Thanks to MR BK for posting the clips edited by DR EDISAURUS from the premiere Californy production of THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X on the most excellent Facebook.
I added the clip to my page so that tout Indiana can also enjoy them!
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I am leaving work in 20 minutes. I wish I had meat loaf as described by DR BEN....but I think I am having hot dogs.
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MR BK - did Muse Margaret get a copy of QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE on DVD to see her father wearing a nice uniform from FORBIDDEN PLANET and see him outrage said Queen by inquiring after her folks? :o
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5:45 p.m. and there is still some light in the sky. We had a high of 44 degrees today, and much of the snow is melting.
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I think Frances Farmer's autobiography as told to Edward Keyes in three parts in the American Weekly in 1958 would make a great science fiction film....it is called:
I Climb Out of the Depths.
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More I cannot wish you....or say until I get home.
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to our very own DR Kerry!!!! :D :D :D
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I am leaving work in 20 minutes. I wish I had meat loaf as described by DR BEN....but I think I am having hot dogs.
Definitely the American Way for Superbowl Sunday.
der Brucer
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to HHW Radio Host extraordinaire, Donald Feltham!!!!
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Looking over last year's bank statements is so depressing: the stocks my mom left me were worh a lot in May 2008 and now they're worth a 10th of it. My IRA is down to little more than 50% and I ran across the offer to sell the property in May that my greedy brothers turned down for being too little. Fuckemall!
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Thanks very much to DR Charles Pogue for the London theatre recap! :)
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It appears some DRs are casting aspersions on my reputation. I have been besmirched.
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It appears some DRs are casting aspersions on my reputation. I have been besmirched.
;D
Better to cast aspersions than throw shoes.
der Brucer
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Well, time to see if my failing to feed the Cardinals today had its desired impact.
der Brucer
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I have nothing to say. it's been a busy day, but nothing's finished.
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Oh, i guess I did say something
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MR BK - did Muse Margaret get a copy of QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE on DVD to see her father wearing a nice uniform from FORBIDDEN PLANET and see him outrage said Queen by inquiring after her folks? :o
I believe I gave her a copy.
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I'm very sleepy.
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MR BK - did Muse Margaret get a copy of QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE on DVD to see her father wearing a nice uniform from FORBIDDEN PLANET and see him outrage said Queen by inquiring after her folks? :o
I believe I gave her a copy.
Very thoughtful of you.
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DR Matt H, I'm still impressed you gave up chocolate. Have you lost weight on your diet or is it just to eat healthy?
Please - only a traitor to The American Way would suggest chocolate is unhealthy.
der Brucer
I eat chocolate & that is my problem. I get sick from it. Sure, a little makes me feel better but I don't stop at a little.
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I am watching IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER on TCM....I really like this movie and think the male star trio do a fantastic job.....
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There is NO SUCH THING as a little chocolate.
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Time for din din.
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It appears some DRs are casting aspersions on my reputation. I have been besmirched.
;D
Better to cast aspersions than throw shoes.
der Brucer
As Shrub averred during that Iranian press conference.
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Looking over last year's bank statements is so depressing: the stocks my mom left me were worh a lot in May 2008 and now they're worth a 10th of it. My IRA is down to little more than 50% and I ran across the offer to sell the property in May that my greedy brothers turned down for being too little.
:(
Save, save, save is a good motto these days even though the government wants us spending.
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There is NO SUCH THING as a little chocolate.
If only there were ;)
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While I advise saving instead of spending, & have been doing so, I'm also planning a big splurge. We have decided 40 years of marriage deserves a romantic location & a big splurge. Plus we reserved the pet sitter last June.
Craig is encouraging us to go to his favorite spot, Greece. The Amalfi Coast looks very romantic. Barcelona (Craig's second choice) is supposed to be one of the most beautiful cities. Has anyone been to any of these spots?
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Today is the 50th Anniversary of the day the music died.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090201/BUDDYHOLLY/902010336
Not exactly. It died on my birthday, Feb. 3rd...
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The thing I remember most about CANNERY ROW was that Raquel Welch was originally cast and was replaced after filming started by Debra Winger. Miss Welch filed a huge lawsuit but I'm not sure whatever became of it (the lawsuit, not Miss Welch).
From wikipedia:
Raquel Welch was originally cast to play Suzy, but was fired after five days' filming. It was alleged she was taking too long to get ready each day. Welch sued the studio, MGM, and won a multi-million dollar settlement in the mid-eighties, but by then her film career was badly damaged. Because Turner Entertainment owned the film when she won the settlement, Turner had to pay it.
James Ivory said that they had quite a time with her on THE WILD PARTY, and not in a good way...
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Today is the 50th Anniversary of the day the music died.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090201/BUDDYHOLLY/902010336
Not exactly. It died on my birthday, Feb. 3rd...
I was getting ready to say the same thing. The last concert was on Feb 2, 1959 and the plane crashed on the 3rd. I still remember my mother's shock; she loved the Big Bopper.
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Something special for Elmore:
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CHRONICLE BOOKS (http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Quirk Books By Jane Austen
and Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen's classic novel to new legions of fans.
der Brucer
We just came home friend visiting friends in Marietta, and getting my 1990 Corolla inspected. (It passed!) Our friends had a lot of concerns about the Zombie movie that is going to be filming in their house this month. Since it stars Woody Harrelson, it apparently must have a good budget, so I think they'll be OK. But we were able to give them an idea of what it might be like.
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The thing I remember most about CANNERY ROW was that Raquel Welch was originally cast and was replaced after filming started by Debra Winger. Miss Welch filed a huge lawsuit but I'm not sure whatever became of it (the lawsuit, not Miss Welch).
From wikipedia:
Raquel Welch was originally cast to play Suzy, but was fired after five days' filming. It was alleged she was taking too long to get ready each day. Welch sued the studio, MGM, and won a multi-million dollar settlement in the mid-eighties, but by then her film career was badly damaged. Because Turner Entertainment owned the film when she won the settlement, Turner had to pay it.
James Ivory said that they had quite a time with her on THE WILD PARTY, and not in a good way...
A friend of mine in WOMAN OF THE YEAR said she was great when she came into the show during Bacall's vacation, and I thought she was much better than Ms Bacall who stank and still won a Tony. He said that after she took over the role, however, she became impossible, and I gather she was difficult on VICTOR VICTORIA as well.
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I went to the room where they demo an open heart surgery. It's with dummys not humans, but was pretty interesting to actually see how it's done up close.
Couldn't Iowa spare one pig for a demo? (I bet Seattle Grace would do it!)
der Brucer
I went to the room where they demo an open heart surgery. It's with dummys not humans, but was pretty interesting to actually see how it's done up close.
Couldn't Iowa spare one pig for a demo? (I bet Seattle Grace would do it!)
der Brucer
No
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Hello. The Vixter came home from her retreat and prompltly left for a Superbowl Party,
Nothing else to report here
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Looking over last year's bank statements is so depressing: the stocks my mom left me were worh a lot in May 2008 and now they're worth a 10th of it. My IRA is down to little more than 50% and I ran across the offer to sell the property in May that my greedy brothers turned down for being too little. Fuckemall!
Not as big of a deal, but my mother found some savings bonds that were bought in the 80's. They had my name and my brother's name on them. She thought she had bought them and gave them to me to cash so my brother and I could split it. My brother could use the cash since construction work has been down lately.
It turned out that these were bonds HE purchased and I guess he gave them to my mom to keep track of and she forgot about them. So it was even better for him and I cashed them and gave him all the paperwork---I was very excited about the rate of return and he was VERY happy to have the cash, which I gave to him at Christmas.
Yesterday I got my tax statement from my bank. I didn't realize that since I did the cashing, I would have to pay taxes on the interest (almost $500!). I don't have the heart to ask him to pay it, but I wish I'd realized that and let him cash them!
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There is NO SUCH THING as a little chocolate.
If only there were ;)
There is a candy bar in my desk at work. I broke off a small piece last Tuesday and another small piece on Wednesday. There's more than half of it left. I am quite pleased
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Today is the 50th Anniversary of the day the music died.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090201/BUDDYHOLLY/902010336
Not exactly. It died on my birthday, Feb. 3rd...
Oh, I'm sure you're right. I was listening to the media reports... I should know better than that
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We just watched Goodbye, Mr. Chips for the first time. Loved it. And loved the songs - even the ones I didn't already know. Call me indiscriminate. Or a sentimental old fool.
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Ok, I wasn't happy with the last play of the half, but man what a run that was incredible
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Nice wild Super Bowl game!
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The big question now is, can we expect a wardrobe malfunction from The Boss?
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LOL, not sure I'm going to watch. I need to run to the store and this seems to be as good a time as any.
I finished the wall paper and put the towel bar and mirror back up. All the bathroom needs is a chair rail, a shelf and maybe a picture to hang on the wall and it's done. Whew!
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DR Vixmom, did you see Danise posted today?
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Looking over last year's bank statements is so depressing: the stocks my mom left me were worh a lot in May 2008 and now they're worth a 10th of it. My IRA is down to little more than 50% and I ran across the offer to sell the property in May that my greedy brothers turned down for being too little. Fuckemall!
Not as big of a deal, but my mother found some savings bonds that were bought in the 80's. They had my name and my brother's name on them. She thought she had bought them and gave them to me to cash so my brother and I could split it. My brother could use the cash since construction work has been down lately.
It turned out that these were bonds HE purchased and I guess he gave them to my mom to keep track of and she forgot about them. So it was even better for him and I cashed them and gave him all the paperwork---I was very excited about the rate of return and he was VERY happy to have the cash, which I gave to him at Christmas.
Yesterday I got my tax statement from my bank. I didn't realize that since I did the cashing, I would have to pay taxes on the interest (almost $500!). I don't have the heart to ask him to pay it, but I wish I'd realized that and let him cash them!
As I was reading I thought, oh no you didn't cash them.
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There is NO SUCH THING as a little chocolate.
If only there were ;)
There is a candy bar in my desk at work. I broke off a small piece last Tuesday and another small piece on Wednesday. There's more than half of it left. I am quite pleased
I'm proud of you!
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Don't know why I'm so tired today. I've just been sitting on the couch like so much fish, barely able to keep Ye Olde Eyeballs open.
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I think maybe I'll start the new chapter, maybe that will get my brain going.
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Good Evening!
THE BOSS!!!!!!
:) :) :) :)
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I have the book I’m reading & the movie we watched, “1408”, to thank for the plot of last night’s nightmare. I’ll jump to the end of the nightmare.
I’m happily walking along my usual hiking trail when I realize it is getting darker & darker & suddenly I’m wondering why I’m out hiking at night, & without Sherlock. Up ahead in the creek I see men with flashlights. To my right, coming out of the creek, I spy a man. At first I casually say hello & then realize he is the REALLY bad guy from earlier in my dream. As he began to head in my direction I began to move as quickly as possible to get out of there. I kept telling myself I know this trail & I won’t fall. As I was doing my best to navigate the trail the “bad guy” was getting closer & closer. I wanted to scream for the men with the flashlights to help me before the “bad guy” could hurt me, only I couldn’t scream. My moaning & yelping noises woke Keith who in turn woke me. ;D
For awhile I could truly feel the terror of the dream. It all came back to me today when we hiked that stretch of the trail. I pointed out the area & described it all to Keith.
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DR CILLA LIZ is the very thin picture of Will Power.
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DR DERBRUCER - As DR elmore alread pointed out, it is indeed "lower".
*It's also "privileged" and "technology". ;)
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I watched the West Coast production of Doctor Atomic and I must say that although some of the femme roles were played/sung better - overall, I liked the Metropolitan production. The design and staging and particularly the payoff at the end was heart stopping and tremendous at the Met....and I am hoping this production comes out on DVD - although since we have this one (with way too many close ups), we not get another.
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I just remember Welch's tirade when Kramer had to fire her on SEINFELD.
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DR Jane - Hopefully, now that you've "expressed" your dream, it won't keep you up again tonight.
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I think either location sounds dreamy and romantic, DR JANE!
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If the weather continues like this - I will have a chance to wash my car tomorrow!
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Page Nine PT Cruiser Dance.
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Damn....burning a movie, uploading a photo, and the damn AVG Virus program decides to update itself.
I have only so much RAM, you know!
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I watched the West Coast production of Doctor Atomic and I must say that although some of the femme roles were played/sung better - overall, I liked the Metropolitan production. The design and staging and particularly the payoff at the end was heart stopping and tremendous at the Met....and I am hoping this production comes out on DVD - although since we have this one (with way too many close ups), we not get another.
WNET just rebroadcast Doctor Atomic earlier today. From what I understand, The Met's production will also be released on DVD after the end of the current season. -As will the other operas that have been a part of their HD broadcasts.
"Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic" (http://www.amazon.com/Wonders-Are-Many-Making-Doctor/dp/B001IXXYB0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1233539471&sr=8-2) will also be released at the end of next month.
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Thanks DR JOSE.....I cannot recommend it highly enough. I had been waiting to see it since you wrote about it and linked the Met production link!
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DR Jane - How about Australia? Melbourne, in particular. :)
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Al di la............................
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Thanks DR JOSE.....I cannot recommend it highly enough. I had been waiting to see it since you wrote about it and linked the Met production link!
You're very welcome, DR JRand. I just hope that the recent budget "adjustments" that The Met has had to make to next season's line-up won't affect their DVD releases. -I think the new production of Le Damnation de Faust worked better on screen than it did live. All that technology was meant for technology, I guess.
And I believe DR (sing)DAW also made a few mentions of Doctor Atomic early on, since he knows Sasha Cooke.
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DR Jane - How about Australia? Melbourne, in particular. :)
I have informed DH Jed that someday we will visit Australia. I've always wanted to go there.
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Damn....burning a movie, uploading a photo, and the damn AVG Virus program decides to update itself.
I have only so much RAM, you know!
That's why I turn off automatic updates. But then I'm enough of a geek to remember to check every day for updates, especially now that we have high speed.
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My return has been accepted by the IRS so my taxes (both state and federal) have been filed.
I will now check weekly on the status of my refund(s) with a little time off for processing, of course.
I also have to go to the bank and put some money in my IRA.
Anthony will have his taxes done tomorrow so we will be a tax-filed family as of tomorrow evening.
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Australia. We keep talking about it (Anthony and I) but we haven't yet gotten there. We hope to some day soon.
Of course, Anthony will be in Wisconsin soon so we can't go at least until he gets back.
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DR Jane - Hopefully, now that you've "expressed" your dream, it won't keep you up again tonight.
I am only relieved I could not scream in my dream, poor Keith & Sherlock if I had. ;D
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I think either location sounds dreamy and romantic, DR JANE!
Thanks. True, wherever we go it should be romantic.
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DR Jane - How about Australia? Melbourne, in particular. :)
DR Tomovoz knows we considered this along with New Zealand. We decided to June 1st would be too cold.
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Ms. Staunton's fluffy bits were not exposed onstage at the National but The Trafalgar Studio Theatre on Whitehall.
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DR Jane - How about Australia? Melbourne, in particular. :)
I have informed DH Jed that someday we will visit Australia. I've always wanted to go there.
There & New Zealand was our first idea. It took us awhile to wrap our heads around someplace else. If it weren't for our 40th we might have waited.
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DR CharlesPogue, did you see you missed the big snow storm in England?
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HA!
I believe a DR or two may have linked pics from this site before:
CAKE WRECKS - WHEN PROFESSIONAL CAKES GO HORRIBLY, HILARIOUSLY WRONG (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/)
Here's a BEST OF GALLERY (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4401631/Cake-Wrecks-when-professional-cakes-go-horribly-hilariously-wrong.html) from the Telegraph (UK).
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DR Charles Pogue - "Little Eyolf" becomes "Mrs. Affleck"? Hmm...
Jose, sadly, it didn't become much of anything. One prominent critic suggested a more enjoyable evening might be spent tearing out one's fingernails by the roots.
Just curious: What were the updated names of the characters? Especially for "Borghejm".
"Little Eyolf" was my friend's directing thesis project in college, so I was more or less immersed in that world via osmosis for a few months. ;)
The names were all very English, as it's set in fifties Britain. The weirdest change was the strange lady with the odd prophetic gifts was turned into a fifties rocker with leather jacket and greased hair. The whole reconception was just a mess.
There is a great TV version of Little Eyolf with Anthony Hopkins, Diana Rigg, and Peggy Ashcroft in the boxed DVD BBC set of Ibsen plays. Ibsen's psychology is just remarkable sound and true today. It's like he, as a dramatist, is making the same psychological inroads that Freud and Jung were at about the same time.
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Tne big scandal about 1980 at the National was the Howard Brenton play ROMANS IN BRITAIN which had complete nudity and Roman soldiers raping naked young British lads. The uproar was over subsidizing such "filth."
This was Britain's resident Puritan Mary Whitehouse who made the stink and actually prosecuted the director and playwright I believe. I've read the play and you wonder in this day and age what all the fuss was about. I believe it was revised a few years back (not at the National) with hardly any eyebrows lifted at all.
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Ms. Staunton's fluffy bits were not exposed onstage at the National but The Trafalgar Studio Theatre on Whitehall.
Geography is not my strong suit. I stand corrected.
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GUYS AND DOLLS might have been an interesting 3-D movie. Anything to get it away from that dullish studio look.
I personally like the studio look to GUYS & DOLLS. It goes perfectly with the Damon Runyon fantasy world.
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Ms. Staunton's fluffy bits were not exposed onstage at the National but The Trafalgar Studio Theatre on Whitehall.
And which of course reminds me of Lorraine Sheldon's line in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER - "Her dress was cut so low, you could see all the way to Trafalgar Square!"
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DR CharlesPogue, did you see you missed the big snow storm in England?
Great! Missed the big English snow storm to come home to the big Kentucky ice storm.
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Tne big scandal about 1980 at the National was the Howard Brenton play ROMANS IN BRITAIN which had complete nudity and Roman soldiers raping naked young British lads. The uproar was over subsidizing such "filth."
This was Britain's resident Puritan Mary Whitehouse who made the stink and actually prosecuted the director and playwright I believe. I've read the play and you wonder in this day and age what all the fuss was about. I believe it was revised a few years back (not at the National) with hardly any eyebrows lifted at all.
Eyebrows....anyway......
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DR CharlesPogue, did you see you missed the big snow storm in England?
Great! Missed the big English snow storm to come home to the big Kentucky ice storm.
And another one on the way tomorrow night, they say.
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Those cakes are a riot. I think the best one is “write welcome on it” At least the next one didn’t say “write on it”, it only said “congratulations three times”.
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DR CharlesPogue, did you see you missed the big snow storm in England?
Great! Missed the big English snow storm to come home to the big Kentucky ice storm.
I'm sure you had more snow. ;D
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I just remember Welch's tirade when Kramer had to fire her on SEINFELD.
She had lots of practice!
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LOL at the cakes.
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I think I will watch RUBY GENTRY with Jennifer Jones and Charlton Heston.
The first time I saw it on tv when I was 11 or 12, I thought it was a comedy.
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Page Nine PT Cruiser Dance.
Very dapper!
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Yes, my outfits always match my clothes, just like Madeline Kahn in HIGH ANXIETY.
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The last surviving veteran of World War One turned 108-years-old. WOW! The article didn't say if he is the last remaining US veteran or of the world.
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Yes, my outfits always match my clothes, just like Madeline Kahn in HIGH ANXIETY.
She was a good lady, a little weird, but lovely with a will of iron.
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Woo Hoo. I cheered so much at that last touchdown that Boo started meowing. Every time I cheer she meows, it's really pretty funny....ok, last 2 minutes...here we go
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Finished watching Home, with Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud. Not a great play, but what wonderful actors they were.
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I wrote almost a page of the new chapter. We'll see if I like it when I check it out later.
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PAGE 10 WHERE'S MONKEY? DANCE
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/3245552401_0d9916b74a.jpg)
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Cute :)
'night
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Well, it was a very good game. Sorry Cards but you put up a hell of a fight.
TD I'm sure you are celebrating tonight
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I'm pouring myself a shot of Absolut - my throat needs it! I haven't shouted that much in a long, long time!
C E L E B R A T E!
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I'm pouring myself a shot of Absolut - my throat needs it! I haven't shouted that much in a long, long time!
C E L E B R A T E!
Congrats! It's even sweeter when they had to earn it.
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I wrote almost a page of the new chapter. We'll see if I like it when I check it out later.
I agree on all points! I wish the BBC would release Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND with these two actors playing off each other. Now the Mr. Pinter's passed on...a DVD Pinter Boxed Set would be a great idea. Same for Simon Gray as well.
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Hey, both teams tonight played R E A L, honest-to-God football!
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STEELERS -- 27
CARDINALS -- 24
Good Game!
Hooray for the Steelers' record-setting 6th Super Bowl Victory!
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Finished watching Home, with Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud. Not a great play, but what wonderful actors they were.
Of course, this was the BK quote I WAS responding to...
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I am so in love with my little great-nephew Jayden! I really miss him and his mom's posted new wnter photos of him and his sister Riley.
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Here he is all winterized and ready to go out in the cold. I think it's so funny.
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Here's Riley and her beautiful mama!
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Awwww... CUTE!!!!
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Hey, both teams tonight played R E A L, honest-to-God football!
Yeah, I was really glad I watched as much of it as I did, especially the 4th quarter. Now THAT was football!
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Al di la............................
:-) I don't know why, but it makes me :-). JRand is so rand-om!
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I am still agog at the fluffy bits being displayed on the National Stage.
Ms. Staunton's fluffy bits were not exposed onstage at the National but The Trafalgar Studio Theatre on Whitehall.
Geography is not my strong suit. I stand corrected.
At first, I thought you were speaking of Ms. Staunton's geography!
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Well, it was a very good game. Sorry Cards but you put up a hell of a fight.
TD I'm sure you are celebrating tonight
Oh, I guess the Steelers won! We just got back from walking and dining and missing the Superbowl excitement. But we could see lots of TV tuned to the game and lots of parties as we walked through the neighborhood.
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I agree. The football game was crazy in the 4th quarter. A lot of screaming and cheers.
Arizona was not even in the game till the 4th quarter. But it seems to happen a lot that teams get momentum. My brother-in-law was sweating.
That touchdown run for pittsburgh right before half time was unbelievable. And that last touchdown was too. I can't believe that guy had both his feet in. Amazing! Very exciting game.
I saw everything but the half-time show (i was putting my niece to bed).
at 3 1/2 she watched the first half with interest. She watched almost every minute. And asked what happened a lot. And when pittsburgh would score she would give her daddy a big high five and a hug.
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DR Matt H, I'm still impressed you gave up chocolate. Have you lost weight on your diet or is it just to eat healthy?
I've lost about 14 pounds. I wasn't hughly overweight, but my pants were getting too tight around my waist, and I can now comfortably fit into all of my jeans and cords that were getting too tight.
Thanks so much for asking!
:)
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Congratulations on your weight loss, MattH!
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The friends we were visiting have a 2 year old daughter who could tell us who the Pres., VP and Sec. of State and where they live. What can be cuter than a 2 year old saying "Barack Obama" with a big grin on her face?
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I am watching IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER on TCM....I really like this movie and think the male star trio do a fantastic job.....
Has always been one of my favorite musicals. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I finally found the soundtrack LP many years ago in a record store in Manhattan. One of my happiest days was finally getting a decent copy of the film on laserdisc in widescreen (even though MGM cheated on the letterbox and didn't frame it well). The DVD I have now gets played often.
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One of my favorite things about the Super Bowl was that NBC had a ton of ads for their shows tomorrow. I loved the promos. Especially happy to see MEDIUM will be back tomorrow. And the commercials for 3D CHUCK looked good too!
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I am curious.
Those on the west coast
What is NBC schedule now that the Superbowl is over. Here (east coast) they ran an episode of the Office
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I had a full evening of viewing trying to clear off the DVR as much as possible for an upcoming week with lots of new episodes of favorite TV shows.
But first I finished the bonus features on THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL. I thought it was funny that in the interview with the top billed actress in the movie, she admitted neither she nor any of the other actors knew what the movie was about when they were making it and still don't know all these years later. I had the same reaction. I had my own interpretation, but I'm sure it was just my own judgments.
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DR Matt H, I'm still impressed you gave up chocolate. Have you lost weight on your diet or is it just to eat healthy?
I've lost about 14 pounds. I wasn't hughly overweight, but my pants were getting too tight around my waist, and I can now comfortably fit into all of my jeans and cords that were getting too tight.
Thanks so much for asking!
:)
Congrats! That's a great weight loss
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One of my favorite things about the Super Bowl was that NBC had a ton of ads for their shows tomorrow. I loved the promos. Especially happy to see MEDIUM will be back tomorrow. And the commercials for 3D CHUCK looked good too!
All those promos,,,,,does that mean they didn't sell the commercial time???
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Page Eleven Dance!!!
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I should also mention the wonderful women of Home - Mona Washbourne and Dandy Nichols - they were also great. But Richardson and Gielgud - you just don't see their like anymore - there's so much history there, and watching them is like reading a textbook on great acting.
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I began my evening watching Thursday night's SMALLVILLE. A Lana Lang-centric episode. Gag. And now that she's "Supergirl," what's next?
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One of my favorite things about the Super Bowl was that NBC had a ton of ads for their shows tomorrow. I loved the promos. Especially happy to see MEDIUM will be back tomorrow. And the commercials for 3D CHUCK looked good too!
All those promos,,,,,does that mean they didn't sell the commercial time???
They sold all the ad time. They just kept some for themself.
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Thirteen of us on at the same time - we haven't had THAT for a while.
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I'm thinking about making two pieces of rye toast with jam.
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I should also mention the wonderful women of Home - Mona Washbourne and Dandy Nichols - they were also great. But Richardson and Gielgud - you just don't see their like anymore - there's so much history there, and watching them is like reading a textbook on great acting.
When I saw that production on (I guess it was) PBS, I was mesmerized. Haven't seen it again in many years.
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I'm watching a strange little low-budget film - not too great, but it's Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds, and Tom Berenger, and they're enjoyable. What's not enjoyable is seeing what Mr. Reynolds has done to his face. Appalling.
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Next I watched an episode of THE STARTER WIFE from Universal-HD. This was the episode where Molly fell back into bed with her ex- Kenny. The movie parodies they sprinkle through the show are sometimes very funny and sometimes lame.
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Forgot to mention.....
I saw Slumdog Millionaire today...
I wasn't bowled over it. I liked it but it wasn't what people made it out to be.
Also do the Academy members get lyrics to the two songs nominated?
One is "Bollywood" style song at the end and the other I don't remember where it was used.
The Academy has honored Greek, French, Spanish and Italian songs before but don't know what they did for those songs.
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I'm watching a strange little low-budget film - not too great, but it's Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds, and Tom Berenger, and they're enjoyable. What's not enjoyable is seeing what Mr. Reynolds has done to his face. Appalling.
I don't understand why stars do this. We all know how long they've been around, and for them to try to shave 20+ years, well, it just doesn't work and it makes them look like aliens.
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Earlier, I got an e-mail that made me feel very good. I love getting stuff like this out of the blue -
Hi Bruce – This is not so much a question….but a comment. Since it was first released, I’ve had a copy of the 2006 cast recording. I still love it as much as the first time I heard it – and trust me, I’ve just about worn that CD paper thin.
In 2007, I was in NY in September when “The Brain from Planet X” was part of NYMF. I saw it as many times as I could - A very clever, fun show that my friends and I still talk about. We quote it, sing it, and laugh. Since I’ve enjoyed it so much, I wanted to personally thank you for having pulled this together and remind you of a legacy of laughter that has reached and affected folks you may never know.
Thank You,
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Next I watched WEdnesday night's LIFE ON MARS. I generally enjoyed the episode and there was a great "what the hell?" reveal at the end of the episode. Funny.
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Forgot to mention.....
I saw Slumdog Millionaire today...
I wasn't bowled over it. I liked it but it wasn't what people made it out to be.
Also do the Academy members get lyrics to the two songs nominated?
One is "Bollywood" style song at the end and the other I don't remember where it was used.
The Academy has honored Greek, French, Spanish and Italian songs before but don't know what they did for those songs.
Well, that's the problem, you see. I didn't really know anything about the film when I saw it - I'd read just a couple of things, but hadn't heard the buzz and therefore just saw what was on the screen. People can't stop trying to make these things sound like the second coming. It's a nice film that achieves everything it set out to achieve.
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And I concluded my evening viewing with a second episode of THE STARTER WIFE. This was the one that revealed the identity of Molly's stalker. But now the Judy Davis character is missing, so a new mystery to unravel.
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I'm watching a strange little low-budget film - not too great, but it's Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds, and Tom Berenger, and they're enjoyable. What's not enjoyable is seeing what Mr. Reynolds has done to his face. Appalling.
I don't understand why stars do this. We all know how long they've been around, and for them to try to shave 20+ years, well, it just doesn't work and it makes them look like aliens.
In Mr. Reynold's case it's really not good work. He finally got his toupee right (very real looking), but totally screwed up his face all in the name of vanity.
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I think the next film in my review queue is the Blu-ray of PRETTY WOMAN. If it isn't that, it's the Blu-ray of Spike Lee's MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA. One of those will be my work project tomorrow.
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Just read this about the Kentucky Rep Theater
Curtains for Kentucky Repertory Theatre?
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090201/SCENE05/902010333/1047 (http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090201/SCENE05/902010333/1047)
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Heading down now to turn off the lights and head for bed.
Good night!
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While I advise saving instead of spending, & have been doing so, I'm also planning a big splurge. We have decided 40 years of marriage deserves a romantic location & a big splurge. Plus we reserved the pet sitter last June.
Craig is encouraging us to go to his favorite spot, Greece. The Amalfi Coast looks very romantic. Barcelona (Craig's second choice) is supposed to be one of the most beautiful cities. Has anyone been to any of these spots?
I've been to all three. My first choice by far would be the Amalfi Coast, particularly Positano. It's relaxed, laid back, and very romantic. Great local food (and vegitarian dishes are plentiful - the Mom and Pop restaurants will also be glad to oblige with special orders). There is also a lot to see and do on day trips - Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri, Sorrento.
Barcelona has pretty architecture, but it is a big, bustling commercial city - with traffic as bad as Rome.
der Brucer
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Wow--that had to be one of the best Super Bowl games I ever saw! The game, the halftime show with The Boss, the commercials--for once, it all lived up to the hype.
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Congratulations to the Steelers for their win.
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Well... I've been feeling sort of "slow" all day, and since I'm already a little sleepy...
Goodnight.
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Just read this about the Kentucky Rep Theater
Curtains for Kentucky Repertory Theatre?
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090201/SCENE05/902010333/1047 (http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090201/SCENE05/902010333/1047)
This is not good in so many ways.
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Page Nine PT Cruiser Dance.
That picture is a LOT of whiteness!
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I had a delightful talk with the lovely Jil Jarmyn tonight! What a sweet lady! Some may remember her from the Roger Corman film SWAMP WOMEN...others might not.
(http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/t.php?id=640)
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Finished with my viewing for the evening. Considering we had thirteen users on when I was here almost two hours ago and we've had about five posts since then, I am astonished, oh, yes, I am astonished.
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I think my computer has a virus...trojan...something. :P I keep getting this pop-up banner saying that my computer is being attacked from the Internet and how should this program (that I downloaded and installed...my bad...but uninstalled) handle it. NOOOOO!! I ran my McAfee virus software that Larry, my sister's boyfriend, put on my computer when he built it, but it never finds anything. Larry said that I should uninstall that and reinstall it from Comcast. Comcast customers get McAfee for free. Since I was only sort of shown what to do with it when he built my computer, I don't really know how to use it. I hope this works. So far, nothing bad seems to be happening on my computer, except for this pop-up banner every 10 minutes or so. :-\
Well, I uninstalled the original McAfee from my computer and when I went to Comcast.net to reinstall the new McAfee, I got a screen "Action Cancelled. Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page might be temporarily unavailable." I tried several things and nothing worked. Finally, I called Comcast customer service and spoke to someone who had difficulty understanding me (I had to spell my last name FOUR times), but eventually she got it. Anyway, it turns out that since I only have Windows 2000 AND only 228 MB of RAM, my computer is incompatible with the new McAfee. :P I have to totally upgrade everything for it to work, but what that means is that right now, I have no virus protection! I uninstalled the original McAfee and I don't have the original installation disc! My sister's boyfriend built my computer, but it was several years ago. Hopefully, he has something that will work.
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DR GEORGE - this is the free ware that the computer tech installed on my computer after it had been attacked THREE times, and I have had no problems since.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
Thanks, but I can't even get to this page. :-\ I get a "The page cannot be found" message.
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I'm slowly catching up...
Good morning, all! Today is the 150th birthday of Victor Herbert, America's great Irish-American composer, and one of the creators of our musical theatre heritage. While some of his short pieces remain in the concert repertoire, larger works like the wonderful cello concertos and the tone poem "Hero and Leander" get only sporadic performances. Like Sir Arthur Sullivan, he was born in Ireland, trained in Germany, and moved to a large metropolis to achieve fame. In Herbert's case, it was a ticket to New York to play cello - like Jacques Offenbach he was a virtuoso cellist - in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He was conductor for several years of the Pittsburgh Symphony, a Victor recording artist with the Victor Herbert Orchestra, and a mostly-forgotten musical theatre composer who wrote for all forms of turn-of-the-century musical theatre from opera to revue:
MADELEINE and NATOMA (opera)
THE MAGIC KNIGHT (parody opera)
EILEEN, NAUGHTY MARIETTA, THE MADCAP DUCHESS, SWEETHEARTS (romantic operetta)
THE RED MILL, MLLE MODISTE. THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER, IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND (musical comedy)
BABES IN TOYLAND, WONDERLAND (extravaganza)
I think he was, unlike Arthur Sullivan, looking for a WS Gilbert who never arrived, but he worked with the best of the Broadway set, who turn worked with other greats from Oscar Hammerstein II to Jerome Kern. While not all of his shows would play well today and the quality of their scores can be inconsistent, second-rate Herbert is often better than some of the first-rate folk writing today. Take 5 minutes out of your tme today and listen to something Victor Herbert wrote, from the sentimental nostalgia of "Toyland" to the piquant quaintness of the "March of the Toys," from the grandiose flights of "The Italian Street Song" to the Vaudeville knockabout of "The Streets of New York."
My favorite Victor Herbert number is "Barney O'Flynn" from BABES IN TOYLAND, an "Irish" song with a great swing and yearning subtext, but I'm partial to his two "Mignonette" songs, one cut from BABES and another in THE RED MILL, a very funny musical for two comedians. Happy birthday, Victor!
Happy Birthday to Victor Herbert!! And thanks for the e-mail, Larry!! I wondered what it was for. :D
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DR MATTH - if you would like an anaglyph DVD of Kiss Me Kate that might work on your TV....send me your snail mail.
It's okay....and better than nothing.
I think I will just stick with Brent Barrett's KISS ME KATE. It isn't perfect - but he is!
Yes, he is...I saw him in Kiss Me, Kate! in London. ;D
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Hi all! Just popping in for a quick moment. Things are progressing with the house but not as fast as I would like.
I do hope to be home by Valentines day. At least that is the plan.
I also hope that everyone here is doing well.
Thank you so much for the DVD, DR George! I haven't had time to watch it yet but it is on my "to do" list. A list that seems to grow with each passing day. :)
Yay! I'm glad you got it.
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I have one word for you: Mac
And I have an answer - vulnerability to internet intrusions is platform independent; I don't know about modern Macs, but modern PCs usually come with Firewall Protection installed, or it is available in most security packages.
der Brucer
The problem is that my PC is not a modern PC. ::)