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Well, you've read the notes, you've contemplated both the notes and the navel and also the naval, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently contemplating their cud.
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And the word of the day is: COEVAL!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to Kurt.
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Contemplate this:
der Brucer
Thought I'd beat DAW to the punch!
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You can keep your navels, DR dB. Here are the navals that I'm contemplating:
(http://www.curtsheller.com/scores/images/uke/SailorsHornpipe(C).png)
;D
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR Cillaliz!!!!
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FOR "LOST" FANS:
(http://www.squirtshirts.com/assets/thumbnails/zoom/changingstation.jpg)
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR Cillaliz!!!!
Thanks! Pam just left for the airport and even though it's only 5:00 AM I'm awake so i don't think I'll try to go back to sleep. My alarm is set in an hour anyway. It's been a nice trip, but I'm very ready to go home.
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Think I'll get up and start getting ready to go to the airport.
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More travel vibes to Cilla
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Travel vibes for DR CILLA LIZ who had a bass player under her bed last night.
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Lovely photos yesterday from DR LAURA and DR derBRUCER.
MR BK's notes remind me of the post on IMDB wherein a reader decried the fact that the DVD version of the original THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL was not released in widescreen, and he hoped that that would be corrected in future releases.
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Eight Singers and An Organ - that is the title of my new novel.......and of course when it is made into a movie and CC'd it will be called Eight Signers and An Organ.
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I don't know about a Super Drive, DR JOSE - but the description on Ebay when I bought it read:
CD/DVD R/W drive - which I assume meant read/write.
DR JMK - I received my photo today and will scan later for you later this week. There is a crease in Frances' face that makes her look very strange, but otherwise she looks great and I am sorry we can't see that performance.
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Tonight we have a new TAR. Followed by the premiere of CELEBRITY APPRENTICE.
ABC has a 2 hour BROTHERS & SISTERS (which for some reason was on here also last night but i was not in the mood to most likely be upset). I will try to watch that today. Although i really wanted to try to get my niece to watch ENCHANTED with me. But she only wants to watch Dora!
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I have a question for people with widescreen TVs.
When you watch a movie in Academy Format do you watch the movie with black/gray bars on the left and right side of the image or so you watch it "formatted to fit widescreen TVs"?
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And the word of the day is: COEVAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is: OLD FRIENDS
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And the word of the day is: COEVAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is: OLD FRIENDS
The one by Stephen Sondheim? (Merrily We Roll Along?)
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And the word of the day is: COEVAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is: OLD FRIENDS
The one by Stephen Sondheim? (Merrily We Roll Along?)
YES THE ONE BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
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Good morning, all! I am caught up and informed. I had a note from our DR edisaurus, and I think she could use a lot of vibes right now since there's too much tsuris: angst on the Mercer documentary and too many tragedies in friends' lives. She asked about all of you DRs so send her some vibes!
Today, a concerted effort to finish Act One of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and turn it in; the Moross scores keep arriving in the post and I have to get to them, as well as the concert work for Ron Raines in Houston in April, are sitting there and waiting for my attention.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for our DR edisaurus! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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And the word of the day is: COEVAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is: OLD FRIENDS
The one by Stephen Sondheim? (Merrily We Roll Along?)
YES THE ONE BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Good choice
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Good morning, all! I am caught up and informed. I had a note from our DR edisaurus, and I think she could use a lot of vibes right now since there's too much tsuris: angst on the Mercer documentary and too many tragedies in friends' lives. She asked about all of you DRs so send her some vibes!
Today, a concerted effort to finish Act One of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and turn it in; the Moross scores keep arriving in the post and I have to get to them, as well as the concert work for Ron Raines in Houston in April, are sitting there and waiting for my attention.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for our DR edisaurus! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What exactly are you doing with The Most Happy Fella? I know you worked on the the complete recording.
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Flying to Austin this morning. Back on Friday.
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How was the signing, DR DRUXY?
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DR MICHAEL S - I always watch it in WIDE mode to fill the screen.
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Most Academy Ratio films I have on DVD fill the screen to begin with, unless I am doing something wrong - which is entirely possible.
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My adorable greatnephew Jayden was the ring bearer at his uncle's wedding yesterday. He's wearing his first tuxedo.
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Good morning, all! I am caught up and informed. I had a note from our DR edisaurus, and I think she could use a lot of vibes right now since there's too much tsuris: angst on the Mercer documentary and too many tragedies in friends' lives. She asked about all of you DRs so send her some vibes!
Today, a concerted effort to finish Act One of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and turn it in; the Moross scores keep arriving in the post and I have to get to them, as well as the concert work for Ron Raines in Houston in April, are sitting there and waiting for my attention.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for our DR edisaurus! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What exactly are you doing with The Most Happy Fella? I know you worked on the the complete recording.
Editing the new edition.
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My adorable greatnephew Jayden was the ring bearer at his uncle's wedding yesterday. He's wearing his first tuxedo.
He is QUITE Adorable. Who is his Cutie?
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Many vibes to DR Edisaurus
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Of course, I wish GOOD vibes to DR Edisaurus!
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Page 2 Dance apparently!
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As If By Wizardry Page 2
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On AOL, what does it mean when the message status is "Received" a few hours after you send it, but not marked as "Read" until still more hours later?
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Cute pic, DR ELMORE!!
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Vibes to DR EDISAURUS.
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How was the signing, DR DRUXY?
Not the best. Not the worst. Several old friends showed up to get a book and say "goodbye".
Parking for the bookstore is a nightmare, which is probably one of the reasons that they're going out of business.
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Most Academy Ratio films I have on DVD fill the screen to begin with, unless I am doing something wrong - which is entirely possible.
You're definitely doing something wrong if Academy ratios fill the widescreen TV viewing area. They should be in the center with bars on the right and left. You must have the picture mode on your TV set to one of the stretch or fill modes.
I always watch Academy ratio pictures with the bars on the left and right whether it be for review purposes or just for my own pleasure (if you stretch them, you're going to be cutting off parts of the image and thus missing them). The only time I stretch an image to fill the screen is when I have a nonanamorphic widescreen picture like the Hammer HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES or WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, and the picture is windowboxed (black bars above, below, right, and left). Then I expand the picture to let the picture make use of the widescreen area.
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Good morning!
More rain and it is COLD! Not getting out of the 30s today but by Thursday, we're supposed to be comfortably back into the high 60s, so I guess winter is going to hold on for dear life for a few more days.
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - EXTREME MAKEOVER, BROTHERS & SISTERS (two hours)
CBS - 60 MINUTES, THE AMAZING RACE, JESSE STONE: THIN ICE
NBC - SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SHORT FILMS, CELEBRITY APPRENTICE (premiere)
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Today I start work on the four-film Criterion/Eclipse box TRAVELS WITH HIROSHI SHIMIZU. I have never seen any of these four films.
The first film (which I'll watch this afternoon) was made in 1933, but it's a silent movie: JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR.
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LOL....DR MATTH - I usually watch in the W I D E mode....and do a bit of checking during the credits and first few scenes to see if I am losing a lot of the picture.....
Que es THE HOUNDS OF THE BASKETVILLES?
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My adorable greatnephew Jayden was the ring bearer at his uncle's wedding yesterday. He's wearing his first tuxedo.
He is QUITE Adorable. Who is his Cutie?
One of his cousins; I don't know her name. I think she has a certain Rubenesque beauty to her. She looks very Flemish 17th-Centry to me.
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And I'm looking forward to seeing my first-ever episode of DAMAGES in high definition. I glanced at a couple of minutes of last week's episode the other night after I stumbled onto the HD Showcase channel, and I was blown away by the improvement in the quality from the regular FX broadcast. I am really stoked about this.
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LOL....DR MATTH - I usually watch in the W I D E mode....and do a bit of checking during the credits and first few scenes to see if I am losing a lot of the picture.....
Que es THE HOUNDS OF THE BASKETVILLES?
Corrected.
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Vibes to DR Edisaurus. It is always upsetting when friends have tragedies in their lives.
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Smooth flight vibes to DR Druxy!!
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Off to church. Then I have to take the visiting Big Cheese from the District Office to the airport. I am going to drive him in the 19-year-old Honda so he can see how humble I am.
That wasn't very humble, was it? ;)
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And, apparently, New York City is supposed to get some more snow tonight and tomorrow. Possibly 5-9 inches by tomorrow night. Hmm...
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~~~~~TRAVEL VIBES TO DRS CILLALIZ AND DRUXY~~~~~
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~~~~~VIBES TO DR EDISAURUS~~~~~
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DR DAW - You said "hornpipe". <snort, snicker, snicker>
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LOL DR MATTH - I kind of liked the NEW title.....
Off to work.
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LOL DR MATTH - I kind of liked the NEW title.....
Off to work.
I always liked the Mad Magazine version, THE HOUND OF THE BASKETBALLS.
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Hello, everyone. It is raining here in the hinterlands.
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I don't know about a Super Drive, DR JOSE - but the description on Ebay when I bought it read:
CD/DVD R/W drive - which I assume meant read/write.
DR JRand - The SuperDrive is CD/DVD R/W. However, most of the older iMacs came with CD-ROM drives that were CD-R/W, DVD-R. -Which is what my previous iBook had... Which sort of confused me since I also had iDVD, so I thought I could write DVDs too. Nope. However, what it allowed me to do was to transfer DVD content to my hard-drive, and then convert it and burn it into another file type so that it could be burned as a video file onto a blank CDR. Or something like that. So...
-Click on the Apple icon in the top left hand corner of your screen.
-Click on "About This Mac"
-Click on "More Info..." -That should bring up "System Profiler"
-Under the Hardware listing, click on "Disc Burning" -There you will see a listing of the CD and DVD reading and writing capabilities. If you don't see "Disc Burning", click on "ATA". Under the "Model" info it should tell you what kind of disc drive you have.
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DR elmore - Jayden and his "date" sure are cuties!
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Singdaw,
For some people the cheap, ready-made readers work fine--it depends largely on your Rx, plus how much you read. Many people have custom reading glasses made because progressives just don't meet all our needs. With a progressive lens you must look through the lowest part your lens to read, which means that your reading material must be virtually in your lap--at least for me. When I'm on the computer or reading in bed I look through the middle part of my lens, which is intended not for reading, but more "room distance" according to how the progressive is made. When I had a bifocal it drove me nuts to have to keep jumping over the line. So a progressive plus reading glasses works for me. When I need a new Rx I often get the readers first; if I can't read well with an old progressive it doesn't really bother me. I only buy a new progressive when I need a new distance Rx.
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VIBES to EDISAURUS and her ailing friends.
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LOL DR MATTH - I kind of liked the NEW title.....
Off to work.
I always liked the Mad Magazine version, THE HOUND OF THE BASKETBALLS.
That sounds hilarious. I've never seen this.
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I'll head downstairs now to gather up clothes for the laundry and then start fixing some lunch. I have a silent movie to watch!
WBBL.
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Page Three Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!™
;D
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Of course, since I was down in Virginia the past couple of days, I had planned to go to the grocery store this afternoon... And now with the snow coming in, well... We shall see. However, since I'm heading down to Birmingham on Wednesday, I don't have to do any major shopping, but I'm just wondering if there will be anything left on the shelves for me to shop. ;)
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I'm like Matt H. - the only time I'll use my zoom function on the tv is when the film is not anamorphically encoded.
Disney's HERCULES is another one which has not yet been released in a proper transfer, come to think of it, neither has Disney's BLACK CAULDRON.
I just watched a Bollywood film, from 2006, which was not anamorphically encoded(!) and in the 'scope format, but I couldn't zoom in on it because the subtitles were placed in the bottom black bar. . .JODHAA AKBAR was the movie, and it was lovely to look at, but, with a scope aspect in the center of the screen it was just maddening.
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Greetings from Houston. As I got off the plane I could smell Texas style BBQ and after the past 4 days I was hungry for beef! So I stopped at the BBQ place on my way to the gate and it was very very good
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Pam's flight to Omaha via Atlanta was cancelled. She left for the airport at 4:30 AM and was still there when I left. They told her she'd have to go tomorrow and she didn't push the issue for awhile. After she finally tried to get another flight, the told her she could have been on a flight through Salt Lake, but it was too late now. Anyway, she's on standby for a flight through Atlanta that should just be leaving New Orleans. Hope she made it on. She won't get to Omaha until 9:00 PM.
On the other hand, I left the hotel at 6:45 PM and assuming this last flight is on time, which so far so good, I'll get to Omaha about 1:45 PM. Vibes she made it on the plane, but in all honesty, I'm glad it wasn't me
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Vibes to Edi and her friends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Travel Vibes to DR Druxy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I am so glad to be going home. I enjoy traveling, but not as much as I used to. I'm ready to be home and away from the smell of Bourbon Street. It's such a nast smell and I have a feeling everything in my suitcase smells that way. I'll be doing laundry tonight
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~~~~TRAVEL VIBES TO DR CILLALIZ'S FRIEND, PAM~~~~
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The worst part for Pam is they blamed it on the weather, so if she can't get out of New Orleans until tomorrow (there aren't that many flights out of New Orleans and all of them seem to be full) she'll have to pay for her room and everything else. I think they can give her discounts on hotels, but they didn't do that. I think I would have tried harder to get out of there on another airline if not on Delta
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Jrand, as MattH correctly said, on a widescreen TV Academy ratio films should have black or gray on either side of the image (reverse letterboxing), which should be in the middle of the TV. Just as film purists always wanted their films letterboxed to the correct ratio (widescreen/scope) in the pre-widescreen TV days, film purists would never watch an Academy film modified to fit their new widescreen TV. As you know, non film purists always wanted their 4.3 TVs to have a full-screen image, even if it was pan-and-scan.
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I'm up, earlier than I wanted to be, but there you are.
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How was the signing, DR DRUXY?
Not the best. Not the worst. Several old friends showed up to get a book and say "goodbye".
Parking for the bookstore is a nightmare, which is probably one of the reasons that they're going out of business.
DR DRUXY, which bookstore is this?
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I'm on a regional jet from Houston to Omaha. I hate being in the commuter part of the airport, It's a total zoo here.
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~~~~TRAVEL VIBES TO DR CILLALIZ'S FRIEND, PAM~~~~
Thanks, I don't see a text from her, so i don't know if she made the Atlanta flight or not.
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DR elmore3003 - photos of Jayden are welcome any time. :)
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR Druxy!!!!!
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***ALL-PURPOSE VIBES***
for DR Edisaurus!!!!!!
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Pogue, I believe the bookstore is A Different Light.
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You said "hornpipe".
It was entirely intentional! :)
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I wish it weren't so, but I fear that there will soon be no mom-and-pop bookstores left in LA and environs - there are only a few now, less than a handful, I think, and they are all in danger of closing, save for the Iliad in North Hollywood, which is, perhaps, my least favorite bookstore of all time - I loathe the people who run it.
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I'm listening to Walter Scharf's lovely score to The Geisha Boy.
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FJL, it just means that the message was not read "immediately" It went through and was received in the person's mailbox but they didn't read it until the time noted.
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That wasn't very humble, was it? ;)
It's the quiet ones you always have to worry about. ;)
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DR elmore3003 - photos of Jayden are welcome any time. :)
Happy to oblige. I just break out in smiles thinking about him and his sister Riley. She's still too young to have a formed personality as sharp as Jayden's.
Here he is with his beautiful mom yesterday!
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I just got back from my walk; it's a very crisp, chilly day, and there's some snow falling very lightly. I wanted to walk in Riverside Park but it's too cold and windy down there but i bet it's quite beautiful.
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Now listening to Walter Scharf's marvelously marvelous score to The Nutty Professor.
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So far, it's strictly been a "me" day.
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Good Afternoon!
I'm watching "Le Damnation de Faust" on PBS/WNET/Thirteen/etc., etc., etc. It's the Robert LePage production that premiered at The Met last Fall. I saw it in person, and, well... I think that once my friend, Patrick Carfizzi, has finished singing, I shall head out for a bit of wintry walk myself.
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When you watch a movie in Academy Format do you watch the movie with black/gray bars on the left and right side of the image or so you watch it "formatted to fit widescreen TVs"?
With bars, always, as the artists intended.
der Brucer
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Last night I watched HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE; always one of my favorite of Miss Bette Davis' perfomances.
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OK.. Brander has left the stage, and now I shall leave the apartment for a little while.
Laters...
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Auntie Tsuris vibes for Edisaurus.
der Brucer
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I did actually get to watch tonight's Brothers & Sisters. Quite a riveting show. There is a lot more to say. But i will wait until tomorrow.
Looking forward to TAR tonight.
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Back from a brisk long jog - gorgeous "me" day outside. Now listening to Leith Stevens' score to The Interns.
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- gorgeous "me" day...
Sounds like a song cut from Li'l Abner.
der Brucer
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Good Afternoon!
Ah! That was a nice walk. :)
I ended up heading over to Riverbank State Park to take in the great view of the George Washington Bridge, as well as to watch some of the hockey tournament that's going on there this weekend. I actually had a "WTF?!?" moment when I walked around the ice-skating rink and came across some big piles of snow. How long has this been hanging around? Well.. It was the shavings/scrapings from the Zamboni machine. ;)
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Darn. He rented a car.
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When you watch a movie in Academy Format do you watch the movie with black/gray bars on the left and right side of the image or so you watch it "formatted to fit widescreen TVs"?
With bars, always, as the artists intended.
der Brucer
Most artists I've known were quite inclined toward bars...sleazy and nice ones.
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It has continued raining all afternoon, not constantly but with only a few breaks. We got almost an inch yesterday and today should be the same or a little more. It's certainly helping to erase the deficit in rainfall we had accumulated since the start of the year.
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I watched DAMAGES while I ate lunch. Wonderful episode with more surprising revelations, especially whom Ellen has at gunpoint in the flashforward sequence.
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Next I put in the first movie in the four film box set: JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR. It's the tritest kind of melodrama: two girls in love with the same man, one girl leaves town, the other girl marries him and gets pregnant, then the other girl comes back, and the husband is tempted to stray.
Definitely not a classic though I thoroughly enjoyed the new score for the film by Donald Sosin. It's got several very beautiful themes.
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That movie was only 71 minutes, so I immediately put in the second one in the set: MR. THANK YOU, a slight but delightful little road picture. The title character is a bus driver who is so kind and considerate to everyone that he thanks people who are blocking the road as he passes them. It's basically a 20-mile trip while we get to know a little bit about various passengers. As I said, slight but charming. And there are some beautiful panoramas that are filmed as the bus trundles along the mountain road.
This is the longest of the four movies in the set: 76 minutes.
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I didn't start the next one (it's only 66 minutes long), but I'm hoping to finish both of the other films tonight and still have time for BROTHERS & SISTERS.
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With the half hour I had left, I continued watching THE BONE COLLECTOR which I had begun last night. As I watched the next few scenes, it came back to me who the killer is. I'll continue to watch the movie to its conclusion because now I'm curious as to motivations which I still don't recall.
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It has continued raining all afternoon, not constantly but with only a few breaks. We got almost an inch yesterday and today should be the same or a little more. It's certainly helping to erase the deficit in rainfall we had accumulated since the start of the year.
Meanwhile... The projected snowfall totals here in NYC keep going up, up, up(!!!!). Heck, they're even getting snow right now in Richmond.
*And because of the snow in Atlanta, I have a couple of friends who are currently camping out at JFK and LGA. :-\
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DR MattH - Is the snow skipping over Charlotte?
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DR MattH - Is the snow skipping over Charlotte?
There was a slight chance for snow in the forecast, but so far it hasn't arrived. In fact, the rain has stopped for the last half hour, too.
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I've finished up with my afternoon internet surf, so I'll close down IE and start doing some writing.
WBBL.
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Sunday afternoon greetings! Two round trips from here to Cincinnati in less than 24 hours - whew! We found FROST/NIXON quite gripping - it was the first non-musical we'd seen at the Aronoff and the first time we'd been there at night. Today was church, lunch at First Watch with Rob and Mary Linda, and a stroll around the new Container Store.
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Mega vibes for DR Edi!!!
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Singdaw,
For some people the cheap, ready-made readers work fine--it depends largely on your Rx, plus how much you read. Many people have custom reading glasses made because progressives just don't meet all our needs. With a progressive lens you must look through the lowest part your lens to read, which means that your reading material must be virtually in your lap--at least for me. When I'm on the computer or reading in bed I look through the middle part of my lens, which is intended not for reading, but more "room distance" according to how the progressive is made. When I had a bifocal it drove me nuts to have to keep jumping over the line. So a progressive plus reading glasses works for me. When I need a new Rx I often get the readers first; if I can't read well with an old progressive it doesn't really bother me. I only buy a new progressive when I need a new distance Rx.
What DR Jeanne said, plus some clarifications to put DR DAW at ease:
My new lenses are progressives and are quite satisfactory for everything but long periods of reading. Since yesterday, I've determined that reading restaurant menus, theater programs, and the church hymnal/prayer book is fine. I only have difficulties, as does DR Jeanne, at the computer screen, reading the newspaper, and reading while lying down. Following in my father's footsteps, I have had a separate pair of Rx reading glasses ever since I started wearing bifocals. Usually I just have the reading Rx put into the frames I'm replacing, but this time those were unusable, so I'm still using my old readers. I might take advantage of their offer of $100 off a second pair to get new reading glasses.
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DR Elmore - Jayden is very cute in his tuxedo. Cute photos!
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Page four? Uh, no.
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I'm watching Room At The Top - haven't seen it before, which is odd since I was a huge fan of Brit films back then and saw mostly everything.
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VIBES FOR DR EDISAURIS!!!
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My adorable greatnephew Jayden was the ring bearer at his uncle's wedding yesterday. He's wearing his first tuxedo.
He is QUITE Adorable. Who is his Cutie?
DITTO!
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I hope our travelers have safely reached their destinations!
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How was the signing, DR DRUXY?
Not the best. Not the worst. Several old friends showed up to get a book and say "goodbye".
Parking for the bookstore is a nightmare, which is probably one of the reasons that they're going out of business.
At least you had the chance to see your friends. I'm sorry it wasn't a better turnout.
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Darn. He rented a car.
;D
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Well, Matt the Accomplished Accompanist is on his way.
We'll get to go over that chart which DR JMK was kind enough to provide.
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Well, Matt the Accomplished Accompanist is on his way.
We'll get to go over that chart which DR JMK was kind enough to provide.
My advice is stick to I, IV, V. That chart's writer was on drugs. ;)
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DR td, have fun singing.
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Well, Matt the Accomplished Accompanist is on his way.
We'll get to go over that chart which DR JMK was kind enough to provide.
My advice is stick to I, IV, V. That chart's writer was on drugs. ;)
I shall point this out to Matt when he arrives.
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DR td, have fun singing.
Well, I'll try; after I learn the two songs for the church service. . .
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I dozed off for about thirty minutes. Can one doze on?
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Now I'm taking a break from DVD watching.
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*And because of the snow in Atlanta, I have a couple of friends who are currently camping out at JFK and LGA. :-\
Pam texted that she made it to Atlanta, but her flight from there isn't until 9:00 PM. Don't know if she'll be getting back tonight or not.
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I'm home. I haven't been able to get a hold of my cat sitter. She obviously fed the cats, but apparently she didn't see the barf in the living room and the dining room and on my bed...and I haven't even been in every room yet... I need to talk to her. Boo obviously isn't feeling well
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I did notice one very big hair ball, so maybe she got it out of her system
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When I was packing last night I thought I almost forgot my Mardi gras doll with porcelain face and hands. Well turns out I'd already packed that. What I grabbed was the rest of Pam's muffalatta sandwich. No wonder my suitcase smelled like olives!
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Glad you are home safely, DR Cillaliz.
***VIBES*** FOR PAM AND FOR BOO!!
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Thanks for the information, DR Ginny!!!! :)
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We're STILL on page five? Must we have an Awards show every Sunday - didn't we have sixty-something pages last Sunday.
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I must say I'm finding Room At The Top a bit of a slog, although the acting is very good. One interesting thing is Donald Wolfit, who is, as always, wonderful. Mr. Wolfit was the role model for Sir in The Dresser - that film is based on its author's time serving as his valet.
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Thanks DR JOSE - when I turn on the MAC I shall check that out. As you say, I may be trying to do something I can't do......story of my life.
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About one hour until TAR....... Just one week ago we were preparing for the annual OSCAR BASH!!
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Hungry.....hungry......
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Here is our new sign at The World of Wisdom.
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When I was packing last night I thought I almost forgot my Mardi gras doll with porcelain face and hands. Well turns out I'd already packed that. What I grabbed was the rest of Pam's muffalatta sandwich. No wonder my suitcase smelled like olives!
;D Another excuse to do laundry.
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DC BOO~~~~~
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DC BOO~~~~~
Thanks She has a sensitive stomach, gets hairballs and gets pretty upset when I'm gone too long. She just ate a small dinner so we'll see how she does. If she does ok, I'll feed her again later tonight. I think she'll be fine.
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DR Elmore, cute photos!
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When I was packing last night I thought I almost forgot my Mardi gras doll with porcelain face and hands. Well turns out I'd already packed that. What I grabbed was the rest of Pam's muffalatta sandwich. No wonder my suitcase smelled like olives!
;D Another excuse to do laundry.
Yes, I must do that. I also should run to the office and check out the mail and my inbox, but I think I'm going to wait until tomorrow. I've been getting up very early, so I'll just do that again tomorrow.
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Glad you are home safely, DR Cillaliz.
***VIBES*** FOR PAM AND FOR BOO!!
Thanks. Pam just texted that she wondered what had happened to the rest of her sandwich. lol
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*And because of the snow in Atlanta, I have a couple of friends who are currently camping out at JFK and LGA. :-\
Pam texted that she made it to Atlanta, but her flight from there isn't until 9:00 PM. Don't know if she'll be getting back tonight or not.
Continued travel vibes for all who need them. Since Craig was in D.C. we checked if he drove home ahead of the storm. He did ;)
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Yes I know, I am not a purist....but my widescreen experience isn't quite the travesty that pan and is.
I don't think.
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Merlin sends feel better vibes to Boo. ;D
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And that is our Page Six Merlin Dance.
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DC BOO~~~~~
Thanks She has a sensitive stomach, gets hairballs and gets pretty upset when I'm gone too long. She just ate a small dinner so we'll see how she does. If she does ok, I'll feed her again later tonight. I think she'll be fine.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR DC BOO!
Maybe she was sick after the sitter's last visit.
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Glad you are home safely, DR Cillaliz.
***VIBES*** FOR PAM AND FOR BOO!!
Thanks. Pam just texted that she wondered what had happened to the rest of her sandwich. lol
Yes, poor Pam, not only was she stuck in the airport but you went and stole her lunch. ;D
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Welcome Home to DR Cillaliz!!
~~~Travel Vibes for DR Druxy!!~~~
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~~~Get Well Vibes for Cillaliz's DC Boo!!~~~
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Merlin sends feel better vibes to Boo. ;D
Boo thanks Merlin. She's curled up on my lap purring away. She'll be ok
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DC BOO~~~~~
Thanks She has a sensitive stomach, gets hairballs and gets pretty upset when I'm gone too long. She just ate a small dinner so we'll see how she does. If she does ok, I'll feed her again later tonight. I think she'll be fine.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR DC BOO!
Maybe she was sick after the sitter's last visit.
I think one of the occasions may have been after, lets just say I can tell the others had beent here awhile
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The last [ /quote ] (without spaces within the brackets) must be before your actual post.
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Glad you are home safely, DR Cillaliz.
***VIBES*** FOR PAM AND FOR BOO!!
Thanks. Pam just texted that she wondered what had happened to the rest of her sandwich. lol
Yes, poor Pam, not only was she stuck in the airport but you went and stole her lunch. ;D
It would have been a day old without refrigeration, not sure she would have wanted it
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~~~Get Well Vibes for Cillaliz's DC Boo!!~~~
Thanks George.
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Good morning, all! I am caught up and informed. I had a note from our DR edisaurus, and I think she could use a lot of vibes right now since there's too much tsuris: angst on the Mercer documentary and too many tragedies in friends' lives. She asked about all of you DRs so send her some vibes!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for our DR edisaurus! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~All Kinds of Vibes for DR Edisaurus!!~~~
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~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DC BOO~~~~~
Thanks She has a sensitive stomach, gets hairballs and gets pretty upset when I'm gone too long. She just ate a small dinner so we'll see how she does. If she does ok, I'll feed her again later tonight. I think she'll be fine.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR DC BOO!
Maybe she was sick after the sitter's last visit.
I think one of the occasions may have been after, lets just say I can tell the others had been here awhile
Yuck, not good. I guess she forgot that with Boo she needs to check the house carefully.
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Well DR CILLA LIZ that's ONE WAY to bring The Big Easy ambiance home with ya!
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The last [ /quote ] (without spaces within the brackets) must be before your actual post.
I went way below the last quotation bracket.
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I have a question for people with widescreen TVs.
When you watch a movie in Academy Format do you watch the movie with black/gray bars on the left and right side of the image or so you watch it "formatted to fit widescreen TVs"?
I prefer the "original aspect ratio," whatever that may be. If it's Academy or full frame, I have the black or gray bars on the side. If it's a non-anamorphic widescreen, I zoom in so that it fills my widescreen TV. But if something is only available in pan-n-scan (like "The Visit" with Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, which was on not too long ago) and it's something that I want to watch, I'll put up with it.
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Glad you are home safely, DR Cillaliz.
***VIBES*** FOR PAM AND FOR BOO!!
Thanks. Pam just texted that she wondered what had happened to the rest of her sandwich. lol
Yes, poor Pam, not only was she stuck in the airport but you went and stole her lunch. ;D
It would have been a day old without refrigeration, not sure she would have wanted it
So you are convincing yourself you saved her from getting sick. ;)
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I didn’t know about Paul Harvey, thank you for the news DR DaktaCelt.
Vibes Roxana Saberi is well & may soon return home!
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LOL DR MATTH - I kind of liked the NEW title.....
Off to work.
I always liked the Mad Magazine version, THE HOUND OF THE BASKETBALLS.
Four men and a basset form a quintet... hilarity ensues - The Hound of the Buffalo Bills.
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I have attempted to fix the above post multiple times. I can't seem to post out of the quote box-very odd.???
The last [ /quote ] (without spaces within the brackets) must be before your actual post.
I went way below the last quotation bracket.
Hmm...something else must've been deleted above. The number of "[quote author =..." and "[ /quote ]" codes have to match.
Regardless, your message is totally readable. :D
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Well DR CILLA LIZ that's ONE WAY to bring The Big Easy ambiance home with ya!
:) I will say that they washed Bourbon Street with soap every morning. I remember them hosing it down before, I don't remember the soap
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Glad you are home safely, DR Cillaliz.
***VIBES*** FOR PAM AND FOR BOO!!
Thanks. Pam just texted that she wondered what had happened to the rest of her sandwich. lol
Yes, poor Pam, not only was she stuck in the airport but you went and stole her lunch. ;D
It would have been a day old without refrigeration, not sure she would have wanted it
So you are convincing yourself you saved her from getting sick. ;)
Something like that... :)
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Well DR CILLA LIZ that's ONE WAY to bring The Big Easy ambiance home with ya!
:) I will say that they washed Bourbon Street with soap every morning. I remember them hosing it down before, I don't remember the soap
It still stunk
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Well, I must take a shower watch the last three episodes of "Battlestar Galactica."
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I have attempted to fix the above post multiple times. I can't seem to post out of the quote box-very odd.???
The last [ /quote ] (without spaces within the brackets) must be before your actual post.
I went way below the last quotation bracket.
Hmm...something else must've been deleted above. The number of "[quote author =..." and "[ /quote ]" codes have to match.
Regardless, your message is totally readable. :D
Readable worked for me. I figured I had spent enough time trying to fix the problem ;D
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TAR TAR TAR!!!
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I'm watching!
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It is snowing, and icy, here in Rehoboth.
The store was tres busy today - typical "Soon it's gonna rain" shopping, with everyone buying a lot more than they usually would on a Sunday. I was scheduled to monitor the self-scan registers, but spent at least a third of my time working a regular register. Lots of very full carts.
Even when I was on self-scan, we were hopping. The bill-dispensing mechanism on Register Four was acting up, and there was no time to reboot the contraption, so I was having to dash back and forth, getting customers change from my monitoring station. That wouldn't have been such a hassle, but there were quite a few customers who wanted extra cash back, something to make their pockets happier. People, it's gonna snow! You're not gonna be out and about this evening! Whaddaya need pocket money for???
And that's what it was like at work.
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Beyond that, der Brucer just fell down and went boom while taking out the trash.
Nothing serious - he was pushing the trash can up the driveway, said trash can skidded, so did he, and he landed on one knee. He was more startled than anything else.
We already parked the car on the upper lawn, to make it easier to drive off if we have to, but he's worried about how icy the road is going to be, and if I get called in to work tomorrow (I'm not scheduled - like that makes a difference) he wants me to think seriously about walking in.
If that's the case, I'm going to insist that he walk with me, just to get the photos! :D
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So much went on today, but I got nothing done.
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Ben - does that mean they know they received the e-mail, but are choosing to ignore it until later? :)
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The Case of the Laundered Muffalata - That's the title of my next Erle Stanley Gardner parody.
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Well, I must take a shower watch the last three episodes of "Battlestar Galactica."
Too much Jamie Bamber?
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Beyond that, der Brucer just fell down and went boom while taking out the trash.
Nothing serious - he was pushing the trash can up the driveway, said trash can skidded, so did he, and he landed on one knee. He was more startled than anything else.
Thank goodness it was nothing serious. I hope he isn't hurting tomorrow.
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No-hurt vibes to der B!!!
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Being a big fan from way back of the British Carry On films I finally rented Carry On Laughing the television series that ran 13 episodes.
What a major disappointment. Totally unfunny and I wanted to laugh. The shows have canned laughter and applause which doesn't help.
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Hello all! When Vixdad came home Friday night he started running more updates on the computer so it was not accessible to me until now.
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Just an observation. I went to Circuit City to see what DVD Blu Ray they have left. They are at 70% off. The picking were slim and even at 70% I didn't see anything I wanted.
BUT
There were two movies at the two locations I visited today that CC must have order with anticipation that they would be huge sellers. They must have had a couple of 100 of each title. They were Hancock and I am A Legend. Both film starred Will Smith. I wonder if there was a connection in so much overstock
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DR Vixmom, it is nice not to have to worry anymore when you don't post :) How are you doing? What is the latest on your food report?
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I gotta tell you.
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I'm very logey today.
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Ben - does that mean they know they received the e-mail, but are choosing to ignore it until later? :)
No. It just means you sent it to the correct email address and that the next time they open their email it will be there as new mail. For instance if you sent me an email Friday it would have been received but I wouldn't have known about it until I could get back on the computer today.
"Read" means they actually opened the email.
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DR Vixmom, it is nice not to have to worry anymore when you don't post :) How are you doing? What is the latest on your food report?
I have not tried any more food as I am waiting to hear what the therapist has to say. Unfortunately I may be cancelling tomorrow's appointment as they are forecasting 6 - 10 inches of snow for tomorrow.
The powers that be have already decided to close the schools tomorrow.
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I am afraid that I am quite tired. So nighty night
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If your therapist is in tomorrow & you can't get there, maybe you can ask a few questions over the phone.
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Sleep well DR Vixmom.
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but first...
~~~~VIBES FOR ALL GOOD THINGS FOR DR EDISAURUS~~~~
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No soreness vibes for DR der Brucer.
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I am on my APPLE IMAC G4.....
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DR JOSE I am looking at the information you told me to seek - it reads:
irmware Revision: A227
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
So I am guessing I can write a DVD -R, -RW
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Very interesting locales on TAR tonight - and quite shuffle in the order by the end of the race.
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I enjoyed TAR tonight. I will be curious to see if one team member learned something from this. If not, their team may not last
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My how time flies!
Matt has just left the building after a truly educational and fun Songfest.
We worked out the arrangements (and the keys) for the songs for Dad's memorial service since Matt will be available to play at my church that Sunday.
DR JMK, you should know that after playing through "Because He Lives," Matt did heartily agree that the arranger must have been on drugs. . . :)
So we worked those two songs for a while, at least to the point that we know where we're going with them, then went on to the "let's try this" portion of Sunday Night Songfest.
I know we began with "Errol Flynn," various songs from "Hair," "Mira" from CARNIVAL and finally, we tackled "The Nancy LaMott Songbook" skipping only two or three of the songs therein. ("Just In Time For Christmas" and "Listen to My Heart" are two which we've done in cabarets, so we didn't feel the urge to go at them with so many more wonderful arrangements waiting to be sung).
Special shout-out to DR Edisaurus came as we went over Nancy's arrangements (courtesy of Christopher Marlowe) of "Moon River" and "Skylark."
I suppose I should plop a dvd in now, or, I could read some more of Dan Simmons' wonderful new novel DROOD.
What to do? What to do?
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I enjoyed TAR tonight. I will be curious to see if one team member learned something from this. If not, their team may not last
Indeed....
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Watch Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, DR td!
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I wish it weren't so, but I fear that there will soon be no mom-and-pop bookstores left in LA and environs - there are only a few now, less than a handful, I think, and they are all in danger of closing, save for the Iliad in North Hollywood, which is, perhaps, my least favorite bookstore of all time - I loathe the people who run it.
BK, LA is not the only problem where this is happening. Several of my independent bookstores in London had disappeared this last trip. A section of Charing Cross Road that was once a block of used bookstores has lost them right and left to Quiznos and Subways and a myriad of designer coffee shops.
I assume our pals, Malcolm and Christine, at Bookfellows in Glendale are still thriving. I've always gotten along okay with the people at Illiad and have always had pretty good hunting there. I enjoyed its messy clutterness... as long as they keep it alphabetized...
Is Bertram Smith's Acres of Books still in Long Beach? Acres of Book (and the same Bertram Smith) used to be a staple for me in Cincinnati...five floors of books...and was still there long after Bert moved to Long Beach. Alas, no longer...
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Watch Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, DR td!
I was thinking of my Netflix disc of NINE LIVES. ..
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Being a big fan from way back of the British Carry On films I finally rented Carry On Laughing the television series that ran 13 episodes.
What a major disappointment. Totally unfunny and I wanted to laugh. The shows have canned laughter and applause which doesn't help.
Michael, my buddy Harlan Ellison sent me a boxed set of Carry On movies a while back...I, having remembered Carry On, Cleo fondly from my youth ("Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it infamy!). They are the first dozen or so and I must say so far they have been a bit of a slog to get through...remarkably tedious and unfunny. I'm puzzled why they are so beloved?
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Malcolm and Christine are, I fear, struggling.
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DR CP in Mr Ellison's collection of television criticism - put into a book as THE GLASS TEAT - he never got around to reviewing BRACKEN'S WORLD, but kept promising to.
Fans of Mr Ellison and Bracken's World are still waiting for his thoughts on said series.
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PSYCHO is on TCM.....
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I did notice one very big hair ball, so maybe she got it out of her system
That usually works for DAW.
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I did notice one very big hair ball, so maybe she got it out of her system
That usually works for DAW.
:D
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Boo has had two small meals and snoozed on my lap. Now she's up and about. I think she's feeling better.
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DR Cillaliz - Maybe Atlanta is handling the snow differently right now, but most of the flights tomorrow morning out of JFK and LaGuardia have already been cancelled. I hope your friend, Pam, gets home sooner rather than later.
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DR Cillaliz - Maybe Atlanta is handling the snow differently right now, but most of the flights tomorrow morning out of JFK and LaGuardia have already been cancelled. I hope your friend, Pam, gets home sooner rather than later.
I just checked and her flight took off about 10 minutes late and is in flight. Unless she got on standby on the earlier flight. I felt a little bad leaving her at the airport when I had such an easy time getting to the same place she was going, but i did tell her about the flight I had and she chose to take a cheaper route. So...
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Being a big fan from way back of the British Carry On films I finally rented Carry On Laughing the television series that ran 13 episodes.
What a major disappointment. Totally unfunny and I wanted to laugh. The shows have canned laughter and applause which doesn't help.
Michael, my buddy Harlan Ellison sent me a boxed set of Carry On movies a while back...I, having remembered Carry On, Cleo fondly from my youth ("Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it infamy!). They are the first dozen or so and I must say so far they have been a bit of a slog to get through...remarkably tedious and unfunny. I'm puzzled why they are so beloved?
Double Entendres, big busted girls. low comedy, high comedy and slapstick. But above all a great group of actors who appeared in the films. Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Butterworth, Jim Dale, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor. I am sure I am leaving some out but these are the names that come to mind.
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Carry On Part 2
I was in a little town in Southern Portugal and the cinema was show That's Carry On! in English with Portuguese subtitles. I was the only one laughing in the cinema
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For any DRs who use any sort of "peer-to-peer" file transfer services, you might want to watch this clip from tonight's NBC Nightly News:
Some file-sharing clients open users to identity theft (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29454879)
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Finished the second motion picture of the evening and trying to decide if I should go for a third.
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Watching I'LL TAKE SWEDEN.....hmmmmm......I used to think this movie was hilarious....but now it's not so hot....amusing it is though
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Is Bertram Smith's Acres of Books still in Long Beach?
In 1990 Acres of Books was designated a cultural heritage landmark by the City of Long Beach - but that didn't stop the city Redevelopment Agency buying it up for a "nicer" project. They closed their doors in October.
der Brucer
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Malcolm and Christine are, I fear, struggling.
I am not happy to hear this...
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For those interested in John William's "Air and Simple Gifts, PARADE says it has been released on iTunes.
der Brucer
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I did notice one very big hair ball, so maybe she got it out of her system
That usually works for DAW.
DR Ron - I need you to come over and clean this mess off of my computer screen! Talk about your spit takes!
;D
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Beyond that, der Brucer just fell down and went boom while taking out the trash.
Nothing serious - he was pushing the trash can up the driveway, said trash can skidded, so did he, and he landed on one knee. He was more startled than anything else.
Thank goodness it was nothing serious. I hope he isn't hurting tomorrow.
Not to worry - I had lots of training in falling "gracefully". (It's all about directing momentum.)
der Brucer
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I must say I'm finding Room At The Top a bit of a slog, although the acting is very good. One interesting thing is Donald Wolfit, who is, as always, wonderful. Mr. Wolfit was the role model for Sir in The Dresser - that film is based on its author's time serving as his valet.
My mother generally liked most everything she watched, but she absolutely detested ROOM AT THE TOP. I don't think I ever remember her condemning any other movie, but she certainly did that one.
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I have a question for people with widescreen TVs.
When you watch a movie in Academy Format do you watch the movie with black/gray bars on the left and right side of the image or so you watch it "formatted to fit widescreen TVs"?
I prefer the "original aspect ratio," whatever that may be. If it's Academy or full frame, I have the black or gray bars on the side. If it's a non-anamorphic widescreen, I zoom in so that it fills my widescreen TV. But if something is only available in pan-n-scan (like "The Visit" with Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, which was on not too long ago) and it's something that I want to watch, I'll put up with it.
Unfortunately, there are certain DVDs that were issued only in pan and scan or open matte transfers, and that's all we're likely to get.
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Well, we sure did get snow, and more is predicted for later tonight. Schools have been canceled for tomorrow, so I doubt we'll be doing lunch. Ah well. It's beautiful if inconvenient.
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I have had a super busy evening of viewing. I began by watching the next Hiroshi Shimizu film: THE MASSEURS AND A WOMAN. Part comedy, part mystery, part romantic triangle, and part drama, this hybrid-like film didn't really work for me though there are some individual moments that were good. This one had the best video quality of the four films in the set. Thankfully, it was the shortest.
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And the last film in the box set ended up being the best one: ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN. A bittersweet tale of much charm, I really enjoyed this one. A good one to wrap up this box set.
I can't believe I watched all four films in this collection in one day. This must be a new record for me.
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Next, I finished THE BONE COLLECTOR. Yep, I did remember the guilty party correctly, but it was still a good tension-filled ending.
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Next, I watched another episode of MOONLIGHT. This was the memorable episode dealing with the death of Josh. Really enjoyed seeing it again.
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I watched NINE LIVES. Very short - only an hour and fifteen minutes. It's an independent film, based on a play, which in turn is based (without credit) on LA RONDE, set amidst the gay subculture of L.A.
Dennis Christopher gives a truly surprising performance.
The magic of THE FANTASTICKS is touched upon.
There is a lot of contemplation of the navel going on in the film.
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And I concluded my evening watching the two hour BROTHERS & SISTERS episode. Very involving, and I loved quite a bit of it.
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Today I start work on the four-film Criterion/Eclipse box TRAVELS WITH HIROSHI SHIMIZU. I have never seen any of these four films.
The first film (which I'll watch this afternoon) was made in 1933, but it's a silent movie: JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR.
I will be most interested to hear your thoughts on these. I am always fascinated by Japanese films.
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And I concluded my evening watching the two hour BROTHERS & SISTERS episode. Very involving, and I loved quite a bit of it.
I liked it too. A very intense two hours. Each "act" seemed quite dramatic. -Although, I thought the tag line they kept using in the promos was a little misleading.
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I have nothing to say at this time.
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The Portland weather has come and gone - about an inch of snow.
The snow storm is to the north and west of us, the rain storms to the east.
der Brucer
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Well, it's past midnight here, so I think I'm going to put myself to bed. Those BATMAN films on Blu-ray should arrive tomorrow, but I won't be able to watch all four of THEM in one day. There are too many bonus features involved.
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Spoo!
Good night!
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And now that I have read further I see that MattH has watched and commented on the Japanese films already.
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Page Nine Dance!!!
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Charles Pogue and BK, you need to come to Oregon...we have TONS of used book stores!!!
And in all the years I have lived here I can only think of one used book store that has ever closed...all of the others have been around for years and years.
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And now I'm REALLY going!™
;D
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I watched half of another motion picture, but will finish that one tomorrow in the late afternoon. I'm told that tomorrow's two-hour work session will, in fact, be three hours - I cannot imagine what we'll do for three hours, so we shall see. Maybe an hour of it can be lunch. I am going to have to arise quite early in order to get the jog in, although after seven days (maybe eight) in a row, I think I'm ready for a one-day break.
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I have nothing to say at this time.
Has someone paid for your silence?
der Brucer
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Something. That is all I have to say at this moment. Should I think of something to say, I will post it. . . post haste.
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I'm told that tomorrow's two-hour work session will, in fact, be three hours - I cannot imagine what we'll do for three hours, so we shall see.
Easy - folks straggle in 30 minute late; 2 hour work session; folks leave 30 minutes early for other commitments.
der Brucer
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Well, two or three hours is better than the twelve hour days of last week.
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Will we never get to page ten?
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I finally shaved - hadn't done so since last Wednesday. I look affable.
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What am I, doing a monologue?
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Charles Pogue and BK, you need to come to Oregon...we have TONS of used book stores!!!
And in all the years I have lived here I can only think of one used book store that has ever closed...all of the others have been around for years and years.
Sad to say, I buy mostly off the internet now, as I'm just filling holes in my collection these days. And a great many dealers are going to the internet because it is easier than maintaining the upkeep of a store and shop hours. Also has I get older, I'm finding the thrill of the hunt is not quite what it was. And it could be because the independent bookstores are not what they once were and their stock does not make one's heart go pitty-pat when sleuthing the stacks. And a bit of my acquisitiveness has died as well; it's time to read all those books I've been buying over the years. I'm way behind; buying far faster than I read. Still, next to the backstage smells of a theatre, my favourite smell is a musty old bookstore. And when I can find those rare stores anymore where there are rooms and floors of hidden delights, it is a wonder to behold.
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I look affable.
Or at least less frightening.
der Brucer
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Well, I must take a shower watch the last three episodes of "Battlestar Galactica."
Too much Jamie Bamber?
NEVER! ;D Thanks! I didn't watch any "Battlestar Galactica" episodes. I went to my sister's to help her for a bit, then went to Home Depot to get an adhesive to hang a hook for my shower caddy. Now, I'm watching "Brothers and Sisters."
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I'm also recording the season premiere of "Celebrity Apprentice," to be watched at a later date. :)
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Well, after watching tonight's "Brothers & Sisters", as well as the "Celebrity Apprentice", well...
Goodnight.
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Don't forget - I'm going to let you dear readers have the advance on our next two releases - they'll be first up in tomorrow's posts - but, MUM'S the word on both - I don't really want the news out quite yet. The official announcement will either be Friday or Monday next.
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Don't forget - I'm going to let you dear readers have the advance on our next two releases - they'll be first up in tomorrow's posts - but, MUM'S the word on both - I don't really want the news out quite yet. The official announcement will either be Friday or Monday next.
Exciting! ;D