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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had angst, and now it is time for you to post until the angst-ridden cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ALGEDONIC!
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Gosh, you pop onto HHW at 1 am and the place is a morgue.
I guess I should probably be in bed.
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I'll pop in for a post or two.
I see George is also on yesterday's discussions.
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Happy Sunday to all.
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Why is the word of the day never in my dictionary.
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www.algedonic.com
for word of the day ?
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Why is the word of the day never in my dictionary.
You weren't issued the special HHW dictionary??
;)
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I had pizza last night with my best friend from high school and her mother. What fun! She now lives north of Seattle, so I don't get to see her very often.
There was no angst.
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I love a nice angst-filled pirogie. It's the third most popular filling after potato and cheese.
Recalls the Passover cry of "Please pass the neurosis and a little whine."
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But don't try a high colonic
Unless you did an algedonic
I miss New York delicatessan
(almost a Tuscaloosa's Calling Me reference)
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Actual line from the show was:
But don't try a cel-ray tonic
Unless you need a high colonic
I miss New York delicatessan
Just thought I should share that
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Angst spelled backwards is tsgna.
It's easier to pronounce if you already speak Czechoslovakian.
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Workies.
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"So Much Butter" from CHEEKILY BLONDE: The Paula Dean Fable (or should it be LETHALLY BLONDE?) just keeps getting longer and longer.
All of the food they’ve cooked
Hoping you’d get hooked
On their healthy cuisine
No not a single pat
Of congealing fat
In their healthy cuisine
And they have turned their kitchens inside out trying for a big hit show
Watching the turning tide is making me go whoa!
Oh!
You viewers like a fatter hide
I’ll take you for a triglycer-ride
So what can I bake
I’ll use nothing that’s fake
And my ratings will grow
I need a trademark good as gold
Your fellas won’t mind much more to hold
I’ll use so much butter on my show
Honey they’ve been obsessed
You’ve been watercressed
And their viewership fell
I’m bettin’ a pound or two
Plus a poofy do
Can come off pretty well
Honey, when Ellie Krieger baked a cake on her show last Tuesday night
They insisted she use only Fleischman’s Light
Get this right
We’re gonna use butter by the stick
No phony fat for this here chick
Being real can be hot
Are you ready or what
Time to grow with the flow
I’m gonna buy butter by the tub
These days people love a funny zhlub
And now there’ll be so much butter
Your heart will flutter
It’s OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-Oh-brutter!
I’ll have so much butter on my show!
Blue cheese salad, hold the greens
We’ll show them what eatin’ means
Please don’t hold the mayo, hon
And no, not the low-fat one
Burger on a donut’s great
All the fixin’s, s’il vous plate
Diet always starts with die
So I’ll go on lovin’ my
Butter by the stick
Will be my cool iconic shtick
Hey come on top that chard
With a helping of lard
Heap it on like a pro
Oh-oh
And when our show’s a big fat hit
Those undernourished shows will spit
We’ll have so much butter -
No skimming the top off chicken stock
We’ll put lots of Crisco in our wok
Hey no EVOO
Though our tushies will grow
Crisco gives you a glow
Go-go!
I’ll slather cream on black and whites
And I’ll look cherubic in my tights
And yes, we’ll have so much butter
Your valves will shutter
The AMA’s gonna spit and sputter
I’ll have so much butter
I’ll have so much butter
I’ll have so much butter
On my show!
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Thank you, MR BK - I remember you talking about the staging and the time constraints at the time of the show - it's the song I don't like. I can't get that horrible movie staging out of my mind. It is Hermes Pan at his absolute "indicating" worst. Oh well. It's only one person's opinion. Too bad we don't have 3DDIFFUSION around to comment as well.
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I have THE BIG SHOW and THE CROWDED SKY on video taped from television. I don't watch them often, but I do like the movies. Is it worth !9.95 each to have the ARCHIVES versions?
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Good morning, all! It turns out that the copyist has not sent me the complete score to the Suite from "The Cardinal," so I've proofed what I can for now. Today, I will work on Mr Moross' Gentlemen, Be Seated, his interesting musical theatre piece based on the American Civil War, which was premiered in 1960(?) by the NY City Opera. I like the score very much and I'm very happy to be doing the vocal score for the show. I googled it, looking for the NY Times review, and I found two letters to the Times by a Robert Stern from 2000 and 2009, saying it was one of the best things he'd ever heard during the great days of City Opera.
I need to do a bit of furniture arranging as well as run a few errands. Tomorrow, I have to prepare for Tuesday morning's trip to DC.
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DR MATTH thanks for reminding me of the murder sequence in TORN CURTAIN....
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Good morning, good muffin to you.
Aaaaaaand..... the curtain came down where I wanted it last night!!!!!
That's all I have.
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I'm off to walk Sugar while it's cool, check out the the new daily accumulation of junk at my Bumpus neighbors, get ready for church and then, unfortunately attend a funeral for a 21 year old who saw no way out but to blow his brains out a week ago.
At least yesterday was fun spending time with with great Friends and getting ALL the Free Comic Books on Free Comic Book Day. They got them all-- important to them. I got a couple of Archies and my beloved chocolate soda at lunch.
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DR MATTH thanks for reminding me of the murder sequence in TORN CURTAIN....
As I've said so many times here, I think TORN CURTAIN got a bum rap. I think it's a much better movie than it's ever been given credit for being, and I tend to watch it a couple of times a year.
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Good morning!
We have a good many clouds out right now, but I don't think it will rain. As as the day progresses, it's going back into the 80s. Ugh! I'll be inside today for sure.
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I was so tired last night that I couldn't face writing up the rest of my X-Men piece on the bonus features for the third movie. I knew it would take a half hour or more to get it all written, so I got up earlier than I wanted to this morning to finish the write-up and get it posted. Glad to have that one behind me, just because it was SO loaded with stuff to talk about.
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As I said last night, I'm REALLY looking forward to my day off today. I may even forgo the diet for a day and make a pan of brownies. I haven't had anything really decadent and sweet in quite a while, and I'm kind of hungry for it. We'll see.
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I know I have at least three shows and a movie on the DVR: FLASHPOINT (which I'll watch while I eat lunch), SMALLVILLE, and THE OFFICE. GREY GARDENS is the film on there. I'd like to get those watched at some point today.
I want to watch the next Joan Crawford Archive movie I have - DANCE FOOLS DANCE. It was a blind buy. I read about it and decided I want to have it for my Joan collection.
I will watch at least one Blu-ray today for fun. Haven't decided yet what that will be. I've got a stack of them here to pick from. Maybe THE TRANSPORTER, maybe THE ROAD WARRIOR. Maybe one of the PLANET OF THE APES movies.
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - THE AMAZING RACE, COLD CASE (Part 1 of 2), THE UNIT
ABC - EXTREME MAKEOVER, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS
NBC - DATELINE, CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
FOX - cartoons
HBO - LADIES NO. 1 DETECTIVE AGENCY, IN TREATMENT
SHO - THE TUDORS, TRACY ULLMAN
USA - LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, IN PLAIN SIGHT
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Of course our meeting time has been changed from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. I am only glad that tonight is not the SEASON FINALE for TAR!
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And the word of the day is: ALGEDONIC!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WHO'S GOT THE PAIN ?
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So sad to be all alone.
I did not mean to be hyper-critical of the staging of "Things I Will Not Miss" - I don't know what I would have done with twenty minutes of rehearsal and the space.....it's the song..... :P
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And the word of the day is: ALGEDONIC!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WHO'S GOT THE PAIN ?
Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO - is my guess.
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Damn Yankees - Very Little Theater, Eugene OR Dance
(http://www.thevlt.com/Past_Productions/1960s/1964B.DamnYankees.jpg)
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Damn! I forgot I have a rehearsal at 4:30 today for the Rodgers & Hart Spring Is Here. So, I guess I'll postpone my walk till around 3:30 and walk down to Carroll Studios, running my errands on the way.
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Writing a song is a delicate art
Not many can do it, I fear.
My money is always on Rodgers & Hart.
Here here - hear "Spring is Here."
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Well, I finished my morning internet surf, so I'm going to play on the computer just a bit and then head down to get laundry ready for washing and then think about what I'm going to prepare for lunch.
WBBL.
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Yesterday I posted that we were having a good, old fashioned thunderstorm. Well, I was mistaken. My particular neighborhood was having a good, old fashioned hurricane (!) -- and one person was killed right around the corner from my house when a tree fell on their car.
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Shocking DR JMK.
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Goodmorning ;) ;)
Glad I woke up early, lots of things to do today.
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DR MATTH thanks for reminding me of the murder sequence in TORN CURTAIN....
As I've said so many times here, I think TORN CURTAIN got a bum rap. I think it's a much better movie than it's ever been given credit for being, and I tend to watch it a couple of times a year.
I like it but the only thing that works against it for me is the obvious use of the Universal Studio backlot and the scene where Paul tells Julie the truth. It goes from outdoors to a studio recreation of the outdoor set.
I know that Hitchcock liked it this way because he can have better control over the shooting rather that relying on the actual location and weather
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That same kind of transition in THE BIRDS is also distracting, DR MICHAEL S.
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Off to write my Committee Report.
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Dear JMK, shocking is the right word for what happened in your neighborhood.
Dear Kerry, I'm so sorry.
Dear MattH, I'm with you, when the weather gets over 80 I stay inside.
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Off to Target for basics.
Have an angst free Sunday.
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So sorry about what you went through, JMK
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Dear MichaelS, Almost forgot to say thanks for your posts yesterday. They were fun.
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MOVIE OF THE DAY #1
(http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1010/254414.1010.A.jpg)
MOVIE OF THE DAY #2
(http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/367404.1020.A.jpg)
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Dear FJL, I hope you had a wonderful birthday.
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BOOK OF THE DAY
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NMZRHN1DL._SS500_.jpg)
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Must go.
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TV SERIES OF THE DAY #1
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TV SERIES OF THE DAY #2
BBC 2 (2001)
(http://raretelevision.com/images/uploads/thumbs/thumb_tales-from-pleasure-beach-dvd.jpg)
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PLAY OF THE DAY
PLEASURE MAN BY MAE WEST
(http://a367.yahoofs.com/shopping/3043402/simg_t_osimg_t_o0415909333jpg?rm_____DIQTLDqgW)
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Dear MichaelS, Almost forgot to say thanks for your posts yesterday. They were fun.
Thanks. I try
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HOUSE PART OF THE DAY
WINDOW PANE
(http://www.dickwhitney.net/P2270055WindowPane.JPG)
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PAIN RELIEVER OF THE DAY
(http://www.chaslo.net/Tylenol.JPG)
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ILLICIT DRUG PAIN RELIEVER OF THE DAY
(http://www.kqed.org/weblog/food/uploaded_images/wholemarsh-722332.jpg)
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It's raining in Manhattan.
We will have baked tilapia, wild rice and green beens for dinner tonight.
I may have to go out later, if it stops raining, and get a couple of bananas for my oatmeal.
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DR Kerry, my heart goes out to the family of the 21 year old.
DR JMK I'm sorry to hear about the deathly winds in your neighborhood.
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DR MATTH thanks for reminding me of the murder sequence in TORN CURTAIN....
As I've said so many times here, I think TORN CURTAIN got a bum rap. I think it's a much better movie than it's ever been given credit for being, and I tend to watch it a couple of times a year.
I like it but the only thing that works against it for me is the obvious use of the Universal Studio backlot and the scene where Paul tells Julie the truth. It goes from outdoors to a studio recreation of the outdoor set.
I know that Hitchcock liked it this way because he can have better control over the shooting rather that relying on the actual location and weather
Interestingly, both scenes were added late in the process, hence the artificial set - both were added to explain things that Hitch or the studio thought needed explaining.
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Had a good night's sleep and will do the long jog in about thirty minutes.
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Yesterday was a very long day of rehearsal. I left the house at about 10:30 a.m., and returned at about 11:00 p.m. Whew, I am very tired.
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I had pizza last night with my best friend from high school and her mother. What fun! She now lives north of Seattle, so I don't get to see her very often.
There was no angst.
Well? Is she coming to see my production?
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Good Afternoon All!
Sory to have been E & T again
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On Fridaty I went with the Vixter and her acting class to the Student Shakespeare Festival which was held in the Actor's Temple on West 47th Street in NYC
We had to be at the school by 7 Am and we didn't get back until nearly 4 PM
It was a lot of fun but I was terribly tired by time we got back so I was dozing the rest of the evening.
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Yesterday the Vixter commandeered the computer because of a History project she has that was due on Monday -
I say "Was" because we received a phone call from the District Offcice last night - due to the fact that there are now three confirmed cases of Swine Flu in the grade 3 - 5 school they are closing the entire district for a week
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Oh and yesterday afternoon the Vixter had her NYSMEA (New York StateMusic Educators Association) Festival. This is where the kids perform for an Adjudicator - in her case sing a song, do some scales and sightread
She sang Se Tu m'ami by Pergolosi
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This morning she had to work the pancake the breakfast at Church - it was fund raiser for the trip the youth are taking to New Orleans in July.
And now I will try and catch up tp the past few days!
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Well? Is she coming to see my production?
Is Bellingham near the theatre?
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***VIBES***
to the families of the victims described by DRs Kerry and JMK!!!
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Well? Is she coming to see my production?
Is Bellingham near the theatre?
Ahhh............................ NO.
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Today I am going to see a production of THE PRODUCERS. This is not DR Jose's production or DR JMK's production. We seem to have another pandemic in the works.
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DR Vixmom are you still off work next week? It would be nice if you could stay home with the Vixter. How is your father?
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm still having a wonderful time in Chicago.
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*I shall post some details - and pictures(!) - later, but I have to say that this whole trip to Chicago has turned into quite an unexpected - and, in a sense - needed "happiness" for lack of a better word. I basically planned this trip on a whim, and over the past 36 hours, I've experienced and "felt" more than I ever expected to experience and feel. Have I done everything on my "list" (which was more of a mental checklist)? No. Have I been able to meet up with everyone I was hoping to see again? No. Have I been to all my favorite Chicago eateries? No, not by a long shot. But in no way do I feel cheated or any sense of "I wish I had more time here". It really has been a great visit. And I get one more full day here in Chicago before I board the train back to NYC tomorrow night. Still plenty of time, just the right amount of time.
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DR vixmom - Rest, rest, rest. Have you and the vixter made any plans for this coming week, now that she has an unexpected weekend? -And do you know if the school district is planning on making up those days later on in the school year (of which there's not much left)?
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DR JMK - First of all, WOW! Secondly, I'm sorry things took such a tragic turn.
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DR TCB - As I said to DR vixmom: Rest, rest, rest.
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Jose-
Is his name MONKEY?
Or does he have another name?
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She sang Se Tu m'ami by Pergolosi
It sounds like she sang up a storm. . .
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WHEW!!! I am all caught up!
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Jose-
Is his name MONKEY?
Or does he have another name?
His name is "Jose". And it's been nice to meet him again. :)
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-Although Monkey and David and a few others have been quite, well, instrumental this weekend.
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Well, we're off to meet up with some other friends, old and new.
Laters...
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Back from a pleasant long jog.
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I shall now finish the liner notes, then address packages. At some point, our very own Mr. Nick Redman will be stopping by.
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I can't believe I missed Fred's birthday!!!
I hope it was wonderful!!
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES TO OUR HOST WITH THE MOST!!!
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MORE BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR FRED!!
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Elmore - glad to hear you test results were good!
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BK thanks for the YouTube links to Bacharach to the Future!
I wish we could have been there!
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Jane - I am actually going back to work tomorrow - I willbe working shorter days at least so I will be able to spend some time with the Vixter!
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Jose
I am glad you had such a wonderful trip to Chicago - I hope the rest of your visist continues to be as rewarding and I wish you SAFE TRAVEL VIBES for the ride home!
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My condolences to DR Kerry
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Francois - thank youfor posting about the opening of the backlot tour - I would love to hear more stories about your time at Disney World
I always thought I would like to work there
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Well I am going to go and try to eat a little something --- LATERS!!!
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Reminder:
MINI-HHW-GET-TOGETHER AT FRED AND SKIP'S FRI MAY 8
RSVP no later than May 3 to AOL address dylan43rd (Please don't RSVP here on HHW)
FRIDAY EVENING MAY 8, STARTING AROUND 7 P.M. IN HONOR OF BK BEING IN TOWN
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Reminder:
MINI-HHW-GET-TOGETHER AT FRED AND SKIP'S FRI MAY 8
RSVP no later than May 3 to AOL address dylan43rd (Please don't RSVP here on HHW)
FRIDAY EVENING MAY 8, STARTING AROUND 7 P.M. IN HONOR OF BK BEING IN TOWN
Fred, I really wanted to be there next Friday, but when I asked if I could have opening night off, the director flat out refused. Sorry!
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Off to this rehearsal. I'd rather stay here and work on Moross' Ballet Ballads but i have to go. It will be nice to see Tony Walton and other friends. I have no idea who's in the cast besides Melissa Errico. I think she's in it!
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DR MATTH thanks for reminding me of the murder sequence in TORN CURTAIN....
As I've said so many times here, I think TORN CURTAIN got a bum rap. I think it's a much better movie than it's ever been given credit for being, and I tend to watch it a couple of times a year.
I like it but the only thing that works against it for me is the obvious use of the Universal Studio backlot and the scene where Paul tells Julie the truth. It goes from outdoors to a studio recreation of the outdoor set.
I know that Hitchcock liked it this way because he can have better control over the shooting rather that relying on the actual location and weather
Well, you'd have to dislike every one of his movies for that reason. He did that kind of thing in nearly all of them.
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Had a marvelous time viewing pleasurable items this afternoon. I began with Friday night's FLASHPOINT while I ate lunch. Another angst-filled episode and again a very moving denouement.
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Then I watched the last episode of disc four of NCIS - Season 2. An interesting story about a nightclub singer and her sister, the latter who was murdered. Good surprise ending, and some fun back and forth between Tony and Kate.
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Then I watched DANCE FOOLS DANCE, the next in my stack of Warner Archive productions. Another 1931 movie, this was the first time Joan Crawford and Clark Gable appeared in the same film together. Gable was sixth billed as a racketeer who gets shot by Crawford's brother. Not as good as POSSESSED which I watched last week but still enjoyable. Joan did a variation of her dance from the HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929 in this movie. The same kind of clumsy tap dance that involves more flailing arms than it does snappy tap steps.
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To end my afternoon on an upbeat note, I put in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and watched the first 40 minutes of it. Always enjoy getting reacquainted with it.
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Haven't decided what I'm going to watch when I go back down. It'll be a Blu-ray of some kind, and I'll watch a little more of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I'll likely skip around to various numbers I enjoy.
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The developer has started showing his McMansions next door. That means the neighbor has been out making lots of weird noises. What fun.
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I'm off to walk Sugar while it's cool, check out the the new daily accumulation of junk at my Bumpus neighbors, get ready for church and then, unfortunately attend a funeral for a 21 year old who saw no way out but to blow his brains out a week ago.
My condolences, Kerry.
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Yesterday I posted that we were having a good, old fashioned thunderstorm. Well, I was mistaken. My particular neighborhood was having a good, old fashioned hurricane (!) -- and one person was killed right around the corner from my house when a tree fell on their car.
That's terrible!
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Heading down now to clean the master bath, put away the folded laundry, and then it's back to the home theater for more fun viewing.
WBBL.
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Sorry to hear the terrible news, Kerry.
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Yesterday was a very long day of rehearsal. I left the house at about 10:30 a.m., and returned at about 11:00 p.m. Whew, I am very tired.
Today, I have my very first rehearsal! Finally. They have every night scheduled in half-hour blocks and today they'll get to the scenes that I'm in. :)
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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So, today is my ex-boyfriend's birthday and last night before going to bed, I sent him a happy birthday e-mail because we're still friends. Anyway, he called me this morning (too darned early, though) to wish me a happy birthday (in two days), but he didn't see my e-mailed birthday card because he's in San Fransisco on vacation. He's going to call me when he gets back home (Seattle) and we'll talk about getting together. :) We haven't actually seen each other in a few years, but we e-mail every once in a while. And that was my wake-up call...literally.
After that, I watched the last three episodes of "Reaper," and now I need to take a shower and get ready for rehearsal. :D
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Until later!
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the neighbor has been out making lots of weird noises.
Is "the neighbor" a euphemism... ...for you?? ;)
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I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Is that what you're calling it these days? :)
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Tomorrow night I shall be in NYC at Merkin Concert Hall (http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/event/shir-artistry-the-modern-cantor/), attending a concert being accompanied by my DH.
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the neighbor has been out making lots of weird noises.
Is "the neighbor" a euphemism... ...for you?? ;)
Can't answer--too busy in the backyard emitting weird shrieking noises. ;D
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Listening to the phenomenal Brasilian pianist Luiz Eca. BK, if you don't have any of his stuff (Tamba 3, Tamba 4, etc.), you should run out and get everything he ever recorded. ;)
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Finished the liner notes, a visit with Nick and daughter, I've addressed about 100 packages, eaten a footlong turkey sandwich from Subway, and shortly I shall go back to addressing packages. Some day off.
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My computer is acting up again, or more accurately not acting at all. I'm currently using the laptop which I do not enjoy using.
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I do not have anything to say today .
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Will I reach my new plateau today, I wonder
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I am looking forward to tonight's TAR. But crazily enough i'm looking forward to CELEBRITY APPRENTICE just as much.
I was at lunch yesterday with a bunch of kids (aged 8, 9, 12, 13). And they all watch AMAZING RACE (who knew?). Anyhow all 4 of them had the same favorite team (brother/sister). i thought that was weird. But when i told my mom she was wondering if it was because they are all filipino and the brother/sister are asian (she was thinking maybe they related to chinese as being close to them??).
Last night i went to an interesting birthday party. My family was invited to all filipino party for my brother-in-law's mother. I cannot believe how many filipino people she (his mother) knows. There were like 55 there and that is not even half her friends! The guy who runs the filipino paper was there taking lots of pics. For some strange reason i thought it would be fun to be in the paper. But i don't think he took any pics of me. But he did take a lot of my niece and my sister's niece and nephew. So i'll have to find some way to see if they are in the paper!
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I am very behind on watching tv. In addition to tonight's show, i have many from last week.
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For those fans of NBC's MEDIUM, CHUCK and LIFE:
It looks like the first 2 will be picked up for next season (should find out 100% tomorrow).
But LIFE is almost suredly dead. A shame. I like the other 2 shows (MEDIUM is my fav of the 3). But i really liked LIFE. Sad.
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Today I am going to see a production of THE PRODUCERS. This is not DR Jose's production or DR JMK's production. We seem to have another pandemic in the works.
The Sioux City Community Theater did The Producers a couple months ago. Pandemic is right!
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It seems DR Laura enchanted a Blue Jay and sent him to my wall beside my feeding staions to complain of the lack of food - it's been about 10 days.
I filled the lot while I listened to lots of scolding from the trees. I was barely inside before the parade started:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/BJ0001.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/BJ0002.jpg)
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der Brucer
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I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Is that what you're calling it these days? :)
If you could only hear it, you'd call it that, too!
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Then Along came Woody (to inspect and plunder):
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/WOOD0001.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/WOOD0002.jpg)
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(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/WOOD0005.jpg)
der Brucer
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Five little pages sitting all alone
Where is the sixth page - the answer is unknown
Where is the seventh page - will we ever know
Five little pages - only two to go
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Rocky finally turned up to see what was going on:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/ROCKY0001.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/ROCKY0002.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/ROCKY0003.jpg)
And the poor little Nuthatch wondered what was left for the little guys:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/TM.jpg)
der Brucer
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I could post the latest version of "So Much butter" just to fill space.
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Or not.
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It seems I owe our esteemed bk an apology:
not four hours after I took him to task for complaining about the media exagerating the flu situtation than Geraldo Rivera took to Fox News and brayed on and on about the "pandemic" that was raging across our land! And ever since, on all channels, there has been a near unrelenting drumbeat of exageration.
Of course there are now those who maintain that the situation is, in fact, much worse, and that the federal Government is hiding the truth.
der Brucer
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Wouldn't EAGERLY BLONDE have been a possible porn film name in the 1970"s?
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Today has been a busy day. I tried on all my clothes and sorted out the clothes that are now too big. I put the fat clothes in bags and they are in my car waiting to go to Good Will. I was happy to discover that with the clothes I bought yesterday, I'm pretty much set for summer. I forgot that I kept my favorites last time I grew out of them, so there in my spare bedroom closet were all kinds of things that fit me. YeaH!
Then I mowed the yard, put in the garden and am doing laundry as I watch TAR. So if I haven't been posting, that's why
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Ooh, der B is close to a plateau as well
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I could post the latest version of "So Much butter" just to fill space.
Is it a song about a frisky goat?
der Brucer
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Der B - Depends on your point of view. It's yet another draft of the parody from Lethally Blonde: The Paula Dean Fable
(yet another draft parody of "So Much Better", since it's such a slow news day anyway)
The healthy food they’d cooked
Hoping you’d get hooked
On their boring cuisine
But now here’s a party gal
Who’s a foodie’s pal
And it’s me, Paula Dean
Food nuts have turned their kitchens inside out looking for their next hit show
But now this zaftig gal stood pat and made some dough!
Whoa!
Since viewers like a fatter hide
Take ‘em for a triglycer-ride
‘Cause now when I bake
I use nothing that’s fake
And my ratings just grow
I’ve got a trademark made of gold
Fellas won’t mind much more to hold
I use so much butter
On my show
Honey they’d been obsessed
You’d been watercressed
‘Til you found ‘em all bland
Now they see a pound or two
Plus a poofy do
Can come off kinda grand
Hon, when Ellie Krieger baked a cake on her show last Tuesday night
They just laughed when she used only Fleischman’s Light
Get this right
Gonna use butter by the stick
No phony fat for this here chick
Be real to be hot
So ready or not
Time to grow with the flow
When I buy butter by the tub
These days people love a funny zhlub
And now there is so much butter
Your heart will flutter
It’s OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-Oh-brutter!
I’ve got so much butter on my show!
(She’s got so much butter on her show!
She’s got so much butter on her show!)
Blue cheese salad, hold the greens
I’ll show them what eatin’ means
Please don’t hold the mayo, hon
And no, not the low-fat one
Burger on a donut’s great
All the fixin’s, s’il vous plate
Diet always starts with die
So I’ll go on lovin’ my
Butter by the stick
That is my cool iconic shtick
Come on, top that chard
With a helping of lard
Heap it on like a pro
Oh-oh
And now my show’s a big fat hit
Those undernourished shmoes just spit
We’ve got so much butter -
No skimming the top off chicken stock
We put lots of Crisco in our wok
No E.V.O.O.
Though our tushies will grow
Crisco gives you a glow
Go! Go!
I slather cream on black and whites
I look cherubic in my tights
And yes, I’ve got so much butter
Your valves will shutter
The A.M.A.’s gonna spit and sputter
I’ve got so much butter
I’ve got so much butter
I’ve got so much butter
On my show!
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Two people I spoke to whom I considered "in the know" knew neither Paula Dean nor Legally Blonde's score
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Will i never hit 14000?
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I mean, what's taking me so long?
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Oy, and George not here to capture the moment!
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DR ELMOORE
I was watching a NBC Dateline and they had a investigation about lotteries and right at the end of the program (it may have been only a few seconds) but there was a person that looked very much like you.
Was I right?
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DR ELMOORE
I was watching a NBC Dateline and they had a investigation about lotteries and right at the end of the program (it may have been only a few seconds) but there was a person that looked very much like you.
Was I right?
Possibly. I bought a lottery ticket last week and there was a cameraman in the bodega. I thought no more about it. Hmmmm.
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I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
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I went to nbc.com and watched the clip. They were definitely in my bodega; there's a shot outside the market at the corner of 82nd and Amsterdam and several interior shots inside.. I did not see myself, though.
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I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
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Congratulations to DR FJL on attaining his lofty new perch!!! :D
What is it, fish?
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I am singing at a black tie gala in a few weeks. I'm going to perform "I Was Here" from The Glorious Ones and will be part of a quartet singing "Standing On the Corner" from The Most Happy Fella.
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/NCI_butter.jpg/800px-NCI_butter.jpg)
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
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I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
It's Romeo and the Houseguest from Bollywood Hell!
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I do not have anything to say today .
After today's church service, I have little to say. The funeral I attended was a lark in comparison!
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Know your pastas! (http://www.chow.com/assets/2009/03/pasta_chart.pdf)
A handy-dandy guide.
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After today's church service, I have little to say.
It must have been a Laura DR special.
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When I was 16 I was working at the local Piggly Wiggly as a courtesy clerk. One day I came to work and found they had hired a new checker. He was one of the most handsome men I had ever met. He was 6'6" and looked just like Robert Goulet in his prime. He was witty, charming, and totally delightful. He was ten years older than me, and another of the courtesy clerks and I immediately dubbed him our Uncle Don. The other clerk left a few months later, but Don remained my Uncle Don forever.
He taught me so many things during the years. Probably the most important thing I learned from him was how to be a man and be gay individual without ever compromising one to be the other. He knew I was gay long before I knew it or admitted it to myself. He could have easily taken advantage of his older man status, but he never went there. He was like an uncle, a father confessor, a personal adviser, and a close and very dear friend. I loved him with all my heart.
This morning I learned that Uncle Don died ten days ago and was buried after private services. From the care center that is thanked in his obituary, I assume that he was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
This has been a tough year.
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
It's Romeo and the Houseguest from Bollywood Hell!
Since it is your balcony, wouldn't that make you Juliet?
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Wow, what a wonderful story, DR TCB. So sorry to hear of your friend's passing.
You have suffered too much loss already in much too short a time.
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Since it is your balcony, wouldn't that make you Juliet?
Gangway world, get off-a his runway!
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Today was Youth Sunday, where the youth plan and execute the service.
Ok. I'm waiting.
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> > > > > >HUGS FOR THE DEAREST DR TCB< < < < <
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Do I really need longer and thicker lashes in 28 days?
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Ok. I'm waiting.
A watched pot never boils.
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(((TCB))))
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Do I really need longer and thicker lashes in 28 days?
Since your husband bought you the product, apparently you do.
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Today was Youth Sunday, where the youth plan and execute the service.
Ok. I'm waiting.
and was the service indeed executed?
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Thank you DAW, td, and vixmom. :-*
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singdaw - You sure you don't want to sing one of the many drafts of "So Much Butter" :)
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Do I really need longer and thicker lashes in 28 days?
hmmm we seem to have gotten our emails crossed - someone has offered to make something I do not possess longer and thicker
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That pasta list could have come in handy when I was doing the "Colander Guy" song about Mario Batali :)
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Congratulations to FJL on his lofty new plateau
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
It's Romeo and the Houseguest from Bollywood Hell!
Since it is your balcony, wouldn't that make you Juliet?
It makes me a fool to put up with him!
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Well, this is going to be a long, tiring week, so I had better go to bed.
G'night!
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Hugs and vibes to TCB and to Kerry
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Do I really need longer and thicker lashes in 28 days?
Yes!
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Who's got the last loft now?
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belated congratulations to Cillaliz on your weight loss success!!
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Today was Youth Sunday, where the youth plan and execute the service.
Ok. I'm waiting.
Youth is wasted on the young?
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
It's Romeo and the Houseguest from Bollywood Hell!
Since it is your balcony, wouldn't that make you Juliet?
It makes me a fool to put up with him!
I thought you put him up.
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singdaw - You sure you don't want to sing one of the many drafts of "So Much Butter" :)
I would, but I'm not sure I can carry off the outfit that goes with it.
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
It's Romeo and the Houseguest from Bollywood Hell!
Since it is your balcony, wouldn't that make you Juliet?
It makes me a fool to put up with him!
I thought you put him up.
After every visit, I honestly expect to get a humanitarian award.
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FJL - I am loving all the butter versions!
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singdaw - You sure you don't want to sing one of the many drafts of "So Much Butter" :)
I would, but I'm not sure I can carry off the outfit that goes with it.
Betty Botter bought some butter,
"But," she said, "the butter's bitter;
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter;
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
Better than her bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter,
And the batter was not bitter;
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.
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DR Matt H., whenever I don't know what to watch, I pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
What a coincidence! If every other movie in the world disappeared, I still wouldn't pull out THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I'll drink to that!
I always figured if DR Elmore was on the news it would be for a much more exciting story. 8)
I always expect to end up on the front page for killing you whenever you come to visit.
Not exactly the balcony scene from ROMEO AND JULIET!
It's Romeo and the Houseguest from Bollywood Hell!
Since it is your balcony, wouldn't that make you Juliet?
It makes me a fool to put up with him!
I thought you put him up.
After every visit, I honestly expect to get a humanitarian award.
:D
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DAW I wish I could hear you sing - do you have any YouTube clips of yourself singing?
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Tonight while the Vixter was at Youth Group Vixdad and I watched Tropic Thunder
I liked it more than I thought I would
I would have liked it more if I could have done some editing of language
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Well dear ones - I am going back to work tomorrow so I must get some sleep ---
VIBES to all for a wonderful Tomorrow!!
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belated congratulations to Cillaliz on your weight loss success!!
Thanks Vixmom...I've still got a way to go, but I'm pleased with where I am right now
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VIBES TO TCB AND KERRY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Jose and Jose the Monkey... thanks for taking us along on your trip to Chicago. I'm so glad you had a wonderful time. You certainly deserve it
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Will I reach my new plateau today, I wonder
Congratulations on your new millstone
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Congrats FJL on reaching your new plateau
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Yeah! My last load of laundry is done. It was really a productive day today.
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I went to nbc.com and watched the clip. They were definitely in my bodega; there's a shot outside the market at the corner of 82nd and Amsterdam and several interior shots inside.. I did not see myself, though.
Just a clip?
The whole program was actually devoted to the lottery scams. Most of it in California but some footage looked like NYC.
The maybe Elmoore spotting happened right at the end of the program as they were wrapping up the show.
SO MAYBE JUST IN CASE OUR WEST COAST FRIENDS
Can watch the show or tape and see if it is our DR Elmoore caught by the news cameras.
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I had a nice evening of viewing. I began with THE TRANSPORTER. I've never seen this movie in its entirety. COmpletely over-the-top action and stunt fighting, but at 90 minutes, it's just the right length. I could have done without the superfluous sex scene in the middle of the film.
The Blu-ray was not a reference quality transfer, but the sound design (DTS-HD MA 5.1) was terrific.
And, of course, Jason Statham is always a pleasure to look at with his shirt off.
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Thanks for the plateau congrats!!!
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Thanks vixmom for even reading all the Butter drafts .
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For some reason, the DVD player didn't resume at the place where I stopped in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, so I just took it out and put in IT'S A GREAT FEELING. I simply LOVE the bright, bouncy score for this movie. The plot's ridiculous, of course, but the songs are all just great tunes. Can't believe none of them ever became a standard (even though the title song was nominated for an Oscar; it's NOT the best song in the score).
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Funny you should mention what you wantch when you don't know what to watch, DR td, because I have two discs that I pull out for that purpose: LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME and BRIGADOON. Tonight I pulled out LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME and watched about a half hour of it. Always love this movie.
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Before my evening of prime time started, I watched Thursday night's SMALLVILLE. I liked this episode SO much more than last week's silly adventure with Lois as a superhero. Lois wasn't even there this week, and she wasn't missed.
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES had some interesting stories. I didn't care for Tom and Lynette's plot at all. Gabby's was interesting though trying to reason with a child of six and giving in to her as they did to try to prove a point seemed a bit much to me.
Nice to see Jackson again with a surprising proposal. The highlight, of course, was Richard Burgi's return to the show. Looks like it will be an extended arc, and that's always good news.
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And I enjoyed BROTHERS & SISTERS tonight a lot. The scene between Justin and Rebecca at the end brought tears to my eyes, and it's funny because this time last year, I was violently against them being a couple. Now they seem made for each other.
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Time for me to turn off the computer and head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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After today's church service, I have little to say.
It must have been a Laura DR special.
I'm hoping DRLaura had little input into today's service-- it's services like that that kept me away form the church for 40 years!
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Oy, and George not here to capture the moment!
But others are:
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Thanks so much for doing that, der B!!!
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Love the pictures, Der Brucer!
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PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
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Oy, and George not here to capture the moment!
I can't get them all. Good thing Der Brucer was here! :D
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Oy, and George not here to capture the moment!
I can't get them all. Good thing Der Brucer was here! :D
Well, you were off playing Father Of the Groom...
der Brucer
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Some day off. I don't believe I've stopped since returning from the long jog this morning. I just had to go to my designer's house again to bring him something I forgot yesterday. I've addressed all packages save for about fifteen, so that's a big load off. But I'm trying to get the new release ready for announcement a week from tomorrow (sooner here, of course).
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Oy, and George not here to capture the moment!
I can't get them all. Good thing Der Brucer was here! :D
Well, you were off playing Father Of the Groom...
der Brucer
Yup. At rehearsal tonight (and for the next couple of weeks...and last week, when I wasn't needed), we did "table work" (which I'd never heard of before). We just sat around a table and read through the scenes and then Chris the director had us read through them again, but paraphrase all the lines. The idea was to make sure that we really understand what we're saying...what's the context...the "motivation" behind all the Shakespearean language. It was interesting. Chris also asked each of us some questions to think about in each of these scenes.
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Yeah! My last load of laundry is done. It was really a productive day today.
I've got a load of laundry in the dryer right now. :)
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Will i never hit 14000?
Why? What did 14000 ever do to you??
;)
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An Idol tragedy: David Cook's brother succumbs to cancer (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/05/an-idol-tragedy-david-cooks-brother-succumbs-to-cancer.html)
der Brucer
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Will i never hit 14000?
Why? What did 14000 ever do to you??
;)
Well, they solicited elicited at least 13,998 groans from readers.
der Brucer
I would never accuse Fred of soliciting!
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Will i never hit 14000?
Why? What did 14000 ever do to you??
;)
Well, they solicited elicited at least 13,998 groans from readers.
Well...there is that. ::)
;D
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Dear DAW, how do I get a copy of the special HHW dictionary ?
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Dear MichaelS, again thank you, I really needed to laugh before the day was over.
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Dear JMK, wish I was there, I'd love to help with the noises.
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Dear TCB, I hope the rest of the year is brighter.
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Dear Cillaliz, congrats on your weight loss, and loading up the car with clothes that are now too big.
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~~~Vibes of Comfort for DR TCB!!~~~
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Hi night owl George.
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I've been waiting for the air to cool off tonight, but I must give up and shut the windows.
Goodnight.
Pleasant Monday greetings.
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Hi, Sam.
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Good night, Sam. :)