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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had Independence, and now it is time for you to post until the independent cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: INVIGILATE!
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Elaine Stritch speaks (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/theater/04stritch.html?th&emc=th) about appearing in The Full Monty at the Papermill Playhouse.
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Isn't Tony Slide one of the talking heads in the new-ish Hollywood: Singing & Dancing documentary narrated by Shirley Jones?
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Nice article DR DAW....thanks for the link.
Happy July 4th! I am working. Oh well.
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I don't remember that I have had any particularly joyous July 4th holidays....but I will enjoy reading comments today.
DR TCB you are probably right about Mr Larson and Ms Neill.
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The HAIR revival cast album arrived yesterday. It is in the cardboard Digi Pak.....cd with no paper cover on one side of the filp open book and booklet on the other side. I guess plastic cases are going the way of the dinosaur.
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Off to work. Oh well.
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If you ordered the Twelfth Night CD from Werkshop from the link DR DAW posted a few days ago, your card will be charged, however the album is to be released in AUGUST and you will not receive it until then - says "Mary" in her email to me.
The site does say preorder....I now notice in the small text....but AUGUST is not mentioned at all. Nothing to do but wait, and NEVER EVER EVER order anything from them again. EVER....
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TOD
For 30 years or so when I lived in Canada we had July 4th. But I didn't do anything.
One year I was in Switzerland we had July 4th and I didn't do anything,
The last decade or so living in Florida sometimes I went to a party. Sometimes I was in Canada (See #1) and sometimes I just relaxed and enjoyed the day off.
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So sorry, DR JRand58... :(
I'm not sure that there is any other way to obtain that CD at this point...
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Good morning, all! I admire the reasons for the Fourth of July celebrations but, outside of the evening fireworks at Barnitz Field, it was always a family day with my mother's family, the six siblings, all the in-laws, and all my cousins. The most memorable part of the day was great food and the worst part of the day was the sibling rivalries that eventually flared up in little bits and pieces. The day waas spent, usually, in the largew back yard of my Aunt Jean's house. We'd all return to Barnitz Field, suffering from sunburn, exhaustion, and praying it would be cool enough to allow us to sleep after the big shebang was over.
Today, work. I've got to stop by Alex Rybeck's to pck up Liz' two charts and head down to Toyland. When I get back here, I've got so many choices of things to do.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes for DR Ginny and Richard! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Is there any buzz on VANITIES, the musical at Second Stage?
I really liked David Kirschenbaum's work on SUMMER OF '42, and am curious as to whether his work on VANITIES will be as good as that score.
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Indeed!
***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
to DR Ginny and DH Richard!!!!
I'm sorry I did not see you this time around.
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Good morning!
A cool morning to start off with, but later when I went to sweep off the front stoop, it was already HOT. Going to be another blustering day here. Ugh!
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Happy 4th of July for all who celebrate!
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TOD:
The most memorable 4th celebration that comes immediately to mind was with some former friends of mine who lived on Lake Wylie. Each year, they'd have a picnic spread on their grounds, and then they'd take the boat out on the lake where the fireworks would go off around 9 p.m. Just sitting in that quiet boat watching the fireworks go off was sort of magical.
Back in those years, I was off from teaching for the summer, so it was a no hassle, free and easy evening, and I looked forward to it every year.
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My friend Jeff was going to have a cookout tonight, but suddenly made beach plans and had to cancel his party. (That's why I was invited to dinner on Wednesday night last.)
So, tonight, I have no plans for celebrating the 4th. Will likely be working anyway. More of that later.
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - ELI STONE
CBS - 48 HOURS MYSTERY, HARPER'S ISLAND, BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR
NBC - KINGS, MACY'S FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR
PBS - A CAPITOL FOURTH
TNT - NASCAR Race at Darlington
HBO - BURN AFTER READING (paycable premiere)
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For my work project tonight, I'll be watching FOR ALL MANKIND, this time on Blu-ray. With the contents of the disc already watched and written up, it's just a matter of seeing the Blu-ray resolution and HD sound and revising those portions of the review to reflect the HD content.
The film isn't long, so I should have time to view something fun later in the evening.
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Since I have nothing on the DVR recorded for the last couple of days, I'll be resuming '1776' while I cook and eat lunch. I love the movie so much that it'll be a real pleasure to see it again.
The DVD looks nice upconverted, but I'd sure love to have it on Blu-ray.
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Good morning and happy 4th!
I don't recall any particular memorable Independence Days in my past, however as a kid I was always thrilled by the sparklers and fireworks that we would set off....even as I was envious of he bigger and better fireworks that our neighbors Mark and Scott Adams had.
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I spent a good part of yesterday putting CDs into binders and tossing the plastic, clear cases. Gosh, I came across tons of music I had forgotten I even had, and it was interesting to see how much of it was purchased due to the fact that variious and sundried HHWers had mentioned the cds on this here website or had been sent to me by HHWers.
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I assume/hope there weren't any people who were relying on Jeff's cookout as their July 4th celebration plans, who then found themselves just a few days before July 4th with nothing to do because of the beach plans.
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And do be carefull with your firecrackers today!
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And the word of the day is: INVIGILATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
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FJL, I saw Vanities (but didn't write much about it) at the Pasadena Playhouse. From what I've been reading they have made changes to both score and book but the show still seems to be what it is - the play with songs stapled on. There's one great show-stopping number (The Same Old Music) but I found the score to be only okay. I really like David, though, and think he's very talented.
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Boy could I have slept late today if she of the Evil Eye wasn't arriving. Total silence.
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bk - thanks for the info
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bigger and better fireworks that our neighbors Mark and Scott Adams had.
And do be carefull with your firecrackers today!
Euphemisms??
;)
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Boy could I have slept late today if she of the Evil Eye wasn't arriving.
The price you pay for making the poor dear work on a National Holiday. ;)
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And the word of the day is: INVIGILATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
Oddly, this song has always had the capacity to really get on my nerves...
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I spent a good chunk of this morning listening to NPR... "All Things Considered" had a lot of interesting and fun stuff this morning, and then "Studio 360" had a program based around "The Great Gatsby". Needless to say, I'm now running a little late. But it's a good late. ;)
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And the word of the day is: INVIGILATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
Oddly, this song has always had the capacity to really get on my nerves...
Speaking as an audition pianist: "Tell me about it!"
;)
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Last night we celebrated Independence Day in our usual way, watching 1776. Tonight we will be going up to Jed's aunt's house in Seattle to watch fireworks. We will see how Toby handles it.
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Umm... Wait...
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!!!!HAPPY!!!!
!!!!JULY!!!!
!!!!FOURTH!!!!
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I assume/hope there weren't any people who were relying on Jeff's cookout as their July 4th celebration plans, who then found themselves just a few days before July 4th with nothing to do because of the beach plans.
Well, there may have been, but he did call it off two weeks ago, so that was a fairly good amount of time to plan something else.
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I guess I need to head down now and get started on fixing some lunch.
No mail today. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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*Much better. I didn't want to give "JULY" short shrift with the white background.
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And now I'm off to Brooklyn...
Laters...
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BK
Is Bob Gitt the same person as Robert Gitt who worked on the restoration of Lost Horizon (original)
If he is...
can you ask him if there is going to be a Blu Ray release of it and have they been able to improve upon the restoration since the 1999 dvd release? Any of the missing footage been found over the last decade or so?
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Same Bob Gitt and same Tony Slide.
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TOD: Most of the 4th of July of my youth were spent going to parks for free fireworks shows. My favorite July 4th was when we spent most of the day at Brophy Pool swimming, and then went to the Palms Theatre to see "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" which was a nice trip to movie heaven for me. As we took my grandparents home after the movie, we saw some fireworks in the distance- always a treat as a kid, and even now. We stopped at the Carnation Ice Cream Restaurant and got "Red, White and Blueberry" ice cream cones (again a treat not usually within our budget).
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I didn't want to give "JULY" short shrift
Indeed!
Nor anyone else, for that matter... :)
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I don't really have any July 4th memories... except for the simple joy of sparklers in childhood.
Growing up in the L.A. area, I do remember that small fireworks were legal then in CA - perhaps still are. My best friend and I somehow got a hold of the "catalog" from a local dealer printed on newsprint, and pored over it excessively and in great detail, comparing the various packages and comparing what array of items each contained. I don't recall that we ever prevailed in persuading our parents to actually purchase any of said packages, however. :)
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DAW, thanks for the "Full Monty" article.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Gj7mJbPPc
...with the verse
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You're quite welcome, DRs JRand58 and Kerry!!! :)
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Forgot to mention that Show Girl arrived yesterday!!!! :D
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MattH- that's good to know.
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Excuse me, I need to practice of this evening.
e-e-e-e-e-e-e-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w
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a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w
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o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h
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What fireworks? I have a date!
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Well, we all know that isn't true.
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One more!
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We need to get to Page Four of July.
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good morning and happy fourth!!!
We celebrated the 4th last night....well, it was a little like You Can't Take It With You, but it's always like that around here.
We had a small gathering of about 18 people that included 5 lawyers and the son of one of my brother's friends. he's currently charged with attempted murder, but is actually a nice guy. The food was great, but about the time the fireworks were to begin a downpour started and the power went out. We all sat in the dark awhile and then everyone made their way out to their cars. The entire evening was pretty funny and we all had a good time.
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The news just announced that butter sculpture at the Iowa State Fair will now be a tribute to the moon walk and will include Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson, honoring both of their "moon walks" LOL!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
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Independence Day greetings! Thanks to DRs Elmore and DAW for the travel vibes, which worked their usual magic. We arrived in Dayton about 20 minutes ahead of schedule and are now home doing laundry and waiting for DS Rob to bring back lunch from Subway (no groceries in the house). It was nice to find him and Mary Linda here when we arrived.
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Glad all went smoothly, Ginny
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
THAT certainly perked up Zach's ears!!! :D
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Toby and Dylan seemed to perk up, too.
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My brother Randy called me last evening as their cruise to Alaska sailed out of Seattle. He and Jo are making this cruise for my dad, who begged me, as well as my other siblings, every year for the last 12 of his life to take a month off and drive with him to Alaska. I always told him I was busy because I knew that, after two weeks on the road, either he or I would end up leaving the other on the side of the road to walk home.
So, Randy and Jo's cabin is directly opposite rooms 1921 and 1923, the years in which our parents were born. He was a little spooked by that.
After that, I had really weird dreams last night: I was working at the Drama Book Shop when it was at Seventh Avenue and 48th Street, only the elevators were broken and you had to enter through the basement, where the stock rooms were like post-holocaust nightmares of endless space and cartons of books. Several friends from Barnes and Noble were working there, as well as a lot of people I knew at the Drama Book Shop, some living and some now dead.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
Give that girl a movie contract!
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VIBES DS TOBY IS FINE WITH FIREWORKS, EXTRA VIBES HE ENJOYS THEM :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
Verry cute!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
LOL. I'm glad you put this here as I can't open it on Facebook. :)
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DR Ginny, nice to see you are safely home.
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Wishing everyone Fireworks-in-the-sky-but-no-fireworks-in-our-lives for today!
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HAPPY 99th BIRTHDAY TO GLORIA STUART
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Karen Morrow knocks Sondheim's I'm Still Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJP_bV5Lso) out of the ballpark. :)
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AND A HAPPY 81ST BIRTHDAY TO NEIL SIMON AND GINA LOLLABRIGIDA
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And a happy 110th!!!
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Thanks for all the welcomes. This morning's 5:30 wakeup call just caught up with me, so it's naptime - bye for now!
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And a happy 110th!!!
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Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
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And a happy 110th!!!
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Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
Gertrude Lawrence.
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And a happy 110th!!!
Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
Gertrude Lawrence.
I guess I have never seen that photo before.
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he's currently charged with attempted murder, but is actually a nice guy.
;D ;D
Don't mind my saying so but that sentence sounds like some deadpan humour line from DR Laura!
;D
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And a happy 110th!!!
Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
Gertrude Lawrence.
I guess I have never seen that photo before.
Gertrude Lawrence! You know; the one who looked like Dame Andrews in "Star!". :D :D
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And a happy 110th!!!
Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
Gertrude Lawrence.
I guess I have never seen that photo before.
Gertrude Lawrence! You know; the one who looked like Dame Andrews in "Star!".
DR TCB, I thought you were the standby in LADY IN THE DARK!
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The Other I'm Still Here babes
The Original---Yvonne DeCarlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmYEuoHPWM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmYEuoHPWM)
CHRISTINE BARANSKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnzssd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnzssd)
CAROL BURNETT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIHU9Hdx_c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIHU9Hdx_c)
EARTHA KITT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbhEo-4_ETc
DOLORES GREY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TrPkz4XnHE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TrPkz4XnHE)
Shirley McLaine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjQSpfW3iw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjQSpfW3iw)
ANN MILLER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyQHu19EbY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyQHu19EbY)
MILLICENT MARTIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDkNFuaOo4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDkNFuaOo4)
Randy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkBhNd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkBhNd)
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And a happy 110th!!!
Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
Gertrude Lawrence.
I guess I have never seen that photo before.
Gertrude Lawrence! You know; the one who looked like Dame Andrews in "Star!".
DR TCB, I thought you were the standby in LADY IN THE DARK!
Yeah, but the bitch never let me in the dressing room.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
Love it! :-*
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And a happy 110th!!!
Forgive my ignorance. Who is that?
Gertrude Lawrence.
I guess I have never seen that photo before.
Gertrude Lawrence! You know; the one who looked like Dame Andrews in "Star!".
DR TCB, I thought you were the standby in LADY IN THE DARK!
He was standby for Danny Kaye! ;)
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HAPPY FOURTH, YOU ALL!
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he's currently charged with attempted murder, but is actually a nice guy.
;D ;D
Don't mind my saying so but that sentence sounds like some deadpan humour line from DR Laura!
;D
I thought it was a very amusing comment.
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I am glad you enjoyed the kitten video. Perhaps I shall post more as they grow up.
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I hope so Laura. Keith also enjoyed it. Was that the first time it happened or did you do a re-take with the camera?
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he's currently charged with attempted murder, but is actually a nice guy.
;D ;D
Don't mind my saying so but that sentence sounds like some deadpan humour line from DR Laura!
;D
I thought it was a very amusing comment.
;D Now that you mention it, it does.
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I'm at home, just about to leave to go to the store, then to my parents' house. I read the notes, but not any of the posts. Last night's show went well, but we ended at 11:17...a little longer. ::) We had about 40 people in the audience. Those who see the show are enjoying it. That's nice. :D
Sorry to rush, but I just wanted to pop in and say HAVE A FUN AND SAFE FOURTH OF JULY!!
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Hitler learns about Sarah Palin's resignation. These youtube folk are fast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos
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The Other I'm Still Here babes
The Original---Yvonne DeCarlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmYEuoHPWM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmYEuoHPWM)
CHRISTINE BARANSKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnzssd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnzssd)
CAROL BURNETT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIHU9Hdx_c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIHU9Hdx_c)
EARTHA KITT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbhEo-4_ETc
DOLORES GREY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TrPkz4XnHE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TrPkz4XnHE)
Shirley McLaine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjQSpfW3iw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjQSpfW3iw)
ANN MILLER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyQHu19EbY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyQHu19EbY)
MILLICENT MARTIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDkNFuaOo4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDkNFuaOo4)
Randy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkBhNd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkBhNd)
Thank you for these links. I very much enjoyed watching them. My favorite musical ever, and likely always to be.
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I had a very tear-filled afternoon. I watched the rest of '1776' and the show always affects me every time I see it whether it's on stage or this wonderful film version.
Even the two different productions I was IN myself, I had a hard time not crying every night on stage. Maybe one of these days I'll get to do the show again.
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he's currently charged with attempted murder, but is actually a nice guy.
;D ;D
Don't mind my saying so but that sentence sounds like some deadpan humour line from DR Laura!
;D
I thought it was a very amusing comment.
It's actually true. My dad didn't realize until today he was the one in trouble. My dad thought it was the brother in law who sat looking very bored most of the evening.
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The commentary is OK, but I spent some time this afternoon with the screen tests on the disc. Some interesting make-up and costumes that ended up being very different in the movie.
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I'd love to have a documentary on the making of the show and film. There are a few of these actors still around who could participate, and the show is so unique that it's fully deserving of a real making of documentary.
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Well, I need to head back down to get to work on my work project for the evening.
WBBL.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGJJ-lvHfs
THAT certainly perked up Zach's ears!!! :D
It perked up my dad's too, he said "What are you watching there?" He's memorized the words to FJL's parody and has serenaded us with it seveal times
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I had a very tear-filled afternoon. I watched the rest of '1776' and the show always affects me every time I see it whether it's on stage or this wonderful film version.
Even the two different productions I was IN myself, I had a hard time not crying every night on stage. Maybe one of these days I'll get to do the show again.
In August 1969, I went into the 46th Street Theatre thinking, well, this will be interesting and when the show was over, I didn't want the show to end or to leave the theatre. I can still see William Daniels opening the show on that edge of the set that jutted out over the orchestra and yelling about Congress. It was absolutely brilliant. I had gone to New York to see PROMISES PROMISES with Jerry Ohrbach, which I saw the night before and loved, but 1776 blew that show out of the water.
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The commentary is OK, but I spent some time this afternoon with the screen tests on the disc. Some interesting make-up and costumes that ended up being very different in the movie.
Patricia Zipprodt's costume for Martha Jefferson was completely different in the film and a real improvement. Virginia Vestoff's onstage costume was a light lavender and I think she has more than one costume in the film.
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I hope so Laura. Keith also enjoyed it. Was that the first time it happened or did you do a re-take with the camera?
Jane has claimed her kittens several times.
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The Sandra and the Stolen Kitten video was so funny!
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I just got up from a nice nap and now I must get cleaned up and ready to head to Portland for a partay!
Frankly, I would rather go back and finish taking my nap.
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I just got up from a nice nap and now I must get cleaned up and ready to head to Portland for a partay!
Frankly, I would rather go back and finish taking my nap.
Your hosts may be hoping you do just that! :-*
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Yikes! My short nap lasted 2 1/2 hours.
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Question of the Day:
Can Mt. Rushmore be seen in Canada?
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I hope so Laura. Keith also enjoyed it. Was that the first time it happened or did you do a re-take with the camera?
Jane has claimed her kittens several times.
She is obviously a devoted mother.
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Answer:
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Yes.
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Congratulations to Fred! Ove 28,000 hits for your Sanford parody!
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I was so looking forward to seeing this production of CANDIDE since it's conducted by my friend, the great John deMain, who does PORGY & BESS better than anyone, and who is one great opera conductor. Also the cast looks good on paper, but it's not very good. You know you're in trouble when the choreographer decides to choreograph the greatest overture ever written for Broadway and you're stuck watching six dancers in silver body suits prance around aimlessly while the principal trumpet blows notes left and right. A lot of the secondary cast is Italian so a lot of the wonderful lyrics are next to unintelligible. The design, overall, is quite good, but the pace is slow. Then we get to the fantastic finale "Make Our Garden Grow" and the trumpeter blows the final chord! Oy.
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Answer:
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Yes.
LOL!
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Thank you, elmore. I thought it was funny.
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Ginny, I am glad that you and Richard had a wonderful trip and a safe return.
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This has to be one of the least attended Fourth of July parties I have ever been to in my life.
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My party this afternoon took an unfortunate turn when I took a bad fall off of my friend's back steps.
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Pain-free vibes to TCB!!!
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TCB - You were the first to point out to me the other day that the times-viewed were moving somewhat quickly, but I had at first attributed that to my having used a relatively-cheap YouTube promotion feature, where if a YouTube user searches for something like "Mark Sanford" or "South Carolina" - the link to my video would pop up along with anyone else's who's chosen to use the promotion feature. But they give you numbers and it turns out that out of the 28,000, only 2873 are due to people clicking on the promotion, the rest of the views came naturally.
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But as I said out loud the other day, I'm content with the fun of having reached 25,000, and I'll stop checking as regularly.
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I took a bad fall off of my friend's back steps.
I hope you at least completed the triple rotation before you landed. Otherwise, they deduct points.
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***PAIN-FREE VIBES***
to DR TCB!!!!
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DR elmore3003 - faced with the Overture to Candide as you described, I would have seriously considered departing posthaste. :P
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But as I said out loud the other day, I'm content with the fun of having reached 25,000, and I'll stop checking as regularly.
Yeah. Sure. ;)
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DR elmore3003 - faced with the Overture to Candide as you described, I would have seriously considered departing posthaste. :P
I knew it was a bad beginning, but I had hopes and I wanted to see how the production looked. Besides, that's why God invented the fast-forward button.
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DR TCB, are you okay? What are you doing to help yourself after your tumble?
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For anyone amused by such things, an internet friend who knows I'm became a little gaga at having gotten over 10,000 views when I was previously (that is, just four or five days ago) very content and happy with 2500-4000 views sent me this link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2221553/
which is basically about the "likelihood" of anyone ever getting a million views on YouTube :)
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Larry - It's twoo. I'm actually now able to be away form the computer for a few hours without needing to check how the vidoe is doing.
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that's why God invented the fast-forward button.
Ah. I didn't get that you were watching on video.
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Larry - It's twoo. I'm actually now able to be away form the computer for a few hours without needing to check how the vidoe is doing.
DR FJL, I love you, but I don't believe you! No no no, I'd sooner believe you if you tried to sell me a bridge in Brooklyn! ;D
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that's why God invented the fast-forward button.
Ah. I didn't get that you were watching on video.
I'm going to watch IM WEISSEN ROSSL from the Morbisch Festival now. Their productions are safe, traditional, and rather well done. And the orchestra plays well.
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Well, it just hit 25000 this morning, so the will power hasn't lasted that long so far.
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We're "back" in NYC now, watching the fireworks show in NBC.
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Take care, DR TCB!
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If I weren't so tired I would go watch the show. I've been working hard all day, & the last couple of days, doing some major cleaning. We have too many books to dust one by one.
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SUPER VIBES DR TCB DIDN'T DO ANY HARM ASIDE FROM A FEW SORE MUSCLES!!
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I feel so bad.
My niece stayed over tonight. When we were eating dinner, the person beside her spilled hot coffee and it landed on her (she is almost 4).
She had such a look of panic on her face (it spilled a bit on her arm and leg).
Anyhow i grabbed her right away and within a few seconds had stipped off all her clothes and was running cool water in the shower. So that part i was proud of myself for.
I let it run for about 5 minutes and she said it didn't hurt anymore. When i looked at it then her arm was completely fine. And her leg was red (less than the size of a hand). But it wasn't badly red (less than what i've seen a 1st degree burn looks like).
I put a cold pack on her. But she said it didn't hurt. She wanted to watch a movie. I looked at during the movie. But after (the movie was 1 hour 20 minutes) i lifted up the side of her underwear and there were 2 blisters that weren't there before (less than the size of my finger nails).
I feel so bad. Because if i had insisted on keeping the cold compress on during the movie then i wonder if that would have happened.
Anyhow i took antibiotic ointment and put a big white bandaid over it. Hopefully it will look better tomorrow. Or my sister might kill me. At least it doesn't hurt. :(
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Happy 4th of July!
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Feel better DR TCB. Hope you are okay!
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Jennifer - Really hoping all is OK!!!
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Oy, Larry, you're like an enabler. :) i just checked, which I wouldn't have done without this conversation and it's at 29283. Now I won;'t be able to get to sleep until it hits 30,000!!! I blame elmore if I don't get to sleep until 2 or 3 this morning. :) :)
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I think i just saw our building on TV.
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Jennifer - Really hoping all is OK!!!
I think it will be. She is sleeping now. The burn part i'm 99% sure is okay. I just don't know anything about blisters. They are very small. I will wait till tomorrow and show my sis.
I just feel so bad. I know i thought quickly re: the shower. She was in there in seconds. I just didn't realize the blisters could develop afterwards. :(
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TCB - You were the first to point out to me the other day that the times-viewed were moving somewhat quickly, but I had at first attributed that to my having used a relatively-cheap YouTube promotion feature, where if a YouTube user searches for something like "Mark Sanford" or "South Carolina" - the link to my video would pop up along with anyone else's who's chosen to use the promotion feature. But they give you numbers and it turns out that out of the 28,000, only 2873 are due to people clicking on the promotion, the rest of the views came naturally.
That is because you are a parody genius.
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I took a bad fall off of my friend's back steps.
I hope you at least completed the triple rotation before you landed. Otherwise, they deduct points.
Sadly, none of the judges were watching. They asked me to do it again, but I refused.
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For anyone amused by such things, an internet friend who knows I'm became a little gaga at having gotten over 10,000 views when I was previously (that is, just four or five days ago) very content and happy with 2500-4000 views sent me this link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2221553/
which is basically about the "likelihood" of anyone ever getting a million views on YouTube :)
Perhaps next time you should ask Susan Boyle to sing your parody.
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DR TCB, are you okay? What are you doing to help yourself after your tumble?
I am about to go soak in a very hot tub, and then I will go to bed. Unfortunately, I will not be doing anything in the near future that requires me to get on my knees.
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Someone I know once did a triple-putz, but that's a completely different thing, i think.
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DR TCB I hope the hot tub helps & your knees heal quickly!
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Seriously, take care of yourself, TCB. If you can tolerate them, I'm told the thing to do is to take the pain relievers before the pain becomes unbearable, at least that's what I've always been told.
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I feel so bad.
My niece stayed over tonight. When we were eating dinner, the person beside her spilled hot coffee and it landed on her (she is almost 4).
She had such a look of panic on her face (it spilled a bit on her arm and leg).
Anyhow i grabbed her right away and within a few seconds had stipped off all her clothes and was running cool water in the shower. So that part I was proud of myself for.
Yes, but in the middle of he restaurant?
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DR Jennifer accidents happen & you did do everything right. Keeping the cold compress on longer might not have prevented the blisters. Guilt comes with the territory when the kids are so young.;)
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Seriously, take care of yourself, TCB. If you can tolerate them, I'm told the thing to do is to take the pain relievers before the pain becomes unbearable, at least that's what I've always been told.
Or something to relax the muscles before they get really sore.
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Well, I have taken a Vicodin and a muscle relaxer (which probably explains all of my stupid posts - tonight anyway)
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Thank you all for your concerns.
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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!
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G'night!
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IM WEISSEN ROSSL is a lot of fun. I imagine the Morbisch productions are a lot like the old Jone Beach spectacles: a huge stage with enormous casts. I'm in Act one of the operetta, which is originally set in 1870 or so, but this production has the actors in 1930s clothing. The cast is enormous and the musical staging very funny. It's all very Austrian country with half of the chorus girls in maid's uniforms and the other half as tourists, the dancers are dressed as country milkmaids in dirndls, the male dancers are very buff in liederhosen and no shirts and the men's chorus dressed as tourists or guides. For the milkmaids' number, the boys were dressed as cows a la GYPSY, very silly and very funny. The orchestra is wonderful.
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I love sitting and relaxing on the deck on warm summer evenings.
'night
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Back from a very nice partay, and shall now wait for fireworks to start.
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Another sparkler day, just sparklers
(almost BK's opening line from The Last Starfighter reading)
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Listening to the HAIR revival CD.....I don't hate it.
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DR LAURA love the video.
I also watched Hitler finds out Michael Jackson is dead.....oh my.
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As if to reclaim my sanity, the video's at 29885 and I refuse to wait up for those slow 115 people to get it to 30,000, so there!
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I'm realizing they don't update YouTube times-watched one by one anyway. It seems to be at some interval only the Youtube Powers That Be seem to know about.
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I just don't get the 1776 and William Daniels love....the show and man both send me over the edge....so together....oh brother! I've tried, fans, I have tried.....
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I really liked IM WEISSEN ROSSL; it's staged within an inch of its life and very well done. My only complaint is that the idiot tv crew keeps cutting from the numbers to the back of the audience to show us the enormity of the stage, audience, and lake and it screws up some wonderful moments in the staging. Highly recommended.
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Yikes! My short nap lasted 2 1/2 hours.
When I do that, I find I can't fall asleep at night easily. I hope you don't have that problem tonight.
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Got my work done and had some fun viewing besides on this 4th of July eve.
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I began with my work assignment: FOR ALL MANKIND on Blu-ray. Looked nice and sounded great (DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio track), and the movie is so stirring that its 80 minutes pass in what seems like half the time.
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Then I sampled all of the extras which I had watched on the DVD. They're all in high definition, something Criterion is very good about doing when they port extras over from DVD to Blu-ray.
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When that was finished, I went over to my stack of unwatched Warner Archive discs and picked out TARZAN'S SECRET FOUNTAIN, Lex Barker's first Tarzan movie, and it brought back many, many memories of Sunday afternoon watching Tarzan movies on TV while my dad was playing golf (the minute he got in, we had to hope the movie was finished, because he'd immediately change to channel to see whatever golf tournament was playing on Sunday afternoon.)
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When that was finished, I had about 45 minutes to spare before I needed to come up and work on my review, so I pulled out BONES - Season 2 and watched the episode about the death of a girl found in a chandelier after a big explosion goes off at a party.
Enjoyable.
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I recorded BURN AFTER READING off HBO-HD tonight, but I likely won't watch it until Monday.
Right now, I plan to take Monday off. I only have two review discs left: both are Criterion's REPULSION, one on DVD and one on Blu-ray. I'm going to do the DVD tomorrow afternoon and then hope some review discs come in the mail on Monday so I can break up watching REPULSION so close to one another on the two different encodes.
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Now I think I need to head downstairs and go to bed.
Good night!
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CBS out did themselves this year. It seems everyone watching the fireworks was really happy.
And new fireworks I had not seen before.
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This is the first time I've turned on the computer in 2 days. Really trying to go through all the boxes and bags so I can have an apartment back.
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Happy 4th of July everyone (late I know).
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Forgot to mention that Show Girl arrived yesterday!!!! :D
So did mine! ;D
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Oops, I had to read the last 3 days of bk's notes. I guess I should have gone to the post office today to see if Cops and Robbers was there. Oh well, Monday.
Listened to Showgirl again today. Maybe one day I'll venture to New York.
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The finale of fireworks was only red, white, and blue. Really nice. Being here from another country and I'm old enough to say and another time. I appreciate being here, my memories of Berlin all seem to involve dirt and rubble.
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Worst memory of 4th of July. St. Louis maybe 1960, one of the kids on the block lost his finger to fireworks. Fireworks were in every garage.
Best memory. Bakersfield 1976, laying in the back of a pickup truck and the city sky lighting up for as far as you could see.
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Worst memory of 4th of July. St. Louis maybe 1960, one of the kids on the block lost his finger to fireworks. Fireworks were in every garage.
Best memory. Bakersfield, laying in the back of a pickup truck and the city sky lighting up for as far as you could see.
How did you get Bakersfield to fit in the back of a pickup truck? I hope pictures were taken! :-)
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Good Evening!
Once again, Happy Independence Day!
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So...
I went to Brooklyn. I met up with my friend, Jeff, who happens to be a doctor, a fine pianist, and quite the avid record/audio collector (mainly piano recitals and opera). He had just re-found a box of old LPs - including some shellac discs - in his storage unit, so we spent a bit of time listening to Lauritz Melchior, Lawrence Tibbett, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Vladimir Horowitz. Quite a nice way to spend part of my afternoon.
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I just watched the last three episodes of "Pushing Daisies." There are fireworks going off very closely and they're quite loud. I have my window closed, so it's muffled a bit, but it's still a bit distracting. My cat is hiding somewhere, but she'll be okay. :)
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Then, since I was invited - well, since Monkey was invited - I headed on over to the Brooklyn Museum (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/).
What a wonderful museum! It was my first time there, and I will definitely be making a return visit. -Maybe as soon as tomorrow.
*And for any DR who may have followed my Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/josespiano/) feed today, well... Monkey definitely had a nice time at the Brooklyn Museum too. :)
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And the main reason I may head back to the Brooklyn Museum is to make one more pass through Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/caillebotte/). It was a wonderful exhibition, and even included some of Caillebotte's designs and models for sailboats(!). Even the curator came down to say Hi to me... And Monkey, of course.
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It was nice to take this break and read today's posts. I'm so far behind from this last month, I don't know if I'll be able to go back and read everything.
And as far as being behind here at home, my carpet seems to have a grey haze floating on top of it. That must be dust, I know the carpet is beige somewhere underneath. Better vacuum soon.
Back to unpacking and sorting, so I can vacuum, maybe next week.
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Hope everyone had a great holiday. Good night all. ;)
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DR Dan (the Man) - As for the "Floor Scrapers":
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/caillebotte/images/EL63.05.floorscrapers_542-wide.jpg)
"In this image, the two men—likely master and apprentice—finish a newly laid hardwood floor by shaving the buckling boards into plane. Research suggests that the space may have been Caillebotte’s own studio. While the older man passes his tool over the joins, leaving behind curled shavings, the boy pauses to sharpen his blade."
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Goodnight, DR Sam.
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And then I headed over to my friends place at 59th & West End Avenue to watch the fireworks from the balcony of his apartment on the 21st floor.
WOW!!!!
:)
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Goodnight DR Jose and monkey.
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And while I was at the July 4th Party...
A young(er) man came up to me, and said, "I know you. You may not remember me, but I know you. We met during the Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center..."
He then went on to explain how he had spent the week of his 22nd birthday at the Kennedy Center. The day of his 22nd birthday he saw Company. Standing room. And he happened to be standing next to me during the performance. -Any of the participants and staff were allowed to stand for any of the productions in the festival. We started talking, I found out that is was his birthday, and then, as a truly impromptu birthday gift to him, I took him backstage afterwards. I introduced him to Lynn Redgrave - she was playing Joanne - as well as some of the actors in that production: Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, David Pittu, etc., etc., etc.
So, seven years later... Hello, again! He served as one of the production assistants for the music department of The Little Mermaid, and is currently one of their subs. One of the guys he subs for is my friend, Andy, who is a fellow Lestat alum. He had noticed something on Andy's Facebook page a few weeks about a "Jose", and it turned out that we were one in the same. Or something like that.
*And it was also great to find out that the special Sondheim Celebration souvenir paperweight I had sent him afterwards did get to him. And that he still has it - and hasn't put it up for sale on e-Bay. ;)
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That's a great story, Jose!
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DR TCB - ~~~~~SORE NO MORE VIBES TO YOU~~~~~
*Which are a lot better than "sores no more vibes". ;)
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And since the upload finally finished:
Monkey at the Brooklyn Museum (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23108900@N02/sets/72157620836903417/)
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Finished two motion pictures and shall now write the notes.
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DR Jennifer - There is no need to feel bad. As DR Jane mentioned, accidents do happen. As for the blisters, the ice packs would not have helped. Blisters are more or less an immediate symptom, and, actually, if you had left the ice packs on longer, that could have made the blisters worse. You want to cool them down, not freeze them. As long as your niece is smiling and laughing, that's really all that counts. Yes, keep an eye out for any swelling and continued redness, but if she sees that you're worrying, she's gonna start to worry too.
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Hitler learns about Sarah Palin's resignation. These youtube folk are fast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos
Yes, they are! And I'm amazed at the number of videos using that same clip for different situations.
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But as I said out loud the other day, I'm content with the fun of having reached 25,000, and I'll stop checking as regularly.
So does this mean you've learned how to set up text alerts to your cellphone each time another 500 views occurs?
;)
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I'm now watching "America's Got Talent." They have some fun acts on the episodes that I've watched.
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I'm finally able to ketchup on some of the TV shows that I've recorded. Tomorrow, however, I have to go to my sister's (yet again) and help her with something.
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
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Well, it's been a long day, and it looks like I might have a long - but good - day tomorrow/today too. A friend of mine whom I helped get through a major rough patch last year has offered to "take me out for the day" - whatever I want to do, wherever I want to go. Alas, after today's very full day, I'm tempted just to order pizza in and ask him to help me with my laundry and cleaning. We shall see.
Goodnight.
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(http://www.hanureddyrealty.com/irvine/irv-images/fireworksAnimation.gif)
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OH!
And I do have to say that the weather today could not have been more perfect for July 4th! Sunny, cool, breezy. In fact, it even felt a little chilly at times standing on my friend's balcony. Ah!
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Here in the Olympia/Tumwater/Lacey area, it was pretty warm. I was hoping to have a brand new skylight to be able to vent the hot air out of the top of my condo, but NO!! They didn't install it this weekend. :P HOPEFULLY, it'll at least be installed this coming week...but I'll make sure that I talk with the property manager to find out why they didn't install it.