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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were the same as always (because I do not like change), and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're not coming home right now because THEY don't like change.
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And the word of the day is: ZUGZWANG!
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD player: I just received (a couple of days ago) the new concert version of Chess In Concert and Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Road Show. I listened to these yesterday, but I want to listen to them again. I did like Road Show...so far. I want to find my CD to Bounce and listen to them, one after the other and compare. ;)
In my DVD player: the DVD to the new concert version of Chess In Concert and a DVD-R of the movie "Topkapi" that I recorded not too long ago. Can't wait for the official CD!
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That's terrible about Dolores, BK. You'd think that if someone wants to buy a restaurant that's been around for as long as that one's been, they'd SLOWLY make changes...and nothing as drastic as that.
They never learn. :P
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And now, to bed.
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Perhaps if dear reader Jeanne gets online she'll tell you about my reaction.
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my reaction
chain?
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Laura DR - loved the kitty video! :D And it was an extra bonus that the leopard fainting couch made a supporting appearance. :)
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Yes very entertaining video with one kitten deciding to explore somewhat outside the box, so to speak....although the curiosity was quickly satisfied....
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TOD:
DVD/BluRay - IM WEISSEN ROSSL - Franz Joseph has arrived - and gone - and now we are dealing with a girl who can't say her "s's" ... and the doctor who is loved by the owner of the Inn is now in love with a statuesque blonde.....
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TODAY: Largest planet Jupiter conjuncts Dreamy Neptune today while both are in retrograde:
Overall, expansion of consciousness is the key to this Jupiter-Neptune conjunction. Golden opportunities are available in most areas of life, work and relationships, but the shadow side of this connection can bring into manifestation illusions, deceptions, chaos and confusion.
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Greetings. Another busy day at the office and then I'm off to Long Island again for the weekend.
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DR JOSE - I think I just figured out how to make my own Golden Helmet of Mambrino....duh! Only had to think about it awhile before I spent $79.
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And now I am off to work....oh well.
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Friday morning greetings! We'll be leaving in about an hour for Chicago.
Media report - CD(car) - audiobook: Jan Karon's These High Green Hills, 3rd in the Mitford series. Richard is learning about being a parish priest from Father Tim. In fact, now when an issue comes up in Lima, we say "WWFTD?"*
*What Would Father Tim Do?
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I am glad you enjoyed the video. It is Elmore who is trying to get out of the box.
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Jose, a coyote is a human smuggler.
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I'll find out today whether the tax return emergency was finished in time to make the client happy. Thanks so much for the vibes.
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Glad you've found a diagnostician you can have more confidence in, Larry.
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I am glad you enjoyed the video. It is Elmore who is trying to get out of the box.
The story of my life! I suspect he knows that New York is somewhere east of Phoenix, but it will take him several years before he gets there.
Good morning, all! Today I am back to the McGlinnventory, and I'll begin my 45-minute trek around 9 am. Now that Liz's work is completed I'm back to usual jobs at home: Loesser, Moross, and the ongoing angst at the office.
TOD:
DVD: Im Weissen Rossl )I want to watch it again), several Netflix items, The Merry Widow (100th Anniversary celebration)
CD: Liz Callaway, Guy Haines, Debbie Gravitte, Matt Bogart, Sean McDermott
VCR: short art films
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And the word of the day is: ZUGZWANG!
And The Song Of The Day Is: NOBODY'S SIDE
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BK
What is the actual title of the 25th anniversary concert with Joe Hisaishi conducting all his Studio Ghibli scores with a 200 piece orchestra and a 200 member choir
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Looks like AIG is looking to give a couple of millions in bonuses again, per the New York Times :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/business/10insure.html?_r=1&ref=business
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I've been watching the first season of IN TREATMENT, which I'll probably continue over the weekend.
I'm also expecting Season 7 of MONK today, so that will be fun.
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DR JOSE ASKED YESTERDAY
If you are a CBS Soap Opera Fan, you would know that since Amber's character actually started on "The Bold and the Beautiful", and she's made some "guest apperances" back "B&B" over the years. -Much like Sheila (who I keep expecting to come back someday) and Lauren.
*Do any of the other networks have any characters that crossover from show to show?
When Another World was cancelled by NBC several of the characters from that show moved over to As The World Turns on CBS for a a short time. (I guess shoehorning characters from one series to another didn't work.
Also after Another World was cancelled Linda Dano went to All My Children. I think she played a character that first appeared on One Life To Live
Then that character appeared on all the other ABC Soaps, One Life To Live, General Hospital and the spin off from General Hospital. (Don't remember the name of it)
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Good morning!
We actually had over an inch and a half of rain yesterday, so things are starting to look a bit green again after turning brown for much of the last month with no rain. Back up into the high 80s today.
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I still haven't decided if I'm going to go ahead and watch REPULSION or Blu-ray today or not. I know I'm due to get THE TOWERING INFERNO on Blu-ray at some point in the next week (it comes out Tuesday), but I've enjoyed my week off very much. We'll see how I feel later today. I might just take the afternoon off and do the disc tonight. It's not a long movie, and I've watched all of the bonus features already.
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - SURVIVING SUBURBIA, THE GOODE FAMILY, 20/20
NBC - THE CHOPPING BLOCK, DATELINE
FOX - ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?, MENTAL
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Friday Media Check:
CD - SHOW GIRL (OCR)
DVD - REPULSION (Blu-ray)
IDIOT'S DELIGHT
VERONICA MARS, Season 1, disc 1
CONQUEST FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Blu-ray)
DVR - last night's ROYAL PAINS
last night's THE MENTALIST rerun
last night's THE FASHION SHOW
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bk, wasn't the soundtrack to UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE on United Artists? Would that be a possibility for a future release?
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Does this take us to Page 2?
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It does!!
Page Two Dance!!!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm still deciding whether to make coffee here or take the 30-second walk up the street to get some coffee. Decisions, decisions.
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DR Michael S - Thanks for those "soap opera crossovers". I remember the whole Linda Dano "stunt". I think that was part of one of her anniversary years with the network.
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Media Check:
DVR:
Still more episodes of Maverick
Last Nights BIG BROTHER
CD:
Soundtrack to a new Punjabi movie
DVD:
Dragstrip Girl
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Motorcycle Gang
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I must head downstairs now to clean up so I can go on my usual Friday errands.
WBBL.
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DRs Jennifer and MichaelS - There's news on some of the foodie blogs that Tim Hortons Coffee and Donuts will be coming to NYC sometime over the next couple of weeks. Any thoughts?
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Greetings. Another busy day at the office and then I'm off to Long Island again for the weekend.
Hugs to Ant!
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WHOA!
Just read a few reports about the line for Shakespeare in the Park this morning.
-Longest line in history.
-If you weren't in line by 4:30am(!!!), you probably won't get tickets.
-Staff started telling people who arrived after 5:00am, "Not a chance".
*And I thought some of the lines for Hair were l-o-n-g.
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As for the Friday Media Check...
Radio: More WNYC this week, rather than WQXR. I had forgotten how much I like waking up to NPR's "Morning Edition".
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Perhaps if dear reader Jeanne gets online she'll tell you about my reaction.
;D Somehow I think we can all imagine your reaction without her description.
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Opening night....it's opening night....it's Max Bialystock's latest----oh, wait, I'm in MD recurrent song in head hell. :) But it is indeed opening night tonight after literally months of pre-production (easily the longest pre I've ever been involved in--I was hired last October and had most of the pit band put together by December). I will just say the show is HUGE, and is getting huger--last night they finally added the last element, a gigantic louvred mylar screen that folds down from the flies at the end of Springtime for Hitler. Oregon Art Beat came and filmed our last invited dress (which went better than the first, all told--tolled?), so there may ultimately be film at 11.
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bk, wasn't the soundtrack to UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE on United Artists? Would that be a possibility for a future release?
Well we know MattH skips my posts. :)
I've brought this up several times. BK has said it's a non-starter, more or less.
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I would love to do Up The Down Staircase but they can't find the paperwork on it, and hence can't license it. Very frustrating.
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The Hisaishi title is Joe Hisaishi In Budokan - Miyazaki Anime To Tomo Ni Ayunda 25 Nenkan. The DVD is actually region 2, but the Blu-Ray is region-free.
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I've been up for an hour now, merrily printing out orders.
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From Jose:
DR Jane - Not to sound too alarmist, but a friend of mine recently had a similar "bruise" on his foot. He let it go for a while thinking it would heal, but finally went in to see a doctor when he could no longer fit his foot into his shoes. It turned out that he had blod clot. If Keith is feeling even just a tad of numbness or tingling, he really should get it checked out ASAP.
Thank you for the suggestion, that is very scary.
The swelling continues to go down & the bruise already looks better today. Thankfully he isn't experiencing any numbness or tingling. I just went over all the symptoms with him again. The guy is a quick healing.
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DR JMK, OPENING NIGHT VIBES!!!
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I would love to do Up The Down Staircase but they can't find the paperwork on it, and hence can't license it. Very frustrating.
What he said. ;D
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RE: so you think you can dance
I was not happy with the guy they sent home last night. I was so annoyed i turned off my tv.
Btw, what was up with nigel admitting that they find out B3 that morning and already decide who is leaving???
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RE: BB
I hate jesse!
I would have loved to see brian or jessica (dislike cowboy the most).
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DRs Jennifer and MichaelS - There's news on some of the foodie blogs that Tim Hortons Coffee and Donuts will be coming to NYC sometime over the next couple of weeks. Any thoughts?
Aren't there some Tim Hortons already in the US?
Here the chain is pretty big, with locations on many corners. Where i live they have a bunch of them (drive thrus) attached to gas stations.
Plus there are another 3 within 2 miles of each other.
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BDT actually managed to hit one out of every approximately 17 notes correctly last night. Be still, my palpitating heart. :)
BDT and my drummer (who used to be my bossa nova drummer--emphasis on "used to be") both argued with me when I told them they were missing cues. You know, in my day, when I was the pit keyboardist, or in any orchestra, symphony, jazz, or otherwise, that I've played with, I would have NEVER questioned the conductor, even if I thought he/she were wrong. It just astounds me. (Not to mention--I was right. ;) ).
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Hello, everyone.
Yes, it's the very E&T dear reader Jeanne here.
As some of you know, I've been dealing with some rather serious medical problems lately, which have caused me to be sick a lot. I've also been wi-fi-less recently. I had a wireless router installed, but all has not been smooth. This morning I could read the posts, but couldn't log in. It's a puzzlement.
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And since I do recognize subtle pressure I will respond to BK's challenge. As Jane suggested, it was pretty much the standard BK annoyance routine. Bruce repeated his favorite curse words, said how stupid it was for Delores' to change the menu that had been successful for so many years, snarled a few times, showing his teeth, then said to the waitress, "I DO NOT LIKE CHANGE!" She was actually quite patient and tried to be accommodating.
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Oh, and he also kept adjusting his eye patch.
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
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Hello, everyone.
Yes, it's the very E&T dear reader Jeanne here.
As some of you know, I've been dealing with some rather serious medical problems lately, which have caused me to be sick a lot. I've also been wi-fi-less recently. I had a wireless router installed, but all has not been smooth. This morning I could read the posts, but couldn't log in. It's a puzzlement.
I for one hope that having a wireless router installed is not part of your medical problems. :) Feel better!
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
I can call that veggie burger anecdote and raise you. :)
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TOD:
CD: SHOW GIRL
DVD: A TOUCH OF FROST
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Now that the computer consultant is on his way here my wi-fi is functioning. It was working early this morning, so I called him and we agreed that he didn't need to come back out. As soon as I got off the phone will him thins went haywire again. Oy!
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Hello, everyone.
Yes, it's the very E&T dear reader Jeanne here.
As some of you know, I've been dealing with some rather serious medical problems lately, which have caused me to be sick a lot. I've also been wi-fi-less recently. I had a wireless router installed, but all has not been smooth. This morning I could read the posts, but couldn't log in. It's a puzzlement.
I for one hope that having a wireless router installed is not part of your medical problems. :) Feel better!
LOL. Thank you. And I hadn't even made the connection! Maybe I need a new diagnostician, like elmore.
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
I can call that veggie burger anecdote and raise you. :)
Huh? OK, I'm game.
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OK... I just figured out the source of the leak in the kitchen ceiling... :-\
And now..
Laters...
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***BREAK-A-LEG OPENING NIGHT VIBES***
for DR JMK!!!!!
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***FEEL BETTER & GOOD HEALTH VIBES***
for DR Jeanne!!!!
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Oh, and he also kept adjusting his eye patch.
And yelling "YAR!!!!!" ??
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - SURVIVING SUBURBIA, THE GOODE FAMILY, 20/20
NBC - THE CHOPPING BLOCK, DATELINE
FOX - ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?, MENTAL
And for those of us who have been awaiting:
At 9PM the return of EUREKA! 0n SciFi SyFy
der Brucer
And for those of us who hate change - the SciFi to SyFy is as useless as that recent Tropicana OJ box redesign
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BDT actually managed to hit one out of every approximately 17 notes correctly last night. Be still, my palpitating heart. :)
I think his last job was playing that Roman production of CANDIDE I was watching last week.
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An interesting day at the McGlinnventory. What a pile of collected paper and what strange pack rat tendencies!
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Back from the two-mile jog - needed a break today. Will now go do errands and whatnot.
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Bruce,
Have you thought about finding out who bought/changed Dolores and contacting them about the changes? If enough people do this, they might be willing to bring back what made Dolores' good in the first place.
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BK - look at it this way, The Smokehouse hasn't changed their garlic bread - yet.
der Brucer
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Opening night....it's opening night....it's Max Bialystock's latest----oh, wait, I'm in MD recurrent song in head hell. :) But it is indeed opening night tonight after literally months of pre-production (easily the longest pre I've ever been involved in--I was hired last October and had most of the pit band put together by December). I will just say the show is HUGE, and is getting huger--last night they finally added the last element, a gigantic louvred mylar screen that folds down from the flies at the end of Springtime for Hitler. Oregon Art Beat came and filmed our last invited dress (which went better than the first, all told--tolled?), so there may ultimately be film at 11.
~~~OPENING NIGHT LEG BREAKAGE VIBES FOR DR JMK, CAST (no pun intended) AND CREW!!~~~
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Does the LATIMES (http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/71994,0,6709849.venue) mislead:
Best dishes Dolores Super Burger with Suzy Q fries, Famous Jumbo Jim double-decker burger with Z sauce, tuna melt, Salisbury steak.
der Brucer
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OK... I just figured out the source of the leak in the kitchen ceiling... :-\
And now..
Laters...
C'mon--do tell!
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Hello, everyone.
Yes, it's the very E&T dear reader Jeanne here.
As some of you know, I've been dealing with some rather serious medical problems lately, which have caused me to be sick a lot. I've also been wi-fi-less recently. I had a wireless router installed, but all has not been smooth. This morning I could read the posts, but couldn't log in. It's a puzzlement.
~~~CONTINUED GET BETTER VIBES FOR DR JEANNE!!~~~
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DR DerBrucer, how old is the Times article? If it is very recent maybe Bruce should also contact them ;)
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HEALTH, HOME, INTERNET, AND ALL AROUND VIBES FOR DR JEANNE!!!
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Shower time for Sherlock. We want him clean & pretty before the beautifully groomed Corgi returns. :)
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DR DerBrucer, how old is the Times article? If it is very recent maybe Bruce should also contact them ;)
It's from their On-Line Calandarlive site - current today. (And they do have links for posting you own review or updating details.
der Brucer
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
I can call that veggie burger anecdote and raise you. :)
Huh? OK, I'm game.
Maybe you hadn't yet joined our Merrie Little Troupe when BK ventured north to PDX and we had a Boca Burger barbecue chez moi. ;)
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Does the LATIMES (http://Best dishes Dolores Super Burger with Suzy Q fries, Famous Jumbo Jim double-decker burger with Z sauce, tuna melt, Salisbury steak.) mislead:
Best dishes Dolores Super Burger with Suzy Q fries, Famous Jumbo Jim double-decker burger with Z sauce, tuna melt, Salisbury steak.
der Brucer
Der B., the link isn't correct. :-\
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Does the LATIMES (http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/71994,0,6709849.venue) mislead:
Best dishes Dolores Super Burger with Suzy Q fries, Famous Jumbo Jim double-decker burger with Z sauce, tuna melt, Salisbury steak.
der Brucer
Der B., the link isn't correct. :-\
Why George, whatever do you mean - it's works just fine ;)
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It's clouding up again even though rain was not really in the forecast. It'll be interesting to see if we get any more precipitation.
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - SURVIVING SUBURBIA, THE GOODE FAMILY, 20/20
NBC - THE CHOPPING BLOCK, DATELINE
FOX - ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?, MENTAL
And for those of us who have been awaiting:
At 9PM the return of EUREKA! 0n SciFi SyFy
der Brucer
And for those of us who hate change - the SciFi to SyFy is as useless as that recent Tropicana OJ box redesign
Thanks for the addition to the schedule. I'll try to remember next week to include SyFy (the most idiotic name imaginable) next week.
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I watched last night's ROYAL PAINS while I ate lunch. One of the best episodes yet. I LOVED it mainly because Evan wasn't constantly letting his hormones run away with him and chasing every girl in sight. We saw FINALLY another side of Evan, and it was GREAT.
The cases for Hank were wonderful, too. Very engrossing hour.
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Next, I watched THE MENTALIST rerun from last night. That episode probably ended up my favorite episode of the season. The one about gambling in Vegas. Jane got to use his powers of observation throughout the entire show, and those episodes are always my favorites. Some excellent guest stars, too, including Gregg Henry and Andrea Parker.
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Next I skimmed through today's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Adam was in it, but looking like he's found another person to snare for his schemes. No Phillip or Rafe.
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Next I watched two episodes of VERONICA MARS.
The first had Veronica helping Wallace's girl friend who had been scammed by some computer nerds who were cheating folks out of money so they could develop a killer video game.
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The second one, the real shocker of the two I watched, had the end of Veronica's and Keith's relationships. Veronica's was truly a surprise, and what a shame to lose Aaron Ashmore since he seemed to fit into her world so well. But what a surprise ending! Wow! Great episode of a sadly undervalued series.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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Then I skimmed through today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Fish and Kyle were both on with Fish being cruised on his date with (ugh) Layla by the waiter, and Kyle dropping some hints to Christian that Kyle was using Layla.
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I think it's likely that I will go ahead and watch REPULSION on Blu-ray tonight to get my last review disc (for now) out of the way.
I got nothing in the mail today, so that will leave the weekend completely free from work projects.
And since the movie isn't all that long, I should still have time to watch something for fun tonight, too.
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Does the LATIMES (http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/71994,0,6709849.venue) mislead:
Best dishes Dolores Super Burger with Suzy Q fries, Famous Jumbo Jim double-decker burger with Z sauce, tuna melt, Salisbury steak.
der Brucer
Der B., the link isn't correct. :-\
Why George, whatever do you mean - it's works just fine ;)
Thank you. :-*
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I had no packages either - and am expecting a lot of them.
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Back from errands and whatnot and don't really have anything else to do, save for printing whatever orders come in and then supping and seeing the Johnny Depp movie. I was thinking about canceling the movie - but now it's probably too late to do so.
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I survived Vacation Bible School. Now just the parents' program tonight.
I live an exciting life.
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Looks like things are pretty quiet on the internet this afternoon. I'm finished with my surf, and will soon be heading downstairs.
WBBL.
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Um, four pages? I don't think so.
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
I can call that veggie burger anecdote and raise you. :)
Huh? OK, I'm game.
Maybe you hadn't yet joined our Merrie Little Troupe when BK ventured north to PDX and we had a Boca Burger barbecue chez moi. ;)
I would love to have been there, especially since I'm sure I agree somewhat with Bruce's opinion of those.
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Gratuitous Post #
100 101.
:)
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - SURVIVING SUBURBIA, THE GOODE FAMILY, 20/20
NBC - THE CHOPPING BLOCK, DATELINE
FOX - ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?, MENTAL
And for those of us who have been awaiting:
At 9PM the return of EUREKA! 0n SciFi SyFy
der Brucer
And for those of us who hate change - the SciFi to SyFy is as useless as that recent Tropicana OJ box redesign
Thanks for the addition to the schedule. I'll try to remember next week to include SyFy (the most idiotic name imaginable) next week.
I liked SciFi, have no idea why they changed.
I'm looking forward to Eureka, thanks. Company is back.
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DR Michael S - Thanks for those "soap opera crossovers". I remember the whole Linda Dano "stunt". I think that was part of one of her anniversary years with the network.
50th or 75th?
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I managed a quick hello to the baby & then said hello to the Corgi who didn't want to be left out. They disappeared into their room to freshen up. They have plans to go out tonight. We aren't sure if we are babysitting the dog or not.
Have I mentioned how cute the baby & Corgi are ;)
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Bruce do you plan to comment on the Times site?
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I had no idea that SciFi changed to SyFy. When did this happen?
Shows you how long it's been since I watched that channel. :-\
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BDT actually managed to hit one out of every approximately 17 notes correctly last night. Be still, my palpitating heart. :)
I think his last job was playing that Roman production of CANDIDE I was watching last week.
In GUYS AND DOLLS we had a trumpet player that was either fantastic or horrible (never in-between). I ventured the opinion that he was drunk or stoned half the time, which we (the Save A Soulers) decided accounted for the the fantastic performances. Unfortunately, over half the performances (including the one we filmed) he was sober.
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DRs Jennifer and MichaelS - There's news on some of the foodie blogs that Tim Hortons Coffee and Donuts will be coming to NYC sometime over the next couple of weeks. Any thoughts?
Not really.
But there is an urban legend on how the Tim Horton's version of Dunkin Mumchkins were named
Tim Horton (was a great hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but this has nothing to with the urban legend) he was killed in a road accident on the 401 aka The Trans Canada Highway. He was spread out all over the road.
The new donuts were called Tim Bits
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Um, four pages? I don't think so.
No. Actually it is only 3 1/2.
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Also Wendy's Canada owns Tim Horten's (or is it the other way around?) and they are found in many of the Wendy's restaurants.
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the last time I tuned into the SciFi/SyFy channel, it seemed more like the Playboy channel.
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the last time I tuned into the SciFi/SyFy channel, it seemed more like the Playboy channel.
That is definitely NOT a good thing!
;)
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
I can call that veggie burger anecdote and raise you. :)
Huh? OK, I'm game.
Maybe you hadn't yet joined our Merrie Little Troupe when BK ventured north to PDX and we had a Boca Burger barbecue chez moi. ;)
I would love to have been there, especially since I'm sure I agree somewhat with Bruce's opinion of those.
Darling Jane, I think you were indeed there--we ate out on the deck, remember?
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the last time I tuned into the SciFi/SyFy channel, it seemed more like the Playboy channel.
Says the man who watches soft porn like SINDERELLA AND THE GOLDEN BRA!
On a sadder note, I've been on the phone with my friend Buce, who's currently going through his mother's pre-death trauma. She's going through a period of strokes and her doctors have advised the family that any future one could kill her. We were discussing that period of limbo in which you essentially wait for the Big Phone Call.
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FJL, Have you started on a parody of the 96,000 song from IN THE HEIGHTS for the
$96,000 Senator Ensign's parents paid his mistress?
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the last time I tuned into the SciFi/SyFy channel, it seemed more like the Playboy channel.
Says the man who watches soft porn like SINDERELLA AND THE GOLDEN BRA!
On a sadder note, I've been on the phone with my friend Buce, who's currently going through his mother's pre-death trauma. She's going through a period of strokes and her doctors have advised the family that any future one could kill her. We were discussing that period of limbo in which you essentially wait for the Big Phone Call.
As weird as this may sound, I'm actually happy both my parents died suddenly. Although I "knew" right away my Mom was dead when her phone was busy all one night--it was the night Gabe actually "really" started walking and we were trying to call to tell her. This was back in the days of dialup and I tried for hours to reach my sister, who had the neighbor's phone number in SLC, but my sister was online. We got "the call" the next morning--the neighbor had seen two days of papers out on the driveway and knew something was off. My mom must have been trying to call 911 when she died--they found her on the floor with the phone off the hook.
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Vibes and prayers for Elmore's friend's entire family as they go through this difficult time.
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Vibes to DR Jeanne and to the family of DR Elmore's friend
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A Flashing Weatherbug is giving me this URGENT weather news:
It is hot in Phoenix.
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A Flashing Weatherbug is giving me this URGENT weather news:
It is hot in Phoenix.
(http://z.about.com/d/phoenix/1/0/2/a/2/egg.jpg) (http://phoenix.about.com/od/arizonapicturesandphotos/ig/Fry-an-Egg/Fry-an-Egg-01.htm)
(click on the picture! ;D)
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Cilla - Hmmm....that could be fun
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Healthy vibes to Jeanne
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Merde on opening night to JMK
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Merde on opening night to JMK
Ditto!
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Merde on opening night to JMK
Ditto!
Ditto! Ditto!
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Cilla - Hmmm....that could be fun
It started going through my mind the minute I heard they paid 96,000. LOL
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Merde on opening night to JMK
Ditto!
Ditto! Ditto!
Ditto x 3
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It feels hot enough sometimes, George.
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George, will I be safe buying tickets at the door on Sunday?
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It feels hot enough sometimes, George.
I seem to remember when I lived in Phx and the temp was 122 or 123, that they fried eggs on a manhole cover
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It is hot in Phoenix.
But it's a dry heat. ;)
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George, will I be safe buying tickets at the door on Sunday?
You should be...but just in case, I think I can have them hold a ticket for you. I can find out tonight.
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I survived Vacation Bible School.
Score one for Lucifer!
der Brucer
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George, will I be safe buying tickets at the door on Sunday?
You should be...but just in case, I think I can have them hold a ticket for you. I can find out tonight.
Well, if you aren't sure, I will just go ahead and order them online. I need two, and it is better safe than sorry.
Will Josh be at the theater on Sunday?
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Have I mentioned how cute the baby & Corgi are ;)
So which do you want - another baby or a Corgi?
der Brucer
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George, will I be safe buying tickets at the door on Sunday?
You should be...but just in case, I think I can have them hold a ticket for you. I can find out tonight.
Well, if you aren't sure, I will just go ahead and order them online. I need two, and it is better safe than sorry.
Will Josh be at the theater on Sunday?
I know a lot of people who have said that they're coming to the matinee because it's a matinee, so getting them on-line will guarantee that you will get seats. It's probably best to do that.
Otherwise, Josh will be there, but not for our show. Capital Playhouse's "Kids At Play (http://www.capitalplayhouse.com/programs/kap09season.html)" is doing Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the same time (we're in the black box, they're on the main stage). He's playing Maurice. If you want to stick around and actually see him in that show, they have a performance Sunday night...we don't. B&TB is also a shorter show than ours, so you might not even see him in between his shows. I have to help strike our set and we may have a final cast party after that that I don't want to miss, so I won't be able to see B&TB.
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It is hot in Phoenix.
Which is why the fear of Fire and Brimstone doesn't scare the kids at VBS.
der Brucer
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I watched the blu-ray of THE ROBE and was duly impressed with its transfer.
I watched the dvd of CAPRICE and was entertained by the movie.
I believe I shall watch the blu-ray of QUA VADIS tonight, courtesy of Netflix.
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Friday evening greetings from beautiful downtown Chicago! Our drive here took us about 2 hours longer than it should have, due to a huge traffic back-up on I-65. We finally got off and took back roads to the off-site parking place at Midway Airport. We left the car there and got a taxi into The Loop from the airport. Walked to the Hilton to pick up my registration packet and we're now waiting in our room for a pizza delivery.
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The rumored set list for Steisand's forthcoming "jazz" album:
1. Some Other Time
2. Make Someone Happy
3. Here's to Life
4. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
5. Love Dance
6. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
7. Where Do You Start?
8. If You Go Away
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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Well, it's theater time! Our last Friday performance! Yah and Hoo and Hoo and Ray!! ;)
There's going to be a party after tonight's show, and since I don't have to work tomorrow (although, I could...if I wanted...to make up some time...but I'm not going to), I'm going to party tonight!
Be back later...much later! ;D
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the last time I tuned into the SciFi/SyFy channel, it seemed more like the Playboy channel.
??? What were you watching!
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And, Bruce neglected to tell you all what I ate! HOW COULD HE FORGET?? I had the BK-loathed veggie burger. Not the world's greatest veggie burger, but passable.
I can call that veggie burger anecdote and raise you. :)
Huh? OK, I'm game.
Maybe you hadn't yet joined our Merrie Little Troupe when BK ventured north to PDX and we had a Boca Burger barbecue chez moi. ;)
I would love to have been there, especially since I'm sure I agree somewhat with Bruce's opinion of those.
Darling Jane, I think you were indeed there--we ate out on the deck, remember?
I was not there at the same time as Bruce. I have eaten on your deck, and I have been there when you served Boca Burgers. I believe I had a Leanies instead. That reminds me, I need to request the market special order some for me.
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A Flashing Weatherbug is giving me this URGENT weather news:
It is hot in Phoenix.
;D
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Have I mentioned how cute the baby & Corgi are ;)
So which do you want - another baby or a Corgi?
der Brucer
Funny, I want a grand baby. If only Craig could find a job I'm pretty sure they would be very willing to give me one.
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DR elmore, vibes for your friend during this difficult time.
DR JMK, your story about your mother gave me chills. I've had similar experiences, just not with a parent,
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Have I mentioned how cute the baby & Corgi are ;)
So which do you want - another baby or a Corgi?
der Brucer
Funny, I want a grand baby. If only Craig could find a job I'm pretty sure they would be very willing to give me one.
Wouldn't they have more time to devote to that before he finds a job?
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LOL-There is no way I'm asking my kid that!
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LOL-There is no way I'm asking my kid that!
Well, give me his number and I'll call and ask him!
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Even better, find him a job in Tacoma.
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I'm ready to pass out. That is all.
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For some reason, we are having trouble accessing our Road Runner email here in Chicago. If you need to reach me, please do so via PM here on HHW or on Facebook.
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I'm ready to pass out. That is all.
Are you okay, Larry?
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Even better, find him a job in Tacoma.
Wouldn't that be a long commute for him?
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Commute, I want him to move to this coast!
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DR elmore maybe it is time to go to sleep.
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I posted a few more photos of our trip on Facebook.
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Off to watch a movie from NetFlix, not sure which one. Last night we watched FROST/NIXON :)
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Change of plan, we are going to watch Eureka. :)
'night
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I watched the blu-ray of THE ROBE and was duly impressed with its transfer.
I watched the dvd of CAPRICE and was entertained by the movie.
I believe I shall watch the blu-ray of QUA VADIS tonight, courtesy of Netflix.
After the crappy DVD transfer that was all that was available for so long with THE ROBE, the Blu-ray was a revelation. I watched QVO VADIS on Blu-ray the day I got it, and I can't for the life of me remember my impressions of the transfer. I'd have to go put it back in the player and rewatch.
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And now I have survived the very disorganized Vacation Bible School parents' program.
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When I went back downstairs, I did go ahead and watch the Blu-ray of REPULSION so I could finish up my last review disc in the stack.
The transfer is everything I thought it would be with a gloriously sharp and detailed black and white transfer. The uncompressesd sound was really nice, too. Had a nice full sound even for mono.
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After I watched the film and sampled the bonus features to ascertain their modes of delivery (all were in HD, either 1080i or 1080p), I searched and searched for something I felt in the mood to watch.
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I settled on the Joan Hickson/Miss Marple series A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED. It consists of 3 one hour episodes, and I could only get through the first two and a little of the third one before I needed to come upstairs and get the review for REPULSION worked on.
Good thing, though, because my eyes were getting very heavy.
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I have left THE FASHION SHOW to watch while I eat lunch tomorrow. Otherwise, in the afternoon, I'll be finishing up with Miss Marple and then likely watching another VERONICA MARS episode.
How lovely to know I will be completely at liberty this weekend to enjoy anything I wish
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My eyes are really heavy so I think I'll head downstairs and go to bed.
Good night!
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the last time I tuned into the SciFi/SyFy channel, it seemed more like the Playboy channel.
??? What were you watching!
I have no clue. It was whatever series aired before MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 and it was always a lot of sex and very little sci-fi...at least as far as I could tell.
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Good Evening!
Whoa! I just looked at the clock and didn't realize it was this/that late already. In any case...
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Jane, if you're talking about the Dolores blurb in the Times - that had to have been written before they changed everything - claw machine is gone now - it's awful and I shall never ever return unless someone tells me they put it back the way it wuz.
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Back from a perfectly nothing movie called Public Enemies. Typical Michael Mann nothingness - the man has absolutely no filmmaking skills and all the droning Barber-esque (think Adagio for Strings) music tragically blaring (as if we're supposed to CARE about anyone in this film) isn't going to help this soulless director.
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After getting my errands done this afternoon, I met up with most Errant and Truant/Former DR Jason. It was the first time we had seen each other in person since last year! -Well, since December. He's been busy(!), I've been busy and/or traveling, and we just never were able to coordinate our schedules until today. It was great to see him again, and we had a very nice catch-up session.
We ended up giving a new-ish place a try for a late lunch/early dinner, Schnipper's Quality Kitchen (http://www.schnippers.com/). It's one of the restaurants that occupies part of the ground floor space of the new New York Times Building. Both of us ended up having the same thing, their "Mac & Joe". It was a huge serving of their Sloppy Joe mix topped with a huge serving of their Mac and Cheese. it was HUGE. It was quite tasty, but we both regretted cleaning our plate. Again, it was just a whole lotta food. -And I also had their Salted Caramel Milkshake.
*After I walked with Jason back to the Broadway Theater - he's doing the merchandise thing for Shrek - I ended up walking back down to Times Square to take a seat for a bit. Needless to say, the food coma set in. ::)
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And LONG. Two and a half hours.
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And shot on digital video - maybe the worst-looking major film I've ever seen.
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DR TCB - My friend, Andy, was walking around his neighborhood the other day, and came across this:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3706235176_7b9a3d0009.jpg)
Do you know anything about this? He's trying to find more information himself.
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DR Ginny - Good to hear that you and Richard made it safe and sound - if a little delayed - to Chicago. Now just make sure you don't end up appearing in one of those "Librarians Gone Wild" videos. ;)
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Funny, I want a grand baby. If only Craig could find a job I'm pretty sure they would be very willing to give me one.
DR Jane - When I first read this, I was trying to figure out what you meant. "Why would Jane want a "grand baby"? -As in, "It was grand knowing you," or "We'll have a grand ole time." ;)
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Back from our opening--decided not to go to the party, just too tired. Went extremely well. One slight mishap with the truck that carts in half of the Whitehall and Marx set--the stage left side got caught on a traveler and so the firm was Whitehall & for the first part of I Wanna Be a Producer. I am having some extremely childish hurt feelings as guess whose biography they left out of the program?
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DR Michael S - Thanks for those "soap opera crossovers". I remember the whole Linda Dano "stunt". I think that was part of one of her anniversary years with the network.
50th or 75th?
Well, in "soap opera time", probably her 10th. ;)
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Back from our opening--decided not to go to the party, just too tired. Went extremely well. One slight mishap with the truck that carts in half of the Whitehall and Marx set--the stage left side got caught on a traveler and so the firm was Whitehall & for the first part of I Wanna Be a Producer. I am having some extremely childish hurt feelings as guess whose biography they left out of the program?
DR JMK - Ooohhhhh!!!!! I've had that happen to me before too. And you're not being childish. It does hurt. However, hopefully, you'll get your own program insert to rectify the situation - in addition to a large print placard in the lobby of the theatre. -That helped me feel much better. ;)
*And that's also why I always check the program when it goes around for proofing.
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PAGE SEVEN 2:00AM DANCE!!
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*Well, it's almost 2:00am here on the East Coast.
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Glad to hear that you had a good opening night, DR JMK! Just remember...
Keep it gay!
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DR George - I hope you had a wonderful night too.
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Well, tomorrow will be another "sight-seeing" day for me. My friend, John, is in town from Chicago this weekend. He'll be starting grad school at SUNY-Purchase this fall, but he's spending some time in the City before he heads up to Purchase next week to get some things lined up for his arrival in a few months. Something tells me some impromptu duets may be taking place in Steinway Hall. :)
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Oh, after I semi-napped in Times Square, I headed down to Little Italy to meet up with some folks for some coffee and chat. And then I proceeded to wander around for a bit.. Chinatown, SoHo, Washington Square Park, West Village... About three hours later, I finally hopped on the train back uptown.
And here I am.
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And now I'm going to sleep.
Goodnight.