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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were filled with September, and now it is time for you to post until the September cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DIKTAT!
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TOD:
Favorite cafeteria lunch by far was spaghetti. Since I had the job of staffing the "milk cart," and was always the last through the lunch line, the ladies serving the food took pity on me and often gave me an extra large helping. :)
When I was younger, Mom would pack my lunch. There was this little plastic tub with a screw-on lid that she would put in, with a rotating assortment of "extras." The only one I remember was apple sauce, but I do remember looking forward to finding out what the surprise was in the "tub" each day.
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Indeed, ~~~ALL KINDS OF VIBES~~~ to each and every one of us for a SUPER September!!!! :D
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And the word of the day is: DIKTAT!
Starring Marshall Thompson and Clarence the Cross Eyed Lion.
And, yes, by the hour you can deduce how comfy the beds in this hotel are. ;)
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Tech weirdness is evidently continuing--it's actually a little after 3:30.
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Seems a bit strange that HHW's timestamp would be off by such an "odd" amount.
I did find out from Onkyo that my receiver was indeed defective--it was in something called "protect mode," which it obviously shouldn't have been. So it's packaged up and ready for its return to Amazon.
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In other incredibly exciting news from the JMK front, I queued my last review for DVD Talk earlier tonight (yesterday?). There's an embargo on Acorn releases until right before street date, which isn't for two weeks, so it won't show up there for a few days, but for all intents and purposes, I have finished my tenure there, and it's kind of bittersweet for me. Unlike a lot of sites, DVDTalk does not assign studios to reviewers, so there's more variety and more of a free for all in terms of available screeners, and I know I'm going to miss my daily visits to the screener pool to see what little gems were available.
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TOD
When I went to the primary grades I was close enough to walk back home, have lunch, and walk back before the afternoon session started
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm on my way to the Library of Congress!
-Well, I shall be on my way in a few minutes. Or something like that.
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And...
Laters....
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Have a good time, Jose!
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And the word of the day is: DIKTAT!
And The Song Of The Day Is: CAMELOT
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~~~PIT VIBES~~~
for DR elmore3003 this morning!!!
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~~~INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH CARING VIBES~~~
for DR Cillaliz's friend Steve, his family, and those who care for him!!!
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The Library of Congress - I hope the last word in DR JOSE's destination is a noun and not a verb.
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I had some difficulty in Act Two last night.....most distressing.
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Favorite packed lunch from home:
Spam sandwich
Apple
Potato Chips
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Thanks MR BK. Bank Shot should be in my reach later this month.
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Depending on commissions.
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Today must be my lucky day. I've just received an email offer to purchase Missy Jeans at the astoundingly low price of $14.99.
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I'm currently watching the first season of SONS OF ANARCHY on DVD. It's a very entertaining series, that might best be described as: The Hell's Angels Meet HAMLET.
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I have no recollection whatsoever what they served at my school cafeteria.
However, I do recall that I was a big fan of tuna fish and also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
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I have to go to the dentist today.
:(
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I was a big fan of tuna fish and also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Not at the same time, one hopes. ;)
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Good morning!
The cool weather continues, and I am certainly loving it. What a pleasure to step outisde to get the newspaper or the mail, and to be hit with cool air. Most pleasant and wonderful. I wish fall were here for good, but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of hot weather.
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Not a pain free night, but I'm inching closer to something akin to normalcy. My arm has been bothersome this morning, however, which is irritating.
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There was a misdelivery on Disney's Blu-ray of EARTH, so another was put in the mail for me yesterday, and I'm supposed to get it at some point today. Thus this will be my work project when it arrives. Otherwise, I have nothing else here for work matters.
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I was a big fan of tuna fish and also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Not at the same time, one hopes. ;)
And, what would be wrong with that?
;)
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I had some time this morning, so I watched another episode of LIE TO ME. This had one interesting story (about surrogate mothers) that was interesting and another (about embezzling CFOs) that wasn't. Since I have no shows recorded from TV on the DVR, I'll watchy aother episode today while I eat lunch.
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Here's the link to the "I'm Still Queer" video on YouTube, just uploaded last evening.
Hope you like it, and if you do, please pass the link around.
It's to the tune of the Stephen Sondheim classic "I'm Still Here," with a very special thanks to the wonderful William Parry for doing the vocal, and it's on YouTube by arrangement and with permission of the real song's publisher. (And thanks to Jose as always, and to DR Julie for her help along the way.)
Thanks if you have time to watch - it's a little over four minutes long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt40nQGc1I4
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My mom didn't ever pack us lunches for the twelve years in public school. We ate in the school cafeteria if we ate at all.
Like some previous posters, spaghetti was always my favorite meal at school. School cafeterias always served the best yeast rolls in the business, too. Those are my two favorite memories of eating school lunches.
My senior year, I didn't have a lunch period because I was taking an extra class (journalism) since I was serving as feature editor of the school newspaper, and we used that period for preparation of each issue. So the only food I had during the day back then was eating a pack of potato chips and having a Sprite from the vending machine which I would eat walking from the main campus building down the hill, across the practice football/track field, and into the vocational school where band class (my last class of the day) was located. No wonder I weighed about 100 pounds during my senior year.
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Here's the link to the "I'm Still Queer" video on YouTube, just uploaded last evening.
Hope you like it, and if you do, please pass the link around.
It's to the tune of the Stephen Sondheim classic "I'm Still Here," with a very special thanks to the wonderful William Parry for doing the vocal, and it's on YouTube by arrangement and with permission of the real song's publisher. (And thanks to Jose as always, and to DR Julie for her help along the way.)
Thanks if you have time to watch - it's a little over four minutes long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt40nQGc1I4
Very enjoyable; some really good rhyming there, and some of the photos were priceless.
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Topic of the day. Grade school in Arizona, Sloppy Joe's and potato chips. The best ever.
Still love the combination and make them at home quite often. (a healthier adult version)
Don't remember ever having anyone make lunch to take to school, I think in those days the cafeteria was really inexpensive.
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Good morning. Must go to work and the fire.
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Thanks, Matt!
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TOD: My mom worked, soe she never packed launches. we always had the weekly lunch tickets that got punched at the cafeteria. By the time I was 12, I walked home for lunch every day, made my lunch, lunch for my mom and my three siblings who were still in diapers.
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The first of September, Hooray, hooray!
Summer ends just two months from today! :- :-\ :-[ ;D
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Well, the Blu-ray of EARTH just arrived, so I know I will definitely have a work project for today. The movie is only 90 minutes, and there are only a couple of bonus items, so it seems I will have the evening free to watch something fun tonight.
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TOD: I always envied the kids who got things like Hostess cupcakes or twinkies with their lunches! Or even little boxes of raisins1
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Speaking of raisins, I have recently rediscovered them, and I treat myself to a little box of them every day. I love them!
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I guess I'm going to head downstairs now to tidy up some things down there. I may go ahead and watch another LIE TO ME episode before starting on lunch preparation.
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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TOD: I always envied the kids who got things like Hostess cupcakes or twinkies with their lunches! Or even little boxes of raisins1
I love Hostess cupcakes. At least I did the last time I had one, which was probably 20 years ago.
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Try to remember a time in September.
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Prepared school lunches - the Friday fish square was great. I also liked hamburger and french fry day. For a time we could order ala carte, and I would skip the vegetables and dessert and get two sandwiches!
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School lunches: I liked the canned spinach.
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Well, the Blu-ray of EARTH just arrived, so I know I will definitely have a work project for today. The movie is only 90 minutes, and there are only a couple of bonus items, so it seems I will have the evening free to watch something fun tonight.
MATT H
You realize that this is a condensation of The BBC PLANET EARTH Series
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Good Morning, once again!
Greetings from Coolidge Auditorium at The Library of Congress!
The "band" started playing at 9:00, and I haven't stopped smiling yet!
:)
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Vibes to DR Cillaliz and her friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Jane, speaking of bears, remember the little signs with the pictures of the bear on it (that i mentioned the other day). I don't know if this is true, but someone mentioned that maybe they were for the "bear trail" the "fox trail" and the "rabbit trail". I don't know if this is true, but wouldn't that be funny if they were scaring people for nothing! :)
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Here's the link to the "I'm Still Queer" video on YouTube, just uploaded last evening.
Hope you like it, and if you do, please pass the link around.
It's to the tune of the Stephen Sondheim classic "I'm Still Here," with a very special thanks to the wonderful William Parry for doing the vocal, and it's on YouTube by arrangement and with permission of the real song's publisher. (And thanks to Jose as always, and to DR Julie for her help along the way.)
Thanks if you have time to watch - it's a little over four minutes long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt40nQGc1I4
Very funny! and Mr. Parry nails it!
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DR ELMORE, you were asking about the Daytime Emmys.
I got to watch it last night. Ron Raines did not sing, but the whole cast of GUIDING LIGHT was there. There was a special tribute and they all went onstage.
Also, you asked if there was a lesbian storyline on the show. THere is between Olivia and Natalia. Although they have not really shown anything. They are more invested in the emotions, which is actually sort of an interesting storyline.
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DR MattH, i'm wondering if you know of a site that has Fall Previews for the upcoming television season. Thanks in advance if you know of any.
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It was very clever and very funny, Fred. But the "character" is an odd duck in my book. I've known a few "contraries" in my time, and he takes the cake! ;)
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And the word of the day is: DIKTAT!
I remember Diktats!
"Put a Diktat in your mouth and get a bang out of life!"
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I've known a few "contraries" in my time
Funny...me too!
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"Put a Diktat in your mouth and get a bang out of life!"
I always thought that was "brickbat"...
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I've known a few "contraries" in my time
Funny...me too!
And they're very nice people, too.
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"Put a Diktat in your mouth and get a bang out of life!"
I always thought that was "brickbat"...
I guess it depends on how wide one can open one's mouth.
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Let's see if this works (via my iPhone)..
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/3877601259_8f0b579378.jpg)
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TOD: My favorite lunch item was the yeast rolls the cafeteria prepared when I was in Junior High School. They were the most amazing rolls. Folks would trade everything else off their trays just for one more roll.
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It worked, Jose. It WORKED.
Now....what is it?
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Just because...
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Now....what is it?
I can see DR elmore3003's backside from my house. ;D
Thanks, DR JoseSPiano!
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And another view....
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/3877592867_8e9879da0c.jpg)
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DR DAW - DING! DING! DING!
*I was gonna say you could see DR elmore's chapeau, but if you happen to be "backside man", well, then, so be it. ;)
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TOD:
From Kindergarden to sixth grade, my school lunch consisted of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich coupled with orange ade or chocolate milk received during the morning milk time. The sandwich HAD to be made with JIF peanut butter, WELCH'S grape jelly AND WONDER bread. Any deviation in the recipe was NOT accepted!
When we moved after I finished sixth grade, we were close enough to my new school so that I could come home for lunch during the next two years. I generally ate ham or turkey breast sandwiches (which I made all by myself) and a can of Shasta Cherry Cola.
Once in high school I partook of the hot lunch bill of fare, which generally wasn't half bad. The meatloaf was my favorite.
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DR DAW - DING! DING! DING!
*I was gonna say you could see DR elmore's chapeau, but if you happen to be "backside man", well, then, so be it. ;)
Very cool!
Were you able to ping him with any spitballs?
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* * * * * Vibes for Cillaliz's friend Steve, his wife and family, and for Cillaliz, too * * * * *
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And, as was very happily expected, I know about half of the players. Lots of handshakes and hugs to start the day. It truly feels like "Old Home Day". :)
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DR DAW - DING! DING! DING!
*I was gonna say you could see DR elmore's chapeau, but if you happen to be "backside man", well, then, so be it. ;)
Very cool!
Were you able to ping him with any spitballs?
I'm saving the spitballs for after lunch.
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I was up early - quite noisy next door, which hasn't been the case since I got back. Printed out orders (hopefully more coming), and trying to be awake. The sky looks very weird outside.
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I have to say that it's been great observing DR Elmore back in his element. Not only have I spied him smiling a lot, but I've also witnessed some "chair dancing" - a rhumba, I believe. :)
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[title of show] vocal selections (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1423473825/?tag=talkinbroadway) now available!
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I have to say that it's been great observing DR Elmore back in his element. Not only have I spied him smiling a lot, but I've also witnessed some "chair dancing" - a rhumba, I believe. :)
Seems I didn't "ketchup" with posts from last night. Hope you (and Elmo) have a splendid day!
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Over on Twitter, occasional DR divarobbie writes:
If you spit off a rollercoaster that drops 205 feet in five seconds, you will get hit by your own spit.
Now why didn't we have problems like that in math class?? :)
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Over on Twitter, occasional DR divarobbie writes:
If you spit off a rollercoaster that drops 205 feet in five seconds, you will get hit by your own spit.
Now why didn't we have problems like that in math class?? :)
Now That Is An Earth Shaking Revelation !!
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Thanks, td, and RonP!
And Jrand, thanks for the post on the YouTube screen!
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DR Jane, speaking of bears, remember the little signs with the pictures of the bear on it (that i mentioned the other day). I don't know if this is true, but someone mentioned that maybe they were for the "bear trail" the "fox trail" and the "rabbit trail". I don't know if this is true, but wouldn't that be funny if they were scaring people for nothing! :)
That would be funny :)
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The Wells Fargo wagon is a-comin'!! :D
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Well, the Blu-ray of EARTH just arrived, so I know I will definitely have a work project for today. The movie is only 90 minutes, and there are only a couple of bonus items, so it seems I will have the evening free to watch something fun tonight.
MATT H
You realize that this is a condensation of The BBC PLANET EARTH Series
Yes, but with the addition of Spiderman and the Fantastic Four!
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LOL DR Jose, I got sick just looking at the food on “This is why you are fat”. ;D
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MBarnum, thanks so much for the comments
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Pondering Life's Mysteries #7,523:
Why is it that on a crowded superhighway, at 70 mph, cars can drive in several lanes at once, or change lanes and cut people off without even signalling, whereas on a tiny back road, with no one for MILES around, they can't go a single foot over the center line to give a dog walker some courtesy "wiggle room"?
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The cafeteria at Griffin Creek Elementary School had burned down the summer before my entrance into 1st grade, so taking our lunch was required. I don't recall what my home packed lunches consisted of, however, it was likely Peanut Butter and jam, Tuna Fish, or egg salad.
This was my lunch box:
(http://www.jubys.com/misc1/qhm8905.jpg)
When the cafeteria was rebuilt we quickly abandoned the packing of the lunch, although I don't know why. I was not a picky eater so I liked everything that was served...but as I recall, the Beanie Weenies were my favorite as was some vegetable thing which I cannot seem to recall now.
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Good Afternoon!
Back from lunch, and now on to Act 2.
From the start of "Let's Take A Walk Around The Block"...
Laters...
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The intractable problem of dealing with folks who think it is acceptable to text while driving (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDlYSPVro0Q)...
There is a violent, graphic, scare-tactic ad going into British schools as a PSA. I'm not posting the link here, as it is quite upsetting. And studies show that it still won't make people [teens especially] change their behavior.
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Bruce, you have them guessing over at Cast RecL. Someone asked what your next release will be (you've alluded to it here without naming it) and people are guessing everything but what you mentioned last Monday at Fred and Skip's. I actually know something they don't know. I feel elated.
Does Max Preeo know? He responded in a way that makes me think you told him or he somehow knows the title.
Guesses include:
the London PROMISES, PROMISES
DONNYBROOK
A TIME FOR SINGING
PARDON MY FRENCH, the Olsen and Johnson revue featuring Denise Darcel
Two others posted requests for future soundtrack releases. They are:
Lalo Schifrin's score for PUSSYCAT, PUSSYCAT, I LOVE YOU on CD paired with the original UA album for WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?, also out-of-print.
A UA title soundtrack to PHAEDRA.
Who knows, maybe you can make some dreams come true
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HAPPY 70th, LILY!!!!
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/12342/lily%20web.jpg)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqtdVvPzvMA
Ginny was rubbing against my hand, thus the wobbling.
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HAPPY 70th, LILY!!!!
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/12342/lily%20web.jpg)
does not seem possible!
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Thanks, Laura DR!!! Love them videos! :)
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DR Kerry, hope that you are settling in to your new home smoothly!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqtdVvPzvMA
Ginny was rubbing against my hand, thus the wobbling.
Very cute!
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Mark of the Beast Department: One of the cooler things about the Great Wolf lodge is they clip a little hospital-esque wristband on you that does everything--it gets you in the waterpark, but a little more amazingly, if you wave it in front of your door, it acts as your key, and any store on the premises can scan the wristband and charge your room automatically. It makes everything very convenient, as no one wants to be carrying around their wallet/cash since the main attraction is the waterpark.
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Sounds like a very fun vacation, JMK.
I guess we couldn't afford vacations much when I was a kid. We only traveled a couple times that I remember.
As an adult, we mostly go to visit my DH's family for vacations. We've only done one or two that didn't involve family.
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The cafeteria at Griffin Creek Elementary School had burned down the summer before my entrance into 1st grade, so taking our lunch was required. I don't recall what my home packed lunches consisted of, however, it was likely Peanut Butter and jam, Tuna Fish, or egg salad.
This was my lunch box:
(http://www.jubys.com/misc1/qhm8905.jpg)
When the cafeteria was rebuilt we quickly abandoned the packing of the lunch, although I don't know why. I was not a picky eater so I liked everything that was served...but as I recall, the Beanie Weenies were my favorite as was some vegetable thing which I cannot seem to recall now.
Oooooh! Lunch boxes!
My first lunch box (which was bought for kindergarden) was Alvin and the Chipmunks. Dark green vinyl--very snazzy:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/lunchbox_alvin.jpg)
At some point during the first grade, I wanted something new and sturdier. I let my dad talk me into getting a tin box featuring WAGON TRAIN (odd, because we never watched the show.) I wasn't crazy about it at first, but it grew on me. I liked the artwork a lot.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/lunchbox_wagontrain.jpg)
I think it was when I was about to start third grade that I wanted to get a new lunch box. I remember standing in front of the display in Super X (a supermarket-sized drugstore) and being stupefied by the huge selection. I couldn't decide between Lost In Space and The Green Hornet. My mom helped me make my decision by deciding that I was taking too long and dragging me out of the store empty handed.
By fourth grade, I was paperbagging it.
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I adore Lily Tomlin! I've been a huge fan ever since I first saw her as a regular on MUSIC SCENE on ABC (shortly before she switched over to LAUGH-IN.) She is probably the one performer I've seen live more times than any other.
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Phaedra almost happened - paired with Topkapi, until I found all the extra music for Topkapi. I don't think there are enough sales in Phaedra as a standalone. I thought about the two pussycats, but I'm just not sure about it. We do have one more put-together coming from that big MGM box set, and it's the two scores people most want from there, paired together. And just to be clear, we have TWO cast album releases coming - the one I mentioned to those were at FJL's, and another one that I am awaiting contracts on.
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I shall now be on my way to an early lunch meeting, after which I have another meeting at the house.
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Here's the link to the "I'm Still Queer" video on YouTube, just uploaded last evening.
Hope you like it, and if you do, please pass the link around.
It's to the tune of the Stephen Sondheim classic "I'm Still Here," with a very special thanks to the wonderful William Parry for doing the vocal, and it's on YouTube by arrangement and with permission of the real song's publisher. (And thanks to Jose as always, and to DR Julie for her help along the way.)
Thanks if you have time to watch - it's a little over four minutes long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt40nQGc1I4
I love it!! ;D
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I shall soon be on my way to work in the box office.....from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - but somehow also be in photos for the paper which are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and also do Abby and Martha's makeup for said photos.
It will be interesting.
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Tonight is family night - for invited family to see the fruits of our labors and all of our mistakes.
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HAPPY 70th, LILY!!!!
And a Happy 134th, Edgar Rice Burroughs!!
(http://thelandthattimeforgot.com/images/edgarriceburroughs.jpg)
;D
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Phaedra almost happened - paired with Topkapi, until I found all the extra music for Topkapi. I don't think there are enough sales in Phaedra as a standalone. I thought about the two pussycats, but I'm just not sure about it. We do have one more put-together coming from that big MGM box set, and it's the two scores people most want from there, paired together. And just to be clear, we have TWO cast album releases coming - the one I mentioned to those were at FJL's, and another one that I am awaiting contracts on.
So, what's the title that was mentioned at FJL's?!?!?
(someone PM me...PLEASE!!!)
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George, check your PM box.
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George, check your PM box.
:-*
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I believe it's the little known cast album to Oh! Calcutta, Again, AKA XXX XXX XX XXX.
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I believe it's the little known cast album to Oh! Calcutta, Again, AKA XXX XXX XX XXX.
I think the water has gone to your head ;)
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R.I.P. Maestro Erich Kunzel
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Thanks so much, George
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Well, the Blu-ray of EARTH just arrived, so I know I will definitely have a work project for today. The movie is only 90 minutes, and there are only a couple of bonus items, so it seems I will have the evening free to watch something fun tonight.
MATT H
You realize that this is a condensation of The BBC PLANET EARTH Series
Well, there is a lot of familiar footage in it from PLANET EARTH, but I guess they used some outtakes, too, since there is some footage I'd never seen before.
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Back from the lunch meeting, and am awaiting the arrival of meeting person number two, after which I have some more printing to do, a telephonic conversation to have, and that should be it.
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Instead of watching more LIE TO ME (which I'll probably do tonight after I watch a movie), I watched the last two episodes in the BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL series. I've always loved this documentary, and I enjoyed seeing those two sections again.
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Then I spent the majority of the afternoon on EARTH. As DR Arnold alluded, it's PLANET EARTH-lite, a reshuffling and reorganization of amazing footage from PLANET EARTH with a new narrator (James Earl Jones) and a different theme: migration trying together the three main characters: polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales (though caribou and cranes are also touched on). Adding in those other animals and different sections of the earth (desert, rain forest, both poles) also gives a spotty continuity to the whole thing.
So, the images are breathtaking (if mostly familiar) and the DTS-HD MA sound is imminently superior to the DD tracks on PLANET EARTH.
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DR elmore at work:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3879267344_9f981188e7.jpg)
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Then I watched the bonus features. There is PiP commentary and anecdotes along with pop-up facts which the user can turn on or off. There is a 42-minute documentary on the making of the film. And there is something called a "Living Menu" which will change periodically as 7 Earth hot spots change. The disc will then offer new video clips and pop-up facts for those 7 hot spots.
If the BD-player is connected to the internet, the disc also can GPS your location and give you the current time, weather, and temperature!
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When I finished with my work project, I scanned through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest.
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I then watched the Fish segments on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. It was just filler as Fish explained why he can't come out to his parents. My hang-wringing and torment.
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That was a pretty quick internet surf I just completed, so now I need to hop off-line and get some writing done. Then, I'll head back downstairs for some fun leisure viewing tonight. Haven't decided yet what it will be.
WBBL.
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Page Five Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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Today must be my lucky day. I've just received an email offer to purchase Missy Jeans at the astoundingly low price of $14.99.
I hope that's not a person
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Anyone with gmail having problems logging on?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqtdVvPzvMA
Ginny was rubbing against my hand, thus the wobbling.
I forgot about the cute little squeal of newborns :)
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Mark of the Beast Department: One of the cooler things about the Great Wolf lodge is they clip a little hospital-esque wristband on you that does everything--it gets you in the waterpark, but a little more amazingly, if you wave it in front of your door, it acts as your key, and any store on the premises can scan the wristband and charge your room automatically. It makes everything very convenient, as no one wants to be carrying around their wallet/cash since the main attraction is the waterpark.
Modern technology can be wonderful.
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bk - Gmail is down right now.
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DR elmore at work:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3879267344_9f981188e7.jpg)
Wonderful photo of our DR elmore. Thank you.
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Anyone with gmail having problems logging on?
I can see it but I can't open my emails. There are other complaints on Facebook.
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DR JMK - Sounds like Club Med.
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I've been searching of a clip of Bob Burns, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Burns_(comedian)) inventor of the musical instrument he named a bazooka (after "bazoo," meaning a windy fellow, from the Dutch bazuin for "trumpet"). During WWII rocket launchers were named for this instrument.
Anyone better at finding clips than I am, please share.
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Tuesday afternoon greetings! I've been in Dayton all day for 2 meetings with the grantwriters.
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R.I.P. Maestro Erich Kunzel
:'(
Cincinnati Pops Tribute Page (http://erichkunzel.cincinnatipops.org/gallery.htm#images/Memorial-640.gif)
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HAPPY 70th, LILY!!!!
And a Happy 134th, Edgar Rice Burroughs!!
(http://thelandthattimeforgot.com/images/edgarriceburroughs.jpg)
;D
Doesn't look a day over 125
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DR Jose - thank you for being our on-site reporter at LoC today! Love the photos!
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DR Jose - thank you for being our on-site reporter at LoC today! Love the photos!
Ditto! They were great!
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Gmail is back!
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HERE IS A LIST OF RECORDINGS OF I'M STILL
WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE?
IS THERE ON THAT I MISSED?
Yvonne De Carlo
Follies Original Cast Recording 1971
Nancy Walker
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute 1973
Millicent McKenzie
Side by Side by Sondheim 1976
Gemma Craven
Songs of Sondheim 1977
Jill Perryman
Side by Side by Sondheim Australian Cast 1978
Carol Burnett
Follies in Concert 1985
Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far... 2008
Dolores Gray
Follies Original London Cast 1987
Jane Harvey
The Other Side of Sondheim 1988
Julie Wilson
Sings the Stephen Sondheim Songbook 1988
Cleo Laine
Cleo Sings Sondheim 1988
Barbra Streisand [rewritten]
The Concert 1994 [Columbia C2K 66109]
Lee Lucas
The Big Strapping Fag Show 1997 [Ducy Lee DLR 900105]
The Trotter Trio [instrumental version]
Follies - Themes from the Legendary Musical 1998
Ann Miller
Follies [Paper Mill] 1998
Dorothy Loudon
The Stephen Sondheim Album 2000
Elaine Stritch
At Liberty 2002
I'm Still Here (in French)
Juliette
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We haven't heard from Jeanne in a while.
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I know & was thinking of her today. Bruce have you been in touch with her?
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I've been searching of a clip of Bob Burns, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Burns_(comedian)) inventor of the musical instrument he named a bazooka (after "bazoo," meaning a windy fellow, from the Dutch bazuin for "trumpet"). During WWII rocket launchers were named for this instrument.
Anyone better at finding clips than I am, please share.
Oh, Jane, Jane, you mad, adorable little fool. How could you not know Bob Burns' film debut was in Rhythm on the Range, starring Frances Farmer?
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I'm beginning to think Uranus is in retrograde. Amazon has completely (and I mean completely) screwed up this return/replacement of the defective Onkyo. I will have to deal with it once we're back. And then just a while ago, in the middle of my "relaxing" massage/refloxology session, the hotel's alarm went off and we had to evacuate. It was evidently a drill. They did give me 6 free cookies and some free Aveda product as a lovely parting apology gift.
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I've been searching of a clip of Bob Burns, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Burns_(comedian)) inventor of the musical instrument he named a bazooka (after "bazoo," meaning a windy fellow, from the Dutch bazuin for "trumpet"). During WWII rocket launchers were named for this instrument.
Anyone better at finding clips than I am, please share.
Oh, Jane, Jane, you mad, adorable little fool. How could you not know Bob Burns' film debut was in Rhythm on the Range, starring Frances Farmer?
;D
Does this mean you have a video link for me?
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Frances (and/or her ghostwriter, Jean Ratcliffe) has some cherche comments about being a serious method actress surrounded by Bob Burns and his bazooka, Martha Raye (also in her film debut) and Bing "where do I stand?" Crosby on the set of Rhythm on the Range. :)
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I'm allergic to most Aveda products. I hope the cookies were good.
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R.I.P. Maestro Erich Kunzel
:'(
Cincinnati Pops Tribute Page (http://erichkunzel.cincinnatipops.org/gallery.htm#images/Memorial-640.gif)
Thanks, Jose and Ginny-- I always liked his work.
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I don't know which one of the Angus Burgers George tried; but I must say that the bacon & cheese Angus is without a doubt the worst sandwich I have ever eaten at any fast food chain restaurant.
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I don't know which one of the Angus Burgers George tried; but I must say that the bacon & cheese Angus is without a doubt the worst sandwich I have ever eaten at any fast food chain restaurant.
That's too bad, Tom. :-\
I certainly didn't think that it was the greatest burger ever (or even the best that McDonald's offers), but I liked the ones that I've had. Of course, I had coupons to get a free medium drink and fries, so that helped. ;)
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A lull...
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Page Six Dance!
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All of Ginny's kittens are boys.
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Great work, Fred! I would love to sing that one.
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TOD - I walked home for lunch throughout elementary school and only ate in the cafeteria on those rare occasions that my mother had a midday commitment. Don't remember particularly liking anything, but I do remember the disgusting stewed tomatoes in a Dixie cup :P
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All of Ginny's kittens are boys.
That is a lot of boys in one litter-lol
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stewed tomatoes in a Dixie cup
...and coffee in a cardboard cup? :)
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All you Big Brother Fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5HOwG09sM
They guy/producer on the right is my cousin. It is difficult to hear & I only watched a little bit of the interview.
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Topic of the Day: my mom more often than not made my lunch, usually just peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I vaguely remember having a lunch box with a thermos at some point, but I don't remember what kind it was. When I got into middle and high school, I started buying lunches more often. Favorite cafeteria foods were the burgers and pizza. What I liked to do was put goop on the school pizza. That was good. :D
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I really hate to do it, but I think it's time to break out the jar of seasonal allergy meds. :(
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When I was in grade school, every Thursday (or it seemed that way) we had chilli con carne and these giant cinnamon rolls. I don't know who ever dreamed up that combination, but at the time, it was heaven.
Another school favorite was Browned Beef in gravy over whipped potatoes.
My favorite dessert was the little cups filled with raisins, minature marshmallows, and salted peanuts. Yum!
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All you Big Brother Fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5HOwG09sM
They guy/producer on the right is my cousin. It is difficult to hear & I only watched a little bit of the interview.
Nice. I listened with headphones and it's not so bad.
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Another school favorite was Browned Beef in gravy over whipped potatoes.
My sister always called that "Gravy Train."
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And I always loved the turkey lunch that we were served the day before Thanksgiving. When I was a child I thought that was strange because I figured that everybody would be having turkey dinner the next day. Now, of course, I realize that the school lunch version was probably the only one that a lot of fellow students ever tasted.
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I usually took a bagged lunch. Eating in the cafeteria was a rare "treat", by choice. I purchased milk at school. In elementary school they sometimes had fudgsicle. On those days I had ice cream instead of milk.
My favorite was a chopped olive sandwich on Challah. I liked mine mixed with mayo & a friend of mine favored sliced olives with cream cheese. Sometimes we would trade a half sandwich.
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Back from too many errands and whatnot and must now have a dreary telephonic conversation, which hopefully will only last about ten minutes.
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Here's the link to the "I'm Still Queer" video on YouTube, just uploaded last evening.
Hope you like it, and if you do, please pass the link around.
It's to the tune of the Stephen Sondheim classic "I'm Still Here," with a very special thanks to the wonderful William Parry for doing the vocal, and it's on YouTube by arrangement and with permission of the real song's publisher. (And thanks to Jose as always, and to DR Julie for her help along the way.)
Thanks if you have time to watch - it's a little over four minutes long,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt40nQGc1I4
Very cute, Fred!
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Very cute, Fred!
Why, yes. Yes he is! :)
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Another school favorite was Browned Beef in gravy over whipped potatoes.
My sister always called that "Gravy Train."
In my school, the students took up a petition and demanded that Hamburger gravy over whipped potatoes could not be served more than once every 10 days or something like that. I never minded the stuff, but by then I was going home for lunch anyway, so it didn't matter.
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added TAO to favorites, can't forget about next April
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added TAO to favorites, can't forget about next April
;D :-*
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That sounds disgusting.
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That sounds disgusting.
Who is Tao?
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Thanks TCB and Kerry and (I think!) DAW
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Dear Jane, jewelry not really. It started as a way to make it less expensive, but it ended up costing more as the quality goes higher. At the gem show a few months ago, the only piece I really liked was not marked (when asked = 2400.00) It's really cheaper to buy it on sale at the department or jewelry store.
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I usually took a bagged lunch. Eating in the cafeteria was a rare "treat", by choice. I purchased milk at school. In elementary school they sometimes had fudgsicle. On those days I had ice cream instead of milk.
My favorite was a chopped olive sandwich on Challah. I liked mine mixed with mayo & a friend of mine favored sliced olives with cream cheese. Sometimes we would trade a half sandwich.
Challah with, or without, raisins?
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Raisins! What kind of challah is that!
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Dear Jane, jewelry not really. It started as a way to make it less expensive, but it ended up costing more as the quality goes higher. At the gem show a few months ago, the only piece I really liked was not marked (when asked = 2400.00) It's really cheaper to buy it on sale at the department or jewelry store.
You didn't especially enjoy making it? I think it takes a good deal of talent & a great deal of patience.
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Raisins! What kind of challah is that!
That is the only kind of challah I have ever had. It was served for Rosh HaShanah.
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DR FJK I just saw the fantastic photo, on Skip's Facebook, of Toby & Dylan. My they look handsome. :)
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Phone call is done and was quite brief and I am now done for the day and shall finish watching Carny, after which it's back to Adam 12.
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I have to go to the dentist today.
:(
I went to the dentist today
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Raisins! What kind of challah is that!
That is the only kind of challah I have ever had. It was served for Rosh HaShanah.
You usually find it plain. I bet raisin challah would make tasty toast.
DR JMK does Betsy ever add raisins to her challah? I never have.
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I have to go to the dentist today.
:(
I went to the dentist today
I hope all was well for you both.
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Jeez, Jane, you had me thinking I was crazy. I did find this website - so somebody has heard of challah with raisins!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Challah-I/Detail.aspx
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Dear Cillaliz, a very late (I'm trying to catch up) , I'm so sorry to hear about your friend (and the cat).
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Raisins! What kind of challah is that!
That is the only kind of challah I have ever had. It was served for Rosh HaShanah.
You usually find it plain. I bet raisin challah would make tasty toast.
DR JMK does Betsy ever add raisins to her challah? I never have.
I was hoping your chopped olive sandwich wasn't on challah with raisins. Now I guess I am the only one who has tasted it that way.
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The cafeteria at Griffin Creek Elementary School had burned down the summer before my entrance into 1st grade, so taking our lunch was required. I don't recall what my home packed lunches consisted of, however, it was likely Peanut Butter and jam, Tuna Fish, or egg salad.
This was my lunch box:
(http://www.jubys.com/misc1/qhm8905.jpg)
When the cafeteria was rebuilt we quickly abandoned the packing of the lunch, although I don't know why. I was not a picky eater so I liked everything that was served...but as I recall, the Beanie Weenies were my favorite as was some vegetable thing which I cannot seem to recall now.
I had that lunchbox too!! I always ate school lunch, but thought I needed a lunch box, not sure why
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Raisins! What kind of challah is that!
That is the only kind of challah I have ever had. It was served for Rosh HaShanah.
You usually find it plain. I bet raisin challah would make tasty toast.
DR JMK does Betsy ever add raisins to her challah? I never have.
No, because the kids don't like them.
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When I took my lunch it was always in a paper bag AND I had to bring the bag home, and hopefully the tin foil that was around my sandwich.
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Challah with raisins is quite common. I've had it many a time.
Betsy says, hi, Jane--she was just thinking of you. :)
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LOL DR TCB I didn't doubt, especially since it was served at Rosh Hashanah. It just isn't the norm & I can't recall ever having it served to me.
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Challah with raisins is quite common. I've had it many a time.
Betsy says, hi, Jane--she was just thinking of you. :)
Say hi back. :)
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Now I guess I am the only one who has tasted it that way.
No, you're not.
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Tom Ridge is backpedalling so fast I'm surprised he hasn't hit something. :)
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Raisins! What kind of challah is that!
That is the only kind of challah I have ever had. It was served for Rosh HaShanah.
You usually find it plain. I bet raisin challah would make tasty toast.
DR JMK does Betsy ever add raisins to her challah? I never have.
No, because the kids don't like them.
A shame they don't like raisins, safer for the dogs that they don't ;)
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one day read, now on to yesterday's 10 pgs.
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Well, I need to leave work and feed my friend's cats and bird. The bird (a parakeet, I think) is kept in her back bathroom, but there's no working light. If I go when it's dark (which I have), I have a hard time seeing anything. Today, I actually brought a flashlight...which I won't need.
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If I had had to take my paper bag back home I would not have accidentally thrown my glasses in the trash can. After school we returned to check the trash bin & didn't find the bag.
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Until later!
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A couple of times my mom would me a lunch box with a thermos. But, for some reason, thermoses and I did not get along. Within 24 hours I would always drop it, or hit it against something and break the damn thermos.
Even to this day, I cannot be trusted with a thermos. I take my coffee from home every morning. If I buy a thermos to carry it, I can guarantee that it will be broken within a week. When I buy a coffee carafe - it will last me for years.
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LOL DR TCB I didn't doubt, especially since it was served at Rosh Hashanah. It just isn't the norm & I can't recall ever having it served to me.
I think I would really like challah without raisins.
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If I had had to take my paper bag back home I would not have accidentally thrown my glasses in the trash can. After school we returned to check the trash bin & didn't find the bag.
I would somehow many to misplace the tin foil, but I did try to bring home the bag every night.
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Dear Ron P. really nice story, thank you.
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My old friend, who lives in Sun City (Phoenix) called me Sunday afternoon when I was in the middle of Costco. I asked him to call me back that evening and to please call before 7:00. He siad that would be fine because he was home all week and he could call me right at 6. So for the last three nights I have sat here from 6 to 7 waiting for the phone to ring.
He probably forgot that he said he would call.
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Sam, how was the smoke today?
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Dear DeBrucer, yes we swear by IN-N-OUT burgers, have them when ever I remember.
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Thanks everyone for the thoughts prayers and vibes. I haven't heard any news today and the family members I've called aren't home. I guess no news is good news.
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the smoke was horrible, could not see to the end of the block, the sky looked like it would on a stormy day.
back to reading yesterday.
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DR TCB why not call your friend back ;)
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the smoke was horrible, could not see to the end of the block, the sky looked like it would on a stormy day.
back to reading yesterday.
That is very, very thick smoke.
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Today was a hard day for me energy-wise. I had a really good night's sleep, but I felt kind of dizzy today and people told me I looked drained. The dentist was routine. I now have clean teeth and that feels good. I decided I need to say heck with the diet and eat well tonight. I had a nice new york strip and a baked potato. I aslo bought some women's multi-vitamins. I don't geel dizzy anymore.
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I also had some weight watchers chocolate fudge ice cream a banana and a tangelo. Maybe I was just hungry. lol.
I did stock up on ww frozen meals. I like them and they are great for lunch
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DR TCB why not call your friend back ;)
Oh no! He is never ready "to chat" until he has poured himself a very large gin / rocks and settled in to his recliner.
I'll just wait until he calls me.
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One of the results I got back from my medical tests shown that I had a severe Vitamin D deficiency. Apparently one result of that can be fatigue. Maybe that is why I have been so tired lately.
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Dear Jose, the picture of monkey in the kitchen, is that from the Smithsonian ?
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Speaking of that....................
G'night!
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DR TCB, good excuse to go outside and get some sunshine!
I have a friend who is outside almost all day long, and she simply doesn't absorb vitamin D from sunshine. I think she takes a supplement and is fine. Hopefully that's all you'll need.
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Had a pleasant evening of viewing. I finished my review and posted it so I had nothing to do this evening but just enjoy myself.
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One of the results I got back from my medical tests shown that I had a severe Vitamin D deficiency. Apparently one result of that can be fatigue. Maybe that is why I have been so tired lately.
Are you getting out in the sun? Do you have sun there? Will you be taking a prescription D? If you buy over the counter D, be sure it is D3.
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Since the BROADWAY: THE MUSICAL THEATER set was still out on the sofa, I took that last disc back out of the case and watched a bunch of the interviews that didn't make it into the actual documentary. Some were very brief, but SOndheim had a nice long set of Q&A about his various shows.
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'night
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Since I will be watching HIGH CRIMES on Blu-ray when Fox finally decides to get it to me, I thought I'd watch another Ashley Judd movie from around the same time: KISS THE GIRLS.
It has such a good cast, and quite a few hunky guys in the cast that are favorites: Cary Elwes, Jay Sanders, Tony Goldwyn, Jeremy Piven (well, he USED to be a favorite). Brian Cox is also in it with, of course, Morgan Freeman as the top-billed star of the show.
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Dear FJL, great video.
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Dear Kerry and MattH, love raisins too.
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I only had about 25 minutes left before I wanted to shut everything down. Not enough time to watch an episode of LIE TO ME (I'm sure I'll watch a couple more of them tomorrow). So I channel surfed.
Does anyone here like FLIPPING OUT on Bravo? I'd never watched it before, but since there were some (affected) gay men in the cast, I thought I'd watch. It'll likely be the only time I watch this show.
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Greetings one and all...
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No, the Fox Blu-ray releases for the week have not yet arrived, so any reviews from me will arrive after street date. I hate that, but it can't be helped.
Maybe MASH and HIGH CRIMES will come tomorrow. If they don't, I will have the day off.
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Vibes of good health, fortune and support to one and alll.....
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I'm not sure Callie feels too good. It's not her old problem, I checked the litter box and she just took a big drink of water. I'm thinking maybe she ate some bugs or something. She's apparently been sick quite a bit today. It's usually not her....anyway, I'm going to skip her bed time meds and let her stomach settle.
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Oh, so today the weight watchers registration fee is waived and I signed up 2 days ago. Go figure. Well, I did the monthly pass so I didn't have a fee, but still.
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DR Jose, fun to see the photos of DR Elmore at work. Thanks!
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Good Evening!
It was a GORGEOUS night to take a walk from the Library of Congress to the Capitol down the Mall to the Smithsonian... :)
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Hi, DR DakotaCelt!!!
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Dear DAW, you would not believe the amount of 20 somethings in LA that text and drive.
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I'm beginning to think Uranus is in retrograde. Amazon has completely (and I mean completely) screwed up this return/replacement of the defective Onkyo. I will have to deal with it once we're back. And then just a while ago, in the middle of my "relaxing" massage/refloxology session, the hotel's alarm went off and we had to evacuate. It was evidently a drill. They did give me 6 free cookies and some free Aveda product as a lovely parting apology gift.
DR JMK - When will you ever learn? Uranus has nothing to do with it, nor any other planet for that matter. Remember...
It's because you're a lesbian.
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Dear MattH, I don't know how to quick internet surf.
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DR Jose, fun to see the photos of DR Elmore at work. Thanks!
You're welcome, DR Cillaliz.
I took some pics throughout the day with my regular camera too, and, hopefully, I'll get those posted to my Flickr account sometime sooner or later.
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~~~~~SETTLED STOMACH VIBES TO DR CILLALIZ AND HER DC CALLIE~~~~~
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And, hopefully, DR elmore's train should have pulled into New York Penn Station a little while ago. And, hopefully, he won't have any tales to tell about this train trip back to New York City. ;)
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Once again my eyes feel very heavy so I think it's time to shut everything down and head down to bed.
Good night!
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Dear Jose, the picture of monkey in the kitchen, is that from the Smithsonian ?
DR Sam - Yes, it was. I hadn't seen "Julia Child's Kitchen" since they first started setting it up years ago. It was very cool seeing it again, especially after seeing "Julie & Julia".
*It was also my first time seeing "The Star Spangled Banner" flag at the National Museum of American History since it had been restored and installed in it's new room/exhibit space. Very cool.
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TAO = Theatre Artists Olympia = (The Brain & George)
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~~~~~OUT OF HARM'S WAY VIBES TO THOSE DRS AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS~~~~~
~~~~~WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE FIRES AND SMOKE IN CALIFORNIA~~~~~
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The Smithsonian traveled the country with about 300 items (maybe 15 years ago)
it was amazing to see some the the historical things that they have collected.
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The report for Mt. Wilson is that the firefighters will retreat to a concrete bunker below the observatory if they can not save it, even after the foam and gel cover the buildings etc.
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~~~~~SETTLED STOMACH VIBES TO DR CILLALIZ AND HER DC CALLIE~~~~~
Thanks DR Jose. Callie seems to be feeling a bit better. She's really sensitive right now so of course Boo is bugging her like crazy. I think she'll be fine
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Jeez, Jane, you had me thinking I was crazy. I did find this website - so somebody has heard of challah with raisins!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Challah-I/Detail.aspx
I've heard - and had - Challah with Raisins! I've also had with Currants... With bits of Citron (candied orange peel)... With Almonds... Topped with Sesame Seeds... Topped with Poppy Seeds... As the base for a Cinnamon Swirl Bread (perfect for French Toast!).
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Dear Kerry, enjoy your new surroundings.
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VIBES TO ALL WHO NEED THEM~~~~~~~
VIBEST O ALL IN CALIFORNIA DEALING WITH SMOKE AND FIRE~~~~~~~~
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YES, VIBES TO ALL WHO NEED THEM.
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I usually took a bagged lunch. Eating in the cafeteria was a rare "treat", by choice. I purchased milk at school. In elementary school they sometimes had fudgsicle. On those days I had ice cream instead of milk.
My favorite was a chopped olive sandwich on Challah. I liked mine mixed with mayo & a friend of mine favored sliced olives with cream cheese. Sometimes we would trade a half sandwich.
DR Jane - Is a "chopped olive sandwich" simply chopped olives between two slices of bread? If so... I might have to try one sometime. ;) -Although, I will have to admit, that I'm not sure just how the olives would work with the sweetness of the challah bread.
Black olives? Green olives?
Do you like "Olive Loaf" too?
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2 hrs have gone by, I better go pay the rent.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Sometimes my Mom packed a lunch for me and my brothers. Other times, we would buy lunch at school.
In 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades, the school we went to had a cafeteria, and I seem to remember being given lunch money during those grades.
When we lived in Seattle, I remember getting little "chips" for lunch. We would buy the chips in the morning before class, and then use them to buy lunch. The school I went to had a "kitchen on wheels" that would go from classroom module to classroom module - each module was two classrooms. They would set up in the shared coatroom.
For some reason, I'm thinking that the school I went to for Fourth Grade did not have a cafeteria. We had to bring our lunch. And the reason I remember that was because I had to get special permission to use the refrigerator in the teachers' lounge to store my lunch on certain days. -I went through a "salad phase". I even had the special Tupperware for it. I guess ice packs didn't really exist back then. ???
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My train pulled into Penn Station at 9:50 and I was home by 10:15. I've been checking on emails and dealing with crises. George did not come in yesterday and do the bookcases, so I'm both pissed and worried about him, also sick of all thr damned clutter. Between the mess here and the rather poor performance of the conductor today I am in a very crabby mood.
Good night all!
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We always had a cafeteria in school, but we didn't have choices, they put it on a plate and that's what you got. I actually did liked the canned spinach, lol. My favorites were the spaghetti, the pizza and the hamburger gravy on mashed potatoes.
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But, I have to add, it was great to see DR Jose today and we had a fine group of players. Our trombonist was a dim bulb who showed up with all of his music except for the first three numbers. This was a big inconvenience because he didn't want to walk the 10 blocks to his car to see if the music was in the trunk. I wpould have paid fro his damned cab. I guess if he sat there and ignored the issue the music would materialiize onthe stand. Mark, our librarian today, spent the morning photovcopying the full score and cutting and pasting together parts for the three numbers because the dumbass couldn't check his part before he got there. I don't think they'll use him again.
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As for the Topic of the Day (Part Two)...
I never had a "special" lunch box, but I seem to recall wanting one of those "construction worker" ones. -Just the "plain" one with the thermos. But I also seem to remember some sort of Disney-themed lunch box.
Like DR TCB, I tended to break thermoses. And if I didn't break them, I would lose them.
And I think I've told this story before, but...
My mom would usually pack some sort of dessert for me and my brothers. Jell-O, fruit cocktail, canned peaches, canned figs(!), etc. She had a veritable arsenal of individual Tupperware containers. Well...
One day in Mr. Sharack's Fourth Grade classroom, we had a "Clean Out the Coat Room Day". Once we had cleaned the floors and cubby holes, then Mr. Sharack - because he was the tallest one in the room - began to clean the upper shelves. "Oh, look! Here's a bag that says "Jojo" on it." -And inside it was a small Tupperware container. And a spoon. "Oh, here's another one..."
And another one... And another one...
I think I must have taken about 15 containers and spoons home that day. -Most of which were more like "science experiments" by that time. ::)
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Welcome back, DR elmore.
I hope the various crises, are not really crises come tomorrow morning.
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And it was good to see you today too, DR elmore!
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As for the Topic of the Day (Part Tres)...
The rectangular pieces of cheese pizza at St. Thomas More Elementary always seemed to end up on my tray. That cafeteria also had good french fries - which were baked, or at least finished in the oven. *I also seem to remember buying a hard-boiled egg regularly there.
My favorite Mom-made sandwich: Braunschweiger on Wonder Bread.
I, too, liked the canned - well, I guess it was canned - spinach. *However, we did have to wonder if it was just a coincidence that spinach was served the day after the lawn was mowed. ::)
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And it was good to see you today too, DR elmore!
I wish we could have gone to dinner because I was starving by the time I got to Union Station. I had a tuna salad sandwich and bottled water on the train.
I like the photos, too!
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Are we going to have another rotten conductor recurring character, Elmore?
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Everyone thought I was odd for liking the canned spinach. Truly, I have found my place in the world.
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Everyone thought I was odd for liking the canned spinach. Truly, I have found my place in the world.
:)
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And it was good to see you today too, DR elmore!
I wish we could have gone to dinner because I was starving by the time I got to Union Station. I had a tuna salad sandwich and bottled water on the train.
I like the photos, too!
Aw...
Well, I did end up back at Good Stuff Eatery. I ended up having a Spikes Sunny Side Burger (with an egg), Spike's Village Fries (with fresh thyme, rosemary and black pepper), and a Toasted Marshmallow Shake. <burp>
Alas, Spike was not there tonight, so I wasn't able to pass on your "greetings". ;)
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Yes, thank you for the photos, Jose.
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WEird night at the library
however not as weird as last week...
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Jose,
I have been enjoying Mr. Monkey's adventures...
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DH and I are looking at moving early next year...
Little tired of neighbor upstairs bonging...
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and i have complained with no avail
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Good to see you, DakotaCelt.
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and i have complained with no avail
Have you complained to you landlord? To the police?
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both... The landlord has stated he has talked to the renter and he behaves for a few daays and then starts up.
and yes also to the cops but they have to catch him red handed. And he usually leaves shortly after he has a joint and the cops arrive after the fact.
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Just had a long talk with my friend's Sister. Apparently Steve is doing a little better at the hospice. He still sleeps a lot, isn't eating and is still on his way out, so to speak, but they said his heart is strong and his lungs are still pretty good so he could stay like this for a couple weeks. This is good and bad. The hospice is wonderful and they are very happy there. But if he stabilizes, they are going to have to move him to a nursing home (don't know if that's insurance or hospice policy or what). That wouldn't be nearly as good of a situation. So it's a bit of a catch 22.
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I see you have some new babies Laura... I like the name Ginger for one ....
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Ooohhh... Weren't we just talking about ice cream?
87 Scoops Later, a Sweet Meltdown (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/dining/reviews/02unde.html?ref=dining)
"With some eager friends, I tried 87 flavors at 17 spots in Manhattan and Brooklyn, trailing a wake of plastic spoons in the barbarous heat. We grew queasy and cranky. We wilted. Still, when we discovered a great ice cream, we couldn’t stop..."
*Of course, I probably could have written that article myself. ;)
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Cilla, where did you get avatar made?
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It was a Mad Men or Mad Man or whatever that show is link that someone posted. Maybe DR Jose knows what it is
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Cilla, where did you get avatar made?
It was a Mad Men or Mad Man or whatever that show is link that someone posted. Maybe DR Jose knows what it is
Mad Men Yourself (http://www.madmenyourself.com)
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I see you have some new babies Laura... I like the name Ginger for one ....
Except they are all boys.
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Dakota, the last litter was named after various HHW people....I know I'm hoping this litter will be too. There are plenty of names to go around for a litter of boy kitties.
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Thanks Jose
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DR Laura, I just had an invitation on Facebook to fly to Phoenix this weekend to sing "my song" with Snake Eyes, the band I used to sing with when I lived out there. Of course I'm not going right now, but maybe in the future, it would be a kick. I haven't seen those guys in 17 years
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Sam - thank you!
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Jane - Toby and Dylan say thanks for the compliment :)
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"Put a Diktat in your mouth and get a bang out of life!"
I always thought that was "brickbat"...
I guess it depends on how wide one can open one's mouth.
Not necessarily.
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Well... Me sleepy...
Goodnight.
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Cilla, where did you get avatar made?
It was a Mad Men or Mad Man or whatever that show is link that someone posted. Maybe DR Jose knows what it is
Mad Men Yourself (http://www.madmenyourself.com)
I had forgotten to ask about the link, too. :) Thanks!
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Finished with my viewing, listening to the new Kritzerland master (this particular title came up unexpectedly, and I must say we've turned it around in record time - though it's already been on CD, that CD is OOP for quite a few years, and was made from album masters that sounded ugly, dry, and shrill and because the original LP issue was longer than usual for an LP the sound had been further squashed so as not to create inner groove distortion. I found the original three-track album master and while the recording itself still sounded dry and shrill, it was not squashed and I was able for the first time to give it some nice, focused low end, airy high end and get rid of the shrill, and then put some nice subtle room ambience for the orchestra. It sounds pretty great and certainly a lot better than the previous incarnations. Considering how beloved the score is, I suspect we'll do well - in fact, my big online dealer has already committed to all but 20% of the run, so I'm thinking this will sell out in a day or two.
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I'm actually thinking of doing the unthinkable (at least as of a year ago) - I may have to hire a Kritzerland helper full time for the next two months - wouldn't pay much and all under the table, but I can no longer do this by myself while trying to cast and direct a huge reading of a huge and long musical, plus work on three club acts and everything else that's going on. I'll try to find some nice young person who needs some dough under the table, and they probably will do better doing this than working for eight or nine bucks an hour somewhere where they'd have taxes taken out.
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Dear DakotaCelt: Your neighbor upstairs, I had the same problem at my last building (even in Hollywood where everything is very relaxed) you can force the police to go to the apartment and talk to the tenant. It is still a federal law, and the police have to investigate a complaint. In the building I am in now, they just hired a young (20's manager) and everyone went wild, I put a stop to that and went straight to the head of the management company over everyone's head, believe me the tenants all behave now.
I'm from the 60's (and a former hippy, but we never intruded on someone else's air space). The kids today can keep the smell from everyone else's nose if they want to, or are forced to.
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end of rant.
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Goodnight everyone.
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Hello night owl George.
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Hi and bye Sam.
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bk - It's probably best not to use the phrase "under the table" on a public website. :-X
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Why? I only meant that they'll literally be working under a table, where I always like my employees to work. Keep 'em crouching, that's my motto.
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Did you know, for example, that motto spelled backwards is ottom? I had pasta papa for lunch at noon and all I've eaten since is some low-cal ice cream. I'm sorta hungry, actually, but, as always, have no food whatsoever.
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Why? I only meant that they'll literally be working under a table, where I always like my employees to work. Keep 'em crouching, that's my motto.
Umm... That's "description" is probably not helping your cause either. ::)
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I've just received an email offer to purchase Missy Jeans at the astoundingly low price of $14.99.
But then you have to pay her passage from Africa.
der Brucer
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PAGE 11 UNDER THE TABLE DANCE!!
(http://www.mechanicalcat.net/abigail/photos/9mths/table.jpg)
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;)
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Found some Healthy Choice chicken and rice soup and made that - did the trick.
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And now, new notes to post.