Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on April 18, 2004, 12:00:38 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've played the notes, the notes have made a tune, and we're all humming like daffodils on a cloudy day in Connecticut. Now, don't dawdle, Amaryllis, let's have posts galore, shall we?
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Had a lovely and sparkling evening celebrating my dear friend Briar's 30th birthday. A bunch of us dined on yummilicious Mexican cuisine, went bowling (something she hadn't done in about 5 years and just felt like doing), and then we all retired to another friend's house for some sparkling conversation. A good time was had by all (even if most of us are horrendous bowlers).
On my way to meet up with the group, I stopped by one of the local car dealerships to browse used car stickers. Well, this particular lot doesn't show prices for any of their cars. Guess you have to deal with one of their salespeople to even really consider a car. Most unseemly if you ask me. More car lots tomorrow.
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I get the frist post!
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Jed! You stole the frist post from me! Vengeance must be had! Get out your samurai sword and meet me at Hollywood and Vine at dawn.
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That's what you think, Panni!!! :D
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Hmmm... don't think I can make it to Hollywood & Vine by dawn. About a 20-hour drive from here. How about dawn Monday? Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain?
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Time is irrelevant to the true warrior. Dawn - today - or it's off.
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...And you will forever have to live with the shame. :'(
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Just had a lovely and long chat with our very own Juliana A. Hansen, who will be back in LA very soon with Thoroughly Modern Millie. We'll have new journal entries up sometime this week (I just have to be told how to post them - Craig won't be doing anything else for our website as far as I can tell - we'll have more about that in a few days when it's all sorted through). Juliana is leaving the show two weeks into the LA run, so we'll have a final special wrap-up entry at that time.
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Back to the plays of Noel Coward.
I was in a production of Hay Fever, back at Fresno State. I played Simon, the artist son. No, I don't think I can remember even a line of dialogue. The young woman who played my sister, Sorel, was a charmer, however. Every night, we would run through our first scene together before the curtain went up, at breakneck speed, just to get our energy going.
I remember that we used henna to redden my hair. Our Sorel was a blonde, and the parents were both natural redheads, so it made sense. My mother was terrified that they would bleach my hair so that it would redden better. Looking back, we should have done it.
It was my one and only attempt to get on stage. The world is a better place because of that total.
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Time is irrelevant to the true warrior. Dawn - today - or it's off.
I'm betting Panni watched Kill Bill, Volume 2 quite recently.
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MR BK you have given us a tough assignment today...after some looking, I cannot come up with any other GRIND HOUSE names. Perhaps DRJMK can get some ads using NewspaperArchive, but I can't seem to come up with any! :P
My "review" of Private Lives is in the notes yesterday.... Someone mentioned PRESENT LAUGHTER...I hereby enclose a photo of Miss Frances Farmer and Mr Reginald Gardner in said Coward play at the Avondale Tent Theatre in the early 1960's.
If any DR's have photos of plays they were in, or plays featuring unexpected actors....please post them today. I love to see photos of "out of town" or "stock" productions! ;D
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For 42nd Street Grinhouses, I know that author John Rechy names quite a few in his early novels, such as CITY OF NIGHT. Not sure if James Leo Herlihy mentions them in MIDNIGHT COWBOY by name, or not. Possibly, looking at some feature films shot in New York, you could get a few names you hadn't thought about via second unit photography.
As for STAR!, I find the joys of the picture far outweigh the negatives. The script merely serves the purpose of getting from one song to the next, and Michael Kidd's production numbers are divoon. It's extremely odd to have an actress/singer of Julie's range portraying an actress whose singing voice was extremely limited, was not a great dancer, yet like Evita, had "stasr quality." Even with the script's limitations, there are still a few stand-out scenes; the reading of the script in front of the British censor board, "The quality of mercy" set-up and the confrontation with Aldrich work quite well.
I've never seen a murky, brownish STAR!, only the 70mm uncut version and the loverly laserdisc; I'm a bit annoyed that FOX chose not to include the intermission and the entr'acte, considering that they spent a few extra months getting this one together! (STAR! was originally to come out in August of last year).
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Good morning everyone!
Wow, I am sleepy today. Hopefully we will get some sunshine. I like sunshine (tired of rain and gloomy days).
Last night DR TomFromOz was asking if people from France think migraines and headaches are the same. Not sure why he mentioned France (did you mean Quebec?).
Anyhow I actually think that some people use the term migraine to mean severe headache. While some use the term to mean the horrible headache where you cannot function (where the pain is so severe that you throw up and cannot move). When I talk about migraine, I refer to the latter definition (I've only had 2 of these in my life). Hope that helps.
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For grindhouses, our favorite was the Liberty. Best Eurosleaze, comfortable; we went on our first date there to see Mountainside Motel Massacre and Women for Sale. The Cinerama, which was off the Deuce on 47th and Broadway had been twinned, but if you went into the Cinerama II it was back to the glory days--a huge screen and a coliseum shape for the seating. Among grindhouses, the Anco was the worst and most dangerous, right opposite the Port Authority bus terminal. The Roxy, when it turned into a miniplex, had great exploitation movies but still retained its patina of menace--it was a 24 hour place, the plastic seats didn't entirely discourage crashers, and it was formerly a live show theater that had on premise hooking. Avon's Doll Theater was fun, a quiet metronome that you wouldn't know was a floating sex party with the right crowd there. Bill used to be day manager at the Doll and wrote some of the early Sleazoids he mailed me as he was sitting in the cashbox there. The Doll had a great choice of double bills, say a relatively new Avon movie like Prisoner of Pleasure would be double billed with a tried and true favorite like Johnny Wadd. Out of all the adult theaters, the 24-hour all-male Night Shift, a.k.a. the Omega, a.k.a. the Moulin Rouge, was a health hazard and a magnet for all manner of tenderloin crime. The worst of the lot.
http://www.sleazegrinder.com/garb_sleazoidexpress.htm
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Dom Deluise turned up late at night around the Venus. He was a known quantity at the Venus and Eros. He was complaining that the male dancers were too nelly for his taste at the Eros. But Bill asked him for an autograph and he was gregarious enough to give one and was friendly to the staff. Neil Sedaka turned up at the Eros but when the lights came on, he got embarrassed and quietly left. And when he was on Broadway, Mr. Death in Venice himself, Dirk Bogarde, used to glide through the Night Shift. And lots of local porn stars, of course, like Jamie Gillis checking out his marquees or bringing a girl with him into the Doll so he could use the girl as sharkbait to have a threesome with a minority guy there. One night he and a girlfriend blew the whole staff. Fortunately, I missed this impromptu performance, as I was day manager and this occurred at night. There were rumors that Rod Stewart and Robert De Niro turned up at the "dime a dance" place above the Doll at the Satin Ballroom--but that De Niro just wanted to engage in conversation with one of the girls for quite some time and didn't approach her sexually. A couple of times Al Goldstein wandered into the Night Shift. You didn't know if it was a "spot check" to rate the place or a personal thing with him. Also, good ol' Ken Anger, tripping his brains out at the Night Shift Theater. He was on so much acid that he didn't even recognize me until he ambled over to the "cashbox" and I blared out, "HI KEN, HOWYA DOIN'!" About a week after the Danceteria incident, too (see Landis' bio, Anger). "Research for the Kinsey Institute," my ass.
http://www.sleazegrinder.com/garb_sleazoidexpress.htm
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Gotta run. Hope everyone has a good Sunday.
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Esteemed BK, it would seem that Authors Bill Landis and Michelle Clifford 's book SLEAZOID EXPRESS has all of the information that you need, at least according to its online reviews. 8)
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As Velma Kelly said: "And then some!"
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But, I can't do it alone!
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Hiya, DR's - I've been asked by a Northwest actor HHW denizen to give details about the reading I'm trying to put together of one of my plays.
Dates are not set in stone, but rehearsals would begin mid-July, with two or three performances mid-August. It is a semi-staged, minimally-costumed non-production of my Mozart decomposition, Washington's Wedding, based on Marriage of Figaro. Takes place on a plantation near Atlanta toward the end of the Civil War.
Check the SeattleStage.com board for more details - I posted the casting notice about 2 weeks ago. I especially need an African-American leading man, solid legit baritone for some of the greatest music ever written. Also need African-American mezzo or full lyric soprano for the Marcellina part; Caucasian bass for the Bartolo part; Caucasian light baritone or tenor who plays guitar or banjo to play 17 years old - I've rewritten the Cherubino part to be played by an actual man. As I said, check the casting notice for more info. I'll be scheduling auditions for mid-to-late May in Seattle.
Sorry for what may have appeared to be the slighting of our talented HHW colleagues up Nawth - but TIP: check Seattlestage.com every couple of days. Most of the Northwest jobs being cast are listed there before they're listed anywhere else!
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I'll cast my vote with DR td in favor of STAR! In addition to the things he said, I want to mention that it was very, very brave in 1968 to do a film about a woman who was a maddening mix of conflicting personality traits but most of which were UNFLATTERING. Gertie is shown to be vain, self-involved, petulant, headstrong, and in most cases completely UNLOVABLE. FOr the public who found her enchanting on stage, they only saw the glitzy, glamorous Gertie (given to us in those dazzling production numbers). The film shows us both sides of her and is fairly uncompromising with her marriages and love affairs and drunkenness and spendthrift ways. (Contrast to FUNNY GIRL which handily skipped over Fannie Brice's first marriage making it appear she was a virgin seduced by Nick.)
I'm sure Wise thought immediately of Julie Andrews as she had such a love affair going with the public at that time that he figured she could take a basically unlikable person and make her palatable. For me, she did. I left admiring her as an artist and understanding that as a person, she was greatly flawed. Few musicals up to that time portrayed stars as anything but likable, and when they were involved with shady characters, as in LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME or FUNNY GIRL, they were shown as pitiful victims of some scheming man. Gertie was no victim.
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Lucky me. Another mind-numbing board meeting today.
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I have very demanding children, Echo wants a walk and Bogie wants to play pool.
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Bogie has eyes the color of Lucy's eyeSHADOW, DRJANE.
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Only in this photo. They are really greeen.
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Oh, and to be fair to Libby, we haven't seen any plays yet this season. This might be a good year for her.
And to be fair to the Shakespeare festival. They do perform some wonderful plays. So far this year there are several on my list to see.
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Gorgeous, simply gorgeous cat!
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Thanks td. He is like this big cuddly stuffed toy. Sometimes I just throw him over my shoulder and walk around with him.
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V-LOG (Village Light Opera Guild although they are no longer in the Village) has been doing musicals in New York for 63 years. At first they only did Gilbert & Sullivan but now they also do classic musicals. Last night I saw their MOST HAPPY FELLA and loved it. There were only four signs that it was an amateur show. The program which featured those good luck ads from cast members' families, a few chorus members (though not nearly as many as in the past) who stuck out like sore thumbs as not belonging on a stage, a lot of feedback in the sound system, and poorly designed and executed lighting relying way too much on followspots. Otherwise, the production was much better than the revival at the Booth about ten years ago. First of all there was an orchestra much larger than most pit orchestras conducted by Christian Noll's father. And the cast --- particularly the six leads --- was wonderful. I know that Rosabella is in Equity (she played the title and similar role in Mufti's FANNY last month) and I would not be surprised if a couple of the rest of them were too. The dancers did the simple choreography with ease and the choral singing --- particularly on the difficult "Song of a Summer Night" --- was excellent. I love GUYS AND DOLLS and HOW TO SUCCEED, but to me MOST HAPPY FELLA is definitely Loesser's Masterpiece. And did you know that Barbara Cook was turned down for Rosabella in the original production? That left her free to do CANDIDE. Can you imagine the history of musical comedy in the 50s if Cook had done Rosabella?
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A reviewer over at Amazon.com feels about the same way the Mr BK feels about the Star! DVD. And it's a shame it didn't receive top-notch treatment. :'(
DRMATTH you are right about the character being a brave choice....and I think it's a bit like watching Doris Day play Ruth Etting as a ruthless, ambitious tramp in Love Me Or Leave Me, Etting by the way denies that much of that story was true.
Doris had a script by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart - and I can't really find any credits for the Star! screenwriter William Fairchild that would have given him the chops for the job...although he did write The Horsemasters for Disney and Annette!
MR BK makes a good point that Ernest Lehman would have given the script a direction or a point at least. And the scenes you mention are terrific...I wish the whole movie had been. The IMDB doesn't mention any source material. Was the story just made up? I know it was a bit of a jumble time wise.
Anyway....how was the "screen test" footage of Julie and Daniel?
I may have to buy it....because I love the music...and there is a LOT of it! The LP was a gatefold with a LOT of pictures of the musical numbers and I loved to play it...still do. Is it on CD?
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Page Two Dance. ;D
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JRand53 - I don't know how you did that - but it's very cool.
Jane - Bogie's a beautiful cat. A Maine Coon, right? That's what the tufts on the ears look like. Not being a cat person, as you know, I happen to be a bit of an expert on Main Coons as my cousin in Switzerland (the one who sends me marzipan) breeds them as a hobby. Very dog-like cats, I'm told.
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Jrand, that's my fave, Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill with the divoon Tura Satana on the left. I've posted a pic of Tura and myself here at haineshisway.com. I also named the Gail Edwards character Tura, in my play The Good One.
td and MattH - I'm glad you like Star. I wish I did. I don't have the laser anymore. td, it would be nice if you could tell if the laser had better color than the new DVD, especially in the skin tones.
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MR BK - is Juliana leaving MILLIE for a new project?
Follow up to the Mike Danton story from yesterday....click if interested.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=b502bd6f-7d84-47a5-a25c-f607e9c08106 (http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=b502bd6f-7d84-47a5-a25c-f607e9c08106)
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Yes, I thought you would like that MR BK. I remember the lovely picture with you and Miss Tura.....it is one of my favorites....next to the one of you and Miss June Wilkinson....Macumba Love Goddess!
DR PANNI - I did it accidentally...but it worked! 8)
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Juliana is leaving because she's tired of the road and because she'll be starring in The Wizard of Oz at the Sacramento Music Circus.
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Hello, all! Well, STAR; when I was in grad school I saw the complete print, loved about half, mostly the first part, and hated about the same amout, esepcially the over-the-top "Saga of Jenny" performed too elaborately in a setting never to be seen on any stage, with no attempt to tie the number to either its upstaging of Danny Kaye or Liza Elliot in her editor attire deciding on a circus cover. I loved the early music hall-Andre Charlot moments quite a lot, though. I later had in my apartment a gigantic poster for "Those Were The Happy Times," which seemed to be a drastic cut-edit job to make the film more palatable, and which I hope never to see.
On another musical note, I took my goddaughter this morning to see THE PRINCE AND ME, which is really an updated version of THE STUDENT PRINCE without Norma Shearer or Sigmund Romberg. The film jumped the shark about a third into it because uninformed director Martha Coolidge and her uninformed crew have no concept of Wisconsin weather in late November; a Thanksgiving weekend race had all the principals and extras dressed in T-shirts and light jackets, confusing Thanksgiving with Labor Day. If she and her crew don't give a damn about reality, even in a fairy tale, why should her audience?
This reminded me, Dear Friend BK, when you were talking about the clueless director of the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG revival you recorded and her allowing touchtone phones onstage in a scene that took place when phones still were dialed! I've worked with her since and she's still clueless!
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Julianna is going over the rainbow!!!!
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I've read the posts and am now officially lurking if I don't say something. I have nothing to report, however. I'm about to make some coffee. Peets Mocca-Java. How's that for news? 8)
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Jeez, my knees, where in tarnation IS everyone. What is it, Sunday all of a sudden?
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Sunday Sweet Sunday.
TDOC.
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td and MattH - I'm glad you like Star. I wish I did. I don't have the laser anymore. td, it would be nice if you could tell if the laser had better color than the new DVD, especially in the skin tones.
Once my STAR! dvd is in tomorrow afternoon, I'll do an immediate A/B comparison; though I know for a fact that except for the reel containing the courtroom scene, the colors positively leap off the screen on the laserdisc, "The Physician" is positvely bathed in golds and torquoises which come off delightfully.
Well, I believe that the reason Lehman DIDN'T do the script is because early on, Beatrice Lillie insisted on playing herself in the film (!) and if she couldn't do it, she wouldn't allow any portrayal of her at all. I know that Lillie was a major part of the early script, maybe Lehman worked on it at this point.
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Trying to keep the board lively, here's a bit of news. The coffee I made (Peets Mocca-Java) has been drunk. By me. It was good.
Now I must write.
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Not all at once DRPANNI. Not all at once!
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I too performed in a production of HAY FEVER,playing the father David Bliss when I was far too young to be playing it. My review: "Charles Pogue undoubtedly has one of the finest stage voice qualities going....With that delectable British accent,...he was quite convincing in the role."
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"...quite convincing..." is a rave in my book.
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Well I finally went into Krispy Kreme!
I was driving past it today with my mom. And I said, "I really want to see their menu". I was just going to pull over and read the drive thru menu. But it was not possible.
So we went in. And there was a huge line. And before I knew it someone had put a krispy kreme donut in my hand. I love that idea. It makes people want to wait in line.
I felt bad, since I wasn't there to buy any donuts. But there were so many people there who were buying, that I'm sure they didn't notice.
I checked out what they have. And they definitely have like 30 different varieties. Yeah! I cannot wait to try each one.
If anyone has any favorites, let me know.
They also have a huge area that lets you watch how they make them. Very cool.
I will definitely be back there soon. :)
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td and MattH - I'm glad you like Star. I wish I did. I don't have the laser anymore. td, it would be nice if you could tell if the laser had better color than the new DVD, especially in the skin tones.
Well, when my DVD finally comes, I have every intention of synching them up and comparing the two. I do this with most DVD/laser duplicates I have, and almost always the DVD has come out on top. This will be a most interesting comparison.
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To answer your question DR JRand, a soundtrack CD was released in a series Fox soundtracks supervised by our very own Mr. Nick Redman. It is an extended version of the soundtrack LP with such added attractions as Daniel Massey's "Forbidden Fruit" and Julie's complete recording of the Oscar nominated-title song.
I suspect it's not in print any longer.
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td and MattH - I'm glad you like Star. I wish I did. I don't have the laser anymore. td, it would be nice if you could tell if the laser had better color than the new DVD, especially in the skin tones.
It sounds as if the skin tones are based on the soundtrack album cover.
And I still say the cover looks like Julie is auditioning for a KISS tribute band.
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LOL...thanks for the info MATTH!
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One amazon "reviewer" of Star has already said exactly what I did - that the colors are pale. The really heavily colored scenes come off okay, but you'll see what I mean in terms of the flesh tones and most of the scenes. It's pretty "there".
Now, where in tarnation IS everyone?
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I checked out what they have. And they definitely have like 30 different varieties. Yeah! I cannot wait to try each one.
If anyone has any favorites, let me know.
I've tried many different varieties of Krispy Kreme, and I gotta tell ya, you can't improve on perfection. Call me a purist, call me irresponsible, hell, call me Shirley, but I'm a devotee of the Original Glazed.
By the way, has anyone seen Kill Bill, Volume 2 yet? Bearing in mind that I am assuredly not a Tarantino fan, I still enjoyed this movie a heckuva lot. I still think he specializes in putting lipstick on pigs and laughing all the way to the bank, but he does it well in this movie; and it's easily the best flicker I've seen so far this year.
I'm gonna wait for the uber-edition deeveedee of this one, with both parts merged into a whole. And it'll make a grand total of one Tarantino movie I've actually liked.
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That's distressing because DR. DOLITTLE and HELLO DOLLY, both Fox musicals from the same three year period, look wonderful on DVD. Argh! :(
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By the way, has anyone seen Kill Bill, Volume 2 yet? Bearing in mind that I am assuredly not a Tarantino fan, I still enjoyed this movie a heckuva lot.
As you noted earlier today by my challenge (unmet) of DR Jed, I have. I'm also not a fan of Mr. T, but enjoyed this one a lot. I'd just seen vol 1 on DVD a few nights before, so the whole thing was quite fresh in my mind.
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I must start Previewing my posts. I've been posting while writing, so my mind is on other things... so I make mistakes, post, then have to modify. Almost every one of my posts recently has "Last Edit: Today at..." under it.
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Hey everyone, just thought I should post a warning that e-mails containing viruses have been sent, looking like something from a HHW person. I got one supposedly from DR Jed, containing a download that had a virus in it. So consider this a heads up! :)
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New question: When at a restaurant, and ordering steak, how do you answer the question "And how would you like that cooked?"
I normally reply "Medium-Rare, please." Der Brucer cheats and answers with the question "What do you call bright pink in the center?" Only, by cheating, he usually gets exactly what he wants!
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And yes, DR Jane, you can have a tofu steak if that's what you want! ;)
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Second question, two parts:
Are you good at saving leftovers?
Are you good at using those saved leftovers?
Yes, and, uh, sometimes. :-\
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Page Three Dance!
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Gotta run up to Seattle tomorrow, for a few days - lots of work to do in a short space of time, since I have to be back down here in LA by next Sunday. Oy. Jane, can I have my bed tomorrow night???
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Are you good at saving leftovers?
Are you good at using those saved leftovers?
Yes.
Yes.
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If you want to stop your system from sending an automatic virus....go into your address book and add an address beginning with zero - for example 0000111@manji.edu which is completely bogus address....if a virus attempts to send mail to all in your address book, it will stop when the first one is returned....and the fake one will be. Starting it with a number puts it at the top of your address book list and doesn't hurt your system at all.
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I liked my page two dance better.
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My goodness, this is a slow Sunday. Slower than usual, which is pretty slow. And we know that all the errant and truant folks will be back tomorrow with the usual, "I was errant and truant". And we shall laugh and laugh, shall we not? Meanwhile, I think we should have some more postings for our mental delectation.
There's an ad in the supplement for the LA Festival of Books - Mr. Pogue's blurb is there (much abbreviated) along with a photo of the cover of Kritzer Time which is not easy to see.
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Well I am back from being out of town and just caught up with all the BK musings and postings.
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From Saturday: I enjoy Baroque music to relax and according to studies it is the best music to listen to if you need to listen to music while studying. I don't have one favorite as I listen to CDs that are Baroque's "greatest hits"
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Go for baroque. You need to make up for lost time, Michael Shayne.
I made up for lost time - I wore a lovely shade of rouge, did my eyes, and put a faux beauty mark below my lip.
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Today I participated in the AIDS walk in South Beach. Glorious weather and many many people. The Grand Marshall's were Ted Casablanca and Melissa Rivers. I will post some photos later.
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For those that care, Queer as Folk season 4 premieres tonight.
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BK: How many of the episodes did you actually appear in on the first season of Bullshit? I was wondering did any recognize you as Bruce Kimmel instead of Doctor Learly?
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Music I had in my car over the weekend.
Lisa Richards, Ethel Merman's privates volume 1, ron raines, Bill mckliney (who sings an alternate version of Disneyland), Linda Purl.
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Does anyone know what the requirements of that makes a hotel a *** establishement. The hotel I was in was advertised as such and believe me it wasn;t. Closer to a glorified dorm house. The bathroom was so small that when you had to sit down your legs had to be placed to the side there was no room to put them in front. The walls were so thin that you were able to hear at 4am the couple next door. Fight, making up, fighting etc.
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I was only in one episode of Bullshit! And one for the new season. No one recognized me because I had my glasses on, and because I was ever so believable in my lab coat.
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Chat in a mere ninety minutes.
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I don't know about STAR!, yet. . .but, I can vouch the the latest release of LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG is infinitely superior to the previously un-enhanced transfer. :)
Also, took a gander at THE THRILL OF IT ALL and found it side-splittingly funny, charming and a delightful transfer.
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I've reported on Umbrellas already. It's not quite as sharp as the French anamorphic DVD, and the framing is still a bit off on the sides (the French has more breathing room, but it's 100% better than the previous DVD, which was hideously mis-framed.
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Chat in a mere eighty-eight minutes.
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JRand53 - I don't know how you did that - but it's very cool.
Jane - Bogie's a beautiful cat. A Maine Coon, right? That's what the tufts on the ears look like. Not being a cat person, as you know, I happen to be a bit of an expert on Main Coons as my cousin in Switzerland (the one who sends me marzipan) breeds them as a hobby. Very dog-like cats, I'm told.
I second the cool thing. :D
Panni, I don’t know what dog like is, unless that means they come when you call, follow you around & are affectionate. That he is, but then most of my cats have come when I called. Bogie is only part Main Coon but from what I can tell, it just means he is on the small size for a Main Coon. Those tufts are great. He really fits the image of is name, tough looking on the outside with a heart of gold.
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And yes, DR Jane, you can have a tofu steak if that's what you want! ;)
Thanks. I just purchased, from the deli counter at the market, tofu marinated in a wonderful mandarin sauce, then grilled. It's great.
Oh, growing up my mother only served steak medium rare.
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Tonight: Leftover pork roast, with garlic mashers and mushroom gravy, and some salad.
Since the pork roast was done with some thyme, I'll probably add some of that to the gravy. My thyme is never lost; I know exactly where I've been storing it in the fridge. (It's right next to Rosemary, and Rosemary has an excellent sense of direction.)
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As for leftovers, yes and yes. I am a big fan of leftovers often finding them tastier than the first day.
Garlic mashed potatoes are too good to top with gravy.
Penny, your bed is ready and waiting. Be sure to let us know what time you will be here. :D
Michael Shayne, who advertised the hotel was a three star? Maybe they made that up. ;)
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Charles Pogue I thought of you today while we were at the movies. During a scene I leaned over to Keith and said that is what you mean by not dumbing down to the audience. After which we were very bad and Keith kept cracking me up with his comments. When I loose control my laugh is very embarrassing. As the movie ended, I couldn’t help myself and applauded. I was then surprised at the number of people who then joined me. ;D
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You were probably the most popular people at that showing of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, DRJANE. ;D
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No one has photos from stage performances?
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I made up for lost time - I wore a lovely shade of rouge, did my eyes, and put a faux beauty mark below my lip.
It's a great picture, BK, sort of like the late great Beryl Reid in JOSEPH ANDREWS!
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You were probably the most popular people at that showing of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, DRJANE. ;D
Good try but guess again. :D I thought this movie would be one of those "guilty pleasures". Ha! No way.
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Well then how about Wacky Album Covers. Here is the first one I came to in my collection. 8)
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As for leftovers, yes and yes. I am a big fan of leftovers often finding them tastier than the first day.
Garlic mashed potatoes are too good to top with gravy.
Penny, your bed is ready and waiting. Be sure to let us know what time you will be here. :D
Michael Shayne, who advertised the hotel was a three star? Maybe they made that up. ;)
Hotels.com
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Lovely red X. Chat in a mere fifty minutes. Be there or be round.
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And another one. 8)
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Continuing with the report of my exciting day... Drank coffee as previously noted (Peets Moca-Java), wrote quite a bit, read some, oh - forgot - walked quite a bit in the early morn, took wonderdog to the park and watched him romp with another dog while the nice owner of other dog threw them balls high into the air with some ball throwing device, wrote some more, lunched, rested a bit as it's Sunday and that's what you're supposed to do, fed the dog his dinner and will now take him to park again, will go grocery shopping and hope to get back for the beginning of Chat or will join it when I get back. Please - no applause. ...Please. ...Well, if you must, I humbly bow. :-*
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I was terribly E and T today and I am ashamed! :-\
Spent most of the day at a car dealership with my neice Katie and her new husband Brian. I am co-signing for their new automobile and it just took foreeeeeeverrrrr! But we broke to have some sushi at the new Japanese place in south Salem and that was good...particularly since they paid! LOL!
Anyway, all done with that stuff now. I am going to try to finish my movie I started last night. It is called 12 O'CLOCK and is a 1957 Bollywood movie. Very film noir. Good film but the print they used for the DVD had certainly seen better days! But the plot is so intriguing that it doesn't bother me, and of course the music is great.
Now, BK, I am curious...why in the world, if you don't like and have never liked THE STAR, would you shell out money for the DVD?!
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OH, and Jane, Bogie has to be one of the most beautiful cats in all of the Rogue Valley!!
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My picture didn't show up?
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And JRand53 that is a wonderful tip about the e-mail! I am going to try that. I would be terribly embarrassed if my address book were being used to send out virus e-mails.
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Because I didn't have to pay for the DVD - I was still using up credit. Plus, I like Julie and I like the scoring and I keep thinking I'll like it better.
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I adore Giselle MacKensie. And I wouldn't mind actually having a copy of her Christmas album. Lovely, lovely voice, and criminally under-represented on CDs.
Dunno if I can make chat tonight...there's thunderstorms brewin' here in Minnesota, and the sky is looking really dark and downright scary. It was windy all day, and now it's eerie and calm...
The computer is gonna be shut down in a few minutes, as a safety precaution. Hopefully, this will pass quickly.
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Free is always good!
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DR ROBIN maybe my sister can make a cassette of the album for you....I haven't figured out LP's to CD's yet.
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Chat in a mere forty minutes
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I finally posted my review of Kritzer Time in the Kritzer Time area of this here board. I will post it on other locations tomorrow when I'm at work and my connection is faster.
TCB this is for you. I finally found a large version of my avatar (the picture of Ant and me at the pool table). Enjoy!
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It's a great picture, BK, sort of like the late great Beryl Reid in JOSEPH ANDREWS!
What about Beryl Reid in STAR! (all I remember of JOSEPH ANDREWS is Lady Boobie and the naked (again!) Peter Firth).
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I was out all day with my niece today. she made an unexpected trip to NY with her high school class. She didn't know she would be able to come here (from Minnesota) until Thursday evening. That being said, I don't have a complete list of grind houses, but I know that one of them was the Empire (originally called the Eltinge, named after Julian Eltinge, the premiere female impersonator of his time at the turn of the century)
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Jane - I bet a quarter that the movie was CONNIE AND CARLA.
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Because I didn't have to pay for the DVD - I was still using up credit. Plus, I like Julie and I like the scoring and I keep thinking I'll like it better.
I like store credit, too!
Today I picked up PLANET OF THE APES ANNIVERSARY EDITION with DTS SOUND!, ALIAS SEASON TWO, LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, the aforementioned PARAPLUIES and TOKYO GODFATHERS.
There's just not enough time in the day to take them all in! Especially when working on a deadline for THE LITTLE PRINCE, HALF A SIXPENCE, FOR ME AND MY GAL, LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, STAR!, THE JOLSON STORY and JOLSON SINGS AGAIN!
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No Scarlet Street in Indiana yet.
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Chat in a mere fifteen minutes. My SS arrived - excellent issue. I'm going to read Ben's thoughts on KT and I suggest everyone else do the same.
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Beautiful thoughts, Ben, and I'm very appreciative. You meant to say Kritzer Time in your last paragraph, but said Benjamin Kritzer instead, which you can edit when you post to amazon and barnesandnoble.com. Now, everyone go read Ben's lovely words.
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The Harris Theater----Madame Tussauds (226 West 42nd Street)
New Amsterdam (214 W. 42nd Street)
The following 7 theaters are part of the 99 year 42nd Street lease
Liberty Theater (234 West 42nd Street)
Empire Theater (234 West 42nd Street)
Time Square Theater (217 West 42nd Street)
New Victory (229 West 42nd Street) (aka the Belasco not to be confused with the other one)
Selwyn (American Airlines)
(Next two were combined into the Ford Theater)
Lyric (213 W 42nd Street)
Apollo (219 W 42nd Street) (originally called the Byrant)
There are nine on the infamous block between 7th ave and 8th ave that are active
Others were accprding to the website Tony posted
Avon
The Cinerama
The Anco (254 W. 42nd Street)
The Roxy
and other which might be the same theaters as above but renamed.
The Venus
Eros
Harem
Cine 42
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Chat in a mere ten minutes.
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Chat in a mere four minutes.
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I can attest to the sublime loveliness of Bogie the cat - and he's sweet and friendly and so dear! I do love him. I can also attest to the raucous, piercing quality of DR Jane's laugh... worse in public - ohmygosh, don't get her started! Really something, ummm, individual, shall we say?
And I reckon, with a ten-hour drive, I'll arrive in Ashland around 6 or 7 pm. Shall I bring anything?
Pogue and Panni - thanks muchly for your comments yesterday in re: beginning screenwriter. Especially Wordplay.com will be very valuable, I think.
Now, how d'you get to the chat stuff???
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Just click on Live Chat at the top or bottom of the page -
Enter your screen name, no password is necessary. That's it, and the room is OPEN.
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You might want to look into this book
GHOSTS OF 42ND STREET:
A History of America's Most Infamous Block
by Anthony Bianco
William Morrow
April 2004, 384 pages, $25.95 (US); $39.95 (Canada)
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and another book
Down 42nd Street:
Sex, Money, Culture and Politics at the Crossroads of the World
By Jay Gertzman
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Jane - I bet a quarter that the movie was CONNIE AND CARLA.
LOL-that may be equally as bad. We passed on it as those guys in white face look a bit creepy.
Ben your avatar blown up is very nice.
MBarnum, thank you. :)
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Okay I can only stay a minute. But I don't want this to be the lowest number of posts ever ... so I'm posting.
I loved that dance (I think it was page 2). Totally cool.
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Thanks Jrand for the virus tip. Of course my email address book works by the name you type it, so I had to readjust it 3 times so that the 000 one came first (I had some addresses with no name that went to the top).
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I can attest to the sublime loveliness of Bogie the cat - and he's sweet and friendly and so dear! I do love him. I can also attest to the raucous, piercing quality of DR Jane's laugh... worse in public - ohmygosh, don't get her started! Really something, ummm, individual, shall we say?
And I reckon, with a ten-hour drive, I'll arrive in Ashland around 6 or 7 pm. Shall I bring anything?
LOL & :-[
I asked Keith if my laugh is really that bad. He said “it can be”. I really have learned to control it, especially in public with a little assistance from Keith’s fist in my arm. Half teasing aside (he hasn’t done that in 30 years), if I don’t control my laugh I hyperventilate. That is the point when my laugh fits Penny’s description, but it is also very scary when I can’t catch my breath. ;D
No need to bring anything-thanks.
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Here is ted casablanca
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Just got in from a day long series of meetings and am too pooped to do more than check in and am now going to sit in front of the television and veg out.
Yes, some of us are QUEER AS FOLK regulars even if we are disappointed oftentimes with the show. Growing up, I never thought I'd live to see a program broadcast on television with predominantly gay characters, so I will continue to watch and hope for imrpovements.
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Here is Melissa Rivers
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The walkers ahead of me
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The walkers behind me
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Chat is ever so marvy and divoon and it's still going on.
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Local Channel 7 newscaster Craig Stevens. Master of Ceramonies
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A Panel from the quilt
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The walk ended in the Botanical Gardens. Here is one of the beautiful flowers
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Another one of Craig's opening remarks before the start of the walk.
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The aids walk was much larger than our little Ashland MS walk yesterday.
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Here is one of E! TV's Ted Casablanca. Who named himself after a character from Valley of the Dolls
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Some more panels from the AIDS quilt
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And another flower
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Michael Shayne, I copied this off the hotels.com site.
Three Stars (First Class)
Typically these hotels offer more spacious accommodations that include well appointed rooms and decorated lobbies. Bellhop service is usually not available. They are often located near major expressways or business areas, convenient to shopping and moderate to high priced attractions. The hotels usually feature medium-sized restaurants that typically offer service breakfast through dinner. Room service availability may vary. Valet parking, fitness centers and pools are often provided.
Typical National Chain: Holiday Inn, Hilton.
Typically may be the key word here. Next time try a rating service first such as AAA, Fodor's, Michelin and other's that do not sell hotel space.
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Garlic mashed potatoes are too good to top with gravy.
That kind of depends on the "gravy." I sauteed some mushrooms and shallots in some canola oil, added some flour to make a roux, added some broth and fresh thyme, and let it simmer for a while. The gravy helped revitalize the roast pork, and complemented the mashed without overpowering the garlic.
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Sounds yummy but I do like my garlic patatoes plain.
Off to watch WHITE OLEANDER.
Goodnight.
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Penny do you want to go out to the restaurant again? Keith is in the mood for a perfect Grey Goose Gibson. :)
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Chat was chatty and charming. I'm now going to check out the newest KRITZER TIME review.
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Sad to be all alone in the world.
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Yes, Ted Casablanca's real name is Bruce Bibby. He was at one time one of Harvey Fierstein's amours.
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I'm here BK!
But I have very little to say.
The power went off in my neighbourhood this evening just as ALIAS was getting to its big cliff-hanger finale.
I don't watch the show, but my younger sister follows it religiously. I swear - I thought she had hurt herself or something given how pained her scream was.
I still am craving cheese flavoured popcorn but have yet to find any.
My family held its first barbecue this season. It was nice and hamburgey. :)
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Nice review for Kritzer Time, Ben.
I've got PBS on in the BG. It's begging time and Dr. Wayne Dryer (I think that's his name), some big New Age guru, is spouting such uttter bullshit. (Can I say that on this here family site? I just did, I guess.) People like him make me furious.
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"How corroded is the link between you and the level of intention?" the good doctor has just asked. These idiots make you believe that whatever happens to you in life, you attract - negativity breeds illness, for example. Tell that to someone dying of cancer. Arrrrgh. His name is Dyer, not Dryer. He says you should move away from people who are negative or have low energy because they "bring you down." ...That's a generous way to live. Once again...AAARGGHHH.
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"How corroded is the link between you and the level of intention?"
Can anyone here parse that sentence? It doesn't even make sense!
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Can anyone here parse that sentence? It doesn't even make sense!
No kiddding? That's what motivational speaking is all about. Sounds good, unless you really think about it. Here's another gem that just jumped out of the good doctor's mouth. And I quote:
"Every thought that you have that is other than that which you eminated from is resistance."
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This guy is VERY popular, sells tons of books, tapes. Everyone is looking for the road to happiness. The formula.
I know quite a bit about the world of motivational speakers and it's a strange one, to say the least.
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I feel like Hamlet, monologue-wise that is.
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I just checked over at Amazon. Dr. D. has, among other things, a collection of four lectures on CD for sale. I can imagine this a being a driving hazard, putting his listeners to sleep.
One of the lectures is titled "How to get what you really, really, really, really want." That's right, he's put four (count 'em) reallys in there. We here at HHW usually limit ourselves to three, being a sedate bunch, I guess.
Another lecture is titled "There is a spiritual solution to every problem." No hint as to whether that solution is necessarily a good one. And praying to God never helped me on a math test back in elementary school. I tried, didn't work.
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Goodness, page SIX! And we're out of Cinerama once more. (The pix were worth it, though, Michael! Thanx!)
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My question for free-for-all day:
Do DRs Jay and Stuart have other siblings?
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We are all their siblings.
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My question for free-for-all day:
Do DRs Jay and Stuart have other siblings?
We have one other brother, who comes between us, age-wise. (I am the eldest, DR/DB Stuart is the youngest.)
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Four posts since I last logged on? Where in TARNATION is everyone? You'd think is was late Sunday night or something.
Just saw Polly Bergen on The Sopranos. I'm betting an Emmy nom.
Didn't have the patience to watch Prime Suspect.
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I hope that some day soon DR MiddleBrother will join us.
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A friend of mine just emailed me that his father has just died - on his birthday - at 94. He was not ill, had a grandson visiting and staying over at his apartment, retired for the night after a good meal and great conversation. Never woke up. Two weeks before, his latest book of humorous drawings and wry observations on old age and death had been published and feted.
An enviable demise.
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Hi, y'all. Well, I had some food, then crashed for a couple of hours. Now, I gotta get up to bed, cuz I'll be up at the crack o' dawn and on the road. More tomorrow from DR Jane's house. Niteynite
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Hi, Panni. Yup - it should happen to us...
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I see - forty-five minutes without a post. I see, I see, I see (that is three I sees).