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Title: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 05, 2010, 11:59:39 PM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were full of beans, and now it is time for you to post until the full of beans cows come home.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 12:01:23 AM: And the word of the day is: ASSEVERATE!
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Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 01:02:02 AM: Well, we have our first real review...that I've seen. Click HERE (http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/entertainment/stage/2010/05/theater-artists-olympia-The-Brain-from-Planet-X-review/).

It's under their Events - We Recommend (http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/events/werecommend/)
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Post by: John G. on May 06, 2010, 04:16:53 AM: Morning, all.

It's hard to choose a best Mexican meal when you live in a city with a taco stand on every corner. One of the places on the northwest corner of my house has the best carnitas breakfast tacos (roasted, shredded pork crisped at the edges) you could ever want. There's a taco truck a few blocks away to the southwest that is open until 6 a.m. offering mini-tacos with roasted, marinated pork and topped with loads of fresh onion and cilantro. A little lime juice and habanero salsa, and you're happy, happy.

The Mexican-Ecuadoran place on the southeast, the Mexican seafood taco truck next to the grocery, the Mexican home cooking with the magnificent beef soup with bones full of delicious marrow ... all within walking distance of a suburban house.

Yet the best Mexican dinner I have ever had was in Matamoros, a border town now overrun with violence. The place was called Mi Pueblito and was decorated with plenty of saltillo tile and large cages filled with parrots, cockatoos, etc. Perfect margaritas with extra salt, followed by two types of sauteed mushrooms, one with a chile cascabel sauce, the other marinated in white wine. A parrillada platter (a mixed grilled) that could feed our table of eight was brought out for two and we feasted on smoky sausages, mastodon-sized ribs, and more. A few moer margaritas, some excellent guacamole, handmade corn tortillas. Best of all, sharing it with wonderful friends, which makes any meal, not matter the style of food, memorable.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ben on May 06, 2010, 04:31:00 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ben on May 06, 2010, 04:31:28 AM: Graham Norton is sitting in for Chris Evans on the BBC Morning Show.

Mr. Norton is very funny.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 04:34:32 AM: I don't each much Mexican food....so I shall await the stories of others.

Congrats on the write up and recommendation DR GEORGE.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 04:35:18 AM: Thursday is a work day.....oh well. We didn't get the heavy storms in my neighborhood last night, just the edge of the storm.....so lots of rain for a few minutes but NO strong winds or hail.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 04:37:27 AM: Good morning, all! Another day with the McGlinnventory. Yesterday afternoon I did some work on LADY OF THE SLIPPER edits with the wonderful Skip Kennon, and we discovered that his last round of questions and concerns on the scores had not been accomplished for us to edit the final scores. I believe we are now on hiatus for a cople of days while the copyist catches up with us.

I'm halfway through the orchestration of "Rosalie" for THE WIZARD OF OZ, and later this afternoon I have some corrections and adjustments to hand over to my friend Joseph. He returns to Canton tomorrow, so our work from then until July will be via the US Postal Service.

The McGlinnventory went quite well yesterday; we unearthed another carton with a lot of CDs and at the bottom of the carton were the complete full scores to Acts Two of Kern's ZIP GOES A MILLION and Act One of NO NO NANETTE. Good things continue to appear. We'll see what today brings.

Thanks for posting the review, DR George. I don't agree with its putdown of the material, and I can say nothing, of course, about the production.

Okay, time to get ready. Oh, the dog barked for about an hour last night around 9 pm.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Druxy on May 06, 2010, 04:52:08 AM: TOD:

I love fajitas. The best I've ever had was at the El Coyote on Beverly in Los Angeles.
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Post by: Druxy on May 06, 2010, 05:00:49 AM: BK,

How can you say such terrible things about that great, magnificent, no-talent artist, Vincent Gallo?

:o

Didn't you see his masterwork, THE BROWN BUNNY?

Directing-wise, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood or William Wyler are not even in the same league.

::)

What class! What artistry! Particularly in that graphic scene near the end of the film with Chloe Sevigny.

I ask you: Have you ever seen such passion before in a non-porno movie.?

:-*

Sorry, I'd better stop now.

My nose is growing.

;D
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Post by: Druxy on May 06, 2010, 05:02:18 AM: Actually, it's my understanding that Chloe's agent dropped her after they saw the film.
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Post by: Kerry on May 06, 2010, 06:06:49 AM: Good morning on this 6th day of May!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 06, 2010, 06:11:08 AM: Quote from: JRand59 on May 06, 2010, 04:35:18 AM
Thursday is a work day.....oh well. We didn't get the heavy storms in my neighborhood last night, just the edge of the storm.....so lots of rain for a few minutes but NO strong winds or hail.

Wow, DR JRand--you never give up titles and I'm pouncing on this one--

THE EDGE OF THE STORM--the title of my next novel. It will be about a beautiful young widow-artist who, on the eve of WWII, moves her ten year old son and rebellious teenage daughter to a seaside villiage in Ohio and into an old mysterious house with a century-old secret that is tended by imperious, demanding housekeeper and a young, handsome gardener with a past.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 06, 2010, 06:13:32 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 04:37:27 AM
Good morning, all! Another day with the McGlinnventory. Yesterday afternoon I did some work on LADY OF THE SLIPPER edits with the wonderful Skip Kennon, and we discovered that his last round of questions and concerns on the scores had not been accomplished for us to edit the final scores. I believe we are now on hiatus for a cople of days while the copyist catches up with us.

I'm halfway through the orchestration of "Rosalie" for THE WIZARD OF OZ, and later this afternoon I have some corrections and adjustments to hand over to my friend Joseph. He returns to Canton tomorrow, so our work from then until July will be via the US Postal Service.

The McGlinnventory went quite well yesterday; we unearthed another carton with a lot of CDs and at the bottom of the carton were the complete full scores to Acts Two of Kern's ZIP GOES A MILLION and Act One of NO NO NANETTE. Good things continue to appear. We'll see what today brings.

Thanks for posting the review, DR George. I don't agree with its putdown of the material, and I can say nothing, of course, about the production.

Okay, time to get ready. Oh, the dog barked for about an hour last night around 9 pm.

DR Elmore, I think it would be fascinating to hear a complete recording of NO, NO, NANETTE with the original orchestrations.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 06:27:07 AM: TOD: When we were landscaping the church several years ago, I made the daily lunch run for our helpers. There's a little shack nearby that made the best burritos. I should go there again.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 06:30:35 AM: Elmore - THE ORCHESTRATION OF ROSALIE - sounds like a fun time, since my mom's name is Rosalie
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 06:39:07 AM: Not clearly the best Mexican food, but the overall experience at a Mexican restaurant was the San Angel at Epcot - and the most enjoyable even of those times was when we took the indoor boat ride before getting shown to out table and then got to watch the boat rides going on as we ate. It was a little dark there, so I don't know how great the food LOOKED, but it tasted great - and just so enjoyable to eat right by the indoor water.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 06:40:49 AM: Good morning!

Temperatures were consistent to yesterday's, so I enjoyed my walk a lot. It's going to be a beautiful day here if a bit too warm for May (87).
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 06:42:24 AM: I forgot to mention a couple of things yesterday. First, I did watch IDOL, Frank Sinatra edition. Of the five, only two were even close to passable: Michael and Lee. The rest were mediocre (Crystal) to terrible (Casey, Aaron). It didn't surprise me at all who went home. It's clear now who the final three will likely be: the best singers from this season so there is at least justice in that if it comes to pass.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 06:43:22 AM: Yesterday I also got another review copy, the TV box set for FLASH POINT Season 2. I really grew to love this series during its CBS run, and knowing that it was still in production in Canada means CBS is likely going to broadcast season three this summer.

I look forward to rewatching these episodes starting tomorrow.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 06:44:46 AM: First, of course, comes Criterion's STAGECOACH which will be my work project today. Haven't seen the movie in years, but I am certainly going to assume that Criterion's edition will surpass the old Warners DVD I have.

After I finish FLASHPOINT (which should take me through Sunday), I'll do the Blu-ray of STAGECOACH on Monday.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 06:45:51 AM: Another night of multiple TV programs on various channels: FLASH FORWARD and BONES at 8, SUPERNATURAL, GREY'S ANATOMY, and THE OFFICE/30 ROCK at 9, and THE MENTALIST at 10.

Whew!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 06:47:43 AM: Don't really like Mexican food much at all. When we were in Mexico City, my aunt MADE me order a Mexican platter one evening so that I could taste authentic Mexican food before I made a decision that I didn't care for it. So, in the Hotel Alameda, I ordered one of these platters. I did sample everything, but I have to say that most of it just was not friendly to my taste buds.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 06, 2010, 06:54:10 AM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 12:01:23 AM
And the word of the day is: ASSEVERATE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: I RESOLVE
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:16:03 AM: I recorded last night's rebroadcast of THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW, so I'll likely watch that while I'm waiting for my ride to arrive for lunch. That's the only thing on my DVR at the moment.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:16:36 AM: Now I'm going to head downstairs and get cleaned up for that later outing.

WBBL.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Druxy on May 06, 2010, 07:34:10 AM: Could this have anything to do with BK's trip?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/06/package-sparks-evacuation-sea-tac-airport-wash/ (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/06/package-sparks-evacuation-sea-tac-airport-wash/)
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jennifer on May 06, 2010, 07:47:10 AM: DR Jane, I just checked on my library's website and the MILLENIUM 2 movie had come in. So i reserved it. Yeah!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jennifer on May 06, 2010, 07:47:42 AM: I love mexican food although most of the restaurants here have closed. There used to be one really near me called CHI CHIS. I used to go there for my birthday. Yum!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 06, 2010, 07:54:01 AM: Page Two Does-Anyone-Still-Do-The-Mexican-Hat-Dance Dance

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/mexican_hat_dance1.gif)
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 07:57:04 AM: TOD....or mae that anti-TOD:

Worst Mexican food I ever ate was my one and only visit to a Del Taco in San Diego, circa 1993. Ugh!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 07:59:37 AM: TOD: Most enjoyable Mexican food I ever tasted was at a small taqueria here in Oakland. I went weekly with co-workers and I especially loved something the name of which I've forgotten. But it had meat inside and was served with a topping of chili verde. It was Totally Yum. I also loved their Oakland Platter....a variety of Mexican taste-bud teasers.

One week, a co-worker and I arrived to find the place vacated. Not even a stray menu on the floor. It is now a Chinese church of some denomination or other.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 08:27:46 AM: I must risk sounding easy-to-please, but the Taco Bell on 3rd Avenue near 57th was pretty much always an abnormally satisfying experience, which was never duplicated at any other Taco Bell. I wonder if it was the neighborhood and the fact that there were so many choices for people in the area to get quick food.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: JMK on May 06, 2010, 09:01:18 AM: Eating a less than splendid Mexican meal put Betsy into labor with Gabe. ;)
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Post by: JMK on May 06, 2010, 09:01:52 AM: It was also the night the bomb went off at the Atlanta Olympics, unless that was Zach, LOL.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 09:08:30 AM: I hopped back on while I wait for my ride.

I watched about 20 minutes of STAGECOACH on DVD from Criterion. Don't get your hopes up that they could accomplish miracles. The transfer is just as irregular as it's always been: some sharp, some soft, some clean, some loaded with scratches, and very hissy sound.

The Blu-ray's PCM lossless sound at a much higher bitrate may improve matters there, but the picture having to be cobbled together from different sources just isn't going to get that much better in HD, I suspect. I'll find out next week.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 09:10:17 AM: Hope all are having a good day.

WBBL.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:18:44 AM: The problem with Stagecoach that they never really seem to address is that the negative is lost - therefore these transfers are all coming off internegatives made from what were or are the best available prints. It's shocking, but true and it's never going to look great. Why they don't just say that so that people understand, I have no idea. Or do they? Because I certainly haven't seen it mentioned in the reviews I've read.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:19:15 AM: I'm up, it's another beautiful day, and that's a good thing.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:21:34 AM: Re the review - it's our second kind of review - the first kind appreciate the show for what it is. The second kind like to show their superiority. In Indiana we got the first kind. I suspect that all the reviews in Olympia will be the second kind, especially if they attended the preview. It happened to us in NY. Preview reviews were pretty terrible, opening night reviews were much better. Go know. I can't wait to see it.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 09:33:14 AM: Greetings from Toyland! I have a few things to accomplish here before I head home. The McGlinnventory was a lot of fun today: listening to countless unidentified cassettes and deciphering them, listening to old radio interviews concerning McGlinn's first recording "The Songs of New York," hearing Kiri Te Kanawa's big Gershwin tantrum for the first time since it happened in the recording studio, Roberta Peters in a 1989 concert. We also located the first act full score of ZIP GOES A MILLION so I can send all of that show to the Library of Congress. It's been a good day so far.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 09:40:18 AM: I want to read more about Te Kanawa's "big Gershwin tantrum."
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 09:41:38 AM: Quote from: JMK on May 06, 2010, 09:01:52 AM
It was also the night the bomb went off at the Atlanta Olympics, unless that was Zach, LOL.

That was 1996, JMK....does that help?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: JMK on May 06, 2010, 09:48:15 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 09:41:38 AM
Quote from: JMK on May 06, 2010, 09:01:52 AM
It was also the night the bomb went off at the Atlanta Olympics, unless that was Zach, LOL.

That was 1996, JMK....does that help?

Then it was indeed Gabe. :)
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:58:39 AM: I, for one, love good Mexican food.
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 10:34:49 AM: Well, that was interesting. I went to American Airlines to print out my boarding pass - only one can't do so because the flight is actually on Alaska Airlines. Never mind that American says NOTHING about this until you actually try to use their record locater number to check in - at which point you find out you actually have to check in via Alaska online. Fine and dandy. Only at Alaska online they won't accept the American locater number. Now, why wouldn't American give you the correct locater number so that one could then easily check in? In fact, why wouldn't American actually give you the correct Alaska flight number rather than some meaningless flight number of their own? So, I had to call Alaska, wait for fifteen minutes until I got a customer service person, after which I was promptly and courteously given all the correct information, after which I did my online check in.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 10:56:20 AM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:21:34 AM
Re the review - it's our second kind of review - the first kind appreciate the show for what it is. The second kind like to show their superiority. In Indiana we got the first kind. I suspect that all the reviews in Olympia will be the second kind, especially if they attended the preview. It happened to us in NY. Preview reviews were pretty terrible, opening night reviews were much better. Go know. I can't wait to see it.

The reviewer only recently became a reviewer for this and another website. He is knowledgeable about theater, but I think that he was just showing off...even though his girlfriend is in the show!

Other reviewers in the past have "gotten" TAO and what we're doing with these shows. It's all just for fun...over-the-top, very stylized and completely ridiculous fun.
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Post by: Ginny on May 06, 2010, 10:59:52 AM: Thursday afternoon greetings! I slept quite late this morning, then went at noon to have my hair cut and to the post office. Waiting for me when I got home from those errands - BK's new book and the sparkling gift!

We're taking my Mom out tonight for our Mother's Day dinner, because we never go out to eat on the actual day - too many people! We're going to Der Dutchman (http://www.dhgroup.com/en/wv/wv-restaurant.php) in Waynesville, one of Mom's favorite places.
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Post by: Druxy on May 06, 2010, 11:13:16 AM: Books arrived.

Currently enjoying the CD.
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Post by: JMK on May 06, 2010, 11:32:09 AM: Mel, Woody and BK have arrived here as well.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 06, 2010, 11:35:38 AM: Hello, everyone.

The day has not started well here and I have much to do; I was hoping for a very productive day. Sigh.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 06, 2010, 11:36:59 AM: On the positive side of things, I am honored to share my name with DR Laura's momcat. I used to have a couple cats that looked a lot like her. Thank you, Laura.
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Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 11:39:04 AM: You're welcome, Jeanne.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 06, 2010, 11:44:24 AM: Regarding the TAO review, I would say that the reviewer seems to have a grudge against the material, ie, it's not the sort of thing he thinks TAO ought to be doing. But he did seem to be entertained just the same. IMO, if you can enterain someone who is outside his genre, so to speak, then you've done quite a bit. That person may not be your biggest fan, but I do think it says something about the appeal of the work.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jeanne on May 06, 2010, 11:48:42 AM: TOD:

The worst Mexican food I've had was in Mexico--I did not care at all for the Mexican food I had in Mexico. The best Mexican food I've had has been in LA. In DC, I had some Tex-Mex food, which I wasn't impressed with. Since I grew up in LA I think my idea of good Mexican food is what I got used to here.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 06, 2010, 11:49:04 AM: Must get some work done.

TTFN.
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Post by: Ben on May 06, 2010, 11:50:25 AM: Well, I'll have to check the mail basket on my way in to the office tomorrow to see if my book has arrived. It may also appear on my desk after I leave this afternoon.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 12:32:44 PM: I look forward to DR DtM's book THE EDGE OF THE STORM.

DR ELMORE - thanks for the lovely CD which arrived yesterday, I shall listen to it this weekend.

Perhaps THE BOOK is waiting for me at home....I shall know in about three hours.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 12:33:22 PM: I like bananas because they have appeal.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:07:03 PM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:18:44 AM
The problem with Stagecoach that they never really seem to address is that the negative is lost - therefore these transfers are all coming off internegatives made from what were or are the best available prints. It's shocking, but true and it's never going to look great. Why they don't just say that so that people understand, I have no idea. Or do they? Because I certainly haven't seen it mentioned in the reviews I've read.

I haven't read the booklet yet (which may address the materials they had to work with) nor looked at most of the bonus features on disc 2, so the problems may be mentioned. I don't know yet as the set is still to be completed.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:07:12 PM: Page Three Dance!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:08:43 PM: Lunch ran very long, so I was glad I had started STAGECOACH since my afternoon time wasn't as much as I'd hoped.

I did finish it once I got inside. As magnificent as always, and later reels look better than the earlier ones, but no one is going to mistake this for a pristine transfer. They've obviously done the best they can with it, but the film's the thing, not the transfer. The film is still a wonder.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:09:59 PM: I only listened to about 20 minutes of the commentary so far, but it's well researched and delivered by a western film expert (I'd never heard of him ): Jim Kitses. I hope to listen to the rest of it tonight after I finish the other bonus features.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:11:36 PM: They have the theatrical trailer on there, and then I began watching the 1917 silent film contained on disc two, one of Ford's early westerns BUCKING BROADWAY with Harry Carey. Ironically, I've seen about 20 minutes of it (it's not quite an hour long), and it looks better than STAGECOACH does. It's been tinted (amber and green scenes so far) and has a new, spritely score.
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Post by: Michael on May 06, 2010, 01:14:54 PM: Got the book

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Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 01:24:04 PM: As to BRAIN FROM PLANET X and the New York Times review, Anne Midgette's NY Times tone was extremely positive, even more so within the overview of NYMF 2007 that she was giving is.

In the article at

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/23/1215968/brain-heavy-on-cheese.html

while a nice puff piece, the quote is from the NY Times review, I feel that the point of the Times review is being represented rather unfairly in the Olympian.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 01:26:42 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on May 06, 2010, 11:44:24 AM
Regarding the TAO review, I would say that the reviewer seems to have a grudge against the material, ie, it's not the sort of thing he thinks TAO ought to be doing. But he did seem to be entertained just the same. IMO, if you can enterain someone who is outside his genre, so to speak, then you've done quite a bit. That person may not be your biggest fan, but I do think it says something about the appeal of the work.

The reviewer, IMO, was doing exactly what George said - showing off - showing superiority over the material and then comparing it to two shows that have nothing to do with what we did - Little Shop and Rocky Horror. As to World of Tomorrow being our Somewhere That's Green - that's all I needed to read to know this reviewer had no clue - our Somewhere That's Green is clearly Here On Earth.
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 01:28:21 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:09:59 PM
I only listened to about 20 minutes of the commentary so far, but it's well researched and delivered by a western film expert (I'd never heard of him ): Jim Kitses. I hope to listen to the rest of it tonight after I finish the other bonus features.

Jim Kitses, a wonderful writer/historian who wrote the classic film book Horizon's West.
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 01:28:58 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2010, 01:24:04 PM
As to BRAIN FROM PLANET X and the New York Times review, Anne Midgette's NY Times tone was extremely positive, even more so within the overview of NYMF 2007 that she was giving is. While the quote is from the NY Times review, I feel that the point of the Times review is being represented rather unfairly in the Olympian.

I must have missed that part.
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Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 01:32:18 PM: bk - sorry, I fixed my post, it was the puff piece in the Olympian that quoted Anne Midgette.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:34:49 PM: I haven't read reviews of any production I was a part of in more than a decade. I was always used to getting nice mentions and then I read this scathing, vitriolic review of my work in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (two other critics have been very positive about it), so I decided then and there that if I believed the good, I'd have to believe the bad, too, and my psyche couldn't stand the bad, so I dropped them all.

I know myself whether the performance I've given is up to snuff and whether the production I'm in is worthy. I don't need validation from someone else to know good from bad.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 01:35:39 PM: FJL - yes, now I see - and I'd read that before and feel exactly as you do. Funnily, in Indiana, every review I've seen just took the show for the show it is - no unlikely comparisons or anything - and they had a good time for doing that.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:36:26 PM: Now, I'm going to hop off-line and write-up what I've done so far on my work project today. Then, it's back downstairs to see how many more of the bonus features I can get done before 8:10 (when I must join BONES). With all these bonuses, I may not get finished with STAGECOACH tonight. If so, I'll finish it tomorrow morning.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 01:36:36 PM: Oh, rats!

WBBL.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 01:37:28 PM: I agree about reviews, MattH. I rarely read them unless someone points me directly to something - and even then, it's just curiosity most of the time - neither bad nor good really mean that much, unless I'm hearing nice things about my books - that always means something - but from real people, not reviewers. So, I'm looking forward to hearing thoughts from people here about the new book.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 01:49:27 PM: Quote from: Druxy on May 06, 2010, 11:13:16 AM
Books arrived.

Currently enjoying the CD.

Ditto and ditto!! ;D
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 02:05:41 PM: My book just arrived. No checks, alas. Just a book and its accompanying CD, and I look forward to my day at home tomorrow to listen. I can't begin the book till I get OZ off my desk.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 02:07:59 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on May 06, 2010, 07:47:10 AM
DR Jane, I just checked on my library's website and the MILLENIUM 2 movie had come in. So i reserved it. Yeah!

:) NetFlix now shows a release month, June, for the first movie.

Yesterday I read an article by the U.S. publisher of Hornets' Nest bemoaning the fact they did not coordinate the release of the book with the release in the UK Too many people can't wait & are ordering copies on line from the UK. Some book stores are even getting copies to sell to their customers, which they shouldn't be doing.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 02:13:19 PM: For what it's worth (which is absolutely nothing), I didn't like "Little Shop of Horrors" and I've only seen clips of "Rocky Horror." I'd give away tickets to Rocky Horror if I had them. I loved "The Brain From Planet X."
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 02:19:45 PM: I'm done with everything and now get to just relax. Ate a nice lunch at Hugo's, will jog in a few hours, am packed (all three items), and have done all errands and whatnot.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: divarobbie on May 06, 2010, 02:37:48 PM: Got my copy of the book this morning! Can't wait to start reading!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:06:32 PM: Are they seriously remaking DAMN YANKEES?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:25:26 PM: Quote from: George on May 06, 2010, 10:56:20 AM
Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:21:34 AM
Re the review - it's our second kind of review - the first kind appreciate the show for what it is. The second kind like to show their superiority. In Indiana we got the first kind. I suspect that all the reviews in Olympia will be the second kind, especially if they attended the preview. It happened to us in NY. Preview reviews were pretty terrible, opening night reviews were much better. Go know. I can't wait to see it.

The reviewer only recently became a reviewer for this and another website. He is knowledgeable about theater, but I think that he was just showing off...even though his girlfriend is in the show!

Other reviewers in the past have "gotten" TAO and what we're doing with these shows. It's all just for fun...over-the-top, very stylized and completely ridiculous fun.

I think this reviewer is an asshole. They should bring back Dunkelberger!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:31:14 PM: T.O.D.

The best Mexican food ever was my mom's tamale pie. Okay, perhaps it isn't true Mexican food, but boy did I love it and boy did I love her. Her birthday was Monday.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:35:30 PM: Quote from: Laura on May 06, 2010, 02:13:19 PM
For what it's worth (which is absolutely nothing), I didn't like "Little Shop of Horrors" and I've only seen clips of "Rocky Horror." I'd give away tickets to Rocky Horror if I had them. I loved "The Brain From Planet X."

It is true. Laura laughed at all the naughty parts!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:36:38 PM: Well, I am all set to go to Olympia for the play...except I have totally forgotten to purchase a ticket! LOL!

I am glad I now remembered this.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 03:41:04 PM: Well, I'm assuming that David and I have tickets :)
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 03:42:03 PM: Tickets!!!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:42:18 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:36:38 PM
Well, I am all set to go to Olympia for the play...except I have totally forgotten to purchase a ticket! LOL!

I am glad I now remembered this.

Mikey, you aren't still planning on driving home after the show are you?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 03:42:48 PM: I look forward to photos and posts about the HHW NORTHWEST gathering tomorrow evening.

I shall have my dinner and read an autobiography that I found in my mailbox today.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 03:44:31 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:42:18 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:36:38 PM
Well, I am all set to go to Olympia for the play...except I have totally forgotten to purchase a ticket! LOL!

I am glad I now remembered this.

Mikey, you aren't still planning on driving home after the show are you?

Oh....Do "you" have a fire escape he can sleep on?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:46:13 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 03:44:31 PM
Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:42:18 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:36:38 PM
Well, I am all set to go to Olympia for the play...except I have totally forgotten to purchase a ticket! LOL!

I am glad I now remembered this.

Mikey, you aren't still planning on driving home after the show are you?

Oh....Do "you" have a fire escape he can sleep on?

No, but I have a balcony.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 03:48:33 PM: Well, no matter how hard you try we've now had report of at least one stupid little error no one caught - in talking very briefly (one sentence) about Carol Merrill, I mention her show as The Price Is Right when in fact it should be Let's Make A Deal - at least I got the door reference right. I know why I got the show title wrong, though - it's because one of the investors of Nudie Musical was the announcer on Price Is Right - and I know that's why that title automatically came to mind - and it's a hard one to catch once you've done it - the proofers probably just skimmed titles, as I did.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 03:50:00 PM: Maybe I'll include a little ephemera piece of paper with any copies that go out from now on :) Although my guess is that few will catch it if they're not looking for it. So far, out of the six or seven who've read it, this is the first.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 03:54:36 PM: Anyway, if that's the worst of it, I'm jiggy. After all, I just finished two books, one autobiography and one biography that had so many errors that I finally lost count.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:56:10 PM: TCB, no. I decided to get a room at the Govorner.

George, I looked on the TAO webiste and clicked on "tickets" which takes you to another website that sells tickers, but makes no mention of BRAIN FROM PLANET X.

If you are having not having a full house, could this be the reason?

I finally called TAO and they directed me to Washingtoncenter.org where I did find a place to buy the tickets...however, George, should I buy them there? It wants me to pick a seat and I recall that you said we (HHWers) will have a "special" place to sit. So should I buy them from Washingtoncenter and just pick any seat or is there a better way?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 03:59:29 PM: Hi divarobbie, it is nice to see you.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 04:04:09 PM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 03:41:04 PM
Well, I'm assuming that David and I have tickets :)

Yes...you will have tickets.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 04:07:40 PM: Mike, you have a PM.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 04:08:10 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:56:10 PM
George, I looked on the TAO webiste and clicked on "tickets" which takes you to another website that sells tickers, but makes no mention of BRAIN FROM PLANET X.

If you are having not having a full house, could this be the reason?

I finally called TAO and they directed me to Washingtoncenter.org where I did find a place to buy the tickets...however, George, should I buy them there? It wants me to pick a seat and I recall that you said we (HHWers) will have a "special" place to sit. So should I buy them from Washingtoncenter and just pick any seat or is there a better way?

Yes, you should buy your ticket from the tickets link from www.washingtoncenter.org website. The seating is general admission, so you're not picking a specific seat. They just have to keep track of the number of seats available. When you come tomorrow, we will have a section of seats reserved for you all...BK, David, TCB, Ann (and maybe Jed) and you. I will make sure of that. :)
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 04:11:12 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:06:32 PM
Are they seriously remaking DAMN YANKEES?

Yup, with Jake Gyllenhaal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350453/) as young Joe Hardy.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 04:12:38 PM: Quote from: George on May 06, 2010, 04:11:12 PM
Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:06:32 PM
Are they seriously remaking DAMN YANKEES?

Yup, with Jake Gyllenhaal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350453/) as young Joe Hardy.

WOW!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 04:24:47 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 03:42:18 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on May 06, 2010, 03:36:38 PM
Well, I am all set to go to Olympia for the play...except I have totally forgotten to purchase a ticket! LOL!

I am glad I now remembered this.

Mikey, you aren't still planning on driving home after the show are you?

Said the spider to the fly.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 04:27:40 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 06, 2010, 09:40:18 AM
I want to read more about Te Kanawa's "big Gershwin tantrum."

You have to wait for the memoirs; she has the voice of an angel and the brain of a peanut.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 04:40:07 PM: Taking bets as to whether the Damn Yankees movie will ever be made. They've been announcing casting for this film for six years now.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 04:40:32 PM: Back from a two-mile jog. I'm doing nothing but relaxing from now till bedtime.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 04:47:44 PM: I am looking forward to tomorrow night. It looks like you might luck out with our weather, BK. Mid-sixties, but cloudy. It does still get a little chilly after the sun goes down.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: td on May 06, 2010, 04:59:57 PM: No BK here today, but, I watched the new documentary on the DOCTOR ZHIVAGO blu-ray this evening. Meh.

I'm also typing up a list of assets for a family friend going through a divorce. . .

In between, I napped and then I uploaded these photos to the net:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169325&id=765549269&l=2fd5ae342c

Tonight I shall either attempt ZHIVAGO or PRIVATE RYAN or just watch FLASHFOWARD live and call it a night. . .
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:01:51 PM: Quote from: td on May 06, 2010, 04:59:57 PM
No BK here today, but, I watched the new documentary on the DOCTOR ZHIVAGO blu-ray this evening. Meh.

I'm also typing up a list of assets for a family friend going through a divorce. . .

In between, I napped and then I uploaded these photos to the net:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169325&id=765549269&l=2fd5ae342c

Tonight I shall either attempt ZHIVAGO or PRIVATE RYAN or just watch FLASHFOWARD live and call it a night. . .

She is a beauty! Just like her daddy.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 05:04:45 PM: I'm pleased to read my favorite shows have been renewed:
The Big Bang Theory
Castle
The Good Wife
Modern Family

Other shows I watch & enjoy are on the "looking good" list. I only have Flash Forward on the "not looking so good" list, & nothing in the canceled section.

Check out the shows you like at http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv.tvguide.com/tv.tvguide.com-your-favorite-show-danger
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 05:16:01 PM: Oops about the error. I never paid much attention to game shows.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 05:16:35 PM: Why don't they remake "Guys and Dolls" instead?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:17:51 PM: Okay let's get busy here.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:18:18 PM: We need to turn the page so that I can go to bed.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:18:56 PM: It looks like my daughter has joined the board this evening!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:19:46 PM: CRANBERRIES!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:20:36 PM: Boy, this is harder than it looks!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:21:46 PM: THIS DELETE HAS BEEN POSTED.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:22:23 PM: Hello all!
So it looks like I shall be joining the NW folks for Brain tomorrow night solo. DR Jed is feeling a bit under the proverbial weather so he offered to stay with Toby so I could go. I will not make it by 5 for dinner unless they invent transporters tomorrow morning, as I have a meeting in Lakewood (30 min north of Olympia) until 5. I will be driving straight down after, though. Very much looking forward to it!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:22:30 PM: PAGE FIVE!!!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:23:30 PM: Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:22:23 PM
Hello all!
So it looks like I shall be joining the NW folks for Brain tomorrow night solo. DR Jed is feeling a bit under the proverbial weather so he offered to stay with Toby so I could go. I will not make it by 5 for dinner unless they invent transporters tomorrow morning, as I have a meeting in Lakewood (30 min north of Olympia) until 5. I will be driving straight down after, though. Very much looking forward to it!

HOO and RAY!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:24:23 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:23:30 PM
Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:22:23 PM
Hello all!
So it looks like I shall be joining the NW folks for Brain tomorrow night solo. DR Jed is feeling a bit under the proverbial weather so he offered to stay with Toby so I could go. I will not make it by 5 for dinner unless they invent transporters tomorrow morning, as I have a meeting in Lakewood (30 min north of Olympia) until 5. I will be driving straight down after, though. Very much looking forward to it!

HOO and RAY!

Not the part about Jed feeling under the weather, but the part about you joining us.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 05:24:53 PM: SOMEONE be sure to take a camera!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:25:56 PM: To bed, TCB? It's only 5:30...
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 05:29:04 PM: td, can you drop me an e-mail - I don't recall sending yours because I don't recall the paypal invoice - sometimes things get screwy, though, so I want to make sure it's on my end and not yours - if you could send me the paypal receipt that would be great. That said, I didn't address all of them myself so that might be why it's not ringing a bell.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:31:18 PM: Quote from: Laura on May 06, 2010, 05:24:53 PM
SOMEONE be sure to take a camera!

What for?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 05:31:43 PM: TCB - What's a Dunkelberger?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 05:32:22 PM: Never mind - I found it - minxthedog, right? It went out with everyone else's.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:32:23 PM: Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:25:56 PM
To bed, TCB? It's only 5:30...

Oh, you're right. It is already past my bedtime.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 05:32:40 PM: Hi Ann, I wish I could be there and meet you in person.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:34:48 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2010, 05:31:43 PM
TCB - What's a Dunkelberger?

Steve Dunkelberger was the previous reviewer for The Volcano.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 05:35:44 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:24:23 PM
Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:23:30 PM
Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:22:23 PM
Hello all!
So it looks like I shall be joining the NW folks for Brain tomorrow night solo. DR Jed is feeling a bit under the proverbial weather so he offered to stay with Toby so I could go. I will not make it by 5 for dinner unless they invent transporters tomorrow morning, as I have a meeting in Lakewood (30 min north of Olympia) until 5. I will be driving straight down after, though. Very much looking forward to it!

HOO and RAY!

Not the part about Jed feeling under the weather, but the part about you joining us.

Ditto and Ditto!! Ann, you could at least come to the restaurant when you get to town. We may still be there. :D
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 05:37:11 PM: If Ann can be to the restaurant by five-thirty someone tell her just to come straight there. We'll be there till six-fifteen or six-thirty anyway, even if George has to leave for his call.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:37:27 PM: Quote from: George on May 06, 2010, 05:35:44 PM
Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:24:23 PM
Quote from: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:23:30 PM
Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:22:23 PM
Hello all!
So it looks like I shall be joining the NW folks for Brain tomorrow night solo. DR Jed is feeling a bit under the proverbial weather so he offered to stay with Toby so I could go. I will not make it by 5 for dinner unless they invent transporters tomorrow morning, as I have a meeting in Lakewood (30 min north of Olympia) until 5. I will be driving straight down after, though. Very much looking forward to it!

HOO and RAY!

Not the part about Jed feeling under the weather, but the part about you joining us.

Ditto and Ditto!! Ann, you could at least come to the restaurant when you get to town. We may still be there. :D

That girl disappears faster than Clark Kent.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: td on May 06, 2010, 05:38:52 PM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 05:32:22 PM
Never mind - I found it - minxthedog, right? It went out with everyone else's.

I was just about to send you the email you requested. :)

So, BK . . .DOCTOR ZHIVAGO: A CELEBRATION. Any thoughts? (other than my "meh.")
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 05:40:24 PM: I have to leave now. It's time for our final dress (;)) before BK and David and Ann and TCB and MBarnum arrive!!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: George on May 06, 2010, 05:40:49 PM: Until later!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:45:13 PM: Alright, I shall hurry to the restaraunt as soon as my meeting lets out. Everyone send me good-traffic vibes, that stretch of I-5 can be God-awful at that hour.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:52:54 PM: Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:45:13 PM
Alright, I shall hurry to the restaraunt as soon as my meeting lets out. Everyone send me good-traffic vibes, that stretch of I-5 can be God-awful at that hour.

TRAFFIC VIBES TO DR ANN!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: TCB on May 06, 2010, 05:57:36 PM: BEDTIME FOR BOZO!

G'night!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Charles Pogue on May 06, 2010, 06:04:06 PM: My book did NOT arrive today.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 06:06:17 PM: Quote from: Ann on May 06, 2010, 05:45:13 PM
Alright, I shall hurry to the restaraunt as soon as my meeting lets out. Everyone send me good-traffic vibes, that stretch of I-5 can be God-awful at that hour.

Will you be hungry? If you call ahead maybe someone will order you a quick meal to be ready to eat when you arrive.

Traffic Vibes!!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 06:17:09 PM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on May 06, 2010, 06:04:06 PM
My book did NOT arrive today.

That's because you're getting a bigger package. I don't send small packages to Pogue.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 06:17:27 PM: What's Dr. Zhivago: A Celebration? The Blu-Ray?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: JMK on May 06, 2010, 06:35:07 PM: TD, did your Facebook account get hacked, perchance?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ginny on May 06, 2010, 06:48:26 PM: Back from our early Mother's Day dinner at Der Dutchman. The service was really slow and our server explained that they'd had a party of 70 (count 'em, 70!) show up without calling ahead. We took my Mom for a lovely country drive on this beautiful spring evening and then helped her with some apartment things. Home in time to see the second half of tonight's BONES and - wow!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 06, 2010, 06:54:34 PM: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Driving Vibes for DR Ann! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 07:15:40 PM: Ginny, wow as in a good episode?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ginny on May 06, 2010, 07:21:02 PM: Surprise ending, DR Jane.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 07:22:12 PM: Finished with my viewing. I watched a motion picture on the DVR, then I watched the first half hour of the recent BBC Royal Shakespeare Hamlet, which I'm enjoying.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 07:24:06 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 06, 2010, 07:21:02 PM
Surprise ending, DR Jane.

But not necessarily a good episode ;) I was hoping we might like the show again. We will still watch it.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Jane on May 06, 2010, 07:25:55 PM: Bruce,
SAFE & EASY TRAVEL TOMORROW!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Laura on May 06, 2010, 07:29:36 PM: Safe travels for all our HHW travelers tomorrow!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Ginny on May 06, 2010, 07:33:14 PM: Travel vibes to all for tomorrow's PNW get-together!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:48:10 PM: Quote from: td on May 06, 2010, 05:38:52 PM
Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 05:32:22 PM
Never mind - I found it - minxthedog, right? It went out with everyone else's.

I was just about to send you the email you requested. :)

So, BK . . .DOCTOR ZHIVAGO: A CELEBRATION. Any thoughts? (other than my "meh.")

I don't plan on buying DOCTOR ZHIVAGO on Blu-ray. I've only watched my DVD once since I bought it, so there is no way I'm investing big bucks into an HD version of a film I'm not overly fond of.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:51:11 PM: It took me until 7:40 to finish the bonus features on STAGECOACH. There are a lot of them, but I have to say I enjoyed them, even the cankankerous John Ford interview with a British interviewer who kept veering away from the films to discuss politics and social history that he didn't want to talk about. My god, the man makes handfuls of great movies and that twit interviewer wants to pick at him about the treatment of the Indians or the civil rights movement. (It was filmed in 1968.)
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:52:10 PM: I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Loved seeing Luke and Reid come face to face with their attraction and its scaring Luke so much he ran away with these LAME, FEEBLE excuses why he couldn't give in to his urges. Oy!
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:54:04 PM: Then I watched tonight's BONES. An interesting mystery (author Kathy Reichs penned the episode, her first since the series began) even if the solution borrowed from one of Agatha Christie's most famous books. And the "wow" moment mentioned by DR Ginny was very enjoyable. I also LOVED the nitpicky sheriff character.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: John G. on May 06, 2010, 07:54:51 PM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:21:34 AM
Re the review - it's our second kind of review - the first kind appreciate the show for what it is. The second kind like to show their superiority. In Indiana we got the first kind. I suspect that all the reviews in Olympia will be the second kind, especially if they attended the preview. It happened to us in NY. Preview reviews were pretty terrible, opening night reviews were much better. Go know. I can't wait to see it.
Thank you. that's what I thought of the review, too. Glad they recommended the show, but why couldn't they just enjoy it for what it is? Silly.
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:55:49 PM: GREY'S ANATOMY. [sigh] Is this season over yet?

Only one real case of interest. I got tired of the grieving husband, a carryover from a previous episode, and the flirty lesbian with Callie was so schoolgirly. Ugh! Aren't these adults?
Title: Re: FULL OF BEANS
Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 07:57:11 PM: I must say, a LOT of people got their books today, and from e-mails I've received, seem to be enjoying it - makes me very happy indeed.
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Post by: John G. on May 06, 2010, 08:03:27 PM: Book and CDs arrived today. Have to finish two other books first. Really looking forward to reading it, though. Maybe just a peak this weekend ... which means I'll probably have it finished by Monday.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 06, 2010, 08:03:42 PM: My book did not arrive today
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 06, 2010, 08:04:28 PM: Travel vibes to all
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Post by: John G. on May 06, 2010, 08:05:03 PM: I have put in 60 hours this week so far. hope to work another 13 or 14 tomorrow. The office staff said there will be no hours on Saturday or Sunday, but when they see how far behind we are, maybe we'll be in there on Saturday. That overtime plus night differential makes a huge difference.
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Post by: td on May 06, 2010, 08:05:19 PM: Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 06:17:27 PM
What's Dr. Zhivago: A Celebration? The Blu-Ray?

It's the new special feature from the illustrious, and I use that word loosely, Laurent B.
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Post by: John G. on May 06, 2010, 08:06:10 PM: Travel vibes to all. Wish I were hitting the road this weekend. I just hope for some sleep.
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Post by: td on May 06, 2010, 08:06:33 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 06, 2010, 06:35:07 PM
TD, did your Facebook account get hacked, perchance?

Let me check. . .I know that there have been Yahoo problems. . . .(I changed my password there today).
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Post by: td on May 06, 2010, 08:09:48 PM: Nothing seems to be wrong with my fb account. . .no unauthorized activity to be seen there. But, thanks DR JMK for the heads up. (It was probably Yahoo related).
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Post by: td on May 06, 2010, 08:15:03 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:48:10 PM
I don't plan on buying DOCTOR ZHIVAGO on Blu-ray. I've only watched my DVD once since I bought it, so there is no way I'm investing big bucks into an HD version of a film I'm not overly fond of.

Whereas, I, who is immensely fond of ZHIVAGO, and has watched his dvd of it several times over, has happily purchased the blu-ray (of course with Borders' pre-order price, employee discount and rewards bucks, spent a great deal less than asking price on the web or in retail outlets).
But, that is what makes horse-racing - you haven't caught me watching GRAY'S ANATOMY or DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES lately. . . .
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 08:17:06 PM: Quote from: td on May 06, 2010, 08:05:19 PM
Quote from: bk on May 06, 2010, 06:17:27 PM
What's Dr. Zhivago: A Celebration? The Blu-Ray?

It's the new special feature from the illustrious, and I use that word loosely, Laurent B.

You could not pay me to watch this man's drivel.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 08:22:09 PM: Quote from: td on May 06, 2010, 08:15:03 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 07:48:10 PM
I don't plan on buying DOCTOR ZHIVAGO on Blu-ray. I've only watched my DVD once since I bought it, so there is no way I'm investing big bucks into an HD version of a film I'm not overly fond of.

Whereas, I, who is immensely fond of ZHIVAGO, and has watched his dvd of it several times over, has happily purchased the blu-ray (of course with Borders' pre-order price, employee discount and rewards bucks, spent a great deal less than asking price on the web or in retail outlets).
But, that is what makes horse-racing - you haven't caught me watching GRAY'S ANATOMY or DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES lately. . . .

I didn't knock the film in any way. I recognize it's adored by millions. I just don't happen to be one of them. I can see its admirable qualities. I just don't enjoy sitting through it.

If I hated it, I wouldn't have bought it at all in any medium. I've had it on both laserdisc and DVD. That's plenty for my needs.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 06, 2010, 08:24:41 PM: Now I'm going to head downstairs and hope it's cooler down there than it is in my office right now. It got to 87 here today, so the upstairs always heats up.

Good night!
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 08:32:32 PM: I'll write the notes in about thirty minutes, post them, and then try to get some sleep. Have to be up at five.
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Post by: FJL on May 06, 2010, 08:34:31 PM: Travel vibes!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 08:35:57 PM: Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Evening!

I'm up, I'm up... And it's nice to sit down for a bit now.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 08:37:54 PM: And now...

I'm reading... I'm reading...
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 08:49:38 PM: Loved the book....

Review posted.....no spoilers.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1452011168/ref=cm_cr_thx_view
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 08:50:41 PM: I spotted the Carol Merrill error - but didn't stop reading to post....but MR BK has been alerted...so all is well.....

Let's Make a Deal!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 06, 2010, 08:51:08 PM: Travel vibes for MR BK and all those traveling to BRAINEX NORTHWEST!!!

Photos and comments expected.
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 08:52:22 PM: As I said - if that's the biggest error, I'm perfectly fine with it. There have been MUCH worse in much more high-profile books. I'm not sure that it's worth it to submit the whole manuscript again and have to have down time until it's done. For me, minor. Stupid, but minor.

That said - you are a FAST reader!!! :)
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 08:55:37 PM: And that was beautifully written, Jrand, and I know you well enough to know you would not have written it had you not thought it. So, thanks!
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 06, 2010, 08:57:27 PM: I wanted to get my book today :(
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 09:03:59 PM: And now I've read...

Or something like that.
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:17:36 PM: I did not get my booktoday - maybe tomorrow....
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 09:18:07 PM: As for the Topic of the Day...

I believe my first meal at a Rosa Mexicano was one of the best Mexican meals I've ever had. However...

The most memorable were from a taco-truck and Mexican grocery store in Logan, UT(!!!). Homemade tortillas, an amazing mole, perfectly seasoned carnitas, perfect balance of tortilla-meat-cheese-lettuce-tomato-etc.

When I asked why there was such a large Mexican population in Logan, UT - and consequently and subsequently such good, authentic Mexican food - the answer I received was, "They couldn't get past the mountains." ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 09:21:32 PM: OH!

And the taco truck up the street from me here in Hamilton Heights - or El Alto - has some surprisingly amazing good Mexican food. And they're open until 2:00am during the week and 4:00am on the weekends. Dangerous! ;)
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:23:53 PM: Tonight my Mom & I went to a Make A Wish fundraising dinner - Make Wish is anorganization that grants "wishes" to children with life threatening illnesses. Tonight an 11 year old boy with Lymphoma was granted a wish to go to Hawaii with his family and a 15 year old girk who has been fighting leukemia for the past 5 years thanked everyonefor her family's trip England where she got to visit the Harry Potter set and meet some of the actors including Alan Rickman and where she was given her own official wand and a Griffendor robe that had been used inmaking one of the movies
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Post by: bk on May 06, 2010, 09:24:02 PM: There seems to be no rhyme or reason why most books got everywhere today, but two or three did not. It seems completely random.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 09:31:52 PM: DR Druxy - I saw "The Brown Bunny". It was such a strange experience. I was bored, angered and bewildered all at once. I think the only reason I did not fall asleep was because I wanted to stay up just to see if it really stayed that boring for as long as it did. Even the "climax" was boring. -And Cheryl Tiegs?!?!?!?!
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:32:49 PM: We own a time share in Kississemme - it s a nicecondo unit that sleeps 8 and is located a a large golf course and backs up to the Epcot property. Vixdada and I thought that we would donate a week to the Make a Wish Foundation and that they could use it to give some kid and thier family a trip ...tehy were already planning this big dinner and asked if they could use it as the grand prize for a raffle to be held tonight - they sold $10 tickets for the trip and ended up making enough money on the raffles to send 30 kids and their families on trips.

There were probably 1000 - 1200 people at this dinner. It was so nice to see so many people willing to support such a lovely charity.
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:33:50 PM: Wellit seems that tomorrow will be a particularly busy day at work - so I better get me to bed
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:34:27 PM: Dan the Man - hurry up and write Edge of the Storm - I want to read it!
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:36:30 PM: Trvel Vibes to all attending the Brain HHW get together - Please take photos!!!
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:41:28 PM: TOD: The first time I ever had Mexican food was in the early 80's - I went out to Newport Beach (my one and only visit to the west coast) where my cousin was then living - she took me to a restaurant on the water where I had my first margarita, first taste of guacamole and first chicken fajitas -

It was lovely meal - I have no idea of the name of the restaurant
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:42:17 PM: I really must go to be - good night Jose! (who is the only one stillhere with me!)
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Post by: vixmom on May 06, 2010, 09:42:39 PM: Beautiful kitties Laura!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 06, 2010, 10:05:39 PM: OMG! DR Michael Shayne's copy of BK's new book got printed backwards!

;)