And the word of the day is: SUSPIRE!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
If you write anything about LOST please (That's four pleases) remember to include the word spoiler. I will not be watching and will be seeing it later. I want to be surprised (if that's what happens) when I see it.
Thank you very much
I guess one of the best things about never seeing an episode of "Lost" is that I don't have to worry about the ending or about never seeing the show again.
I wish this new music store Dowling Music well. Bruce bought a hardcover score for TURANDOT, and I was hoping to find something, but their stock is mostly still in cartons, and I found little interesting while I was there. It was a bit of a nightmare wandering through crowds of folk who seemed more to be there to be seen than to see. I'll go back in a couple of weeks and browse the store more thoroughly. When I got there and found all these young buff caterers/bartenders, I thought I'd fallen into Barnum heaven, a scary thought, and both Bruce Pomahac and I were wondering the whys and wherefores of the catering decision. There was a scandal a couple of years ago when one of the City Opera bigwigs put a young buff protege on the City Opera payroll and the protege later wrote a book on being a male escort for Important Opera Queens. Perhaps they were all young proteges-in-training?
I wish this new music store Dowling Music well. Bruce bought a hardcover score for TURANDOT, and I was hoping to find something, but their stock is mostly still in cartons, and I found little interesting while I was there. It was a bit of a nightmare wandering through crowds of folk who seemed more to be there to be seen than to see. I'll go back in a couple of weeks and browse the store more thoroughly. When I got there and found all these young buff caterers/bartenders, I thought I'd fallen into Barnum heaven, a scary thought, and both Bruce Pomahac and I were wondering the whys and wherefores of the catering decision. There was a scandal a couple of years ago when one of the City Opera bigwigs put a young buff protege on the City Opera payroll and the protege later wrote a book on being a male escort for Important Opera Queens. Perhaps they were all young proteges-in-training?
However, I'm wondering if someone just recommended the catering company, and the company just happened to employ models. -There are at least two catering companies I know of that do just that.
I wish this new music store Dowling Music well. Bruce bought a hardcover score for TURANDOT, and I was hoping to find something, but their stock is mostly still in cartons, and I found little interesting while I was there. It was a bit of a nightmare wandering through crowds of folk who seemed more to be there to be seen than to see. I'll go back in a couple of weeks and browse the store more thoroughly. When I got there and found all these young buff caterers/bartenders, I thought I'd fallen into Barnum heaven, a scary thought, and both Bruce Pomahac and I were wondering the whys and wherefores of the catering decision. There was a scandal a couple of years ago when one of the City Opera bigwigs put a young buff protege on the City Opera payroll and the protege later wrote a book on being a male escort for Important Opera Queens. Perhaps they were all young proteges-in-training?
However, I'm wondering if someone just recommended the catering company, and the company just happened to employ models. -There are at least two catering companies I know of that do just that.
That's possible, but I honestly would expect for the grand opening of a classical music shop something more in the lines of the Carnegie Hall ladies and gentlemen more than a display of biceps and tiny waists.
I was praying to St. Anthony to find my LOST keys.
I was praying to St. Anthony to find my LOST keys.
Not St. Jude or St. Rita?
;)
bk - Is this your handiwork? ;)
Lost Series Finale Leaked!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0BnwGPvqdM)
::)
And the word of the day is: SUSPIRE!
I believe I have a poltergeist: the keys were in a pair of shorts which I haven't worn since Friday when I wore them to work. I had long pants on all day yesterday: for Dixie's walk, for feeding the dogs next door and for grocery shopping. I used those keys all day yesterday, but not those shorts.
DR Jane, post when you've watched MEDIUM. There is something i read last night that i wanted to tell you that is not really related to last night's show. But could potentially spoil something.
I believe I have a poltergeist: the keys were in a pair of shorts which I haven't worn since Friday when I wore them to work. I had long pants on all day yesterday: for Dixie's walk, for feeding the dogs next door and for grocery shopping. I used those keys all day yesterday, but not those shorts.
-And I really do wish you well in regards to staying away from "Lost" SPOILERS. I have a feeling that this one is going to be very hard to avoid. There's just way too much mainstream media coverage of the whole event, phenomenon.
Jose, love the LOST videos. I haven't watched LOST since the first season. I've considered watching tonight, but doubt I will.
Regarding the last episode of MEDIUM....If you have not seen it, STOP reading now....
SPOILER!!!
What was your reaction during the scene with Red John? Are you now suspicious of Kristina's (psychic friend) involvement or that she might even be RJ? Does Red John have her as a captive, etc.?
Regarding the last episode of MEDIUM....If you have not seen it, STOP reading now....
SPOILER!!!
What was your reaction during the scene with Red John? Are you now suspicious of Kristina's (psychic friend) involvement or that she might even be RJ? Does Red John have her as a captive, etc.?
you mean THE MENTALIST SPOILER
The bar-mitzvah in Scranton was beautiful, the hotel was gorgeous though the room lacked windows - but it was quite a room otherwise.
Who was your favorite all-time TV crush? When you were a teenager, that one person (actor or actress) on the TV screen that made your heart go pitter patter.
Without a doubt - Chuck Conners, THE RIFLEMAN
bk - Is this your handiwork? ;)
Lost Series Finale Leaked!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0BnwGPvqdM)
::)
Who was your favorite all-time TV crush? When you were a teenager, that one person (actor or actress) on the TV screen that made your heart go pitter patter.
Without a doubt - Chuck Conners, THE RIFLEMAN
ooh -= Bobby Sherman, Donny Osmond or Peter Deuel... hard to say
Who was your favorite all-time TV crush? When you were a teenager, that one person (actor or actress) on the TV screen that made your heart go pitter patter.
Without a doubt - Chuck Conners, THE RIFLEMAN
ooh -= Bobby Sherman, Donny Osmond or Peter Deuel... hard to say
And I think I will have an ice cream sandwich. Has anyone else tried the Neapolitan ones?
The phone call came on a Saturday afternoon this spring.
It was one of those “you don’t know me, but ...”
“Good heavens, what now?” I wondered.
I needn’t have been apprehensive, because the woman, whose name is Priscilla, went on to explain that she now owns the home in Iowa where I grew up, and she was interested in its history.
How had she located me? She explained that the previous owner from whom she bought the house had given her one of my columns written in the late 1990s about a trip back to Sioux City for a high school reunion. I had visited my old home, met the then-owners, toured the house and written about the memories this revived. Because she had my name, she just took a chance that I would still be living in Greenville.
Since that time we’ve exchanged a number of letters and discovered several interesting coincidences:
• Priscilla is originally from Estherville, Iowa. My mother’s first name was Esther.
• Priscilla is an attorney doing family and criminal law. So is my daughter.
• Priscilla took a class in Sioux City history when she first moved there, and one of the people she learned about was my grandfather, Andrew Anderson, who saved the lives of 27 people but lost his own in the great flood of 1892.
• Priscilla loves the house. So do I, and most important of all, she wants to preserve and return it to its original state, or as close as is feasible.
My father had the house built in 1934 from a plan he and my mother had found in a magazine. The structure was of brick and stone, in a style called French Normandy, or so my mother said.
Priscilla has been working on restoration for four years now, and so far has put in a new furnace and air conditioning. (There was no A/C when I lived there. Air conditioning was reserved for places like the Orpheum Theater.) Carpeting has been replaced, and she removed some hideous wallpaper and put new countertops in the kitchen.
“I am somewhat of a history buff and am getting more and more interested in historic preservation,” she wrote. “I have been looking into the history of the people who have owned this house, primarily your family because they built it and lived here the longest.”
“Getting into the history of ‘our’ house has led me into doing more historic preservation work in Sioux City,” she continued. “I’m trying to help save the buildings that are of historic interest and in good enough shape to be restored.”
You cannot imagine how grateful I am that someone who cares about the place now owns my former home. When I was in high school my mother, who had been widowed for a few years, decided to drive out to the area on the outskirts of town where she had been raised. The place was a wreck, she said on returning. “I wish I had never gone there. I would rather have remembered it as it was.”
Before Priscilla bought our house, I had returned to Sioux City for yet another school reunion, and on a drive through our old neighborhood I spotted a “For Sale” sign on the lawn. All of my immediate family were now gone, and the empty house was a reminder of their absence.
English writer Samuel Butler expressed my feelings perfectly: “An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed.”
But now there’s life in the house and it has a future.
Priscilla wrote me that “during this past winter when the temps were very cold, the wind was blowing and the snow was very deep, there were four deer who would curl up at night around the tree in the front yard. It was such a peaceful sight.”
Bear in mind that this is a developed neighborhood, not out in the country, and the thought of deer coming into the yard and resting there is a priceless image to me.
Yes, Greenville is my home now. It’s where my husband and I raised our five children and I love the place and take pleasure in those memories.
But my childhood memories are at home in Iowa, and they are at peace.
Ferguson is a columnist for the Herald-Banner.
It's too hot to bake at night. We've been having really sunny and hot days. So i prepared the batter for banana muffins and i will bake them tomorrow morning.
I hate it when i check every pocket for kleenex and still get one stuck in my laundry! :(
And I think I will have an ice cream sandwich. Has anyone else tried the Neapolitan ones?
I guess one of the best things about never seeing an episode of "Lost" is that I don't have to worry about the ending or about never seeing the show again.
Nice article DR CILLA LIZ.
Mouseketeer Lonnie
I'm watching the recap too, JRand. I also haven't watched it since the first season so we'll see if I watch the final....I'm more interested in Celebrity Apprentice.
I hate it when i check every pocket for kleenex and still get one stuck in my laundry! :(
I do that way too often & can't figure out how I missed it.
And I think I will have an ice cream sandwich. Has anyone else tried the Neapolitan ones?
I'm not all that crazy about neapolitan ice cream.
It's too hot to bake at night. We've been having really sunny and hot days. So i prepared the batter for banana muffins and i will bake them tomorrow morning.
Interesting, if it is hot I often prefer to bake at night so the kitchen cools off before morning. That way the kitchen doesn't warm up too quickly in the morning.
And I think I will have an ice cream sandwich. Has anyone else tried the Neapolitan ones?
I'm not all that crazy about neapolitan ice cream.
I prefer the all chocolate ice cream sandwiches. The problem is i just want to eat them all!
Lately when they've been on sale they've only had all vanilla or neapolitan. It's not my favorite kind of ice cream. But i do like both chocolate and strawberry (more than vanilla).
I think i would like an ice cream sandwich with my favorite ice creams. That would be tasty.
;D Often rather late when Keith traveled, more like 5:00 or 6:00 these days. How early in the morning do you mean?It's too hot to bake at night. We've been having really sunny and hot days. So i prepared the batter for banana muffins and i will bake them tomorrow morning.
Interesting, if it is hot I often prefer to bake at night so the kitchen cools off before morning. That way the kitchen doesn't warm up too quickly in the morning.
That's a good idea. But when you say "bake at night" how late are you talking?
I had a crush on Dack Rambo.
I had a crush on Dack Rambo.
Are you sure it wasn't Dirk?
I had a crush on Dack Rambo.
Are you sure it wasn't Dirk?
It wasn't even Dick Rambo. ;)
I had a crush on Dack Rambo.
Are you sure it wasn't Dirk?
It wasn't even Dick Rambo. ;)
No, the twin brother was Dirk.
I had a crush on Dack Rambo.
Are you sure it wasn't Dirk?
It wasn't even Dick Rambo. ;)
No, the twin brother was Dirk.
I was pulling your leg, TCB. ;)
see above post.
I couldn't decide what to have for dinner tonight, so I am having a pint of Ben & Jerry's Karamel Sutra, instead.
I guess in a slow theater news cycle, the story of the audience getting boisterous at FENCES with Denzel Washingotn & Viola Davis seems to be popping up quite a bit. i don't know how different this is from what would happen at the James Earl Jones - Mary Alice version of FENCES in the 1980's - but it seems that two parodies are called for (based logically as a parody of Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man" mirroring the famous "You are a womanless man" line in FENCES, which always gets a raucous reaction.I went to see "Fenes" with Billy Dee Williams after James Earl jones left. When the scene comes when Troy brings the baby home, there wee several audible black men in the audience cheering him on and telling him to put the woman in her place and make her take the baby. It was a little shocking and yet I've noticed that I heard that same boisterous, talk-back-at-the-screen conversations when I saw "Waiting to Exhale" on opening night in a movie theater. Or any of Tyler Perry's movies. I guess it's a cultural thing, like the demonstrations you'll find in black churches on Sunday mornings. They're a lot less quiet than my conservation Lutheran background.
the boisterous and shorter "Michael & Susan" version [named as parodies of Riedel and Haskins]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j7E2z90eFY
and a more straightforwardly sung version (a little longer, the scratch demo, which has some old lyrics but is more musical somehow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1namLdlMaf0
This afternoon, I'll be ushering at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts at a showing of the San Francisco Opera Cinema Series: Madame Butterfly (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1101). It's one in a series of four (I think) filmed operas that are shown this season at WCPA. I've seen a couple of the HD Met broadcasts and these are just as good. :)
bk - Is this your handiwork? ;)
Lost Series Finale Leaked!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0BnwGPvqdM)
::)
I don't suppose there's any place online that streams the show live?
And that's all they wrote.
Who was your favorite all-time TV crush? When you were a teenager, that one person (actor or actress) on the TV screen that made your heart go pitter patter.
Without a doubt - Chuck Conners, THE RIFLEMAN
This afternoon, I'll be ushering at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts at a showing of the San Francisco Opera Cinema Series: Madame Butterfly (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1101). It's one in a series of four (I think) filmed operas that are shown this season at WCPA. I've seen a couple of the HD Met broadcasts and these are just as good. :)
The San Francisco Opera's filmed production of "Madame Butterfly" today was very good! The guy playing Pinkerton was very nice to look at (click HERE (http://sfopera.com/cinemaseries/) for a video clip). ;)
How long is this in actuality? Till eleven?
Thanks for the info on the tenors, Jose!
Made it to commercial four.
I'm watching the recap too, JRand. I also haven't watched it since the first season so we'll see if I watch the final....I'm more interested in Celebrity Apprentice.
I know there probably aren't that many people who watch both but i can't figure out why they put the CELEBRITY APPRENTICE finale at the same time as the LOST finale. I really want to watch both.
Nice article, Cilla!
Great story, CillaLiz
Everything is being recorded, but if picture goes so goes recording.
Thanks for the info on the tenors, Jose!
You're welcome, George.