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Archives => Archive 18 => Topic started by: bk on July 15, 2010, 12:22:45 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes remembered it well, and now it is time for you to post until the well-remembered cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: EQUIPOISE!
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Topic of the Day:
MTM: "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
All In the Family: the one with Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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I just remebered my ask BK question from yesterday - BK have you given any thought to releasing an audio book version of any of your books?
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MTM - gosh I loved that show and the original Bob Newhart show
Chuckles the Clown yes - any of the ones with the Happy Homemaker... oh and there were one or 2 with Jack Cassidy as Ted Baxter's brother
AITF = Sammy Davis with the kiss there was one where Jean Staepelton was going on nd on and on telling this boring story and Carrol O'Connor mimes takingout a gun, loading it, and shooting himself in the head and falling over that was hysterically funny
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Equipoise is the state of being balanced or in equilibrium, usually connoting something that is a product of counterbalancing.
Equipoise may also refer to:
Equipoise (album), a 1993 album by Happy Rhodes
Equipoise (horse), a thoroughbred race horse
Clinical equipoise, or the Principle of Equipoise, a medical research term
Equipoise (denture), a removable partial denture system
Equipoise (law), a legal term referring to a balancing test of aggravating and mitigating factors when jurors consider the death penalty
Equipoise (poetry), a poetic term
Equipoise (propeller), a type of propeller
the trade name for the anabolic steroid boldenone
Equipoise (Game), An arena based FPS game like Unreal tournament 3.
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I need my life to be more equipoised -
this all work and no play thing is getting old
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speaking of which time to head out for some more unpaid OT
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TOD
MTM
Chuckles The Clown Bites The Dust
The final episode where everyone is fired ecept for Ted Baxter
All in the Family
Edith Goes Through the Change
The Bunkers and the Swingers
Sammy's Visit
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Good morning, all! I keep missing my trip to the pharmacy, so I'm doing it this morning on my way down to the McGlinnventory.
I have the inventory this morning, a stop at Toyland to pick up some music, and then back here to accomplish some work on edit problems from my copyists.
TOD: I loved ALL IN THE FAMILY more than the Mary Tyler Mooore show, but I still remember th episode of the death of Chuckles the Clown from MTM and nothing about ALL IN THE FAMILY!
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Morning, all.
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Chuckles the Clown was great TV, but I also loved the dinner party episodes on MTM, such as the one in which Lou took two and half portions of the dinner and there were no seconds back in the kitchen.
I also found the later episode in which Mary and Lou had a "date" to be really funny.
My favorite supporting player was always Cloris Leachman as Phyllis, and the timing of her reactions was particularly wonderful.
I watched "All in the Family" a lot and loved the episodes that had the neighbors (the Jeffersons) or family (Maude) drop in. The people who were on the show, from Betty Garrett to Sammy Davis Jr., were always great.
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TOD:
Mary Tyler Moore-- the first episode (among so many others)
All in the Family-- don't really haveone although the episode where everyone argued about lima beans and being allergic to them was a riot (I have no idea what the main plot of that episode was)
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A couple of my favorite shows......
In addition to those episodes mentioned:
MTM - the obituary episode when they wrote a joke obit for someone and forgot it was in the file, and Ted read it on the air
the all night election report when the teletype was broken and they couldn't get the results
ALL IN THE FAMILY - Gloria buys a wig at Kressler's, a station wagon full of nuns, and Archie & Mike stuck in the basement
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A lesson in how to remove any sense of joy or life from a song - including the orchestrations......and slow the tempo way down, please.
Not sure if the choreography is just bad or they had to tailor it for the bad dancers..... I had forgotten how horrible it really was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj3mFkn07Iw
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It must be a week for finishing books--I finally got through the Charles M. Schulz bio on the train this morning. Very sad. For all his success, his fame and his wealth, for all the happiness he instilled in the fans of his Peanuts, the man lived a life of bitterness and regret and never truly felt he was ever loved by anyone to the very end.
As for the book itself, I found it to be wildly uneven. The author, David Michaelis, goes into such minute details in many aspects of Schulz's life but almost totally ignores others. For instance, I've learned more about the husband of the woman who was the life model of the Little Red Headed Girl than of most of Schulz's own children, who remain ciphers throughout the book. Also, Michaelis takes a few tangents from biography and slips into analyzing the Peanuts strip. While what he has to say about it is interesting, he pretty much ignores the early years of the strip along with any discussion of some of the major characters like Peppermint Patty.
All in all, I guess I'm glad that I read it even though my feelings about its subject have been vastly altered (Charles M. Schulz was one of my childhood heroes.) I feel a need to go back and read the Peanuts collections to remind myself that I fell in love with the work and not the man.
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TOD:
THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
Certainly the Chuckles episode, but also the episode where Mary has a bad day and the one where Rhoda enters (an wins!) a beauty contest.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
"Edith Goes Through the Change" contains what I think is one of the best lines ever written for TV comedy: "We're not going to Disney World--or any other world!"
I mostly enjoyed the episode in which only the four principle players appeared such as the one where Gloria is having her "time of month" which sets off a chain of arguments.
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DR RonP, re: BIG BROTHER and your comments last night.
Right now my favorites are Brendan and Rachel. I am finding that they seem smart. And a bunch who seem dumb are getting on my nerves.
There is this girl Kristen who they showed last night. But other than 2 words she has never spoken on the show! I find Lane and Hayden seem sort of dumb. And Enzo gets on my nerves too. I loved the "smart" comp last night. And i love that Andrew purposely misspelled his word (since he is a doctor - except to them he's a shoe salesman).
Annie is getting on my nerves. And actually andrew is too. I wish we could see more of matt and ragan (although to me they look similar) and keep getting their jobs mixed up since Ragan is a professor but they keep calling matt "the smart one".
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It figures that i go to the library yesterday and then they call to say that they have a book for me.
It's no big deal because i pass it everyday on my bike ride. But it just always happens.
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Is anybody else watching SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? Sad another injury. And my favorite people keep going down.
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Thursday morning greetings! Since we were away almost a week, I think it's time for grocery shopping. That's my major agenda item for today, along with a meeting of my book group tonight. It's a Graphic Novel Roundtable and it will be fun to see 1) the variety of selections, and 2) what my friends thought of the genre. I read Stitches by David Small. It's set in Detroit during the time I grew up and from the illustrations it appears that his family's house was identical to mine.
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There is no excuse for equipoise without porpoise!
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TOD:
MTM -- Chuckles Bites the Dust, especially the desciption of what happened to him at the parade. Also the one where Mary gets her first look at Sue Ann's bedroom!
All in the Family: The menopause episode...and that memorable moment where Edith yells at Archie to "stifle"; the Bea Arthur episode in which Maude appears and declares, looking down her nose at Archie, "Never fear, Maudie's here!"; and the episode in which Archie has the runs...and keeps having to race back up the stairs before completing a rant of any kind.
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TOD:
I never really watched MTM, but (like everybody else) my favorite episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY was the one with Sammy Davis, Jr.
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The publisher approved my book cover, so now it's posted on FB and other sites.
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TOD:
I never really watched MTM, but (like everybody else) my favorite episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY was the one with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Everybody? What am I, chopped liver?
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TOD - I was young, single, and living in my own apartment at the same time MTM was airing on Saturday nights. It always amused me that I either lived like MTM (when I had a date) or watched MTM (when I didn't have a date). One of my favorite episodes was when she moved to her new apartment and, after all the excitement died down, she stood alone in the middle of the living room and wailed, "I hate it!"
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TOD:
I don't have any favorite episodes of either series.
Now, GILLIGAN'S ISLAND I have favorite episodes.
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One of my favorite episodes was when she moved to her new apartment and, after all the excitement died down, she stood alone in the middle of the living room and wailed, "I hate it!"
that is what I did when I bought my house!
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TOD:
I never really watched MTM, but (like everybody else) my favorite episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY was the one with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Everybody? What am I, chopped liver?
Sorry. Almost everybody...
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TOD:
I never really watched MTM, but (like everybody else) my favorite episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY was the one with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Everybody? What am I, chopped liver?
Sorry. Almost everybody...
I has arrived!
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RLP, what you said about Big Brother last night...ditto. Enzo is driving me crazy.
Now, who do you think is the saboteur?
My guess is Lane.
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One of my favorite episodes was when she moved to her new apartment and, after all the excitement died down, she stood alone in the middle of the living room and wailed, "I hate it!"
that is what I did when I bought my house!
DR MBarnum - that's why I loved the episode. I think a lot of people want something so badly that they're disappointed (often, temporarily, thank goodness) when they finally get it.
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I'm up, I'm up. It's already close to ninety out, so jog will probably be this evening.
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Someone "reviewed" my book on Goodreads - someone in the UK. He really liked it, but says that he didn't like the writing that much (my inexperience as an author despite having written other books). So, that was interesting. I do have a certain, shall we say, style and voice and I guess some probably find it not to their liking. But he liked the stories and the point, so that's good.
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TOD:
I never really watched MTM, but (like everybody else) my favorite episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY was the one with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Everybody? What am I, chopped liver?
The Sammy Davis Jr episode of AITF was definately not one of my favorites. Even way back then it struck me as an implausable incident within the world the show had created for itself. If the phrase was existant then, it would have been a "jumping the shark" episode.
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What I used to love was way back in the 80s when Channel 4 in NYC would show two back-to-back episodes of MTM at 3:00 am. It was the perfect way to wind down after a night out in the city.
Well, the second best perfect way...
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Waiting for the helper to arrive. We have to do two royalty statements and one publishing thing today, the Costco, although maybe we'll do Costco first.
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Someone "reviewed" my book on Goodreads - someone in the UK. He really liked it, but says that he didn't like the writing that much (my inexperience as an author despite having written other books). So, that was interesting. I do have a certain, shall we say, style and voice and I guess some probably find it not to their liking. But he liked the stories and the point, so that's good.
He may have only given you four stars, but that's really a very good review.
Certainly it would not dissuade somebody from buying the book.
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You know, there was actually one MTM episode that I never seen all the way through until the Season One set came out. It's the one where Mary has her tonsils out and her hospital roommate is Pat Carroll.
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I am back from the McGlinnventory with two more shopping bags of full scores. I have to proofread a piano-vocal score from Joshie and a lot of LADY OF THE SLIPPER questions to answer for my copyists. I need a nap.
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DR Ginny, thanks for the Tom Howard obituary. What a sad surprise. I think he was a person who should have left Middletown a long time ago. He was talented and a good person, and I did plan on visiting with him on my next trip to Ohio. I was surprised by the news about a son and wife; when I moved to NYC in 1979, he was gay. Or bi.
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DR Elmore - I was stunned to read of Tom's death in this morning's paper. For the others here:
Tom Howard (http://www.legacy.com/middletown/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=144073684).
He was one of the Schroeders in the Charlie Brown production that DR Elmore directed.
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RLP, what you said about Big Brother last night...ditto. Enzo is driving me crazy.
Now, who do you think is the saboteur?
My guess is Lane.
Good guess. As good as any, at any rate. I still have a tingle that it may be the lady police officer. She seemed really distraught about possibly being targeted for a nomination.
However, I suspect them ALL! I also suspect the claim the saboteur made in last night's episode is just something to make them all paranoid. I don't think any of them knew one another prior to entering the house.
I'm always amused at how outraged and angry guy alliances get when they suspect "others" of being in an alliance. "The Brigade" is beside itself that friendships have formed among the other houseguests...so much so that everyone cannot be trusted!!!!
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Is everybody either at lunch or on break?
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There's a kind of hush....
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I am enjoying today being my "Friday". It makes things zip right along.
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Last night, the door trim decided to give up the ghost as Edith made her entrance......she picked it up on the way out as though it were just another part of her job.
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Film Score Monthly has announced a new 3-CD set: "Bronislau Kaper at MGM (1954-1962) -- Volume 1".
Although you'd get the idea that it's odds and ends, really scores (possibly not complete) from films like "The Power and the Prize", "Her 12 Men", "Somebody Up There Likes Me", "Ada", "Two Loves", and, of course, "BUtterfield 8". In addition to cues from the film scores written by Kaper, the CDs feature source music used in the various films.
It's a treasure!!! It's also the bees-knees!!!
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Last night, the door trim decided to give up the ghost as Edith made her entrance......she picked it up on the way out as though it were just another part of her job.
No ad lib, such as "I'll be back with my hammer and some nails to fix this thing"?
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I am off to the grocery store to buy one (or two) of each - bye for now!
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A lesson in how to remove any sense of joy or life from a song - including the orchestrations......and slow the tempo way down, please.
Not sure if the choreography is just bad or they had to tailor it for the bad dancers..... I had forgotten how horrible it really was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj3mFkn07Iw
That is sad.
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I do remember watching ALL IN THE FAMILY when I was quite young. I guess I was allowed to watch tv for the last year or two. I don't remember any favorites since it's been that long since I've seen the show.
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It must be a week for finishing books--I finally got through the Charles M. Schulz bio on the train this morning. Very sad. For all his success, his fame and his wealth, for all the happiness he instilled in the fans of his Peanuts, the man lived a life of bitterness and regret and never truly felt he was ever loved by anyone to the very end.
As for the book itself, I found it to be wildly uneven. The author, David Michaelis, goes into such minute details in many aspects of Schulz's life but almost totally ignores others. For instance, I've learned more about the husband of the woman who was the life model of the Little Red Headed Girl than of most of Schulz's own children, who remain ciphers throughout the book. Also, Michaelis takes a few tangents from biography and slips into analyzing the Peanuts strip. While what he has to say about it is interesting, he pretty much ignores the early years of the strip along with any discussion of some of the major characters like Peppermint Patty.
All in all, I guess I'm glad that I read it even though my feelings about its subject have been vastly altered (Charles M. Schulz was one of my childhood heroes.) I feel a need to go back and read the Peanuts collections to remind myself that I fell in love with the work and not the man.
I was not thrilled with the bio either. I know many people who make others laugh are often depressed or otherwise downhearted. But I had a problem with the writing. So there's little known about Schulz's early years. Why not say so, instead of analyzing a family photograph and trying to interpret how that fits in with a rather lame theory on the man's life. The author spent way too much time on a single photo as his only source for the early years and ended up with way too much conjecture.
In other words, too much Michaelis and not enough Schulz.
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However, I suspect them ALL! I also suspect the claim the saboteur made in last night's episode is just something to make them all paranoid. I don't think any of them knew one another prior to entering the house.
Dingo at hamsterwatch is sure that two people DO KNOW EACH OTHER. I'll put it in another post with spoilers in case you don't want to know.
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Someone "reviewed" my book on Goodreads - someone in the UK. He really liked it, but says that he didn't like the writing that much (my inexperience as an author despite having written other books). So, that was interesting. I do have a certain, shall we say, style and voice and I guess some probably find it not to their liking. But he liked the stories and the point, so that's good.
He may have only given you four stars, but that's really a very good review.
Certainly it would not dissuade somebody from buying the book.
I didn't read the review. But isn't that sort of insulting if someone doesn't like the writing. Since it is a book.
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I am off to the grocery store to buy one (or two) of each - bye for now!
one or two of what?
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DR Ginny. It's been years since I was in your town. And I can't remember asking this before, but is either Chardelle Webber or Iona (last name escapes me) still with us? They were the newspaper's gossip/hometown news writers for years. Iona's column was called Incidentally.
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re: what DR RON P was saying about BIG BROTHER and the saboteur saying that two people know each other from before.
SPACE
SPOILER
SPACE
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blah blah and then therew were two and there names are annie and rachel and kathy and then were none who is one
one two this and then impled kristen and andrew and brendan and rachel, and one and two and kathy and britney and
Apparently two people have been talking/meeting at night. And have either said/or implied that they did know each other
before. It's Hayden (HOH) and Kristen (girl who never talks). I haven't been studying the live feeds. But that is what he
insists. I'm not sure if they are just friends or brother/sister. But it's sort of unfair to have two people who know each
other. Although I guess with the saboteur announcing it, if they are found out, then it could be a huge disadvantage to
them. and then there were two and then there was one waw blah alkjdoiu oui one two three
one two this and then impled kristen and andrew and brendan and rachel, and one and two and kathy and britney and
blah blah and then therew were two and there names are annie and rachel and kathy and then were none who is one
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one two buckle my shoe
three four open the door
five six pick up the sticks
seven eight....ain't "Big Brother" great?
Thanks, Jennifer!
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It must be a week for finishing books--I finally got through the Charles M. Schulz bio on the train this morning. Very sad. For all his success, his fame and his wealth, for all the happiness he instilled in the fans of his Peanuts, the man lived a life of bitterness and regret and never truly felt he was ever loved by anyone to the very end.
As for the book itself, I found it to be wildly uneven. The author, David Michaelis, goes into such minute details in many aspects of Schulz's life but almost totally ignores others. For instance, I've learned more about the husband of the woman who was the life model of the Little Red Headed Girl than of most of Schulz's own children, who remain ciphers throughout the book. Also, Michaelis takes a few tangents from biography and slips into analyzing the Peanuts strip. While what he has to say about it is interesting, he pretty much ignores the early years of the strip along with any discussion of some of the major characters like Peppermint Patty.
All in all, I guess I'm glad that I read it even though my feelings about its subject have been vastly altered (Charles M. Schulz was one of my childhood heroes.) I feel a need to go back and read the Peanuts collections to remind myself that I fell in love with the work and not the man.
I was not thrilled with the bio either. I know many people who make others laugh are often depressed or otherwise downhearted. But I had a problem with the writing. So there's little known about Schulz's early years. Why not say so, instead of analyzing a family photograph and trying to interpret how that fits in with a rather lame theory on the man's life. The author spent way too much time on a single photo as his only source for the early years and ended up with way too much conjecture.
In other words, too much Michaelis and not enough Schulz.
Exactly said, DR John G
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I am off to the grocery store to buy one (or two) of each - bye for now!
one or two of what?
That's just my way of saying that we needed EVERYTHING, DR Elmore.
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DR Ginny. It's been years since I was in your town. And I can't remember asking this before, but is either Chardelle Webber or Iona (last name escapes me) still with us? They were the newspaper's gossip/hometown news writers for years. Iona's column was called Incidentally.
DR John G - As far as I can determine, Iona is still around, but I have a vague recollection that Chardy passed away. She and my late mother-in-law were friends, which helped my wedding picture get a nice placement in the paper the morning after the event. I will try to verify my speculations and get back to you. There's really very little local "presence" to the Journal any more.
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DR Ginny. It's been years since I was in your town. And I can't remember asking this before, but is either Chardelle Webber or Iona (last name escapes me) still with us? They were the newspaper's gossip/hometown news writers for years. Iona's column was called Incidentally.
DR John G - As far as I can determine, Iona is still around, but I have a vague recollection that Chardy passed away. She and my late mother-in-law were friends, which helped my wedding picture get a nice placement in the paper the morning after the event. I will try to verify my speculations and get back to you. There's really very little local "presence" to the Journal any more.
Did you call JoAnn? More importantly, did the cordials arrive in great shape?
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Whatever happened to the Marilyn Beck interview that wasn't conducted by Marilyn beck because Marilyn Beck is retired?
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The Beck interview is online for the next week or so - I'm not sure of the address, but do a Google and you'll find it.
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My helper and I got everything done that needed doing - did the royalty statement, did the publishing stuff, did the Costco run (and I now have pretty roses in the house and lots of low cal low fat snacks for my sweet tooth), and shipped a few things. After she left, I picked up a couple of packages and no mail, then ate a sandwich and onion rings. I'm full, I'm tired, and since I got the Warners noir box I think I'll watch a movie or three.
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Is anybody else watching SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? Sad another injury. And my favorite people keep going down.
THEY SHOOT HOURSES DON'T THEY?
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Oh, and get me off this damn page.
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BK, if you and this Genghis Cohen woman are going to be courtin' (and possibly even sparkin') don't you think she ought to get her tush over her to HHW, so that she can meet your family and see if we approve?
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DR Ginny. It's been years since I was in your town. And I can't remember asking this before, but is either Chardelle Webber or Iona (last name escapes me) still with us? They were the newspaper's gossip/hometown news writers for years. Iona's column was called Incidentally.
DR John G - As far as I can determine, Iona is still around, but I have a vague recollection that Chardy passed away. She and my late mother-in-law were friends, which helped my wedding picture get a nice placement in the paper the morning after the event. I will try to verify my speculations and get back to you. There's really very little local "presence" to the Journal any more.
Sorry to hear that about the Journal. I can now look back fondly on my year there. There were many great experiences, from all the Cincinnati Reds games I saw courtesy the paper to just being with good people, several of whom I'm still in touch with. It probably wasn't the best job for a young someone who wanted to be in a much livelier environment at that time.
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Here's the Marilyn Beck piece:
http://becksmithhollywood.com/?tag=bruce-kimmel
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Be very careful of e-mails from paypal - if it seems at all suspicious (saying you ordered something for ninety bucks of thereabouts) and that it wants you to visit your account, do not click on any of the links from the e-mail directly. I've gotten several of these today - for me it was easy to tell it was fake because it went to an address I never use for amazon stuff. So, if you have ANY question or doubt, go to amazon directly and NOT through the e-mail links.
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Oh, I don't know that we'll be goin' courtin' - but I will suggest she pay a visit.
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DR Ginny. It's been years since I was in your town. And I can't remember asking this before, but is either Chardelle Webber or Iona (last name escapes me) still with us? They were the newspaper's gossip/hometown news writers for years. Iona's column was called Incidentally.
DR John G - As far as I can determine, Iona is still around, but I have a vague recollection that Chardy passed away. She and my late mother-in-law were friends, which helped my wedding picture get a nice placement in the paper the morning after the event. I will try to verify my speculations and get back to you. There's really very little local "presence" to the Journal any more.
Did you call JoAnn? More importantly, did the cordials arrive in great shape?
Calling JoAnn is on my agenda for tomorrow. All the other chocolate arrived safe & sound, so I assume the cordials are fine. Shall I open the box and sample one just to make sure ;)
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Well, didja ever?
Can you believe the number-one hot topic in the Gold Box Forum is STILL the one about whether folks wash their towels after only 1 use?
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All the other chocolate arrived safe & sound, so I assume the cordials are fine. Shall I open the box and sample one just to make sure ;)
You'd better sample two...
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Off to find out how my book group friends liked reading graphic novels - bye for now!
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Slow news day!
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DR Ginny. It's been years since I was in your town. And I can't remember asking this before, but is either Chardelle Webber or Iona (last name escapes me) still with us? They were the newspaper's gossip/hometown news writers for years. Iona's column was called Incidentally.
DR John G - As far as I can determine, Iona is still around, but I have a vague recollection that Chardy passed away. She and my late mother-in-law were friends, which helped my wedding picture get a nice placement in the paper the morning after the event. I will try to verify my speculations and get back to you. There's really very little local "presence" to the Journal any more.
Did you call JoAnn? More importantly, did the cordials arrive in great shape?
Calling JoAnn is on my agenda for tomorrow. All the other chocolate arrived safe & sound, so I assume the cordials are fine. Shall I open the box and sample one just to make sure ;)
I love Jo, but if you tamper with her cherry cordials, she'll cut you. Now, you've been warned! :)
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Slow news day!
That's what comes from livin' in Sleepy Hollow West!
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T.O.D.
I watched MTM and AITF whenever I wasn't doing a show or rehearsing a show(which wasn't all that often). I can't say that either show was a favorite. I don't think I could name a favorite episode of either show.
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UPS just brought me Season Five of THE CLOSER and my friend Chris' band's Hanukkah album.
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And here's Chris' band Gods of Fire. They never win the dreidel spinning contest and I've given up hope.
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The publisher approved my book cover, so now it's posted on FB and other sites.
:)
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One of my favorite episodes was when she moved to her new apartment and, after all the excitement died down, she stood alone in the middle of the living room and wailed, "I hate it!"
that is what I did when I bought my house!
That's sad. I hope you felt differently as you made it your own.
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Off to find out how my book group friends liked reading graphic novels - bye for now!
My book group has decided to discourage this kind of discussion. We prefer to all read the same book.
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From Vixmom:
these 14 hour days are killing me -
I thought things were going to slow down. Is there any end in sight?
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From Laura:
Kitten Sam fell asleep in my arms.
Awww!
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PAGE FOUR
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Thank goodness we got to page four. I was about ready to give up.
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I was just reading the Mike Tyson interview where he said his whole life has been a f__king waste.
It may be the first and only time I have ever agreed with him on anything.
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Yeah, getting off these pages these days is like pulling teeth. I blame FJL, who should at least stop by and say hello and let us know he's fine, and I certainly blame Jose - not to mention JMK. I do think I know why Jose left - and I wish someone had at least e-mailed me about it (I don't think it had anything to do with me and/or the site, but with another problem - and somehow I think someone here probably knew about it). But he's happy in his own little Jose World on Facebook. Of course, that negates the, what, oh seven years of support and kindness that he got on this board, but who's counting.
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And that's how I feel about it.
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It's over 100 degrees outside.
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It is 114 here.
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Today I went out to get the mail.
That about sums it up.
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I think it only got to 80 here in Western Washington.
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Today I went out to get the mail.
That about sums it up.
Laura, they could do an entire reality show based on your exciting life. If we combined our lives, we might be good for two episodes.
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
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Oh! I forgot the most exciting part!
I wheeled the recycle bin to the sidewalk.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for my cool night in bed.
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Of course, the sunshine is the hottest thing to hit my bedroom in ten years.
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And the word of the day is: EQUIPOISE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WALKING HAPPY
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Of course, the sun shine is the hottest thing to hit my bedroom in ten years.
Story of my life. ::)
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My friend also has "Daughter of Iraq" and "River of Doubt". I know DR Cilla read River and liked it. Any feedback on these? I don't want her to send me the books if I won't like them.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
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Joshua Bell is performing Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch. I wish I could be there.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
I had a friend come over and set it up for me. Three days later, I tore the whole thing apart and mvoed it into the bedroom on my own. The living room / dining room / hall and kitchen area was to big an area for this little 7000 btu air conditioner to try and cool down.
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I am sorry, Jane, but I can't offer any advice on any of those books.
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That's strange. My AOL mail is currently not working.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
I had a friend come over and set it up for me. Three days later, I tore the whole thing apart and moved it into the bedroom on my own. The living room / dining room / hall and kitchen area was to big an area for this little 7000 btu air conditioner to try and cool down.
I thought it rolled around and fit through doorways. Often we only turn the air on in our bedroom, not today though. Keith has the entire house cooled down :(
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I am sorry, Jane, but I can't offer any advice on any of those books.
Thanks for commenting. :)
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I cannot offer any advice on those books either, Jane. But I might suggest "Dragonflies of Oregon" as an excellent book.
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In the past couple of weeks, I have read two or three stories online and watched one report on the evening news about these hommeade chemical plastic bombs. Now, I understand the need to warn people to stay away from these things; but at the same time aren't we giving some of these local whack jobs ideas that they might not have had on their own?
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
I had a friend come over and set it up for me. Three days later, I tore the whole thing apart and moved it into the bedroom on my own. The living room / dining room / hall and kitchen area was to big an area for this little 7000 btu air conditioner to try and cool down.
I thought it rolled around and fit through doorways. Often we only turn the air on in our bedroom, not today though. Keith has the entire house cooled down :(
That is the impression that they give when you buy one, but once you read the instructions, you find out that you have to vent these things to the outside. You could vent it out a slider, or in my case, out the bedroom window.
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Actually, no where on the shipping box does it show the air conditioner being vented to a window. Hmm.
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I cannot offer any advice on those books either, Jane. But I might suggest "Dragonflies of Oregon" as an excellent book.
:) Thank you. As fascinating as that sounds (I do like the title) I think I'll pass.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
I had a friend come over and set it up for me. Three days later, I tore the whole thing apart and moved it into the bedroom on my own. The living room / dining room / hall and kitchen area was to big an area for this little 7000 btu air conditioner to try and cool down.
I thought it rolled around and fit through doorways. Often we only turn the air on in our bedroom, not today though. Keith has the entire house cooled down :(
That is the impression that they give when you buy one, but once you read the instructions, you find out that you have to vent these things to the outside. You could vent it out a slider, or in my case, out the bedroom window.
I knew you had to vent it outside because DS Bryan told me that. I still thought it fit through doors. Would you still have purchased it had you known?
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LOL, Jane.
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I find it interesting that there is not a cloud in the sky, yet we are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 7 p.m.
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Bruce I heard the Valley temps are going up to 110.
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LOL, Jane.
:D
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
It's a wonderful novel about a young man on death row facing up to the actions he made that placed him there. I love Gaines' writing. "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" was another of his books. I enjoyed that one, too.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
I had a friend come over and set it up for me. Three days later, I tore the whole thing apart and moved it into the bedroom on my own. The living room / dining room / hall and kitchen area was to big an area for this little 7000 btu air conditioner to try and cool down.
I thought it rolled around and fit through doorways. Often we only turn the air on in our bedroom, not today though. Keith has the entire house cooled down :(
That is the impression that they give when you buy one, but once you read the instructions, you find out that you have to vent these things to the outside. You could vent it out a slider, or in my case, out the bedroom window.
I knew you had to vent it outside because DS Bryan told me that. I still thought it fit through doors. Would you still have purchased it had you known?
Oh sure. My question is why didn't Bryan tell me?
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G'ngiht!
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Thanks John. Am I correct this is fiction? I ask because this friend usually only reads non-fiction.
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My air condioner is chugging along in the bedroom getting it ready for me cool night in bed.
Did you figure out how to set it up or did a friend help you?
I had a friend come over and set it up for me. Three days later, I tore the whole thing apart and moved it into the bedroom on my own. The living room / dining room / hall and kitchen area was to big an area for this little 7000 btu air conditioner to try and cool down.
I thought it rolled around and fit through doorways. Often we only turn the air on in our bedroom, not today though. Keith has the entire house cooled down :(
That is the impression that they give when you buy one, but once you read the instructions, you find out that you have to vent these things to the outside. You could vent it out a slider, or in my case, out the bedroom window.
I knew you had to vent it outside because DS Bryan told me that. I still thought it fit through doors. Would you still have purchased it had you known?
Oh sure. My question is why didn't Bryan tell me?
lol, because you had already purchased it.
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It is devastatingly hot. Anyone who doesn't think the world has gone to hell only need step outside.
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TCB, I only use AOL for my e-mail (and I'm slowly but surely phasing it out) and I use it through Mac Mail - but it's been spazzing out all day.
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What I used to love was way back in the 80s when Channel 4 in NYC would show two back-to-back episodes of MTM at 3:00 am. It was the perfect way to wind down after a night out in the city.
Well, the second best perfect way...
I used to watch these too!!
and there was that episode that ends with Mary's date saying somthing along the lines of there is no perfect way to celebrate saying I love you and Mary Richrads says "there is ...."
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From Vixmom:
these 14 hour days are killing me -
I thought things were going to slow down. Is there any end in sight?
It appears the light at the end of the tunnel was the headlamp of the oncoming train
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Thanks John. Am I correct this is fiction? I ask because this friend usually only reads non-fiction.
Yes, it is fiction. I also think there was an HBO movie made of it. You might be able to get it from Netflx or your library. Don't know how good it is, except, something dim in my memory makes me think Don Cheadle is in it.
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Thanks John. I think I would rather read it but I'll check also look into the movie.
'night
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
It's a wonderful novel about a young man on death row facing up to the actions he made that placed him there. I love Gaines' writing. "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" was another of his books. I enjoyed that one, too.
What a coinkydink! Last week, I had to return a brand new DVD copy of "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" because it had no discs! It was sealed, but the DVDs were not included. Anyway, the replacement just arrived today and it's sitting on my desk, right in front of me.
Just had to share. :)
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I read th esummary online - it sounds too sad for me to read
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
It's a wonderful novel about a young man on death row facing up to the actions he made that placed him there. I love Gaines' writing. "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" was another of his books. I enjoyed that one, too.
What a coinkydink! Last week, I had to return a brand new DVD copy of "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" because it had no discs! It was sealed, but the DVDs were not included. Anyway, the replacement just arrived today and it's sitting on my desk, right in front of me.
Just had to share. :)
I don't know if I have seen that movie in 20 years at least. Post something on whether it holds up. I'm sure Cicely Tyson's performance does. That was an impressive piece of work to me as a kid when I first saw the movie.
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
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I read th esummary online - it sounds too sad for me to read
It is sad, but I don't remember exactly being depressed by it. It's been more than 12 years since I read it. I know I was living in Florida at the time. I also remember seeing Gaines at a reading here in San Antonio and meeting him afterward for a second. Great reading, and it was from "A Lesson ..." He had the packed house mesmerized with the passage he chose.
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
There's a great new autobiography with a title like "There's Mel, There's Woody and There's You." The author's name was Bruce something.
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LOL!! I read that one!!
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
I'm also slowly pacing myself as I read through the Little House books for the first time. There's a great deal of food stuff in them but there's also the wonderful stories of life in America before the cities took over. Plus, in this heat, it's been fun to read about chopping ice when it's 5 below zero outside and sledding, etc.
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maybe its time to re read the Kritzer trilogy
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
I'm also slowly pacing myself as I read through the Little House books for the first time. There's a great deal of food stuff in them but there's also the wonderful stories of life in America before the cities took over. Plus, in this heat, it's been fun to read about chopping ice when it's 5 below zero outside and sledding, etc.
OH I loved those - I read tehm all several tiems as a child and then again as an adult -
don't miss Farmer Boy which is about her husband's childhood
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
I'm also slowly pacing myself as I read through the Little House books for the first time. There's a great deal of food stuff in them but there's also the wonderful stories of life in America before the cities took over. Plus, in this heat, it's been fun to read about chopping ice when it's 5 below zero outside and sledding, etc.
OH I loved those - I read tehm all several tiems as a child and then again as an adult -
don't miss Farmer Boy which is about her husband's childhood
that's the one I'm in the middle of right now.
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I wish I could take us to page six. But I'm getting sleepy.
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So, it's night, all.
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That didn't do it, either.
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So, I give up.
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And leave it to someone better than me at making pages turn.
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Page six!
And with that, good night.
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
I'm also slowly pacing myself as I read through the Little House books for the first time. There's a great deal of food stuff in them but there's also the wonderful stories of life in America before the cities took over. Plus, in this heat, it's been fun to read about chopping ice when it's 5 below zero outside and sledding, etc.
OH I loved those - I read tehm all several tiems as a child and then again as an adult -
don't miss Farmer Boy which is about her husband's childhood
that's the one I'm in the middle of right now.
oh yes - his Mom sure could cook!! I loved teh part about his growing a milk fed pumpkin - I have wanted to try that for the past 44 years!
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Here's the Marilyn Beck piece:
http://becksmithhollywood.com/?tag=bruce-kimmel
Very nice.
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
It's a wonderful novel about a young man on death row facing up to the actions he made that placed him there. I love Gaines' writing. "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" was another of his books. I enjoyed that one, too.
What a coinkydink! Last week, I had to return a brand new DVD copy of "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" because it had no discs! It was sealed, but the DVDs were not included. Anyway, the replacement just arrived today and it's sitting on my desk, right in front of me.
Just had to share. :)
I don't know if I have seen that movie in 20 years at least. Post something on whether it holds up. I'm sure Cicely Tyson's performance does. That was an impressive piece of work to me as a kid when I first saw the movie.
Actually, this isn't my personal copy...it's one of several copies bought for the library where I work. In my job here at the library, I deal with the returns of damaged or defective material. And there are several requests for the movie, so even if I did put in my own personal request, I wouldn't get it for several weeks and by then, we'd all have forgotten about it and I'd wonder why the heck did I request this?
;)
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Here's the Marilyn Beck piece:
http://becksmithhollywood.com/?tag=bruce-kimmel
Very nice.
I agree!
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And now, I'm leaving work and going home.
Until later!
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i am fallin asleep
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BK, if you know what is up with Jose then please tell us, we'd sure like to know!
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MTM - gosh I loved that show and the original Bob Newhart show
Chuckles the Clown yes - any of the ones with the Happy Homemaker... oh and there were one or 2 with Jack Cassidy as Ted Baxter's brother
AITF = Sammy Davis with the kiss there was one where Jean Staepelton was going on nd on and on telling this boring story and Carrol O'Connor mimes takingout a gun, loading it, and shooting himself in the head and falling over that was hysterically funny
Was that the story about the can of cling peaches in heavy syrup
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
I read it, no it's not a self help book. I remember liking it, I think , but I don't remember much else
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Has anyone read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines? It is not a self help book, at least I don't think it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709
My friend wants to send it to me and I'm deciding if she should.
I read it, no it's not a self help book. I remember liking it, I think , but I don't remember much else
After reading Johnh's post, yes, I do remember liking it very much
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i think it may have been
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I must really go to bed now == goodnight
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Here DR VIXMOM this is one of my favorite books!
http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Small-Place/dp/B000F5FQYA/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1279251775&sr=1-1
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anybody have any uplifting books to recommend?
How about "Dragonflies of Long Island."
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Nice blurb for MR BK in the not Marilyn Beck column.
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MBarnum, a couple of months ago Jose e-mailed me and told me he was thinking about leaving - I don't want to go into the reasons, but I tried to tell him it was inconsequential in the scheme of things and to please stay. He did, but then he left abruptly over a month ago. To do so with nary a word is, to my mind, really bad form, and a real slap in the fact to people on this board, which is why I don't really understand when people "like" his updates and comment on them. I've been sorely tempted to comment myself (but not in the same way, I can assure you) but I've taken the high road. And I don't mean to go on about it but I must say it's so irksome to me on so many levels that I just need to vent occasionally. Eventually, it won't bother me at all, but the rudeness of it, for me at least, is a little shocking and a little nauseating.
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And that's how I feel about it.
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Now, get me off this damn page.
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DR DRUXY that's a nice cover! ;D
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Mr Charles Condomine in our play Blithe Spirit has a nice epithet that I am going to adopt into my speech......when he becomes most irritated at one point he merely says:
"Dog's dinner!"
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Off to bed.
Did you figure out the title of the song, MR BK?
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Grand Hotel, it is.....like Grand Hotel.
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http://www.amazon.com/Izzy-Dizzy-Dragonfly-Teri-Gurule/dp/1606966898/ref=sr_1_53?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279252716&sr=1-53 (http://www.amazon.com/Izzy-Dizzy-Dragonfly-Teri-Gurule/dp/1606966898/ref=sr_1_53?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279252716&sr=1-53)
I think Izzy the Dizzy Dragonfly sounds delightful
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Great Cover DR Druxy
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Tomorrow is jam packed full of appointments. While I'm gone the workers will be doing all kinds of work. I need to figure out a different room for the cats to be locked in, the bedroom now has a cracked window. It didn't before, but they are going to fix it. The jury is no longer out on their quality. I made a comment about the way the windows looked this morning and man, are they looking better now. I told them the re-glazing was the main reason I hired them and they took more time and Ron even commented that it's more of an art. I was so happy to hear that.
The new neighbor hired them to do a bunch of stuff when they are done here, so I think that really made their day. My neighborhood is like that. If you see someone working on a house, that's enough of a recommendation to go hire them to do yours next
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I am really excited to see the new roof on the gazebo (Ron is starting it tomorrow), it's going to be fabulous. And they are taking down part of my chain link fence. I don't have a dog and won't likely have a dog, so I don't really need it. AND it is SOOO ugly where it is now. I'll be able to do much better landscaping right by the garage and be able to highlight my gazebo. It's a bit scary spending the money I'm spending on these projects, but they are all really more maintenance than anything new. Once they are all done, all I have to do is paint the bathroom and hallways and voila! I will have everything done and can just start regular upkeep and maintenance.
Sweet
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Better get to bed. I really want to try to get up very early and dig up some flowers I just planted that will be trampled or cut down when they take out the chain link fence. So....night all
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The title of the song seems to have stumped one and all and also all and one.
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;D
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That's all. :)