Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on September 16, 2004, 12:03:45 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've moved the notes, the notes have moved you, and now it is time to post until the cows have moved home.
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I once lived in a hotel for a two week period that felt like an eternity, but that's probably not what you're asking about.
Shortest time at one place: My ex and I bought a fixer house in the Hollywood Hills, moved in, remodeled while we lived there, sold it and moved out all within seven months. Ironically, we really liked the place, too.
Longest: My stay at my current abode, which is going on four years, is the longest I've lived anywhere besides the apartment in Brooklyn in which I, Dear Reader Stuart, the brother we share (who must have been mixed up with another infant in the maternity ward), the Dear Mother and, until our parents divorced, the Dear Father lived.
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Good Evening! Good Morning!
The longest I've ever lived in one place... Well, I've been in my current apartment in Richmond for about two years and a couple of months by now, and that's the longest place I've had on my own. Otherwise, family-house-wise, the place we had in Arlington, VA, when my dad got transferred to Coast Guard HQ in DC. We were there for a good nine to ten years.
Shortest... Hmmm... We did live in a Navy Lodge in Port Angeles, WA, for about two weeks when I was eight or nine years old. Then we had one place in Seattle for about nine months, before moving to another house in Seattle for about a year before my Dad got transferred to Connecticut. *This was my musical-chairs-fourth-grade year - at least four schools in the first semester! One school for only a week!
And I'd have to say that I'd call the city of Richmond "home" since I started school there in the fall of 1986. (Yikes! - almost twenty years!) Yes, I've had a couple of apartments, and been away from time to time, but Richmond definitely feels like "home" to me.
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The longest I've ever lived in one place was the house I owned in Boulder - over 6 years.
The shortest - I moved into an apartment (in Toronto) when I was a young actress - my first ever REAL apartment - and the place turned out to be unbelievably noisy (street noises). I moved within one week.
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Another slow HHW day. Only 3 posts and the last at 3:30AM.
The longest I've lived in one place is my current abode. I have been here for 21 years. The shortest stay in one place is a tie. In 1976 when I had a summer job on the Showboat in Minneapolis I shared an apartment for 3 months with one of the actors. When the show was over and school started again, I moved back to campus. In 1982 when I came back from a road tour of Sesame Street Live I sublet a friend's apartment, again for 3 months. After that I moved into a not great place on 46th St. between 10th and 11th Avenues (in 1982 it was a less than desirable neighborhood). I stayed there until August of 1983 when I moved into my present location (and I have no plans to move out of here unless I win the lottery or there is some other significant event in my life).
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Hi Ben,
Can you answer a question? I have been embarassingly errant and truant and need to catch up with all the news. Does BK have a musical of his running in L.A.? If so, what's it called and where is it playing? I tried to search the archives but there's some sort of glitch and I can't access it.
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Another vacation picture. If I ever need a new career, perhaps I can consider the Canadian Mounties ;)
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Donna, I just sent you an instant message with show information.
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Longest: I've been in my current place since 1982.
Shortest: When I first came to Toronto I shared an apt. for about a year and a half. It was on the third floor above a couple of stores, and in the best part of town - and I think it was illegal. You entered via a fire escape at the back. My share of the rent was $60/month. The place was demolished long ago, and one of the most expensive condos in town now occupies the site. (Panni: It was directly across from the Colonnade, above the Leather Attic.)
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21 and three-quarters years at my current place. Like Ben, there's no move even remotely on the horizon. The shortest was five blocks away - eight months, I think, in a room with a lovely view: an inch of sky and a fly or two.
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Jane asked for my favorite neighborhood and I don't know that I have one. I know my LEAST favorite neighborhood is Times Square. Still, the New York visitor who's closest to my heart is the one who wants to see lots of theatre, and, for Broadway fans, staying in Times Square makes a lot of sense, for convenience's sake.
This week I showed Irving Place and Stuyvesant Square to a visiting Los Angelino, and there are times I think Irving Place is my favorite street in the world. The closest hotel to it would be the Grammercy Park Hotel, I think. The trouble is: living in a city you don't get to know its hotels too well. Unless you're having illicit love affairs. Which I have not.
A friend once enjoyed Hotel Wales which is on Carnegie Hill, about 91st and Madison. That's a neighborhood with a real sense of calm. It's hard for me to feel completely comfortable on the Upper East Side, west of Lexington, because it tends to be solid white and hoity-toity.
I'm also very enthusiastic about the west Village - the parts that are truly charming and not overrun by tourists, definitely west of 6th, mostly west of 7th. Our wedding and reception were there, so, of course, certain out-of-town guests wanted to stay right near those, but one of the things that makes the west Village so wonderful is the absence of hotels. I'd avoid the Washington Square Hotel (on the very block where I was conceived) and there's something really tiny called the Abingdon Square Hotel - a better location could not be found.
When you said you wanted interesting stuff to look at when walking around your hotel, my first thought was - well, anyplace will have that. But then DR Jose mentioned the Skyline, and "fun-to-look-at walkable neighborhood" is not among its virtues. You'd only walk east of it, because it's so far west, what's around you is auto shops, light manufacturing, stables where the Central Park South horses go to bed. I guess, if you're into horses...
Much of the cast of Our Wedding - the musical ( www.WeddingMusical.com ) stayed at the Beacon, 75th and Broadway. To be close to Fairway, well, that's produce-lover's heaven, and, for an odd reason, Broadway has very little traffic in the low 70's. Get a room with a view of the Ansonia.
My prediction is that you'll end up in midtown, though. There's a higher quantity of hotels there, and, one assumes, high quantity leads to low prices.
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Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? I must pack up the computer so will be offline until Adelphia shows up at the new home environment. Keep the home fries burning.
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My longest adult residency was my house in Voorhees, NJ, where I spent nine years. It was a beautiful two story house set on a nice piece of property (a Sondheim reference!) I moved out because I thought it was too big for one person and I thought it would be cool to live in the city (namely, Philadelphia.) I am currently seriously looking into moving back to the 'burbs.
My shortest was when I was twenty and still in college. I told my parents that I was just going to spend the summer with two friends in NYC, but I was actually planning on staying up there permenently and transferring to NYU. Well after living with my friends for about a week, I discovered that the one was comin out of the closet and was bringing home guys and having sex in the bathroom (the only private room in the apartment.) The other guy was bringing home hookers and having sex with them in the bathroom. I was getting afraid to go to the bathroom, so after holding it in for almost six months, I packed up and went back home.
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Does anyone else feel that that Genesis space probe that crash landed back to Earth last week is a sci-fi movie waiting to happen? JRand, do you know what was Alison Hayes' proximity to the crash site?
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Good morning. I got an e-mail from someone doing a documentary on the Hungarian revolution who wants to speak to me. Should be interesting. The memoirs of a child.
I'll be E&T for much of today, helping with bk's move. Then - and this is especially for DR Noel - I will be going to that fershluganah cleaning establishment and finally picking up my cheerleading uniform.
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I think the longest I have been in one place was the apartment I lived in prior to buying my house. It was a nice, large apartment built in the 1940s. I was there for a little over 7 years, I think. My neighbor, Mary, has lived there since 1975, and is still there (she is in her 80s).
Cheap rent, beautiful landscaping, right downtown, and ...right next to the railroad tracks!! That darn train would come down the tracks blowing it's whistle night and day, just 10 feet from my living room window! Oh, and the carnage...in the 7 years I lived there 14 people were hit by the train on my block alone....there is a lesson to be learned...never build a railroad track going through a busy downtown area full of college students and transients!
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I mentioned my house the other day and commented that it was 22 years ago in July that I moved here. Obviously, that's the longest.
The apartment I lived in before moving here was the shortest time - 1 year. It was a two bedroom apartment with acres and acres of space - a beautiful, big walk-in closet (I'd never had that before or since; I miss it), a laundry room just off the master bedroom (very convenient) and a utility room off it where I had my ironing board set up and could take clothes out of the dryer and iron them right there: SO convenient.
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I am really excited about FINALLY getting to MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS today. I'm HOPING that the image is pristine. As I recall, some of the stars required soft focus photography, so I suspect it's not going to be razor sharp, but to have the entire image enhanced for widescreen TVs is going to be a real treat. I don't remember from the box if the sound has been upgraded to Dolby Digital 5.1, but I kind of doubt it since this was a budget release.
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Good morning. I got an e-mail from someone doing a documentary on the Hungarian revolution who wants to speak to me. Should be interesting. The memoirs of a child.
You think the revolution is over?
Newsstory (http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,132537,00.html):
Lawmaker Wants OK on Foreign-Born Presidents
Thursday, September 16, 2004
WASHINGTON — Schwarzenegger for president in 2008?
No, he's not eligible. Born in Austria , he's barred by the Constitution. But that would change under an amendment introduced Wednesday by a fellow California Republican.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's proposal would allow anyone who's been a U.S. citizen for 20 years to run for the nation's highest office. That would include Arnold Schwarzenegger — bodybuilder, movie star and now governor of California.
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In remarks prepared for the House floor, he suggested he really wanted to help a California congressman, and a Democrat at that.
"This is no ploy. I honestly believe that Tom Lantos should be able to seek the highest office in the land, just like any other elected official," he said.
Lantos, 76 and born in Hungary, said he saw no need to amend the Constitution.
"However, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire is re-established in the United States, I will invite Arnold Schwarzenegger to be my lieutenant," he said.
der "Waiting For the Empire" Brucer
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My current home is going ten years! Can't believe that. Before that the previous 7 years I moved about once a year except for the last apartment which was about two years or so. Prior to that I had lived in my parents home with the exception of one year in Denver.
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We bought our house 13 months after we were married, so that will be 24 years next month. And we plan to live here until the kids put us in a home.
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Yesterday I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Longest almost nine years so far in my current apartment. Both my ex-wife and ex-lover liked to move a lot so every year or two they found an excuse.
Unless I find an Internet cafe I'll be E&T until Sunday. Ray and I are taking a mini-vacation to pay tribute to Julia Childs at her kitchen in the Smithsonian.
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Why is it that construction people ALMOST NEVER do what they say they're going to do. I was told on Monday that they would repave and fix the driveway that was torn up due to sidewalk construction by Thursday if it didn't rain. Now, while rain has been in the forecast for the last two days, we've had NONE this week so far. So where are the workmen? Not one workman was on the job this morning. As a result, I still can't get the car out of my garage due to a two foot wide chasm between the end of my short driveway and the side of the street. My car would fall into an abyss if I tried to back out over the break.
I have a number I'll be calling when I return from lunch giving someone a nice little earful about broken promises. Of course, it'll do no good and may even delay the fixing further.
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Below is a link to another "forgotten" Bruce Kimmel Musical. Still getting the page together, but you all can take a preview
http://www.brucekimmel.com/togetheragain.html (http://www.brucekimmel.com/togetheragain.html)
And below is a link to a movie that Bruce would rather forget
http://www.brucekimmel.com/All%20American%20Woman.htm (http://www.brucekimmel.com/All%20American%20Woman.htm)
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LOL...DR DtM, I imagine that Miss Allison had just backed her Imperial out of the driveway at 1757 N Orange Grove Av and headed down the highway, when it fell on her!
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Lived at my present address for 33 years....hmmmmmm
Shortest would probably be in a small house on a farm....about 8 months when I was in the 4th grade.....
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DR JOSE thanks for the senior pictures. Oh my!
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Jose you are so full of wonderful information. I’m saving it to sort through again later.
I went to the NIH cafeteria and it looked rather good. All I had was Spanish rice. My schedule gives me an hour for lunch but it didn’t happen last time. I was really too nervous to eat anyway. Now I know the routine it will be easier.
The hotel where I normally stay, conveniently located above the metro, has gone up in price. It was already much higher than the hotel allowance I receive from the NIH. I might stay there anyway. If I can take the metro to the bus or train station in DC it will be easier for me. The train appears to be faster. What a hassle to get to NY. There are too many travel arrangements for this trip.
I saved the info on the vegetarian restaurant, but I’m not planning on going anywhere I can’t walk. There is such a wonderful selection of restaurants right there. When Penny O went with me last year we ate at a very nice Thai restaurant.
Bruce I do enjoy being greeted with a warm cookie. :)
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I have vivid memories of all the places I've lived in my lifetime, but I've lived longest in the small apartment I currently occupy. I moved in during Thanksgiving week 1995. This November 23 will mark nine (count 'em 9) years I've lived here.
Prior to this apartment, I lived in my beautiful lakeside Italian villa in Lago Patria, Italia (25 miles north of Napoli) for five years, 1987-1992.
Growing up, my parents and I moved a lot I lived in Johnston SC from shortly after my 1st birthday until just before my 9th birthday, 7 of those years in one house. It's the greatest "home" stability I would know during my childhood, although my mom always made every place we lived into a home. We moved to Greenville SC and lived a couple of years in one house, moved and lived a couple of years in another house, moved and lived in a house my folks bought for about five years. They sold that house to consolidate debts and to fund my college education (for which I'm eternally grateful). We moved into a new apartment complex where my folks lived about one year before settling into a townhouse in a new development while I was away at college.
After college, I was in the Navy for 23 1/2 years, and my five-year stay in Naples from 87-92 is by far the longest stay in one house I had anywhere until I retired. I did live/work (as an instructor in the military's joint-service school for journalism and broadcasting) in Indianapolis from 1979-1984, but I was in one apartment for three years, and a larger apartment (my only experience with a walk-in closet of my own) the other two years.
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Panni I think you have had enough experiences and can easily skip a hurricane.
Jay were you at the Century Plaza Hotel for services last night? Last night I went on line and read the rabbi’s sermon.
Thank you Noel. Deciding where to stay, once I figure out how to get there, is going to be difficult.
Dan (the Man) I would still be afraid of bathrooms after that experience. :P
DRLaura and I thought you only saw beautiful sights on your walks. I envy all your years in one home.
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Does it count if we lived in Michigan twice? That was a total of 8 ½ years. In between we lived in Woodbridge, Connecticut for exactly one year. After Michigan we lived in Northern California for one year prior to moving here.
As of October 1st we will have lived in this house 6 years and 3 months, the longest we have lived anywhere. I’m counting states not apartments and houses alone.
The first apartment I lived in when I was 18 was a little bachelor apartment (smaller than my bedroom at home) off of an alley. I lived there less than half a year. My father found the alley very frightening and decided to help me move to a one bedroom in a better location. It wasn’t anything fancy but it was nice to have so much room.
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It's a beautiful sight to me, Jane! It's my new church building going up around the corner. We've been waiting 4.5 years to see this!
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I"m online again, but must run back to the other house to see how the movers are doing.
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Still reading through Tuesday's notes after missing a couple of days. But if I don't reply to the following from that day, I'm sure I'll forget.
Noel wrote: "But students bred on AI habits are all too often resistant to learning different habits, habits that would get them jobs."
Can you ellaborate? I've never watched AI, but I'm interested in knowing what these bad habits are.
Panni wrote: "It drives me crazy, too, ('Not a long drive,' someone who shall remain nameless recently said.)"
Oooh! My line, my line. From several years ago--and oft repeated.
Joe: You're driving me crazy.
Me: No one needs to drive you. It's close enough to walk.
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After I graduated from college, I moved back in with my parents for about a year and a half. When I did a community theater production of Camelsnot [sic], I met a woman (no...not like that) and we became (and still are) friends. Anyway, we both wanted to move out from our respective parents' homes, so we got an apartment together. We had that for two years when she decided to buy a house. I got an apartment on my own and had that for four years.
I then moved in with my sister for five and a half years (that the longest I've lived any place other than with my parents) so that I could try and pay off my credit cards (my sister didn't charge me rent). Almost two years ago (it'll be two years in November, actually), I moved out on my own. I got my own apartment and had that until April of this year when my sister built a new house (in the empty lot between her old house and her ex-parents-in-law!) and I moved back into the house that I had just moved out of a year and a half earlier. Now I've been here (again) since April and will probably be here for a very long time.
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Good Morning!
DR Jane - All you have to do is take the Metro - Red Line - from the Medical Center stop right to Union Station. Go up two sets of escalators and you're right by the Amtrak ticketing desks and kiosks! Very easy to do. -Just make sure you get on the Red Line going in the right direction.
Then all you have to decide is how much you want to spend on the train trip - and, consequently, how long you want to take to get up to NYC - and what kind of accomodations you want on board. The standard train (reserved and unreserved) takes about four hours - just all depends upon how many additional stops it has to make along the way. The Metroliner is very spacious and makes limited stops getting you up to Penn Station in about three hours - usually shorter. And then the Acela gets you up to the Big Apple in just under(!) three hours. So...
I usually just take the regular train - the cost for the trips on the Metroliner and Acela are basically double those of the standard trip. However, I have splurged on the Metroliner and Acela a few times - especially if someone else will eventually be picking up the tab for the trip. *And sometimes it's actually been cheaper to take a USAir or Delta shuttle up and back from DCA (also right on the Metro (Blue Line) - if you purchase the ticket enough in advance. I'm still kind of "mad" from when Amtrak changed the pricing structure for their Northwest Corridor trips a couple of years ago. They used to give a nice discount if you purchased the round-trip in advance. Now each segment is priced as a one-way trip. When I went up in the spring, the one-way unreserved fare was about $89.00, and the Metroliner and Acela were starting at $140.00 - each way.
Otherwise, there are at least three trains up to NYC each hour from Union Station during the morning hours. *And Union Station has a decent food court in which to pass the time too, as well as some nice architecture and shopping.
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Nineteen years in my house in the Stead of Hemp, most of it with Joe, until homophobic, racist kids convinced us to move to a better house in a better neighborhood in the Hills of Dix, Ton of Hunting, Island of Long, States of United.
Now going on five years in the better neighborhood next door to the Neighbors from Hell. Other than that, it's wonderful, with an acre of trees that I keep promising myself I'm going to photograph and share with all and sun-dried here.
Shortest? I rented the upper floor of a house in Marquette Michigan for 9 months while I was teaching at Northern Michigan University. I could see Lake Superior from my window. The snow that fell on Thanksgiving was still on the ground on Easter. Brrrr!
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Shanah Tovah to all tribe members (and even non-tribe members). We just got back from morning services, and I am happy to report that we left BeeGee alone for the longest spell yet (almost 2 hours) and he did just fine. This may have had something to do with the fact that we left him with two bones--one brand new, still with meat attached and marrow in the bone, and an old one, which we stuffed with peanut butter. Betsy also had the brainstorm of leaving some of our old clothes on the floor in his "waiting room" so that he could lie on our smell, so to speak, and it worked wonders. For the first time ever, when I opened the door, he was lying down on his blanket, firmly asconce (sp?) Betsy's sweatshirt and my pants.
I moved a lot when I was a kid, not (as you might think) because of my Dad's military career. He was actually in the Reserves by the time I was born. But we moved to a bigger house in SLC when I was 8, and then about two years later, my Dad's civilian job transferred him to Seattle, where we lived for 4 years, then he retired and we moved back to SLC, where I stayed (in various apartments of my own, all short-term) through college. In Portland I've lived in all four quadrants (Portland is quadrisected, if that's a word), probably the longest of which was the first house I bought and lived in for about 10 years. We've been in our current house for over 8 years, so I am closing in on my record.
I have a moving story (in more ways than one LOL) about moving from that previous house into our current house. I quite unwisely chose the "cheap movers", who turned out to be worth every cent I didn't spend on them. :) One of the guys was evidently in the midst of an ugly breakup with his wife and was just a lunatic, literally throwing stuff all over whilst screaming about his soon to be ex. And then, to top it all off, they dropped my grand piano in the old house, putting a huge ding in the hardwood floors (we had already closed on the sale, so I had the unenviable task of calling the buyers and having them come over to re-inspect; thankfully they were very understanding and didn't make a big deal out of it since they were going to have the floors refinished anyway). More to the point, however, they cracked the body of my piano, and it took threatening litigation to get them to send a repairer who was able to fix it, more or less. So, word to the wise: spend well on movers, it's worth it.
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They're STILL packing. I'm hoping they'll be done there at 12:30 or 1:00 and then start coming over here. Thirty-eight postings - this is keeping the home fries burning?
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It's a beautiful sight to me, Jane! It's my new church building going up around the corner. We've been waiting 4.5 years to see this!
Oh, very nice and right around the corner from you. Great location! :D Please keep posting photos as the building progeresses.
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Panni wrote: "It drives me crazy, too, ('Not a long drive,' someone who shall remain nameless recently said.)"
Oooh! My line, my line. From several years ago--and oft repeated.
Joe: You're driving me crazy.
Me: No one needs to drive you. It's close enough to walk.
"It's close enough to walk"
I'm going to remember that-LOL-I love it.
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George you must get along great with your sister-lucky you. :D
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JMK Happy New Year to you. I’m pleased sweet BeeGee did well. I’m also impressed he has never been left more than two hours before now. He is lucky to have found you and Betsy. :D
As for movers, even expensive ones can give you nightmares. I have plenty of horror stories. :'(
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Jose you just ruined my excuse to stay at the nicer hotel next to the metro station. ;D Odd the woman at the NIH didn’t suggest I take the metro from there. I shall have to find out how far a walk it is. I enjoy the walk, but not carrying luggage. That complex is huge and the metro could be at the opposite location from where I will be. Now that you mention it I seem to recall seeing a sign for the metro as I walked out of the complex.
I know have three separate files of information for my trip; restaurants, hotels in NY, and trains. I was thinking it would be easier to take the train than a shuttle. Even with the blue line it might be. Since the NIH makes my travel arrangements I was afraid I would have to fly back to Dulles International. Today I found out I can make my own arrangements and will be reimbursed for what their cost would have been (don’t know what that is) so will only be a one way trip to NY from Bethesda. I’m guessing arriving in NY at the train station will be easier than the airport.
Another reason for the train, the NIH schedule says I will be done at 1:00. Last year they ran a little late. It might be easier just to go to the train station and take the next available one to NY. Wow, I just looked at the Amtrak site. For $83 more I can take the express train saving half an hour of travel time. The express train seems to only have business class. I had better be very careful to get on the train I pay for since they depart only 5 minutes apart from each other.
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Can any of you Big Brother watchers tell me what Drew is thinking. He is promising both Diane and Cowboy that he would take them to F2. Who is he lying to?
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Hmmm... I've been doing basically nothing since I've gotten up today.... Hmmm...
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I had the best time at Baby Gap (or Kid's Gap, or whatever it's called).
I went in to see if their sale racks had any baby boy clothes (my sister's husband's sister called me from up North and asked if I could get her some baby gifts).
Well the saleswoman started telling us that every item ending in .97 was an extra 50% off, and then an extra 50% off.
And she showed us some new stuff, that she didn't think was supposed to be on sale. But it was.
So all of a sudden, like 7 women were grabbing at this stuff.
It was quite polite actually. But there were these gorgeous shirts that were $6.97, and they were supposed to be (50% off that, 3.50, and 50% off that 1.75). But when they punched in at the cash they were only .97 cents.
Then there were these other outfits. That were 12.97. And they were actually supposed to be (13, and 50% of that 6.50, and 50% of that is 3.25). But they have some weird way of doing things, and they were 3.97 (apparently everything has to still end in .97).
So I got like 8-10 items, and it only cost $28 including tax. :)
Then I was helping some other ladies find their sizes. So I ended up spending almost an hour in Baby Gap. :)
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DR Jane, I'm sorry I must have missed your explanation. But what is "NIH"? And what are your trips for?
And what theatre will you see?
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Jose you just ruined my excuse to stay at the nicer hotel next to the metro station. ;D Odd the woman at the NIH didn’t suggest I take the metro from there. I shall have to find out how far a walk it is. I enjoy the walk, but not carrying luggage. That complex is huge and the metro could be at the opposite location from where I will be. Now that you mention it I seem to recall seeing a sign for the metro as I walked out of the complex.
I know have three separate files of information for my trip; restaurants, hotels in NY, and trains. I was thinking it would be easier to take the train than a shuttle. Even with the blue line it might be. Since the NIH makes my travel arrangements I was afraid I would have to fly back to Dulles International. Today I found out I can make my own arrangements and will be reimbursed for what their cost would have been (don’t know what that is) so will only be a one way trip to NY from Bethesda. I’m guessing arriving in NY at the train station will be easier than the airport.
Another reason for the train, the NIH schedule says I will be done at 1:00. Last year they ran a little late. It might be easier just to go to the train station and take the next available one to NY. Wow, I just looked at the Amtrak site. For $83 more I can take the express train saving half an hour of travel time. The express train seems to only have business class. I had better be very careful to get on the train I pay for since they depart only 5 minutes apart from each other.
The train is ultimately easier since it's drops you right off in Penn Station/Madison Square Garden. Flying up to NYC is nice, but then there is the car ride in from the airport. Of course, if you happen to have a car service waiting for you... :) *Of course, sometimes Penn Station can get a bit bewildering... hehe.
The tickets takers and attendants will make sure you get on the right train. However, if you happen to be running late, they will also let you get on the next available train, and then you just pay the difference or request a refund if there happens to be a difference in ticket prices should you purchase your ticket in advance.
As for getting around NIH, did they stop the on-campus shuttle service? I know they also used to have golf-carts shuttling people back and forth. And the hotel may have a complimentary Metro/Airport shuttle - most of them in the DC area do. Worth checking into.
*Oh, and one thing I used to love to do was watching the families play in the "backyard" of the Ronald McDonald House on the NIH campus. The joy on the faces of the kids - and the parents - was always inspiring - and humbling.
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DR Emily, how did the honey cake turn out?
When you mentioned it yesterday, I desperately wanted to eat my mom's recipe. I love honey cake.
I forget if DIT's recipe had raisons. My mom's does. I don't even really like raisons, and never eat them otherwise. And I don't like them in cookies. But this honey cake is not the same without them. The raisons make the cake.
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And I believe the fare on the Red Line from the Medical Center to Union Station is $1.85. It goes up during the "Peak" (rush hour) times. *And during the week, the Non-Peak times are only between 10:00-2:00 right now, I think. And the afternoon Peak period doesn't end until 7:00pm, so...
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Another reason for the train, the NIH schedule says I will be done at 1:00. Last year they ran a little late. It might be easier just to go to the train station and take the next available one to NY. Wow, I just looked at the Amtrak site. For $83 more I can take the express train saving half an hour of travel time. The express train seems to only have business class. I had better be very careful to get on the train I pay for since they depart only 5 minutes apart from each other.
What day of the week will be you going up to NYC? If you're heading up on Friday, I'd suggest buying your ticket in advance - just plan accordingly - otherwise, you might end up waiting for a train with a "space" on it. The Unreserved trains are "convenient", but if you're not in line at the right time, you can end up sitting in the meal car - which some people like so that they have the table space.
*One nice benefit of taking the Metroliner is that you have access to the special Metroliner lounge - complimentary coffee and juices, newspapers, and a quiet waiting area.
And that Express/Acela service truly is FAST!
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I've spent the better part of this afternoon with a friend pricing various flat panel TVs and monitors. He's the IT person for the museum where he works, but didn't feel comfortable looking at that technology alone. Was glad to help, but it took hours looking at all the various features of each brand and sizes within about the same dimensions. Some would find that beyond tedious, but I really enjoyed it.
Sad to say, however, since I was gone, no MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS yet, but it's in my future as I type. As soon as I finish my afternoon surf, I'm back downstairs and starting to view it. Ivan hasn't gotten here yet either, but it's been overcast all day and should be fine weather for a mystery. Can't wait!
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I've lived in the same house my whole life.
Wasn't that an exciting story?
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Can any of you Big Brother watchers tell me what Drew is thinking. He is promising both Diane and Cowboy that he would take them to F2. Who is he lying to?
And that is the HUGEST question of them all.
I'd like to think that Drew has been allowing Diane to manipulate him to the final two but that, when push comes to shove, he will select the other person. In this case, that's Cowboy.
Still....he can guarantee victory by having Diane there with him.
Also...if he's not worried about either Diane or Cowboy, he can throw the final part of the HOH competition and let Cowboy take him to the final two, as Cowboy has promised he would do all along. That way, he doesnt have to dump Diane, much as he would love to.
Only hitch there, of course, is that Cowboy might reveal that he's been playing dumb all this time and that he knows how best to win the half million, all talk of "friends forever" notwithstanding.
Barring that nearly inconceivable surprise/shock, the truth seems to be that Cowboy is sweetly naive, and gullible....and not a little dense and out-of-touch with reality.
I'd love to see Drew drop Diane like a hot potato. He can earn her vote, however, by letting Cowboy win HOH. Cowboy then takes Drew to the final 2.
I'm SO GRATEFUL this will all be over and done with in less than a week.
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I haven't made the honey cake yet... laziness won out over my craving today. And of course, being the goyishe gal that I am, I don't have to feel guilty about not making it during the actual holiday!
However, just because I didn't make it myself also didn't mean I didn't get to partake of honey cake. I went to get my hair trimmed very early this morning and my long-time hairdresser (who is a very non-observant Jew with very observant parents) offerred me a sample of that which her mom had fed-exed her from Winnipeg.
ARGHAGHALAGHAGAHAGA
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OK...
I'm feeling a bit better now. I just got back from lunch. Mexican - again. But this time from the little stand/shack around the corner, Yuca's. Quite good and cheap. Today's selection, a torta filled with conchinita pibil - marinated pork. YUM!
Now I need to spend some time away from the computer... It's been one of those mornings and afternoons where I keep getting e-mails from people about upcoming projects... But each time they e-mail me, the dates keep on changing... The personnel keep on changing... The dates change again... AAAGGGHHH!!!!
-Calgon! Take me away!
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And, hopefully, when I check back in later we'll have made to Page 3.
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And maybe this will help...
Laters...
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Jose so far I have not found the shuttle to be at a convenient time. Last year they scheduled my first appointment before the shuttle even arrived at my hotel. I didn’t notice that until late the evening before, throwing me into a panic. I decided to take a cab. Fortunately they reimbursed me for the cab ride. Penny and I walked past the Ronald McDonald House but didn’t see the families in the yard. I will check out the golf carts if I need them.
Jennifer the NIH is the National Institutes of Health and has many government sponsored studies, one of which I have volunteered my body for. Since I am genetically defective they approached me and asked if I would participate in a study for women genetically predisposed to breast and ovarian cancer. It isn’t a fun thing to do but I wanted to make a difference. The biggest pain is the distance, a whole day of traveling. If I’m going that far I may as well do something fun and see some new sights. So far this study has cost me a little more than the authorized allowance. I can’t wait to see what this trip amounts to. ;D I’m waiting to see what theater my nieces are interested in.
Jennifer your trip to the GAP sounds like fun.
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Jose, sorry I didn’t answer your question. I am taking the afternoon train on Oct 5th, which is a Tuesday. I don’t care where I sit as much as I’m sitting facing forward. Otherwise I will get very sick.
I suppose I’m into the NY shopping season. Keith’s aunt and cousin go every year. I find it surprising anyone would need to go from LA to NY to shop but they have a grand time. They unfortunately are leaving NY two days before I arrive.
And thanks to you, if they say metroliner at the station I will know what they are referring to. ;D
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They're STILL packing. ... Thirty-eight postings - this is keeping the home fries burning?
'Tis difficult to kep your home fires burning when the packers keep boxing up all the fuel >:(
der aspiring-arsonist Brucer
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The schedule for WICKED during the dates I will be in NY. The Wed matinee is looking good.
Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Thursday at 8:00 p.m.
Friday at 8:00 p.m.
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TODAY'S TECHNO-LEVITY
A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in
Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as
either masculine or feminine. ''House'' for instance,
is feminine: ''la casa.'' ''Pencil,'' however, is masculine:
"el lapiz.''
A student asked, ''What gender is 'computer'?''
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class
into two groups, male and female, and asked them to
decide for themselves whether ''computer'' should be a
masculine or a feminine noun.
Each group was asked to give four reasons for its
recommendation.
The men's group decided that ''computer'' should definitely be of the feminine gender (''la computer''), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with
other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term
memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find
yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
(No chuckling... this gets better!)
The women's group, however, concluded that
computers should be Masculine (''el computer''),
because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but
half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a newer and better model.
The women won!
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WAXING METAPHYSICAL
From The Vikars Rant (http://www.vikarsrant.net/Jokes/ThatsLife.htm)
That's Life
On the first day, God created the cow.
God said, "You must go to field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty years and I'll give back the other forty."
And God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give back the other ten."
So God agreed (sigh).
On the third day, God created the monkey. God said, entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty year life span."
Monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, have sex, enjoy doing nothing, just enjoy, enjoy. I'll give you twenty years."
Man said, "What? Only twenty years? No way, God. Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the dog gave back, and the ten the monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."
So that is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, have sex, enjoy doing nothing. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren and for the last ten years, we sit around the house and bark at everybody.
Life has now been explained.
der Brucer
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Evening all! Well, the subject of the day seems to be moving except the board doesn’t seem to be doing that! Is it a Holiday or something? ;)
Speaking of Holidays, I thought I had come up with the perfect way to celebrate every holiday, no matter the religion. I came up with a new faith called “The Chameleon” and it worked like this: For Jewish holidays, you convert just in time to celebrate the holidays, when a Christian holiday comes up you convert for it and then the same for any other faiths holiday. You get the day off from work—with pay--because they HAVE to give it to you!
I did my best to sell the idea to my boss but she just wasn’t buying it. Sigh. I need to work on my salesmanship skills. I will say for the 3 or 4 minutes I was trying to talk her into to it, I think I was one of the most Jewish people on the face of the earth!
I know how you feel about facing forward when riding on a bus, train, plane, Jane. HARTLINE (The bus service I take to/from work) has what I call a “couch bus” because the seats are all facing inward towards the aisle. That means you are riding sideways.
With the exception of sitting on the drivers lap (hummm, now there’s a thought) there are no forward facing seats on that type of bus. I hate them! I get very ill every time I get on one of those things unless I ride with my eyes closed the whole way.
Come to think of it, it would be a toss up (no pun intended) between the lesser of two evils as far as sitting on some of those bus drivers laps (ugh) or riding sideways with your eyes closed. ::)
I have written long letters/e-mails complaining about them (the couch bus not the driver) and it stops them from sending one of those type of busses for a time but then they slip right back into the habit.
As far as the longest house, I think I also have mentioned that I have been in this house since 1979. Twenty five of the longest years of my life. I never had the chance to move out on my own due to the parents illness/accident.
Good weather vibes to those in Ivan’s path. It may be a tropical storm now but it still can do a lot of harm. Think Sunshine!
I heard from DR Elmore. He still has his good days and his bad days but is hanging in there. Continued good health vibes his way!
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I liked both of the jokes, der Brucer!
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DR RLP and other BB fans: Up until today I was convinced that Drew would take Diane to the finals and dump Cowboy. I also thought it would be in his best interest to throw the HOH and let Diane/Cowboy do the dirty work. But now I'm wondering if Drew will break his word to Diane. For some reason I don't want him to. I REALLY though want it to be Drew who wins the final HOH. Cause I want to see what he will do.
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Danise, now we have the truth behind your questions yesterday. You just wanted back ground info for your sales pitch today. ;D
I remember when I rode the bus to work there were days when I wasn’t sure I would make it to my stop. A few times I got off the bus before my stop on my return trip and walked the rest of the way home.
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The couch bus is the kind I ride, only I've always thought of it more as a fig bus. But that's probably just me.
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Well, Jane, I wasn't thinking about it at the time but it never hurts to have a little background information on a subject!
I hope you guys know I'm only kidding. I was/am honestly interested when I asked the questions. I just love to see the expressions on my bosses face when I hit her with some of things I come up with. I don't think she knows if I'm serious about it or not because I always try to do it with a straight face.
Did I tell you about what I said on Friday about being Tampa's only hope for avoiding Ivan? I said the storm would go around us because I WANT something to come and knock this house down so I can get the insurance money to build the one I want.
Well, Jose (our safetly guy) had to go to New Orleans for a safety conference being held (you guessed it) this week. He called yesterday and said he was buying me a voodoo doll for sending Ivan his way!
He also said it wouldn't have been so bad except they closed down all the gambling joints (excuse me--House of Prayers. "Oh, G*d, let me win this one! etc) and he couldn't go to any of them while there. He's NEVER going to forgive me! :o
The couch bus is the kind I ride, only I've always thought of it more as a fig bus. But that's probably just me.
Fig bus?
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MARY POPPINS the stage musical:
Borrowed from jimhillmedia.com.
What an event!
Quite simply, Disney Theatricals have done it again. In a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, the latest release has been well worth the wait. "Mary Poppins" finally dropped in on the Bristol Hippodrome, to rapturous applause.
For those of you expecting to essentially see the film on stage, you'll be a little disappointed. Yes, there are all the favourite songs, characters and more or less the same plot. But no, there's no dancing penguins, no carousel horse race, no old Mr Dawes Senior, and no tea party on the ceiling.
The show has been reworked to include more of the original P L Travers stories. The book is tightly written to accommodate this by Julian Fellowes, with plenty of one-liners the audience found themselves repeating come the final curtain. Anthony Drew and George Stiles created a host of new songs, and reworked the original Sherman Brothers' songs, and each has a unique feel and all incredibly memorable.
Bob Crowley has designed some wonderful sets and costumes, complete with the opulent and heavily furnished Banks household, dark brooding park and beautifully lavish travelling market. They were complemented by Howard Harrison's gorgeous lighting adding a richness and depth to the show. So when Mary and the children entered the more or less monochrome park, it filled with a vast array of reds, greens, purples, and yellows that truly brought the stage to life, as the animation did in the film.
As for the actors, I witnessed a new generation of the West End's and Broadway's most promising talent. Gavin Lee as Bert played the role with boundless energy and a suitable "Mock-erny" accent in place. David Haig and Linzi Hately as Mr and Mrs Banks gave the right impression of a put upon father and confused socialite respectively. Jenny Galloway as Miss Andrew, Mr Banks' old nanny and a kind of anti-Mary, hammed up the role with screeching voice and black cloak, a true Disney villain!
A range of children play Jane and Michael, and the two on opening night were simply brilliant. An obstinate thirteen year old Jane influenced by her father's short temper, and an impressionable nine year old Michael confused by his sister's outbursts, and not wanting to warm to Mary as a result.
And as for Laura Michelle Kelly as Mary Poppins - well, this young woman showed warmth and heart to a character so synonymous with Julie Andrews in a wonderfully original way. Posture, voice, mannerisms, all Mary Poppins, in her way, her style.
I won't spoil the whole story for you - it's best to see and marvel this show, but the songs should give you some idea of how it goes. I was surprised when I opened the programme to see how much the order of the songs had changed.
* "Chim Chim Cheree" forms a sort of prologue, sung by Bert atop the Banks' home, which blends into "Cherry Tree Lane", a new song which introduces the family, servants and neighbours quickly and concisely.
* "Being Mrs Banks" really opens up the character. No longer is she the airhead suffragette with the vacant expression, but now a frustrated and distanced mother, unable to fathom her workaholic husband and reluctant to enter into the social circles Mr Banks is trying to push her into.
* "Jolly Holiday", instead of animated farmyard creatures, uses statues in a comedy routine, perplexing the park ranger.
* "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" now is a result of a visit to the market, when the cast runs out of conversation, so Mary buys an ounce of conversation to perk them up! The choreography by Matthew Bourne make this the most marvelling number in the show, as the cast spell and literally dance the word out! Impressive ain't the word!
* The new song "Brimstone and treacle", by Miss Andrews and Mary is the ultimate battle of the nannies, as Miss Andrews enforces her own brand of sugar in song, but I'm sure you can guess which type of medicinal condiment triumphs!
* "Temper Temper", performed by the toys of the nursery, shows what happens when you abuse your toys. When Mary leaves for the evening, the children encounter their dolls in real life, who admonish them for being so rough. The nightmare comes complete with stretching room and ghoulish dolls, and by the sounds of the sobs from a few younger members of the audience, they won't be throwing their teddies against a wall any time soon!
* "Step in Time" follows the premise of the film, as does "Feed the Birds", but a reprise encounter with Mr Banks shows that he has learned to appreciate his children more.
* "Go Fly a Kite" gives Bert an opportunity to show we should all just listen to our inner child once in a while, and the crotchety old park ranger learns.
* The finale, "Anything Can Happen", resolves the whole show, and is more or less an upbeat "When You Wish Upon a Star" for the new millennium!
The tight direction by Richard Eyre keeps the whole thing moving, and while the little story thread could have come unravelled to just be a series of set pieces, each scene seamlessly blends together, almost cinematically, as a whole. The characters are all fleshed out and work without stealing the stage, even Mary doesn't completely take over. You really feel for and want Mr Banks to understand his children. You want Mrs Banks to stand up for herself and be her own person. You want Jane and Michael to relate to their parents. And yes, they do.
So, the show is due to run for another eight weeks at the Hippodrome, then move to the Prince Edward in London, beginning its run on 15th December, the 40th anniversary of the film's release. Besides a few technical glitches, which will undoubtedly be ironed out very soon, the show is -- to quote another song -- "Practically Perfect".
Memorable songs, characters, special effects, sets and book make this a show that will run and run. Disney Theatricals and Mackintosh have a sure fire hit on their hands here, taking the source material, and making hugely entertaining art that everyone from eight to eighty can enjoy.
Trust me, everyone in that age group was there yesterday, and probably outside it too.
As Michael said: "She may be sneaky, but she's bloody good!"
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Danise-LOL- ;D
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Bruce I hope your day went well. While Panni was helping you move I was keeping the home fires burning. :)
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Noel wrote: "But students bred on AI habits are all too often resistant to learning different habits, habits that would get them jobs."
Can you ellaborate? I've never watched AI, but I'm interested in knowing what these bad habits are.
DW Joy is more the expert on what-passes-on-Idol than I am, as I tend to instantly forget bad television and haven't seen an episode since the Oakland girl (was London her name?) looked like a prohibitive favorite.
In general, American Idol singers frill up their notes, without regard to the meaning or emotion of the lyric involved. Joy was particularly exercised about some guy's rendition of the lovely Don McLean song, Vincent, about Van Gogh's suffering. Performed simply, the song's a gem. On Idol, it was filled with show-offy vocal pyrotechnics, each having nothing to do with any human feeling (other than "Look at me!")
What I teach, and what everybody I respect teaches, is to act the lyric, paying careful attention to intention; make every breath a motivated dramatic pause, etc. My students wouldn't be caught dead fancifying a note on a word that didn't warrant it. On Idol, Paula Abdul would say something encouraging to them.
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Noel, even if I don’t stay in the West Village, chances are I will get there. My nieces live in the area and I of course want to see where they live and the neighborhood they live in. I looked online for the Abingdon Square Hotel-
http://www.abingdonguesthouse.com/rooms.shtml
This place looks too nice and romantic to stay in without Keith.
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I can't find the prices without logging in. They must be very high, even with the 50% off on the third night.
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Everytime someone mentioned "AI" on the board today, I thought they were talking about Artificial Intelligence. Boy, am I out of the cultural loop.
The home fries look like they might be getting a tad bit cold and soggy. What's going on?
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LOL so did I.
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The home fries look like they might be getting a tad bit cold and soggy. What's going on?
Maybe everyone's out celebrating Allen Funt's birthday! If he were still alive, he'd be 90 today.
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Allen Funt's birthday? Well, that was something I least expected!
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And Elvira's birthday is tomorrow. Maybe people are getting a head start on her birthday! According to my Futurama calendar, Elvira (a.k.a. Cassandra Peterson) was born in 1951, but according to IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005308/), she was born in 1949. Hmmm. ::)
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Noel is Greenwich Village the same as West Village? When I looked on the hotel site it refers to the lovely neighborhood as Greenwich but I thought you said West Village. I’m confused.
Is Elvira still on TV?
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MOVING DAY:
a wonderful Mickey Mouse short cartoon of 1936!
http://www.mda.dds.nl/K-MM-85.htm
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Should I be able to read that? ;D
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Noel is Greenwich Village the same as West Village? When I looked on the hotel site it refers to the lovely neighborhood as Greenwich but I thought you said West Village. I’m confused.
It is confusing, but yes is the short answer.
When my parents lived in Greenwich Village, the western extent of the Village was Hudson (which eventually splits into Eighth and Ninth Avnues around Abingdon Square) and the eastern extent was Washington Square Park. Trouble is, all sorts of real estate wants to be called the Village. East of Broadway should be called the East Village, but now you've got to be east of Third before anybody calls it the East Village. The area I love, as my first post re the Village indicated, is west of Seventh Avenue.
Fortunately, the north and south borders have remained the same: 14th Street on the North; Houston Street on the South. And, lest the lack of numbered streets proves confusing, Houston would be zeroth street, if it had a number.
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Joy was particularly exercised about some guy's rendition of the lovely Don McLean song, Vincent, about Van Gogh's suffering.
Some guy?
Oh, you must mean Clay Aiken. :)
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Should I be able to read that? ;D
NO! I cant' read that either! :D
It's for the color pics at the bottom of the page!
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Happy to report that MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS looks wonderful on the new DVD. There hasn't been any restoration on it so there are speckles, dirt, and a few artifacts during the film, but it still looks better than it's EVER looked on video or broadcast.
The sound has been rechanneled for Dolby Digital 5.1 and Bennett's score sounds simply splended. A few of the sound effects have also been sent to the surrounds, but it's hard to turn a soundtrack this old into something sounding remotely modern. (A mono remix has also been included, but I didn't listen to it.)
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It is confusing, but yes is the short answer.
When my parents lived in Greenwich Village, the western extent of the Village was Hudson (which eventually splits into Eighth and Ninth Avnues around Abingdon Square) and the eastern extent was Washington Square Park. Trouble is, all sorts of real estate wants to be called the Village. East of Broadway should be called the East Village, but now you've got to be east of Third before anybody calls it the East Village. The area I love, as my first post re the Village indicated, is west of Seventh Avenue.
Fortunately, the north and south borders have remained the same: 14th Street on the North; Houston Street on the South. And, lest the lack of numbered streets proves confusing, Houston would be zeroth street, if it had a number.
Boy, I'm sure that there are still people, trapped for a week, trying to find their way!West of the North of the East of the South!! follow me! :D
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Fourth page from.... all directions!
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François I’m so relieved. ;D
Noel, I’m still confused. I need to visualize it and shall have to walk the streets and discover the entire area for myself. :)
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François - LOL
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Moving day!
http://www.snarbles.com/Toons/0103/movingday.jpg
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Moving day!
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/aristotle/People/01.Moving_Day/0738moving.jpg
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Moving day!
http://www.awty.org/us/nimages/constructions/Move%20In/Moving%20Day6.jpg
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Moving day!
BK and Panni relaxing!!
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT272/FTI0010.jpg
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And for tomorrow - STAGE FRIGHT and probably FOREIGN CORRESPPONDENT, too. Can't wait!
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Goofy coming to help move the day!
http://www.disneyanaexchange.com/Photobin/WZZ-Goofy.jpg
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Moving men fixing Larry Moore's bookshelves!
http://gallery.canalfultonlibrary.org/albums/Construction0119/P1010041.jpg
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... and they've already written a book on BK's moving day!
http://www.hallmarkpromotions.com/cart/remax/images/household_favorites/rm_coloring_book.jpg
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Guy Haines giving a hand!
http://www.stpaulswallingford.org/images/construct/0118-19.jpg
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BK playing the piano while mr Pogue listens!
http://www.ragtime.nu/bromma2000/bromma45.jpg
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Oh Oh!
Even Porky's moving!
http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/titlecards/prkymovg.jpg
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Getting lost in the Village is one of life's greatest pleasures. A week to explore the Village would be heavenly. Here's an easy suggestion: head west, then, if you hit the Hudson River, head east, taking a different street. If you find Tompkins Square Park, head west again. Sounds like ping-pong, I know, but worth every step.
And table tennis is an Olympic sport.
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if you hit the Hudson River
Jane would never do that! Nor any other river, matter of fact!
She's not the violent kind! ;)
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Such a movind day that the place here is empty!
Should we blame hurricane Ivan?
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Joe, make it another Old Fashioned please!
And one more for the road!
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I made kasha varnishkes this evening, Dear Readers, to accompany the chicken I grilled for dinner for myself and The Dear Mother. They were yummy!
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I lived with my parents for 18 years in the same house. What is interesting about our house is that it used to be a doctor's home and he had his practice on one side of the house. When he died, his widow had his office remodeled into an apartment, and rented out the larger part of the house. When my grandparents were dating, my grandma's family rented the large part of the house from them. They moved out of the house later on and it passed through a couple families, until my parents started looking for a house. When they took a tour with the realtor they had all my aunts, uncles, and grandparents come along to see the house. My bedroom is the old waiting room of the doctor's office. (We opened up the apartment side so us kids could each have our own room.)
I spent a year in the dorms, and now am living at my church in the separate, old garage and butler's quarters of a mansion. (Remodeled to be a small two story apartment, but we consider the mansion our home too.) The girls live on the third floor of the mansion.
For dinner tonight, I had a steak filet wrapped in bacon. It was so juicy and delicious! I also had green beans, corn, canteloupe, and grapes with some skim milk to wash it all down.
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Part of the plaster that held the ceiling tiles up in the basement collapsed sometime today in the mansion (we just call it the house though) We only found it tonight after Godspell read through. Here is a reenactment of when we first saw it. :o
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It might be helpful if I mention the fact that the house and garage (We call it The Cottage and the girls have nicknamed it "The Laddies Lodge") are on the church grounds. (The house itself is not the church.) The church offices are in the house with a lot of meeting areas with all the rooms and the worship space and big fellowship hall is just on the other side of this courtyard we have. If I get the chance I may share some pictures because it is a beautiful property.
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I'm back from the show and must eat a sandwich and then begin the daunting task of trying to unbox some of these here boxes.
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We're very wide here. But since no one is here to see the wideness, what care I? We will achieve a new all-time low this evening. What care I? I am living amidst hundreds of boxes and everyone WUSSBURGERS on me. Very well, then. So be it. It be so. Be it so. It so be.
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Well I am on but I have been quite errant and truant the past several weeks as school, and internships, and leadership programs have taken over my life. How was the show tonight?
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Good Evening!
Back from the show...
For some reason, there seemed to be a lot of people walking IN the traffic tonight around Hollywood and Vine. It was very strange. People just seemed to be challenging the moving cars. ???
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And to celebrate the holiday - and since it's been mentioned a lot on this site lately - I picked up a honey cake at Albertson's. And I've already had two slices. Pretty good. And it was on sale too!
;)
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I made kasha varnishkes this evening, Dear Readers, to accompany the chicken I grilled for dinner for myself and The Dear Mother. They were yummy!
...I never had kasha varnishkes... Harumph!
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Getting lost in the Village is one of life's greatest pleasures. A week to explore the Village would be heavenly. Here's an easy suggestion: head west, then, if you hit the Hudson River, head east, taking a different street. If you find Tompkins Square Park, head west again. Sounds like ping-pong, I know, but worth every step.
And table tennis is an Olympic sport.
Every time I try to get to the Magnolia Bakery, I always end up getting lost in the Village. But the extra walking actually helps to ease the "guilt" when I actually do make it to the Magnolia Bakery. -Hmmm. How many cupcakes shall I have today? -Oh! You have the Devil's Food Cake with the Caramel Icing? And the Coconut Cake just got put on display? Hmmm....
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DW Joy is more the expert on what-passes-on-Idol than I am, as I tend to instantly forget bad television and haven't seen an episode since the Oakland girl (was London her name?) looked like a prohibitive favorite.
In general, American Idol singers frill up their notes, without regard to the meaning or emotion of the lyric involved. Joy was particularly exercised about some guy's rendition of the lovely Don McLean song, Vincent, about Van Gogh's suffering. Performed simply, the song's a gem. On Idol, it was filled with show-offy vocal pyrotechnics, each having nothing to do with any human feeling (other than "Look at me!")
What I teach, and what everybody I respect teaches, is to act the lyric, paying careful attention to intention; make every breath a motivated dramatic pause, etc. My students wouldn't be caught dead fancifying a note on a word that didn't warrant it. On Idol, Paula Abdul would say something encouraging to them.
I've actually always wondered if any of the singers know the "real" notes to the songs they sing.
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Well... At least that got us to Page 5... :\