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Title: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 12:52:55 AM: Well, now that you've finished reading the notes, please comment on them and anything else you'd like to discuss, as well as the topic of the day.

I'll see you all at chat, but in the meattime, let's post until the cows come home. Yes, Virginia, I know I wrote "meattime" - that is the title of today's notes, after all.

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 01:24:08 AM: I can't bring myself to get in the bed or on the couch. What's a boy to do? I'm tired. Maybe I'll sleep in the recliner.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 04:05:50 AM: What a coincidence!

I also was very fond of a dish called Chicken Alberto at a restaurant that used to be on Melrose, called Pappagallo"s. Sadly, it’s also no longer there. It was potatoes, onions and chicken and onions and potatoes in delicious spices and, all sautéed together.

But closer to home I am very fond of the Chicken Marsala at the Olive Garden. I have tried it at many other restaurants and in my opinion no one has quite achieved what Olive Garden has mastered. They give you more chicken and the sauce is wonderful!

At home I can make palatable chicken catchatore
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 27, 2003, 04:09:37 AM: I'm still finding it near impossible to naviagate at HHW (I'm bringing in the big guns, i.e., my so-boring but helpful computer guru) this week. But it's a bit easier to post first thing in the morning. I feel I should concentrate on major matters, so I'll start with Jason's mouse. Have you tried those hardware-store plug-ins that emit teeny noises that no human (apart from my partner's cousin) can hear, but drive mice nuts? They worked in our place. And everyone says a cat - or even the smell of one (can you borrow a feline?) - helps. You are far too young to be sleeping in a recliner.

Maya, that was a superb review. Is there any way that your constructive criticisms can reach the people who can change things? When Kiss of the Spiderwoman premiered in Toronto, we sat in the first row and were put off by Chita Rivera's sagging arms. I did write a note suggesting she wear longer sleeves, but don't know if anyone listened.

Chicken? My favorite is a simple roast chicken, with lots of coarse salt sprinkled over the bird before cooking, to make the skin crisp. I do make a mean fried chicken if I say so myself. It's from a kosher cookbook, so there's no soaking in buttermilk. And, oddly, you dip the pieces in the flour and then the egg.

I was pleased to see that the NY Times ran an article this morning on the Boy from Oz - giving some hope that the show will survive on the strength of Hugh Jackman's performance. (The producers also ran a full-page ad in yesterday's Times, with the words "A Huge ... " appearing just below Mr. J's crotch.) I'm hoping that word of mouth will help, too, and I can't believe I'm alone in thinking the show worked well, with moments that were dazzling, and others that were quite touching.

I won't say how long it took me to post these paragraphs - even first thing, the site is sluggish for me. I just hope I won't have to press control/alt/delete to exit - as has been the case.

A good day to everyone.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 04:22:02 AM: I was to tired to post when I got home last night, but I had a wonderful time in Orlando. So wonderful that I am going back next weekend.

This main reason I went is that I have a friend who is an actor there and he is performing as the narrator in Hayride at Disney's For Wilderness. It is a hayride in the dark and the story of the legend of Sleepy Hollow is told. The 25 minutes was a very enjoyable theatrical experience and I recommend it for. I will not give a blow by blow description of the event as to not spoil it for anyone. If you have seen it and would like to talk about it let's do it via email.

The reason why I am off to Orlando again next week is that I have been watching the birth of a new musical over the past few year. I saw its second production at the late Disney Institute and a couple of readings since then. They had a reading/workshop in NYC this past winter and the creators were hard at work revising the show.

The musical is called HOLMES and it is a brand new story of Sherlock Holmes. My friend Mr. Gary Life is playing Moriarity a role he is has been doing since its inception through all its productions and readings. He is once again playing the role next weekend and I am looking forward to seeing the changes.

I will have a report on it next Sunday.

Well I will look over the notes for Saturday and Sunday and I will post my comments (if any) here. This new board is addictive and I missed it the last two days!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 04:56:24 AM: A belate Happy Birthday to JED I hope is was a happy and festive one. Good health and happiness for the year to come.

To answer Saturday's question. Although there were books written about it I think I would loved to have been there for Show Boat from its inception to the rehersals to its Washington opening and finally Broadway.

I see that DR Jay, Donna also felt this way!!!

DR Michael Barnum glad to see you got the picture thing down. I had problems too. I think it stemed from trying to preview it (which for me didn't work) and then trying to post it. It didn't work. So I attatched the photo and hit post and it usally worked.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 05:10:36 AM: God I thought I was the only one who thought DR Michael Barnum looked liked Cal Border!! Glad to see I wasn't the only.

Bruce when you were eating your Chinese food on Saturday where you eating it in bed?

Gave Geordie MC a Karma point for the wonderful pics of BK at his reading.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 05:13:17 AM: Hey, folks. Just finished the last of yesterdays notes and I sit here in a slight fog because over my very busy theatre weekend I caught a slight cold. I have a headache and I'm a little stuffed up but I'll live.

Saw the Musicals in Mufti concert of Lucky Stiff. BK got a slight mention in the program saying that he had preserved the score on a Varese Sarbande recording. It was great fun. Mary Testa is a HOOT! I'll post more later because since it's slightly after 8am I really need to begin working for my real employer instead of playing at HHW.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 05:16:58 AM: Forgot the most important thing to post.

Welcome Back DR Sandra. Glad you're here again.

DR Laura, love the goose.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 05:18:45 AM: Thanks also to the anonymous Karma giver(s). It is a sweet thing to log on and see my karma points rise. Thanks to one and all, whomever you may be.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 05:28:09 AM: Jeff Stryjer is on this board! Wow!!

Happy Birthday to WLAJB who joined us yesterday night!

Well I am off to work, I will have to catch up on the balance of Friday's postings when I come home.

So much reading to catch up with when you missed a couple of days!!!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Noel on October 27, 2003, 05:43:54 AM: MDS:
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I have been watching the birth of a new musical over the past few year. I saw its second production at the late Disney Institute

The Disney Institute? What was that? I've never heard of it, but if it had something to do with the creation of new musicals, I'm fascinated. You don't mean the ASCAP/Disney workshop which is run by ASCAP but located in Disney's commissary in Burbank?

Best fried chicken was at Mrs. Wilkes in Savannah on our honeymoon.

My mother's simple chicken recipe: mix the same amounts of honey and French's yellow mustard, add curry powder to taste. Drizzle over chicken breasts and cook at 350 until done. It doesn't taste like any of those ingredients but something wholly other.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 27, 2003, 06:03:44 AM: Well, folks, we will try the airport again this morning. But if the flights are too terribly delayed or the airports are closed, I may just drive her home to day.

Re the goose: I left the computer, and DR Sandra posted that while I was away.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 06:07:26 AM: I "slept" in the recliner. I probably got about an hour and half of real sleep. I'm not going to enjoy a full 8 hours at work.

Laura: Safe journey to L.A.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: William E. Lurie on October 27, 2003, 06:14:58 AM: Sorry I was E&T all weekend. I never turned my computer on since I had so much else to do. It's a busy day at work today, but I wanted to check in anyway When I have a little time I'll read the weekend notes and posts.

One reason it was so busy was that I saw three shows. I really enjoyed WICKED despite a few problems. It was a lot more different from the book than I expected, but I think it will get reasonably good reviews and have a decent run. When I have more time I'll try and post what I feel are the problems with the show.

NYCO's 1987 new production of THE MAGIC FLUTE was the first time that they had ever done it in German. In 2003 it is the same production only now being sung in English. Since the whole cast seems to have taken diction lessons from Patti LuPone they still used supertitles so you could understand what they were singing, and despite the diction the voices were excellent. In either language it's a good production of one of my favorite operas.

Mufti is in it's 14th season and I have seen every show since the end of the 3rd. I have rarely seen such great audience response as at LUCKY STIFF. Per the discussion group the initial production was not successful because the staging was too busy. In this reading without the sets and all the running around the sheer brilliance of the book and score came out helped by a cast that featured many of the original performers --- notably Mary Testa --- plus Malcom Gets. (BK - since you are mentioned in the program notes I'm sending you a copy of the program)

Tonight we have tickets for the benefit to help find new jobs for dancers who have grown too old to dance. It's a salute to Hollywood and some of the people appearing (some dancing, some not) are Cyd Charisse, Esther Williams, Ann & Bebe, Chita, et. al. The late Donald O'Conner was initially scheduled to appear but he will be honored by a special award.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 06:18:41 AM: Oh, gosh! I'm a fried chicken junkie. I've loved it my whole life, and the miracle is that I don't have off-the-charts cholesterol because I do eat a lot of the stuff, most of which I fry myself in my very own deep fat fryer. Sorry, but I just don't care for chicken which has been fried in the pan. I have my own recipe for batter, and I do like my fried chicken. (And being a Southerner, we're known for it. I also do a mean barbecued cornish game hen, but that's another story.)

In Charlotte, there is one place that makes fried chicken known far and wide: Price's Chicken Coop. I have to admit that even they beat my fried chicken. I wish I could get the recipe for their batter.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Emily on October 27, 2003, 06:28:59 AM: I like fried chicken an awful lot - but not the fact that it takes oh so healthy chicken and turns it into an indulgence.

My grandmother (Baba) had a recipe for fried chicken that involved soaking it in ORIGINAL whole evaporated milk and spices and then frying it TWICE.

Now she makes a "fake fried chicken" dish that includes the soaking and the breading - but it's baked, not fried. IMHO it tastes about the same but the texture is a little different.

Jason, we should send Micheal Moore to your mouse-filled apartment. I'm sure he will blame US foreign policy on your violent rage. :)

I am off to school and then work but will be back later!

Ooh I am going to receive Avenue Q and Zanna Don't today from Andrea - my cutoms cheater associate.

Did we pay customs fees? No! Thanks Jennifer for the hint! :)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 07:18:10 AM: :D
What lovely posts and photos yesterday!
DR Maya thanks for the Bounce review! (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/huepfen/jumping-smiley-025.gif)

And Jed you will enjoy 8 Women!!!

I got it earlier this year on the recommendation of the DR's at HHW and I like it a LOT!!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 07:19:32 AM: Oh, I like chicken salad sandwiches, and chicken and noodles. I am not crazy about fried chicken, but I like a chicken alfredo, or any type of pasta with chicken!

But I don' like Chicken McNuggets even though parts is parts.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 07:28:23 AM: Oooh, fried chicken is my favorite! Yep, yep, yum! My mom made the best fried chicken in the world, with mashed potatoes and gravy and oh golly, it was tasty! Of course she doesn't make it anymore :'( now it is all that healthy stuff like baked chicken breasts, which oddly enough is what I eat several nights a week for dinner myself because it is healthy and easy to make on my George Forman grill! LOL!

Matt H. are you a fan of Jeff Richard's? I saw your post yesterday referring to him in 7 BRIDES FOR 7 BROTHERS.
I wish I had a good pic of him to post. I will have to see what I can find!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Donna on October 27, 2003, 07:28:35 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%] :D GOOD MORNING ONE AND ALL (and also all and one)! :D[/move]

Chicken: I'm partial to the Colonel's chicken myself. Original recipe. I also had the best Lemon Chicken at Mama Rose Restaurant in Costa Mesa, CA, last month. Very moist, not a dry spot on it. Mmm...delicious.

I'm very busy right now completing the Cabaret West Calendar for November. Two items that may be of interest for some Hainsies and Kimlets are:

Brent Barrett and Karen Mason will be appearing together at Osher-Marin JCC in San Rafael on November 22. Their website is marinjcc.com. Select Performing Arts when you get there and scroll down. Word of Warning: The description doesn't mention Brent but it did a month ago. I went to Brent's and Karen's sites and neither of them list the show. Best bet is to check with Osher-Marin directly.

110 in the Shade will be at the Pasadena Playhouse here in California from June 18-July 25, 2004. Their website is pasadenaplayhouse.org.

Gotta go! Have a great chat tonight!

P.S. I guess you are aware that practically all of Southern California is burning from wildfires. The ash and soot in the air reaches all the way to the coastline. Very scary.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 07:29:56 AM: Well it works with a big honkin' white border around it. Hmmm.....
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 07:44:04 AM: DR JMK, that 110 X 150 refers to the pixel measurements of the photo. Do you want me to resize it for you? I'll be glad to try if you'd like.

DR MBarnum, yes, I've always had a thing for Jeff Richards. I first remember seeing him in an MGM B-movie called CODE TWO. He got killed in that movie, and I was not a happy camper. Obviously, he was merely serving out his MGM contract to be a part of SEVEN BRIDES since he could neither sing nor dance. Nope, that's not his voice singing "Rock 'n' Roll Tumbleweed" in THE OPPOSITE SEX, but he looks good enough to eat in that movie.

Any pics of him you could find would be met by grateful eyes on this end.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 07:47:30 AM: Uhg, I don't want to be at work today!

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 07:50:00 AM: DR Matt H., you have not really seen a Jeff Richards' movie until you have seen ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN! He and John Smith run around an island with there shirts off for a good part of the film! LOL!

I am happy to say that Mr. Richards is/was a native Oregonian as well!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 07:56:53 AM: You're right, I haven't seen ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN. I think probably the title would have scared me away before watching. Sounds like a Grade Z sci-fi 1950s flick even though I know it's not. I'll keep my eyes open for a showing of it.

I don't know why Jeff didn't get a TV cop show like HAWAIIAN EYE or 77 SUNSET STRIP in the 1960s. He had the looks for such shows.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ann on October 27, 2003, 07:58:44 AM: Good morning to all. :D
Hmm...chicken dishes...I'm a huge chicken fan..so let's do these by category
Chinese - There's a restaraunt near the university called Happy Dragon. They sell the best orange chicken I have ever tasted. Nice and crispy with a dark spicy orange sauce...mmm
Thai - Oddly enough, the best Thai food I've ever tried is in the Tacoma Mall, and their Pad Kee Mao with chicken is my absolute favorite.
Italian - Chicken and alfredo pizza from the Olive Garden. I don't know if they still have it, but they did at one point, and it was to die for.
American - Can't go wrong with a good chicken salad sandwich
Not a huge fried chicken fan, actually. In fact, I'm not overly fond of chicken breasts or wings. There's a very good reason for this. When I was younger, during high school, I had a job working in the kitchen of a retreat center. One of the cook's favorite things to make was baked chicken with BBQ sauce. As i was working with a bunch of veggies who refused to touch meat, I was ALWAYS the one who had to deal with bags of frozen chicken breasts, pulling off the skin and fat that was still frozen to the meat. *shudder* As a result I spent the better part of those summers up to my elbows in raw chicken. To this day I cannot eat chicken on the bone. I like my chicken nicely cut up and covered in sauce, and devoid of any remnants of skin, bone, or cartilage.
There's my appetizing story for the day.... :P
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 08:09:07 AM: Yum, chicken. My mother made a few chicken dishes when I was growing up that I remember fondly - one was your basic shake-n-bake thing with drumsticks and Season-All. It was very tasty. When she got bored with that, she started marinating thighs or drumsticks in white wine, with garlic, sauteed onions, and rosemary. She also made this Chinese dish where she'd cut chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces, marinate them in some kind of soy sauce thingamajig with green onions (I don't know what else was in it) and steam the whole thing. It was fantastic mixed into a bowl of rice. I was always partial to mom's chicken because she was better at cooking it than, say, pasta (ecch).

I am also partial to fried chicken, especially Popeye's, but I try not to eat it too much. When I lived in London I ate a lot of chicken sandwiches from the Colonel, as I strangely found them much tastier there than stateside. Once in a while I'll go for chicken tenders or nuggest from fast-food joints or diners, but I was so traumatized by that news story a few years back where this woman found a deep fried chicken head in her McNuggets that it's sort of put me off that kind of thing.

I am not generally fond of dishes like chicken parmigiana, but I went to a restaurant here in NYC called Carmine's where all the food is served in enormous family style portions, and the chicken parmigiana was out of this world. The only trouble is amassing an army to help you eat it! :)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 08:18:30 AM: Oh, I forgot a couple (now I have really made myself ravenous) - I very much like chicken katsu, which is Japanese-style fried chicken and a very popular meal in Hawaii. And I like the marinated chicken you can get at Korean barbecue restaurants, where you cook your own food over hot coals at your table. So good!

And now to jump to a completely unpalatable topic.. DR Jason, I am sorry the mice have invaded your bed. We had the same problem in the previous apartment, and my roommate didn't sleep well for a month. She also felt that a sacred line separating her bed from the rest of the apartment had been irreparably crossed. Also, because we had loft beds in that apartment, it was all the more appalling that they climbed all the way up there. I hate to trap mice, but I always preferred to use glue traps instead of the poison pellets because with the latter, the mice would eat the poison and then go elsewhere to die, and you'd have to follow the awful smell to find and dispose of them. I hope those plug-in repellent things have some positive effect.

Have you checked for holes in the walls near your radiator? Because the radiator was attached to the wall, our mice liked to chew their way in through there. I also suspect that they came in through the stove pipes, but could never figure out how because the pilot light was always on.

I hope your lease is up soon and you can get the heck out of that apartment!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 08:31:13 AM: A Picture of LC Hoo and Ray, :o we finally get to see what you look like. Not that we at HHW judge on anything as superficial as looks (ignore all those references to the hot picture DR MBarnum posted over the weekend). Just good to put a face to a name.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 08:32:11 AM: William E. Lurie: I would LOVE to read about your reactions to "Wicked." When you do your report on what you feel are problems with the show, I think it would be really special to learn what you find praiseworthy, too.

Chicken: One thing I've learned in my 55 years on earth is that when someone tells you some other meat "tastes just like chicken," it really DOESN'T!

My mother's fried chicken is my favorite thing in the whole world (join the club, right?). She removes the skin, soaks the chicken in buttermilk, and then uses Bisquick for coating it. "Sometimes," for a change, she'll mix corn meal into the Bisquick to give the crust an extra bite.

The best "other" chicken I've had was in Naples, Italy, near the villa I rented on a lake north of Naples. There was a stretch of road...with various shops, etc. Alongside the road, one of the shops set up a rotisserie and was cooking chickens, nicely spiced with the seasonings Italians use in all their cooking. I bought a nice whole chicken for Lire 5,000 (at the time, that was about $4). It was totally s-c-r-u-m-p-t-i-o-u-s. I meant to share it with my cats at the time, but I had a change of heart and gave them their regular cat food before tearing into that succulence of roasted bird.

But my cats would have NONE of that....they literally climbed up my legs to get at that olfactory fabulousity. I had to give them half the chicken.

Boy! Were we a happy threesome! The first time was best, of course, but all the other times were special, too.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 08:33:16 AM: And with that little post we jumped over to Page 2. Hoo and Ray again. That sounds like a 1960s comedy team. [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]"Lets hear it for Hoo and Ray" "Yay, yay, clap, clap, unseemly noise, etc."[/move]
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 08:40:21 AM: Well I believe I have joined the 21st century and successfully uploaded my strangely fuzzy pic. It turns out Picture It, when it resizes, does not reduce the pixel count, hence the huge white border (but at least I gave us all, or at least me, some personal space). So I had to go to another picture editor to actually reduce pixels. There, wasn't that fascinating? ???
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 08:40:45 AM: This is just an experiment with the "Quick-Reply" box at the bottom of the postings. I've never used it before and wanted to see if posting here was any different from a regular reply.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 08:45:47 AM: Wow, all my profile addenda is retroactive to previous posts. Now there are pictures of me all over the friggin' place.

So now I have a new dumb question--why is my picture fuzzy when everyone else's is sharp as a tack. Even that pic I put in the post is sharp. But my profile pic isn't. This isn't a Dorian Gray type thing is it, because I am feeling a little fuzzy this morning. :P
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Maya on October 27, 2003, 08:49:25 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good morning DRs![/move]

What an appetizing topic of the day...I love chicken, and have been eating a lot of it lately. In fact, my mom cooked chicken patties last night. I love fried chicken (especially Popeye's) but try not to eat too much of it. A girl sort of has to watch her figure, you know? Chicken Parmagiana, chicken in wine sauce, General Tso's Chicken (taking a page from DR Jennifer), and mandarin chicken are other favorites...though I will not turn down a good box of Chicken McNuggets or a Crispy Chicken Sandwich from McDonald's.

Sandra--(from last night's posts) I think writing a paper on how Da Vinci was not the ideal Renaissance Man is a great idea! Hooray for contrariness! BTW....do you really think my pic looks a little like the Mona Lisa?? This is about the 3rd time I have heard this, and I'm beginning to question the idea of looking like a famous painting, hehe.

Ben--thanks for the report on Lucky Stiff! I do need to buy the album one of these days....and I absolutely love Mary Testa.

Dan and Jrand--thanks so much for the compliments on my "review!" Dan, I don't know if there's any place I could send my comments, though if I did, it would be anonymously of course. WB...it's nice to see you post again, and I hope your computer troubles are at an end.

Jason--I LOVE that you put Wonder Woman as your pic! ;D So funny!

WEL--thanks for telling us about the recent shows (and opera) you saw!

LC--So nice to see a pic of you! I think you are very pretty!

Hmmm...I guess I should go and get my sociology homework done...I'll try to post later, and I should be at the chat tonight...

Ciao, bellas! (and bellos)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 08:59:26 AM: JMK: Glad you got your photo to work - I have to take down the border post because it changed the size of that page, which pixels seem to do - damn them, damn them all to hell. Mr. Mark Bakalor informed me that he'll answer questions as he can but that he doesn't want to be "tethered" to the board. I think he got burned out from working so many hours to get this thing and the site working properly. However, I think we can pretty much figure things out for ourselves from now on.

I'm already hungry for chicken. (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/tiere/animal-smiley-073.gif)

Now, dance baby.

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 08:59:48 AM: Favorite chicken: pineapple chicken (but not breaded too much).

OMG and a huge thank you to DR George. Apparently we were having the exact same problem when trying to post pictures.

We would use "reply" (not quick reply), we would "browse", take our photo and it would 'attach' in the attach column. But when we'd preview it, nothing would happen. And the attach column would then be empty (above it would say attach: whatever our pic was).

DO NOT PREVIEW FIRST. I can't believe we didn't figure this part out sooner (DR Mark suggested it to George). I preview everything. I had no idea people weren't previewing first.

Why did nobody else think of this? :)

Oy.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 09:04:00 AM: JMK: Your pic may be fuzzy because it's SO low in size (not pixels) - remember you can make it anything below 100kb safely. Try 50 - mine is something like 40 and it's fine.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 09:10:36 AM: Jennifer,
you must not have received my reply to your e-mail about the "preview" and the "pictures not showing up". I found I had the same trouble when I would try to post a photo and it would not show up when I previewed.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jay on October 27, 2003, 09:10:51 AM: Chicken is so versatile! My favorite chicken dishes are:

Chicken Kiev--I just love the way the garlic butter bursts out when you first cut into it

Chicken Parmagiana--Yum!

Chicken roast on a Webber grill--I love the way those Webbers produce crispy skin and moist meat
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 09:19:48 AM: Thank you all for your kind words of sympathy and encouragement. Like I said, I got about two hours of sleep (from 6:00 to 8:00), but I still feel violated and my skin crawls whenever I step foot in my apartment. That's a horrible feeling, but I'll get over it. I guess I sort of have to.

Things here at MTI are weird. We have A LOT of people out today from the clerical dept., which is what I normally do, but this week I'm answering the phones, so I'm E&T from filing, as well. As a matter of fact, I'm the only one answering phones today. We'll see how THAT goes.

Favorite chicken dishes? Hmmm...well, I do so love chicken in nearly any form. I love, love, love my dad's fried chicken. He used to work for KFC, you know, so he does chicken right, and my mom takes care of the yummy side dishes that she does oh so well. The only side that my dad makes to accompany the chicken is the homemade gravy. Now my stomach is growling. They always make me a lovely fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes (with loads of yummy margarine), green beans with cayenne pepper, corn (which my mom creams herself--it's FANTASTIC), sauteed carrots, homemade biscuits and, of course, the gravy with the leftover crispies from the chicken mixed in. I want to go home...

I also enjoy a good chicken piccata, chicken marsala, fettucine alfredo with grilled chicken, Kentucky Fried Chicken (again with the fried), and my absolute favorite chicken sandwich and/or nuggets in the world--Chik-Fil-A.
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 09:26:09 AM: MBarnum: I have decided to cancel any and all future vacation plans, and instead spend every spare moment I have searching all of Washington State looking for Cal Bolder. I wonder if the publisher of his novel could give any help in tracking him down?

Donna: I am happy to know that Brent Barrett is still going to be in concert in California in November. I had heard that he was going to have to cancel, because he had extended his run in Chicago.

Jason: I was the one that apologized for taking your mouse house situation too lightly. I am sorry you had such a miserable night last night, and hopefully with the help of the apartment's owner, tonight will be les miserable ( No groaning)

My favorite chicken recipe is one that my dear friend, Lorna, used to make for me called Chicken Papprykarz (or popperkosh) with lots of sour cream and paparika and served with homemade dumplings. Yum!!!! She passed away suddenly last year, and the recipe was apparently one she kept in her head, and not on paper.
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Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 09:27:02 AM: Maya: I couldn't stand to look at myself any longer and the Wonder Woman picture was just so funny I couldn't help myself. I secretly keep hoping she'll come along and crash her wrists together and get rid of my mice.

Jay reminded me of yet another favorite chicken dish: Stuffed chicken parm. I love, love, love it with angel-hair pasta and a nice salad, minestrone soup and bread sticks. YUM!
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Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 09:31:00 AM: No, DR JMK, yours is not the only pic in slightly soft focus. Mine looks like I'm hiding a face lift (which I most definitely have NOT had nor will I), also due as bk suggested to the small size of the file. I've been tinkering with another pic but haven't decided if I'm going to stay with the one here or try another one. We'll see.
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Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 09:35:08 AM: Oooh! Chicken and dumplings are awfully tasty, too.

TCB: Don't feel bad...I took it lightly, too, until the gross little bugger crawled into my sleeping space. It's one thing for it to be on my floor...it's a whole other situation to have it where I sleep.

LC: I've been told I should lay out glue traps once the poison pellets have been out for a day or two...that way they'll be trapped while they're still alive as opposed to going off and dying somewhere where they'll stink. I just don't think I could deal with having a live mouse trapped and then having to throw it out while its still living. YUCK!!
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Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 09:35:41 AM: Well, my mail just arrived and I got BROADWAY'S LOST TREASURES and the Sherlock Holmes box set which should make for a pleasant afternoon of viewing. (I'll be starting with SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH, one of my favorites in the entire series.)
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 09:41:56 AM: Ann: Is Happy Dragon the one over there on 6th Avenue, near UPS? Have you ever tried their crab wontons? They are out of this world.
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Post by: Jay on October 27, 2003, 09:43:48 AM: Dear Readers--

I think my house is cursed. It started last month when the gizmo on my refrigerator that lets you get chilled water through the door stopped working. Then a huge antique mirror I have fell off the wall. (Luckily, there was no damage. The screws that secured one of the hooks to the mirror frame pulled out of the wood.) Then my automatic garage door opener stopped working and needed to be repaired. At around the same time, the slab in my garage started to lift and sink in various places and break up. Sure enough, I had a huge tree root growing in places where it shouldn't have been and I had to have the old slab busted out and a new slab poured. Then, over the weekend, I heard noises from my hot water heater that I knew I should not have been hearing. My plumber was just here and he informed me that I am in need of a new hot water heater. What next? All this reminds me of The Money Pit.
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Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 09:45:56 AM: You sure it's not more like GHOSTBUSTERS, Jay, and not THE MONEY PIT? Or POLTERGEIST?
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 09:46:20 AM: At last, HHW has their very own, goth Maya Lisa!
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Post by: Jay on October 27, 2003, 09:52:53 AM: Hey Jason--

Maybe we could get a volume discount from a bi-coastal exorcist--you for your mice, me for my poltergeist!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on October 27, 2003, 09:54:35 AM: Item the First:

I have grave concern about BK biting the bullet – sounds extremely dangerous; obviously our esteemed BK has not graduated from an Eddie Eagle course.

Item the Second:

Chicken!

The most interesting chicken dish I ever had was after I spent the afternoon shooting the rapids at Pagsanjan Falls in the Philippines. Getting to dinner was half the fun. I was on a weekend tour filled with fellow sailors. Before the tour got underway, the guide suggested we bring no watches or jewelry and to put most of our folding currency in our sock – seems as how roving bandits often holds up the bus. On this encouraging note, we set off for the hinterlands south of Manila. One hint that you are getting “away from it all” is when you notice that there is no longer and electric wires running beside the highway (read dirt track). Another sight not common in California is the sight of Water Buffalo slogging thru the mucky fields with a local following behind with a curiously shaped wooden thingy (calling a “plow” would give it a dignity it did not deserve – (the wooden thingy, not the local). We made a brief noon stop at a village, which prided itself on its woodcarvings. We were given a fascinating tour of the local factory.

OSHA ALERT! Dangerous work practices ahead!

The factory was dark and gloomy (probably due to the lack of electricity) and when your eyes adjusted to the gloom, you could see the native workers sitting barefoot on the floor while they hacked away at a log of mahogany clutched between their naked feet (somehow “clutching” seems a strange verb to use when referring to feet, but, whatever). And to my great wonderment, before we left, we were given an opportunity to make a purchase (the selections ranged from Madonnas (The Blessed Mother, not the Material Girl), through elaborate crucifixes (prop material for Exorcist or Omen), to small statues with enormous endowment, the term “tumescent” comes to mind, (prop material for the Devil in Miss Jones).

The rickety old bus then commenced a lengthy mountain climb to our destination (The Inn of the Unflushables) just in time for the afternoon festivities.

PETA ALERT! Disgusting animal abuse ahead.

For our delight we were treated to a series of cock fights (razor equipped bandy roosters in a dirt pit, not naked randy gay men in bath house).

For the evening banquet we were served not-still-living chicken. It was a Philippine version of baked road kill with roasted veggies. (This bird was so malnourished it made a free-range chicken look like a butterball turkey – think large, scrawny pigeon.) There was little meat on the foul fowl, so one resorted to stripping the bones with ones teeth (whilst singing “Henry the Eighth I Am”). Actually the meat was quite flavorful, if not adequately portioned. Inasmuch as two of my dinner companions were still concerned about the fate of the afternoon contestants, I had a chance to strip two more of god’s creatures to get my fill.

The next day was a glorious trip in a canoe, shooting the rapids through a primeval jungle gorge with cascades of orchids lining the walls. See here (http://www.aenet.org/pagsan/pagsan.htm) for details.

Since this is a chicken story, I’ll end my tale at this point. (The next day’s culinary extravaganza was a pit-roasted boar.)

Ever-adventurous der Brucer
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Post by: Sandra on October 27, 2003, 09:55:29 AM: 8)

I'm hungry. That's all I have to say.
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 09:59:43 AM: Matt H--I don't think your picture looks soft focus at all. Now JMK's photo is a different story. All the ones I tried were so out of focus that I ended up taking them off completely. I will take Bk.’s advice, and try at home tonight to resize them. Of course, looking in the mirror this morning, it may be my face that is out of focus, and not the photos. 8)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:12:51 AM: MBarnum wrote:
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Jennifer,
you must not have received my reply to your e-mail about the "preview" and the "pictures not showing up". I found I had the same trouble when I would try to post a photo and it would not show up when I previewed.

Nope, I did not receive a reply. When sending messages thru here, you can send a copy to your own box, to make sure it goes through.

So you mean I could have known this yesterday? :)

If you want to test a message, you can send another to me.

Ha, that is one of the only features here I got on the first try :)

How bizarre that people who preview (and try to make sure their posts are errorfree) would get penalized.

Actually, I think I would have figured this out today on my own. IT was something DR RonP said when trying to help me. I asked what appeared on his screen during previewing a picture. And he said he'd never done it that way.
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Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:18:12 AM: Here is my pic. Guess which one I am? ;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on October 27, 2003, 10:25:06 AM: Quote from: bk on October 27, 2003, 12:52:55 AM
...let's post until the cows come home.

Considering today's topic, wouldn't "Chickens come home to roost" be a more appropriate idiom than your "cows come home". After all, this is "Chicken or the Egg" day, not "Where's the Beef?".

Ever-critical der Brucer
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 10:25:10 AM: Does
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Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 10:25:43 AM: using this
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Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 10:26:22 AM: Quick Reply up the post number?

YES!!
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Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:30:14 AM: Did I say my favorite chicken was pineapple chicken? I must have been delusional. Because of course as DR Maya pointed out, my favorite favorite chicken dish is General Taos chicken.

Btw, I love the quick-reply posting method. It is much faster. And i use it if I'm just gonna write something quick and not use any of the fancy stuff.
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Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:35:22 AM: DR Emily wrote:
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Ooh I am going to receive Avenue Q and Zanna Don't today from Andrea - my cutoms cheater associate.

Did we pay customs fees? No! Thanks Jennifer for the hint!

No problemo. Of course it works (the idea of sending stuff to someone else in your house or a friend as a gift). But remember if it ever fails, you can use the customs slip and show them their error (that they charged you fees on a gift) and they will give you back your money. And fast too.

Btw, re: fried chicken. I don't think I've ever tried friend chicken, other than KFC. I've always wanted to make it. Does anyone have an easy, delicious recipe?

Btw2, I love the term karmalicious. Hopefully soon I'll be feeling very karmalicous! :)
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Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 10:35:32 AM: Jennifer,
Strangely your message to me regarding posting pictures came to me via my AOL e-mail, and I replyed that way...but I guess I should have replyed via the HHW mailbox...unfortunately I already deleted the duplicate message of yours that was in there. Anyway, just didn't want you to think I had ignored your plea for help! LOL!

Glad you have the hang of it now!

PS: Regarding Survivor...I really want that annoying John guy to be kicked off...followed by Sean...and I want Andrew and Ryan and Tijuana to be in the final 3.
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Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:50:14 AM: Mbarnum wrote:
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Jennifer,
Strangely your message to me regarding posting pictures came to me via my AOL e-mail, and I replyed that way...but I guess I should have replyed via the HHW mailbox...unfortunately I already deleted the duplicate message of yours that was in there. Anyway, just didn't want you to think I had ignored your plea for help! LOL!

Glad you have the hang of it now!

I didn't realize that the actual text of the message sent to the HHW box appears in the warning email that comes from HHW (saying we have a new message). So what happens if you respond to that? Where does it go? I guess not to me :)

MBarnum also wrote:
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PS: Regarding Survivor...I really want that annoying John guy to be kicked off...followed by Sean...and I want Andrew and Ryan and Tijuana to be in the final 3.

I hate Tijuana (is she the black girl who is youngish and slim and SO annoying?). Is Andrew the guy they call Savage?

So far I don't know who I want to win. I liked Rupert, but now I don't like him as much. There are many annoying people!
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Post by: SwishySarah on October 27, 2003, 10:51:46 AM: I'm sitting here in the library during lunch, and I'm SOOO bored. My voice is halfway coming back, this morning I boiled water and inhaled the steam for about an hour. It seemed to have helped, as I went from mute to speaking. Right now a bunch of girls who are fasting for Ramadan are giggling VERY loudly next to me and keep saying "SHHHHHHHHH" very loudly and I'm getting very annoyed. I realize that they can't eat for religious reasons, so they're coming in here for lunch, but they could at least be courteous to those of us who are...working...:)

My favorite food in the WHOLE world is mashed potatos. (If I spelled that wrong, I'm sorry. I'm in a bit of a rush.) I LOOOVE them! ANd fried chicken is OK, but it's not my favorite. I'll post more later IF I can, we'll see.

WB Sandra! I'm writing a paper on Leo too, and I'm not enjoying it one bit. I would try to make it interesting like you did, but my teacher is a royal pain in the butt, and she'd probably fail me. Not that she GAVE us the topic, I can write about whatever I want, but she grades opinions, and she's not in the greatest of moods.

Apparently, Leo DV was arrested at age 24 for having sex with an animal. In public.

Aren't I full of useful information? I'm typing really fast, so if this is full of typos, I'm sorry. Can't be caught doing non-research in the library. Librarians are evil. I'm being stared down at this very moment by one, and I feel like hiding. Scary!

Oh and I got my choir dress for show choir, and it's be-yoooo-tiful. Fun stuff.
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Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 10:53:40 AM: I'm listening to the Halloween edition of the radio show. There is a great version of Ding Dong, The Wicked Witch is Dead! Hot Stuff. As usual, Donald, good job. Can't wait till we have some of the shows archived so I can re-listen and listen to those I missed. Hoo and Ray.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 11:03:19 AM: Oh, DR Jay, I cannot handle house problems when they come in bunches like that. I would be in the depths of depression over so many bad things happening at once. I can handle a refrigerator konking out after 20 years (happened to me in summer of 2002) or the pipes under my sink finally needing replacing after 22 years (happened three weeks ago), but to have one thing after another happen is just SO galling. My heart goes out to you.
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Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 11:05:57 AM: Oh, my, not only do we get new stuff (the version of Ding Dong), we also get Follies (the original Broadway cast) and Forever Plaid. If you haven't listened to the Radio Show yet, get over there and do it!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matthew on October 27, 2003, 11:08:30 AM: Between today's topic (and the constant talking about FOOD here on HHW), Juliana's Journal, and watching "Sex and the City", I'm constantly hungry!!! Favorite chicken has got to be fried chicken and Sesame Chicken. However, lately, lunch has been chicken nuggets dipped in BBQ ranch dressing. It's heaven.

For those DR's who have listened to "Zanna, Don't" what is your reaction, content wise, music wise? IMHO, (Internet lingo for... oh you know) while shows with gay content are always fun to have, one that is in your face as much as the music is from "Zanna Don't" is a bit over the top for my taste.
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Post by: Noel on October 27, 2003, 11:15:36 AM: I don't care much for Zanna Don't. It's a good IDEA for a musical, rather than a good musical. And when your main character is an angel (or something like that) well, nothing interesting is going to happen to him.

On the other hand, Avenue Q is, as I've been saying now for four and a half years, the real deal. A musical comedy that actually makes you laugh. Who could ask for anything more?
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 11:24:27 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:35:22 AM

Btw. I don't think I've ever tried friend chicken, other than KFC.

You Canadians scare me some times, with your choice of foods!
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Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 11:24:33 AM: Didn't see Zanna, Don't but I have to admit that when I heard about it, I thought it was not a show for me, only because it would seem the whole idea will run dry pretty quickly. I was surprised at the excellent reviews and the length of the run. I'm glad it was successful, but I still don't know if I would enjoy it.

DR Noel, couldn't agree more. I love Avenue Q. I recommend it all the time. I have to go back because I missed many things the first time because I (and the audience) was laughing so much.
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Post by: td on October 27, 2003, 11:36:37 AM: (http://www.classicmoviemusicals.com/newmarj1.jpg)
This should satisfy some curiousity. . .
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Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 11:38:08 AM: DR TCB commented on the fact that i haven't eaten fried chicken:
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You Canadians scare me some times, with your choice of foods!

Maybe Emily can back me up here. But I don't think there are many places here that serve fried chicken. I cannot recall any restaurant I have ever been to (other than KFC, or for us PFK - poulet frit kentucky) that serves friend chicken.

Maybe people here don't like it!

Who knows. But I know where to get poutine ;D
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Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 11:40:58 AM: Oooh, thanks for the Jeff Richards fix TD!!!

Which reminds me, is THE OPPOSITE SEX on DVD yet? Seems to me I had heard something somewhere about it being released..or maybe it was my imagination! Fun movie!
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Post by: George on October 27, 2003, 11:43:15 AM: Quote from: MDS on October 27, 2003, 04:22:02 AM
The reason why I am off to Orlando again next week is that I have been watching the birth of a new musical over the past few year. I saw its second production at the late Disney Institute and a couple of readings since then. They had a reading/workshop in NYC this past winter and the creators were hard at work revising the show.

The musical is called HOLMES and it is a brand new story of Sherlock Holmes. My friend Mr. Gary Life is playing Moriarity a role he is has been doing since its inception through all its productions and readings. He is once again playing the role next weekend and I am looking forward to seeing the changes.

I will have a report on it next Sunday.

I think I have a CD of this show! I got it from Footlight.com and there are a couple or three live tracks in amongst the studio recording. It's been a while since I listened to it. I'm very interested in hearing how it goes.

About chicken dishes: Schwann's frozen food people have a Southwestern Style Chicken Meal Kit (everything, including the chicken, is in one bag--just heat and serve) that's very good. It has "tender chicken breast strips with long grain rice, black beans, cut corn, bell pepper strips, and fire roasted onions [and is] seasoned with a mild salsa sauce." Very good and very low fat. Otherwise, I like the Dairy Queen chicken strip basket. Very bad for you, but very good tasting (when the chicken is fresh).
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Post by: td on October 27, 2003, 11:48:26 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 11:40:58 AM

Oooh, thanks for the Jeff Richards fix TD!!!

Which reminds me, is THE OPPOSITE SEX on DVD yet? Seems to me I had heard something somewhere about it being released..or maybe it was my imagination! Fun movie!

I was sorta hoping that it would be a picture from [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN [/move] but. . .

THE OPPOSITE SEX hasn't been dvd-ed yet, Warner now has the rights. . .maybe they'll do a DOLORES GRAY collection. . .

(http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/gray2.jpg)
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Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 11:49:39 AM: Leonardo had sex with an animal in public? I should think it's best to have sex with animals in private, but then again, I don't really know about such things.

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Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 11:51:37 AM: Question for BK and Craig: Re: the news that I see in the top right corner.

When I look there now I see today's date. But when I see the news about Juliana's journal, isn't that yesterday's news (cause I read them then). Since there have been new entries everyday it's hard to know when the "news" is from today or yesterday. Is this making any sense? Is it possible to say when the news is posted?
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 27, 2003, 11:53:17 AM: It was such a relief to find that der Brucer was writing about real chicken. He wouldn't let me look over his shoulder while he was writing his post. (If he had, there wouldn't have been as many typos, but that's something else again. ;D)

When it comes to fried chicken, I've been having very good luck with Alton Brown's recipe. (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_15279,00.html) I admit, the first time I tried it I didn't have any buttermilk on hand, but I did have some plain yogurt, which I thinned with milk, and it came out fairly good that way, but it works better with buttermilk.

Chicken, it seems, goes with practically everything flavorwise. It would probably even go well with jelly beans, although I haven't tried it yet. But there is one thing chicken does not go well with, and that is der Brucer's daughter, who will not eat chicken under any circumstances. It's a food phobia, impossible to explain and irritating as hell. Once, when der Brucer was cooking dinner for her family (I wasn't there, this is from his report), he was serving something totally innocent like pork chops with Stove Top Stuffing. The store was out of pork flavored stuffing, however, so he bought chicken flavor instead. The conniption fit she threw when she discovered that it was chicken flavor stuffing was frightening, to say the least. "I can't eat that, it has CHICKEN in it!" Has anyone ever explained to this demented lassie that most canned soups have chicken stock in them? That eggs come from chickens? That chicken is used in all sorts of processed foods, and that the only way to avoid chicken entirely is to prepare dinners from scratch, which would be healthier for her to try but she's too lazy?

Sheesh!

That's one reason I can't wait to get to the East Coast, so that I can teach her two sons what real food, and real chicken, tastes like. Food is not something to be afraid of, it should be embraced...well, metaphorically speaking, the laundry bills get hefty when the embracing is actual.
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Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 11:57:47 AM: The news revolves and can include new and old items. The Juliana is from yesterday, I think, the chat has been up for a few days as a reminder.
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 12:00:17 PM: Now Jennifer, are we talking about fried chicken or friend chicken?
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 12:04:39 PM: Which one was Jeff Richards?
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Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 12:06:23 PM: I can see that Mr. Mark Bakalor has been busy answering your questions on the tech board, so check it out.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 27, 2003, 12:10:07 PM: A pre-breakfast Good Morning all. AH! 'Tis indeed wonderful to be off "dial-up" internet and to have this techno thingy I use back working as I think it is supposed to - As DR TCB will no doubt understand(!) I shall be away for most of the day (Maybe that is why my radio is playing the Ned Miller song "Do What You Do Do Well". Maybe I shall have some chicken for lunch.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 27, 2003, 12:14:16 PM: Still checking the notes. Good luck with the resizing TCB. I remember getting some strange emails on that very topic.
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 27, 2003, 12:14:34 PM: RE The fires in Southern California: Today looks better outside than it did yesterday, when the light had a definate orange cast to it. It's overcast right now, but not what it was, and the air doesn't taste as smoky.

That doesn't make the devastation from the brushfires easier to take today than from before. From what I've read, over 800 homes have been lost so far. Some of this was preventable; when it became clear that we were going to get little rain this year, people should have been more careful and cleared away the dead brush around their homes. Unfortunately, too often people don't take precautions like that, and when the fires start, homes are lost. And even those who took precautions themselves have been threatened by the fires.

I've been absolutely sickened by reports that looters have come into neighborhoods where residents have been evacuated.

The fires themselves are only the first part of the devastation, however. During the coming winter and spring, there is a real danger of mudslides when the rains hit, because the ground cover won't have had a chance to grow in to protect the soil. I remember this from a brushfire that hit the foothills of Burbank when I was a twig/sprig. The street I lived on was lucky, as the rain runoff skipped us due to a geographic quirk, but many homes nearby that had escaped fire damage were hit by torrents of water and mud, bringing a second round of woe.

Here's hoping none of the DRs ever have to go though this in their lives.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 12:16:04 PM: Lunch time! Hurray!

Tuna salad sandwich, baby carrots, and a lovely coffee that my boss brought in for me (my boss brings a coffee in for each of us on our specified day...my day is Monday! But she was late today so I didn't get it until just now! She is a wonderful boss!!)

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: MrMarkBakalor on October 27, 2003, 12:20:29 PM: Quote from: JMK on October 27, 2003, 08:45:47 AM
So now I have a new dumb question--why is my picture fuzzy when everyone else's is sharp as a tack. Even that pic I put in the post is sharp. But my profile pic isn't. This isn't a Dorian Gray type thing is it, because I am feeling a little fuzzy this morning. :P

The user image you've uploaded is 95 pixels wide by 123 pixels tall. The forum stretches your image to meet the pixel size format of 100x150 pixels. Your photo is fuzzy because the image is stretched to meet that guidline.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 12:22:18 PM: Ha ha TCB, I will leave the "friend" chicken and not edit it :)

For BK: I don't see anything in the "news" about the chat. Where is that posted? Re: my comment. It's just hard to remember if we're reading the same comment as yesterday or a new one. It would help (me at least if it said when the news was posted).
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Joy on October 27, 2003, 12:27:38 PM: Just a quick hello to let you all know I'm alive and thinking about you...haven't read any of the weekend stuff or even the notes yet, but I will, BK, I certainly will! I've just been slapped with a ridiculous amount of work which I will NEVER be able to finish by the time I leave on DECEMBER 12 -- Yes, that's right, I've chomped down on the bit and given my notice here at the Law Firm, and as of December 12 I am selectively employed (=temping) and will be back on the market for casting in any number of theatrical productions! But until then....grr....lots of grueling, tedious WORK, so I will be E&T for a while.

Love,
Joy
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Hapgood on October 27, 2003, 12:33:16 PM: Hell DR's! I have not yet caught up on the weekend, but am quite pleased to see that the posts are flying so fast and furious. Reminds me of the summer of 2002, when we often passed 200 posts. Of course, we used many 1-word posts at that point, so perhaps it didn't count!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 12:43:14 PM: Hmmm I wonder what happens when one gets to 101 posts? Another star?
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 12:45:12 PM: DR Jay - The Money Pit indeed....sometimes I think if one part of the house gets attention, the other parts get jealous and start acting up! :-\

Jeff Richards - I have heard that Miss Julie Newmar was upset at having him for her "brother-partner" in 7B47B because she was a trained dancer and was left out of most of the dance-action. "He was a baseball player!" she exclaimed.

I like his scenes in The Opposite Sex and his scene in 7B47B with Jane Powell when he explains to her that he and his brothers are leaving because there is nothing for them on the farm is very well done!

I got a nice Playbill from DR DinT today1 ;D And a couple of DVD's Swing Kids and Newsies.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Maya on October 27, 2003, 12:59:39 PM: Just got back from doing a million errands

(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/auto/car-smiley-030.gif)

and wanted to post before I go off to do homework and then go to class! It's soo rainy here in Northern VA. Blech.

Jennifer--Are you the non-bride in the pic? I think you look very purty! ;D

Jay--I'm sorry to hear about all the house woes. Unfortunately, I can relate. My family's house is kind of old and it seems that every month or so something goes wrong and we end up paying a lot of money to fix it. And I won't even get into the financial pain that our friendly local HOA inflicts on us!

Joy--I wish you the best of luck for the future pavement-pounding. I've heard you sing, of course, and I really do think you have the talent to go far!

Swishy--Glad to hear the voice is on the mend! Feel better soon, and also find ways to keep posting! Our Swishy is nothing if not resourceful.

TCB--"Goth Maya Lisa???" hahahahah! Okay, it is really time for me to change my pic...I have one saved on the hard drive where I actually look happy!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 01:03:19 PM: How cute is this?

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These ones crack me up:

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DR Maya: Of course i'm the non-bride :)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 01:15:17 PM: JRand53, I would give you karma for the Jeff Richards picture but I can't (cause I gave you some the other day), but all you Jeff Richards fans need to be giving this guy some karma!!!!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 01:16:41 PM: LOL...It's a Dog's Life!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 01:18:17 PM: Maya: No! I liked the other picture, smile or no smile. But you can't be the Mona Lisa if your name is Maya. And I didn't mean goth in a bad way. Besides, you have to keep up with Heavy Metal Macbeth.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 01:19:19 PM: So, that's Jeff Richards!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 01:32:14 PM: Maya: Thank you! *blush*

Jay: Sorry about your house woes. I really feel that when things go wrong, they always go wrong all at once. It's like someone knows when all the warranties expired!

Jason: I would still rather throw out a live mouse stuck to a glue trap than one who's had its neck snapped in a trap. (I got a lot of practice doing that, too.) For some reason the dead ones gross me out more than the live ones. I think you should just borrow my cat. :)

I absolutely loved Avenue Q, it's been my favorite show this year! I enjoy any show that can make me laugh that much, and I really liked the music. I have friends coming to visit in a couple of weeks and they've asked me to pick out a show, so I'm torn between taking them to something I haven't seen yet, or going to see Ave Q again.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on October 27, 2003, 01:44:59 PM: Jennifer-

And a beautiful non-bride are you!

Chicken-General Tso's
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 27, 2003, 01:54:30 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 10:18:12 AM

Here is my pic. Guess which one I am? ;)

;D Congratulations, Jennifer! You two make a really cute couple! ;D
When did you have your ceremony?

(My tongue has now been removed from my cheek!)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 01:59:35 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Childhood Heroes[/move][/b]

They don't make 'em like this any more!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ann on October 27, 2003, 02:00:54 PM: TCB[ Yup, that's the Chinese place I was talking about, and yes I've tried the wontons. Sooo good. I became a Chinese food freak after discovering that place.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ann on October 27, 2003, 02:02:55 PM: Why isn't my bold attempt working? I edited it once, figured it would be fixed...but alas and alack, it is not.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 02:26:07 PM: That was really strange, Ann, I don't see anything wrong with your "bold". Must be gremlins at work.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 02:36:27 PM: About Lloyd Bridges. I was heartsick that my cable service didn't add TV LAND to its channel tier until after TV LAND had run Lloyd's one season anthology series. I LOVED that show which featured him in a dizzing array of roles. Argh!

Correct, THE OPPOSTE SEX has not been issued on DVD, and I'm not expecting it any time soon. The trailer for it is on THE WOMEN DVD, but that's as close as we'll get for awhile. My laserdisc of the film features awful Metrocolor that's already pale and lifeless, and the geniuses at MGM/Turner who made the laserdisc transfer lopped off a little of the sides of the Cinemascope frame, so the framing is off, too. (MGM/Turner did similar horrendous things with their first pressings of BRIGADOON and SEVEN BRIDES on laserdisc as well. Boo! Hiss!)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 02:42:42 PM: Let's see if I've slightly defuzzified myself.

I see your bold code, too, Ann. Maybe it's another inexplicable ghost in the machine like my log-in self-detonating after the first day.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: JMK on October 27, 2003, 02:44:28 PM: I think I discovered how David Gest "adjusted" his photos--it's all pixel size and stretching, baby.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 02:52:01 PM: DR ArnoldMBrockman wrote:
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Jennifer-

And a beautiful non-bride are you!

Thanks. There was actually this extremely cool picture that I had online that I wanted to post instead. Someone had taken a picture of me, and shaded it beautifully. But I cannot find it anywhere. And I must have deleted many other pictures I had of myself online. Because I could not find much :'(

DR Ann wrote:
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Why isn't my bold attempt working? I edited it once, figured it would be fixed...but alas and alack, it is not.

Nope your bold doesn't show up on my computer. In "reply" (not quick reply) mode, just highlight the text you want bolded and click on the B.

Did you do it manually?

DR smartaleck George wrote:
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Congratulations, Jennifer! You two make a really cute couple!
When did you have your ceremony?

Very funny. Actually the bride is my sis (taken last July).

Well I won't chastize you too much, since only today did I actually tilt my neck to the right enough to realize what your picture actually was. I'm sorry!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 03:09:40 PM: Soooooooooooo upset. All the wonderful pictures and video I took of my friend in performance are gone. The disc screwed up and it wouldn't save the photos. I so wanted to share his wonderful performance with all my felllow DR and now I can't! So Sorry everyone.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 03:18:43 PM: Ann, be BOLD, you can DO IT, I know you can.

chat in less than three count them three hours. Let's not let up on the posting, however - we must post until the cows come home.

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By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo) all this talk of chicken made me go to Popeye's where I had two count them two chicken breasts.

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jed on October 27, 2003, 03:25:37 PM: Mmm... I find it hard to go wrong with chicken. Just so good so many ways. Love a good chicken parmigiana, herb-roasted chicken, chicken burritos with salsa verde, or a good ol' chicken salad sandwich. And I actually find the McChicken surprisingly edible. I don't know from Popeye's, as there aren't any in my area.

Quote from: Maya on October 27, 2003, 08:49:25 AM
BTW....do you really think my pic looks a little like the Mona Lisa?? This is about the 3rd time I have heard this, and I'm beginning to question the idea of looking like a famous painting, hehe.

Hey, it's better than looking like Whistler's Mother, no?

JRand53 said...
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And Jed you will enjoy 8 Women!!! I got it earlier this year on the recommendation of the DR's at HHW and I like it a LOT!!!

I actually saw it a month or so ago based on those same DR recommendations, and found it absolutely delightful. Hinted that it's one I should add to my collection, and my sister picked up on it. :)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 03:26:28 PM: I am very annoyed with myself as I just read that the Little Shop of Horrors cast was on the Today show yesterday morning, and as I did not know about it, I didn't get a chance to tape it. >:( Did anyone here happen to, and if so, could I get a copy?

I am so bad at keeping up with TV listings and such.

I am almost glad that the weather here is dreadful, humid, and rainy, or else I might hop on the subway and go get some Popeye's chicken myself.

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 03:29:22 PM: Does anyone remember when they got rid of McChicken sandwiches in the US for a few years? That was my favorite snack at McDonald's and I was so traumatized. I was so happy when they brought them back, and as part of the dollar menu, no less. I much prefer them to the crispy or grilled chicken sandwiches.

I love 8 WOMEN. Isabelle Huppert is such a crackup!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jed on October 27, 2003, 03:34:05 PM: LC - Yes, I agree. Isabelle Huppert manages to stand out even amidst such a uniformly excellent cast as 8 Women. I need to see more of her work. I've heard she's quite a wonderful dramatic actress.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: SwishySarah on October 27, 2003, 03:39:18 PM: I went downstairs for dinner, and what was on the table, but fried chicken! Since I am obviously not supposed to be here, my mom did NOT know we had been discussing this, so it was very weird indeed. And then someone brought food to the table, and it was put semi-in front of me. Out loud, I said "What is it, fish?", and my whole family just looked at me as though I was crazy. The influence HHW can have on a person.

I am scrounging for pictures to post. There are now more pictures of me on my computer, but I'm afraid I'm being a girl and also being picky, and I hate every one of them. The new ones are from HC and they're nice, but I can't ever smile correctly in pictures (forced smiling is NOT my thing), and so I look very pained. Plus, I have red eye, and my dress is reflecting the flash (VERY sparkly). So unless my school's website puta a picture of me during HC week up, there are still none of me that I'm willing to share. You'll survive though, one of these days, I'll get one up.

DST isn't affecting me well. It's only 6:30 and I'm exhausted. My dad might not be home until LATE tonight, so maybe I'll pop into chat for a small while. If I'm awake. Now, off to do the dreaded Algebra HW. Eh.

OH! I remembered what I wanted to say EARLIER! Report cards come out at the beginning of next week, or maybe even on Friday. If my Algebra grade meets standards, I might be able to get online. "Legally", anyway. So keep them vibes comin'.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Yes, I'm sending MYSELF vibes. *VIBE VIBE VIBE VIBE VIBE*[/move]
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Hapgood on October 27, 2003, 03:41:06 PM: DR LC: You love eight women?!?! That sounds like a soap opera in the making. (Yes, I know what you really mean.)

The weather here in Chicago has rapidly become very cold. This is a source of distress for me, as an outfit that was quite sufficient to shield me from the cold. I will near to wear a thicker coat the next time that I go out. Not great fun. I know how the winters are, but they still take you by surprise.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Hapgood on October 27, 2003, 03:43:47 PM: Oh yes:

*VIBE* *VIBE* *VIBE*
*VIBE* *VIBE* *VIBE*
*VIBE* *VIBE* *VIBE*
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 03:44:09 PM: I haven't seen all that much of her work either, but I did catch her in THE PIANO TEACHER. While that film was very hard to watch, her performance was my favorite all year. I think she won the Best Actress award at Cannes for it - such a marvelous depiction of repressed anger and sexual perversity. (Not that I'm into that kind of thing.. :)) I should rent LES DESTINEES, as I've heard good things about it.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 03:45:20 PM: DR Naughty Girl SwishySarah: It's not easy readin' green...
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 03:46:21 PM: LOL Hapgood - only in my previous lives. ;)

~~~Good vibes to Sarah!~~~
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jed on October 27, 2003, 03:51:38 PM: Our weather is supposed to take a nasty turn here this week, too, Hapgood. We've been unseasonably warm (nearly 70 degrees today), but are supposed to have overnight lows down around 15 by the end of the week!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jed on October 27, 2003, 03:53:45 PM: LC - The Piano Teacher is at the top of my "must see" list. Now the trick is to see if I can actually find it in my town!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 03:56:55 PM: DR Jed, have you tried Netflix? (www.netflix.com)

Woo hoo, I have made 25 posts! Now I can go see how this karma business works.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jason on October 27, 2003, 04:30:58 PM: I'm finally back from work. It turned out to be kind of a rough day...everyone seemed to be in rotten moods, including myself due to my total lack of sleep. I schlepped through the rain and bought myself one of those electric mouse repellers. Aren't they supposed to emit sounds on such a high frequency that humans can't hear it? Well, I CAN hear it, but I'm not going to complain if it will help to rid this apartment of vermin and pests.

MBarnum: Where do you work to have such a cool boss?? My boss today brought me some gourmet cookies. Then he told me to put them on a plate and serve them to the guy he had a meeting with. :\

LC: I want a cat so bad!! I'd love the company, and the whole mouse-catching thing wouldn't be so bad, either. (And I'd rather throw out a dead one...if it were still alive I'd keep thinking it was going to jump off and get on me!) Where in the City do you live? We live so close and yet we've never met!

For those of you who might be interested, I was sorting mail today at work and came across a contract for a concert orchestration of "Agony" from INTO THE WOODS and who's signature was on the contract but our very own Brent Barrett's! He is apparently the acting president of some Broadway Tenors group and is putting together a concert. I should have ripped it off the paper and framed it. Or better yet...the check that he signed to pay for the contract!!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 04:33:34 PM: DRs LC & Jed - If you love 8 Women as I do, you should watch a couple of Douglas Sirk movies - particularly All that Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind. Shots and colors are lovingly homaged in 8 Women! ;D

MDS - technology is great when it works...when it doesn't there is no word for the disappointment! :-[

It is now 39 degrees here! Can it be the end of October already? :o
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 04:36:20 PM: SwishyRed-EyedSarah: I have JASC Photo Workshop software and it's supposed to eliminate red eye.

If you want to send me a photo and see if I can work some magic on it, let me know.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 04:40:52 PM: Chat in one hour and twenty minutes. Be there or be round. Now, has anyone noticed a bit of slacking going on here at haineshisway.com in the afternoon/early evening hours. Are we on a meal break? I'd recommend bringing you supper to the computer and eating right here. Yes, that's what I'd recommend.

(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/ernaehrung/food-smiley-016.gif)

Trying to figure out what to watch this evening - perhaps A Kid for Two Farthings.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Hapgood on October 27, 2003, 04:41:15 PM: Indeed, the cold has forced me to break out the next heavier coat. I have only one coat thicker than this. Luckily, the current coat seems to be working quite well against the cold-it is down, or an excellent synthetic version thereof.

I would like to hear what a concert version of Agony would sound like-I am so used to that orchestration (not to mention it being sung as a duet.) Would one call Brent Barrett a tenor? I think of him as more baritone-y.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Angela on October 27, 2003, 04:48:47 PM: Ugh! Patience is a VIRTUE! So, I won't complain that it has taken me forever to access the internet.

What! I'm not complaining, just making an observation....
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 04:52:19 PM: What happened to the photo of Brent Barrett that was put on these here pages earlier today?

The one with him in formal attire!

That WAS today, wasn't it??

Were there technical problems?
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 04:58:27 PM: Well I am getting closer with my picture. Mr Mark Bakalor's instructions are helping!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 27, 2003, 05:06:06 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 04:52:19 PM
What happened to the photo of Brent Barrett that was put on these here pages earlier today?

The one with him in formal attire!

That WAS today, wasn't it??

Were there technical problems?

Ron, I posted that as a test to make sure that I could actually post a picture, but it was on page 5 of yesterday's (Sunday's) notes. Check there and there he'll be!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matthew on October 27, 2003, 05:18:44 PM: Oh life is grand, it's very in'tresting I think I understand (Ah, a Baer/Rogers reference) - I was on my walk earlier and was feeling DUCKY!!! Things are just moving right along here in the the Bay Area, my production of "Jerry's Girls" is turning out to be a hoot, Rehearsals for "A Christmas Carol" begin in a few hours, my pal Raegena and I are going to see Rufus Wainright in December, the trip to NYC is getting nearer, the relationship thing is happening, and I REALLY want chicken!!! Thanks for letting me share DR's, you're awesome, too. :D
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 05:28:18 PM: Chat in one half-hour. Be there or be round. Now, let's get some postin' goin' on, shall we? After all the chicken discussion, what did you all eat?
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: td on October 27, 2003, 05:39:17 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good Vibes to my Swishy[/move]

as for chicken:

. . .with dumplings (homemade, of course).
. . .oven-fried (there is a great recipe on Bisquick boxes which I have augmented quite effectively).
. . .General Tso's and/or Cashew.
but, nothing compares to:
(http://www.wmdt.com/cook/images/marsala.jpg)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 05:54:13 PM: Chat in five minutes - this is your last alert.

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Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 05:56:55 PM: Sad to say, I had lunch with friends, and we had fast food. I won't have anything else because the lunch was late and naturally loaded with fat grams. Tomorrow, fried chicken for sure. After all this talk about it today, how could I have anything else?
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 06:19:46 PM: Chat is unbelievable. We have never had so many people before. Get your butt cheeks in there.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 27, 2003, 06:26:38 PM: I was just in chat (there were 18 people!!) and I had to leave to go to a class. Anyway, here's my obligatory post-chat post. I'll try later to see if anyone's still chatting, but it won't be until much later.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 06:28:24 PM: What a great and lively chat! ;D

You are missing it - get in there! 8)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on October 27, 2003, 06:29:36 PM: You have a reservation at La Grande Hotel de Chatte!!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Get in there now!![/move]
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ben on October 27, 2003, 06:29:59 PM: I have just left a sparkling chat. I'm not feeling completely well so I need to go to bed but if you're here and the room is open, get in there and join the fun. Nobody bites!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: td on October 27, 2003, 06:30:42 PM: I have never seen so many people in chat! ! !

Great night all around!

This one's for you, BK:

(http://www.chourave.ch/serials/comics/img12/abner/Abner01Big.JPG)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 06:35:24 PM: Per Mr. Nruce Kimmel instructions. I am posting my first of two posts fter leaving chat.

When I got home last night in the mail was a DVD i won on Ebay. It was a film adaptation of Noel Coward's Relative Values. Even Julie Andrews couldn't save the film! No wonder it was never released in the USA! It went straight to STARZ/Encore. What a waste. The weakest link were the American actors William Baldwin and Jeanne Triplehorn. A disappointment.

And Julie was costumed so god awfu; that made her look a lot wider than she really is and the makeup person should have been shot.

The movie was shot on The Isle of Man. The only one that I am aware of.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: td on October 27, 2003, 06:35:42 PM: I promised BK two posts. . . .
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Michael on October 27, 2003, 06:46:06 PM: I am so impress with how Haines His Way version 2.0 has turned out and we all have done such splend jobs! We all should get Karma for doing a dob well done.

And here is the poster from Relative Values
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 06:52:19 PM: Lively and sparkling chat. Also a very busy one, so one's eyes and fingers had to do some fancy steppin'!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Matt H. on October 27, 2003, 06:53:08 PM: Thanks for that info, Mike. I was not familiar with this movie at all. Sorry it wasn't up to snuff.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Danise on October 27, 2003, 06:56:53 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Post # 1[/move]

For some reason I was hoping the talk was about Meat Loaf when I saw the title. Aww well. But I enjoyed the chat. It went a bit to fast for me and for some reason, even though I have Road Runner--it kept hanging up/got stuck for me. First time that has ever happened. Maybe because there were so many people in the room.

D
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 06:57:02 PM: The chat cut a rapid pace this evening...eighteen peope carrying on six or seven conversations and everyone managing to keep up somehow.

Folks are dropping out to eat, but there's still seven or eight folks chattering away.

Tom from OZ....YOU OUGHT TO GO IN AND SAY "G'DAY!"

You can totally do this now, yes???!!!
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Danise on October 27, 2003, 07:02:13 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Post #2[/move]

Patience is a virtue–possessed by none. No one ever seems to remember the second half to that old saying. Am I the only one? ;)

And with that, I'm off to bed.

Have a GREAT evening all!

D
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Noel on October 27, 2003, 07:03:10 PM: I tried to post, but it disappeared into the ether.
Will I ever get the hang of this? :-[
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Noel on October 27, 2003, 07:04:58 PM: Where'd it go?
It was all about cooking tarragon chicken as my first meal prepared as a husband for my wife. Rats!
(My apologies to the rodent-infested.)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 07:12:08 PM: EMILY I'm waiting for your picture!!!!!!!!

Btw, this chat is moving way too fast for me.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Emily on October 27, 2003, 07:13:01 PM: Ladies and Gentlemen...

Please observe my terribly realistic picture of myself to your left. It will have to do until I get my hands on CYGOPP's scanner.

(btw - I plan on selling my self-portraits via Christies' if anyone is interested....)
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Angela on October 27, 2003, 07:15:53 PM: Okay BK -- here goes!

My first post!
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Post by: Angela on October 27, 2003, 07:16:18 PM: And my second post!

Now, back to the chat!
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Post by: Jay on October 27, 2003, 07:28:07 PM: Dear Reader Hapgood:

Just remember the three words that strike fear into the heart of anyone living in the greater Chicago/Evanston vicinity:

Lake Effect Snowstorm
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2003, 07:31:07 PM: Emily is yellow. You are beautiful!
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Post by: Emily on October 27, 2003, 07:35:55 PM: From that picture of mine, I look like I could be a character in Avenue Q!

Emily Monster!

:)
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Post by: Andrea on October 27, 2003, 07:42:14 PM: I'm super busy writing papers... just to let you guys know that I'll post soon about my trip down south, various things about cygopp (who apparently can get me free tickets to broadway musicals... wow:) and various other things.
Oh and Emily, Cygopp isn't in tomorrow, so don't count on scanning then.
Sending out my kisses and wishing I had the time for chat.
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Post by: Andrea on October 27, 2003, 07:43:50 PM: oh! I had general tao today. It was yummy... and I only just got the reference to chicken and hhw that emily was making as she watched me eat it.

I'm not in this week's slibel and lander, but cygopp got a mention:
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=1882
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 27, 2003, 08:35:28 PM: Re Relative Values: I enjoyed the movie. François sent me the French DVD release "Stars In Love" and the CD. It was 30 years since I saw a stage production.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 27, 2003, 08:37:06 PM: DR Ron: Maybe one day. I have to be home at the time! Peopel tell me my new system will open up a whole new world. Am I ready for that? I have enough problems with the world in which I dwell at the moment.
Title: Re:THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 08:51:37 PM: Hey, there are still quite a few people in chat - drop in and pay a visit, or simply continue posting right here. The more, the better.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 27, 2003, 08:53:28 PM: Emily, that is a lovely picture and just how I always pictured you! LOL!

Jason, I work for the Oregon Judicial Department and you cannot have my boss...she is great! We won't let her ever leave! LOL!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 27, 2003, 09:25:15 PM: Tom from Oz: The ether world might prove more interesting, in many respects, than the real world that seems to trouble you.

Emily: NICE picture! I like the way you did it off center, like a photograph by someone who always cuts off part of people's heads.

BK: MY second post since chat!
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Post by: Emily on October 27, 2003, 09:38:48 PM: That, ladies and gentlemen, was the CHAT THAT WOULD NOT DIE!

Goodnight! :)
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Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 09:41:26 PM: Now it's time for our late night posters to take over. Just watched episode two of Alias, and might go to episode three.

Now, dance, baby.

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Post by: Maya on October 27, 2003, 09:48:48 PM: *Yawn*

Wow! Chat tonight was sooo much fun, and incredibly well-attended! I only just signed off and I think it's still going strong (oh, a Hello Dolly reference!)

Emily--your pic is adorable

Swishy--Good vibes! (Sorry I'm too tired to play around with smilies and fonts and things)

LC--I agree about the Piano Teacher. Extremely difficult to watch, but Huppert tore my heart out. It's funny how different she is in 8 Women!

And with this, I must tear myself away and do my homework! Goodnight all!
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Post by: Maya on October 27, 2003, 09:49:29 PM: This is my second-vanity-preemptive bitch slap-post!
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 09:56:06 PM: td: What the hell kind of food is that in your picture? I assume it is chicken (and pasta), but it looks green.

Jed: Come on down to Tacoma sometime, and we can try Popeye's together. We have one, not far from the Tacoma Mall, but I have never tried it.

Sorry I missed chat, but I had a really good rehearsal tonight for Oliver. It was an all music rehearsal, and it was all of my songs, so I was the star and I loved it. But God, how can we still have almost seven weeks of rehearsals to go??? Couldn't we try using Munchkins instead of children. I am sure they would learn things much more quickly than Fagin's boys. And besides, from what I have read, they really liked to party.
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Post by: bk on October 27, 2003, 09:57:20 PM: For those who were in chat - you know that Swishy had to log off quite suddenly - you'll be happy to know she did not get in trouble and had a blast. Here is her post, sent to me via e-mail:

#1: Chat was a blast. If you didn't go, you missed out! EIGHTEEN PEOPLE! It
was like the circus.

#2: This is my second post. Now I shan't be bitchslapped and I won't have to
sleep with one eye open.
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Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 09:57:20 PM: How fun was my first chat experience! I am trying to think of two things to post about, but I am so tired right now that that's about all that's coming to mind. Good night!
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Post by: LC on October 27, 2003, 09:58:33 PM: Okay, now I'm all worried about the bitch-slap fairy visiting my dreams tonight, so here's #2.
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Post by: td on October 27, 2003, 10:03:47 PM: Well, DearReader Laura and I were the only remaining chatters in the newly improved HHW2!

I did, however, get to chat with RLP, MrMark, Ann and Matthew for a while. . .things can get randy. . . .

Great time to go to bed and read a book. . .

G'night all. . .

Oh, it's chicken marsala with veggies. . .
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Post by: TCB on October 27, 2003, 10:04:23 PM: Me at rehearsal tonight!

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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]GOOD NIGHT, ONE AND ALL![/move]
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 27, 2003, 10:24:26 PM: My, what a lovely chat tonight. I'm sorry I had to leave early. But I came back quite late, and td and I closed up.
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Post by: Jed on October 27, 2003, 10:48:51 PM: So sorry to have missed what sounds like a wonderfully wonderful chat! Ah well, rehearsal does interfere at times.

As good as chicken sounded tonight after all the sumptuous dishes discussed here today, I already had some hamburger thawed, so it was a taco night here.

According to blockbuster.com, our local store does have The Piano Teacher (a pleasant surprise, given the dismal state of their foreign section), so I'll be sure to pick it up soon. Foreign films are a real downside to living in Eastern Washington (far from a cultural mecca). For example, I have been unable to find Umbrellas of Cherbourg in any video store in the 3 towns in which I've lived! Arrgghhh!!!

Addendum - Actually, now that I think back, there was one fabulous independantly-owned video store in my home town that did have "...Cherbourg," (this is how I saw the film in the first place) but that store sadly closed about 6-7 years ago after losing too much business to the evil national chain stores (which have crappy selection if you want something older than 1998).
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Post by: George on October 27, 2003, 11:05:03 PM: Here's my 2nd obligatory after-chat-post:

After I left chat (early, at about 6:30--it was quite sparkling and lively and one had to be quite quick with the typing) I went to a class at the local Y, then I went to my sister's house for dinner. Our parents were there as well, so there was a sparkling and lively chat in person. I'm now at home and "Reno 911" (on Comedy Central) just ended. These people (on Reno 911) are so stupid, but so funny. This is my new favorite show. I especially love the improvisation aspect of it. "Life With Bonnie" is also mostly improvised and I love that show, too. After "Reno 911" is "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" which also is pretty darned funny.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 27, 2003, 11:43:33 PM: TCB: Is that how the new look pick pockets look? With that disconcerting smile and you might get more than a handkerchief from the pockets!
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Post by: bk on October 28, 2003, 12:18:46 AM: Post now, late-night dwellers, or forever hold your peace or, at the very least, your piece.

The new notes are up and let's see which of you will be the first post.

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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 28, 2003, 12:19:32 AM: Good morning... Yes, it's late/early... 3:15a.m.-ish (3:15 Amish?)... I was back home in Richmond for my day off, but now I'm back up in Fairfax. I decided to make the drive tonight instead of having to wake up at 5:00, and dealing with the horrible traffic on I-95 for 15 miles! So, now I just have to wake up 7:00, and deal with about a 5 mile stretch of bad traffic.

The baking went well... I only got one pumpkin cheesecake, oatmeal cookies and chocolate "crack-ups" done. I had hoped to make another cake, but time and energy and motivation didn't seem to materialize. In any case, I have plenty of baked goods. I just hope the cheesecake tastes all right - after I put it in the oven, I realized I had forgotten the vanilla! Horror of horrors! I'm sure it will be fine. At least now I'll have a chance to compare and contrast. ;-)

As for chicken dishes - I had a WONDERFUL fried chicken breast at a great little bistro in Middleburg, VA last summer. There were bits of lemon zest and basil in the breading. Soooo good. And it was a free-range chicken breast, bone-in - very flavorful. But the extra "zing" in the breading really made the dish.

Well, I do have to be up in a few hours... So glad to see some of you in chat... And I'm so sorry I've been so errant and truant lately. CAMELOT is going well, but I'm in the middle of editing and proofing orchestra parts - we have first read next Tuesday(!!!!). So, time is precious.

Bonne nuit.